Concessions at the 2012 Super Bowl, for the first time, will serve organic food, sourced through Farm Aid, the music-industry-backed group supporting  American farmers. Co-founded in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, with Dave Matthew later joining its board, Farm Aid has raised more than $39 million for U.S. farmers

An invitation for an "Exclusive Private Event" to see the Grammy-nominated DJ sensation Skrillex instructed invitees to meet at NYC's WeSC Concept Store and prepare to be "Blindfolded and Driven to A Secret Location." The murky details didn't prevent droves of model-types, mussy-haired indie boys, candy ravers and music bizers like WMG Chairman of Recorded Music Lyor Cohen from checking out Skrillex's highly-danceable set of bombastic beats.

Live Nation's stock jumped 3.4% Friday following reports that tickets for Madonna's 2012 tour would go on sale after Sunday's Super Bowl, where the singer is performing at the halftime show. Elsewhere, Amazon's Kindle Fire is helping get music to Android users but is still far behind the iPad, and Kickstarter's platform just keeps growing.

Nine of EDM's most influential business creatives, from DJ/Producer Afrojack to HARD Events founder Gary Richards to Atom Empire co-founder Stephanie LaFera.

A controversial 2007 paper on P2P’s impact on CD purchases has got a second look -- with conclusions the music industry will like. A new paper based on the same survey data used in that 2007 paper finds clear evidence that P2P has negatively impacted music purchases in Canada. Also, Ticketfly put out some figures showing it too grew mightily last year. And Maybe the outcry over subscription service holdouts will subside a bit now that Coldplay’s “Mylo Xyloto” showed up on Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody and Mog on Wednesday.

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward requires a "singable" contract that reflects some dignity and respect toward me as an original member of the band" in order to move forward."

The magazine will be pairing each of the 17 indie bands with a different model, will release new or previously unreleased tracks on SI.com, and will feature 10 of the bands at a two-day music festival at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, headlined by the Black Lips.

Joe Walsh played a private party at LA's Troubadour last night in front of an industry-heavy crowd that included Live Nation Chairman Irving Azoff, Paramount's Randy Spendlove, Grammy's Ken Ehrlich as well as musicians David Crosby, Stewart Copeland and Jeff Lynne. Walsh debuted music from his first original music album in 20 years as well as classics like "Rocky Mountain Way which featured Ringo Starr on drums.

Van Halen played a packed club show at Henson Studios in Hollywood that mixed old tracks with new ones, Vegas-style showgirls, and a crowd that included Irving Azoff and Jimmy Iovine.

A copy of the rapper's list of tour demands includes everything from fried chicken to Belgian waffles to 12 bottles of Martinelli's Apple Juice, with 6 iced and 6 at room temperature

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play a concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem exclusively for subscribers that will air on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio channel. The March 9 show will be three days after the release of Wrecking Ball, Springsteen’s 17th studio album.

Colombia’s Authors and Composers Society (SAYCO) the country’s leading performance rights society, has been stripped of its duties for one month beginning Jan. 31 following a wide range of mismanagement accusations.

Vevo announced $150 million in revenue in 2011, which, with over 3.5 billion streams/month, works out to 0.43 cents per stream. CEO Rio Caraeff said at the Dive Into Media Conference that, based on current projections, Vevo could rake in $1 billion annually within a "short period of time." Elsewhere, Eventbrite's ticketing platform continues its tremendous growth, and global rights collections are up 5.5% in 2011.

The festival, which runs for nine days beginning March 9, will present 10 films in its 24 Beats Per Second series of music-related films, including "Beware of Mr. Baker" and "Big Easy Express," chronicling Mumford's U.S. train concert tour.

The event, honoring Paul McCartney, will be hosted by comedian Eddie Izzard and will also see performances by Alicia Keys, James Taylor, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Katy Perry and more.

King Stitt, a pioneer in the distinctive Jamaican vocal practice of toasting and DJing who worked with Sir Clement Coxsone Dodd of Studio One, died yesterday (Jan. 31) at his home in Kingston, Jamaica. Stitt was pivotal in transforming the role of sound system's DJ from selector to vibrant personality whose nimble word play engaged and energized crowds, becoming attractions in their own right.

Facebook may file with the SEC on Wednesday to raise $5 billion through an initial public stock offering. This is sure to be the business and tech story of the month. Once Facebook files a prospectus with the SEC, outsiders will finally get a glimpse at the company’s financial statements. Also, Facebook’s VP of partnerships Dan Rose told an audience at MIDEM that users in 50 countries have shared more than five billion songs since September. And Chris Brown has reached a milestone of the new music industry: his videos have been streamed 1 billion times on the Vevo platform.

2 Chainz performed at S.O.B.'s event in New York and all but confirmed that he was to sign with Def Jam, giving a shout out to the label execs in the crowd while getting endorsements from the likes of Raekwon.

A "first look" white paper on Future of Music Coalition's Artist Revenue Stream project was prepared and released at MIDEM. The study showed musicians get more income from fans and grants than merchandise and corporate sponsorships. The median gross income of respondents was $55,561 -- higher than U.S. median income -- but with only 42 percent of respondents deriving all of their income from music.

Estelle, alongside co-writer and Grammy winner John Legend, previewed her new album "All Of Me" (Atlantic Records) before an intimate crowd at Home in New York. The album features collaborations with Ne-Yo, Rick Ross, Trey Songz, Wyclef Jean, Akon, Chris Brown, ?uestlove and Janelle Monae -- find out who she was most excited to work with.