plus: Stereo MCs, Amanda, Travis, Brian Setzer, more

Blink-182 [ tickets ] returns this week with �Take Off Your Pants and Jacket� (MCA), the group�s first collection of all-new material since 1999�s �Enema of the State.� The band�s latest also comes in the wake of last fall�s �The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (Enema of the State),� a collection of live cuts and previously unreleased tracks.

�The Rock Show,� the first single from �Take Off Your Pants and Jacket,� currently sits at No. 3 on both Billboard�s Modern Rock Tracks chart and trade publication Radio & Records� alternative airplay chart. A full-length, streaming-audio version of the track is currently available at the group�s official website.

Blink-182 will mark the release of its new disc with a Tuesday (6/12) appearance on MTV�s �Total Request Live,� and a Thursday (6/14) appearance on �The Late Show with David Letterman,� according to its website. The group plans to perform �The Rock Show� during both appearances.

Click here to read LiveDaily�s recent interview with bassist-singer Mark Hoppus; the interview includes a tour itinerary.

Sugar Ray [ tickets ] delivers the follow up to its triple-platinum, 1999 release �14:59� (Atlantic) with this week�s self-titled �Sugar Ray.� The album, which is the Southern California quintet�s fourth, features the latest single �When It�s Over.� That track entered Billboard�s Adult Top 40 singles chart at No. 26 two weeks ago, and is up to No. 13 this week.

The group has a promotional appearance lined up for Monday (6/11) on MTV�s �Total Request Live,� during which they will perform live from the Ed Sullivan Theater. The theater is the site of CBS Television�s �The Late Show with David Letterman,� on which the group will appear as the musical guest later that day.

On Tuesday (6/12), the band is set to appear on the Howard Stern radio show, and on Friday (6/15), performances are lined up on �The Today Show� and during the half-time break at the NBA finals in Philadelphia, according to the group�s official website.

Sugar Ray launched a tour with Uncle Kracker on Sunday night (6/10).

The Stereo MCs� long-awaited follow-up to its 1992 breakthrough album �Connected� is this week�s �Deep Down & Dirty� (Island). The album follows last year�s �DJ Kicks� (Studio !K7), a mix album that featured three new tracks from the British hip-hop outfit.

Streaming-audio samples of most of the tracks from �Deep Down & Dirty� can be found at the group�s official website.

The Stereo MCs are in the midst of a short North American tour.

Maverick Records looks to launch the latest teen pop star with this week�s �Everybody Doesn�t,� the debut from Sweden�s Amanda. The newcomer, who has scored a moderate hit with her new album�s titled track, is currently popping up at various radio-station festivals, and will be opening for both �NSync and O-Town later this summer. Details are available at her official website.

Click here to read LiveDaily�s recent interview with Amanda.

Country legend Willie Nelson releases �Rainbow Connection� (Island) this week, a collection of family-oriented covers on which Nelson collaborated with his daughter Amy. One new tune from Nelson and two from his daughter are also included.

At age 68, Nelson continues to tour almost incessantly. His latest dates are available here.

The latest from Travis is this week�s �The Invisible Band� (Epic), which features the band�s latest single �Sing.� The group launched a tour with fellow U.K. artist Dido on Sunday night.

One-time Stray Cat and current-day rockabilly icon Brian Setzer�s latest project is his new trio �68 Comeback Special. The group�s debut album is this week�s �Ignition!� (Surfdog/Hollywood). The group kicks off a tour on Friday night (6/15).

Ass Ponys - �Lohio� (Checkered Past)
AZ - �9 Lives� (Motown)
Ryan DeHues - �My Dream Come True� (Gold Label)
Lea DeLaria - �Playing It Cool� (Warner Bros.)
John Doyle - �Evening Comes Early� (Shanachie)
Electric Light Orchestra - �Zoom� (Sony/Legacy)
Insolence - �Revolution� (Warner Bros.)
Alicia Keys - �Songs in A Minor� (J Records)
Lost Horizon - �Awakening the World� (Koch)
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth - �Thus Always to Tyrants� (Sugar Hill)
Lee Roy Parnell - �Tell the Truth!� (Vanguard)
Philadelphia Experiment - �Philadelphia Experiment� (Atlantic)
Puya - �Union� (MCA)
Roomful of Blues - �Watch You When You Go� (Bullseye)
Rufio - �Perhaps I Suppose ...� (The Militia Group)
Simon Shaheen (with Qantara) - �Blue Flame� (Ark 21)
Special Efx - �Butterfly� (Shanachie)
Super Chikan - �Shoot That Thang� (Rooster Blues)
Various artists - �More Music from Save the Last Dance� (Hollywood)
Various artists - �Sexy Beast� soundtrack� (Beyond)