Weiland Pilots New Solo Effort (E! Online)

E! Online - Come on, fans, Scott Weiland wants you to get Happy.

Slipknot Strangles Game's Shot at No. 1 (E! Online)

E! Online - Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common?

VMAs offer glimpse of music and mayhem (AP)

AP - Britney Spears may not sing at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will.

Denmark's Horsens builds city on rock 'n roll (Reuters)
Reuters - To stop local people from moving out, the town of Horsens in western Denmark decided to invite international rock stars in.

Turner adds new concert dates to tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Tina Turner has added eight concert dates to her upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to launch October 1 in Kansas City, Mo. The singer's 36-date arena trek wraps with a December 12-13 stand in Toronto.

Q&A: Young Jeezy gets political with his new CD (AP)

AP - Young Jeezy may seem like an unlikely political commentator, given his status as a gangsta rapper. But on his new CD, "The Recession," he talks about more than just hustling, putting in his two cents about the economy, struggling times and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Target scores Aguilera hits album exclusive (Reuters)
Reuters - Target and Target.com (http://www.target.com/) will be the sole retailers to carry Christina Aguilera's first greatest hits collection, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits," due November 11.

Russell Brand brings a British twist to MTV awards (AP)
AP - America, meet Russell Brand.

Lily Praises Po-po, Eviscerates Elton (E! Online)

E! Online - She may have had nothing but vitriol for cohost Elton John, but at Tuesday night's London-set GQ Men of the Year Awards, Lily Allen did have some kind words reserved for one British icon: the bobbies.

NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert (AP)

AP - Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.