By Jason Lipshutz

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The trouble with fronting a constantly touring rock outfit is that it leaves little time to finish a novel.

That's what Mikel Jollett, singer/guitarist of the Airborne Toxic Event, came to realize as the momentum behind his band's self-titled debut album stalled his prose output.

"I want to finish it, but I keep going on tour," he says. "I like writing at home late at night, when I've just finished reading a good book. It's hard to write on a bus; it's a whole other lifestyle."

By Mariel Concepcion

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sade did it. It's been nine years since she released "Lovers Rock," which sold 3.9 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

D'Angelo did it. It's been the same amount of time since he put out his platinum-selling set "Voodoo." Lauryn Hill did it. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" -- six-times platinum -- came out 11 years ago.

By Antony Bruno and Glenn Peoples

DENVER/NASHVILLE (Billboard) - In April, soon after Apple gave labels the ability to set different prices for their songs on iTunes, every track on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was raised to $1.29.

By Ann Donahue

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Chris Daughtry is famous -- hard not to be, what with the "American Idol" thing and the heartthrob thing and Grammy Award nomination thing and the gazillion records sold thing.

But he still tries to be a normal guy. He runs errands when he's home in North Carolina; a favorite pastime is taking his kids to the movies. And it was when he saw "Alvin and the Chipmunks" in the theater with his children that he realized his life had reached the point where weird is the new normal.

By Paul Lauener

GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen will play an extra-long set and the sun will shine at the world's biggest green field arts and music festival this year, Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis said.

Old favorites will dominate Glastonbury this year as Neil Young, Tom Jones, Status Quo and Blur join Springsteen on the main stage, marking a return to the festival's guitar-based roots after rap superstar Jay-Z headlined last year.

By Cortney Harding

NEW YORK (Billboard) - It all started with a lost voice and a missing tour bus. Alison Mosshart sings for the Kills, the dirty blues-rock band that opened for the Raconteurs last fall, when Jack White lost his voice.

White's hoarseness came near the end of a fairly cataclysmic tour for both White and Mosshart; the White Stripes/Raconteurs frontman injured his back, and the Kills' tour bus driver disappeared with the group's bus. (A week later the bus was found in a Los Angeles parking lot and the driver was arrested in February in Miami.)

By Andre Paine, London

Subscribers to the premium version of Spotify will get CD quality streaming this week.

The service's stream of 160 kb/s will be upgraded to 320 kb/s, which is "equivalent to CD quality and the highest streaming rate for any digital music service," according to a statement. Ad-free premium access is £9.99 ($16.40) a month in the U.K.

Initially, the most popular tracks will be available at the higher bit rate, with the entire catalog converted over the next few weeks.

By Andre Paine, London

All the Worlds, Universal Music Group International's (UMGI) joint venture company, has appointed John Giddings as global agent and promoter for the new F1 Rocks global live music and TV events.

Giddings of the London-based Solo Agency is the agent for Genesis, Iggy Pop and Celine Dion among others, and promotes artists including Madonna, the Rolling Stones and U2 on behalf of Live Nation, as well as organizing the Isle of Wight Festival.

By Ray Waddell, Nashville

In a letter posted on Springsteen's website today, Springsteen manager Jon Landau calls to task the Newark Star Ledger and Ticketmaster Chairman Barry Diller, without calling the latter by name.

By Mariel Concepcion, N.Y.