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Tom Cruise has signed up to star in and co-produce Mission: Impossible IV, with May 2011 tentatively announced as a release date. That'll give them plenty of time to make a quality film! You're right, we forgot about the quality of Part II and III. At least it's not another installment of McG(eek)'s Charlie's Angels. more. -

Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum Hit The Road

Tim McGraw and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, will kick off an extensive North American tour today at Qwest Center in Omaha, NE. Lady Antebellum will be a special guest on the entire tour. The Lost Trailers will open shows from February 11th - April 10th while Love And Theft will open from April 11th - August 7th.

Throughout the outing, McGraw and premier tour partner Outback Steakhouse are teaming up to raise funds to support The Neighbor's Keeper Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and Operation Homefront. Funds will be raised through in-restaurant promotions in each of the tour cities, sales of an exclusive Tim McGraw t-shirt and more.

Operation Homefront supports active military, veterans, wounded warriors and their families nationwide by providing them much needed resources in their time of need. In addition, McGraw will donate a portion from each ticket sold to The Neighbor's Keeper Fund (http://www.timmcgraw.com/#neighbors-keeper.html), a charitable fund he created with his wife, Faith Hill. The Fund seeks to strengthen communities by contributing to diverse projects with primary emphasis on children's initiatives. Frito-Lay's Fritos brand corn chips will contribute to local charities in 34 markets via The Neighbor's Keeper Fund. - more on this story

Dixie Chicks Announce Side Band Details

After much chatter and anticipation, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks, announced today via their website that they will release new music under the moniker Court Yard Hounds.

The album of all new material will be available for pre-order beginning today exclusively through www.courtyardhounds.com with all pre-orders receiving an instant gratification 4-song download not available anywhere else. The CD is being released on Columbia Records, on shelves May 4, 2010.

To launch the new project, Emily and Martie will appear at SXSW for their first live concert as Court Yard Hounds. The sisters will take the stage during the Americana Music Association showcase at Antone's on Thursday March 18th and will go on to do a string of intimate shows across the country. All Pre-orders will receive 4 album tracks instantly and get the first chance to purchase tickets for their upcoming tour. The Court Yard Hounds will tour North America throughout the summer. The group will follow their North American roll-out with releases and touring in Europe and Australia in the fall. - more on this story

Jason Schwartzman Guests on Forthcoming Nicole Simone Album

Although she was born in the eighties, Nicole Simone has always been fascinated with nostalgia and old films from a very young age. She writes all her music with love for creating a mood and environment of her own in which one gets transported into old movie scenes set in a David Lynch-ian smoky nightclub, where Nicole takes the stage in front of the red plush curtains.

Her haunting, intoxicating and timeless music is illustrated by a unique instrumentation of guitar, marxophone, orchestron, trumpet, mandolin, vibraphone, piano and ukulele. Nicole just completed her first EP, which will be released on March 9th 2010. On the opening track entitled, "The Wedding Song" actor/musician Jason Schwartzman lent his talents on drums and banjo.

Nicole Simone's music can be heard in the Sundance film The Good Life starring Bill Paxton, Zooey Deschanel, and Harry Dean Stanton, as well as in the indie film Alone With Her starring Colin Hanks. Her diverse artistic influences range from Frederic Chopin to Tom Waits and New Orleans funeral processions to the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Billie Holiday and Cesária Évora. - more on this story

Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly Team Up for Ragged and Reckless Tour

(Submitted News) They are two of the hottest and most nationally recognized Texas touring bands in the country. Separately, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly have long led the Red Dirt Revolution and, after partnering for charitable events and awards shows in years past, the two bands will finally join together for a truly Ragged and Reckless tour beginning March 3 in Nashville, Tennessee.

"I'll probably come back with a couple of good stories from [that run], I imagine," laughs Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly. "It's been a while since we've done a full-on tour with those guys, so that will be pretty fun."

The decision to tour together arose after both bands returned from the sold-out 2010 MusicFest in Steamboat Springs where they shared the stage with Robert Earl Keen, Lee Ann Womack, Chris Knight, Dean Dillon and more. However, the relationship between the two bands extends to early days when they had similar performance circuits, including Lucy's in Austin, Texas—where both bands now call home. - more on this story

The Greening New Album and Tour Next Week

The evocative forthcoming release of a new album, The Last Tibetan Midnight (due out February 16 on Zai Records) and tour by Northern-California born band The Greening continues along their original mission statement, to develop a whole new iconic pop rock sound through experimentation and making interjections of psychedelic calamity into every song. The Greening mix up all the classic sounds from stylings like garage rock craziness and catchy jump pop and heavy acid rock noise.

The years since their 2003 debut album, After Shoal Parlor, which established The Greening as a new sound institution, have been a rocky but lucrative journey. They've been writing and learning and self-teaching three albums worth of music, putting together the perfect mixture of recording cacophonous percussion and crazy rock panic conviction and going around San Francisco, refining performances of powerful rhythms and convincing vocal sets.

While playing random concerts in random venues up and down the California coastlines and inland, a video was developed by local animator Danny Ochoa for The Greening's hit, "Sunday Afternoon," which was released on 2009's (She's So) Electric EP. - more on this story

Rachael Sage Album and Tour Announced

Rachael Sage weaves an introspective tapestry of a gypsy seeking a home on 'Delancey Street'. The MPress Records release, set for May 18th brick-and-mortar (and available digitally on April 20th via iTunes,) is a musical exploration of identity...of cultural heritage, family history, and how where we come from shapes the paths we ultimately take in life.

Drawing inspiration from her immigrant Jewish heritage as a creative starting point, Sage's atmospheric collection evokes a weathered scrapbook, as if each track captured a moment in time and articulated the experiences through song. The CD reflects Sage's deeper sense of perspective, earned after a decade on the road, living without a true 'home'. This past year, she made a conscious decision to reestablish her roots, solidify her relationships, and bring balance to her untethered life. The result is 'Delancey Street'.

Sage puts it bluntly: "'Delancey Street' is an album about change, written by someone who happens to be petrified of making the wrong choices." - more on this story

Ejector Set Debut

Ben Holder and Ricky Terry, known together as Ejector, have been electrifying audiences with their throbbing synths, soaring vocals, and edgy latex, leather, and glitter garb, for the last two years. Today, the duo announced the release of their debut album On the Pages along with two new music videos that show the pair performing in all of their theatrical and sometimes controversial glory.

The official launch party for On The Pages will take place at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on Friday, February 26th at 8pm, complete with a live performance by Ejector and other guest artists.

On The Pages features 10 tracks of sonic stimulation that Ejector promises will push buttons and boundaries of electro-pop limits. According to Holder, "Each song tells its own story with influences coming from film, television, and theater and musical genres ranging from 70's disco, to 80's dance to experimental nu-rock." - more on this story

Another Round With Jaheim

Atlantic Records is ramping up for the February 9 release of Another Round, the fifth album by R&B crooner Jaheim. One of R&B's most beloved and enduring voices, Jaheim kicked off 2010 by scoring his ninth top 10 song with "Ain't Leavin Without You," the first single off of Another Round.

The video for the remix of "Ain't Leavin Without You," featuring Jadakiss and shot in NYC in mid-January, premiered during Centric's Top 20 Countdown on February 5, and was immediately added into heavy rotation on MTV Jams, and medium rotation on BET Soul.

In anticipation of his February 9 release date, Jaheim made a few key appearances including a performance on The Mo'Nique Show (airs February 15), and interviews on the nationally syndicated radio shows hosted by Steve Harvey and Tom Joyner. - more on this story