This one is probably anthem of the record and my personal favorite. Given the explicit references to drug use and the like, the only sensible thing to do was get a children's choir on the chorus...right? We never found anyone willing to let us borrow their kids, so we ended up tracking several takes of Matt Brown, myself, and our friend Chelsea Marie singing the call-backs and credited it in the liner notes as The North Sixth Street Children's Choir. The studio we were tracking at (The Bomb Shelter, Nashville) was on N. Sixth, so the name seemed fitting.

As a side note, I'm not ashamed to admit that I lifted the chorus chord progression from Junior Senior and the bridge guitar riff from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. So what?

Early Tuesday morning (March 25), Fall Out Boy got the bad news: Nasty weather conditions had canceled all flights in and out of Antarctica, meaning that their attempt to set a world record would have to wait for at least another day.

Slash on the rumor they will be opening a Led Zeppelin tour if that gets off the ground: "There's been a huge rumour going around about us opening for them and I think that was something that was taken out of context. ...I saw Robert last night and he's got his solo thing going on and as far as Velvet Revolver is concerned, we've got another record to do and we're not even thinking about that."

"HARD CANDY" has been described as a brilliant up-tempo collection of 12 songs in which Madonna remains ensconced in club mode but this time adds an urban hip hop beat in collaboration with musical partners Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills. The debut single, the pulsating "4 Minutes" will be released at the end of March.

In a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the band said it has "worked hard for over two decades to accumulate a considerable amount of goodwill in the eyes of the public," and that Virgin's use of the band in a "Pepsi Stuff" promotion with Amazon.com and Pepsi Co. threatens their reputation for "artistic integrity."

This is a remarkable triumph, considering that it was a short sales week, and that The Odd Couple's release date was pushed forward on short notice.

The highly anticipated road show will see A&M/Octone recording artists Maroon 5 playing new single "If I Never See Your Face Again" and recent Grammy-winning lead track "Makes Me Wonder," along with a plethora of radio staples and fan favorites from platinum-plus-selling new album It Won't Be Soon Before Long and its blockbuster-selling predecessor, Songs About Jane.

TMZ has learned Nate, who is Snoop Dogg's cousin, pleaded guilty in Orange County, Calif. court on March 20 to aggravated trespassing and battery stemming from a domestic violence complaint back in 2006.

Lindsey Buckingham tells Billboard.com the group is "looking at the idea of touring sometime in the first half of 2009," possibly with some new material to play. As for the possible addition of Crow, he reports, "I don't think anything is written in stone yet." (article)

STILL REMAINS has released the following statement: "We've decided to make this headlining tour our last as STILL REMAINS and Cornerstone Festival our last show." (article)

Lil Wayne's oft-delayed "Tha Carter III" album will at last be released on May 13th via Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown. (article)

British band Raging Speedhorn is calling it quits after roughly ten years together. "Some of our old friends knew this already but a while ago we decided that after 10 years it is time to move on and do something else, create something new."(article)

Reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME � featuring original members Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone, Pat Badger and new sticksman Kevin Figueiredo � will co-headline the Rock Of Ages - A September To Remember Festival on September 13 at Palasharp in Milan, Italy. (article)

Disturbed will kick off their US tour with a series of headlining dates starting April 26th before taking their brand of pummeling metal and dynamic hard rock on the road as part of the "Mayhem Tour." The mega-package tour, conceived by "Warped Tour" founder, Kevin Lyman, and his "Taste of Chaos" partner, John Reese, will start in July and find Disturbed sharing a stage with Slipknot, Dragonforce, Mastodon and several other heavy hitters!

"The Oculus" EP contains "Absent Are The Saints" and "We Gave It Hell," from the May 27 release of The Tide and Its Takers. The third track is titled "Criminal Justice," and was originally written and recorded by the Seattle band Satchel.

Singer Brock Lindow commented on Record Store Day: "I have always had a big thing about supporting locally-owned, independent, mom and pop stores. Independent record stores always have a cooler vibe, and you can usually find a bigger selection of underground gems in those spots."

This Kind of Love ranks among Simon's most personal albums as well as one of her most stylistically diverse excursions with songs ranging from gorgeous melodies to driving rhythms. The CD is co-produced by Simon, Frank Filipetti and Jimmy Webb who also wrote or co-wrote most of the arrangements. Filipetti worked his talent as the engineer as well as producer. The three first teamed up for Film Noir, Simon's album of standards that Webb produced in 1997.