January 4, 2007- Switchfoot is getting together in New York City tonight to hang out with millions of fans across the country. According to their latest e-mail newsletter, the band is going to be performing on The Late Show with Dave Letterman tonight on CBS at 11:30 PM Eastern Time. They plan to play Oh! Gravity, the banner tune from their new record which was released in 2006. It will be the first time the group performs the single live on national television.

There have been few good reasons to watch MTV of late, and one-time music "bible" Rolling Stone is struggling to be a relevant voice in the post-hippie world. Last summer, however, the two combined forces to create a reality TV show that may help cure what ails both parties.

I'm From Rolling Stone, which premieres on the cable network on January 7 at 10 p.m., follows the summer-long journey of six young would-be journalists who work at RS, competing for assignments, pursuing interviews with music's heavy-hitters and struggling to meet deadlines. The carrot at the end of the stick is a contributing editor position at the magazine.

MTV.com reported today that renowned daredevil Evel Knievel is suing rapper Kanye West over West's video for the song "Touch the Sky." The video depicts West as a character named "Evel Kanyevel" who wears a white jumpsuit similar to the one Knievel is known for sporting, and mimicking a stunt that Knievel staged in 1974.

Knievel's lawyer is quoted in the MTV article as saying, "Mr. Knievel has a trademark on Evel Knievel and an extraordinarily well-recognized white jumpsuit. Kanye West and Roc-A-Fella records [West's label] are undoubtedly familiar with intellectual property rights. Mr. Knieval [sic] is not too happy with it. He wants to be compensated for uses of his likeness and trademark."

Relient K released the first single from their upcoming album Five Score and Seven Years Ago recently. There are ads all over the place begging you to pay to download it, but you can preview "Must Have Done Something Right" on their myspace page for free. As of the time of this post, however, "Fallen Man," which is packaged with your 99-cent download, isn't available for preview this way.

"Must Have Done Something Right" is a very up-beat, jangly pop song that is miles away from the band's punk roots, and even markedly removed from their 2004 modern rock album mmhmm. With a chorus melody vaguely reminiscent of Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom," this is a love song about two people who love each other so much they disgust the people around them.

Mary J. Blige, The Dixie Chicks and Gnarls Barkley are among the top nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out February 11 in Los Angeles. Blige leads all nominees with eight, while DCX and Gnarls received five and four, respectively. The latter two will face off with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer and Justin Timberlake in the Album of the Year category.

Forefront Records finally has a new rock and roll band to add to their roster that once included the legends of Christian rock--Audio Adrenaline, dc Talk, Geoff Moore and the Distance, Bleach--and has of late been a quiet label with only tobyMac, Audio A, and Rebecca St. James making new albums.

Derek Webb once heard a story about legendary musician Keith Green that stated Green gave his music away for free because he cared so much about allowing people to hear and engage with it.

Green died in a plane crash in 1982, long before the days of free MP3s and the proliferation of the Internet. To simply give music away was, as Webb puts it, "a very difficult and expensive thing to do at that time."

Leeland Mooring, the baby-faced namesake and frontman of the emerging band Leeland, appears on the cover of the November issue of CCM magazine, according to the band's e-mail newsletter.

Mooring shares the cover with industry O.G. Michael W. Smith, who allowed the teenager to write a a number of the songs on Smith's upcoming album Stand. The newsletter includes an image of the magazine cover, which frames its profile of Mooring/Smith as insight into the divinely appointed, "providential friendship" that apparently exists between the two.

Congrats!: Amy Grant's Live Album "Time Again" and Amy strikes a pose with her star(From Word Records' e-mail listserve and CMSpin.net) Amy Grant has had a busy month. On September 19th, she along with friends, family, industry VIPs, husband Vince Gill, founder of A & M Records Jerry Moss and Honorary Mayor of Hollywood/Walk of Fame Chairman Johnny Grant honored Amy Grant with her very own star on the Walk of Fame. Her star is located on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Virgin Records store, next to John Travolta and Buster Crabbe. "I see all my family, co-workers, and friends and I have to say, nothing happens alone," Grant commented, "Life is like a massive vessel, you don't sail alone. It's been an exciting ride! Thank you."

" We just wanted to give you a personal update on Bart Millard (lead singer of MercyMe). He was hospitalized Sunday night on his way home from the Bossier City show and has been diagnosed with Diverticulitis.

He is being treated with antibiotics, and has been released from the hospital however we are having to postpone the 9/28, 9/29, 9/30 & 10/1 concerts. These will be rescheduled, and we will resume our tour in Norfolk, VA on 10/5.

Please understand it takes time to reschedule concerts, but we are working very hard to get this done and we will post online & send out eblasts to let you know the rescheduled dates. We apologize for any inconvenience and we thank you for your understanding.

We appreciate you greatly! "