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“Hello, Hello,” Lady Gaga‘s buzzed-about collaboration with Elton John, will be released on February 8. The song will be featured in the forthcoming Disney movie Gnomeo & Juliet. [Perez Hilton]
- Check out Joanna Newsom performing her stunning song “On a Good Day” on Letterman below. Best part: Letterman waxing on her over-the-top set, which included a stuffed peacock. “It looks like Sarah Palin’s den,” he joked.
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Glee star Cory Monteith has rock star ambitions: the actor is drumming in the pop-rock band Bonnie Dune, and the band will perform a live show on January 9 at L.A.’s Roxy. [Bonnie Dune’s Facebook]
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Bright Eyes will hit the road next March for a thirteen date U.S. tour, including previously announced shows with Superchunk at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The tour kicks off on March 2 in Miami and wraps on March 17 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Bright Eyes will release their seventh album The People’s Key on February 15. [Saddle Creek Records]
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Gossip singer Beth Ditto is working with U.K. dance-rock duo Simian Mobile Disco on a four-track solo EP, which hits stores in January. [NME]
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Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard will release four new albums throughout early 2011, including the solo disc Space City Kicks and an LP with Lifeguards, his side-project with ex-GBV member Doug Gillard. [Blurt]
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Irish folk-rockers The Frames are offering up a 20-song live recording to benefit charity. The download — from a November 23 RED(NIGHT) concert in Chicago — will raise money for the Global Fund, which helps fight AIDS in Africa. Pick it up here.