Last year, Scott Weiland revealed he would celebrate Christmas with a collection of holiday songs called The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Unfortunately, the November 24, 2010 release date came and went, and then December 25th rolled by, and like a lump of coal, Weiland disappointed Stone Temple Pilots fans by not sharing his renditions of Xmas songs. (He instead put his energies into another strange covers album.) However, Newsweek delivered a merry bulletin today: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year will arrive in time for Christmas this year.

According to an Amazon pre-order page, Weiland's disc of Christmas standards will hit stores October 24th, only 11 months later than it was initially promised. There's even an album cover, with Scott looking especially jolly. Amazon adds, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year covers a variety of styles including big band swing, orchestrated ballads, reggae, bossa nova and more, all delivered with surprising ease by Scott Weiland."

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Since Jim Morrison died in 1973, the surviving Doors -- keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore -- have continued performing the band's music under a series of guises: Riders on the Storm, Manzarek-Kreiger, the Doors of the 21th Century, even simply "The Doors" with Manzarek on lead vocals. Those non-Morrison entities have featured singers like the Cult's Ian Astbury, Fuel's Brett Scallions, and someone named Miljenko Matijevic. However, the Doors have embarked on their strangest collaboration yet after teaming with popular dubstep producer Skrillex.

This is what Skrillex sounds like. The bluesy "L.A. Woman" and carnival-esque "Light My Fire" are light years away from the ground-shaking drums-and-bass dance movement that is dubstep -- the Doors didn't even employ a bassist -- so the band pairing with Skrillex will likely test even the most ardent Doors fans. According to Rolling Stone, the collaboration was part of an upcoming documentary called

If there was any question Coldplay were lobbying for the title of "the next U2," those doubts have been erased by the group's latest move. On Viva la Vida, or Death and All His Friends and the upcoming Mylo Xyloto, Chris Martin's crew recruited producer Brian Eno, a longtime U2 collaborator, to join them in the studio. Having covered the aural side of invoking Bono's stadium anthems, the band will now focus on the visual aspect: Anton Corbijn, U2's favorite director, has been hired to helm Colplay's October 26th American Express Unstaged live webcast. The next step for Martin is tracking down the Edge's personal chef.

Corbijn has a long history with U2: He's directed four of their music videos (including "One" and "Electrical Storm"), filmed their No Line on the Horizon supplemental movie Linear, released the book U2 & I, and photographed their iconic Joshua Tree cover. Corbijn has been dubbed the band's creative director, so it's no shock that Coldplay has sought his services.

Axl Rose isn't looking anything like the lithe rock star he was at the height of his fame. When Guns N' Roses played at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil this week, the 49-year-old sole original member cut a figure that was a far cry from the lean and mean body that made him a hard rock pin-up in the late '80s.

Garbed in a bulging yellow raincoat, Rose obscured his puffy face with sunglasses and a black hat. In response to an inquiry about his apparent weight gain, a rep for Rose said: "You are the first to mention this. If anything, it might be his time off from touring."

After coming onstage two hours late, the tardy Rose voiced his concerns
to the audience about prancing around a rain-soaked stage, thereby
excusing himself from too much physical exertion. "I'm going to try to focus on singing rather than running around like an
idiot. I'm better at being an idiot. We want everybody to be careful." Contrary to his stated goal, Rose struggled to keep time with his
backing band even