Reuters - Madonna kicks off her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the latest test of her enduring appeal that comes a week after her 50th birthday.

AP - Sheryl Crow wants your vote — and figures she can get it for a song.

Reuters - Barbadian pop singer Rihanna begins a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Disturbia," but she barely fended off the best chart debut in more than 18 months, in the form of David Archuleta's "Crush."

Reuters - Glen Campbell covering Green Day and Foo Fighters?

Reuters - Kenny Chesney is targeting an October 14 release for his next album, "Lucky Old Sun," which has already spawned a hit in the form of "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven."

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy. Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces when he was born Thursday afternoon, according to publicist Dave Tomberlin.

AP - LONDON (AP) — A British news agency says that disgraced rocker Gary Glitter has returned to London.

E! Online - One night in Bangkok…was all the Thai people could stomach of Gary Glitter. Though that's apparently one night more than Hong Kong could handle.

AP - Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children.

E! Online - Love, angel, music...baby?

Reuters - Madonna kicks off her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the latest test of her enduring appeal just a week after her 50th birthday.

AP - Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya (san-JY'-yah) has gone from "pitchy" to pitchman.

AP - "Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. ... It's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to." — Christina Applegate, on the emotional rollercoaster she's experienced in her battle with breast cancer.