Xzibit will release Restless Xposed, a new DVD featuring backstage and onstage footage with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, the RZA and others, on December 11th . . . The Foo Fighters have offered up "Win or Lose" to the upcoming soundtrack to "Out Cold," due November 20th. The song is a reworked version of "Make a Bet," a B-side from The Colour and Shape . . . Shania Twain will release The Platinum Collection DVD, a collection of her videos on November 6th and The Specials DVD, which includes two prime time television appearances, on November 20th . . . Michael Jackson has made "Butterflies," a new single from his upcoming album Invincible, available on www.michaeljackson.com . . . Mick Jagger just finished shooting a video for "God Gave Me Everything," the first video from his upcoming album, Goddess in the Doorway, with director Mark Romanek . . .

A new song by Darius Rucker will be included on the soundtrack to Shallow Hal, which will also feature Shelby Lynne's "Wall in Your Heart," from her upcoming album, Love, Shelby. The soundtrack is due November 6th . . . The Sony/Universal online venture, PressPlay, signed licensing deals with six independent labels last week, giving the company access to songs by Slipknot, Nickelback, Jonathan Richman, Marshall Crenshaw, Graham Parker, the Waterboys, the Damned and others . . . Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of the Mamas and the Papas, by Rolling Stone contributor Matthew Greenwald will be published in April 2002 . . . Joni Mitchell was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in a ceremony on October 19th. "I'd like that little spot on the sidewalk to be a place where you don't spit," she said . . .

Janet Jackson will send a video montage to be aired at the October 21st What More Can I Give benefit concert in Washington, D.C. Bette Midler, Pink, Faith Evans and America have also been added to the lineup for the concert . . . Tenacious D and Jimmy Eat World will hit the road with Weezer starting November 13th in Portland, Ore. . . . The X-ecutioners have enlisted Xzibit, Mop, Linkin Park, Kool G Rap and others for their next album, Built From Scratch, which doesn't have a release date yet . . . The Chemical Brothers will make their only U.S. appearance of 2001 at a special DJ show on November 2nd in New York City. Fans can get tickets at Astralwerks.com starting today . . . Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have rescheduled their fall North American tour for next spring; the tour will now kick off on April 16th in Los Angeles . . .

Shane MacGowan will front the Pogues on a seven-date U.K. tour, starting December 15th in Manchester . . . Twisted Sister, Ace Frehley, Sebastian Bach and Anthrax will perform at a November 28th benefit concert in New York City for victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks . . . The Dismemberment Plan will kick off a U.S. tour behind their new album, Change, on November 14th in New York . . . Woody Allen, Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese will direct original short films to be aired at the Paul McCartney-organized Concert for New York City at Madison Square Garden on October 20th . . . Medeski Martin and Wood are recording their next album in Brooklyn, which should be released early next year . . . Cassandra Wilson has been recording her new album in Clarksdale, Miss., with covers of the Band and Antonio Carlos Jobim among the tracks . . .

Despite preliminary reports, Mick Jagger will not perform at the October 21st United We Stand benefit concert in Washington, D.C., because of prior commitments; Kiss, meanwhile, have pulled out of the event due to guitarist Paul Stanley's hip injury . . . The Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride and Cyndi Thompson have been added to the list of performers for the thirty-fifth-annual Country Music Awards, set for November 7th in Nashville. Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson will perform a duet at the show . . . Master P will release his next album, Game Face, on December 18th . . . The Derek Trucks Band will take a break from the studio to kick off a twenty-one-date tour on October 19th in Live Oak, Florida . . . Ja Rule has signed on to appear in the upcoming Steven Seagal thriller, Half Past Dead . . .

Mariah Carey, Macy Gray and Sugar Ray have been added to the lineup of performers for the 2001 Vogue/VH1 Fashion Awards on October 23rd in New York City . . . Never-before-seen Madonna footage will be included in Ev*o*lu*tion: Madonna, a new program on VH1 that debuts October 21st . . . Mercury Rev will kick off North American a tour behind their new album, All Is Dream, starting November 22nd in Toronto . . . Marshall Thompson, a founding member of the Chi-Lites, was sentenced to a year in prison on extortion charges . . . Superchunk will hit the road for a twenty-two-date tour behind their new album, Here's to Shutting Up, starting October 26th in Carrboro, North Carolina . . . Al Green and Sly And The Family Stone will be honored at the twelfth annual Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in New York on November 8th . . .

Christie's in London will auction a T-shirt worn by Madonna on her Drowned World Tour on October 22nd, with proceeds going towards the Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood charity. Items owned by Elton John, Bono and the Bee Gees will also go under the hammer . . . Usher will kick off a twenty-date tour behind his latest album, 8701, starting November 29th in Baltimore . . . Isaac Hayes will perform a concert in London on October 21st to raise money for the New York City Fire Department and for other New York charities . . . The Guinness Book of World Records has deemed Dixie Chicks' Wide Open Spaces the best-selling album ever by a country group . . . Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading was honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on October 15th.

India.Arie will headline the first annual Sisters for Hip-Hop and Soul Tour, which will also include Mystic and DJ Jazzy Joyce; the tour starts November 8th in Philadelphia . . . Sparklehorse has lined up a six-date West Coast tour behind their latest album, It's a Wonderful Life, starting November 9th in Los Angeles . . . Hank Williams Jr. and Trisha Yearwood have joined the lineup for the Country Freedom Concert, which is scheduled October 21st in Nashville. George Strait, Alan Jackson and Brooks And Dunn are among the previously confirmed performers . . . Island Def Jam has struck a deal with MP3.com that will allow artists from the label's roster, which includes Bon Jovi, DMX and Jay-Z, to appear on the site . . . U.K. dance label Ministry of Sound has launched a North American venture and will release albums by Bent and Paul Van Dyk, as well as The Annual 2002, a dance compilation," this fall . . .

Creed have postponed the two-day CreedFest that was to take place next month, in order to wrap up work on their next album, Weathered. The band has also made the album's first single, "My Sacrifice," available for download at www.creednet.com . . . Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was sentenced to two years in prison on October 12th in Los Angeles for probation violation; the sentence will run concurrently with his current prison sentence in New York . . . Steve Vai will release the first three discs of The Secret Jewel Box, on October 31st. The collection will eventually be made up of ten discs of rarities, soundtrack work and some of Vai's recording with Frank Zappa . . . Down From the Mountain, featuring Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and other performers from the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack, will be released on DVD on October 23rd . . .

Nashville Pussy will launch a five-date tour with Betty Blowtorch starting November 9th in Asheville, North Carolina . . . Daft Punk will release Alive 1997, a limited-edition live album, on November 6th . . . Crosby Stills and Nash have made a new song, "Half Your Angels," written by Graham Nash in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, available for download through ClearChannel.com's Relief Fund . . . New Order will release "Crystal," a DVD single, today to coincide with their new album, Get Ready . . . The Grandmothers, featuring five members of Frank Zappa's former Mothers of Invention, will kick off a five-date tour on October 31st in New York City . . . Former Leftover Salmon bassist Tye North has joined Porterhouse for a fall tour behind their new album, Thumbs Up, Little Buddy, starting November 8th in Seattle . . .