Straight from Madonna’s official site, this is it folks–the official cover art for Madonna’s upcoming end-all, be-all Warner Records compilation, Celebration.

What do you think? I’ve spent about an hour mulling it over, and I’ve decided with some amount of certainty that I absolutely approve of the image. As so many subjects who’ve been granted the Warholian touch have since been regarded as ‘iconic’ in our society (Marilyn, Elvis), it’s only fitting that Madge should be given the screen print, color overlay treatment. The more I look at it, the more I love it. Congratulations Camp Madge–you’ve not fucked this up.

And then we have the official press release. I’ve bolded the important bits for the tl;dr crowd.

July 23, 2009 – For Immediate Release (Burbank, California) – Madonna, who has racked up a record 37 top 10 hits as well as seven No. 1 albums (including her last four) on the Billboard Pop Charts, has given her fans yet another opportunity to “celebrate” her musical achievements. Today, Warner Bros. Records officially confirmed the September 28th release in the U.S. (September 29 outside U.S.) of “CELEBRATION” – the ultimate compilation of Madonna songs. The songs on “Celebration” have all been remastered and selected by Madonna and her fans. They cover the expanse of the Material Girl’s extraordinary career of hits including “Everybody,” “Express Yourself,” “Vogue” and “4 Minutes.” “Celebration” will be available in a two-CD set as well as a single CD. There will also be a “Celebration” DVD released simultaneously which includes the video visionary’s best videos including several that have never before been available on DVD.

“Celebration,” the CD will also include two new songs that were recently recorded in New York City. The first single, also titled, “Celebration,” co-produced by Madonna and Paul Oakenfold, will be released August 3rd. A video for the single, which will be included on the “Celebration” DVD was just filmed in Milan, Italy and was directed by long time Madonna collaborator Jonas (“Ray of Light”) Akerlund. Several dance club remixes of “Celebration” are already headed to the clubs. The song will also be available on CD and vinyl maxi. Radio will receive the “Celebration” single on August 3rd.

The cover for “Celebration” was created by street pop artist “Mr. Brainwash” who is best known for “throwing modern cultural icons into a blender and turning it up to eleven.” (A copy of the cover image of the “Celebration” CDs and DVDs is attached)

Madonna, a multi Grammy award winning singer, writer and producer has had over 12 No. 1 singles and has a record-smashing 39 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs Chart – by far the most of any artist in the over 30 year history of the list.

Approved, approved, approved.

Click below to hear more from the Queen of Pop.

You a big U2 fan? Yes? No? Well, figure that out about yourself and get back to me.

In celebration of the prolific band’s upcoming single release on August 17, “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight,” MuuMuse is proud to present the U2: I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Win Contest!

Up for grabs in this giveaway? One (1) T-Shirt (that will look something like this), one (1) vinyl 7″ of their last single “Get On Your Boots,” and an assortment of U2 posters and stickers.

Want to win this most excellent fan package? All you have to do is send an e-mail to U2@muumuse.com with the subject line “I’LL GO CRAZY!” and a brief explanation of HOW YOU’LL GO CRAZY if you don’t win this contest by 12 PM EST on Wednesday, August 5 to enter. And please, no suicide threats.

In the meantime, check out the brand new video created for the single by animator David OReilly. It’s really cute, though it never quite stops seeming as though that stupid animated e-bitch Erin Esurance from the Esurance.com commercials is going to come bursting out from somewhere in her pseudo-”Toxic” outfit. Too far? I’m sorry.

Dublin, IR Croke Park Fri Jul 24 / 09
Dublin, IR Croke Park Sat Jul 25 / 09
Dublin, IR Croke Park Mon Jul 27 / 09
Goteboerg, SWE Ullevi Stadium Fri Jul 31 / 09
Goteboerg, SWE Ullevi Stadium Sat Aug 01 / 09
Gelsenkirchen, GER Veltins Arena Mon Aug 03 / 09
Chorzow, PL Stadionie Slaskim Thu Aug 06 / 09
Zagreb, HR Maksimir Stadium Sun Aug 09 / 09
Zagreb, HR Maksimir Stadium Mon Aug 10 / 09
London, UK Wembley Stadium Fri Aug 14 / 09
London, UK Wembley Stadium Sat Aug 15 / 09
Glasgow, UK Hampden Park Tue Aug 18 / 09
Sheffield, UK Don Valley Stadium Thu Aug 20 / 09
Cardiff, UK Millennium Stadium Sat Aug 22 / 09
Chicago, IL Soldier Field Sat Sep 12 / 09
Chicago, IL Soldier Field Sun Sep 13 / 09
Toronto, ON Rogers Centre Wed Sep 16 / 09
Toronto, ON Rogers Centre Thu Sep 17 / 09
Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium (Foxboro) Sun Sep 20 / 09
Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium (Foxboro) Mon Sep 21 / 09
East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Thu Sep 24 / 09
East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Fri Sep 25 / 09
Landover, MD FedEx Field Tue Sep 29 / 09
Charlottesville, VA Scott Stadium Thu Oct 01 / 09
Raleigh, NC Carter Finley Stadium Sat Oct 03 / 09
Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome Tue Oct 06 / 09
Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium Fri Oct 09 / 09
Arlington, TX Dallas Cowboys Stadium Mon Oct 12 / 09
Houston, TX Reliant Stadium Wed Oct 14 / 09
Norman, OK Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Sun Oct 18 / 09
Glendale, AZ University of Phoenix Stadium Tue Oct 20 / 09
Las Vegas, NV Sam Boyd Stadium Fri Oct 23 / 09
Pasadena, CA The Rose Bowl Sun Oct 25 / 09
Vancouver, BC B.C. Place Stadium Wed Oct 28 / 09
Past Shows

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Click “Read More” to see all of U2′s upcoming tour dates, and below to hear more from U2.

Thanks to NME, here’s the full list of dates for Kelly Clarkson‘s North American Fall Tour, featuring The Veronicas and Parachute as the opening act for all dates.

The mere possibility of hearing “4Ever” and “Since U Been Gone” played live at the same venue literally makes my body quiver. I’m so there.

Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino (October 2)
Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center (4)
New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom (6)
Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel & Casino (9)
Fairfax, VA Patriot Center (10)
Boston, MA Agganis Arena at Boston University (13)
Orillia, ON Casino Rama Entertainment Centre (15)
Youngstown, OH Covelli Centre (17)
Pikeville, KY Eastern Kentucky Expo Center (19)
Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum (21)
Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Theatre (23)
Detroit, MI Fox Theatre (25)
Chicago, IL Rosemont Theatre (27)
Lincoln, NE Pershing Center (29)
St. Charles, MO Family Arena (31)
Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center (November 2)
Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena (4)
Las Vegas, NV The Joint (6)
Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair (7)
Victoria, BC Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (18)
Calgary, AB Saddledome (20)
Kelowna, BC Prospera Place (22)
Seattle, WA WaMu Theater (24)
Reno, NV Reno Events Center (28)
San Jose, CA Event Center at San Jose University (29)
Fresno, CA Save Mart Center at Fresno State (December 1)
Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center (3)
Beaumont, TX Ford Park Arena (5)
Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center (7)
Columbus, GA Columbus Civic Center (10)
Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center (11)
Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena (13)

Uh oh!

Fresh off the interview with the band, I’ve got a brand spankin’ new mix of Dragonette‘s new single, “Fixin’ To Thrill,” brought to you by the Villians.

This mix is fairly loyal to the original song structure, though it does add a healthy dose of supersonic electro-glitches throughout. Hang on until about halfway through when a torrent of stereo-blasting synths come pouring onto the floor…’tis a good time.

DL: Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill (Villians Remix)

Click below to hear more from Dragonette.

Oh, dear.

Well, here we are everyone–the brand new video for Amber‘s brand new single, “I Don’t Believe In Hate.” The video is a bit like one long, arguably even more distateful loop of Madonna‘s graveyard romp in Truth or Dare.

Strictly for fans of literal lyric-to-video interpretation, quivering lips, What Lies Beneath, and the act of writhing around on the graves of strangers.

Song’s not too bad though.

Click below to preview and purchase “I Don’t Believe In Hate (Drip Drop).”

PUT DOWN THE PUDDING AND STOP WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU’RE DOING.

It’s the teaser trailer for the Dolly Rockers‘ upcoming debut single, “Gold Digger.” As you can see, not much has changed in that it is also seemingly perfection.

Bring on the single!

Frankmusik has just premiered a collaboration track with Tinchy Stryder for MixMag, which can be downloaded here.

It is primarily tuneless and annoying, but I thought my Muusers should know in case you’re into this sort of thing (this sort of thing being winding electro ‘hip-hop’ nonsense.)

UK Muusers, click below to hear more from Frankmusik.

I wasn’t going to do this, but coupled with the fact that I’m currently bed-stricken with on-again, off-again vision blur due to an on-again, off-again migraine, I thought what a better way to thoroughly piss my day away than to review a Jordin Sparks album?

And now, Jordin Sparks’ Battlefield, a live-blogging review and experience.

“Walking On Snow”
God, I cannot see out of my right eye! Wait, it’s beginning…Isn’t this the opening guitar strum to Kelly Clarkson song ever? Oh! I quite like this electro beat. This is nice. I approve. Do I really like this? I think I might. I can’t really understand the lyrics, but I’m not really paying attention either. Well done.

“Battlefield”
GUESSYOUBETTAGOANGETCHURAMMA. Perfection.
A charting peak at #25? Nice going, America. I hope you enjoy your latest Taylor Swift track.

“Don’t Let It Go To Your Head”
Ah, so this was originally a Fefe Dobson track. That doesn’t mean anything to me, but let the record show it has been acknowledged. A electro-glittery mid-tempo: “Just ’cause I think of you in bed, don’t let it go to your head.” Stop teasing me with your bedroom coos…NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A SLUT, JORDIN SPARKS.

“S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)”
Oh, dear. I was afraid of this one: Sampling one of the best ’80′s club tracks into a texting-all-my-ladies ‘intimidation’ track? Sadly, I don’t even dislike it all that much–it’s just my natural pop sensibilities urging me to reject this. Let the music play!

“It Takes More”
I wonder if Jordin is absolutely having the time of her life touring with the JoBros. I saw a video with her filming some sort of promo commercial with Joe Jonas last year and she was sporting the most massive Joner ever–she even awkwardly swore in front of him to ‘show off’ in that annoying schoolgirl sort of way. It was really painful to watch. Oh, right–this song is pretty decent. Midtempo. Electronica. Fairly by-the-numbers though, isn’t it? “Don’t you know it takes more?”

“Watch You Go”
Another sauntering mid-tempo. “There’s something you should know: I hate to see you leave, but I love to watch you go.” What the fuck does that even mean? Is Jordin an ass man?

“No Parade”
Displaying that Christian morality again. This is so clearly an anti-gay pride rally number. Wait–does this sound a bit like “Halo”? No, never mind…it doesn’t. But I think that’s going to become my catchphrase for the year: “It’s good, but it sounds a lot like ‘Halo.’” To be fair, “Already Gone” was done before “Halo,” but hey–let’s let that pop injustice live on. I’m bored, but I suppose if I was forced to listen to this album for the rest of my life, I would learn all the words to this and sing it triumphantly.

“Let It Rain”
Good God, are we only half done here? Oddly my migraine appears to be dissipating. Oh, great…a hand-clappy mid-tempo–WHAT?! I wasn’t expecting this ‘rock-tinged’ chorus! “I refuse to feel ashamed…LET IT RAIN!” This is clearly her redemption track for the homos: They can officially feel prideful again. Oh Christ, are those tears? Is she crying? Am I getting affected? If another artist produced this, I bet we’d be finding ourselves calling this one ‘epic’ in another post.

“Emergency (911)”
JORDIN–getting sassy up in this bitch! “I bought this dress for you, I got my legs all smooth / I got my mani-pedi, I got my hair done too.” This is a fairly fun, ‘modern’ uptempo track. However, there’s something implicitly uncomfortable about songs with “911″ in the lyrics. I mean, all I can think of is dancing to this at a party and seeing some girl’s hair catch on fire and shouting “IT’S AN EMERGENCY! IT’S A 911! THIS WOMAN’S HAIR IS ON FIRE!” and then everyone raises their drinks and cheers real loud and puts the song on even louder as the girl writhes around on the floor. That’s the fear I’d have listening to this in a social setting. I would listen to this again. But why is she pushing more buttons on the phone than 9-1-1? What the hell is she dialing?

“Was I The Only One”
Ugh, I am so not in the mood for another tender ballad. Lyrica generica overload. “Was the only one who fell in love? There never really was the two of us / Maybe my all just wasn’t good enough. Was I the only one in love?” This is painful. I imagine the recently heartbroken would find this somewhat moving and ‘the story of my life right now,’ but it’s hard to–did she just whimper again? Oh, dear.

“Faith”
WAIT A MINUTE. Is this a cover? No? Why do the chords remind me of “You’ve Got A Friend In Me?” I’ll blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol/returning migraine. This isn’t ‘bad’ per se. Perhaps it’s a glimmer of what adult Jordin Sparks would sound like in her impending adult contemporary career. I may nod off.

“The Cure”
As far as I can tell, there’s no relation to the Robert Smith-fronted group here. PIANO CHORDS REMINDS ME OF “EVERY HEART BROKEN.” Soaring piano track. Keisha, where are you? I wish the Sugababes just came in and stole this song and took it HOME. This is a little pretty. It’s cute. Tender. “I’ll be the cure. Show me where it hurts, and I know I can be the medicine you need.” It sort of begs for a response of unzipping the pants and whipping it out. Sorry. OH MY GOD, WE’RE ALMOST DONE!

“Papercut”
“I wish I was the Tinman so I wouldn’t have a heart to break.” It’s not fair to skip a song based on one line alone, but I’m so temp–I’ll wait. Very by-the-books mid-tempo guitar strum. I wonder if I should review Brooke Hogan‘s The Redemption for the giggles.

“Postcard”
I’m sorry–I forgot where I was for about three minutes. This isn’t the same song? “I’ll send you a postcard saying I’m alright.” I think she’s driving somewhere. I wonder how I’d react if someone cited Jordin Sparks’ “Postcard” as their favorite track of all time.

SWEET JESUS, IT’S OVER.

Verdict: Okay, Battlefield is not terrible. Jordin Sparks is a very capable vocalist, and at times, I could even describe her voice as somewhat soothing. More than likely however, I would never, ever to this album again barring the first four or five tracks, and MAYBE “Emergency” (in non social settings for fear of emergencies, obviously.) It’s just…lifeless. God, she’s boring.

And that, my friends, was the live review of a Jordin Sparks album while fighting off a migraine. SOMEONE GIVE ME MY FUCKING PULITZER ALREADY.

Click below to preview and purchase Jordin Sparks’ Battlefield.