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Madonna is blaming thugs for her botched 45-minute concert show in France. Metallica freaked everybody out in Mexico City with explosions. Jason Mraz is out of ideas for his next music vid and needs your help. NPR wants you to download a full concert from Alabama Shakes. These and a few other bits and pieces made today’s Music Notes.

Concertgoers at the Splendour in The Grass fest were having too much splendour. Over 400 people were arrested for possession of cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs in Australia. [Spinner]
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Metallica freaked out fans in Mexico City with fire, lasers, a giant coffin and explosions. James Hetfield warned that, “we’re very focused on how dangerous the show is.” [NoiseCreep]
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Animal Collective premiered “Today’s Supernatural,” a ghost track with an eery, futuristic sound. [Vulture]

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There’s rumors that Ed Sheeran might play with The Who to close out The Olympics. That’s a huge leap for someone who’s on the rise. [MTV]
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Madonna insists that only a few thugs (not fans) were upset at her boutique show in Paris. We saw the video, Madge. The entire crowd was upset. [MTV]
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Can’t make it to a live Alabama Shakes concert? You can download an entire performance, courtesy of NPR. [Vulture]
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Chris Brown received a pretty in-your-face review of his latest album. All in all, the reviewer gave Chris, “No Stars Ever” out of 5. [Huffington Post]
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Are you in the mood for the holidays yet? Scotty McCreery is and has already started working on a new Holiday album. [The Boot]
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Jason Mraz wants you to help him make his new vid for ‘The Woman I Love.’ Send your plot ideas to @Jason_Mraz using #MrazingTheVideo between now and August 9th. [Mashable]

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Jay-Z is the executive producer of NBA2K13. What more needs to be said? [WorldStarHipHop]

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