R.E.M. [ tickets ] will issue a new album, dubbed "Around the Sun," on Oct. 5 in the U.S., and Oct. 4 internationally.

The set's first single is titled "Leaving New York," according to the band's official website.

The 20-song hits compilation "Now That's What I Cal Music! Vol. 6" was the top-selling album of the last week, with more than a half-million copies sold in the U.S. The set evicts Ashlee Simpson [ tickets ]'s "Autobiography," sending it to No. 2 after one week in the No. 1 slot.

Taking Back Sunday [ tickets ]'s sophomore effort, "Where You Want to Be," bows at No. 3, according to Billboard. Jimmy Buffett's "License to Chill" falls two places to No. 4 and Usher's confessions dips one place to No. 5.

Matthew Sweet [ tickets ] plans to issue two new CDs in the U.S. this fall. The first to drop, on Sept. 7, will be "Living Things," which was written in one evening on a ranch in Santa Ynez, CA, where Sweet was working with Pete Droge and Shawn Mollins on The Thorns' 2003 release.

The second album, "Kimi," was released last year in Japan; it will be in U.S. stores on Oct. 19.

Cincinnati lawmakers have lifted the city's ban on general admission concert seating--also known as festival seating--a law that had been in effect since 11 fans were crushed to death before a 1979 concert by The Who [ tickets ] at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena).