Brooklyn Vegan — Best of 2009: Top 10 Amazon Picks1) Neko Case 2) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3) Phoenix 4) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 5) The Avett Brothers 6) Girls 7) Animal Collective 8) K'Naan 9) Jay-Z 10) Camera ObscuraTwo... more info

Kanye's Blog — Live At EMA. Click HERE to leave a comment... more info

Rolling Stone — Best Live Act was the first award handed out at yesterday’s MTV Europe Music Awards, and it went to U2 for their massive 360° Tour. Stripped of their spaceship and playing a free concert outside the EMAs to a small crowd of 10,000 at Berlin’s Br... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: The Beatles, Bunnymen, YYYs • Rihanna Breaks Her Silence on GMA • Pixies Rock Doolittle at L.A. Tour Launch • Jack White: Not on Slash’s Solo LP • Evanescence Return to the Stage in NYC • Jay-Z Announces 2010 Blueprint 3 ... more info

Guardian Music — Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Pixie Lott all picked up gongs at the Berlin bash. And, thankfully, Kanye West wasn't around to spoil things ...Women reigned supreme at the MTV Europe music awards last night (5 November) and, thankfully, there was no Kanye... more info

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MTV.com News — MC had ridden on a float with Alex Rodriguez earlier in parade.By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z performs at the Yankees victory parade in New York on Friday Photo: WNBC-TV "Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York!" Jay-Z took hip-hop to the Wo... more info

MTV.com News — November 22 awards show lineup already includes Rihanna, Jay-Z, Eminem and more. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt Photo: Bryan Bedder/ Getty Images The 37th annual American Music Awards have lined up a few more acts to take ... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Beyonce was a true triple threat at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, Germany on Thursday night - she picked up three prizes and led the honours haul. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-07 Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center ^11-08 Los Angeles, CA - UCLA, Pauley Pavilion ^11-10 Austin, TX - University of Texas, Frank Erwin Center ^ 11-12 Champaign, IL - University of Illinois, Assembly Hall ^11-13 Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt University... more info