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After their global 360 tour in support of "No Line on The Horizon", Irish mega-rockers U2 have given fans one of their biggest tours in the history of U2. Now that U2 said goodbye to the North American leg of the 360 Tour, Bono and the U2 boys are giving their fans and readers of TheDeadbolt a chance to win six albums of the U2 catalogue on vinyl. To celebrate the 360 year of 2009 and the success of the U2 360 Tour along with "No Line on the Horizon," U2 and The Deadbolt are giving one lucky U2 fan the opportunity to win six classic albums in the complete U2 catalogue on LP, aka vinyl.

Country star Taylor Swift is on top of the world after Swift was crowned CMA Entertainer of the Year but the 19 year old Taylor Swift is no push-over when it comes to her songs and income, which is why Taylor Swift is suing a sports bar for allegedly playing her songs without permission. Following a Taylor Swift host gig on Saturday Night Live and rumors of a Twilight romance with New Moon actor Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift is making headlines by the day. According to Contact Music, Taylor Swift and her music are at the center of a copyright infringement sting operation brought on by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the organization in charge of collecting license fees for songwriters and distribute them as royalties. Allegations claim that an Idaho sports bar named The Sports Cellar has been using Taylor Swift music without permission and got caught.

As Tokio Hotel continues to conquer the world, riding high after their recent MTV EMA performance in Berlin, the guys of Tokio Hotel - Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Georg Listing, and Gustav Schafer - recently hit MTV's Buzzworthy to answer questions from Tokio Hotel fans. When asked about his favorite song on the new Tokio Hotel album, Humanoid, Tokio Hotel lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, revealed that he leans toward "Dogs Unleashed" while the other Tokio Hotel guys like "Noise" and "Automatic".

Them Crooked Vultures have arrived. Fans of the Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, and Led Zepplin can now dive into the new release by Them Crooked Vultures, which consists of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and John Paul Jones. A week after news that the self-titled debut of Them Crooked Vultures was leaked online, the official Them Crooked Vultures album has gone wide as of November 17. Although Them Crooked Vultures are a new musical trio, their individual legacies far preceeds the band given the Nirvana and Foo Fighters background of Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone age experience of Josh Homme, and the Led Zepplin legacy of bassist John Paul Jones.

For anyone who was eagerly awaiting the second OneRepublic album, Waking Up, let me start by saying there's a reason why OneRepublic had the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of Top 40 radio in North America in 2007 with the Timbaland remixed "Apologize". It's called talent. And with Waking Up, the follow up to Dreaming Out Loud, it's a talent that should keep OneRepublic in the music scene for years to come if the band continues to experiment, take risks and evolve in the same manner as the tracks of Waking Up unfold.

Weezer fans get an early and unconventional info related Christmas gift this year as Rivers Cuomo and the Weezer guys serve up a colorful album bundle in time for the holidays. Weezer, the band that gave fans "Troublemaker," "Buddy Holly," and "Hash Pipe" have put together a new Weezer album package, which includes the Blue, Green and Red albums now available at iTunes. The new Blue, Green, Red Weezer bundle also includes other Weezer tunes such as "Pork and Beans," "Island In The Sun," "Say It Ain't So," and "Undone - The Sweater Song."

Currently riding high on the release of their new album, Congregation of the Damned, the Atreyu guys of Alex Varkatzas, Dan Jacobs, Travis Miguel, Marc McKnight, and Brandon Saller are now out on tour and taking their Atreyu game to new heights. At the same time, Atreyu has given fans a cool first person shooter video game called Metal Head Zombies to compliment the sound and Atreyu experience of Congregation of the Damned. Metal Head Zombies was inspired by the original Call of Duty video game and falls in line with traditional first person shooter video games of the past.

We all know that YouTube is a hotbed video mashup of musical talent from all walks of life. If you're not in the video know, YouTube also has an official music channel called YouTube Music Tuesday where music lover across the globe can plug into new video content. This week's musical YouTube Music Tuesday block features a 50 Cent vs. Lil' Wayne rap battle, which includes: exclusive video clips from the new films of Lil' Wayne and 50 Cent in the form of the self-directed 50 biopic, Before I Self-Destruct, and the Lil' Wayne tour documentary, The Carter.

As the guys of Puddle of Mudd get ready to drop their fourth studio album, Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love & Hate, on December 8, the hardcore Kansas rockers have a killer video from the new album called "Spaceship", which premiered on Yahoo. The Puddle of Mudd "Spaceship" clip is a new good time as the Puddle of Mudd boys travel the cosmos in their tour bus type spaceship to pick up alien chicks while partying through the Puddle of Mudd universe.