Guardian Music — In the US, guitarist John Mayer is seriously famous – helicopters over his house-type famous. He gives Angus Batey his view from inside the 21st-century celebrity circus'I basically visualised a record called Battle Studies as a way to sum up... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — George Harrison's ex-wife Patti Boyd will always regret leaving her husband for rocker Eric Clapton - insisting it has taken "a lot of psychotherapy" for her to bury the past. more info

Live Daily — English singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason [ tickets ] has plotted a slate of US shows that kicks off this week and runs through spring in support of last year's "26 Letters--12 Notes." The musician takes to the road Wednesday (11/11) for a pe... more info

All About Jazz — Who knows what kind of deal with the devil the top five contestants in the Guitar Center-sponsored "King of the Blues" contest have rigged up, but who wouldn't sell their soul for a title like that? Not to mention the $25,000 in cash, a reissue of... more info

Guardian Music — Forget the Rock Band video game, software is being developed that not only recreates Beatles performances, it allows the Fab Four to play other artists' music in their own styleFancy some tickets to a live performance by the Beatles – with Jim... more info

MTV.com News — Fellow headliners Aretha Franklin and Jeff Beck, along with guests like Mick Jagger and Ozzy Ozbourne, celebrate night two of Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary.By Saimon Kos U2's Bono and Black Eyed Peas' Fergie Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images... more info

411 Mania — Take that, gall stones! more info

Topix — Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York after undergoing gallstone surgery. more info

NME — Guitarist pulled out of New York concert for procedure more info

Live Daily — Jeff Beck [ tickets ] will take the place of Eric Clapton [ tickets ] at this weekend's (10/29-30) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [ tickets ] concert in New York because Clapton, who was scheduled to perform on the second night (10/30) of the Rock Hall's... more info