• Slayer have announced a winter 2007 tour, with Unearth as their opening act. Word is that the band’s European shows have been amazing. Dates after the jump.
• Big Boi’s divulges all kinds of details re: his new “mega-top-top-secret solo record.” We can apparently expect “something from every genre, every funk, beat, loop, horn, whistle” the rapper explains about the as-of-yet-untitled album out sometime in 2007.
• The long-awaited title for Fall Out Boy’s new album is Infinity on High. Wentz reportedly told MTV News: “It’s taken from a quote by Vincent van Gogh. And as for what that means in relation to the record, we’ll just let it will unfold when people hear it.” It’s all so exciting.
• Apparently Albert Hammond Jr. is going to be opening for Incubus on a North American tour. Weird.
• Matisyahu will reportedly release a holiday album/DVD combo No Place To Be on December 26th. The CD will apparently feature not one but two versions of “Message in a Bottle.”
• You know how when you go shopping at Nordstrom you’re always wishing you could buy Marvin Gaye’s Anthology along with your high-heeled Manolo hiking boots? Now you can. The department stores are going to be carrying music by artists like the Killers, Beck and Feist beginning next year.

Confirmed dates for Slayer’s winter 2007 North American tour are as follows:

JANUARY
24 Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ
25 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
26 TBA
28 Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA
30 Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
31 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO

FEBRUARY
2 Bricktown Events Center, Oklahoma City, OK
3 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
5 Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN
7 Labatt Center, London, Ontario CANADA
8 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
9 Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario CANADA
10 Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
12 Lifestyles Pavilion, Columbus, OH
13 Convocation Center, Youngstown, OH
15 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
16 Lupo’s at the Strand Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island
17 House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ
19 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
20 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
22 House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
23 House of Blues, Orlando, FL
24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL