E! Online - Spring Awakening is getting infested with some Weeds.

Reuters - Barack Obama's presidential run might pay dividends for Deadheads this year.

AP - A rape charge against Rikki Rockett has been dropped after authorities determined that the Poison drummer was not in the state at the time of the alleged crime.

E! Online - It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning.

AP - It's hard not to think of Adele, the newly minted British blue-eyed soul singer, without thinking of the others who've come before her: Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Lily Allen, and Duffy. But if comparisons must be made, Adele's album "19" pushes her ahead of her comrades. She was the first to win the Brit Award's Critics Choice prize before she even released her debut.

Reuters - British rock band Coldplay ruled the U.S. pop chart for a second week Wednesday, while veteran bad boys Motley Crue debuted at No. 4 with the original lineup's first album in 11 years.

E! Online - Spring Awakening is getting infested with some Weeds.

E! Online - Long before there was "Oops, I Did It Again" and her subsequent public meltdowns, little Britney Spears was a squeaky-clean castmember of the Mickey Mouse Club.

E! Online - Here's another footnote for the Beatles anthology.

E! Online - Here's hoping LeRoi Moore's recovery is like the wind.

Reuters - Latin music pop star Shakira is in talks with concert promoter Live Nation for a contract that will include touring, merchandising and recording, according to people familiar with the talks.

AP - Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenberg's 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. It's now an opera.

AP - Conductor George Manahan will remain a music director of the New York City Opera under incoming general manager Gerard Mortier, agreeing to a four-year contract through the 2011-12 season.

AP - When he was growing up, most of T.I.'s male role models were either selling drugs or locked up in jail; he ended up following in both of those paths. Even after T.I. started his rap career and became one of its biggest stars, he didn't abandon a life of crime: He recently pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges and faces almost a year in jail.