Undercover, Australia — Sheryl Crow is doing her part to protect wild horses, and we do not mean the Susan Boyle cover. more info

411 Mania — Why the long face, Sheryl? more info

Sheryl Crow has spoken out against the war in Iraq and in support of embryonic stem-cell research and efforts to combat global warming. Now, she's trying to ride to the rescue of thousands of wild horses that roam the West. more info

CMT — In a new theatrical collaboration from John Mellencamp and Stephen King titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Rosanne Cash and Kris Kristofferson will be married. Mellencamp will be their son. Elvis Costello will be some sort of devil and King wi... more info

Perez Hilton — Horror author Stephen King has collaborated with John Mellencamp for a new musical called Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, and the cast is looking fantastic! Elvis Costello has just signed on to play a Satanic character (ooh!) named "The Shape", an... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Word out is that John Mellencamp has nearly completed recording and “assembling” the “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County”; his musical theater collaboration with author Stephen King. The show is now running two hou... more info

Rolling Stone — John Mellencamp’s long-in-the-works musical theater collaboration with author Stephen King, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, is assembling its cast for its September debut in Atlanta. According to the Fire Wire (via TwentyFourBit), Kris Kristoffe... more info

Guardian Music — The sixth album in the Man in Black's American series is reportedly to be released on 23 February, in honour of what would have been his 78th birthdayThe sixth album in Johnny Cash's American series is reportedly to be released in February 2010, in h... more info

Guardian Music — We've got a new kind of 007 in Daniel Craig, so why not a new kind of Bond film opening sequence, with no silly silhouettes slinking around to a some spurious song?Not much is known about the new James Bond film yet, especially since there hasn't bee... more info

Topix — Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Sugarland and Erykah Badu are among the artists who will join Sarah McLachlan during her revived Lilith Fair tour in 2010. more info