Topix — Music's 3R's 9.29.12: Sobriety, 'Fat'-Shaming, And The Joy Of Lindsey Stirling Posted by Sean Comer on 09.29.2012 From Billie Joe Armstrong's iHeartRadio meltdown and uproar over Lady Gaga's weight to Amanda Palmer's new album, drama in the Beach Boy... more info

411 Mania — From Billie Joe Armstrong's iHeartRadio meltdown and uproar over Lady Gaga's weight to Amanda Palmer's new album, drama in the Beach Boys and more, 411's Sean Comer breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the week in music! more info

Consequence of Sound — Four more performances to digest. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Oh, to be a fly on the wall backstage in London on Friday night at the Beach Boys’ final performance of their 50th-anniversary reunion tour, which draws to a close on the jarring note that founding member Mike Love has in essence fired the group's ... more info

411 Mania — Instead of a stripped down version... more info

Impose Magazine — This week played like one big atrocious episode of the The Surreal Life. First, in promotion for Green Day's upcoming album UNO, Billy Joe checked himself into rehab citing 'substance abuse' after his most rock and roll moment ever 's... more info

Mercury News, California — The Beach Boys breakup is the latest chapter in a history that includes Van Halen, the Everly Brothers and Kings of Leon. more info

ContactMusic — The Beach Boys will continue to tour after this summer's special 50th anniversary set of shows, but guess what, three of the original members won't... more info

Guardian Music — Second-longest running music series in British TV history begins new series with typically potent and mixed lineupIn the moments before filming begins, Jools Holland mutters into his mic: "20 years … you don't get that for armed robbery." Then it's... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Love's latest act – firing his fellow band members on their 50th-anniversary tour – is just one of many exploits that make him so endearingAnd so, opprobrium is once more being heaped upon the permanently baseball-capped head of Lost in Sho... more info