Metallica, Slayer to tour together (Reuters)

Reuters - Heavy metal's Big Four -- Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax -- will ride together in 2010. In Europe, at least.

Lil Wayne's delayed album released by accident (Reuters)

Reuters - While most of Lil Wayne's fans will have to wait until at least February for the rapper's often-promised and often-delayed album, about 500 Amazon customers who pre-ordered "Rebirth" are enjoying the record already, thanks to a shipping mishap.

Chris Brown on offensive as album sales tank (Reuters)

Bullock survives, Voigt soars, in Met's `Elektra' (AP)

AP - Susan Bullock makes an honorable assault on the impossible title role in the current Metropolitan Opera revival of Richard Strauss' "Elektra." But the real vocal thrills are provided by another soprano, Deborah Voigt, in a glorious return to one of her best roles as the heroine's sister, Chrysothemis.