I’m sure, by now, you’ve heard John Mayer’s cover of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” right here on Sophie @ 103.7 (A.K.A. your favorite radio station). 

Now, courtesy of VH1, you can CHECK OUT THE VIDEO, shot live in L.A., from his newly released, “Where the Light Is - John Mayer Live in Los Angeles” DVD-CD. 

-Tony

Click here to download your copy of  a new Coldplay song called “Death Will Never Conquer.”

If this doesn’t make you fall in love with John Mayer…well, then you probably have rocks and dirt where your heart should be.

Meet Isaac, a 4-year-old John Mayer fan who recently got to meet his idol!

Click here for more cute pics, and click here to learn more about Isaac and his illness, MPS.

Maroon 5 are releasing an exclusive tour video through Amnesty International. Here’s why they’re affiliated with AI:

“We are members of Amnesty International because we know that without human rights we couldn’t sing and you couldn’t listen.

Freedom of expression is a basic human right. But, in many countries, singing your song or speaking your mind can land you in prison…or worse.

Amnesty International stands up for individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied. Join us and become a member of Amnesty International.”
–Adam Levine, James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael. Mickey Madden and Matt Flynn

Click here to watch!

Avril has debuted her new clothing line for Kohls, called “Abbey Dawn”, and it’s SERIOUSLY ugly. The evidence, below:

Yeah. Um, this hoodie is wrong on so many levels. The colors, the cap sleeves, the Hot-Topic-puked-all-over-me print…to add insult to injury, it retails for $40.

This look says, “Why do suspenders have to be so complicated?” Heh, get it? “Complicated” is an Avril song! Anywhooo, this tee with suspenders screenprinted on them is $24.

Avril, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??? Hot pink sweatpant capris with zippers? And, like, the title of a Herbie Hancock song screened down the leg? Barf. They’re $36, by the way.

Click here to see more of this hot mess of a clothing line.

Everyone has a pricetag and anyone can be bought…if the price is right. 

HERE is a list of celebs you may want to perform at your birthday party or your kid’s graduation party…and what it’ll cost you.  (Remember to almost double the price when converting from pounds to US dollars.)

So if you want Amy Winehouse in your backyard, you’ll have to cough up $2 million, and it may go straight up her nose.  The Rolling Stones?  That’ll be over $7 million!!  And lots of your things WILL get broken.

For my next bash, I’m hiring Hall & Oates for $50.  They’ll even serve hor’dourves and cocktails to my guests!!  OK, I’m totally BS’ing.  Fun thought though.  -Tony

Suicide isn’t a topic I’d typically throw out there for you to discuss, but Seether’s front man, Shaun Morgan, felt there was a strong need for teens to get help when they need it… and I agree.  Plus, this story has a silver lining, so stay with me here.   

Basically Shaun realized that kids weren’t getting the help they needed at a time when they needed it the most so along with Seether’s label- Wind Up Records- they set it up so you can watch the video for “Rise Above This” and when you do a donation to the Kids Help Phone will be made in your name. 

To help teens out click here.

Here’s how this all unfolded per Shaun… “As a test, I phoned the suicide line in the States, and after waiting five minutes I was put through to a very bored-sounding woman,” the singer explains. “So I just hung up the phone.

“It was just like, ‘Wow, if I had really been needing someone to talk to, that wouldn’t have been the person I’d want to turn to.’ I was kind of disgusted by that. I felt like I was bugging them, which is not how these kids should be feeling if they take the time to phone.

“But first of all, I figured that if I’m waiting that long, then that means there must be a lot of people calling. That in itself means that there’s a heavy need for these types of things, and there needs to be people who aren’t too busy to speak to kids, because it’s a pretty courageous step to even make that phone call. So basically, we decided we wanted to make a positive difference to kids, and if they visit our label’s website and watch the video, our company donates to the charity. It’s aimed at helping kids that are feeling vulnerable and scared and lonely, and hopefully having a website like that builds a community.” (The quotes were pulled from a story in Chart Attack from July 2nd.)

No idea what any of this says, but it’s Cosmo…I’m going to guess it’s about “pleasing your man”. Cosmo is barfy in any language, but Alicia looks great! 

Amy Winehouse stunned followers at the U.K.’s Glastonbury festival after allegedly attacking a fan.  Amy was singing “Rehab” to 75,000 fans on Saturday when she jumped from the stage and into the security pit. Amy then appeared to lash out at a fan, striking the fan with her fist. But a spokesman for Amy insists she was provoked, adding, “The ‘lashing out’ was when someone tried to grab her hair and she reacted.” Amy also hit back at fans who booed her as she paid tribute to her incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil. She said, “Boo me one more time and I’ll find you and your phone and call your mum and tell her you ain’t got no manners.”  

Can Heath Ledger win an Oscar for his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight”? “Rolling Stone” critic Peter Travers thinks so. In his review of the flick, Travers goes pretty well overboard raving about Heath’s performance. He says, “I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker.” He add, “There’s a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976’s ‘Network’.” The movie’s end credits will include a dedication to Heath and Conway Wickliffe a special effects guy who died doing a stunt for the movie last fall. “The Dark Knight” hits theaters July 18th. 

Verne Troyer, aka `Mini-Mi` in two “Austin Powers” films filed a $20 MIL lawsuit against the gossip Web site TMZ.com and others for showing snippets of a private sex tape he made with his girlfriend. Troyer claims TMZ and Kevin Blatt, the man who distributed the “One Night in Paris” sex tape of socialite Paris Hilton, of violation of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of right to publicity and misappropriation of name and likeness. The tape was made within the last year and shows Troyer and his girlfriend engaged in a series of sex acts. Word has it, the distributor “is entertaining a $100,000 offer from SugarDVD to distribute” the video. Ranae Shrider is the mystery woman in the Mini-Me sex tape. The 22-year-old actress lived with The Love Guru star for six months and thought she would marry him.  

Will we see Britney Spears on this year’s MTV Video Music Awards?  The president of MTV says that “everyone deserves a second or third chance”, so it could be a possibility.  Britney’s performance during last year’s VMA’s was one of the most-talked televised moments of 2007 and drew 7.1 million viewers.  This year’s awards will be in LA on September 7^th and MTV is already working to top last year’s performance.  There’s no doubt that a Britney opener would bring in the viewers and Britney’s recent good behavior might indicate a decent performance.

Benji Madden is helping girlfriend Paris Hilton with her singing career, or lack thereof…Benji already wrote one song about Paris being his light or whatever, but now he’s helping her write the theme song to her upcoming MTV reality show “My New BFF.” She’s going to sing it, too. Paris says she will release another album, she just doesn’t know when yet. But it’s definitely on her To Do list. 

Think you have what it takes to open for Coldplay?  The band has launched an online competition from their myspace page and the winning band will get to perform a set in Chicago, San Jose, Philly, DC and Boston. Just fill out the form and upload your songs to YouTube.  Click here to get the ball rolling.