Zac Brown Band, country act based out of Atlanta, has signed a contract with Atlantic Records. “The Foundation,” the band’s new album, will be released on November 18 by Atlantic/Big Picture/Home Grown. Keith Stegall, who is also a producer for Alan Jackson, produced the new album.

The alt-rockers band 30 Seconds To Mars announced a series of dates for late fall coinciding with the soon to be released “This Is War,” their long anticipated new album. The ten dates begin in Salt Lake City on November 30, kicking a week off before the release date of the new album on December 8. The band from Los Angeles will celebrate the drop of the album with a Baton Rogue, LA show followed by three Midwest stops.

311 is capitializing on its namesake once again by featuring its once yearly special concert on 3/11. Recent years it has been in Memphis and New Orleans, but for 2010 the boys head west for Sin City. The Mandelay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas will play host for “the ultimate 311 experience” as its been dubbed.

Jeff Beck will be replacing Eric Clapton at one of the concerts for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that are being held October 29-30 in New York. Clapton had been scheduled to perform October 30 on the second night of the 25th anniversary show for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. According to his camp, Clapton is still recovering from gallstone surgery.

The benefit will be held on November 16 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Donna Sumer will be the featured special musical guest. John said in a statement, the spirit, energy and voice of Donna Summer will electrify our guests. I can’t wait until I am sharing the stage with Donna. She’s been a great supporter for many years of my AIDS foundation. I am very excited Donna has agreed to perform at “An Enduring Vision.”

The release date for Adam Lambert’s major label debut titled “For Your Entertainment” will be November 23. It comes up with quite the album cover art. It might be kind of a stretch to call it art. It looks like it could have been created in some Glamour Shots studio with a Lite Brite and $20.

If you thought you missed the U2 360 tour for good, think again. The men of U2 have already penned a 12-date return to North America in 2010 to hit cities that they may have neglected on their initial swing earlier in the year. The latest leg of the tour gets started at Angels Stadium in Los Angeles on June 6 and will last through mid-July closing at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.

After being on hiatus for five years Vertical Horizon, the alt rock band, have released a new album entitled “Burning the Days,” along with a mix of club shows and in-store performances which will last throughout the fall. The band from Los Angeles will kick off their return tour on October 26 in Syracuse, NY.

Muse, Lilly Allen and Kasabian won the Q Awards prizes, however the bickering, mouthy Oasis spirit lingered still over the awards show held today in central London. For a long time the Gallagher brothers had a loving relationship with Q magazine and the awards. Past bash attendees fondly recall the time that Liam stood up [...]

Andrew Bird’s current tour is in its last gasp, but that doesn’t mean its over. The singer/songwriter is readying a new slate of gigs including a few churches. These shows are being dubbed as ‘Gezelligheid’, the Dutch term for coziness, and he is said to be focusing on his violin pieces during this stretch in Minneapolis (12/10-11) and Chicago (12/15-17).