Predictions for 2013

With the Foo Fighters on hiatus, Dave Grohl gets back behind the kit, filling in for late drummer John Bonham on a massive Led Zeppelin reunion tour across Europe and North America. If this 2013 prediction comes true, it'll be the ticket of the year.

Guided By Voices release somewhere between two and 17 albums, including the double LP 'We Are Aerodynamics.' Singer Robert Pollard will try to account for the slacker year by pointing to the number of EPs and singles (between one and two-dozen combined) he also dropped, but fans will still be disappointed.

The 2013 Grammy Awards turn out to be a serious coming-out party for Frank Ocean, who's nominated in six categories. He grabs hardware in all six, including Record of the Year ('Thinkin Bout You'), Album of the Year ('Channel Orange') and Best New Artist. Congratulations, Frank!

The surviving members of the Velvet Underground shock the world by issuing yet another box set to commemorate their watershed 1967 debut album, 'The Velvet Underground & Nico.' This time around, the collection offers previously released, un-remastered original versions of all songs on the disc with absolutely no bonus material, demos or other rarities. It still manages to sell about a thousand times more than the original 1967 pressing. (This may be our most bankable 2013 prediction.)

The future of Sonic Youth was cast into doubt in 2011 with the shocking announcement that Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon were splitting up after 27 years of marriage, and many fans worried that the band's concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that fall would be there last. But a new album and tour in 2013 put the doubts to rest, with the expectations now that the Youth will carry on well into their octogenarian years.

Are you as tired of reading about the lack of North American Stone Roses reunion tour dates as we are tired of writing about them? That all changes in the summer of 2013, when Ian Brown and the boys finally take their comeback trek across the States -- their first visit here in 18 years. 

Trent Reznor has been known to collaborate with a wide swath of musicians over the years -- David Bowie, Queens of the Stone Age, Saul Williams -- but nobody could have expected the Nine Inch Nails frontman to team up with 'Teenage Dream' pop superstar Katy Perry on a one-off. Even less expected? That the song is actually pretty amazing.

Nirvana are selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in December and enshrined in its hallowed halls with the class of 2014 the following spring in New York City. It's the Seattle grunge greats' first year of eligibility, and this 2013 prediction is a virtual lock.