D12 and Gorillaz collaborated on "911," a new track for the soundtrack to Bad Company, due June 4th . . . The Pet Shop Boys, Kenny Chesney and Remy Shand are among the artists who will perform at the Today Weekend Edition concert series this summer in New York City, which kicked off with a Brian McKnight performance on May 4th . . . Ozzy Osbourne's dog, Pipi the Pomeranian, was returned to the family last week; Pipi was missing for more than a month . . . NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt placed a black stripe under his car's left headlight at the Pontiac Excitement 4000 on May 5th in honor of the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes . . . A new Counting Crows song will appear on the soundtrack to Mr. Deeds, which also includes Adam Sandler's duet with David Bowie on the latter's "Space Oddity"; the soundtrack is due June 11th . . .

Papa Roach, the Strokes, Rob Zombie and P.O.D. will perform at the Live 105 BFD Concert in Mountain View, Calif., on June 14th . . . Rhino Records has purchased the rights to Chicago's twenty-six albums, which will be reissued in groups of three starting July 16th; the two-CD Complete Greatest Hits will be released July 2nd . . . Snoop Dogg will contribute a new song, "Undercova Funk," as the first single to the soundtrack for Undercover Brother . . . Tweet and Redman have added vocals to a Missy Elliott remix of Me'shell Ndegeocello's "Pocketbook," from her upcoming album, Cookie . . . Ray Charles will receive an honorary doctorate of philosophy degree from Albany State University in his hometown of Albany, Georgia, today . . .

(May 6, 2002)