Live Daily — The annual 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, MN, will take a hiatus because of financial difficulties. Promoters of the multi-day fest, which ran for the past seven Julys, posted a notice on the event website last week that said the 10KLF could... more info

Guardian Music — The wizened rockers made more money than any other touring band this decade, earning almost $1bn over 264 gigsThe Rolling Stones are the decade's top-grossing live performers, according to Billboard, generating almost $1bn over 264 gigs. The Stones b... more info

MTV.com News — Stones concerts raked in $869 million in the 2000s, according to Billboard. By Gil Kaufman Madonna Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/ AFP/ Getty Images It should come as no surprise to anyone who saw one of their multiple massive tours that classic... more info

Perfect Porridge — I scored two sets of two tickets, shirts, posters, swag, etc. for “Larger than Life… In 3D: Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper & Relentless7 and Gogol Bordello”, a 3D film that will be showing for a limited engagement from Dec 11-17 in 500+... more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — The world’s largest music retailer, iTunes, has released its year-end list of the best-selling music of 2009. Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas ruled the digital charts, scoring some of the most-downloaded songs and albums. The iTunes staff al... more info

MTV.com News — Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus also scored digital hits in 2009.By Gil Kaufman Black Eyed Peas' The E.n.d. Photo: Interscope Records Unless you've been holed up in a cave since January, it's hard to be shocked that the Black Eyed ... more info

411 Mania — This week, the 411Music Staffers look back at a year of good albums and filter through what floated for the top for them. They discuss everything from Eminem's Relapse to Jay-Z's Blueprint 3, Alice In Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue to Dave Matthews ... more info

Rolling Stone — The nominees for the 2010 Album of the Year Grammy were announced earlier this week and, as our readers have made loud and clear, the 2010 batch of AOTY nominations were maybe a little light on the rock and/or roll music. Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, La... more info

MTV.com News — Beyonce leads the pack with 10 nominations.By Gil Kaufman Beyoncé Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images It could be Beyoncé's year at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in January, thanks to a field-leading 10 nominations for the singer's I Am... more info

MTV.com News — Nominations for Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Kings of Leon also signal a possible awards-show youthquake.By Gil Kaufman Taylor Swift Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images For the past few years, the people behind the Grammys have been switching... more info