MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE FOR OCTOBER 10

Today's Birthdays?
Well, there's really only one that matters...and that's just the way he's want it. Born on this day back in 1955 in Bloomington, Indiana, the man who made spandex and Aqua Net safe for the masses, "DIAMOND" DAVID LEE ROTH, is 51.
On this day in 1970...
None more black...BLACK SABBATH were at the top of the UK charts with their iconic album, "Paranoid."
And back in 1992...
We were all crying softly into our pillows along to R.E.M.'s morbidly beautiful "Automatic for the People"...
Your music news for this Tuesday...
****We told you last week about another U2 "best of" coming out in November. Well, it has a title now. Called, simply, "U218 Singles," the collection will feature a bunch of songs you probably already own, which is why they're throwing in a 10-track live bonus disc from a 2005 concert in Milan.
**** DAMON ALBARN just can't seem to sit still. As if fronting BLUR and THE GORILLAZ wasn't enough, ALBARN is now set to debut his new side project with former CLASH bassist PAUL SIMONON called THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE QUEEN. As if that wasn't cool enough, GNARLS BARKLEY mix-master DANGER MOUSE is producing. They'll release their first single on October 30th, with an album to follow in January.
**** Finally on this Tuesday, THE KILLERS, who are playing a sold out show tonight at the Roseland, should be able to spring for a few new beard trimmers now. Their new album "Sam's Town" is selling like warm lager across the Pond. In just one week, "Sam's Town" has sold nearly 270,000 copies, making it the top album in all the Kingdom. A feat it's likely to repeat here in the States once the Billboard charts are released.