Rolling Stone — Lady Gaga tells MTV News the stage on her revamped Monster Ball Tour for 2010 will be “four times the size of the one we’re on now and conceptually, it’s completely different” and that Danish popsters Alphabeat will be her new opening act. Am... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Mazur/WireImage.com Last week, inspired by the incoming thundersnow that threatened the East Coast and Lil Wayne’s love of songs with “Fire” in the title, we turned our readers into musical pyromaniacs by asking for their favorite Fire S... more info

Live Daily — Ten years, 40 albums. Not necessarily the biggest sellers, the best-reviewed or year-end list-toppers, but the ones that had an impact on music, the business or culture.These are the albums of the '00s that signified the arrival of new voices, new wa... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Give the Drummer Some's 6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere Don't curse the silence! Let the Miner light up your iMenorah with the following incandescent audibles: (1) Johnny Cash played Folsom (and San Quentin) and Eddie Palmieri r... more info

Altsounds — *Olöf Arnalds* takes time out readying her US debut *Við og Við* out on *One Little Indian* on January 12th She performs *"That Lucky Old Sun"*, the *Haven Gillespie* track popularized by *Johnny Cash* on *La Blogotheque's Everyo... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Nic Shonfeld All that the Brakes from Brighton need is an appreciative audience capable of handling a full frontal attack of fast garage rock, with a few country songs thrown in as a breather (including the Johnny Cash classic Jackson). Rock ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — CALGARY - When Johnny Cash sang "I hear that train a comin', it's rollin' 'round the bend" in Folsom Prison Blues, he probably didn't imagine it festooned with Christmas lights, hauling Santa Claus around. more info

MTV.com News — He cites 'Last Time Around,' 'Rose Garden' and 'In the End' as highlights from his solo side project.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Nick Jonas Photo: MTV News Nick Jonas poured his heart and soul into the album Who I Am, wit... more info

MTV.com News — 'Prince played a big role, obviously, with the band being the New Power Generation,' Jonas says of his sound and his backing band.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Nick Jonas Photo: MTV News Nick Jonas knows how to pick talent. F... more info

CMT — When people are nominated for an award posthumously, I always wonder what they would've thought. Would they be honored? Or indifferent? And I'm so curious what the very-much-alive nominees think about being in a category with the faithful departed. S... more info