Detroit Free Press — 5th Annual Showdown in Motown: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Magic Stick, $20. Jessica Simpson: 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Caesars Windsor, $50. Mogwai: And more, 8 p.m. Sept. 25. The Crofoot Ballroom, $18. Steve Forbert: 8 p.m. Sept. 25. The Ark, $20, $27. more info

Dlisted — .....on the country music charts. I'm surprised it sold even 1 copy, let alone 65,000 copies. Jessica Simpson's album Do You Know (without the question mark) also debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 100. Metallica's Death Magnetic wa... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Metallica's first album in five years soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while Jessica Simpson's country debut and hip-hop icon LL Cool J's label swan song faltered. more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Metallica's first album in five years soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while Jessica Simpson's country debut and hip-hop icon LL Cool J's label swan song faltered. more info

E! Online — There's no doubt that Death becomes Metallica, much to the chagrin of Jessica Simpson. Metallica's first new album in half a decade, Death Magnetic, shot straight to No. 1,... more info

Unreality Music — Here’s a bunch of cool music-related blog posts I’ve come across recently. Jessica Simpson Makes Her Country Debut: Do You Know All of the highs combined with her natural twang make her sound like a chipmunk soaked in violins and myriad other tra... more info

MTV.com News — Friday release doesn't hurt sales for band's first album in five years.By Chris Harris Metallica's Death Magnetic Photo: WEA/ Reprise Three short days was all it took for Metallica to outsell every other album on next week's Billboard albu... more info

MTV.com News — Early estimates have band's first studio set in five years selling 500,000-plus.By Chris Harris Metallica's James Hetfield Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images On Friday, Metallica released their ninth album, the Rick Rubin-helmed Death Magn... more info

PopSugar — Jessica Simpson took the stage in front of a crowd of sports fans, and it didn't even have to do with her professional athlete boyfriend. Jessica sang at Chase Field in Phoenix at the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Cincinatti Reds game on Saturday before h... more info

Pop Crunch — Jessica Simpson promoted her country-crooning LP, Do You Know, with a side of Chicken & Dumplings on The Rachael Ray Show Monday. more info