"As She's Walking Away" by Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson retains the #46 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Phil Collins' Going Back dropped a spot to #4 on the U.K. Albums chart. A-ha's 25 debuted at #10. John Lennon's Power To The People: The Hits debuted at #15. Robert Plant's Band Of Joy fell 2 places to #18. Simply Red's 25: The Greatest Hits dropped 14 spots to #23. Eric Clapton's Clapton fell 18 places to #25. Santana's Guitar Heaven dropped 13 spots to #30. Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite fell 2 places to #35.

Kylie Minogue's "Get Outta My Way" fell 19 places to #31 on the U.K. Singles chart.

CBS has now announced that Paula Abdul will be one of 3 judges on their new talent competition, Live To Dance, which will premiere in January.

The DIY Network premiered Vanilla Ice's new half-hour reality T.V. series, The Vanilla Ice Project, on Thursday. The 10-episode series will focus on the rapper's attempt to overhaul a 7,000 square-foot home in Palm Beach, Florida. He hasn't forgotten about music, though. He has a new independent album, WTF, due out later this year.

E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt has been brought aboard as music supervisor for a new project by writer-director David Chase. The two previously worked together on Sopranos but the new project is a currently untitled rock 'n' roll coming-of-age film.

Leif Garrett, 48, pleaded no contest to charges of heroin possession on Friday after being arrested in downtown Los Angeles in February. No sentence was given as Garrett is expected to enter a drug treatment program in lieu of jail time. Garrett was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being arrested for the same problem in 2006.

Skinny Puppy will release their long-delayed new studio album, In Solvent See, in February.

A-ha celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Hunting High And Low, by performing it entirely and the follow-up, Scoundrel Days, with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on Oct. 8th. The special show was recorded by the BBC for what could be a later release.

A biography entitled Insight: Martin Gore & Depeche Mode by Andre Bosse and Dennis Plauk was published in German on Sept. 30th. Sprechen sie Deutsch?

The Bus Boys have been working overtime on their new album, Sex, Love And Rock & Roll. Expect to find the first single, "It Must Be Saturday Night," at digital retailers.

George Michael was released from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, East England, on Monday. The main thing that he wanted to say was, "I just want to start again. It's fantastic to be out, it's a beautiful day. I just want to say thank you for everybody who has supported me in there, it's quite inspirational." He has also hinted that he's ready to get back to music. Michael will serve the rest of his sentence on probation and is banned from driving for 5 years.

Liza Minnelli has been forced to cancel 7 upcoming concerts in the U.S. on the advice of her doctors due to bronchial pneumonia. The 64 year-old singer has been performing songs from her new studio album, Confessions.

R.E.M. have announced that their new studio album will be titled Collapse Into Now when released early next year. The album is their 15th studio effort.

David Uosikkinen of The Hooters has a new project at SongsInThePocket.org where he's been working on covering "the essential songs of Philadelphia" -- songs that were recorded, written or performed in the city of brotherly love by Philadelphians. The songs feature the band ITP (or In The Pocket) and a rotating line-up of the town's most respected musicians. The first release is a version of Youth Camp's "All My Mondays"... oddly enough, an 80s tune. The songs can be downloaded at the site for 99 cents with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Philadelphia's Settlement Music School.

Tom Waits latest project has him teaming up with legendary New Orleans jazz collective The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Inspired by an old 78rpm recording, they recorded covers of Danny Barker's 1947 songs, "Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing" and "Corrine Died On The Battlefield," to be released on limited edition (numbering 504 copies) 78rpm record. The first 100 will come with a custom-made 78rpm record player (which would be the deluxe package priced around $200.) The items can be ordered online at http://www.preservationhall.com starting Nov. 22nd.

Canadian metal act Helix have been working on an acoustic release, called Smash Hits Unplugged, that will see them re-record 12 of their career-spanning tracks and include a cover of A Foot In Coldwater's 1972 hit "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want."

Rush continue to take time out from their Time Machine Tour to work on their new studio album. They've just finished recording two new songs "Caravan" and "Brought Up To Believe" with 5 other tracks written.

According to a recent interview with producer Mark Ronson by Scotland's Daily Record, Duran Duran's new album "is out at the end of this year and it is just great." Ronson, a long-time fan of the band, has been producing the album.

Scottish act Orange Juice will be the focus of a box set, Coals To Newcastle, which will contain 6-CDs with their complete recordings and BBC sessions and a DVD with their videos, television appearances and their concert film, Dada With (The) Juice. A release date hasn't been announced by Domino Records.