• New Kids on the Block released a new single.


• Could the rumors of a Paul and Ringo reunion please be true?


• Vice announced the lineup and dates for the Colt 45 tour.


• Spinner lists 20 bad songs by good bands.


• Michael Showalter started writing for Spin.

• A woman shelled out a fortune to christen the new Led Zeppelin roller coaster.


• Prince will headline Coachella.


• Ringo Starr's floral tribute statue has been decapitated in Liverpool.


• Charlie Daniels claims Guitar Hero perverted his famous song.


• Pitchfork.TV is actually a hit!

• After 20 years, The Samples have called it quits.


• Stone Temple Pilots reunited last night at Houdini's old mansion.


• American Idol gives back tonight.


• Elvis Costello is hosting a new show on The Sundance Channel.


• Axl Rose may star in his own TV show.

• A Chicago newspaper leaked the Lollapalooza lineup.


• Spin reveals industry salaries in their latest issue.


• A John Varvatos Store has opened in CBGBs old location.


• Feist won 5 Canadian Music Awards. Eh?


• A Queens of the Stone Age concert was evacuated.

• Ben Gibbard pulled a jazzy April Fool's prank.


• Weezer's Red Album may have also been a prank.


• Rage Against The Machine will headline the Reading Festival.


• How well do you know the Stone Temple Pilots?


• YouTube made Rick Astley the butt of their April Fool's joke.

• Is Axl Rose just what the doctor ordered?


• Who knew a Video Game console could sound so sweet?


• Beginner Bands: Avoid these pitfalls.


• Richie Sambora better lay off the sauce.


• Kanye West's face makes for good art.

• Velvet Revolver may have broken up.


• Beatles partner Neil Aspinall passed away.


• A 12-year-old-boy attacked Soulja Boy's tour bus.


• Esquire listed this year's top 10 songs used in car ads.


• Pete Townshend is writing a biography.

• EW listed the top 25 Indie Bands of the past 25 years.


• Amanda Overmyer was kicked off American Idol last night.


• Rock Band is releasing their own music store.


• Black Moth Super Rainbow's new vinyl is scratch n' sniff.


• AV Club has 14 of the 15 most overblown charity songs.

• DMB and Tom Petty will headline the first Mile High Festival.


• Don't Lose the Music wants to protect your ears.


• Danity Kane will top this week's charts.


• It hasn't always been ice cream and rainbows for Pete Wentz.


• The Beatles invaded American Idol this week.

• The new Gnarls Barkley video causes seizures.


• BWE put together a recap of last night's American Idol.


• Rachel Ray responds to blogger backlash.


• Craigslist hooked Dead Prez up with an opener.


• The Istiverse launched a special SXSW blog.

• Pitchfork is launching an online indie music TV network.


• Crystal Castles postponed their tour due to an injury.


• Lou Pearlman pleaded guilty to many, many charges.


• A Bob Marley documentary is in the works.


• College Humor counts down the worst cinematic bands.

• Why would Hells Angels want to assassinate Mick Jagger?


• Vampire Weekend canceled their Langerado performance for SNL.


• NIN wasn't the only band that released a free album this week.


• Idolator wants MTV to bring back four of their classics.


• AV Club listed 26 tempting but inappropriate funeral songs.

• Heath Ledger's eerie Nick Drake music video is now online.


• The Hives hit the ice with the Vancouver Canucks.


• American Idol contestants may be singing The Beatles soon.


• Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is up for auction.


• This is so much better than Kidz Bop...

• Here are 15 songs that can be used for torture.


• Maxim apologized for their ignorant Black Crowes review.


• Perez Hilton to launch his own vanity label.


• Madonna is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's latest inductee.


• Liam Finn will open for Eddie Vedder's upcoming tour.

• LCD Soundsystem debuted "Big Ideas" on Stereogum.


• Jay-Z's Atlantic Yards Project was hit with a $5 billion lawsuit.


• Devandra Banhart resorts to internet gimmickry.


• Diddy's film A Raisin in the Sun premieres tonight on ABC.


• Here's a list of some pretty bad album covers.

• Janet Jackson sampled Daft Punk in her latest single.


• Her brother Michael, topped the pop charts last week.


• Soulja Boy showed off his new shoe line.


• I'm loving this DIY video from The Coathangers.


• Sean Lennon is scoring an upcoming indie Vampire flick.

• Could a new NIN record be on the way?


• Warped Tour announced this year's full lineup.


• Kylie Minogue and Mika cleaned up at the Brit Awards.


• Human Giant is coming back on March 11th.


• Jake Shimabukuro wowed Conan with his ukulele.

• Mobius Band covered Daft Punk's Digital Love.


• Slug from Atmosphere knows all about love.


• Michael Showalter filmed a short for this year's Plug Awards.


• Jack Johnson triumphed in this week's charts.


• Feist discusses the effect the iPod commercial had on her career.

• SXSW released the list of bands playing this year's festival.


• Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival.


• Amy Winehouse was denied a visa to perform at the Grammys.


• Cher announced a three-year residency at Caesars Palace in Vegas.


• Billy Joel will play the last concert at Shea Stadium.

• Rihanna's releasing her own line of Umbrella-ella-ellas.


• Maharishi Yogi, the spiritual leader who inspired The Beatles, has passed away.


• Vans announced part of the Warped Tour lineup.


• What if Kurt Cobain played the Ukelele?


• Justin Timberlake may collaborate with The Arctic Monkeys.

• Grateful Dead reunited to support Obama.


• Things are awkward between John Mellencamp and John McCain.


• Diddy let the world know he supports democracy.


• A new study shows an increase in substance-based lyrics.


• Feist's album The Reminder won the Shortlist Music Prize.

• BWE ponders the premise of an upcoming film inspired by The Rolling Stones.


• Thom Yorke is getting over his fear of flying for Radiohead's upcoming tour.


• The Beatles sent a song to space.


• Hannah Montana's film-concert brought in the bucks.


• Did Paula's Pregame performance prove she still has it?

• The Futureheads established their own label.


• Justin Timberlake stars in an upcoming Superbowl ad.


• The Hard Days Night Hotel opens this week.


• U2 is planning a lengthy residency at London's O2 Arena.


• Bill Cosby is releasing a profanity-free hip hop album.

• Kanye West's new tour poster is awesome.


• Tower Records in Los Angeles is getting razed.


• Pitchfork interviewed Rivers Cuomo.


• OzzFest will be making a limited run this year.


• Death Cab announced their new album's title.

• Happy 20th Birthday Sub-Pop!


• Striking writers make an exception for the Grammys.


• MTV and Myspace promote the vote.


• Cracked profiles six artists who should forget their pasts.


• Pepsi and Michael Jackson team up again for a Super Bowl commercial.

Did you know The Beatles were banned from Israel? That ban was finally lifted.

New Kids on the Block may reunite.

Homer Simpson as Kurt Cobain.

More news on a Led Zeppelin tour.

More news on a REM/Modest Mouse/The National tour. 

• Dazed Digital interviewed Patrick Wolf.


• Spin finally posted their top 40 albums of 2007 list online.


• Scarlett Johansson announced details for her upcoming album.


• Yacht Rock released another episode in their series.


• Portfolio analyzes the Britney Spears economy.

• Justice couldn't fill Madison Square Garden.


• Delilah, of Plain White T's fame, stopped by The Today Show.


• Freezepop shares some tips on frozen treats.


• People are loving Bono in 3-D IMAX.


• Tokyo Police Club announced details of their Saddle Creek release.

• Rather than cutting his song short, Ringo Starr walked off The Regis and Kelly Show.


• The Moldy Peaches performed "Anyone Else..." on The View.


• Blind Melon is heading back into the studio, sans Shannon Hoon.


• Tay Zonday played Cafe Europa.


• Irrelevant, but hilarious.

• Slim-Fast wants to help Slim Shady lose some weight.


• Ike Turner's cause of death isn't too shocking.


• The Rolling Stones are making another album.


• Need a job? P. Diddy is looking for a new assistant.


• Kimya Dawson supports the writer's strike.