News Ticker: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Jennifer Hudson, The Osbournes and Virgin Megastore

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor tells Billboard he’s working on a solo album without side project Stone Sour that sounds “kind of a cross between the Foo Fighters and Social D, with some Johnny Cash mixed in.”
E!’s Marc Malkin has the exclusive scoop that Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem before the Super Bowl on February 1st, marking her first return to the spotlight since the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.
The Osbourne’s upcoming Fox variety show Rock Daily told you about in July now has a name — Osbournes Reloaded — and vague plans to feature Pamela Anderson and pie-tossing.
Virgin Megastore’s flagship (and tourist-packed) store in New York’s Times Square will close in April because its landlord can make more rent off a Forever 21. Since it’s the highest volume music store in the U.S., this does not bode well for physical music sales, and leaves Virgin with only five remaining shops.
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