Music notes

Richmond metaller GWAR is streaming the video for its new single, "Let It Slay," at http://www.gwar.net. . . . Stevie Wonder will play a handful of dates this fall, including an Oct. 25 one at Norfolk's Constant Convocation Center. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. through http://www.coxtix.com. . . . U2 will rock "Saturday Night Live" this weekend for the first show of the new season. Other upcoming musical guests include Lady Gaga (Oct. 3 -- and playing Richmond on Monday), Regina Spektor (Oct. 10) and Shakira (Oct. 17). . . . The autobiography from Bret Michaels, "Roses and Thorns: The Rock'n' Roll Fantasy to My Reality," has been pushed back into 2010 so Michaels can add to his story. . . . Michael Jackson's "This is It" documentary will run for two weeks in about 3,000 movie theaters beginning Oct. 28. Sony Pictures has announced that about 2,000 of those theaters will start showing the film just before midnight Oct. 27. The specific theaters haven't been released. . . . The Beatles broke worldwide sales records within five days of the 9/9/09 release of their digitally re-mastered catalog. The band sold more than 2.25 million copies -- individually and as stereo and mono box sets -- in North America, Japan and the U.K. . . . Alice In Chains fans can listen to the band's new album, "Black Gives Way to Blue," at http://www.alice-in-chains.net. . . . A live Creed concert will stream at http://www.rockpit.com tomorrow at 9 p.m.

Album news

Rascal Flatts will release a limited edition of its "Greatest Hits: Volume 1" record Oct. 6. The set includes 13 hits, along with new bonus content. . . . "Soundtrack 90210," a companion to the TV show, arrives Oct. 13. Acts included are Parachute, Adele with the Raconteurs and N.E.R.D. featuring Santigold. . . . Also that date comes "Christmas From the Heart" from David Archuleta. . . . The soundtrack to "New Moon," due Oct. 20, will include songs from Thom Yorke, Death Cab for Cutie and the Killers. . . . Trans-Siberian Orchestra releases its long-awaited "Night Castle" on Oct. 27. The 26-song collection is said to veer from hard rock to classical. TSO brings its Christmas show to the Richmond Coliseum on Nov. 5. . . . Snow Patrol releases "Up to Now," a collection of its hits, on Nov. 10. . . . "American Idol" winner Kris Allen has unveiled his new single, "Live Like We Are Dying" (a cover originally recorded by Irish band The Script). It's from his still-untitled debut, due Nov. 17. -- Melissa Ruggieri From Staff, Internet and Wire Reports