Rockers Van Halen stunned 14,000 employees of innovative communications firm Research In Motion when they performed a secret gig for them in Toronto, Canada on Thursday. RIM boss Jim Balsillie organized the show as a thank you to his employees and asked two of his all-time favorite acts to perform.

The 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) announces the addition of The String Cheese Incident to the lineup, confirming a Minnesota performance on their summer tour. The Colorado-based group has spent more than a decade making innovative, genre-defying music and will perform two sets at the 10,000 Lakes Festival Friday, July 20 on the Main Stage.

The fifth annual 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) held July 18 – 21 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minn. is quickly becoming the summer's must attend live music and camping event.

A number of notable new releases this week including new albums from Kenny Chesney, Neil Diamond, Cyndi Lauper, Floetry, Kate Bush and Young Buck; greatest hits collections from the Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Eurythmics and Limp Bizkit; live albums from Jeremy Camp, The Mars Volta, Tanya Tucker and Sepultura; and a whole bunch of other stuff. There's lots out this week, so check out this list of noteworthy releases for Tuesday, November 8th (many with reviews)...

A look at notable new CD releases this week including fresh albums from Santana, Trey Anastasio, Terri Clark, Public Enemy, Rammstein and Bush; greatest hits collections from Blink-182, Nirvana, Motorhead and Montgomery Gentry; and Christmas songs from Diana Krall and James Brown. Check out this list of noteworthy albums released Tuesday, November 1...

Fans of The Tragically Hip will tell you that the group is at its absolute best when performing live; they create an electricity between themselves and the audience that few other bands can match. Now, for the first time, those who have never been to a Hip concert will be able to experience that feeling with 'That Night in Toronto,' The Hip's first ever concert DVD, which is included in their upcoming box set 'Hipeponymous' on Universal/Fontana (Nov. 1), and will also be sold on its own.