Big Apple Music Scene — Two of my favorite bands both have tickets going on sale this week: Hot Chip and Magnetic Fields. They also both have new albums coming out next year. Hurrah! Those tickets and more on sale now: The Cribs at Irving Plaza on January 17. Tickets Vampi... more info

BBC News - UK — Eccentric chart-topper Lady Gaga is to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance at Blackpool's Opera House. more info

AngryApe — As part of the Royal Variety Performance more info

Rolling Stone — Lady Gaga vs. David Bowie, “Let’s Just Dance” [Mashup] DJ Terry Urban treats mashups like Cage treats composition, dropping just a micro-fragment of Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” behind Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” — to startling effect. Th... more info

NME — 'Poker Face' singer set for Royal Variety Performance more info

AngryApe — On her UK Monster Ball tour next year more info

MTV.com News — 'It's yin and yang,' singer says of the mood of the first album compared to Monster. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Sway Calloway Lady Gaga Photo: Stefanie Keenan/ Getty Images Lady Gaga may have been obsessed with fame on her first al... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As previously mentioned, Lady Gaga added two NYC shows at Radio City Music Hall making her grand total a crazy four nights in a row at the prestigious venue. Kid Cudi opens all of them. Tickets for the two... more info

The Daily Mail — In her last big public performance she pretended to stab herself to death while playing the piano and then hung from the ceiling, covered in blood. more info

Undercover, Australia — Back in 2005, Lady Gaga was still Stefani Germanotta. She went on Ultraviolent Live, a New York University talent contest and came in third place. more info