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+ ATTN: Little Monsters, Lady Gaga has come through for you again. With a little help from some wine, last night Mama Monster tweeted the -- dare we say -- spooky chic poster for her forthcoming "The Born This Way Ball" tour. (Idolator)

+ The EDM crowd will get props during Sunday's Grammy Awards show. Chris Brown, Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, deadmau5 and David Guetta's joint performance will highlight electronica/dance. Etta James will also be honored with a tribute from Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt. (MTV News)

+ Nicki Minaj will premiere "Roman Holiday," a song from her upcoming Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album, when she performs during the Grammys. She's also planning to release "Starships" the day after the show. (MTV News)

+ Canada's Juno Awards, which will be held April 1, announced their nominees. Among the noms are Justin Bieber, Drake, Avril Lavigne, deadmau5, Arcade Fire and Feist. (MTV News)

+ Metallica announced their very own headlining festival. The Orion Music + More fest includes openers Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, Gaslight Anthem, Best Coast and Titus Andronicus, among others. It will be held in Atlantic City on June 23-24. (MTV News)

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The last time we saw Arctic Monkeys, they were doing the "Prison Break" thing in the California desert in their "Black Treacle" video. The clip for the song's B-side, "You And I," brings it all back home, capturing the band cruising the English countryside by motorcycle and goofing around in the studio. And they brought a friend: U.K. retro-crooner Richard Hawley, a dude you should check out if you're into deep, masculine voices and feeling especially classy. (We've listened to his song "The Ocean" probably 200 times -- it's just that epic.)

"You And I" is credited to Hawley and the Death Ramps, a suitably metal name, and the band definitely uses the alter ego to get heavier than usual: the track's powered by a hulking two-note riff that stomps back and forth like Godzilla. It's pretty much the kind of jam you want to hear on a loop when you're wearing a leather jacket and motoring across Europe (which we do all the time, in our dreams). Also, bonus for Arctic Monkeys GIF makers/lovers: The :46 mark is about to change your life.

As you no doubt have scheduled in capital letters all up in your Facebook events, Arctic Monkeys are currently on tour with the Black Keys. Mr. Hawley's last album, Truelove's Gutter, dropped in 2009, but we recommend starting with 2005 classic Cole's Corner if you're looking to dig in.

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We get the feeling Arctic Monkeys just caught up on "Breaking Bad." Also, "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas"? The band’s California-filmed video "Black Treacle" is all orange jumpsuits and weird deserts, starring drummer Matt Helders as an escaped convict looking for a mystery brunette in a wedding dress. Meanwhile, a '50s-styled Alex Turner plays leather-jacketed chauffeur to his bandmate and, um, a lady of the evening while dude’s poor fiancée is off ruining that white gown. Arctic Monkeys: classy blokes.

The oddball clip gets slightly sci-fi in its closing moments, with floating objects hollering at gravity later and a sad-looking dead lion abandoned in the sand. We’re guessing PETA vetoed the polar bears (#LOST). Nothing strange about the music, though: It's the sort of hard-drinking, sing-along guitar rock we’ve come to expect from the catchy Brits. "Black Treacle" is the fourth single from last year's Suck It And See, the band's fourth album –- they're all grown up! Aww, we still remember downloading their demos on Soulseek on our parents' desktop. (Shh, don't tell Mom.)

Arctic Monkeys will join the Black Keys for a North American tour this spring, so bring your hair gel. And your favorite jungle cat.

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+ A London music product distribution warehouse owned by Sony burned to the ground during the London riots. While the catastrophic losses are still being assessed, Arctic Monkeys' physical release for forthcoming single, "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala," was obliterated. A limited quantity allotted for their website escaped the flames. (Guardian)

+ Gavin DeGraw was released from the hospital last night after being attacked in New York's East Village and then hit by a cab. "Honestly, I don't remember much. I only know I can recover from here. Thank u all for your genuine concern. I love u guys," he tweeted. (MTV News)

+ We already knew our fave rap stars were totes money, and Forbes' "Cash Kings" list of hip-hop's top earners confirmed it. Leading the list are Jay-Z, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Kanye West, and for the first time a Cash Queen cracks the Top 20: Nicki Minaj. Represent. (Forbes)

+ Peep the behind-the-scenes video of Selena Gomez prepping for her Teen Choice Awards performance of "We Own The Night." She says she prefers junk food, but she won a healthy five awards. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Having caught a recent New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys show I can report the guys weren't exactly overdressed for the occasion, but they were definitely wearing pants. Not so on their final tour stop in London, Ontario. Undies alert! (The FW)

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In this installment of Jared Leto's 30 Seconds To Mars tour diaries, we find the band as they make their way out of Vegas, through the desert and into the Midwest, with stops at the Grand Canyon along the way. Read about life on the road, check out Jared's photos and check out 30 Seconds To Mars' epic tour videos.

By Jared Leto

After leaving the insanity of Sin City, we went to play KFMA Day in Tucson, Arizona, with Muse. We went on stage right at sunset, and it was magic. Thanks to our family in Arizona for such a great show, and to the guys in Muse for coming to watch our set.

Left Tuscon and took a day off at the Grand Canyon. We picked a random spot and pulled over to climb around and explore, and I quickly realized I had stopped at the EXACT same spot when I drove across the country to Los Angeles for the first time well over a decade ago. Of all the gin joints ... serendipitous.

A beautiful day with the gang and then out of nowhere a snowstorm. Weird but great. Got on the bus, ate a yam and some homemade guacamole, and off we went.

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Well, she at least showed up to last night's 2008 Brit Awards. And at this point, showing up is half the battle. She didn't walk away with any awards, but she did perform two songs -- "Love Is a Losing Game" and "Valerie" -- with Mark Ronson, who picked up an award for Best Male Solo Artist (an award second in importance only to the unofficial MTV Buzzworthy Obsession of the Year award), but unfortunately he did not strip on stage to celebrate his win. (Boo!) Instead, he accepted the award by saying "I've never felt so British or so male before in my life."

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Oh hai. I'm at yr desk! Eatin' all yr candee korns! Anyway, want some Halloween videos that don't involve Charlie Brown and pumpkins and other cheesy shiz? Okay good, because we do too. Subterranean's got a whole playlist of unlame videos like Arctic Monkeys' "Fluorescent Adolescent" and Horrors' "Sheena Is A Parasite." And, check out our Halloween video playlist, which includes the best, most creepy video -- and best group dance sequence -- of all time -- "Thriller." Shamonz!

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