MTV.co.uk News — Jay-Z, Coldplay, Kanye West and Beyoncé gave up their New Year’s Eve to perform at a huge party in Las Vegas in front of invited celebrity guests. Coldplay and Jay-Z were each... more info

Guardian Music — Our critic Kitty Empire has doubts about the end-of-year drive to find the next big thing. But since you insist…An album used to have two sides to it. The act of flipping vinyl over created a new beginning, ripe with possibility. The pop year used ... more info

People.com — John Mayer, Kanye West and Beyoncé were also on hand to perform at the opening of the new Cosmopolitan hotel more info

ContactMusic — Rapper JAY-Z is eyeing a collaboration with pal CHRIS MARTIN on his next album - insisting he'd "jump at the chance" to work with the rocker again.The chart-topping friends worked on the hip-hop star's 2006 track Beach Chair and Coldplay's song Lost+... more info

Gigwise — Rapper praises singer... more info

411 Mania — Jay-Z's a Coldplay fan… more info

NME — Rapper thinks Martin is 'one of the geniuses of our generation' more info

Gigwise — Martin is a 'genius'... more info

Detroit Free Press — Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine has looked on bemusedly over the years as reviewers have labored to label his band. The comparisons have been as colorful as they are varied: Hall & Oates, Stevie Wonder, the Police, Prince, Huey Lewis, even modern peers... more info

ContactMusic — GWYNETH PALTROW refuses to eat traditional British Christmas cake - because she can't stand the thought of consuming a treat cooked months before.The Shakespeare in Love star was introduced to the festive delicacy, which many bakers leave to mature f... more info