Rolling Stone — • Dr. Pepper Reveals Chinese Democracy Plan Top stories from the last three days: • G N’ R Announce Pre-Orders, Formats • Metallica Kick Off 10 Month World Tour • Charts: Kenny Chesney, Ray LaMontagne • “Chinese Democracy” Premieres ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty The icy home of the Phoenix Coyotes got a blast of hot metal as Metallica kicked off their tour Tuesday night at Glendale, AZ’s Jobing.com Arena. True to form, the metal godfathers arrived on stage to the sounds of “The Ecstasy of Go... more info

MTV.com News — New LPs from Ray LaMontagne, Keane and Lucinda Williams debut in next week's top 10.By Chris Harris Kenny Chesney's Lucky Old Sun Photo: BNA After spending two weeks as Billboard's best-seller, rapper T.I.'s Paper Trail has been usurped by... more info

MTV.com News — New LPs from Ray LaMontagne, Keane and Lucinda Williams debut in next week's top 10.By Chris Harris Kenny Chesney's Lucky Old Sun Photo: BNA After spending two weeks as Billboard's best-seller, rapper T.I.'s Paper Trail has been usurped by... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Minutes before his band hits the stage to play the first show of a world tour to promote its first album in five years, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has more important things on his mind. more info

Reuters — PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Minutes before his band hits the stage to play the first show of a world tour to promote its first album in five years, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has more important things on his mind. more info

All About Jazz — Julian Pavone, "The World's Youngest Drummer!" will make history on October 27th, 2008 when he steps onto the stage at the World Famous Whisky A Go-Go, on the Sunset Strip. The band, Vincent Fondale (vocalist), Alex Raz (guitarist), Alexis Shook (bas... more info

Pitchfork — Just weeks after they wrap their sprawling North American tour in support of last month's Death Magnetic-- which, incidentally, kicks off tonight in Glendale, Arizona-- Metallica will make their way to Europe for an equally extensive trek across the ... more info

Idolator — Celestial-jukebox outfit eCast has released its listing of the most popular new music played during September, and there's one band that dominates above all others: Metallica, which grabs six slots on the ten-spot chart. (Ne-Yo placed two songs on th... more info

AngryApe — The rockers have expanded their 2009 'Death Magnetic' UK tour more info