Charli XCX Goes Punk Rock, Black Keys Beef With U2 And More In Your First Dibs

By Benjamin Smith

October 17, 2014 / 10:00 AM

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Find out why English singer Charli XCX thinks her new album is punk rock, why Black Keys are talking smack about U2 and hear what the new Foo Fighters single sounds like in your First Dibs of music news for the day. And oh yeah, HAPPY FRIDAY!

Tune in to VH1 tomorrow morning to Top 20 Countdown and see an exclusive interview with Charli XCX where she talks about wanting to go punk rock and why she hates record label people.

Outspoken Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney thinks U2's Apple album giveaway "devalued their music completely" and why the band still isn't playing ball with Spotify.[Rolling Stone]

Beyonce's new hairdo is eliciting some rather unflattering comparisons while she's on tour in the UK.[Daily Mail]

Foo Fighters have posted the first song from their upcoming album Sonic Highways on Youtube and covered Cheap Trick with guitarist Rick Nielson last night on Letterman. [Stereogum]

So far this year, not ONE album has sold over 1,000,000 copies. Maybe now's not the best time to start a career in music. [Alternative Press]

Fresh off his recent back and forth with Iggy Azalea, Snoop Dogg is preparing a new Pharrell-produced album. [Billboard]

Talk about old school, find out what's playing on the first ever "Classic Hip Hop" radio station, Houston's Boom 92.[Business Week]