Popdose — Who would you rather be? / The Beatles or the Rolling Stones / Oh, seriously / You’re gonna make mistakes, you’re young. What’s THAT supposed to mean? In a different era, Metric would be huge. It’s easy to imagine them as a staple of early-90... more info

CNN Showbiz — Photographer David Magnus unveils unseen photos of one of The Beatles' most famous live performances. more info

MSN Music — His songs and the boisterous performance standards he set directly influenced the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. more info

PopSugar — Chuck Berry has passed away at age 90, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The St. Charles County police department responded to an emergency call at 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, and later confirmed on Facebook that the rock 'n' roll pioneer was "pronounced... more info

Reuters — PARIS (Reuters) - A vast collection of rare Beatles vinyl records, photos and other paraphernalia will go on auction in Paris on Saturday. more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paul McCartney, who has waited decades to reclaim ownership of hundreds of the Beatles' songs, should wait a little longer rather than continue his U.S. lawsuit against Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, the defendant said. more info

Popdose — When you find out your professor also has a band, curiosity will eventually compel you to sit through a set of Beatles covers at the campus Ratskeller. But professor John Andrew Fredrick is a bit different. He looks like The Band’s Robbie Robertson... more info

BBC News - UK — A British rock and pop museum is reborn, with X Factor outfits alongside The Beatles and Bowie. more info

Stereogum — The Chainsmokers, the self-proclaimed "Nickelback of EDM," unleashed the musical apocalypse last week by releasing their Coldplay collaboration "Something Just Like This." This week, the song jumped into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, taking re... more info

Sweeping The Nation — At the time, 2002 was portrayed as a nadir for popular music. Alongside Westlife's peak of popularity, a decline in British interest in the Billboard Hot 100 and much hand-wringing about the effect of filesharing as the pop charts turned fifty ye... more info