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- Everything you need to know about Jay-Z's seven-city publicity-tour: "Jay rolls out '99 Problems' for the first time all day. During the second verse DJ Green Lantern switches the beat to the instrumental of Lynyrd Skynyrd's redneck anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" while Jay raps and the Hiltons throw up Roc-A-Fella signs." [MTV]
- Bryan Ferry's first solo album in five years, tentatively titled Do These Pants Make My Ass Look Classy?, will be released in March. [NME]
- A six-year court battle over the copyright to more than 600 Cuban-music songs—including numbers made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club—has finally ended in London. [BBC News]