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Thursday’s Music Roundup

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[Updated: 5:49 P.M.]

NEWS:

    WHITE STRIPES to Release Rare Outtakes
    Get alternative recordings of the duo’s 1998 single “Let’s Shake Hands” and its B-side. [NME]
    DEPECHE MODE‘s DAVE GAHAN to Peru: “Thank You Very Much, Chile!”
    Electro-pop singer tests geography skills in front of 30,000 fans, fails miserably. [The Daily Swarm]
    LADY GAGA Announces Headlining Tour
    Kid Cudi will join the “Poker Face” singer on all dates.[Reuters]
    TAYLOR SWIFT to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’
    “I’ve been thinking about skit ideas for a long time,” she said. [AP]
    AVRIL LAVIGNE Officially Files for Divorce
    Canadian rocker leaves Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley citing “irreconcilable differences.” [TMZ]
    LIL WAYNE Planning to Release a Double-Album?
    Rebirth may come as a double with the Young Money All-Star disc,” the rapper said. [MTV]
    RIVERS CUOMO and KATY PERRY to Collaborate
    “We’re writing together next week. Can’t wait!” said the Weezer frontman. [BuzzNet]
    Ex-GRANDADDY Frontman JASON LYTLE Announces Solo Tour
    Rocker will support his debut release, Yours Truly, The Commuter, with fall/winter jaunt. [NME]
    PETE DOHERTY Hospitalized
    Babyshambles rocker treated for exhaustion in London. [Spinner]
    LADY GAGA to Appear on ‘GOSSIP GIRL’
    “Poker Face” singer to perform, act on hit TV series, says star Penn Badgley. [MTV]
    ‘NEW MOON’ Soundtrack Release Date Pushed Up!
    Album featuring Killers, Death Cab, and more now out Oct. 16 due to popular demand.[MTV]
    COURTNEY LOVE Closes Twitter Account, Owes IRS Big Bucks
    45-year-old Hole rocker owes over $300,000 in back taxes. [Gigwise]

MP3s & VIDEOS:

    DOWNLOAD: N.E.R.D. Collaborate with SANTIGOLD
    Kanye posts “Soldier,” off the soundtrack from the CW’s 90210 remake. [Pitchfork]
    WATCH: THURSTON MOORE Stars in JEMINA PEARL‘s New Video
    Pearl and Moore serve rowdy punks at a diner in the clip for “I Hate People,” featuring vocals from Iggy Pop. [Stereogum]
    WATCH: THAO NGUYEN‘s “When We Swam” Music Video
    The rocker and her band the Get Down Stay Down hold a beach dance party! [Stereogum]
    WATCH: FLAMING LIPS Go Berserk On ‘Tonight Show’
    Like a pants-wetting peyote trip… in song! [SPIN]
    WATCH: SONIC YOUTH Rock ‘GOSSIP GIRL’
    New York band play “Star Power,” Kim Gordon acts on hit TV drama. [Videogum]