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Nuns threatened over Decca deal

By | Published on Friday 30 July 2010

There were reports in the French media yesterday that the nuns who signed a deal with Universal Music’s Decca Records earlier this week had received “death threats” as a result of them going into business with the music giant, though on closer inspection the threats did come via comments left on a YouTube page, so possibly aren’t too serious.

Nevertheless, according to Le Provence the convent where the Benedictine nuns live has reported the threats to local police. A short video of the nuns singing Gregorian chants had been posted on YouTube and it was there that the threats, written in English, were posted.

As previously reported, because the nuns must shun all contact with the outside world, Decca’s record contract had to be handed to them through a wooden grille. Meanwhile record producers will never be in the same room as the nuns while the album is recorded.



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