Prince

No Criminal Charges Will Be Filed Over Death Of Prince

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Minnesota prosecutors have opted not to chase criminal charges over Prince’s death from an accidental overdose.

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Prince Died From An Overdose Of Fentanyl

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Prince had “exceedingly high” levels of the opioid fentanyl in his body at the time of his death, a toxicology report from his autopsy has revealed.

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Prince’s Sister Tyka Nelson Didn’t Mind Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl Tribute

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Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson enjoyed Justin Timberlake’s controversial Super Bowl tribute to her late brother.

Tagged as: 90s, Justin Timberlake, pop, Prince, Super Bowl, USA

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R.I.P. Pam The Funkstress, DJ for Prince, at 51

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pam Warren, better known as Pam the Funkstress during her time with the group The Coup, died on Friday (December 22) at the age of 51. She had been in the hospital for over a month after undergoing transplant surgery.

Tagged as: DJ, funk, Pam the Funkstress, Pam Warren, Prince, USA

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Prince Vault Water Damaged

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Prince’s estate administrators had to relocate the contents of a vault from the musician’s Paisley Park compound to save them from “mold and water damage”.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, pop, Prince, rock, USA

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Prince Heirs Threaten Action After Music Removed From Vault

by Paul Cashmere

Two of Prince’s heirs have threatened to take legal action after the star’s cache of unreleased music was removed from a vault at his Paisley Park, Chanhassen, home.

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Prince Honored With New Pantone Colour

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Music icon Prince has been posthumously honoured with his own custom shade of purple by officials at the Pantone Color Institute.

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Universal’s $31 Million Prince Deal Declared Void By Court

by Paul Cashmere

Universal’s $31 million deal with the Prince estate has been declared void in court.

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Prince Purple Rain Is The No 4 Album In The USA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince and the Revolution are back in the top five with the new deluxe versions of the soundtrack to the film Purple Rain.

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R.I.P. John Blackwell of New Power Generation 1973-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

John Blackwell, Jr., the drummer for Prince’s New Power Generation, D’Angelo and others, died on Tuesday, July 4 after suffering from cancer. He was 43.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, John Blackwell, New Power Generation, pop, Prince

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New Music Releases For 23 June 2017

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Imagine Dragons, Vince Staples, The Chain Gang of 1974, Bent Knee, DJ Khaled, Jeff Tweedy, Purple Rain re-issue, Jaymes Young and the soundtracks for Despicable Me 3 and Baby Driver.

Tagged as: Australia, Bent Knee, DJ Khaled, Jeff Tweedy, magine Dragons, music industry, new music, Prince, The Chain Gang of 1974, Vince Staples

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Apollonia Writes Birthday Letter To Prince

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Apollonia Kotero, the actress, singer and model who slipped into the female lead in the Prince film Purple Rain when Vanity dropped out, has written a birthday message to the late singer on what would have been his 59th birthday.

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Prince Estate Sue Producers Of Unauthorised Show

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Executors for Prince’s estate are planning a legal assault on the producers of an unauthorized Purple Rain musical, featuring the late singer’s songs.

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Prince May Have Been Duped Into Wrong Drug Says Top Pathologist

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A top forensic pathologist fears Prince may have been duped into taking a familiar painkiller laced with Fentanyl in the hours before his death last year (Apr16).

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Prince Siblings His Only Heirs Judge Rules

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Prince’s six siblings have officially been named the only heirs to the late superstar’s estate.

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Prince Deliverance EP Still Blocked From Release

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Things just got a little more interesting in the fight over the release of the Prince album Deliverance.

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Susanna Hoffs Has Covered Prince ‘Take Me With U’

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Susanna Hoffs has released a very interesting acoustic take of Prince’s Take Me With U that she recorded along with a string quartet.

Tagged as: 90s, pop, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, USA

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Prince Family Starts Talking Up A Reality Show

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Prince’s estate reportedly wants to use the late singer’s unreleased music for a new reality TV show.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, Purple Rain, R&B, USA

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Prince Vaults Raided For Major Purple Rain Make-Over

by Paul Cashmere

The Prince signature album ‘Purple Rain’ is about to undergo the expansion treatment.

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Prince Protégé Shelby J To Perform Residency At Melbourne’s Bird’s Basement

by Paul Cashmere

Shelby J, a singer with Prince’s band The NPG, will make Melbourne jazz club Bird’s Basement her musical home for a week in May.

Tagged as: 00s, Birds Basement, jazz, Prince, Shelby J, USA

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Morris Day Pays Tribute To Prince VIDEO

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Singer Morris Day has honored his close pal Prince with a new tribute song on the first anniversary of his death.

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Judge Stops Release of Prince Release This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

The planned release of unreleased Prince music this Friday (21 April) has been halted by the courts.

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Prince Estate Is Trying To Stop ‘Deliverance’ EP Release

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

This week it was announced that an EP of previously unreleased music by Prince would be put out on Friday (April 20) to mark the one-year anniversary of his passing.

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Prince Doctor Denies Unauthorised Prescriptions Were At Paisley Park

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A lawyer for Prince’s doctor has denied reports suggesting the medic prescribed powerful painkillers for the tragic superstar under a false identity.

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Prince Family Fighting With Executors

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Three of Prince’s heirs are unhappy with the management of the late singer’s estate.

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Prince Band The Revolution To Tour USA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Revolution, Prince’s band from 1979 to 1986, got back together shortly after the singer’s death last April and announced that they would be doing two tribute concerts in Minneapolis last September.

Tagged as: 70s, dance, pop, Prince, R&B, The Revolution, USA

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Prince Music Is Now Licensed For Streaming

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince has had a very spotty history when it comes to streaming.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Tidal Scores Prince Streaming Rights

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

One streaming service has confirmed, and the rest are expected to follow suit, that the music of Prince will return to streaming on Sunday night.

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Prince Estate Estate Details Revealed

by Music-News.com

There’s a lot of Prince news this week as the first anniversary of his death last April approaches.

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Irving Azoff Acquires Prince Released And Unreleased Recording Rights

by Paul Cashmere

Global Music Rights, a company founded by Irving Azoff in 2014, has acquired the rights for all released and unreleased Prince songs.

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