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Two members of The Smashing Pumpkins are involved in a lawsuit against Virgin Records America. James Yoshinobu Iha and D’Arcy Wretzky-Brown are claiming that the label has screwed them out of ringtone fees and other stuff. They say that back in 2005, five years after the band broke up, Virgin negotiated a deal solely with [...]

A guy is suing Death Row Records and he’s going after them for more money than what people thought it was worth. The label was bought at an auction last month for $24 million. Ron Goldberg claims in a lawsuit that he got Susan Berg and Reggie Bush to buy Death Row but that he’s [...]

Universal Republic Records’ rock band 10 Years landed a Top 15 debut on Billboard’s Top Album chart this week, coming in at #12 with their new album Division. The new CD also grabbed the top spot on iTunes coveted rock page and currently sits at #7 on the Top Albums. It also garnered [...]

3 Doors Down announced today their plans for a full headline summer tour in celebration of the upcoming self-titled Universal Republic Records release, 3 Doors Down, is available everywhere since May 20th. 3 Doors Down promises the shows will be one of the summer concert season’s more rocking bills, tearing it up live across [...]

Rumors have been running rampant lately that the Backstreet Boys are about to get the boot from their record label Jive Records. The reason behind the rumors is that their last two releases didn’t really perform well.
However, a Jive Records spokesperson has recently gone on the record and put an end to the rumors [...]