Killers, Elton John Get Jolly Together + More

The Killers and Elton John are teaming for a Christmas single, tentatively titled 'Joseph, Better You Than Me.' The song is due in December.

Smashing Pumpkins kick off a North American tour on October 26 in Mountain View, California.

Mogwai drummer Martin Bulloch was rushed to a New York hospital after the band's Sunday set at All Tomorrow's Parties due to complications stemming from a recurrent heart condition.

Session drummer Earl Palmer, who worked with Frank Sinatra, Neil Young and Phil Spector, among others, died last Friday at his Los Angeles home. He was 84.