Muse

British rock act Muse is expected to deliver a new album early next year after signing new recording and publishing deals with Warner Music and Warner Chappell U.K., respectively.

In future, the band will issue its recordings through their own, as-yet unidentified label, which will be distributed by Warner Music. The Brit Award-winning band has completed its recording commitments with U.K.-based label Taste Media, through which its first three studio albums were issued. Taste's owners Safta Jaffery and Dennis Smith have sold the company to Warner Music for an undisclosed sum. A spokesperson for Warner Music International declined to comment.

Meanwhile, Warner Chappell has struck a multi-album publishing deal covering the world outside North America. After years of rumors and cancelled dates, Origin of Symmetry will finally be released in the US on September 20. And while US fans are digesting old music, the band are finishing work on their 4th studio album to be released in 2006.

Jaffery and Smith signed Muse in 1998 and have guided the band's career to date. The trio, who hail from Devon, south west England, have accumulated an estimated total of 4.5 million album sales worldwide.

Muse have stopped touring over the world for this year. The last "gig" was at Live 8.

There isn´t any official release date nor title of the new album. Chris mentioned april 2006, but he also said it´s too early to tell when it will be released (Muse are masters in moving release dates). The producer of the new album will be Rich Costey (who produced Absolution, apart from B&H, and Blackout).There is no more information about a new dvd.

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