Sheryl Crow has joined the lineup for Lifetime's second annual "Women Rock!" performance, which will take place on October 18th and air on October 26th . . . Peter Gabriel will perform at Celine Dion's benefit for the Red Cross tonight in Montreal . . . Radiohead will release I Might Be Wrong, an eight-track live recording from their recent Amnesiac tour, on November 13th . . . Aerosmith have set dates for a second leg of their Just Push Play tour, which will run from October 11th into mid-December. The Cult will open most of the shows . . . The North Mississippi All-StarS' new album, 51 Phantom, has been pushed back to November 6th . . . Britain's Starsailor's debut album, Love Is Here, will be released on January 8th, with the first single, "Good Souls," due in November . . .

Willie Nelson will host a 10K race followed by a concert in Austin on October 21st to benefit Farm Aid . . . Legendary instrumentalist ensemble the Ventures are planning to release "Be Strong America," a single that will benefit the New York City Police and Fire Fighters Relief Fund . . . Folk-blues singer Eric Bibb has released "Hope in a Hopeless World" as the first single from his new album, Painting Signs, with proceeds being directed towards the American Red Cross . . . On October 16th, Rhino Records will release, a four-CD Quincy Jones box set to coincide with the publication of his new autobiography, Q . . . Faith Hill and Martina McBride will join Tim McGraw for his eighth annual Swampstock concert, which benefits regional charities, near Rayville, Louisiana, on October 28th . . .

Alanis Morissette's new album, tentatively titled "Under Rug Swept," will be released in February; Morissette has placed a new track, "Utopia," on her Web site for streaming . . . Michael Jackson's short film for "You Rock My World," which stars Marlon Brando and Chris Tucker, debuted on MTV last night and will go into regular rotation starting today . . . Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will be the subject of the season's first Behind the Music on VH1 on October 7th; next month, Combs will also become the first black man to appear on the cover of Vogue . . . Outkast, Sum 41, Papa Roach and the Deftones are among the artists featured on Music From and Inspired by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, a soundtrack to the PlayStation game due on October 16th . . . A two-hour Kiss pay-per-view special, The Last Kiss, is available starting October 1st through the Showtime Network's official Web site . . .

Songs by Bob Dylan, Five For Fighting, Mark Knopfler and Pete Yorn will appear on the soundtrack to the film, Bandits, due October 9th . . . Lifehouse received the inaugural BDS Certified Spin Award for Most Spun Song of the Year for their hit, "Hanging by the Moment," in New York City on September 25th . . . Insane Clown Posse will kick off a thirty-date tour tomorrow night in Seattle . . . The Butthole Surfers will launch a twenty-date tour behind their new album, Weird Revolution, starting October 16th in Providence, Rhode Island . . . Michelle Branch and Jude will begin an eleven-date college tour together starting October 24th in Minneapolis . . .

Bush, Tool and the Black Crowes have joined the lineup for the third annual Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans on October 27th . . . Collectible Records will release twenty-three of Elvis Presley's hits recorded for Sun Records on seven-inch vinyl singles on September 25th . . . Alicia Keys and VH1 Save the Music presented a donation of $156,000 to six Chicago-area schools on September 25th to restore music programs . . . Sugar Ray, Dido and Usher will be featured on Arista Records' Totally Hits 2001, which is due on September 25th . . . Destiny's Child will release their holiday album, 8 Days of Christmas, on October 23rd . . .

Gloria Estefan, Elvis Crespo and other Latin artists will record the song "El Ultimo Adios" to aid victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks . . . One of Eddie Vedder's guitars fetched $9,000 dollars at a London charity auction sponsored by the Who on September 24th . . . Martina McBride will donate the first month of sales from her Greatest Hits album to the American Red Cross . . . B.B. King will release his first holiday album on November 6th titled A Christmas Celebration of Hope . . . Gorillaz lead all acts with six nominations for the 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards . . . Nikka Costa's Funky White Bitch Tour in support of her debut record has been postponed in wake of the recent terrorist attacks . . .

Michael Jackson has made "Cry," another track from his upcoming album, Invincible, available for download on his Web site, www.michaeljackson.com . . . Mariah Carey's feature film debut, Glitter, posted opening weekend sales of just $2.5 million . . . The Latin Grammys, which were delayed due to the September 11th terrorist attacks, have officially been cancelled . . . Korn are inviting fans to submit photos of the band for their official calendar via www.korncalendar2001.com . . . Chris Whitley will kick off a twenty-seven-date tour behind his latest album, Rocket House, Tuesday in Charlottesville, Virginia . . . Jay Farrar will begin a tour behind Sebastopol on October 8th in Oxford, Mississippi . . .

Tuesday's Voters for Choice concert, which was to feature Alanis Morissette, Blues Traveler's John Popper And Chan Kinchla, Joe Henry And Michael Franti and Spearhead has been indefinitely postponed . . . Alien Ant Farm's tour in support of their ANThology album will launch on October 1st in Tucson, Arizona . . . Atari Teenage Riot singer Carl Crack died on September 6th at age thirty; the cause of death has not yet been released . . . Lee "Scratch" Perry will kick off a tour starting October 30th in New York City . . . The Kottonmouth Kings will release their new album, Hidden Stash II, on October 9th, three days a week before hitting the road with D12 . . . Wayne Hancock will tour behind his new album, A-Town Blues, starting Wednesday night in Buffalo, New York . . .

(September 27, 2001)