• In 1977, the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” was prohibited from claiming its rightful spot atop the U.K. singles charts over fears it would spoil something called the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebration. To rectify this, Slash and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, with a little coaxing from the NME, have joined the campaign to make the 30th anniversary release of the track the number one single for this week. The single is available both on special-edition 7’’ vinyl and on digital music outlets.

• Facebook, in its tireless campaign to dethrone MySpace as the social-networking king, is rumored to soon be launching either an iTunes-backed artist platform or its own digital music service that will challenge both Rupert Murdoch’s and Steve Jobs’ musical domains.

• ABBA will re-release their fifth album, simply titled The Album, as a two-CD, one-DVD set on November 26th. The reissue will feature the remastered album, live performances, interviews and 1978 TV commercials promoting the album.

• Canadian crooner Bryan Adams will do his part to broker peace in the Middle East when he performs in both the West Bank and Israel next week on behalf of the One Voice peace movement. Because if there’s one thing Israelis and Palestinians can see eye-to-eye on, it’s a love for the song “Summer of ’69.”

• System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, who recently sat down with us in his home studio, will release a series of videos to complement every song on his new solo album Elect the Dead. Tankian will also unleash Elect the Dead: The Short Films on October 22nd in a dozen movie theaters, which are listed after the jump:

Herricks Cinema
3324 Hillside Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY

Parsippany Cinema
3165 RT 46
Parsippany, NJ

Embarcadero Center Cinema
1 Embarcadero Center Promenade Level
San Francisco, CA

Ultrastar Theatres Mission Valley
7510 Hazard Center Drive
San Diego, CA

Kendall Square Cinema
One Kendall Sq Bldg. 1900
Cambridge, MA

Century Centre Cinema
2828 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL

Emagine Novi
44425 W. 12 Mile Road
Novi, MI

Clearviews Anthony Wayne Cinema
109 W. Lancaster Avenue
Wayne, PA

Metro Cinemas
911 N.E. 50th Street
Seattle, WA

The River Oaks
2009 West Gray
Houston, TX

Lagoon Cinema
1320 Lagoon Avenue
Minneapolis, MN

Harkins Tempe Marketplace
2000 E. Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ