Wednesday June 30

A Soulful Noise

Prince To Release Free Album In Europe

 

European music lovers definitely have something to cheer about. That's because Prince plans to release his latest album, 20Ten, via various European publications for free.99. Yes, you read that right. FREE. In a deal struck with the U.K.'s Daily Mirror and its Scottish version, The Daily Record, the Royal One will give out over 2.5 million copies in the July 10th issues. Both papers will also include Prince's first interview with a British publication in more than a decade, in addition to hosting contests for concert tickets. Meanwhile, Belgium and Germany will also have some very lucky readers in July. Belgium paper Het Nieuwblad will release the 10-track disc on July 10th, the same day that Prince will hit the stage at the country's Werchter Fesitval. The German edition of Rolling Stone will also bless its readers with copies of 20Ten in its August issue, which hits stands July 22nd. This isn't the first time he has used a media outlet to release an album. In 2007, he teamed up with U.K. paper Mail on Sunday to distribute his album Planet Earth. Plans for a stateside release of 20Ten have yet to be revealed. We're not quite sure how our European counterparts got so lucky, but we're definitely green with envy (and can't wait for the transatlantic hook up).









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