Perez Hilton — Who knew there were awards for best tour?? Well, guess what there are! A a big CONGRATS goes to Taylor Swift, U2, Perry Farrell, and Kenny Chesney, who were among the night's biggest winners at the 8th annual Billboard Touring Awards in New York. U2... more info

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Guardian Music — (Fiction)Their sixth album sees Gary Lightbody's anthemic rockers take a leftfield shift apparently inspired by LCD Soundsystem's The Sound of Silver, U2's Achtung Baby and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs – unit-shifters all, so it's experimentation with... more info

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Stereogum — The Canadian guitar army Broken Social Scene are either breaking up or taking one of their customary long sabbaticals. Last night, they played their final planned show at the Rio De Janeiro venue Circo Voador. At that show, they played a few covers (... more info

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Detroit Free Press — For rock 'n' roll lovers in metro Detroit, there's a new option to on the radio dial. Clear Channel Radio annnounced today that WDTW-FM (106.7) has been rebranded from The Beat to The D and will broadcast a modern spin on the classic rock... more info