[Updated: 6:37 P.M.]
NEWS:
- LORETTA LYNN, HEART, NORAH JONES, CAT POWER, GOSSIP Added to 2010 Lillith Tour
Check out the full list of artists, along with 15 additional tour dates. [Lillith Tour]
- NEIL YOUNG Joins CONAN‘s $45 Million Final Show
The orange-haired late-night TV host finalizes his deal to exit NBC. [SPIN]
- LITTLE BOOTS Readies Debut Album, U.S. Tour
The British songstress’ disco-pop LP will be out in March and will coincide with a short U.S. trek. [MySpace]
- WHITE STRIPES Documentary to Premiere at SXSW
Under Great White Northern Lights chronicles the duo’s 2007 Canadian Tour. [Filter]
- LINKIN PARK‘s MIKE SHINODA Talks New Album
“Nobody else is making a record that sounds like this,” he says of the upcoming release. [MTV]
- NEW PORNOGRAPHERS to Release Fifth Album
Together will hit stores this May. Click for more details! [SPIN]
- Keyboardist FRANZ NICOLAY Leaves THE HOLD STEADY
“Five years seemed like a nice round number,” Nicolay wrote on his website.[Franz Nicolay]
- Rapper MYSTIKAL Released From Jail
“Shake Ya Ass” MC completes six-year prison term for sexual battery, hopes to resurrect career. [SPIN]
- DEATH CAB, OF MONTREAL Frontmen Cover NEIL YOUNG for Charity
The indie rockers both play “Harvest Moon,” but for different causes: Gibbard for Give Seattle and Barnes for Haiti. [Twenty Four Bit]
- LADY GAGA Plays RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Pop star performs hits during two-hour show, her first since collapsing last week in Indiana. [MTV]
- BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Announce North American Tour
The psychedelic rock band will support their new release, Who Killed Sgt Pepper?, with May and June shows. [NME]
- Happy Birthday, CAT POWER!
The singer/songwriter turns 38 today. Here’s five good reasons to celebrate! [Paste]
- BEYONCE Joins MTV’s Haiti Benefit
Pop diva will perform Friday in London alongside U2 and her husband, Jay-Z. [MTV]
- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Hint at Club Tour Behind New Album
“The record we’ve made reflects the size of the venues we’re going to play,” says Gerard Way of the stripped-down release. [NME]
- VAMPIRE WEEKEND Top the Album Chart
The New York indie rockers go mainstream with their second album. [SPIN]
- SNOOP DOGG to Reissue New Album with Extras
More Malice: Deluxe Album and Movie, featuring Jay Z, Lil John, and an acting cameo by Jamie Foxx, drops March 23. [Myspace]
- U2, JAY-Z, RIHANNA to Perform at Haiti Benefit
Plus: Hova, Bono, and the Edge record a new studio track which will also benefit earthquake victims. [SPIN]
- CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
Mysterious and seductive, the French pop princess wows at her sold-out Brooklyn gig. [SPIN]
- DANGER MOUSE, JAMES MERCER Talk BROKEN BELLS
“I didn’t want to produce other records anymore,” Danger Mouse says of the starting the new band. [NME]
MP3s & VIDEOS:
- WATCH: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS‘ New Video
“We Are Having a Hootenanny” is off of band’s upcoming album, Realism, out next week. [TheMusicSlut]
- WATCH: New LUDACRIS Video
“How Low” is the first single off of Luda’s upcoming album, Battle of the Sexes [NahRight.com]
- WATCH: HAYLEY WILLIAMS Joins WEEZER Live
VIDEO: The Paramore frontwoman sings “Say It Ain’t So” with Rivers Cuomo and Co. in Florida. [SPIN]
- WATCH: COLD WAR KIDS‘ New Video
Long Beach, CA, band recruit their girlfriends for the “Audience” clip, off their just-released Behave Yourself EP. [Spinner]
- WATCH: MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK Play Acoustic
Minneapolis band play “Fell in Love Without You” and more at a recent acoustic in-store gig. [Absolute Punk]
- LISTEN: GORILLAZ Track with MOS DEF
Damon Albarn’s virtual band will release Plastic Beach this March. [SPIN]
- WATCH: THOM YORKE Co-Hosts Radio Show
Radiohead frontman talks new material, climate change, collaborating with Madlib, and touring by train. [BBC]
- WATCH: SPOON Play Conan
Britt Daniel and Co. perform “Written in Reverse” on The Tonight Show. [SPIN]
- LISTEN: FRANZ FERDINAND Collabo with Oscar-Winning Actress
The Scot band get moody with the La Vie en Rose and Nine star Marion Cotillard. [SPIN]