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BY sharpebcameron sharpebcameron | 06-15-2009 | 3:14 PM

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Expect more from Jay soon. DJ Skee took to Twitter to say that the
first official single from Blueprint 3 will be "On That," featuring
Drake. Jay wasn't asked and didn't speak on that song, but he did talk
a little bit about the album's feel.

"The vibe I'm on is, stripping it down and bringing it back
classic," Jay said. "I hear people, I gotta get back in my square and
really let people know what time it is really quick."

Elvis Costello celebrated the release of his "Sacred, Profane &
Sugarcane" album with an intimate solo acoustic show yesterday (June 2)
in Manhattan's financial district.

Costello performed a nearly hour-long set for a small group of fans
and radio station contest winners at Jim Brady's, a wood-paneled Irish
pub near Wall Street. He focused almost entirely on songs from his
freshly-released album, a collection of Americana-style folk songs that
was produced by T. Bone Burnett. Accompanied only by his own acoustic
guitar, Costello ran through more than half of the new record's songs,
including the melancholy "She Handed Me A Mirror," "Complicated
Shadows," the location-appropriate "Down Among the Wines and Spirits,"
and the tongue-in-cheek sing-a-long "Sulpher to Sugarcane."

The world was fixated on the final "Britain's Got Talent" Saturday
(May 30), mainly to see how the unlikely overnight sensation Susan
Boyle, who has been battered by the media in the wake of last week's
shaky performance on the show would fare. She did not disappoint her
fans, who, judging by the amount of traffic clogging the show's Web
site, were flocking to their computers to see her performance — but
ultimately came in second, losing out to dance troupe Diversity. The
10-member British troupe will receive 100,000 pounds ($160,000) and
will perform at the Royal Variety Performance before the Queen.

After singing performances from contestants Shaheen Jafargholi (who
was told by judge Simon Cowell, "You have a great chance of winning
this whole thing"), 2 Grand, Hollie Steel and Shaun Smith, Boyle
returned to the stage with the song that made her famous, "I Dreamed a
Dream" from "Les Misérables," soaring through the song with a rendition
that had the crowd standing on its feet before she was halfway done.

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Garvey says the American market is increasingly important, without being the primary focus for the act.

"We're definitely interested, we're going to go and have a look in
America," he says. "We've been out there for every album and we do okay
in the major cities.

"Conquering the world is a game of the young man, really. I think
we'll go where people want us. If something happens in the States, we
love being over there so it would be a great excuse to see the States
for a while, but equally it's going really well in mainland Europe, so
we'll go wherever we're wanted really."

"We've been doing home demos for the past six months — just
kind of writing — and we're pretty close," Urie explained. "Still some
work to be done, though ... hoping to finish that up over the next
couple months."

And though it's early, Urie gave us a hint about the new songs,
which he said take Panic further down the sun-dappled, retro-pop path
they began exploring on Pretty. Odd.

Atlantic has announced that it will relaunch the Elektra Records
imprint, which has been dormant since 2004. The label will be run by
Fueled By Ramen founder John Janick and Atlantic EVP of A&R Mike
Caren.

While the new presidents say they are planning on signing new
artists, the first three artists to join the label all have established
relationships with Atlantic. The first album released on Elektra was
the soundtrack for the HBO show "True Blood," which dropped on May 19.
The company's next release will be the U.S. debut of U.K. dance artist
Little Boots, whose EP "Illuminations" is scheduled for release on June
9.

Elektra has also signed French electronic duo Justice, and rapper
Cee-Lo. Caren says a new Cee-Lo album will be out in the either the
fourth quarter of this year, or first quarter next year. Justice will
release a new album in early 2010.

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The world was fixated on the final "Britain's Got Talent" Saturday
(May 30), mainly to see how the unlikely overnight sensation Susan
Boyle, who has been battered by the media in the wake of last week's
shaky performance on the show would fare. She did not disappoint her
fans, who, judging by the amount of traffic clogging the show's Web
site, were flocking to their computers to see her performance — but
ultimately came in second, losing out to dance troupe Diversity. The
10-member British troupe will receive 100,000 pounds ($160,000) and
will perform at the Royal Variety Performance before the Queen.