Iggy Pop joined rock's elite at a black-tie ceremony Wednesday night at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and -- no surprise -- he did so without his shirt on.

Pop's Detroit-bred proto-punks the Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the Hollies, Abba, Genesis, and reggae star Jimmy Cliff.

Metallica will play megashows in 10 cities in 2011 that will "blow your mind," band manager Peter Mensch tells Classic Rock Magazine. "It will be Metallica's equivalent of 'The Wall.'"

Nashville, TN, rockers Kings of Leon had a banner 2009 -- they scored SPIN's Band of the Year award and won three Grammys, including Record of the Year for their hit "Use Somebody." So, how will the Followill boys celebrate? Simple: Road trip, bro.

This June, the most talked about woman in music, Lady Gaga, will begin a three-month stint of arena tour dates in North America, kicking off June 28 in Montreal.

Gaga's first arena tour includes 31 shows in the United States and Canada, ending September 19 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Not only is Lady Gaga a pop star, but the 23-year-old woman born Stefani Germanotta has an affinity for a whole lot of pop culture -- and she crams as much of it as possible into her new video for "Telephone," her nine-minute collabo with Beyonce off The Fame Monster.