• Aerosmith’s Problems Far From Over • Taylor Swift: CMA’s Entertainer of the Year • Glee Cast Talks Madonna • Adam Lambert on His New Album • Sesame Street’s Best Musical Performances • Lady Gaga Reveals “Bad Romance” Video • Fergie Joins Slash on “Paradise City” Remake • Top 200 Chart to Include Jackson, Beatles • Michael Jackson Funeral Cost $1 Million • Rihanna Breaks Silence in 20/20 int... Read Full Story

The Billboard Top 200 is about to open its doors to older releases after finally eliminating a rule that prevented the discographies of Michael Jackson and the Beatles from being counted toward the week’s top-selling albums chart, Reuters writes. For the past 18 years, the chart generally only reflected the sales of newer albums, but starting with the week ending November 22, older releases will be recognized. Read Full Story

The Band: Bang Bang Eche The Buzz: New Zealand outfit fronted by one T’Nealle Worsley makes raw, riotous, ice-cold synth rock sharp enough to cut stale bread. Listen If: You’re a DJ at a German nightclub looking for new tracks to power a long night. Key Track: The raucous “4 to the Floor,” which is whipped around by a hyperactive guitar and Worsley’s stern vocal recitation. Read Full Story

There are plenty of reasons to be Gleeful these days: the hit freshman comedy returned after a two-week break with last night’s poignant episode, “Wheels” — the same day the first installment of its soundtrack debuted at Number Four on the Top 200 chart, propelled by lovable renditions of “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” and “Somebody to Love.” And when the show returns next year, Glee will be tackling the ultimate diva (and recent RS cover s... Read Full Story

Photo: Kopaloff/FilmMagicTaylor Swift made history last night at the Country Music Awards, becoming the youngest artist ever to win the coveted entertainer of the year award. The 19-year-old singer also took home awards for best female vocalist, video of the year for “Love Story” and album of the year with Fearless. “In this moment, everything that I have ever wanted just happened to me,” Swift told the audience at Nashville’s Sonnet Center after winning the even... Read Full Story

• Aerosmith’s Problems Far From Over • Adam Lambert on His New Album • Sesame Street’s Best Musical Performances • Lady Gaga Reveals “Bad Romance” Video • Fergie Joins Slash on “Paradise City” Remake • Michael Jackson Funeral Cost $1 Million • Rihanna Breaks Silence in 20/20 interview • Video: Shakira on She Wolf, Taylor Swift • Them Crooked Vultures Stream New Album • Green Day Headed to Broadway ... Read Full Story

Photo: Lacroix/WireImageIn our new issue, Adam Lambert tells Rolling Stone how whiskey and David Bowie influenced his debut album, For Your Entertainment. American Idol’s first real rock star also opened up about working with Muse and writing one of the record’s most tender ballads. Click here for more from Jenny Eliscu’s conversation with the man RS dubbed a glam-rock sex god during his fantastic Idol run. Read Full Story

It might’ve been released a month ago, but Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard is still singing the praises of Miranda Lambert’s third album Revolution in this week’s New Music Report segment “Christian Rock.” (And no, he’s not just being nice because Lambert knows how to handle a firearm, as evidenced here.) Read Full Story

When Steven Tyler joined Joe Perry onstage last night in New York to sing “Walk This Way” – and announced he wasn’t quitting Aerosmith – it seemed like the troubled group’s problems might be over. But Rolling Stone has learned that things are far from settled within the band, as part of reporting for a story that will appear in our next issue. Read Full Story

The first taste of Slash’s solo project has some fans losing their appetite for destruction. Yesterday the Velvet Revolver guitarist released a Japan-only two-song single featuring the rap group Cypress Hill and the Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie on a WTF version of the Guns n’ Roses classic “Paradise City.” That bizarre (albeit rocking) song and the single’s A-side, “Sahara” — a collaboration with Koshi Inaba — quickly appeared on YouTube... Read Full Story