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Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' tour poster.

+ 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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+ It's been a good week for Lil Wayne. First the New Orleans rapper released his first, post-incarceration single, "6'7," and now news comes that Weezy will headline Bamboozle in New Jersey. (Idolator)

+ Other Bamboozled acts announced include Gaslight Anthem, Wiz Khalifa, Taking Back Sunday and...Motley Crue. (MTV News)

+ According to the film's director, the Gwyneth Paltrow flick Country Strong was partly inspired by Britney Spears! (MTV News)

+ Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl has been tapped to make an appearance in the upcoming Muppets movie. Do we hear a drum-off with "Animal"? (Rolling Stone)

+ Taylor Swift got a pretty spiffy present from is-he-or-isn't-he/possible boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal: a $10K guitar. (Celebuzz)

+ The delightful kids choir of PS 22 will be performing at next year's Oscar ceremony. They received the news from none other than Oscar co-host Anne Hathaway. (Just Jared)

+ Finally, start your day the right way: check out Videogum's 12 best animal videos of 2010. (Videogum)

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Yesterday, when we posted a Star Spotting photo of The Pretty Reckless frontwoman and "Gossip Girl" star Taylor Momsen leaving BBC's Radio 1, we kinda wondered what she got up to inside the studio.

Radio 1 often has artists drop by to perform informal, off-the-cuff cover versions of songs, and the results can often be stellar. Just see Gaslight Anthem's cover of Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up," for evidence.

Well it turns out off-the-cuff, informal covering of songs is exactly what Taylor Momsen was getting up to, as Taylor and her Pretty Reckless band ate Ben Phillips covered The XX's "Islands" and interpolated that sultry cut with Rihanna's chorus from Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie."

Dizzying, right? Real talk: TayMo actually nails it, finding the stranded, heartbroken throughline between the two songs. It's kind of surprising that Momsen included Rihanna's hook into her performance, considering she recently told SPIN Magazine, "People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna's wearing f---ing leather jackets, and it's really annoying."

I guess Taylor got over it! Teenagers! So temperamental! Check out the song below.

+ Listen to The Pretty Reckless' cover of The XX's "Islands" and Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie."

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It's hot outside. I know, I know. Captain Obvious, reporting for duty. But one thing that's always good for a cooldown is some really good, roll-your-windows-down rock. And that's exactly what we've got here with The Gaslight Anthem's new video, "American Slang."

The Gaslight Anthem excels at making punked-up Springsteen-leaning rock, with crashing guitars, huuuuge choruses and introspective, nostalgic lyrics.

This video, directed by Kevin Custer, pretty much sums up Gaslight's aesthetic: hats, tats and rock and roll. It's comprised largely of black-and-white images of the group making their way around New York City, interspersed with some performance footage of the the Jersey band rocking out on stage.

Check out the video below. American Slang is out now.

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Following in the steps of Gaslight Anthem, Against Me and The Loved Ones, AM Taxi takes punk rock and gives it a Bruce Springsteen/blue-collar blood transfusion.

Set at an abandoned drive-in (how Springsteen is that?), the video for the group's song "Fed Up" follows the travails of a character named "Nikki," who gets herself into trouble because there's nothing else to do in the dead-end small town she's trapped in.

As we get some atmospheric footage of said Deadendsville, the Chicago band rips "Fed Up" apart, throwing themselves into the performance. By the end of the video, you'll likely be joining in on the chorus.

AM Taxi's debut album, We Don't Stand A Chance, is out now. Check out the video, as well a classic live take on "Atlantic City" by The Boss, both below.

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New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem can cover a song like it's their job: Live, the emo-goes-classic-rock four-piece have been known to take a shot at Pearl Jam's Singles soundtrack classic, "State Of Love And Trust," and Bruce Springsteen's "I'm On Fire," capturing the soul of the original while leaving an indelible stamp of their own making.

On a recent trip to England, as they tirelessly promote their phenomenal 2008 release, The '59 Sound, Gaslight Anthem stopped by BBC Radio One to do an acoustic session. The performance has been trickling out online, and the highlight, by far, is singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's solo take on Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up."

Flipping the gender roles of the Kara DioGuardi co-penned song, Fallon finds the Springsteen-ian soul of Clarkson's girl-power jam. The way he delivers "Oh, sweetheart, put the bottle down/You've got too much talent/I see you through those bloodshot eyes/There's a cure, you've found it" sounds like it could've been ripped from The Boss' classic Nebraska album.

Check out the cover below.

+ Listen to Gaslight Anthem's cover of Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up" here.

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