What have I been telling you about this year? Great fu*king music.
Now, Prince is set to release an album entitled 20Ten in July for free. Similar to the deal back in 2007, the Purple One will be giving his new record out via The Daily Mirror this summer. More than 2.5 million free CD’s will be distributed on July 10th 2010.
The deal is part of a ‘multimedia collaboration’ with the singer that will see the Mirror (and it’s Scottish counterpart, Daily Record) run a series of Prince-themed features – including an interview (marking his first newspaper interview in more than 10 years) and ticket givaways to his European concerts.
Kiran Sharma, Prince’s representative and producer of his live shows, said: “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World in 1995 was Prince’s first number one selling single as a completely free artist. Fifteen years on, Prince is demonstrating that in 2010 it is still possible for artists to work in an independent and innovative capacity, highlighted here in a world first of delivering the new album across multiple territories, through complementary distribution channels”
“The new album, 20TEN, is a celebratory, quintessential Prince masterpiece and marks the start of the international tour.”
Amazing news! I’m getting the feeling that Prince may be heading back to the UK for some shows. Nothing to confirm this, it’s just a Prince-stan-hunch. Let’s see. Great news either way though – new music from Prince is ALWAYS great news.
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