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Bootsy Collins Has A New Album

Mascot Records has announced the new album and first in six years from funk rock legend Bootsy Collins! World Wide Funk will be released on October 27 and features an array of phenomenal talent including; Chuck D, Buckethead, Eric Gales, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, Musiq Soulchild, Bernie Worrell, Kali Uchis and many more.

Tagged as: 80s, Bootsy Collins, funk, USA

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton To Perform In Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

George Clinton will play two 50th anniversary shows in Australia in September.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, funk, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Prince Honored With New Pantone Colour

by Music-News.com

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

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

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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.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, Purple Rain, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Ready To Give It Away Give It Away Now Suggests Chad Smith

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has told Eddie Trunk that the band may be at the point of finally slowing down.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, metal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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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.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, Purple Rain, rock, USA

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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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Apollonia Writes Birthday Letter To Prince

by Music-News.com

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.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, soul, USA

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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.

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

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Prince May Have Been Duped Into Wrong Drug Says Top Pathologist

by Music-News.com

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).

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, USA

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Nikka Costa Covers Prince On New Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Nikka Costa’s new album takes her music in a new direction with a combination of covers and original songs along with the inclusion of a rhythm section and string quartet.

Tagged as: 90s, blues, funk, Nikka Costa, soul, USA

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Prince Siblings His Only Heirs Judge Rules

by Music-News.com

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

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, soul, USA

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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.

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

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Prince Family Starts Talking Up A Reality Show

by Music-News.com

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.

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

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Morris Day Pays Tribute To Prince VIDEO

by Music-News.com

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Prince Doctor Denies Unauthorised Prescriptions Were At Paisley Park

by Music-News.com

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

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

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R.I.P. Toby Smith of Jamiroquai 1970-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Toby Smith, the keyboardist for Jamiroquai from their founding until 2002, died on Tuesday (April 11) at the age of 46. No cause of death has been announced.

Tagged as: 90s, funk, Jamiroquai, pop, Toby Smith, UK

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George Clinton To Receive SESAC Legacy Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

George Clinton, the leader of the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic has been chosen to receive the SESAC Legacy Award.

Tagged as: 70s, funk, George Clinton, USA

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Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners This Girl Is On An Italian Car Ad

by Paul Cashmere

Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners hit song ‘This Girl’ is currently being heard as a Peugeot ad in Italy.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, funk, Kungs vs Cookin' On 3 Burners, Kylie Auldist

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R.I.P. Robert ‘P-Nut’ Johnson of Bootsy’s Rubber Band and Parliament-Funkadelic 1947-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Robert “P-Nut” Johnson, vocalist for Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Parliament, Funkadelic and other various George Clinton bands, died on Sunday, March 12 after a lengthy illness.

Tagged as: 70s, funk, Funkadelic, Parliament, Robert P-Nut Johnson, USA

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R.I.P. Clyde Stubblefield Drummer For James Brown 1943-2017

by Paul Cashmere

U.S. drummer Clyde Stubblefield, best known for his work with James Brown, has died from liver failure at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 60s, Clyde Stubblefield, funk, James Brown, USA

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R.I.P. Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison of Ohio Players 1954-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Walter “Junie” Morrison, who left his musical mark on both the Ohio Players and Parliament-Funkadelic, has died at the age of 62.

Tagged as: 60s, funk, Ohio Players, USA, Walter Junie Walter

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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.

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

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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.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, funk, Irving Azoff, music industry, pop, Prince, USA

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Paisley Park To Stage Prince First Anniversary Shows In 2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Some have questioned how fast the executors of Prince’s estate have managed to get the Paisley Park complex up and running as a museum, feeling it was a bit disrespectful to the late singer this soon after his death, but the company running the site keeps forging forward with new special events.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, funk, Prince, rock, USA

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Prince Paisley Park To Start Fan Vocal Sessions

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince’s Paisley Park in Chanhassen, MN has gone from a place of mourning to a full-blown tourist attraction in record time.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, funk, Paisley Park, Prince, Prince Paisley Park To Start Fan Vocal Sessions, rock, soul, USA

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Jay-Z Is Not Buying Prince Archives Says Rep

by Music-News.com

Prince’s camp has denied claims Jay Z made a $40 million bid to buy the rights to the late pop icon’s unreleased music.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, dance, funk, Jay-Z, Jay-Z Is Not Buying Prince Archives Says Rep, pop, Prince, rap, USA

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