Guardian Music — Overseeing almost all of Universal's international business since last July, he hasn't yet put a foot wrongLabel executive: COO, Universal Music Group InternationalFilling Lucian Grainge's shoes was never going to be easy, but ­Christopher Charles Â... more info

Guardian Music — Big names like Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney fail to sell out arena concerts after decade of growth in gig marketIt was billed as the saviour of the music industry, and the way to make money while CD sales dropped further each year. But the live music ... more info

Guardian Music — (Island)The Tennessee-reared, preacher's-son-fronted Mona have attracted not-always-flattering comparisons with Kings of Leon. Their debut album finds them entering Bon Jovi and U2 territory, too. These swaggering, would-be huge, one-size-fits-all ro... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is one truly amazing and beautiful album. If you're sympathetic to so called New Age music as in Kitaro (whom she actually performed with) and Andreas Vollenweider, or if you can appreciate some world music occasionally, hell even if you apprec... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "See My Friends," the recent solo album by erstwhile Kinks leader Ray Davies, has gained much attention for its boldfaced collaborators -- Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Corgan, Jon Bon Jovi, Mumford & Sons, Spoon and Black Francis among them. B... more info

NME — Former Kinks man to play on June 25 before Bon Jovi more info

CNN Showbiz — "We'd like to send this out to our brother Richie," Jon Bon Jovi announced during the encore of Bon Jovi's Saturday set at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. It was the first and only time Bon Jovi acknowledged the absence of guitarist Richie Sa... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, AOL Music Two days after Bon Jovi announced that guitarist Richie Sambora would take a break, allegedly to return to rehab, the group started a new tour by headlining at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Saturday (A... more info

USA Today Music — Day two of the Jazz Fest, again blessed by bearable temperatures and a merciful breeze, found tens of thousands of euphoric patrons caught in ... more info

NME — Guitarist is undergoing treatment for drinking problem more info