David Bowie may leave troubled EMI 08 Nov 2011
David Bowie's contract ends in January and he is reportedly in talks with Universal Music and Sony.
David Bowie is reportedly on the brink of walking away from EMI, the troubled UK music group in the middle of an auction, after a 15-year relationship in which the label held the rights to the bulk of his back catalogue including classic albums Ziggy Stardust and Space Oddity.
Bowie's contract comes to an end in January and the Financial Times reports today that EMI have declined to comment.
Bowie is apparently in talks with Universal Music and Sony Music, who hold the rights to his output since 1995. Continued...
See also: David Bowie's "Toy" Internet Smash Hit
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ReplyDeleteYay! Now he'll release, like, TONS of material!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the news, Rob! Stupid EMI, Sex Pistols had that right all those years ago... ;)
ReplyDeleteI think (hope) that we all may soon see many new Bowie releases. He may have been waiting for this EMI contract to end before releasing any new material.
ReplyDeleteYou know Rob, I believe you are correct. I too think Bowie was holding back on his music and let's hope so!
ReplyDeleteone can only hope that (1) this is true and (2) it portends something positive ... or even anything at all ... we are so hungry!!!
ReplyDeleteI swear I saw an article that quoted Daddy as saying that Lou Reed's collaboration with Metallica inspired him to do more work, which he wasn't planning to do. I don't think I posted it here, but I'm sure I saw it on Twitter, and I'm sure I retweeted it, but I can't find it anywhere now.
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