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

CMT — Certain country artists can muster up the courage to acknowledge influences outside the typical Waylon/Merle/Johnny box. In this impromptu play-me-a-song moment with Keith Urban, he goes crazy on the piano and sings his heart out on REO Speedwagon's ... more info

The Independent — Veteran rockers REO Speedwagon have teamed up with digital design company Curious Sense to star in a new PC and Mac game called REO Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home which features some of their best-known 1970s and 1980s hits as well as more recen... more info

Live Daily — Classic-rock outfit Styx [ tickets ] has mapped out a late-summer and fall itinerary, including more dates alongside REO Speedwagon on the "Can't Stop Rockin'" tour. Styx's in-progress summer outing continues tonight (8/26) with a gig at Rapid Cit... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Formed in 1967, the American rock band REO Speedwagon [ tickets ] is said to have taken its name from an old, hotrod flatbed truck/fire engine, manufactured by Oldsmobile founder Ransom Eli Olds [R.E.O.], called the REO Speed Wagon...... more info

Totally Fuzzy — perfectradio@btinternet.com (MIKE) said...Squeeze - Live In Oxford UK - 1981 Stereo FM @ 320kbps mp3 (BBC concert recording).The Rolling Stones - You Cant Do That Baby - 1972 stereo soundboard @ 192kbps mp3 (reuploaded following file corruption issue... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore the Talking Head has a solid night of entertainment lined up for all with Sri Aurobindo and Strangers Family Band.  If you make your way down to Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion has a night of classic rock featuri... more info

Guardian Music — The Disco Sucks! campaign in 1979 had racist and homophobic undertones – and, 30 years on, has proven to be a resolute failureIn his new book Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, the U... more info

Live Daily — After experiencing what the company claims was a 500% sales increase in response to its recent no-service-fee lawn-seats promotion, concert behemoth Live Nation plans to sell all of its amphitheater tickets without fees this Wednesday (6/10)."Music f... more info

Live Daily — Live Nation this Wednesday (6/3) will launch a 24-hour, Internet-only promotion, during which the concert-industry behemoth will cut the service fees from lawn-seat tickets to a number of summer shows. Starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, fans will be a... more info