MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE FOR OCTOBER 11

THE KILLERS new album, "Sam's Town," has debuted at Number 2 on the Billboard charts with 315,000 copies sold. Good news for the Vegas boys who played a sold out show at the Roseland last night...especially since their last album, "Hot Fuss," only made it as high as Number 7...
Number one on this week's chart? EVANESSENCE...for some reason.
Also of note, BECK came in at Number seven, JET finished at Number 16, and most importantly, Portland's own THE DECEMBERISTS debuted at Number 35 with 26,000 copies of "The Crane Wife" sold.

* Justin Hawkins of spandex rockers, THE DARKNESS, has quit the band, citing his nearly $2,000 a day cocaine habit, and his need to stay clean...

* The underrated and overlooked CROWDED HOUSE will the get the deluxe packaging treatment this January with a 2-disc, 2-DVD set celebrating the 10th anniversary of theri 1996 farewell show in Sydney.

* And good news for KEANE fans...After a brief stint in rehab, lead singer Tom Chapman is close to rejoining the band and getting back on the road. Keane will perform "Is It Any Wonder" on the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards...