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Moby, GNR, Billy Corgan, more

- Last Night, Moby's triumphant return to the dancefoor, is streaming at MuchMusic

- R.E.M. expands tour

- Sheryl Crow to join Fleetwood Mac?

- Dr Pepper really wants to hear the new GNR disc

- Rivers Cuomo needs your help

- Bill Corgan speaks on Virgin lawsuit

- Adam Duritz chats with Rolling Stone

- Britney Spears is still a draw

Ross, Radiohead, Madonna, more

- Rick Ross (right) tops Billboard

- Moby chats with Pop Candy

- Stream the new B-52's disc, Funplex

- Radiohead launches In Rainbows music video contest

- Watch Drive-By Truckers on Conan

- Aging metalheads, are you ready for Cruefest?

- Check out tracklist for We Are Scientists' sophomore disc

- Vodafone to release seven new Madonna tracks to UK customers

Stipe, Jay-Z, Little Steve, more

SS took one for the team on St Patty's Day - While we recover, you check out some links:

- Michael Stipe, "queer artist," shocks nobody with SPIN outing

- DMX for President

- Jay-Z headlines Hove festival

- Raconteurs surprise us with new disc next week

- Little Steve talks E Street, Sopranos with Rolling Stone

- Velvet Revolver to open for Led Zeppelin?

- Gnarls Barkley disc pushed up three weeks

- Weezer "nearly done" with new disc

Frank Black, 50 Cent, R.E.M., more

- Arctic Monkeys side project hits NYC

- Frank Black EP delayed until April

- Steve Earle manning the boards on "f**kin' great" Joan Baez disc

- 50 Cent to join Mayweather at Wrestlemania

- Merge opens digital music store

- Harp weighs in on R.E.M.'s Accelerate

- UN blames Pete Doherty for spiraling youth drug use

- Cool your jets Pavement fans - No reunion anytime soon

The Hold Steady, Spoon, Springsteen, more

- Postal Service: No timetable for new disc

- Yay!  Live clip for the new Hold Steady track, "Stay Positive"

- Check out some photos from the new Springsteen book: For You

- Black Cab Sessions tap Brit Daniel

- Method Man and Redman drop new single - Good stuff, but it also brings us one step close to that How High sequel

- Buy Lou Pearlman's Moonman

- LOST spoiler alert: Benjamin Linus digs Magnetic Fields

- Cops say: Winehouse will beat the rap

Gene Simmons, U2, Tommy Lee, more

- Gene Simmons sex tape surfaces...eww

- Those U2/Eno/Lanois sessions may yield two new albums

- Tommy Lee does the DJ circuit

- Arctic Monkeys side-project gets name

- Tim Russert wants to interview Springsteen

- Another week at #1 for Jack Johnson

- Counting Crows and Ben Harper confirmed for o2 festival

Raconteurs, R.E.M., The Police, more

- The Raconteurs "are finishing up their second album in Nashville," according to a post on the band's MySpace

- "REM Master" (and Pop Songs '08 proprietor) Matthew Perpetua has heard Accelerate!  The verdict: short and very sweet

- Liam Gallagher marries Nicole Appleton

- Gnarls Barkley sets release date for The Odd Couple

- The Police plots one more trip to the ATM

- Michael Stipe on crutches after "go-karting accident"

- Norah Jones talks My Blueberry Lights

- Pete Doherty: Ryan Adams with less talent, more drugs

-Listen to the B-52's "Funplex"

My Morning Jacket, Winehouse, Mellencamp, more

- My Morning Jacket has Evil Urges on 5th LP, due 6.10

- Amy Winehouse, potential Villain of the Year, spent 1000 bucks a day on drugs; husband fears OD

- Pete Doherty cancels show, plans petting zoo

- U2 manager targets illegal downloads

- Paul Simon teams with Grizzly Bear, David Byrne

- Some new Mellencamp tunes have been making their way around YouTube.  Check out the ZZ Top blues riff on "If I Die Sudden" here.

- Kurt Cobain bio sets DVD release for 2.19, set to coincide with his 41st birthday