Papa Roach's Lovehatetragedy has been set for release on June 25. The band plans to play some club dates in May before launching a full-scale tour. ... LL Cool J has reunited with "Deep Blue Sea" director Renny Harlin for "Mindhunters," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, which also stars Christian Slater and Val Kilmer, concerns FBI profilers who discover that one of their cohorts is a serial killer. ... Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has organized for his band to play a benefit for the Musicians' Assistance Program on February 7 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. Hawkins retreated to MAP, a Los Angeles treatment center for musicians addicted to drugs and alcohol, during his recent struggle with substance abuse. ...

Three vintage live collections by Björk will hit U.S. shores in mid-February on DVD: "Björk Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire" (1997); "Live at Cambridge with the Icelandic Octet" (1998) and a disc of MTV Europe performances taped in 1994. Plans are in the works for a fourth disc culled from her concert at London's Royal Opera House last month. ... New Sarah McLachlan and Dido remixes, Coldplay's previously unreleased "Brothers and Sisters" and songs by Travis and Sheryl Crow appear on the soundtrack to the TV series "Roswell," due February 26. California's Sense Field, whose "Save Yourself" is the first single off the LP, will perform at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset Strip the day of the album's release. ... The Neptunes, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter, Modjo and Mr. Oizo are among the artists who rework Air tracks on the duo's upcoming EP, Everybody Hertz. Due February 19, the record features remixes of songs from last year's 10,000 Hz. Legend, an unreleased track titled "The Way You Look Tonight" and a live "People in the City" video shot in L.A. at the end of Air's U.S. tour last summer. ...

Lovers Live, Sade's first live album, will be released on February 5, followed by a live DVD and VHS. The 13-track album was recorded at dates in Anaheim and Inglewood, California, on last year's Lovers Rock tour, her first outing in seven years. ... French DJ Dimitri From Paris will follow-up 2000's A Night at the Playboy Mansion mix LP with the double CD After the Playboy Mansion on February 19. Disc one features house music for the dance floor, including a Grace Jones remix, while disc two is a groovy after-hours collection. ... Eels founder Mark Everett, better known as E, has settled out of court with Rondor Music for authorizing the use of "I Like Birds" for a Spanish television commercial without E's permission; Rondor will donate the proceeds from the commercial to the Sweet Relief Musician's Fund for musicians in need of medical assistance at E's request. Eels' fourth album, Souljacker, is due March 12. ...

01.22.02

There's a big change in the Papa Roach camp, as the band is now fronted by Jacoby Shaddix. Actually, that's still singer Coby Dick — he just wants to go by his full name from now on, their publicist said. ... At Monday's Hip-Hop Youth Summit in Queens, Nas reiterated to the audience that his lyrical battle with Jay-Z is just that — lyrical. According to the Associated Press, Nas explained that the MCs are engaged in a "battle of the minds" that will "not go into the streets," and that neither MC wants "to take each other's lives over some music." An MTV News Now special celebrating the lyrical battle tradition in hip-hop, "Jay-Z Vs. Nas: Beats, Battles & Beef," premieres on Friday, January 25 at 5 p.m. ET, with a companion feature debuting here the same day. ...

Santana will play nine U.S. shows starting in Tampa, Florida, on March 21, hitting Orlando, Atlanta, Raleigh, Washington, D.C., and other cities before ending in Hampton, Virginia, on April 2. After a European outing, Santana will return to America in the summer and fall to tour behind a new, still-untitled album, which will be released in the coming months. ... Weezer have named their next record Maladroit, according to the band's Web site. They credit the April-due LP's title to a fan who posted the suggestion on their message board. ... D'Angelo, Common and other artists are preparing to head into the studio with jazz trumpet playa Roy Hargrove. The musicians hope the hip-hop flavored jazz record, which will come out later this year, will help bring jazz music to a younger, broader audience. ...

Moby, Dido, Massive Attack, Jill Scott, Sade, Maxwell and Delerium with Sarah McLachlan all contributed airy, atmospheric tracks to The Classic Chillout, which comes out March 26. The disc was a #1 record in the U.K. last year. ... Dawn, the debut solo album by former En Vogue and Lucy Pearl singer Dawn Robinson, is due in stores January 29. ... Founding Buzzcocks members Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto have reunited to collaborate as ShellyDevoto, with the full-length fruits of their labors, Buzzkunst, due out March 5 through SpinART. Devoto left Buzzcocks in 1977 after the release of their debut EP, Spiral Scratch, and formed Magazine. ...