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USHER's US Records will make its debut next month with the release of the soundtrack for In the Mix, a movie in which Usher stars as a DJ who saves a mafia princess, in theaters November 23rd. The CD, written and produced by Usher, will feature PAUL WALL, CHRISTINA MILIAN and newcomer CHRIS BROWN. Usher will also release the concert DVD Behind the Truth: Truth Tour -- Live, shot in his hometown of Atlanta, exclusively through Best Buy on November 8th . . . JOHN MAYER TRIO and PHIL LESH AND FRIENDS will team up for three holiday shows in San Francisco, taking place December 29th at the Fillmore, 30th at the Warfield Theater and 31st at the Bill Graham Civic Center. Tickets go on sale November 6th . . . Houston rapper LIL' FLIP will release I Need Mine, featuring NATE DOGG and LYFE JENNINGS, on December 6th. Rapper/DJ MANNIE FRESH joins Flip on the album's first single "What It Do" . . . In other Flip news, he appears on Houston rapper CHAMILLIONAIRE's reworking of "Turn It Up." The new single is a tribute to the Astros, who are playing in their first World Series in their forty-five-year history. Chamillionaire's revamped single will pop up on The Sound of Revenge, due November 22nd . . . The 1967 Newport Folk Film Festival documentary, Festival!, will be screened on November 15th at New York's Makor Cafe. The film features BOB DYLAN's first electric performance, which is also featured in the recent Martin Scorsese-directed Dylan documentary, No Direction Home . . . Georgia jam rockers WIDESPREAD PANIC will ring in the New Year at Atlanta's Philips Arena, playing shows on December 30th and 31st. Tickets go on sale November 26th . . .
Country legend JOHNNY CASH will be celebrated through the CBS special I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash on November 16th. Artists set to perform include U2, FOO FIGHTERS, SHERYL CROW, DWIGHT YOAKAM, NORAH JONES, ALISON KRAUSS, MARTINA McBRIDE, SHOOTER JENNINGS and BRAD PAISLEY. The show will be hosted by actor JOAQUIN PHOENIX, who stars as Cash in the biopic I Walk the Line, set to open two days later . . . CARLOS SANTANA and RealNetworks will celebrate the release of the guitar legend's thirty-eighth album, All That I Am, with a special concert Web cast, dubbed Rhapsody Presents: Santana "All That I Am" Live from New York, on November 1st, the day the CD hits stores. Tracks from the live concert will be available for download on Rhapsody, with proceeds benefiting Santana's Milagro Foundation, which serves disadvantaged youth through educational programs and health services, and performances from the show will be available through RollingStone.com in coming weeks . . . ELTON JOHN will release an expanded, double-disc edition of 2004's Peachtree Road on November 22nd. The set features three tracks John penned for the British play Billy Elliot -- "The Letter," "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" and "Electricity" -- and a DVD featuring nine live performances of Peachtree tracks recorded last November at Atlanta's the Tabernacle . . . BRITNEY SPEARS and husband KEVIN FEDERLINE are threatening to take legal action after stolen pictures of her newborn son appeared on the Internet. Spears claims the photos were taken in a private session . . .