Popular Season 10 ‘American Idol’ contestant, Pia Toscano, visited “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” Monday to debut her new song, “This Time,” which she will be performing as part of her set during this Summer’s American Idol Live! Tour. Only recently, Pia has officially signed a recording contract with Interscope Records helmed by American Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine. ‘This Time’ is a pleasant surprise from Pia, and will not disappoint her fans who faithfully voted for her all throughout her stay on American Idol.

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The album, released the day after Beyonce headlined Glastonbury festival, is currently holding off competition from two of this years biggest albums: Adele’s ’21′ and Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’.

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Producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin says the guys in Metallica are about to begin writing songs for their new album, which he will helm, of course. Rubin talked to Billboard.com about the process.

“I had a meeting with Lars [Ulrich] in San Francisco…to explore what the focus was going to be this time around,” he said.

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Adele has been ordered by doctors to stop singing and avoid talking for at least a month as she seeks to recover from laryngitis, according to reports.

The singer, whose ’21′ album returned to the top of the Billboard chart last week, was forced to cancel her North American tour earlier this month after her condition showed no sign of improvement.

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Multi-platinum rock band Evanescence is currently recording in Nashville and intends to finish (except for mixing) its next album by the end of June, singer/pianist Amy Lee tells Billboard.com. The target date to release the album on Wind-up Records is Oct. 4.

“After finishing touring [behind 2006 album "The Open Door"], I just sort of took off and didn’t know what I was going to do next and wasn’t sure if the Evanescence thing would happen again or when it would,” Lee says, adding that she took about 18 months off before she got the urge to start writing music again. “I ended up falling back in love with Evanescence again and wanted to work with the guys, and it became more of a group project.”

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“Rolling in the Deep” just keeps barreling through the pop achievements. The song almost single-handedly catapulted Adele atop the Duffy/Winehouse retro-soul pile she’d occupied before, gave her a nice No. 1 perch on the Billboard charts, dethroned Alicia Keys as the singing-competition go-to and got its requisite Glee cover. And now it’s crossed platforms as well as oceans, courtesy of country band Little Big Town and their “Scattered, Smothered & Covered” series. Full Story at PopDust.com…..

“I’m With You” is produced by Rick Rubin, who has produced the Chili Peppers’ last five studio releases. In addition to “I’m With You,” Rubin is also working on upcoming albums by Metallica and the Avett Brothers and most recently helmed Adele’s “21.”

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Beyonce’s back with 4, her follow-up to 2008’s I am… Sasha Fierce. Since Sasha, the vocalist announced that she would be killing off her alter ego and merging her disparate personalities to create music that fused all of her influences into a new, unique sound. It’s an ambitious vision but, unfortunately, one that 4 fails to deliver.

4 has been in production for two-and-a-half years and has involved many mega-producers, including Babyface, Kanye West, Ryan Tedder, and The-Dream. At the end of the project, Beyonce submitted a staggering 72 songs to her label, though the final album has been pared down to just 12. You’d think that with the talent involved and abundance of material that the final cut would be a well-edited, polished collection of exciting music. You’d be wrong.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis admits the band have done poor work in the past – but upcoming album I’m With You isn’t in that category.

The band are poised to release their follow-up to 2006′s Stadium Arcadium, featuring new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced John Frusciante when he refused to return after their two-year hiatus.

Work began in November 2009 and the finished album is due out on August 30. The band are planning to tour for an extended period once it’s released.

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