With a forthcoming world tour, a disc box, and a series of web casts, only one central detail was missing; confirming rampant reports of late, Radiohead have signed a deal with ATO Records Group to release the band's latest LP, the biz-shattering In Rainbows, as a conventional CD disc in the U.S. Jan. 2, Billboard.com reports. The album, which was released digitally Oct. 10, will arrive on the band's own TBD imprint two days after XL Recordings releases the set in the U.K. An official, long-term relationship with the band has not been announced. Album tracks "Bodysnatchers" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" will act as the album's first singles to hit U.S. radio stations.

Dresden Dolls Map Winter Tour

Wrapping up a series of solo gigs and other projects in the U.S. and Australia this November, Dresden Dolls principal Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione will unite for a 12-date North American tour, set to kick off Dec. 27 in Washington, DC. From there, the two purveyors of cabaret-tinged punk will hit cities like Baltimore, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. The outing will wrap Jan. 13 in Norfolk, VA.

Dresden Dolls tour dates:

12/27, Washington, DC (Sixth & I Historic Synagogue)
12/27, Baltimore, MA (Rams Head Live!)
12/28, Philadelphia, PA (The Fillmore at the TLA)
12/29, Boston, MA (Orpheum Theatre)
12/31, New York, NY (Grand Ballroom)
1/3, Montreal, QC (Le National)
1/4, Toronto, ON (The Phoenix Theater)
1/5, Chicago, IL (Vic Theatre)
1/6, St. Louis, MO (The Pageant)
1/8, Birmingham, AL (WorkPlay Theatre)
1/10, Tampa, FL (Tampa Theatre)
1/11, Atlanta, GA (Variety Playhouse)
1/12, Durham, NC (Carolina Theatre)
1/13, Norfolk, VA (NorVa)

Kanye West's Mother Donda West Dies

Donda West, the mother and manager of hip-hop sensation Kanye West, former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, and author of Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star, died Saturday (Nov. 10), MTV.com reports. She was 58. According to the report, West's death resulted from complications during an unidentified cosmetic surgery. Her son, Kanye, as reported by NME.com, was en route to London at the time of his mother's death, and upon landing in the Capitol, promptly returned to Los Angeles. West, who also acted as the chief executive of West Brands, the parent company of her son's businesses, was, as notoriously noted in press and the MC's music, a huge influence on the forthright musician.

Personal Assistant Arrested in Linda Stein's Death

Natavia Lowery, the Brooklyn-based personal assistant to Linda Stein, former manager of the Ramones, ex-wife of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, and real estate agent to the stars, was arrested Friday (Nov. 9) in connection to the Oct. 30 death of her boss. According to The New York Times, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Lowery, 26, had told the police that she hit Stein six or seven times with a four-pound exercise weight in response to Stein's use of "profanity and derogatory language" and refusal to stop blowing marijuana smoke in her face. Lowery, currently in NYPD custody, is being held while further forensics are run at the scene of the crime, Stein's lavish Upper East Side apartment. It is reported that Elton John, a pal and real estate client of the late Stein, is assembling a concert in her memory.