Hard-rocker Henry Rollins will host "Night Visions," an upcoming series on Fox scheduled to premiere Oct. 6, according to DreamWorks Records. Rollins, who recently made a spoken-word special for Comedy Central, will be the only recurring character on the show, which is in the style of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Twilight Zone." ...

Creed postponed two shows planned for Friday and Saturday (Aug. 18–19) in Clarkston, Mich., because of a hand injury suffered by temporary bassist Bret Hestla, according to a band spokesperson. Hestla, who replaced departed bassist Brian Marshall earlier this month, will play the rescheduled shows with his band Sept. 7 and 9. ... Pearl Jam don't need any more volunteers to register voters at shows on their North American tour, a spokesperson said. The group posted a note on its Web site last week offering free tickets to volunteers and had more than enough responses to fill all the openings. ...

The Smashing Pumpkins have posted a director's cut of their new video, "Try, Try, Try," on their Web site. The clip, which the site says contains scenes cut from the broadcast version, shows a couple shooting up heroin with water from a public toilet. ... Green Day have announced the track listing for their upcoming album, Warning, due Oct. 3. A spokesperson listed the songs as "Warning," "Blood, Sex and Booze," "Church on Sunday," "Fashion Victim," "Castaway," "Misery," "Deadbeat," "Hold On," "Jackass," "Waiting," "Minority" and "Macy's Day Parade." ...

Former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler's second solo album, Sailing to Philadelphia, is due Sept. 26, according to his spokesperson. The 13-song follow-up to Golden Heart (1996) includes guest appearances from James Taylor, Van Morrison and Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford. ... Country singers the Oak Ridge Boys and Christian rockers Petra are among this year's inductees to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Association said in a statement. The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 30 in Franklin, Tenn. ...

Anglo-Indian percussionist Talvin Singh, who won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize last year, is among the contributors to a compilation album consisting of work by this year's nominees for the prize. Mercury 2000 also includes tracks by Asian Underground guitarist Nitin Sawnhey, former Verve singer Richard Ashcroft and electronic dance mavericks Leftfield. This year's award ceremony will be televised Sept. 12. ... Hard-rockers Incubus will hit the road with the Deftones as their special guests on the second leg of the band's U.S. headlining tour, according to a Deftones spokesperson. The outing is slated to kick off in October and run through November. ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is planning a monthlong fifth birthday celebration beginning Sept. 5. Admission will be free every Monday and Wednesday evenings. ...

Tuesday's birthdays (Aug. 22): John Lee Hooker, 80; Dale Hawkins, 62; Fred Milano (Dion & the Belmonts), 61; Gary Withem (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap), 54; Donna Godchaux (Grateful Dead), 53; Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush), 46; Vernon Reid (Living Colour), 42; Juan Croucier (Ratt), 41; Jay and Michael Aston (Gene Loves Jezebel), 39; Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears), 39; Debbi Peterson (Bangles), 39; Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees), 38; Tori Amos, 37; and Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), 33.

— sonicnet.com staff report