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Prince is a music icon and a consummate performer. It’s quite understandable that he doesn’t come cheap. The purple majesty was recently added to the lineup of the Coachella Music Festival near the Palm Springs later this month and it’s been made clear how and why his addition came to be. A source says that “Prince was a late late addition to the line-up. The promoters added him to try and sell more tickets and make up for a less than stellar - in comparison to years past - roster of performers.” And it reportedly cost them. Another source says that “The exact amount Prince is getting paid for his Coachella performance is $4.8 million.”

Category : Coachella, Concert, Performance, Prince

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Prince is set to have a secret hip replacement. Not much of a secret though if I’m writing about it is it?

The ‘Purple Rain’ singer, who released his first album in 1978, is being forced to undergo the surgery at just 49-years-old after suffering excruciating pain as a result of years of blistering performances.

A source said, “For months Prince, who always puts on the most energetic shows, has been complaining of pain every time he moves. He is totally crushed because he knows he will never be the same again.”

The surgery will involve removing the ball and socket of Prince’s damaged hip and replacing it with a titanium joint. The diminutive star is allegedly booking into a private hospital and aides have reportedly cleared two months from his diary to allow him time to recover from the operation.

Meanwhile, Prince put his health worries aside to host a special exclusive post Oscar-party last night. A-list names reportedly invited to the extravagant bash at his new Los Angeles home included Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Will Smith, Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.

Category : Los Angeles, Music Legends, News, Prince

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Prince has ordered several fan websites to remove any image that bears his likeness. Internet sites HouseQuake.com, PrinceFams.com and Prince.org have been asked by the pop superstar’s lawyers to comply with their demands immediately. He wrote some cool songs, for his time, but he’s such a JERK to demand that his fans remove his likenesses from their pages. He should be grateful that an over the hill music ’star’ from the decades ago still actually HAS fans! IDIOT! After all I think he knows better than anyone else on planet earth that he was and will never be as famous and successful as maybe George Michael and Michael Jackson, his looks have been the topic of fun and talks for many years now and yet he thinks that his dwindling fan base would like his picture to be removed. Some day this guy his going to ruin the fact that he is not recognized in his neighborhood too.

Category : FOTO, Life, Music, Music Artist, Music Legends, Performance, Pop Music, Prince, Rumor, Selebs

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The battle between record companies and internet users over copyright issues has been going on for years now. At first, it was over piracy and freely sharing copyrighted music. Now, even an 18-month old baby dancing to Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ is under attack.

Stephanie Lenz posted a 29-second clip of her son dancing to the Prince song back in February. In June, she received an email from YouTube saying that her video had been removed per request of Universal Music Publishing Group and that she could have her account canceled in the event of future copyright infringement.

In a statement by Universal, “Prince believes it is wrong for YouTube, or any user-generated site, to appropriate his music without his consent … It’s simply a matter of principle.”

Category : Music, Music Legends, Prince, Rumor, Selebs, Song, Youtube

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Prince Rogers Nelson, more famously known as Prince or the artist formerly known as Prince or Prince again, is being sued by a man who claims that the singer took 12 AVID hard drives and never paid for them.

The lawsuit was filed a few days ago in Los Angeles Superior Court by Ian Lewis. In the suit, he claims that Prince, named as the defendant along with his record label and fan club website, took 12 Avid Shuttle Drives worth $12,000, saying that Prince and his people never had any intention of returning or paying for them.

Lewis is seeking $1,000,000 and other damages to be determined at trial.

Category : Funny, Los Angeles, News, Pop Music, Prince, Selebs

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