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Swervedriver will kick off its reunion tour with a newly confirmed booking on the final day of this month’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Mariah Carey looks certain to debut at No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200 with “E=MC2,” based on massive first-day sales from the nine chains that report to Nielsen SoundScan’s Building Chart. Unweighted sales for the Island Def Jam album are at 154,000 units on the report released today (April 16).

Fresh off of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall last month, Indiana rocker John Mellencamp will embark on a month-long summer tour in support of his forthcoming album “Life, Death, Love and Freedom,” due July 15 via UMe.

Over two years in the making, Judas Priest will finally unveil its 16th studio album, “Nostradamus,” June 17 via Epic in North America and a day earlier internationally.

Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith will release his tenth album, “Exit Strategy of the Soul,” on July 8 via Yep Roc.

Eric Avery will rejoin his former bandmates in Jane’s Addiction for the first time since 1991 at the U.S. NME Awards, to be held April 23 at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre.

Police in Laguna Beach, Calif., are asking the district attorney to file a misdemeanor child endangerment charge against Richie Sambora, who had two children in his car when he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving last month.

It sounds like an extreme adventure challenge: hit 10 cities in three weeks to film with no permits, or spend a day filming a band in a sub-zero freezer. But those situations were just par for the course for the two men behind Death Cab For Cutie’s new video.

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Mark Knopfler, Los Lobos, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Battles are among the acts set to perform at this year’s Central Park SummerStage concert series.

British import Leona Lewis’ “Spirit” bows atop The Billboard 200 this week, making her the first U.K. solo artist to start at No. 1 with their debut effort. The Syco/J album moved 205,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.