Drug Bust On Justin Bieber Tour Bus

"Officers seized the marijuana and paraphernalia and issued a penalty to the driver. The bus and passengers were released without further incident," Hammond concluded. Read the E! report here for more details.

Katy Perry Makes Unusual New Album Announcement

(popmusiclife) Katy Perry will release her new album, "Prism", on October 22 and she revealed the news with the title and release date emblazoned on the side of a golden truck driving through Los Angeles on Monday.

"Find the #PRISM semi, take a picture and I'll RT you," tweeted Perry to get the viral campaign started. "Don't worry, Los Angeles is just the first stop on the map."

Perry's fourth album, "Prism" is the follow-up to the 2010 smash, "Teenage Dream", which sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.

See a photo of the truck and read more here.

Miley Cyrus Films Documentary and Releases Extended Video

(Radio.com) Miley Cyrus fans will get an up close and personal look at the making of the pop star's upcoming new album and radical image makeover in a revealing new MTV documentary, which will debut this fall.

The hour-long doc will be produced by MTV's News and Docs team, and comes as interest in the pop star is at an all-time high. Cyrus' most recent single, "We Can't Stop," is currently No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and recently broke VEVO's record as the clip to reach 100 million views the fastest. The racy Diane Martel-produced video generated almost 11 million views in just the first 24 hours of release, topping the previous record-holder for most views in one day, Justin Bieber.

"It's just gonna sound like her and her influences, but it's not that hip-hop heavy," Pharrell told MTV when asked what fans can expect from the full-length album, due later this year. "That's not what she does, that's not where she comes from. It's a part of what she loves, which is a very big difference. I would expect that there would be elements of the things that she's into, but nothing rules her."

As if those 100 million views of her "We Can't Stop" video weren't enough, Cyrus has just released an extended director's cut of the clip. The updated version comes with additional performance footage added to the controversial music video, which has generated much conversation for its sexually-charged imagery and lyrics that celebrate illicit drug use. Check it out here.

Lady Antebellum Announces Fall Tour

Lady Antebellum has announced the dates for the first leg of their Take Me Downtown Tour, which will be a headlining trek that will hit North America this fall.

The tour will feature support from Kip Moore and Kacey Musgraves and the arena tour will be launching on November 8th in Southaven, MS and concluding on December 14th in Peoria, IL.

Charles Kelley had this to say about the tour, "We spent almost every day last year backstage writing for our album Golden, so we were really focused on writing songs that would connect with the fans in these arenas.

"We definitely learned a lot about ourselves as live performers and the type of catalog we wanted to have so that we could go out and try to give the fans the best show they've ever experienced.

"All of that was the jumping off point for this tour, and now it's time to take it to the next level." more on this story

James Blunt's 'Moon Landing' Touching Down This Fall

James Blunt not only premiered a brand new song yesterday (July 29th) but he also announced that his new studio album, "Moon Landing," will be released in North America on November 5th.

Blunt reunited with producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Moby, Foo Fighters) for the new album. Rothrock had previously worked with Blunt on his "Back To Bedlam" album. The album also features production from Martin Terefe (KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright, Jason Mraz) and Ryan Tedder.

Yesterday, Blunt premiered the first single from the new album, "Bonfire Heart" which was produced and co-written by Tedder. You can listen to it here.

"This is a much more personal album, and also quite back to basics," says Blunt. "It's about me and Tom, the producer, finding where the story all started and where we are now.

"It's an album about dreams, longing, first love. About looking in the mirror and seeing the boy you were, the man you are – and learning to be comfortable with that, flaws and all.

"About getting back to basics and rediscovering the power of music to communicate emotion directly and honestly, without too much polish or complication."

John Williams To Score Star Wars: Episode VII

(Radio.com) As was the case with the first six movies, John Williams will once again compose the score for the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams.

"I've loved doing the Star Wars films with all the fanfares and flourish," says Williams in a video posted to the official Star Wars website. The 'galaxy far, far away' I feel like I'm still in it."

John Williams' involvement in the film marks the latest in a series of throwbacks to the original series. Original trilogy stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are also expected to appear on screen for the film's 2015 release.

Other than that, precious little is known about Episode VII. Even Williams is willfully unaware. "Of course, I haven't seen the script," the composer says in the video interview.

"The story is still unknown to me, the new story. But I can't imagine that there will not be some references to the existing stories that we know that would necessitate, and make appropriate, the use of some of the earlier themes." more on this story

R. Kelly Release 'My Story' Featuring 2 Chainz

(Radio.com) Time to get back in line for the Soulacoaster. R. Kelly just announced his new single, the early-career throwback of "My Story" featuring 2 Chainz.

The single is the first taste off Robert Sylvester's forthcoming album Black Panties, which will serve as the conceptual followup to his breakout album all the way back from 1993, 12 Play.

Earlier this month, R. Kelly was the toast of Pitchfork Music Festival. Read Radio.com's recap of his dove-releasing performance here. Take a listen to Kelly's new single here.

Kanye West Helps Kids Learn Music With 'Got Bars?' Program

(Radio.com) Kanye West and fellow Chicago rapper and Yeezus contributor Rhymefest plan on teaching at-risk kids in Chicago's Southside about beats, rhymes and life.

In conjunction with West's non-profit organization Donda's House and St. Sabina Church, the two rappers will head Got Bars?, a free, 10-week program aimed at kids ages 15-24 to help write and record their own music.

"Art instruction and particularly music instruction leads people to become better problem solvers, more flexible," Donda's House Executive Director Donnie Smith said in an interview with Chicago's WBEZ . "There are just so many outcomes that come from the study of music and particularly music writing."

At the end of the program, Donda's House plan to release an EP of the music the kids created. Pitchfork also reports that Donda's House eventually plan making this a nationwide program. more on this story

OMD Announce Ten Track Limited Edition 'Night Cafe' Release

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, a.k.a. OMD, have announced that they will be releasing their new single "Night Cafe" in a limited edition CD and a digital version on September 9th.

"Night Café" is the third single from the group's latest acclaimed album, "English Electric," and the 10-track single release will feature 4 remixes and all of the b-sides from the album.

The official b-side for the single will be a brand new song called "Kill Me" and the remixes will include OMD's recent tour support act Vile Electrodes new spin on the track.

OMD's Andy McCluskey explains the inspiration behind "Night Café" which references 7 of Edward Hopper's paintings. "I was in New York for the first time in 20 years. I was feeling melancholy. It was -9 degrees, it was dark and I was on a street corner looking into an almost empty restaurant. How could I not be reminded of Edward Hopper's paintings?" more on this story

Taylor Swift Now Knows Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' Secret

(Radio.com) This past weekend in Foxboro, Mass., Taylor Swift joined a very exclusive club. It's the small club of people who (allegedly) know whom Carly Simon's song "You're So Vain" is actually, truly about. And no, she's not telling.

The occasion came about when Swift invited Simon to sing her iconic 1972 hit song on stage with her during the Red Tour's stop in at Gillette Stadium on Saturday (July 27). It was an experience Swift called "unreal."

Swift was thrilled to get a chance to perform classic song alongside its creator. "I think tonight is one of the most special nights on the tour," she said in a video interview shot backstage at the July 27th show.

Swift tweeted, "Got to sing 'You're So Vain' with Carly Simon at Gillette Stadium tonight!!!!! Unreal. I could not possibly look up to her more."

Swift also had high praise for the song itself. "That is the most direct way that anyone has ever addressed a breakup," she said. "It's amazing." And Swift, of course, knows a thing or two about such matters, being a songwriter herself who's made a career out of "direct" songs that touch on, among other things, relationships and breakups. Check out the video interview here.

Icona Pop Release 'Girlfriend' Video

(Radio.com) Best friends Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt of Icona Pop just released the video for "Girlfriend." Originally slated to be their follow-up single to "I Love It," the track embodies the familiar catchy choruses and dance ready beats the girls are known for.

While previous single, the pop-tastic "All Night" which dropped last week, follows the sing-along anthem that "I Love It" paved the way for, "Girlfriend" has a slightly more electronic vibe.

"All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend," Jawo and Hjelt sing on "Girlfriend." Meanwhile, the video showcases the duo living this "life of sin" as they speed down the highway in a convertible, run onto railroad tracks and sneak into train cars — something you'd only do with your best friend.

In an interview with HungerTV, the girls talk about their time train-surfing in the new video. "We love trying new stuff and as soon as things get a little bit too safe or calm we just throw ourselves out there and mix it up a little bit, and we always manage to get out alive," Hjelt said.

Jawo confessed that the filming of the video was dangerous.

"The train was moving but we had a lot of safety nets, even though I would have done it without them," Jawo said. "We had stunt men teaching us who were taking it really seriously and were like 'Don't jump if you don't have the safety nets on you!', which was good."

Watch the video for "Girlfriend" here.

Robin Thicke, Jason Derulo and Sammy Adams Lead SPF Lineup

(Radio.com) The hottest performers of summer 2013 are getting together on Aug. 17 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas for the Summer Pool Fiesta (SPF), presented by Radio.com.

SPF will bring Robin Thicke, Jason Derulo and Sammy Adams together for a star-studded event on the Las Vegas strip. The show will also be streamed live on Radio.com, starting at 8 p.m. PT.

Thicke has created what many are calling the song of the summer with his hit "Blurred Lines." It is currently the No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot 100 with the year's longest reign at the top, currently clocking in at 14 weeks. The track has gone to No. 1 in 80 countries. more on this story

NKOTB's Jordan Knight Likes Hearing His Music In Mundane Places

(Radio.com) This weekend, New Kids on the Block will wrap up The Package Tour with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men, a nostalgia-fueled "love fest" in the words of NKOTB's Jordan Knight.

With the summer tour coming to a close, Radio.com sat down with Knight, who, among other things, recalled the very first time he heard himself on the radio. He was 16, in his native Boston.

"I was in my living room, [in] the house I grew up in. The song was 'Be My Girl' and it came on an AM station," he said. "There's something about your song being on the radio. It just makes it real. It makes it legit. I was like, 'That's a legit song!'"

Knight said it's a very different feeling hearing the song on the radio vs. in the studio. "When you hear it over and over in the studio or on your cassette player, it just sounds like a studio tape," Knight said. "But then when you hear it on the radio you're like, 'We can be famous!' It made me really excited."

And famous NKOTB got. Their first single, "Be My Girl" was released in 1986 and served as the lead track off their debut album New Kids on the Block. They would go on to record three No. 1 hits and amass a legion of fans who continue to follow the band 25+ years later. more.

Rod Stewart Extends His Las Vegas Show For Two More Years

Rod Stewart has announced that he has extended his Las Vegas residency for two more years as the veteran singer celebrates the 50th performance of "Rod Stewart: The Hits."

"Rod Stewart: The Hits" was originally scheduled to run for only two years but has been so successful that Stewart has extended the run for two additional years.

The show is staged at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and Stewart is wrapping up the summer edition of the residency this week, but will now return with nine additional shows in November (6-24).

"I'm thrilled to add another two years," said Stewart. "The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is literally one of the best venues in the entire world; there's not a bad seat in the house and it sounds great -- I love it there."

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