At some point pretty soon when every hipster in the world has joined the cliche " Bono is a wanker and can't sing and U2 sucks and Edge can't play blah blah blah...." band wagon, the uber- hipsters, by default will have to profess their love for U2 just to be cooler than all the rest of the normo-hipsters! (Notice how Paris Hilton was "looking forward to seeing U2"😉
At that point Brandon, yer ****ed! 🙂
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Prince’s reluctance to release music through a major label won’t prevent him from teaming up with a major retailer. The singer has inked an exclusive deal with Target to release all three of his new albums as one three-disc set starting March 29th. The package will bundle both Prince’s guitar-heavy Lotusflow3r and funky MPLSound with Elixir, the debut album by his newest protégé, Bria Valente.
While these big exclusive deals with retailers are partially the reason why there won’t be any more Virgin Megastores come September, it’s hard to complain at the price: Target will offer the three-album bundle for the recession-friendly price of $11.99. So even if you had no interest at all in Elixir, because you probably didn’t, you’re still only paying $11.99. The Prince deal catapults Target into the retailers’ battle over exclusive music, giving them a name as big as Walmart’s AC/DC Black Ice or Eagles Long Road Out of Eden and Best Buy’s ill-fated Chinese Democracy release. So why Target? The press release announcing the partnership gives one big clue: the “Minneapolis-based Target Corporation” is run out of the Purple One’s beloved hometown.
“Prince has long been renowned as one of the world’s most original and iconic musical artists,” said Mark Schindele, Target’s senior vice president of merchandising. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to share his most recent work with our Target guests.” Prince also plans to release a whole slew of extras via a membership to his recently launched Lotusflow3r.com Website, which currently features a song from each of the new albums, photos of Valente and a link to Rock Daily’s report from Prince’s Oscar Party. Prince also recently allowed Rock Daily into his awesome Los Angeles mansion to preview the new albums.