Perez Hilton — She's back, bitches! Our beloved Susan Boyle's much-anticipated second album, The Gift, will be released on November 9th! The tracklist includes a mix of holiday songs, as well as pop covers, including the now notorious Lou Reed track Perfect Day! Su... more info

The Mirror — Susan Boyle's version of Lou Reed's Perfect Day will be released on her new album despite her previously being stopped from performing the track on television. more info

Altsounds — By the second half of 1971 David Bowie was justifiably being branded a one-hit-wonder, Lou Reed was considered washed-up following a disastrous solo debut, and Iggy Pop was seen as merely a drug crazed ex-Stooge - the band having split the year be... more info

All About Jazz — GREXLive at Home(SUA) The second part of the AACM dictum of "Great Black Music—Ancient to the Future" surprisingly holds little cross-genre sway. Though groups of many stripes can lay claim to a broad range of influences and an output to match, ... more info

Undercover, Australia — Lou Reed may have told Susan Boyle where she could stick his song `Perfect Day` (and it was not on her album) but Neil Finn has consented to his classic Crowded House song `Don`t Dream It`s Over` going on her next record. more info

Guardian Music — Photographer Herb Wise was a mainstay of the US festival circuit during the 1970s and 80s, shooting Joan Baez, Lou Reed, John Lee Hooker and many more. Here's a selection of his best shots from People You'd Like to Know (out now through Omnibus Press... more info

Guardian Music — Susan Boyle's Perfect Day didn't make it to America's Got Talent. Good. She and Cowell should leave the song well alone"Simon Cowell attacks Lou Reed over SuBo snub" is just not a headline I ever expected to read. But, for a while last week, it appea... more info

Starpulse — Simon Cowell has lashed out at Lou Reed for allegedly refusing permission for Scottish singer Susan Boyle to perform his "Perfect Day" anthem - branding the decision "pathetic." Boyle was left cru... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Simon Cowell has lashed out at Lou Reed for allegedly refusing permission for singer Susan Boyle to perform his Perfect Day anthem - branding the decision "pathetic". more info

Guardian Music — (Wall of Sound)There's already no contest for cover version of the year; it's Amy's "Rehab", as delivered by the champions of Jamaican mento, the calypso-flavoured folk precursor of reggae. Fronted by the charismatic, gravel-voiced Albert Minott, the... more info