ContactMusic — Rock acts including U2, METALLICA and AC DC were the toast of the Billboard Touring Awards in New York on Thursday (04Nov10), taking the night's top prizes.The Irish... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers METALLICA made a cancer-stricken fan's dream come true last month (Oct10), after inviting the teenager backstage at a show in New Zealand.Jed Roberts, who is... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)This album of collaborations came about after Davies recorded a version of "'Til the End of the Day" with the late Alex Chilton of Big Star. There are some good covers here: Mumford & Sons are pleasantly rugged on "Days", which speeds up a... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)Finally, it's Ray Davies's turn to make the elder-statesmen-collaborates-with-star-admirers album. See My Friends sees him plunder his back catalogue, with generally pleasurable results. Though Bruce Springsteen's gruff bark is an uncomfor... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Continuing their efforts to reward music fans who still patronize independent record stores, a coalition of small retailers will be offering exclusive releases on Nov. 26 from rock, pop, R&B and country artists including U2, Metallica, Bob Dylan, Bru... more info

Unreality Music — This one's controversial: Adam Lambert sings Metallica's classic Enter Sandman live onstage in New Zealand.  I picked this up on Noisecreep, where the writer of the post was mildly put-out that Lambert added his trademark vocal histrionics to Metal... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The pop diva mixes songs about sexual desire and romantic longing with tunes about her Colombian hometown and even a Metallica cover, to roaring support from her adoring fans.The pop diva mixes songs about sexual desire and romantic longing with tune... more info

Altsounds — Hot off the heels of Metallica's breaking news for their "Live at Grimey's" CD/10" comes the news of releases from *Anthrax* and *The Damned Things *(the band formed by Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out ... more info

Guardian Music — From Bach to Björk, and Mozart to metal, the cello's dark, majestic undertow runs through popular musicWhat is it? The most resonant voice in the strings section, the cello has been described as the instrument that most closely corresponds to the hu... more info

Metalsucks — Ever wondered if there someone who could make James Hetfield’s vocals on “Enter Sandman” sound like a godsend? If there was someone who could just take the whole song and make it sound that much, y’know, Bob Rockier? Ladies and gents, Mr. Ada... more info