Check this video about Friday's launch in Canada: In addition to the new Canadian artists in Zune Originals , now you can buy Zune accessories via Zune Originals - check it out!

On Friday, June 13, Zune will be coming to retail stores in Canada. 'Thoughts has more details , and posted this photo.

Yesterday during the Bill Gates Keynote at CES , Robbie Bach announced the Zune launch in Canada* in Spring 2008. The Canadian offering this spring will first include Zune players (including Zune Originals), Zune software and Zune Social, with the Zune Marketplace online store coming later this year. Robbie also noted that we've had about 1.5 million who have tried out Zune Social, and that, "We can differentiate ourselves in this space, and we think there's plenty of opportunity for that market...

Lots of my readers know the name of my favorite band: Tokyo Police Club Well, a few weeks ago, right before SXSW, the guys got a couple of Zunes. Now, some 6-8 weeks later, I caught up w/ them (on email) and asked them: CM: For those that don't know, tell us a little about how you formed: TPC : We formed in January of 2005. We had all played music with each other before in previous bands but they all sort of dissolved over time. Then Dave started writing some songs and needed people to play on them...