The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The final year of existence is upon us...and here's what we have to look forward to. They always did say Van Halen would reunite when hell froze over.  I guess they were right. Here are the 11 Most Anticipate Albums of Winter 2012: Van Halen - ... more info

ContactMusic — Paul McCartney has been named Artist of the Year at the inaugural Ultimate Classic Rock Awards The 69-year-old musician beat off strong competition from Motley Crues Nikki Sixx Chickenfoots Sammy Hagar and Alice Cooper to take home the honour wit... more info

DrownedInSound — The idea that Paul McCartney is somehow required to galvanise his legacy is a curious and confusing one indeed, but if he does indeed feel the need to embellish it, he’s going about it in a quite remarkable way. Live shows simply don’t come much ... more info

Guardian Music — Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev invites veteran rock band to perform at special new year shindigLed Zeppelin riffs set his heart racing and the booming chords of Deep Purple are said to shake the walls of his chintzy living room. Now Russia's pres... more info

411 Mania — Listen to the first single... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - UK's The Sun newspaper reports that Sir Paul McCartney's new album is to be called KISSES ON THE BOTTOM. While no official announcement on the title has been made, the album will be released by Hear Music/Concord... more info

Gigwise — Singer's new album... more info

411 Mania — He vows never to use them... more info

Perez Hilton — 2011 was the year of the ladies! Continuing her domination of the music world, Adele was named the top artist in live music acts. Adele's shows were 25 times for popular that Biebs. Rihanna cames in second and her performances were three times more p... more info

Popdose — The staff listens to Paul's new song and has a few suggestions for him more info