There's no substitute for live audience feedback -- so My Chemical Romance took three brand new songs straight from the studio to the stage at L.A.'s Roxy on Friday night.

Following last week's news that My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is the proud new father to a baby girl, comes word of two more high-profile musical offspring on the way.

This week Eminem scored the year's best-selling album, the Beastie Boys visited Jimmy Fallon, Chris Brown broke his silence, and former Wilco member Jay Bennett passed away unexpectedly. All these stories, plus the week's best editor's blogs, photo galleries, audio/video, news, and reviews, below:

Anyone familiar with Gerard Way's band My Chemical Romance and their proclivity for the concept album (see: 2006's The Black Parade) knows the guys are suckers for a theme.

With epic concept albums, comic book fetishes, and Bob Dylan covers, it's safe to say that My Chemical Romance are ambitious.

Is it just us, or is the whole world going crazy? Thriller is headed to Broadway. Reformed drug addict Amy Winehouse is planning to record her new album in smoke-friendly Jamaica. And Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the world's best live band, used recorded tracks during their Super Bowl performance. Yup, the end is definitely near.