FROM THE NEWS NEST: Morning Benders announce European tour and more.

The morning benders (pictured) having been touring like mad men since dropping their most recent album Big Echo in March, and the fall doesn’t see them slowing. The band announced today that they will be embarking on a three-week headlining tour of Europe. Local fans of the Berkeley rockers, don’t be jealous: the boys will be stopping at The Fillmore Oct. 16.

It’s too bad Beyonce is all married to Jay-Z, considering Forbes has the man topping the list of Hip-Hop’s Cash Kings. Well, he’s also talented and pretty hot, but that’s all besides the fact that Jay-Z raked in $63 million over the past 12 months.

Finally, a departure from our usual news-making musicians, check out the super-adorbs Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who won our hearts in the recent blockbuster Inception as well as the indie flick (500) Days of Summer, singing a cover of the Aretha Franklin hit “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” The boy’s got skills!