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Just last week we started hearing about a new Prince album titled 20TEN that is scheduled to be released for free in publications all across Europe in the coming weeks and today, in conjunction with that album release, we get to hear from Prince himself in a new interview with the British newspaper The Daily Mirror. In much the same way that Prince has been promoting his albums for the last few years, Prince invited the reporter into his home to spend the day with him in order to get a taste of Prince‘s life, ending with a sit down interview to cap off the experience. For the most part, this latest interview/experience with the Daily Mirror played out in the same way but it’s the quotes that Prince gave to the paper that are getting all the attention this time around. According to Prince, the Internet is “completely over” in an “outdated” way. Now, how could the man who released his last album online via a website that charged $77 for access and only a few years ago distributed his music EXCLUSIVELY on the Internet at NPGMusicClub.com say such a thing? Well, read on to find out:

Prince agreed to his first British newspaper interview for 10 years before his eagerly anticipated new album 20TEN which, in the biggest music giveaway of the year, will be released free in the UK only in the Daily Mirror this Saturday. The interview almost doesn’t happen. Then it’s on as long as I can meet him the very next day at his home town of Minneapolis in the US Midwest (and I’m ordered not to bring a camera, mobile phone or tape recorder) … “Hi,” he says, “I’m so glad you could come.” His voice is deeper than I expected, he’s certainly small (5ft 2in at most), looks almost half his age (52), and is dressed immaculately, if oddly, in white silk trousers, flouncy green silk shirt, an ivory tunic and white pumps (which, I suspect, are stacked). “You must come and listen to the album,” he says. “I hope you like it. It’s great that it will be free to readers of your newspaper. I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music.” He explains that he decided the album will be released in CD format only in the Mirror. There’ll be no downloads anywhere in the world because of his ongoing battles against internet abuses. Unlike most other rock stars, he has banned YouTube and iTunes from using any of his music and has even closed down his own official website. He says: “The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it. The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.”

While I love Prince‘s music more than most music I’ve ever heard in my life, I cannot help but shake my head at the silliness that the man spouts in his interviews these days. To be clear, the man is a musical genius … it’s when he goes into social commentary that he loses me. The full interview can be read HERE and it is chock full of religion (“young people, don’t have enough God in their lives”) but no commentary about his past (“I don’t talk about the past”) or about the late Michael Jackson (“Next question”). In recent years he has railed against You Tube and even his own fans who dare to use his image on any of their websites in much the same way that a crotchety old person might vehemently oppose something not quite understood. His assertion that the Internet is “over” is absolutely ridiculous … what he should say is that his involvement with the Internet is over. Prince is very lucky to live with the kind of wealth that affords him the luxury to give away his albums and to wage war with his own fans without fear of reprisal or financial ruin. While I love the man’s music, I do my best to steer clear of his opinions because it’s stuff like this “the Internet is over” bologna that just makes him look old, outdated and “over”.

Prince played a concert in Berlin, Germany yesterday where no interviews were given, no commentary was espoused and I understand it was a fantastic show. After the jump, check out some photos from his performance …

Woot! A new day has dawned here in America … and the World … and while there is still much to celebrate, there is also much work to get done in the aftermath. It’s also time to get back to the goss ;) Yesterday I created a photo album of friends and Pink readers proudly showing off the I Voted stickers (or handmade signs) that they were given after they voted yesterday and today we get to see a whole bunch of photos of celebs showing off their I Voted stickers, too. Americans came out in record numbers to vote yesterday and those numbers included celebs … here are a few of them who exercised their right to vote yesterday:

Depending on where the celebs live, these photos were snapped in NYC and here in LA. Here is another batch of celebs who came out to vote yesterday:

I’m pretty sure that some of these celebs were voting for President for the first time in their lives and it seems pretty safe to assume that the lion’s share of them added to President-elect Barack Obama‘s historic win.

I’ve been getting emails and messages from around the World of folks cheering on Obama‘s victory as news of his election as the 44th President of the United States of America made headlines around the world. Here are a few of the UK papers splashing the news across their covers:

David tells me that newsstands all over NYC are selling out of copies of The New York Times, etc. so I would suggest that y’all snap up your local newspapers — wherever in the country you are — and put them away for posterity. I’m just sayin’ ;)

Madonna was in concert in San Diego, CA last night and was on stage when news of Obama‘s win was announced … she happily broke the news to her assembled audience and talked a little bit about the momentous nature of the win while on stage. After the jump, check out video of her impromptu speech …