Mac McCaughan, frontman of Superchunk, has shared a new song titled “Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again).” Stream it below. McCaughan posted the song on his Bandcamp along with the following note: “Written and recorded Dec 24, 2016 in a moment of trying…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince’s estate is worth about $200 million, a new court filing suggests.
It’s the first time a specific estimate has emerged publicly from court proceedings following Prince’s April overdose death. Since he left no known will, the rock superstar’s sister and five half-siblings are in line to inherit equal shares of the estate — after taxes gobble up about half of it. By comparison, David Bowie’s estate was worth about $100 million when he died in January, according to his will.
Shortly after Prince’s death, when officials were beginning to place a value on his musical catalog, unreleased music, the Paisley Park studio complex and other assets, one lawyer for the company overseeing the estate, Bremer Trust, said it could be worth somewhere between $100 million and $300 million.
Attorneys have avoided giving specific figures in public since then, but based on a court filing made public this week, Bremer Trust puts the value of the estate at about $200 million, the Associated Press has calculated.
That figure is based on…
A new documentary, Prince: R U Listening?, is slated to come out next year. The film will focus on the artist’s early years and ascendency via commentary from musicians who played with him alongside his friends and family, according to Screen Daily.
The film will feature interviews with Dez Dickerson, who joined Prince’s touring band in 1979 and left the group after the 1999 tour, and André Cymone, who played bass in Prince’s teenage band Grand Central in the Seventies and toured with the artist through 1981. It will also feature interviews with Prince’s…
The Recording Academy on Monday announced 25 new musical works that will be added to the Grammy Hall of Fame, including pieces by Prince, David Bowie, Nirvana, N.W.A and more.
“The Grammy Hall of Fame represents all genres of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Academy has become renowned,” said The Recording Academy president and CEO Neil Portnow in a statement. “Memorable and inspiring, these recordings are proudly added to our growing catalog and are an integral part of our musical, social and cultural history.”
The selected singles and album recordings are all at least 25 years old to meet requirements for selection, spanning genres. Among those artists listed above, they…
Prince‘s complex-turned-museum Paisley Park will mark the one-year anniversary of the late icon’s death with the four-day Celebration 2017 that will honor the life and legacy of Prince.
Prince-affiliated acts like the reunited Revolution, Morris Day & The Time, New Power Generation and Liv Warfield & Shelby J with members of 3rdEyeGirl will perform over the course of the four-day event, taking place from April 20th to 23rd at the singer’s Chanhassen, Minnesota residence.
“Bringing together musicians, creative personnel, special guests and friends who…
The Recording Academy has announced 25 new musical works that will be added to the Grammy Hall of Fame, including pieces by Prince, David Bowie, Nirvana, N.W.A and more.
“The GRAMMY Hall Of Fame represents all genres of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Academy has become renowned,” said The Recording Academy president and CEO Neil Portnow in a statement. “Memorable and inspiring, these recordings are proudly added to our growing catalog and are an integral part of our musical, social and cultural history.”
The selected singles and album recordings are all at least 25 years old to meet requirements for selection, spanning genres. Among those artists listed above, they also include the Jackson 5‘s “ABC,” Elvis Presley‘s “Jailhouse Rock,” Billie Holiday‘s…
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Prince‘s first posthumously released song, “Moonbeam Levels,” premiered Tuesday on ABC News alongside the release of the late musician’s new greatest hits collection, Prince 4ever.
ABC unveiled “Moonbeam Levels” during a listening party at New York City’s Cutting Room Studios, with the song beginning at the 45-second mark above. Recorded in 1982 while working on…
Meghan Markle, who, as we are all well aware, is currently dating Prince Harry, recently wrapped the sixth season of her show, Suits—and Markle, we now know, spent some of that time on set (perhaps with a brief break for googling “kensington palace + nearby coffeeshops”) writing an essay, which she contributed to Elle UK, that explores her feelings about the complicated dynamic between her acting career and her charity work. (“I’m sitting in my trailer with my mom in Toronto, Canada,” it begins.)
She writes that, initially, she never would have imagined she’d one day be starring on a popular show; “[My mom and I] never would have dreamed that this would be my reality,” she says. She goes on to describe a notable moment, in Rwanda, where she was doing work at a refugee camp, there as an “advocate for UN Women,” and she got an e-mail from her managers about the BAFTA Awards (“I had never been and had always romanticized it”). She was going to be flown in for the ceremony, and outfitted…