Idolator

Including the EU! And those wild attack dogs in Switzerland! In the wake of the RIAA's first successful jury trial and the OiNK bust, the dominoes are gonna start falling! Maybe! If everyone can figure out what kind of donuts they want at the first meeting. And decide on a good time to meet for everybody involved. Because Tuesday is just not going to work for New Zealand. More »

Visa issues—which have affected artists from the Mercury Prize-winning Klaxons to the fantastic Holly Golightly—have seemingly become the No. 1 reason for overseas artists to shelve their tours lately, so the Wall Street Journal took a look at the increasingly difficult process they have to go through to get their paperwork in order. At issue is the P-1 visa, which forces bands who are coming to the U.S. to prove that they have been "internationally recognized" for a "sustained and substantial" time period. Apparently, the perfect storm of increased "homeland security," the fragmentation of the music industry, and rascally Internet buzz has resulted in the bureaucrats employed by our government to start passing muster on not just the musicians whose visa applications they're processing, but the Web sites that help transmit news of said artists across the pond: More »