Buzzgrinder — Upon reading news that Def Leppard had been nominated for multiple CMT Awards, I was somewhat flabbergasted. I know that country folks like to think they're hip to the rock and the roll and the kids and what not. But this is ridiculous. The nominat... more info

People.com — Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland and Def Leppard will also perform more info

Rolling Stone — Beyoncé’s thriller Obsessed crushed the competition at movie theaters this weekend, raking in $28.5 million. According to EW, Obsessed more than doubled the receipts from the week’s Number Two film, 17 Again. Peter Travers, who live-Twittered ab... more info

NME — They join Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard at Donington Park more info

Kerrang! — Tonight on K! Dot Com we'll be announcing another wave of awesome bands who will be playing the 2009 Download festival. Tune in tonight (Monday, March 23) at midnight or, if you can't hold it in, head on over to our MySpace page to speculate wildly.... more info

Kerrang! — Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to ... more info

Kerrang! — Tonight at midnight (GMT) we will unveiling another 12 rocktastic (and metaltastic) bands for this year’s Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival! “Who will they be? Who will they be?” we hear you cry? Well, you’ll just have t... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Nielsen/WireImage We, and many of our readers, were incredibly excited when Cheap Trick revealed that they’d team with Poison and Def Leppard for a summer tour. But the band that brought you “I Want You To Want Me,” “Surrender” and �... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) This edition of the LiveDaily Weekend podcast features tour, ticketing and music news about U2 [ tickets ], Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ], Jonas Brothers [ tickets ], Taylor Swift, Joe Cocker, Nickelback, Neil Young [ tickets ], Indi... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ] will get fans psyched about its forthcoming album with an extensive spring-and-summer tour that spans nearly 50 cities across North America. The run couches the June 2 release of the group's new studio s... more info