Linda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman who went on to produce songs for Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Gwen Stefani, is suing Warner Music Group for royalties she believes she is owed on James Blunt's
Back To Bedlam, which came out on her imprint
Custard Records. Perry is suing for royalties on the album—which, according to the suit, has made WMG a cool $100 million—plus $5 million in damages, and she's saying that Warner Music Group "follows the far too familiar scenario involving a large multinational corporate record company which takes advantage of a small, independent production company." For its part, Warner says that it has always compensated the label in accordance with the contract the two parties agreed upon when Perry initially brought Blunt to WMG's attention, which sounds to me like code for "read the fine print, lady." [
BBC]
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Courtney Love's been working with Linda Perry on Nobody's Daughter, her second solo album, for almost three years, but word is starting to filter out that she's scrapped everything and will start fresh with her band's guitarist Micko Larrikin, formerly of the British group Larrikin Love (no relation), at the helm. Wasn't Courtney's album supposed to come out on Perry's label, though? Hard to believe Court could go through that much drama and not blog about it. If the rumors are true, a listen to Larrikin Love's music would imply we're in for something a lot more spare and jangly than the former 4 Non Blonde's brand of pop.
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