According to information from UK hip hop weekly NME, newly rethroned King of New York Jay-Z (said Jay-Zed in England), has again foregone working with his nuclear babe of a wife Beyonce on the expanded deluxe edition of his new #1 album The Blueprint 3 in favor of ivory pounding alternative it-girl Regina Spektor. We reached Jay for comment and he said, “Yeah, I’m over it. B is great, but I needed a change, and Regina’s music exposes me, naked, to my emotions.” Unfortunately, it was our friend Jay Kleinberg, but he is very reliable. The Jay-Z/Spektor song is simply a sample of Spektor’s “Chemo Limo” for a new track called “Crispy Benjamins.”

“Sleeping Beauty” was thee scariest Disney-animated classic by a long shot. NME says oddball pop chanteuse Regina Spektor is set to collaborate with director and playwright Tina Landau and lyricist Michael Korie on ‘”Beauty,” a modern update of the Grimm fairy tale. Chances are, it will also be somewhat unsettling, no matter your age. Maybe not. While you can expect to see it open in late 2011, Spektor is currently on the road. Dates below:

09.21 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
09.22 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
09.24 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
09.30 Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
10.02 Mahwah, NJ @ Ramapo College
10.03 Carlisle, PA @ Dickinson College
10.04 Morgantown, WV @ Lyell B Clay Concert Theatre
10.06 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
10.12 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theatre
10.14 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10.26 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10.28 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
10.30 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
11.01 Portland, Oregon @ Roseland Theater
11.02 Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
11.03 Seattle, Washington @ Paramount Theatre
11.06 Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue
11.07 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
11.10 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
11.11 Austin, TX @ Stubbs
11.12 Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre

We’ve been scrambling to keep you up-to-date as Glastonbury’s slowly leaked megaconfirmation after megaconfirmation in the past few months. But today’s full lineup announcement is something to behold, the headlining package of Neil Young, the Boss and a reunited Blur now propped up by a roster so behemoth and iron-clad, it’s equal parts intimidating and enticing. Also playing: Bloc Party, Lady Gaga, Jarvis Cocker, Regina Spektor, Maximo Park, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Lily Allen, Tom Jones, Pete Doherty, Q-Tip, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Streets, Ray Davies and and and and…
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