Maroon 5 'Antsy' to Hit the Studio
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LAS VEGAS (Billboard) - Maroon 5's members cannot wait to  begin work on the follow-up to their multi-platinum debut,  "Songs About Jane," but guitarist James Valentine told  Billboard.com, "We just can't beat the life out of this record  yet."
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Gwen Stefani will unveil her first  solo material early next month in the form of the single "What  You Waiting For?"
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Editors frontman Tom Smith contemplates the huge anticipation surrounding the British band's imminent sophomore set, "An End Has a Start," and shivers. "I get nervous thinking about it," he says.
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Californian band Maroon 5's first album in four years has gone straight to the top of the US album chart.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - As the release of a new album  approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art,  life and the messages they hope to convey with their music.
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The striking Hollywood writers guild likely will bar its members from working on next month's Grammys telecast, a union spokesman said Tuesday. Grammy organizers have yet to ask for a waiver allowing writers to work on the show Â and if requested, "it is unlikely to be granted," Writers Guild of America spokesman Gregg Mitchell said.
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Though the album has its moments, it's not entirely enticing.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - When the Mars Volta put out its  latest album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," in January, the act gave  its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly  popular -- and creative.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Few artists can sustain an   extraordinary career that, despite a few bumps along the way,   has fans anticipating your every move after 20 years.
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Several weeks after Radiohead's digital release of its seventh studio album, "In Rainbows," aftershocks are still reverberating though the music industry.
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The hit Broadway show may now be filmed.
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While the next American Idol season doesn't kick in till January, fall is anything but a hiatus as five of the show's offspring prepare to roll out albums during a five-week span starting Nov. 2.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Live Nation is now in the live Maroon 5 business. And not just for one tour.
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While ticket sales seem  promising, this fall's upcoming Alice in Chains tour is one of  several recent outings to beg the question of whether a band  can remain relevant without its original singer.
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When it comes to booking concerts, it appears the Baltimore Orioles   haven't finished what they stared.
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An &quot;American Idol&quot; appearance helped  Maroon 5 reclaim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100  singles chart Thursday, a week after the pop band lost the top  slot to R&B singer T-Pain.
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The new breed of pop singers loves to tell us about the burdens of stardom. Their music is better when they don't.