Big Apple Music Scene — Was this a backhanded endorsement, or does Madonna truly believe those rumors about Barack Obama's religion? More » Post from: Crushable more info

Guardian Music — Jackson's lyrics have been been political, explicit, violent and accusatory before – Abortion Papers is nothing newMichael Jackson remains among the most prolific generators of headlines the news cycle has got. Add abortion – another quite reliab... more info

Perez Hilton — This moment was literally DECADES in the making! Shaun Sperling, the star of THE GREATEST VIDEO ON THE INTERNET, aka the kid who Vogued at his bar mitzvah back in 1992, has released yet another INCREDIBLE video! And this time, he interacts with Queen... more info

Guardian Music — Sugaring Season is Beth Orton's first album in six years – a time in which she thought of giving up music. But after having two children, some therapy, and guitar lessons from folk great Bert Jansch, the Brit winner is backIt is six years since Bet... more info

Perez Hilton — Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to focus her sights on someone new: Cameron Diaz! That's fab news for Cam, but there's one little thing getting the raw deal from this… Gwyn's long time friendship with Madonna! Though, we're not sure why she can't be be... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — via @errricar Tickets are still on sale for the recently-added Madonna show at MSG. Tickets go on sale at noon for the Rihanna show at Barclays Center. Die Antwoord, Azari and III, Seth Troxler, Paul Kalkbrenner, Tiga, and Nic Fanciulli... more info

Guardian Music — One reader picks the songs that mean the most to her as part of our Six Songs of Me projectZoe Williams blogs about fashion and music at Romeo and the Lonely Girl.What was the first song you ever bought?4 Non Blondes – What's Up?I'd like to say I c... more info

Consequence of Sound — "The MDNA Tour" appears to be quite a cheer. more info

Guardian Music — Dance music has finally conquered the US, and Deadmau5 is its biggest star – but does he really hate the whole scene?The first single taken from Deadmau5's sixth album was called The Veldt. It features Chris James, a vocalist the Canadian producer ... more info

Chicago Tribune — It was a concert that opened with an act of contrition and closed with a robed church choir paving the road to a celebration. In between there was fake blood, pretend guns, the return of the infamous conical bra, whiffs of sadomasochism and poison-ti... more info