Detroit Free Press — Most sellouts at Palace venues since 1988 (Palace of Auburn Hills, DTE, Meadow Brook) 24: Jimmy Buffett 21: Kid Rock 17: Barenaked Ladies 16: Neil Diamond 15: Elton John (Source: Palace Sports & Entertainment) more info

CMT — Every year, Time magazine lists the 100 people who most affect our world. You can probably guess who is on that list, but what I like about their approach is that they asked Stevie Nicks for her take on Taylor Swift after this year's Grammy Awards. "... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said... Floyd Cramer - Hello Blues (1960) James Gang - Thirds (1971) Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown - The Other Side (1992)FLAC The Very Best of Otis Redding (1992) Eric Culberson - Blues is My Religion (1996) The Very Best of Seekers (1997) Walter ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler [ tickets ], rap mogul Dr. Dre [ tickets ] and classic crooner Neil Diamond [ tickets ] were all on hand for Sunday (4/4) night's season opener at Boston's Fenway Park, a match up between the Red Sox an... more info

411 Mania — More than baseball going down last night at Fenway... more info

Spinner.com — Tape Deck Mountain frontman Travis Trevisan is a gambling man. He admits he can't resist a craps table in Vegas, he's making his way to SXSW in a minivan and he has released most of his band's music on cassette, though he clarifies, "the band name ac... more info

The Playlist — This landed in our inbox today and piqued our interest. "Reel Injun: On The Trail Of The Hollywood Indian" is a Canadian documentary that weaves together interviews and film clips to explore the issue of Native American representation (or lack thereo... more info

Mjsbigblog — In this recent interview, Kris Allen sings Neil Diamond’s  “Sweet Caroline” with the crew at LA’s 104.3MYfm in Los Angeles. Kris also apologizes for his poor phone interviews, explaining that he’s not a “phone person”.  I think t... more info

Guardian Music — The big-bearded music mogul is to provide the singer's new LP with some of the magic that he brought to albums by, er, Slayer, Metallica and SlipknotAdele's next album will reportedly be helmed by hard-rock producer Rick Rubin. The big-bearded music ... more info

Popdose — In the abstract, Neil Diamond seems like somebody I should dig. Smart dude; good work ethic, fairly self-aware, tries a lot of different things. Steeped in the classics of pre-rock music, both the Great American Songbook — what a jazz cat woul... more info