Canadian Chain Boycotts Bob Dylan

The record chain HMV Canada has removed all of Bob Dylan’s recordings from its stores after the singer made a deal to sell his new album exclusively at Starbucks. “A spokesman for HMV Canada told the Hollywood Reporter they were no longer stocking or displaying Dylan’s albums. The chain has previously boycotted CDs by Alanis Morissette and The Rolling Stones to complain at exclusive deals. When HMV Canada removed The Rolling Stones from its shelves in 2003, president Humphrey Kadaner said: ‘Any artists that choose to exclude HMV as a retailer for selling the product, this will be our response’.”