Kid Rock explains iTunes boycott

Kid Rock is refusing to put his albums on iTunes because he says artists do not get paid enough for downloads from the Apple store, BBC News Online reports.

Kid Rock is one of the last few acts not fully signed up to the service.

He said it was based on �an old system, where iTunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don�t give it to the artists.�

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U2's manager: 'Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' album backfired'

U2's manager Paul McGuinness has said that Radiohead's decision to release their latest album 'In Rainbows' on a pay-what-you-like basis has "backfired".

McGuinness said that U2's forthcoming new album, which he said is likely to be released in October, would not be released in the style of 'In Rainbows'.

The manager claimed that most fans who downloaded the album did so through illegal means, despite the album being available for a nominal amount legally.

"60 to 70 percent of the people who downloaded the record stole it anyway," he claimed, "even though it was available for free."

Speaking about how U2's album will be released, McGuinness said, "We will obviously work with whatever technology is available to make the release of the new record as interesting as possible.

"[But] for U2 physical sales are still an enormous part of our business and we still sell a lot of actual CDs."

The record will be the follow-up to 2004's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb'.

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The Zutons - Mccabe The Zutons Wont Cover Winehouse

THE ZUTONS frontman DAVE MCCABE has laughed off suggestions the British rockers cover an AMY WINEHOUSE song, after she scored a huge chart hit with their track VALERIE.

Singer MCCabe admits he is a big fan of Winehouse and her version of their hit song, but insists his band won't be returning the compliment.

He tells Gigwise.com, "No, not at all. We wouldn't do it. It would be like a weird version of her songs. I think she's done ours good."

And the bands saxophonist, Abi Harding, agrees with MCCabe, claiming Winehouse "doesn't need" them to cover her material.

Winehouse collaborated with DJ Mark Ronson on her version of Valerie, which was released in 2007. The Zutons' original was released in 2006.

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