Some sequels are openly clamored for by the public. New Moon, perhaps. Others are totally mystifying -- Wrong Turn 3, anyone? Falling somewhere in between is the upcoming Shock Value 2, Timbaland's star-studded follow-up to his equally star-studded 2007 solo album.

With 2008's Only By the Night, Kings of Leon fused their characteristic Southern rock guitars with more exploratory studio sounds -- but the boys haven't satisfied their experimental side just yet.

Here's some of the weirdest music news the Internet had to offer this week:

The world's biggest Judas Priest fan must have the world's biggest headache after listening to Nostradamus for 391 straight days. [The Plain Dealer]

Here's some of the strangest music news the Internet had to offer this week:

Justin Timberlake: Pop star, Saturday Night Live sidekick … author of a book about golf!?! [New York Observer]

The music world -- and the world at large -- has been mourning Thursday afternoon's unexpected death of Michael Jackson. Via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more, some of music's biggest stars are honoring the King of Pop. Here's what they had to say:

This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. See all these stories, plus the week's top photo galleries, editor's blogs, audio/video, news, and reviews, below: