Futuristic singer Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, spoke out on behalf of Beyonce, Korean pop singer PSY and Mariah Carey this week. She wrote a thoughtful post on why these people matter. Also, Eminem is definitely releasing a new album this year. According to his label’s president, it’s coming very soon (like right after Memorial Day soon). All that and more below.

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The Foo Fighters hiatus may be over before Taylor Swift starts dating Michael J. Fox’s son. Dave Grohl, who’s currently at Sundance promoting his documentary Sound City, told a major music site that the Foo Fighters ‘have really awesome, big plans’ for the next record.

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Honestly, we thought Britney Spears or Demi Lovato would announce their departure from The X-Factor before this next person. L.A. Reid is calling it quits. He’s going back to his real-life job at Sony’s music label, Epic Records. Also, just because Dave Grohl is drumming on the new Queens of the Stone Age record, it doesn’t mean he’s going on tour with them. C’mon now, he’s a very busy guy. Catch up on more news below.

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Instead of bringing back Kurt Cobain from the dead (via hologram), Dave Grohl and Friends are getting Sir Paul McCartney to front their Nirvana semi-reunion at tonight’s Sandy benefit concert.

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The Grammy nominees were finally announced this week. There were a lot of surprises in the categories, including the fact that no female artist is up for Best Album Of The Year. But the ladies weren’t the only ones who got snubbed. Justin Bieber was also left out of the running. The teenage sensation received zero nominations, and that got his manager, Scooter Braun very upset. Also, Dave Grohl released the trailer for his music-documentary Sound City, which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival early next year. All that and more below.

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Last week we heard news that some activists in Sweden were plastering pictures with Rihanna‘s beatup face all around Stockholm. Their goal was to prevent Chris Brown from performing in their town. This week, Rihanna and Chris Brown’s newest single, titled “Nobody’s Business” (of course!) leaked online. We wonder how those activists feel about the track, which we have for you down below. Also, Dave Grohl got named the keynote speaker for next year’s SXSW. And a new Kurt Cobain documentary in the works. All that and more below.

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Nine Inch Nails‘ brilliant frontman, Trent Reznor will be collaborating with Queens of the Stone Age on new material. During his Reddit AMA, Reznor revealed that he was helping Josh Homme on a new QOTSA track.

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Now that he needs something to do following the “this is totally not a break up, I swear” hiatus of his day job, the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl is doing the honorable thing and reuniting to drum for Queens of the Stone Age on their upcoming album (and subsequent tour, we hope).

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This week, Dave Grohl confirmed the rumors about the Foo Fighters‘ split. The band is going on hiatus for an unspecified amount of time. The rumors first started when Grohl mentioned, while playing onstage at the Global Citizen Festival, that he didn’t know when they would be playing live again. Also, R.E.M.‘s former guitarist Peter Buck released his first solo album today. And Adele‘s Skyfall theme song hit the web. You can listen to the tune below.

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