Fleetwood Mac surprised by Sheryl Crow claim: Sheryl Crow’s recent claim that she would be working with Fleetwood Mac surprised a lot of people — including the members of the classic rock group according to Reuters. Crow told Spinner.com that she and the band “definitely have plans for collaborating in the future, and we’ll see what happens.” “I think we were all a little surprised (Crow) was announcing that to the world with such certainty,” Fleetwood Mac principal Lindsey Buckingham said with a laugh. Sheryl Crow has turned into a fame junkie always trying to claw her way into the press and back on the radio charts. She even tried to barge herself into the White House. Her new music is void of emotion and soul, I wonder how she sells a record these days…

The True American Idol: Forget about Underwood or Daughtry, it’s Simon Cowell who roars up in his $1million supercar to view his $8million mansion. A total rockstar to say the least..

Its Time: 3 Doors Down new single ‘It’s Not My Time’ has become the fastest moving song at Active Rock radio in the past five years. ‘The early radio success of ‘It’s Not My Time’ is an incredible indication of more great things to come from this band and this album,’ stated Monte Lipman, President & CEO of Universal Republic Records.

Clear Channel Buyout Collapsing: A flurry of reports now suggest that the near-$20 billion acquisition is edging towards collapse, thanks to tightening credit markets and reluctant lenders says Digital Music News.

Corgan Speaks Out On Pumpkins Suit: Corgan says he has been feuding for years with Virgin over the handling of the Pumpkins’ back catalog, but that the Pepsi/Amazon.com promotion crosses the Rubicon. Corgan insists the group has veto power over such deals and has turned them down several times in the past. I believe the Pumpkins surrounded themselves with money hungry lawyers that convinced them they could squeeze out some money from Virgin.

Sony BMG plans online music subscription service: Sony plans to launch a subscription plan to give clients unlimited access to its digital catalogue, chief executive Rolf Schmidt-Holtz said. ‘The simplest option would be a flat rate under which a monthly payment would provide access to our entire music catalogue for all digital players, including Apple’s Ipod,’ he added.

New Music: Listen to “Where’d All The Scene Girls Go” by
The Crash Moderns. The NYC band is influenced by The Kinks, The Clash, Kiss, Squeeze and have been been featured on Fearless Music TV (Fox) and in Time Out NY.