Topix — L ynyrd Skynyrd hits the road this summer with Poison front man Bret Michaels and .38 Special for a tour that comes July 10 to Comcast Theatre; tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for $65.50 and $45.50 for reserved seats and $31 for the lawn. more info

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Rolling Stone — Leading this week’s pack of New Reviews is The Big To-Do, the latest album from Athens, Georgia Southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers. The LP is the Truckers’ first proper studio album since 2008’s Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, and finds Pa... more info

Guardian Music — (Pias)For 12 years and nine albums now, these Alabama-born, Georgia-based southern rockers have been putting storytelling to the fore, often focusing on the history and mythology of the southern states – they even once made a concept album abo... more info

MTV.com News — Canadian-born singer/songwriter also performed the song on Conan O'Brien's final 'Tonight Show.'By Eric Ditzian Neil Young performs during the Closing Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Photo: Cameron Spencer/ Getty Images At t... more info

MTV.com News — 'Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial,' former 'Tonight Show' host joked.By Joel Hanek Conan O'Brien Photo: Bryan Bedder/ Getty Images Conan O'Brien has been lying low since his final "Tonight Show" ap... more info

MTV.com News — 'I picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to,' he tells Mixtape Daily. By Steven Roberts Yelawolf Photo: Ghet-O-Vision Ent. Fire Starter: Yelawolf Gadsden, Alabama, isn't exactly a hip-ho... more info

My Old Kentucky — Sitting in the back room of Gerstle's – Backyard Tire Fire's bar room home of choice this particular evening – singer/guitarist Ed Anderson, bassist Matt Anderson, and drummer Tim Kramp are sucking on cigarettes, drinking some beer, and... more info

The 9513 Country Music — At 16 years old, Lyric Street’s Tyler Dickerson looks like Haley Joel Osment miscast as Ronnie Van Zant in a Lynard Skynard biopic, and sings like a man twice his age. He emanates confidence on his debut single, a fetching country-rocker called â�... more info

At 16 years old, Lyric Street’s Tyler Dickerson looks like Haley Joel Osment miscast as Ronnie Van Zant in a Lynard Skynard biopic, and sings like a man twice his age. He emanates confidence on his debut single, a fetching country-rocker called â�... more info