Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.

Pretenders pour "Concrete" into MP3s (Reuters)
Reuters - The Chrissie Hynde-led rock band the Pretenders will roll out their new album, "Break Up the Concrete," as one MP3 per week leading up to the September 23 release of the CD via Shangri-La Music.

Correction: Mick Jones story (AP)
AP - In a July 22 story about Foreigner's Mick Jones, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Foreigner's co-headlining tour with Bryan Adams stops Thursday. The bands have a concert Thursday, July 24, near San Antonio, Texas, before ending their combined tour Saturday in Dallas. Foreigner will continue on the road at least through late October.

Celebrity Birthdays (AP)
AP - Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2:

That Was the Week That Was (AP)
AP - Entertainment highlights during the week of July 27-Aug. 2:

Rapper 50 Cent says Taco Bell stole his endorsement (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album (AP)

AP - It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter."

2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free (AP)

AP - Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Rapper DMX indicted on felony charges in Arizona (AP)

AP - Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill.

Courtney Not in Love With Sharing the Wealth? (E! Online)

E! Online - Courtney Love has been accused of leaving a hole in the books.