· My Morning Jacket are hitting the road for a massive summer tour.

· There’s a new show hitting CBS called “Swingtown,” about, yes, swingers who live in Chicago in 1976. And who better to sing the theme song than Liz Phair?

· Remember Tricky, godfather of trip-hop and ex of Bjork? He’s making a comeback.

· Roy Langdon (ex-Spacehog) and Liv Tyler have separated.

· A new House bill might allow the RIAA to seize all your computer equipment if you’re pirating music, maybe even your house. Scary.

· The release of a D’Angelo greatest hits album makes us think that long-awaited third joint isn’t coming anytime soon.

· Three 6 Mafia are guest-starring on CBS’s “Numb3rs,” as “rappers.”

· David Byrne is installing a massive sound-art piece on the long disused second floor of the Battery Maritime Building in NY.

· Lindsay Lohan has a new song. And it has “attitude.”

· Adorable Nashville pop-punks Be Your Own Pet are touring.

· Guess we missed this: The Police announced their last-ever show ever. (Sting’s so over it…?)

· The moody Icelandic pixies of Sigur Ros are bringing their ambient sounds to a town near you.

· A British emo girl — and huge My Chemical Romance fan — committed suicide, and some are blaming the music.

· The Vaselines are reuniting! (That’s Kurt Cobain’s favorite band, you unwashed masses…)

· Lindsay Lohan’s all over “Ugly Betty.” This looks surprisingly promising.

· An Interpol fan made this video for “Rest My Chemistry” using technology used for data mapping, and the band’s all into it.

· Mike Gravel’s making a play for Obama Girl. We sincerely preferred that rock-in-the-lake clip.

· Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, and Times New Viking are set to headline this summer’s Siren Festival in NY.

· Vampire Weekend, Kid Sister, and Santogold are among the acts playing for free at Central Park SummerStage in NY this summer.

· Perry Farrell’s Kidzapalooza, the kid-friendly companion fest to Chicago’s Lollapalooza, will debut at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles this summer. Farrell and others will perform.

· When not inspiring mediocre covers of classic songs on “American Idol,” Neil Diamond has apparently been planning a “secret” show of his latest tunes for his MySpace “friends” at NY’s The Bitter End. It’s tonight.

· Common has reportedly been recruited to play a freedom fighter in the fourth installment of the “Terminator” movie series.

· LC, Audrina, Heidi, etc will return with yet another brain-melting season of “The Hills.”

· Sebastian Bach apparently didn’t understand that Scott Weiland was kidding when he suggested he replace him as the frontman for Velvet Revolver.

· A woman who attended a private NY party with Lindsay Lohan a few months back claims that the actress/singer/something walked off with her $11,000 mink. Lawyers were called, and the coat was returned — smelling of a few too many parties.

· There’s a new doc about the electric guitar that will be told from the point of view of U2’s The Edge, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, and Jack White.

· Dinosaur Jr and Yo La Tengo are among the new additions to All Tomorrow’s Parties.

· These folks are selling lullabye-baby versions of rock songs by bands from Metallica to Radiohead like hot cakes.

· Some new Oasis tracks have leaked online.

· Prince is publishing 21 Nights, a compilation of photos, lyrics, and recordings from last year’s 21 concerts in 21 night in London.

· Leona Lewis, Queen, and Razorlight are confirmed to play Mandela’s 90th birthday party celebration. But surprise-guest rumors are running the gamut from Eminem to U2 and Amy Winehouse.

· Blondie is releasing a 30th-anniversary edition of Parallel Lines — and hitting the road for a US summer tour.

· Whoa — Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday has a new video, “Explode.” Kid is still intense.

· Avril Lavigne has been struck mute by a wicked case of acute laryngitis. So far, she’s had to scrap eight North American dates.

· Santogold’s released a new track through the new RCRD LBL venture. Those crazy kids like to give away that free music!

· The excellent Dr. Dog are releasing a new album, and hitting the road.

· Tom Hanks released this video endorsing Barack Obama. Consider the youth vote signed, sealed, and delivered!

· You should never snatch 50 Cent’s chain during a show. Or ever.

· Remy Ma is still proclaiming her innocence from her Rikers Island prison cell.

· In spite of some semi-scandalous pics none of you have heard about, Miley Cyrus performed at the Disney Games event over the weekend.

· “Idol” finalist David Cook’s childhood home is up for sale.