Portishead Album One Day From Completion

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Portishead Album One Day From Completion
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From close, to, well, closer: in fact, as Geoff Barrow of Portishead tells it, the band’s third proper LP is just one day away from completion. Barrow, checking in on the band’s blog, says Portishead spent a few days [...]

Wax Figure Of Rapper Notorious B.I.G. Debuts At Madame Tussauds

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Wax Figure Of Rapper Notorious B.I.G. Debuts At Madame Tussauds
Slain rap icon Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace will be immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds New York, where a life like figure of the rapper will be unveiled on October 25.
B.I.G.’s mother Ms. Voletta Wallace will unveil the wax figure, which is a life-sized [...]

Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week

Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week
Katie Hasty, N.Y.
In a slow week for album sales, Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic” returns to the summit of The Billboard 200 despite a 42% sales decline. The Columbia effort moved 77,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, climbing 2-1. The album bowed at No. 1 three [...]