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Hey, it's been a long month, but remember that $80 In Rainbows "discbox"? The slicked-up set stuffed with bonuses like the vinyl version of the album and the fancy artwork and the second CD denied to those who paid (or didn't pay) for the In Rainbows download? The one that was supposed to be mailed off in early December? Yeah, that one. Were you holding off because you assumed the second disc would be all over the Internet the minute FedEx made its appointed rounds on Dec. 4? Well, a Radiohead fan somehow managed to get his discbox early, which means it should be...minutes before it hits the blogs, right? Excited now? Well, hold your horses, sez Rolling Stone. More »

This news may ruin Ian Astbury's day, but Robert Plant has told Rolling Stone that he'll be spending the first chunk of next year on the road... with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, as the two team up to promote their album Raising Sand. Said tour may be a good way for Plant and Co., to save face, since according to those rumormongers over at The Sun, the version of Led Zeppelin that's currently in rehearsals is not letting its songs remain the same, thanks to Plant apparently experiencing the "voice change" part of puberty sometime in his mid-40s. More »