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A Round-Up of Miscellaneous Prince Stories

The Prince-related stories keep rolling in. I’ll update this page as long as it seems to make sense.

  1. Here’s an unsupported gossip item making the rounds. Take it with a grain of salt. (Via Maureen)
  2. Prince’s estate: Is $300 million earmarked for the Jehovah’s Witnesses? He’s not married and has no children.
  3. Broadway paid tribute to Prince Thursday night.
  4. Spike Lee held a block party in Prince’s honour.
  5. Ten words Prince made up and what they mean.
  6. Guns ‘N Roses’ Duff McKagan says Prince changed his life.
  7. Shut up, Bieber. (Via Tom)
  8. Prince’s The Very Best Of album is headed for #1 on the Billboard charts.
  9. How Prince’s death was covered by newspapers around the planet.
  10. The sports world has been honouring Prince.
  11. This is a cool video tribute from Skratch Bastid. (Via Pete)
  12. Here’s what Cyndi Lauper had to say about Prince.
  13. Corey Taylor of Slipknot/Stone Sour covered some Prince Thursday night.
  14. Here’s LA correspondent Pamela Chellin’s review of a Prince show from 2012.
  15. There were tributes at Coachella Friday night (Apri 22).
  16. Saturday Night Live is planning a tribute tonight (April 23).

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