This Week's Top 10

Here are the top 10 stories from this week's Day in Pop and the top Day in Pop digest stories

New Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Cast Announced

VH1 has announced the cast for a fourth season of the "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew." The series, consisting of eight one-hour episodes, is slated to premiere late 2010.

Similar to the first three cycles, the fourth season of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" will follow the real-life experiences of celebrity patients undergoing detoxification and treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center. The show will include Jeremy London ("Party of Five," "7th Heaven"), Rachel Uchitel (Infamous Party Planner), Janice Dickinson ("The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency"), Leif Garrett (Musician), Frankie Lons (Keyshia Cole's Mother), Jason Wahler ("The Hills") and Jason Davis (Socialite).

The series will chronicle the patients' intensive 21-day program with both group and one-on-one therapy and non-traditional therapies like art and music. Returning to the show to help Dr. Drew are drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence. Dr. Drew is also bringing in some additional prominent physicians to help him give the patients supplementary one-on-one care - more on this story

Taylor Swift Announces New Album Release

Taylor Swift took to the web on Tuesday to announce directly to fans via a web chat that her third studio album will be released worldwide on October 25th. Now here is the official announcement with some details:

Entitled SPEAK NOW, the album will be released on Big Machine Records and contains 14 tracks, all written solely by Taylor. Taylor co-produced the project with Nathan Chapman, and the first single from the new record, "Mine," will be released on August 16th.

"Saying the right thing at the right moment is so crucial that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything," Taylor says of the very personal collection that is Speak Now. - more on this story

Joss Stone Is The New Bond Girl

Two big questions always revolve around a new James Bond release: Who is providing the music and who will be the new Bond girl? We now know who will fill both roles in the new James Bond game. Here is the announcement:

Joss Stone is set to debut as the newest Bond girl in Activision's James Bond 007: Blood Stone, an original Bond experience from legendary screenwriter Bruce Feirstein.

In addition to stepping into a leading role, Grammy and BRIT Award winner Joss Stone will create original music for the game, luring players into an explosive third-person action adventure where they will unravel an international conspiracy across exotic locales. Players will experience full-throttle, behind-the-wheel action on land and sea while using the most high tech gadgetry known to James Bond 007, the world's most skilled secret agent. - more on this story

B.o.B Hitting The Road

B.o.B has announced his first-ever North American headline tour, dubbed "The Shootin' For Stars Tour" which will kick off on August 3rd at Six Flags in St. Louis and then continue through October.

B.o.B – who is currently blowing away fans on tour in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan – has also slated a few additional performances, including a free MySpace Live show slated for July 31st at Center Stage in the rapper's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, which will also be streaming live on www.myspace.com. August 1st will then see the worldwide sensation joining The Black Eyed Peas and Jason Derulo for a one-night-only triple bill at Ottawa, Ontario's Scotiabank Place.

Furthermore, B.o.B will also be featured at a number of upcoming summer festivals, including the annual Lollapalooza extravaganza in Chicago's Grant Park on August 6th. The multi-talented rapper will then join Erykah Badu, The Roots, Common, Janelle Monáe, and Chuck Brown for the 5th Annual Summer Spirit Festival, slated for August 7th at Columbia, Maryland's world famous Merriweather Post Pavilion. - more on this story

Motley Cyrus Snot Supergroup Brother Clyde Release Debut Video

We previously told you about Billy Ray Cyrus's new hard rock supergroup with former members of Motley Crue and Snot. You can now find out what they sound like as we received the following word: "Lately," the first video from Brother Clyde's upcoming self-titled debut album -- has just been released. The hard rock outfit features Billy Ray Cyrus on vocals and guitars, Samantha Maloney (Motley Crue, Hole) handling drums, Jamie Miller (Snot) and Dan Knight on guitars, and veteran bassist Dave Henning. The song's mournful lyrics inspired the stark Nick Holmes directed video which doesn't even feature Brother Clyde's band members.

Cyrus says, "I thought it was quintessential to this video not to have any band performance... no pictures of my face. It's about the world, the human race and Mother Earth. We wanted the video to stay in that realm. We were looking at everything that's happened lately -- the earthquake in Haiti, the floods in Tennessee, the oil spill -- there was stuff on the news every single day that reflects more and more what "Lately" is about."

The track comes off Brother Clyde which will be released on August 10th. The band already did a gig at a Kansas City festival, and will kick off the CD release with a concert at the annual motorcycle rally at Sturgis, S.D. That Sturgis crowd of crazed Harley riders will see on that stage one of their own, a rebel without pause, passionate about music, life and doing things his own way. What has he done for us lately? Just ask him. "What I've done with Brother Clyde is what I hoped I could do," says Cyrus. "Close one chapter and start a new one. It's a wonderful feeling to be able to say I can do what I want to do." - watch the video here

Thank Drake Later

Drake has announced his "Thank Me Later" Competition which offers up-and-coming Hip-Hop and R&B artists the opportunity to perform at Drake's first annual O.V.O. Festival.

"I truly believe this is entertainment at a level that the city has never seen before," says Drake. "I'm hoping that it is a safe and magical night and that O.V.O Festival becomes tradition every year. It's huge that [corporate sponsor name removed] and OurStage are helping me to give back by giving someone else a leg up in the music business and a chance to perform in a city that is so important to me."

The O.V.O. Festival, which featuring performances by Young Jeezy, Bun B and Francis & The Lights will take place during North America's largest street fest, the 43rd annual Caribana Toronto Festival, in Drake's hometown of Toronto. - more on this story

American Idol Jordin Sparks Reaching for New Heights

"American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks is going Broadway as the new Nina Rosario when she makes her Broadway debut in In The Heights on Thursday, August 19, 2010.

20 year old Jordin Sparks will play a limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, November 14, 2010.

Jordin Sparks has been performing from a young age and stands alone as the youngest contestant to ever win "American Idol." At the age of 16, she auditioned for the show and within a few months went on to win the hearts of fans and the Idol judges. She has since become a platinum and award winning recording artist - more on this story

Jason Mraz Fall Tour

Jason Mraz will kick off his upcoming North American tour on September 11th at Bangor, Maine's Bangor Waterfront and then continues through early October

In tandem with his own tour, Mraz will also be making a series of additional appearances, including a September 12th headline performance at the Life is Good Festival 2010 in Canton, Massachusetts. The Grammy Award-winning tunesmith will also join his longtime pals Dave Matthews Band for a pair of shows at Chicago's world famous Wrigley Stadium on September 17th and 18th.

Having spent much of the past few months in the studio working on his next studio album, Mraz scheduled the upcoming itinerary as a way of getting fans' response to some of his new material. Moreover, the San Diego-based troubadour wanted to take the opportunity to visit a number of markets missed by his previous North American tour: "Even though we performed 250 shows all around the world in 2008 and 2009, I still got emails and Facebook messages from fans whose hometowns we missed," said Mraz. "When I found out I had some time off, I called up the band and said, 'Let's get to some of these places.'" Support for most dates on the trek will come from acclaimed singer/songwriter – and fellow Atlantic recording artist – Robert Francis. Also Christina Perri, whose song "Jar of Hearts" has created a national stir, will appear on a few select dates. - more on this story

Cursive Frontman Tim Kasher Announce Solo Debut, Preview Show

Cursive Frontman Tim Kasher will release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. On July 27th, Kasher will headline a show at the Tonic Room in Chicago and perform material from the new album for the first time with a backing band. More solo touring news will be announced soon.

Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher - frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and The Good Life - has written, recorded, and produced an album under his own name.

Kasher enlisted Patrick Newbery (trumpet/keys for Cursive; also of Lacona and Head of Femur) to help with the arrangements, the production, and to play on the record. Friends Erin Tate (Minus The Bear) and Matt Maginn (Cursive) also stopped by to add some drum and bass parts, respectively, and members of the Glacier National Symphony were recruited for the classical instrument parts. - more on this story

Tokio Hotel Humanoid City Live

Tokio Hotel's 2010 concert in Milan, Italy has been captured and released as Humanoid City Live as a special deluxe two-disc DVD+CD package. The concert's 19 audio tracks are also available a digital album at all web providers.

In addition to the 19-song Milan concert video, the DVD will offer the bonus content of Backstage at Humanoid City. This will include an episode of their beloved Tokio Hotel TV, a DVD chronicle of life on the road with one of the world's most hair-raising bands. This new episode catches them during their secret rehearsals in London, and gives an exclusive sneak peek behind the scenes of the HUMANOID CITY LIVE stage production. The DVD will also contain a gallery of rare and previously unseen photography.

Tokio Hotel – lead singer Bill Kaulitz and his twin brother guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schafer, and bassist Georg Listing – earned heaps of praise from their legions of fans on the 2010 tour, for their performances of all 12 songs from the album (albeit in an entirely different sequence for the concerts): "Noise," "Human Connect to Human," "Pain Of Love," "World Behind My Wall," "Hey You," "Humanoid," "Dogs Unleashed," "Love & Death," "Automatic," "Darkside of the Sun," "Zoom Into Me," and "Forever Now." - more on this story