AP - Sony Music must pay the founder of a small record company $5 million for failing to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album, a federal appeals court ruled.

AP - Meat Loaf has canceled a European tour after developing a cyst on his vocal cords.

E! Online - Like a bat out of hell, he'll be gone when the morning comes. And maybe even longer.

Reuters - Rocker Meat Loaf has cancelled his European tour after developing a cyst on his vocal cords, but he denied media reports he might be quitting the stage for good.

AP - Maria McKee knows fans love her quieter, rootsy material. So why did the singer make a bold, brassy disc overladen with glam rock and enough melodrama that even Meat Loaf would be exhausted?

Reuters - Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx will release his first solo album, "The Heroin Diaries," on August 21, as a precursor to his autobiography of the same name, which arrives September 25.

Reuters - Aging rocker Meat Loaf released his third "Bat Out Of Hell" album on Tuesday knowing that his previous rock operas were big hits but produced divisive reactions.

Reuters - If he wanted, the rock veteran could be working like, well, a bat out of hell. But come to think of it ... he is anyway. The monster that Meat Loaf helped create in 1977 has been unleashed again, and it's chewing up all his time and energy -- with his full and willing cooperation.