LFO singer Rich Cronin died Wednesday (September after a five-year battle with acute myelogenous leukemia. He was 35. Cronin suffered a strong and died in a hospital. The group was best known for its 1999 hit single, “Summer Girls,” which reached the No. 3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart…

KT Tunstall will hit the road in support of her forthcoming album, Tiger Suit, which hits store shelves October 5. The tour kicks off in Portland, Oregon, October 31, and runs through a December 1 performance in New York City. Hurricane Bells will provide support during the tour…

Katy Perry will be the musical guest when Saturday Night Live kicks off its 36th season on NBC, September 25. Parks and Recreation and former SNL star Amy Poehler will host the season-opener…

In conjunction with the release of Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, and the Toronto International Film Festival debut of The Promise: The Making of ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town, the publisher of the companion book, The Light In Darkness has announced that any orders shipped during the festival (September 9 – September 19) will receive a $5 shipping discount. The book can be purchased directly from the publisher at the book’s official Web site…

Rise Against will release their new DVD, Another Station, Another Mile, October 5, via DGC/Interscope Records. The DVD, will be available worldwide, and the digital release will be available via iTunes…

The Sarah and Friends tour will consist of two sets: One with McLachlan sitting in on songs with her guest performers, and a second set of McLachlan’s greatest hits and  new tracks from her most recent album, Laws Of Illusion.

During the shows, McLachlan will answer questions from the audience. Fans will have the opportunity to submit questions upon their arrival at the show, which McLachlan will choose from the stage.

McLachlan’s guests have not yet been announced.

The current itinerary for Sarah McLachlan’s Sarah and Friends tour follows:

November 1 – Dallas, TX (Verizon Theatre (at Grand Prairie))
November 2 – Houston, TX (Verizon Wireless Theatre)
November 3 – Austin, TX (Austin Music Hall)
November 5 – Birmingham, AL (Alabama Theatre)
November 6 – Biloxi, MS (IP Casino)
November 8 – Nashville, TN (Ryman Auditorium)
November 9 – Columbus, OH (Palace Theatre)
November 10 – Cincinnati, OH (Taft Theatre)

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The group will kick off the tour in Seattle , Washington, November 11, and remain on the road through a November 21 performance in Carrboro, North Carolina.

Cornershop will release a new digital EP in conjunction with the U.S. tour dates. More details about the EP and support acts for the tour to follow shortly:

The itinerary for Cornershop’s November tour of the United States follows:

November 11 – Seattle, WA (Showbox at the Market)
November 12 – Portland, OR (Crystal Ballroom)
November 14 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent)
November 15 – Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theatre)
November 17 – Cambridge, MA (The Middle East Downstairs)
November 18 – Philadelphia, PA (The Trocadero)
November 19 – New York, NY (Irving Plaza)
November 20 – Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
November 21 – Carrboro, NC (Cat’s Cradle)

Built to Spill will tour in support of their current album, There Is No Enemy. The group will support the  Warner Bros. records release with a headlining tour which kicked off Friday (August 27), in Omaha, Nebraska, and which will keep them on the road through the end of November, when the band will conclude the tour with two shows in Seattle, Washington, November 19 and 20…

The collection will be released in a Deluxe Package, consisting of more than six hours of film and more than two hours of audio. The three-CD/three-DVD set (also available as a three-CD/three-Blu Ray disc set), will include an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen’s original notebooks from the recording sessions, which include alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes in addition to a new essay by Springsteen and never-before-seen photographs.

The deluxe package includes Darkness on the Edge of Town remixed digitally for the first time. as well as The Promise: The Making of Darkness on The Edge of Town, a documentary directed by Thom Zinny which will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Also included is more than four hours of live concert footage, including the bootleg house cut from a 1978 Springsteen show in Houston, Texas; video from the Thrill Hill Vault; and HD video of a 2009 performance at Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Paramount Theater of the Darkness album performed in order.

The set will also be available as The Promise, a two-CD or four-LP collection including lyric s and the new essay from Springsteen.

The track listing for Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story follows:

CD 1: Darkness on the Edge of Town (remastered)
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

CD 2: The Promise (Disc 1)
1. Racing In The Street (’78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We’ll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy’s Boy

CD 3: The Promise (Disc 2)
1. Racing In The Street (’78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We’ll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy’s Boy

DVD 1: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

DVD 2: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Paramount Theater, Asbury Park, NJ 2009)
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Thrill Hill Vault (1976-1978)
1. Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
2. Candy’s Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
3. Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
4. Don’t Look Back (NYC 78)
5. Ain’t Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
6. The Promise (NYC 78)
7. Candy’s Room Demo (NYC 78)
8. Badlands (Phoenix 78)
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)

DVD 3: Houston ‘78 Bootleg House Cut
1. Badlands
2. Streets Of Fire
3. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Independence Day
7. The Promised Land
8. Prove It All Night
9. Racing In The Street
10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland
12. The Ties That Bind
13. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
14. The Fever
15. Fire
16. Candy’s Room
17. Because The Night
18. Point Blank
19. She’s The One
20. Backstreets
21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Born To Run
23. Detroit Medley
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can’t Sit Down
26. Quarter To Three

Recovery sold 116,000 copies, a 12% decrease. He was followed at No. 2 by the week’s top debut, Kem’s Intimacy, which sold 74,000 units.

Following at No. 3 is Ray LaMontagne’s God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, which sold 64,000 copies.

Metal legends Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier debuted at No. 4, on sales of 63,000 units and rounding out the top five is Trace Adkins‘ latest, Cowboy’s Back In Town, which moved 50,000 copies in its first week on the charts.

Lady Antebellum’s Need You Know jumps from No. 12 to No. 6.

The band will co-headline the tour with Brendan Benson, and both acts will be supported by Aqueduct,.

Prior to their U.S. dates, The Posies will be on tour in Europe from September 28 through October 26.

The itinerary for The Posies tour of the United States follows:

November 5 – Milwaukee, WI (Turner Hall Ballroom)
November 6 – Chicago, IL (Bottom Lounge)
November 7 – Newport, KY (Southgate House)
November 9 – Detroit, MI (Majestic Theatre)
November 10 – Columbus, OH (Outland Live)
November 11 – Millvale, PA (Mr. Small’s Theatre)
November 12 – Rochester, NY (Water Street Music Hall)
November 13 – New York, NY (Highline Ballroom)
November 14 – Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero)
November 16 – Boston, MA (Royale)
November 17 – Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
November 18 – Carrboro, NC (Cat’s Cradle)
November 19 – Nashville, TN (Exit/In)
November 20 – Atlanta, GA (The Loft)
November 21 – Memphis, TN (Minglewood Hall)
November 24 – Dallas, TX (Granada Theater – The Posies and Aqueduct only)
November 26 – Austin, TX (La Zona Rosa)
November 27 – Houston, TX (Argentum)
December 1 – Englewood, CO (Gothic Theatre)
December 3 – Los Angeles, CA (Club Nokia at L.A. Live)
December 5 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent)
December 8 – Portland, OR (Aladdin Theater)
December 11 – Seattle, WA (Showbox at the Market)