Chorus.fm — *Shakira (http://shakira.com)*'s World Cup Anthem "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" has been receiving flak (http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/sow_experts/post/Shakira-s-World-Cup-song-isn-t-going-over-so-gre?urn=sow,238407) from South Africans an... more info

MTV.com News — BEP song surpasses Flo Rida's 'Low' as best-selling digital song of all time, according to Billboard. By Gil Kaufman The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Fergie and Taboo Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images You might be able to slow the Black E... more info

TMZ — The redheaded kid who was fake-executed in the new M.I.A. music video is paying a dear price for his fake death -- sources say Shakira 's people 86'd his close-ups from her new project over the gruesome scene. Sources tell TMZ Ian Hamrick -- the… ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Shakira [ tickets ] has announced initial dates for her 2010 world tour in support of last year's "She Wolf" album, a run that will see the singer return to North America for the first time since 2006. more info

Pop Crunch —  -Heidi Montag, look what you’ve started. Even mannequins have triple-D breasts now and residents in one suburban LA neighborhood are complaining….. -Helena Christensen goes stark naked to sell sneakers… -Is South Park to blame for Saturday’... more info

Perez Hilton — So exciting! Shakira will be going on a global tour in 2010 and her first stop is North America! The tour will kick off in NYC on September 21 before heading to Houston on October 8 and Los Angeles on October 23. More dates will be announced soon. S... more info

ContactMusic — Colombian pop star SHAKIRA is the most popular Latin musician in the world, according to a new survey.The hip-shaking beauty currently tops download charts in more than... more info

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Guardian Music — Born Free shows that not only are we desensitised to violence, we have lost the ability to make sense of our warsMIA's new video Born Free, which presumably takes its title from article 1 of the UN's universal declaration of human rights, is a kick t... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week Montreal’s Stars responded to the passing of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law by declaring via Twitter that they wouldn’t tour in the state until it was repealed. We haven’t heard of other bands joining Stars yet (though... more info