Guns N' Roses not bringing "Democracy" to China (Reuters)
Reuters - Guns N' Roses fans in China will have to go underground to get their hands on a copy of the band's first album in 17 years, "Chinese Democracy," which will be released worldwide on Sunday.

New Guns N' Roses album hits stores, a little late (Reuters)

Reuters - The day many rock fans never expected to see in their lifetimes is nigh.

Priests take leap of faith with debut album (Reuters)
Reuters - It's not every day that a music industry executive compares a group of singing clergymen to a superstar rapper.

Britney Shows Up in Court to Talk Touring (E! Online)

E! Online - Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die downand the music to get turned up.

Take That 'write a song about Amy Winehouse' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Take That have written a new song, :How Did It Come To This," which fans are speculating is about the plight of Amy Winehouse.

Singer Laura Pausini welcomes "Early Spring" (Reuters)
Reuters - Laura Pausini is mad, and she's not going to take it anymore.

Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash (AP)

AP - Punk musician Travis Barker on Friday sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing two friends.

Billboard CD reviews: Guns N' Roses, Kanye West (Reuters)
Reuters - Grunge. Techno. Boy bands. Both President Bushes. These are just a few of the things Guns N' Roses has improbably outlasted in the 17 (!) years since its last album of original music.

Musicians page through their pasts for book deals (Reuters)
Reuters - As recording artists experiment with all manner of digital media to reach their fans, a few are engaging in a centuries-old practice -- writing books.

MTV launches African music awards (AP)
AP - MTV launches its first-ever music award program for Africa on Saturday, with acts from across the world's poorest continent nominated for prizes in the Nigerian capital.