Music Bites: Hottest news for February 2013 • 02/04/2013, 05:09 PM

FEBRUARY 27 - Nicki Minaj goes topless for French Montana's upcoming video for \"Freaks.\"

FEBRUARY 27 - No Doubt have postponed their tour to record a new album.

February 26 - Daft Punk confirm their alliance with Columbia Records changing the photo on their official website to the image above. The awesome picture shows the French electronic duo's signature helmets as one on a black background with the Columbia logo on the bottom right. Their follow-up ot 2005's 'Human After All' is due out in May on the label.

FEBRUARY 25 - Instagram threatened to shut down Madonna'saccount if she doesn't follow the website's Community Guidelines which warn against posting other people's photos and nude or mature content. It's unclear exactly which rule Madge broke to get her in trouble with the social media site.

FEBRUARY 22 - Rihanna poses topless with Kate Moss for V Magazine.

FEBRUARY 22 - Rapper Wiz Khalifa and his lady Amber Rose welcomed a baby boy last night named, Khalifa posted on his Twitter, Sebastian \"The Bash\" Taylor Thomaz. Awesome nickname!

FEBRUARY 21 - Rihanna posts pics of her bikini-clad 25th birthday celebration post-London Fashion Week.

FEBRUARY 20 - Two men whose plan to murder Justin Bieber in New York City was foiled by police planned to sell the singer's testicles for $2,500.

FEBRUARY 19 - Rihanna gives a smoldering pose during her covershoot for ELLE UK's April issue.

FEBRUARY 15 - Rihanna originally wanted to guest fun.'s Grammy winning hit, 'We Are Young'. The singer was approached to do a verse on the track, but failed to get back to the song's producer Jeff Bhasker.

FEBRUARY 14 - Happy Valentine's Day! Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood confirmed with South African newspaper, Mail and Guardian that the band will start recording their follow-up to 2011's The King of Limbs this fall.

FEBRUARY 13 - Taylor Swift looking sexy in the March cover of ELLE magazine, on newsstands February 19.

FEBRUARY 13 - Kid Cudi confirmed on Twitter his long-awaited next album 'Indicud' has an April 25 release date. He called the album 'will be the greatest album ever made.'

FEBRUARY 12 - Britney Spears gets tough for her brand new 'Scream and Shout' remix video set to premiere on Friday, February 15 on 106 & Park. The singer shared this sexy snap with her fans through her Twitter account along with a call to \"bring the action!\". 

FEBRUARY 11 - New Eminem album details have emerged. His manager Paul Rosenberg has told Billboard the rapper is \"far into the process\" and the album may come out after Memorial day. Awesome!

FEBRUARY 10 -Yes, this happened at the Grammy Awards. Ms. Rihanna is back in full swing with Chris Brown.

FEBRUARY 8 - Katy Perry and John Mayer have been making the Grammy rounds and this time displayed their love attending the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring L.A. Reid held at The Beverly Hilton on February 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

FEBRUARY 8 - Marilyn Manson reportedly had the flu when he collapsed on stage in Canada on February 6, a source close to the singer confirmed with TMZ.

FEBRUARY 7 - Beyoncé's people are not happy about some 'unflattering' photos of the singer at the Super Bowl halftime show and they have something to say about it! Apparently, some of the photos included in Buzzfeed's very flattering post entitled 'The 33 Fiercest Moments From Beyoncé's Halftime Show' did not match the image they're trying to portray of Bey and the site was kindly asked via e-mail to remove some of the \"worst\" photos, the one above included, from the article. In response, the website cheekily reposted the pics in a seperate piece saying, 'In what world are these shots unflattering?'

FEBRUARY 6 - After a lot of back and forth, Britney Spears's manager confirms she headline a Las Vegas residency this year even though the deal has not been signed yet.

FEBRUARY 5 - An inquiry has emerged from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler's hinting toward Rage Against the Machine's future in an interview with Metal Insider: Are Rage recording a new album and touring this year? Butler confirmed Black Sabbath will be touring in support of their upcoming album, '13' but the question of a drummer is still open since Bill Ward has pulled out of the reunion and Butler's not sure about RATM's Brad Wilk, who plays on the new album, because he may be busy with his original band.  Were not sure yet,\" Butler said. \"We dont know because I think Brads got commitments with Rage Against the Machine.\" Recently, Rage guitarist Tom Morello said the band will never play live again so maybe their recording a new album? Who knows! Hopefully someone confirms soon.

FEBRUARY 4 - Miley Cyrus surprised production duo Da Internz when she invited them to her home studio and busted out an explicit rap. \"Yo, first of all, Miley is nothing what we expected. We expected her to be super reserved and so we were trying to be [that way too]. You know what I mean?\" Marcos 'Kosine On Da Beat' Palacios told MTV. After greeting the guys the singer started singing Nicki Minaj's expletive filled verse on Big Sean's \"Dance Dance Dance.\" Ernest 'Tuo' Clark of Da Internz added that it was \"different\" for the duo to see Cyrus like that but the new album is headed in a grown up, exciting direction. She's grown now and she's exploring different things and it's definitely a new sound, it's not nothing that's mocked.\" he said. \"She's not trying to be like another actress out here. She's just having fun on her records. She's, like, full of energy and just having fun right now.\"

FEBRUARY 1 - One Direction don red noses on the cover of their new single, \"One Way or Another.\" The British boy band's Blondie cover is the official song of Red Nose Day for UK charity, Comic Relief.

FEBRUARY 1 - Katy Perry and Carly Rae Jepsen will be presenting at the Grammys Sunday Feb. 10.

FEBRUARY 1 - Ricky Martin arrives in Sydney, Australia to cover for Keith Urban on The Voice: Australia.

FEBRUARY 1 - Jennifer Hudson will perform with the Sandy Hook Elementary choir at the Super Bowl this Sunday on CBS.

FEBRUARY 1 - Drake will premiere a new single this weekend.