Lil Wayne To Release Carter IV Early- Motown Legend Dies- Beyonce for Michael Jackson Tribute Show- YMCA Battle- Amy Winehouse's Dad Returning Donations- more

(AP) Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. more

(Billboard) Beyonc� will perform via satellite at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, Michael Forever: The Tribute Concert, being held in Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on October 8, according to TMZ. more

(Jam!) A group of 35 Michael Jackson fan clubs have joined forces to lobby for the cancellation of a Michael Jackson tribute concert, saying the October event is 'doomed to fail.' more

(BBC) A member of the 1970s disco group Village People who lives in south-east Wales is launching a legal fight for the rights to their classic hit YMCA. Victor Willis, who owns a house in Newport with wife Karen, hopes to win the copyright to 33 songs in total. more

(BBC) A stage musical based on the late Patrick Swayze's 1990 film Ghost will transfer to Broadway next year, its producers announce. more

(Billboard) Mitch Winehouse is returning donations to a foundation being set up in his late daughter's honor because someone has secured the Internet domain name for "The Amy Winehouse Foundation." more

In related news, Jam! has this: A man who allegedly halted plans for a rehab clinic in honour of Amy Winehouse by registering the name of the proposed centre has defended his actions as a "business" decision.... "I'm not the d**khead. The d**khead is sitting over there without the name in his possession." more

(BBC) British actress Kate Winslet and her children are among 20 people to escape unhurt as a fire "destroys" Sir Richard Branson's home on his private Caribbean island. more

(Jam!) Shania Twain will be allowed to testify through video link when her trial against an Ottawa doctor accused of stalking her begins next month. more

(Billboard) Nicki Minaj will be premiering a sneak peek of her video for "Fly," co-starring Rihanna, during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday night (Aug. 28). more

(AP) Aretha Franklin is already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this fall, she'll be honored by the hall once again, as part of its American Music Masters series. more

Lil Wayne Busts His Head In Skateboarding Accident

Weezy tweeted: "The Lou was good but I busted my � head at the sk8park! 9stitches! Gnarly gash over my left eye! Luv the people,"

Lil Wayne is about to release his new album, The Carter IV. A previous album, The Carter III, was the best-selling album of 2008 and the Grammy Award winner for best rap album of that year. more on this story

Glen Campbell To Talk New Album and Alzheimer's Disease On TV Tonight

The interview will be followed by Nightline the same night (11:35pm) and the next day on Good Morning America. In addition, Campbell will make an array of live TV performances, including NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 12th and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 27th.

Surfdog Records will release Campbell's final studio recording, Ghost On The Canvas, on August 30th. more on this story

Game's R.E.D. Album Arrives

R.E.D. features production from producers Dr. Dre and DJ Premier and guest appearances include Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, DJ Premier, Lil Wayne, Drake, Rick Ross, Nelly Furtado, Tyler the Creator, Kendrick Lamar and more.

Fans have waited eagerly for a Game and Dr. Dre reunification in the studio. The R.E.D. Album provides "Drug Test," produced by Game's Compton neighbor, a possible contender for the album's second single, showcases Game straight west coastin' alongside his gangsta' rap accomplices Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, on a club banger which reminds listeners of the three G's collective California chemistry. more on this story

Charlie Sheen Fear Prevents Denise Richards From Appearing on Two and a Half Men

Sources connected with the production tell TMZ ... producers offered Denise a guest starring role for the debut with Ashton Kutcher, but they say she told them she wouldn't do it because "She would never hear the end of it from Charlie."

No doubt -- Chuck Lorre is trying to stick the knife in as far as he possibly can because ... well, he hates Charlie's guts. But we're told Denise just wouldn't play along. more on this story

Brandy Working On New Album For A New Label

Little Big Town Cover Jackson 5 Classic

Shot in the beautiful Carson Center in Paducah, KY on July 15th, the video highlights the bands creativity in not only picking songs, but also using anything they can find to make their cover sound unique. Instruments used for this video are upright base, drums, mandolin, tambourine and a baby rattle courtesy of Karen and Jimi's baby boy, Elijah.

Watch the video here

Matisyahu Releases Song He Wrote and Recorded With Child Who Died From Cancer

During the time that Matisyahu knew him, he and Elijah became great friends; Matisyahu would keep in constant contact with the young man, even surprising him by performing at his bar mitzvah. Elijah had asked that he and Matisyahu record a song together, and in Elijah's final hours, the song was completed and is now available to download.

Says Matisyahu, "I wrote and recorded this song with my friend Elijah just hours before he passed away last December. Proud to be able to share his voice and story while helping his family on their road to recovery. If you like it, you can make a donation and get two versions of the song--including one with him singing." more on this story

Kim Kardashian Wedding Boosts Sex Tape Website Traffic

TMZ has learned ... roughly 2 MILLION people visited KimKsuperstar.com between Friday and Sunday night ... a HUGE boost from the average weekend traffic.

In fact, the site only averages 300k unique visitors PER MONTH -- so it seems all the fanfare from the wedding led to some serious handfare across the planet.

And get this laddies -- according to Google Trends, America did NOT lead the pack in Internet searches for "Kim Kardashian Sex Tape" ... that honor went to Ireland.

Clearly, the pipes were calling. more on this story

Singled Out: Zee Avi

Swell Window is the song that denotes the beginning of the next and new chapter of my never ending awakening, living, embracing hypnagogia. It also tells a tale of the meeting of two of the purest souls who understand that every ticking minute is a call for experiencing. A romantic overview of seizing the moment, capturing it, and re-visiting it.

The Book Of Morris Johnson Unlike most of the folk-art I've seen, Morris Johnson's art captures the essence of naivety and and innocence that were of a child. His words are a reminder to us that sometimes we should put our negative lens aside and see things in a different light. It isn't just about walking on the surface of the sun, it is about weighing it all out and realizing that there are more than one interpretation of any given situation. The animals that are mentioned in the song are a linear definition of that.

Hearing is believing. Listen to "The Book of Morris Johnson" right here!