The 2008 Lineup: Austin City Limits Music Festival, scheduled for Sept. 26-28 has announced its lineup and can be viewed here.

New Music: I’m not a particular fan of metal, especially the passionless digitized-sounding metal that came in the year 2000 that left Metallica sounding like the Beatles. I do like the track Isabella’s from the metal band
Destroy The Runner, it has a solid melody.

Motley Crue and Live Nation? Motley Crue is expected to make an announcement in Los Angeles tomorrow, and sources have told Pollstar.com what that big announcement is. Motley Crue is expected to be the next 360-deal signing to Live Nation Artists, adding to the pool that includes Madonna and Jay Z.

Ticketmaster Boasts Virtual Friends: Ticketmaster has created fake Facebook profiles to boost fake popularity and somehow has garnered nearly 157,000 fans on Facebook and created thousands upon thousands of fake accounts according to Valley Mag. How funny!

TuneCore Payout: Brooklyn-based TuneCore paid participating artists more then $1 million in January, according to Digital Music News. According to the company, the bulk of revenues are coming from smaller, unsigned acts, and the most successful is Josh Kelly, who earned $135,000 though TuneCore.

Hip-hop ‘wrong’ for Glastonbury: The Oasis guitarist said having rapper Jay-Z at the festival was the reason ticket sales have been sluggish and had not sold out this year. He said it was “wrong” to have a hip-hop headliner and added that organisers had changed things too much.

Chrysalis Ends Talks With EMI: Chrysalis rejected a £104 million takeover offer from EMI and said that it was no longer talking with potential buyers.