P. Diddy will shoot the video for his next single, a remix of "Roll With Me," with director Benny Boom next week in New York. Boom also directed the clip for "Got Ur Self A ..." by Nas. ... Adema and Earshot will accompany Alien Ant Farm, Fenix TX and Glassjaw on the SnoCore Rock Tour, which kicks off February 15 in Providence, Rhode Island. Adema will join the outing on March 1; Local H have been added to the first three dates. ... The Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo will release his debut solo album, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, on April 2. The first single and video from Cee-Lo, who is also a member of the Atlanta hip-hop collective the Dungeon Family, is "Closet Freak." ...

Hopefully the Spice Girls invested their fortune well, because they may have to fork over as much as $1.5 million to motor scooter company Aprilia. Three judges in a London Court of Appeal declared the ladies were guilty of misrepresentation for not telling the company of Geri Halliwell's plans to leave the group when they signed a sponsorship deal with the company. ... Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl will drop his solo debut, Instant Vintage, on May 28. D'Angelo guests on the album's first single, "Be Here," and will also appear in the video, which Saadiq will direct. ... Former Powerman 5000 bassist Dorian Heartsong (a.k.a. Dorian 27), who left the group in November under amicable circumstances, has resurfaced as the bass player for rock combo Flying Tigers. The band's self-titled debut will come out April 16. ...

Fresh off a tour with Sum41, Unwritten Law will kick off a headlining jaunt on February 12 in Tallahassee, Florida. The outing will support their fourth album, Elva, which hits stores on Tuesday. ... Rare tracks by Gallic acts such as Daft Punk, Air and Cassius will be released March 5 on My House in Montmartre. Highlights include Dimitri From Paris' remix of Alex Gopher's "Party People," Etienne de Crecy's remix of Air's "Modular Mix" and the Stardust favorite "Music Sounds Better With You." ... Also due March 5 is the self-titled debut album from Playgroup, the latest project from British producer and U2/Massive Attack remixer Trevor Jackson (a.k.a. the Underdog). Among the album's peculiar guests are Scottish artist Edwyn Collins, original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), Lucy Pearl singer Joi, and dancehall vocalist Shinehead on a cover of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." ...

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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, and 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.