EMI announces press conference possibly regarding Beatles downloads and the Juno awards are taking place in Toronto.
As if it’s really that hard to locate Beatles music to import onto your Ipod, EMI released a statement announcing a press conference on Monday, April 2nd at their London headquarters that will introduce “an exciting new digital offering.“ This is presumably, according to various other sources, to announce the upcoming availability of Beatles songs on Itunes. In appearance will be Apple Inc. president Steve Jobs and there’s also a planned “special live performance.”
The Beatles had been one of the more high profile holdouts in the digital world but and the decision to release the songs comes only following a February settlement between Apple Corps (owned by
EMI has been the distributor of Beatles music since the early ‘60s.
In other News:
The Juno awards, the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys, are being held April 1st in lovely Toronto. Some category nominees are:
Artist of the Year: Diana Krall; Gregory Charles; Loreena McKennitt; Nelly Furtado; Pierre Lapointe.
Group of the Year: Alexisonfire; Billy Talent; Hedley; the Tragically Hip; Three Days Grace.
Single of the Year: “Devil in a Midnight Mass,” Billy Talent; ``All I Can Do,” Chantal Kreviazuk; “Pull Me Through,” Jim Cuddy; ``Sunday Morning,” k-os; “Promiscuous,” Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland).
Album of the Year: Billy Talent II, Billy Talent; I Think of You, Gregory Charles; Hedley, Hedley; Loose, Nelly Furtado; ONE-X, Three Days Grace.
New Artist of the Year: Eva Avila; Melissa O’Neil; Neverending White Lights; Patrick Watson; Tomi Swick.
New Group of the Year: Evans Blue; Idle Sons; Jets Overhead; Mobile; Stabilo.
Rock Album of the Year: Billy Talent II, Billy Talent; Tomorrow Starts Today, Mobile; Chemical City, Sam Roberts; Never Hear the End of It, Sloan; World Container, the Tragically Hip.
Country Recording of the Year: “Big Wheel,” Aaron Pritchett; ``Love & Negotiation,” Carolyn Dawn Johnson; “Doc Walker,” Doc Walker; “Countrified,” Emerson Drive; “Somebody Wrote Love,” George Canyon.
Rap Recording of the Year: “The Frenzy of Renown,” Arabesque; ``Hitch Hikin’ Music,” Classified; “Organic Music for a Digital World,” DL Incognito; “The Answer,” Rich London; “Black Magic,” Swollen Members.
Adult Alternative Album of the Year: The Light That Guides You Home, Jim Cuddy; When the Angels Make Contact, Matt Mays; Living With War, Neil Young; Time Being, Ron Sexsmith; I’m a Mountain, Sarah Harmer.
Alternative Album of the Year: Skelliconnection, Chad VanGaalen; Sometimes, City and Colour; Return to the Sea, Islands; Trompe-l’Oeil, Malajube; Not Saying/Just Saying, Shout Out Out Out Out.
Pop Album of the Year: Ghost Stories, Chantal Kreviazuk; Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, k-os; Loose, Nelly Furtado; Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan; Stalled Out in the Doorway, Tomi Swick.
International Album of the Year: Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks; Ancora, Il Divo; FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake; Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna; Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison) and Apple Inc. which had been in a long-running trademark dispute.
