"For me, there was absolutely no pressure whatsoever," Blunt said of the forthcoming album in a press release. "Having sold over 11 million albums, I know that the likelihood of doing that again is really minimal. Instead of setting that as a target, I set out to do and record something that I really enjoy, that I'm really happy with. It was a release, in a way. It's something that I can say shows my growth and a development as a songwriter and as a musician, shows development in my own life, and records and documents it in that way."

Veteran glam-rockers Motley Crue [ tickets ] have filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against their former manager, Carl Stubner, CEO of Sanctuary Artist Management, whom they claim used his then-concurrent role as the manager of Crue drummer Tommy Lee's solo career to pocket more money at the band's expense.

"Stubner's motivation was greed," reads an excerpt from the lawsuit. "He has brazenly said as much. Stubner stated that he received significantly higher commissions on Lee's solo projects because he did not have to share his take with the other managers. He claimed that it was a 'no brainer' to promote Lee's projects over those of Motley Crue. Because favoring Lee's personal interests to the Band's was such a 'no brainer,' Stubner stated that he would only make Lee available for tour dates if the Band and the other two managers agreed to increase his commission quotient. Stubner also demanded 100 tickets per show for free which he then resold at 'scalper' prices."

The Crue is going after Stubner for damages of more than $20 million "for lost earnings, lost profits and diminished brand and goodwill value," as well as punitive damages, according to a press release.

Dave Davies [ tickets ], a founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Kinks, has nailed down a July 31 release date for "Fractured Minds," his first new album since 2002. The set also marks Davies's first all-new studio set since suffering a stroke in 2004.

Legendary jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman [ tickets ] collapsed from heat stroke during his performance yesterday (6/17) at the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee, and was kept overnight at a local hospital, according to a Reuters report. A Bonnaroo spokesperson reportedly said that the 77-year-old Coleman was "said to be lucid and insistent that he had no symptoms before the incident."