Version:           1.4.0 (using KDE 3.5.2, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18 dapper)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.16-rt26

When playing a file, the "Playing:" area of the status bar displays two lines including non-parsed HTML code.
For example, when playing the demo file it prints:
Playing: _:track by artist[unreadable character (return?)]
<b>amaroK 1.4 welcome</b> by <b>Matthias Ettrich</b> (0:12)

I think the "_:track by artist[?]" should not appear, the html should be parsed, and everything should appear in a single line (2 lines is too much for the height of the bar)

AmaroK comes from the following repository:
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-14 dapper main
I might have some (non-amaroK) packages coming from czessi.net since I followed the following advise and then did a full upgrade:
http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/index.php/MP3_on_Kubuntu_6.06
Unfortunately, I don't know how to check what packages on my system come from that repository (which I removed from my sources.list in the meantime), so that I could try and remove them then reinstall the "official" ones from the kubuntu repositories.

Things I tried without success:
- remove ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok and ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc then restart amaroK
- idem + apt-get remove amarok && dpkg --purge amarok then reinstall

versions of some installed software:
ii  amarok                                 1.4.0a-0ubuntu1                       
ii  amarok-engines                         1.4.0a-0ubuntu1                       
ii  amarok-xine                            1.4.0a-0ubuntu1                       
ii  kdelibs                                3.5.2-0ubuntu18                       
ii  kdelibs-bin                            3.5.2-0ubuntu18                       
ii  kdelibs-data                           3.5.2-0ubuntu18                       
ii  kdelibs4c2a                            3.5.2-0ubuntu18                       
ii  libtunepimp2-dev                       0.3.0-9.1ubuntu3                      
ii  libtunepimp2c2a                        0.3.0-9.1ubuntu3                      
ii  konq-plugins                           3.5.2-0ubuntu4                        
ii  konqueror                              3.5.2-0ubuntu26                       
ii  konqueror-nsplugins                    3.5.2-0ubuntu26                       
ii  kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts            0.3-0ubuntu1                          
ii  libkonq4                               3.5.2-0ubuntu26