• Glastonbury are to abandon the pre-registration system put in place in 2007 after they’ve failed to shift the 145,000 tickets made available to the public. Suggestions of ‘wordsmith’ Jaz-Z’s appearance on the bill being a culprit for the low sales has been flatly refused, though opening tickets up to the public in the more conventional manner last week has still failed to realise a sell-out.
  • Sony BMG have become the latest major to join Nokia’s new music intiative ‘Comes With Music’. The project will see Sony BMG, along with Universal, offer free unlimated access and downloads of their catalogs on Nokia phones when you purchase certain Nokia handsets. The music will however be hampered by DRM and won’t play on your iPod, however the ownership won’t expire when they promotion does.
  • Coldplay are joining the here’s-one-for-free bandwagon, as the moderate rockers prepare to give aware their first single of their new album Viva La Vida in the May 7 edition of the NME. The single, Violet Hill, will come in the form of a special edition 7” vinyl with B-side A Spell A Rebel Yell. The single will have it’s formal release on June 16.

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