CNN Showbiz — On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's "52nd Street," was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to t... more info

Dlisted — It happened again, it will happen tomorrow and it will keep happening until the City of Los Angeles does something about it. Amanda Bynes is a white celebrity girl, so they'll never stop her, but the City of Los Angeles will eventually ban drivi... more info

Perez Hilton — And a very Glee-filled hello to The New Rachel Marley (Melissa Benoist) and Puck's little brother Jake (Jacob Artist)! We are obviously SO ecstatic about this week's Glee season four premiere you could probably get high off our blood, sweat, and tea... more info

Mjsbigblog — Two more songs have emerged from the Glee Season 4 premiere, "The New Rachel"--"Never Say Never" sung by Jacob Artist, who plays Jake Puckerman and a duet of Billy Joel's iconic "New York State of Mind" performed by Melissa Benoist and Lea Michele. ... more info

Guardian Music — The Killers Runaways (Island) Electing the Killers single of the week is like announcing your favourite food is Big Macs. Their God-punching comeback starts carefully, but then, one minute in, that rollicking drum stampede shoves a cherry bomb up Bra... more info

Time — In which 'Simpsons' executive producer Matt Selman changes the words to "We Didn't Start the Fire" more info

Perez Hilton — Alas! The glods have gifted us yet ANOTHER season four gem! While we may be in the dark about the songs for the Britney tribute episode, we ARE hearing about other Glee cover choices little by little! We previously told you about the cast taking on B... more info

Guardian Music — The Titchlikes blogger chooses the songs that mean the most to her in our Six Songs of Me projectHannah Jones writes about anything and everything to do with music at titchlikes.com. It aims to inject some much needed vitality, passion and humour int... more info

ContactMusic — Billy Joel has paid tribute to bassist Bob Birch following his death this week beg13Aug12 calling him a brilliant musician and a wonderful man Birchs body was found at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday 15Aug12 and officials are... more info

Guardian Music — Officials are investigating death of Robert Wayne Birch, whose body was found in the Los Angeles area, as 'a possible suicide'Robert Wayne Birch, a backup musician and bass player for Elton John, was found dead in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday. H... more info