Chattanooga Times Free Press - “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” has apparently run its course.

San Jose Mercury News - Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders talks music and the music business

Detroit Free Press - Friday Bleeding Through: 6 p.m. March 17, Majestic Theatre, $15. Umphrey's McGee: 7:30 p.m. March 12, Royal Oak Music Theatre, $22. Dropkick Murphys: 6:30 p.m. March 3, the Fillmore Detroit, $22.50.

Calgary Sun - After half a freaking century, you’d think Grammy organizers would have a clue. But no. This week’s ridiculous (and ridiculously named) TV shindig — the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night — was everything we’ve come to expect from the awards. And less.

Los Angeles Times - The radio station-sponsored music festival is typically a pretty gruesome beast, where joyless artists rip through that season's

antiMUSIC - The Pretenders announced a tour through North American

FMQB - Staind singer Aaron Lewis says he is making time to record a solo album this coming spring. He tells Billboard that he will record the material in April and May in his home studio in Massachusetts and will likely release it when Staind is finished touring behind The Illusion Of Progress . "I can write songs on the acoustic guitar, in an acoustic-type manner, extremely easily," Lewis said.

POLLSTAR - We'll post more information on The Pretenders 2009 winter tour as soon as our writers finish spellshecking spellcheking their work. But right now we want to tell you about the dates.

Filter Magazine - The Pretenders have announced their first US headlining tour in over five years. The tour is in support of their latest album, The Breakup of Concrete , which was recorded over a twelve-day period in Los Angeles and released in October.

OnMilwaukee.com - Chrissie Hynde brings The Pretenders to the Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino for two shows Feb. 17-18, 2009, as part of the group's first North American headlining tour since 2003.

The Indiana Gazette - ASCAP Unwraps Top 25 Holiday Songs : NEW YORK, N.Y. - As the countdown to the holidays begins and seasonal music fills the airwaves, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) - the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing over 330,000 music creators and copyright owners - today announced its Top 25 most performed holiday songs for the past five ...