Top Stories: November 20, 2009 • Green Day Record "21 Guns" With Idiot Cast• Rihanna's Cabin Fever Led Her to Rated R• ?uestlove on the Roots' Hot Fallon Gig• Maroon 5's Levine on Jason Segel as a Rocker• New Anthology for Critic Robert Palmer• Site Selling Beatles MP3s Shut Down After• Miley Cyrus' Tour Bus Driver Killed in Accident• Lady [...]

Flashback: White Stripes Before Jack White's Calendar Filled Up Has any artist this decade been busier than Jack White? The past 10 years alone have seen White emerge from relative obscurity to front three marquee bands — the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather (with whom White is already plotting a new album) — plus produce country legends like Loretta Lynn and [...]

The Roots' ?uestlove on Life on "Jimmy Fallon" as Late Night's Hottest House Band Photo:Edelson/NBCAs Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien battle for late-night supremacy, one thing has become clear: Jimmy Fallon has the hottest house band. In their eight months on the air, the Roots have played with everybody from Paul Simon to Christopher Cross to Weird Al Yankovic, and have been hilarious in skits. As [...]

Miley Cyrus' Tour Bus Driver Killed in Virginia Accident Photo: Gilkas/FilmMagicMiley Cyrus‘ tour bus was reportedly involved in a fatal accident this morning at 8:15 a.m. ET, outside of Richmond, Virginia. Cyrus was not on the bus at the time of the crash. According to NBC 12, the bus driver, whose identity has been withheld until next of kin are informed, was killed [...]

First Anthology for "Deep Blues" Author Robert Palmer In 1980, music journalist Robert Palmer was invited to drop by the sessions for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy in New York. When Palmer arrived, Lennon was adding background vocals to "(Just Like) Starting Over." Palmer noted that Lennon had sung his parts perfectly in key. Lennon, impressed by Palmer's ear, said, "You'll [...]

Maroon 5's Adam Levine on Actor Jason Segel's Musical Endeavors Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel made a surprise appearance at the Swell Season's November 18th concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, entertaining the ladies in the audience with a love song featuring his phone number as the chorus. In case anyone in the crowd couldn't make out the digits, as evidenced by the [...]

Single Minded: Lady Gaga Mashed With David Bowie, Full Rihanna Set Photo: Shearer/WireImageLady Gaga vs. David Bowie, "Let's Just Dance" [Mashup]DJ Terry Urban treats mashups like Cage treats composition, dropping just a micro-fragment of Bowie's "Let's Dance" behind Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" — to startling effect. This also marks the first occasion for either artist where subtlety has served as an asset.Kids in the Hall [...]

Website Selling Beatles Catalog Shut Down After Court Ruling Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/GettyA federal court has issued a preliminary injunction against the digital music vendor Bluebeat after the site offered up high-quality MP3s of the Beatles' catalog without permission. According to the Los Angeles Times, the judge overseeing the case, which came after EMI Music and Apple Corps. issued a copyright infringement lawsuit against [...]

Rihanna's Cabin Fever Led to Recording "Personal" "Rated R" Photo: Mockford/FilmMagicWith Rihanna's new album Rated R out on Monday, November 23rd, the "Russian Roulette" singer discussed when she knew she was ready to record the LP after being assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest. "Right after the Grammys this year, I would say months later, I kind of got tired [...]

Green Day Record "21 Guns" With "American Idiot" Musical Cast Photo: Shearer/WireImageBefore the American Idiot musical travels cross-country from Berkeley to Broadway, Green Day will shoot a video for a new version of the 21st Century Breakdown single "21 Guns" with the cast of the show, the band announced on their official Website. The band rerecorded the track with the stage performers, with Billie Joe [...]