Iron Maiden's The Final Frontier debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. John Mellencamp's No Better Than This debuted at #10. Brian Wilson's Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin debuted at #26. Carole King & James Taylor's Live At The Troubadour retained the #27 spot. The Eat Pray Love soundtrack dropped 9 spots to #30. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' Mojo climbed 10 places to #32.

Rihanna's "Rockstar 101" featuring Slash fell 12 places to #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Iron Maiden's The Final Frontier debuted at #1 on the U.K. Albums chart. Tom Jones' Praise & Blame fell 10 places to #17. Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite dropped 6 spots to #27. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan's Hawk debuted at #29. AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack fell 2 places to #31. Earth, Wind & Fire's The Greatest Hits dropped 15 spots to #39.

Kylie Minogue's "All The Lovers" dropped 6 spots to #32 on the U.K. Singles chart.

Wang Chung plan to release their new 4-track EP, Chung, on Sept. 20th. The set is the second part of their Abducted By The 80's EP set (part 1 was Wang, part 2 is Chung.) While the first 4-track EP had 3 of their hits (and an acoustic version of a hit), Chung includes the single, "Rent Free," and 3 other new tracks. Each can be purchased digitally via the store at their WangChung.com site.

Orange Juice will see the release of a 6-CD and 1-DVD box set, Coals To Newcastle, on Nov. 8th which will include 16 previously unreleased tracks, their videos, live performance footage and their entire catalogue of recordings.

Bez [born Mark Berry of the Happy Mondays], 46, has been jailed for up to 4 weeks after angrily telling the Manchester Magistrates court that he refused to perform 100 hours of unpaid community service and pay a 450 pound fine after being convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Monica Ward.

Former Brighton Rock guitarist Greg Fraser has released a non-LP track called "Juggernaut" with his band Fraze Gang via iTunes and CD Baby.

Rock Candy Records has reissued remastered versions of Survivor's 1980 self-titled debut album and 1981's Premonition.

Y&T fans looking for a way to help original bassist Phil Kennemore offset his medical bills as he fights metastatic cancer can learn more at the Phil Kennemore Fund.

Julio Iglesias, 66, married his partner for the last 20 years, Miranda Rijnsburger, in a small private ceremony on Tuesday.

Yngwie Malmsteen is back in the recording studio working on material for his next album due out later this year.

Slash updated fans to his recent projects which includes filming a video for his song, "Beautiful Dangerous," which features Fergie of Black Eyed Peas.

Former Kinks frontman Ray Davies has been working on collaborations with Lucinda Williams, Frank Black, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and even the late Alex Chilton for a new album. Some of the songs are expected to be Kinks covers.

It seems that U2 are re-thinking the release of their next album. Bono recently told Rolling Stone, "No Line On The Horizon is not very accessible, lyrically or musically. We put out a really difficult record -- I have to admit that. If I was a teenager, it would be like a European movie. It's arthouse." The band had planned to release the companion album, Songs Of Ascent, next but, with the lower sales figures on what it's a companion to, they are looking at two other albums that they've recorded (one more club-sounding and another more rock.)

The Big 4 show in Sofia, Bulgaria, was recorded for a DVD release expected out on Oct. 19th and will contain full performances by all 4 bands (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax.) A super deluxe version will contain the double-DVD set and 5-CDs collection.

Quiet Riot's 1986 album, QRIII, and 1988's self-titled Paul Shortino-fronted release have been reissued by Rock Candy Records.

Cinderella's 1988 album, Long Cold Winter, will be reissued on Sept. 25th via Bad Reputation Records and include 5 live tracks.

Ronnie Wood is getting ready to release his new solo album, I Feel Like Playing, on Sept. 28th via Eagle Rock Entertainment. One song, "Lucky Man," has been made available as a preview.

Lucky Man by MusicQuizKing

Gwar have announced plans to release their new album, Bloody Pit Of Horror, in November via Metal Blade Records. Vocalist Oderus Urungus has also announced some Australian tour dates, "We are going to rape the sh*t out of some hobbits. And I don't even care if they are humans dressed up in hobbit costumes, that sh*t turns me on..."

Ted Nugent plans to head into the recording studio with his band later this year and already has some exciting material written.

According to AceShowBiz.com, U2 have been fined $22,000 by Barcelona officials for playing too loud for too long. During the group's performance there last year they reportedly ran 2 hours past their allocated time slot.

Keith Richards will release his autobiography, Life, on Oct. 26th via Little, Brown & Company.

Mike Peters of The Alarm and Glen Tillbrook of Squeeze are among the hikers that are several days into their journey on a trail working their way to the top of Mt. Fuji. They are raising money to bring bone marrow donor drives to an international level with the Love Hope Strength foundation.

Queensryche have signed a deal with Roadrunner imprint Loud & Proud Records for the release of their 12th studio album due out in the spring.

Eagle Rock have announced plans to release the double-DVD, Ghost Blues, and CD, The Beat Club Sessions, by the late blues rock artist Rory Gallagher on Sept. 14th.

King's X will release their double-CD/DVD, Live Love In London, on Oct. 26th. The band have also announced a co-headlining tour with Accept.

Dave Stewart's work with Stevie Nicks is progressing well. The album, due out spring next year, is her first where she had written with anyone else and is expected to contain contributions by Mick Fleetwood, Waddy Wachtel and Mike Campbell.

A new Motorhead retrospective will be released on Oct. 18th entitled Aces Up My Sleeve -- The Collection. The set will contain songs from their first 10 years just in time to celebrate their 35th anniversary.

Bon Jovi premiered their new single, "What Do You Got?," on their official website today. The song comes from their upcoming Greatest Hits.

Congrats to Iron Maiden who've topped the album charts in 21 countries with the release of their new studio album, The Final Frontier.

The video for John Mellencamp's latest single, "No Better Than This," has been released. The song is the title track to his new album.

Erasure's Andy Bell has announced that he will be releasing the title-track to his latest solo album, Non-Stop, as a single on Oct. 11th.

Ozzy Osbourne has released a video for his latest single, "Life Won't Wait," off his new album, Scream.

Legendary comic book writer Alan Moore has collaborated with photographer Mitch Jenkins and a collection of musicians that include Justin Broadrick of Godflesh and Mike Patton on an audio visual project titled Unearthing. A 3-CD deluxe version of Unearthing heads to stores next week.

Country artist Bill Phillips, 74, passed away on Aug. 23rd. Phillips chart career began with 1958's "Lying Lips" and ended during the 1980s scoring a total of 4 U.S. country top 10 hits. During the decade, he would release one album, 1980's When Can We Do This Again, and two singles (1981's Dance The Night Away" and 1987's "One By One.") Phillips' 1966 hit, "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," holds the distinctions of being his biggest hit, having a -- then 19 year-old -- Dolly Parton on vocal harmony (although uncredited) and being the first hit penned by Parton. A funeral service is expected to take place today at 1pm in Tennessee.

New releases heading to stores next week: Heart - Red Velvet Car, The Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us, Alan Moore - Unearthing, Lee 'Scratch' Perry And The Upsetters - Sound System Scratch, KRS-One & True Masters - Meta-Historical, Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One, Boz Scaggs - Other Roads, Gerald Levert - The Best Of Gerald Levert, Abba - Icon, Bryan Adams - Icon, Don Williams - Icon, Gladys Knight & The Pips - Icon, Jackson 5 - Icon, James Brown - Icon, Janet Jackson - Icon, Johnny Cash - Icon, Kiss - Icon, Marvin Gaye - Icon, Motorhead - Icon, Neil Diamond - Icon, Nirvana - Icon, Rick James - Icon, Rod Stewart - Icon, Rush - Icon, Smokey Robinson - Icon, Stevie Wonder - Icon, Styx - Icon, The Temptations - Icon and Vince Gill - Icon