Brian Wilson, Elton John, Lorde, One Direction Remake God Only Knows

The new version was recorded to celebrate the launch of BBC Music ("an ambitious wave of new programmes, innovative partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives that amount to the BBC's strongest commitment to music in 30 years," via The Guardian), with sales benefiting the BBC charity Children in Need.

"All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can't thank them enough," Wilson told The Guardian. "I'm just honored that 'God Only Knows' was chosen. 'God Only Knows' is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I've ever written."

Also on hand to contribute to the charity single: Jake Bugg, Emeli Sand�, Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, Florence Welch, Chrissie Hynde, Brian May, Alison Balsom, Martin James Bartlett, Danielle de Niese, Nicola Benedetti, Eliza Carthy, Baaba Maal, Jamie Cullum and Jaz Dhami. BBC DJs Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Katie Derham, Gareth Malone and Jools Holland are also on the track, joined by the Tees Valley Youth Choir and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

See all of the superstar cameos in the splashy music video for the remake here.

Def Leppard's NFL Performance To Be Broadcast

The band played three tracks prior to the first game between the Oakland Raiders and the Miami Dolphins: Animal, Let's Get Rocked and Pour Some Sugar On Me.

Before the game, the band's lead singer Joe Elliott, said: "Having most recently visited Wembley in May to watch Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final, I know what the atmosphere in the ground is like for 'our' football so I'm really looking forward to performing there before the NFL game and of course soaking up the excitement of the actual match. I can't wait!"

More details here.

Doobie Brothers Give China Grove A Makeover

It's taken from upcoming album Southbound, which sees the Doobies tying up with a string of country musicians for a dozen fresh takes on classic tracks from their catalogue.

It's also the first time vocalists Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons have appeared on the same album since 1976's Takin' It To The Streets.

Johnston recently told Rolling Stone: "Country has changed since the days of Hank Williams - it's taken on a rock tinge. The traditional style of rock'n'roll has kind of gone away; no one is representing it the way it used to be represented. Country music has sort of picked up the slack. That's why those artists are huge right now."

More including the video here.

John Rich Talks Next Celebrity Apprentice

Specifically, we were fishing for predictions of who might win this time around. Though it has not yet premiered, participants have been announced for the show's 2014/2015 season (dubbed Celebrity Apprentice 7 or The Apprentice 14, depending on whom you ask).

They include comedian Gilbert Gottfried, singer Kevin Jonas, actress Vivica A. Fox, NFL player Terrell Owens, reality TV stars Brandi Glanville and Kate Gosselin, and Geraldo Rivera.

Rich initially admitted that he doesn't even "know the entire cast yet." But while he isn't ready to lay down any money, it turns out he does have some early thoughts on the lineup, based on his own experience on the program.

"I think with guys like Geraldo and Gilbert Gotfried on there it's going to be insanely interesting to watch," Rich said. Big Kenny agreed: "It's probably going to be quite entertaining also."

As far as who might make it to the finale, Rich is leaning toward Rivera. Read more here.

Preview Of Paul Rodger's Paul McCartney Cover Goes Online

"Let Me Roll It" originally appeared on 1973's "Band On The Run", as well as the b-side to that record's hits, "Jet." Due November 17 (Nov 18 in North America), "The Art Of McCartney" features a variety of artists joining the former Beatle's long time band to perform songs from the bassist's legendary songwriting catalog.

Guests include Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, The Cure, Brian Wilson, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, Dr John, Yusuf, Barry Gibb, Jamie Cullum, KISS, Chrissie Hynde, ELO's Jeff Lynne, and many more.

Check out the preview here.

Between The Buried And Me's Tommy Rogers Releases New Solo Song

It's to be released under his Thomas Giles monicker on November 24 via Metal Blade Records. While he played every instrument on his debut title, he enlisted former BTBAM percussionist Will Goodyear and the pair worked together with the band's producer Jamie King.

Rogers says: "This record was an outcome of me creating songs while not wanting to over-evaluate the music. I wanted to record things that naturally came to me; and because of this, the record feels like an accurate extension of myself.

"I took a more rock approach and really focused on writing simple yet dynamic songs. Lyrically, I feel it's a great mix of storytelling and personal experience. Modern Noise is basically just saying this is my current noise on the earth. We all are here for a short amount of time, and the noise we make is our memory."

Check out the song here.

Monster Magnet Release Animated Video For The Duke

"When I was a kid, I'd sit in my room with my eyes closed, listening to albums and dreaming up spectacular images and stories to go along with the music. Ah, nothing beats youthful imagination," says Dave Wyndorf. "Fast forward to today and Monster Magnet has done plenty of music videos and try as I have, none of them ever replicated that particular hallucinatory fever that gripped me when I was young," he continued. "That is until now."

"Phil Mucci has captured the 'science fiction noir' elements of Last Patrol and Milking The Stars and mainlined them into "The Duke". And I didn't have to do anything but provide the music and make a few notes. Oh, and have a few (extremely enjoyable) conversations with him on the phone. Mr. Mucci gets it. And the fact he's so talented means we all get to enjoy this bad-ass piece of 'fever dream pulp cinema'. Something tells me Phil used to listen to albums with his eyes closed when he was a kid too!"

"Milking The Stars, A Reimagining Of Last Patrol" sees new interpretations of some of the material featured on 2013's "Last Patrol" album, rounded out with four new songs and two live tracks.

Watch the video here.

Bush Premiere New Song Loneliness Is A Killer

Bush's sixth release was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Mastadon) at Studio 606, the Northridge, California-based studio owned by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

"Man On The Run" is the follow up to 2011's "The Sea Of Memories", the group's first record in a decade. 2014 marks the 20th year anniversary of Bush's debut album, "Sixteen Stone."

Check out the new song here.

Black Veil Brides Release Heart On Fire Video

Frontman Andy Biersack had the following to say about the song: "I think we're more passionate today about the band than we've ever been, and that's a really cool thing.

"The song is really about allowing yourself to keep that passion burning for something that you truly enjoy." You can check out the Heart On Fire music video here.

Rancid Streaming New Song 'Face Up'

"It's just another day of getting into trouble," frontman Lars Frederiksen belts. "Chasing the booze with another bottle / Went into a bar looking for some quiet / Said the wrong thing and it turned into a riot / Face up. I'm lucky to wake up face up."

It's a fitting follow-up to the band's other aggro offerings from Honor Is All We Know, like "Collison Course," "Evil's My Friend" and the title track - plus their last album, 2009's Let the Dominoes Fall.

Listen to the new song here.

Jordan Pundik Talks New Found Glory's 'Resurrection'

But the road to career longevity has been bumpy. In late 2013, longtime guitarist Steve Klein was accused of multiple sexual offenses involving minors, resulting in Klein's expulsion. Although the band was very statesmen-like on the matter, it was clear his departure had a profound effect on the group.

As the foursome readies for the October 7 release of Resurrection, their eighth studio album, singer Jordan Pundik finds himself talking to Radio.com in the midst of changing dirty diapers. He quickly issued a disclaimer: "If it gets noisy here, I apologize. I have a three-year-old and an eleven-month old."

Radio.com: New Found Glory never really went away, so why the name Resurrection? Jordan Pundik: We've had our ups and downs and especially with this last year. And for me it's just kind of like, this record was very cathartic for us. Why we need a resurrection is because no matter how low you get in what you're dealing with, you're determined to come out on top stronger than what you were before and you don't realize how fragile things are until it's almost gone. When people hear the record and they listen to the lyrics and they hear what the songs are about and what we want to say, what we want people to latch onto when they listen to this record. Then they'll realize OK, I get it.

Chad had mentioned that this album was easier to record than others. Why? When you have something that you hold so close and it could end at any moment, you're like, "Wow." We're the tightest we've ever been and it just kind of just came to us. Not to take away from other records, but we just got in a routine. So when everything went down, it sort of re-sparked us.

Was there a time when the band hit rock bottom? For a brief second, yes. It was just the whole not knowing of what the outcome was going to be and how we were going to continue. I've been in the band since I was sixteen or seventeen years old. It's all I've done and when something like that happens it kind of throws you a curve ball. It's super crazy, like nothing what we could have expected.

With nine albums, three EPs, not including a greatest hits compilation, can you believe you've accomplished all this? No, it doesn't seem real 'cause every day I'm changing diapers and looking at myself in the mirror and I'm like, I'm the same kid I was like when I had to be home at midnight or else I'd get in trouble. I feel like I'm still momma's boy. I'm going through normal life crap and dealing with that stuff and I look back and I go, "Oh yeah." I go to the mall or something on a Saturday, which is the worst thing to do� to walk into a Hot Topic on a Saturday. People walking up to you freaking out. Which is cool. I'm totally down with that stuff but when I'm home it's just kinda like I tend to forget. We've been a band for a long time. We've done a lot.

What would you say to the young Jordan in 1997 when you were recording your first album? I think that I would say to not taking anything for granted. It's so clich� to say but it's true. Being in the band for as long as we have and going through ups and downs and even personal stuff, with money or divorces or whatever, just don't take anything for granted� Stay cool man! (laughs).

As you get older, your audience stays the same age because of the pop-punk genre. Is your aim to keep your audience young? Honestly, that's what I love most about my band is that we're still relevant with the bands that are coming up and getting popular. We take those bands on tour and I think that, coupled with that fact that we're just a band that writes songs about the human experience and I feel like people grab onto that. I feel that our fans are getting younger, which is crazy. We've been a band for seventeen years almost and our fans are getting younger. It's really cool to be able to continue to tour and it's all young kids in the crowd still. So, I feel like we still have a good amount of years left in us.

Read the rest of the interview here.

Singled Out: In Search Of Sun's The World Is Yours

"Like most songs, 'The World Is Yours' started with a riff and for this song it was that prominent chorus riff that came first. As soon as I heard it I felt instantly uplifted! My first feeling was that this tune was going to sound massive and that's exactly how it turned out. The more we added to it and structured it laid credence to the fact that this song was going to be a monster and could only be justified by a monster vocal line.

I'd been playing around with vocal ideas for some time and decided to get feedback from the other boys. It came fairly quickly actually, which is surprising for us because with the majority of our tunes we'd have to go through about a million different vocal lines for all of us to be like "YES! THAT'S THE ONE!" However, this one seemed to just click.

Lyrically, it's about making something of your life. I'm trying to encourage people to not just give up. Life is way too short to just think "Oh sh*t, I'm in my twenties now, I need to get a stable job and my own place." The song is basically saying f*** that! Get up and do something real because there is so much more to life than having a few quid in your bank account and a place to live. Don't get me wrong, everybody wants their own house and some money but if you give up on your dreams to have that then what's the point? I'd rather be the king of a council estate if it meant I get to do this for a living as opposed to being a suit in the city putting numbers into a computer 5 days a week.

Live life to the max. The world is yours if you want it to be!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the video here and learn more about the album right here!

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