Nine Inch Nails [ tickets ] will hold its first in-store appearance next Tuesday (1/22) at New York City's Virgin Megastore in Times Square, according to Nothing Records. The event will mark that day's release of Nine Inch Nails' first live release, "And All That Could Have Been," which documents the band's sold-out Fragility v2.0 tour. The live set will be released on CD, and a companion live video will surface the same day in DVD and VHS format.

Beginning Friday (1/18), fans can reserve a spot in line for the signing by reserving a copy of the new CD or video at Virgin Megastore Times Square.

Virgin Megastores in other cities worldwide will mark the release by airing an exclusive taped interview with Trent Reznor, followed by a screening of the new DVD.

Paul McCartney [ tickets ] "will lead a tribute to the spirit of everyday heroes" prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on Feb. 3, the NFL announced.

The performance "will symbolize the theme of the game's celebration of the heroism that has followed the events of September 11th," according to a press release.

McCartney is expected to perform his song "Freedom," which he wrote in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. His performance "will involve 500 young people symbolically representing the 180 countries that will telecast the Super Bowl from the Louisiana Superdome."

"Full Moon" (Atlantic), the first new album from Brandy in four years, is due in stores on March 3. "What About Us," the album's first single, premiered on AOL Music on Jan. 2, and will be released to radio on Jan. 21.

Alanis Morissette played an intimate show at the Whisky in West Hollywood, Calif., on Tuesday night (1/15). According to her publicist, the gig was recorded for the launch MSN Music's All Access webcast concert series on Feb. 18.

Chuck Berry, 75, who is expected to release his first album in nearly 25 years this summer--it will include several new originals--spoke to the New Yorker about "Big Boys," the track that is likely to be its first single. "I was participating in the Las Vegas life style when I wrote it, and thinking about winners and losers, how John Gotti's power went up and down," he said. "But, basically, I wrote the song for commercial purposes, to make money."

According to the Associated Press, "As many as 300 musicians and their families who claimed they had been denied due royalties from Vivendi Universal's music branch may receive part of a $4.75 million settlement."

The lead plaintiff was singer Peggy Lee, and other plaintiffs reportedly included heirs of Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

Megadeth's first live album will be released on March 19. The 2-CD set features 24 tracks. A live DVD and VHS home video are also planned.

Variety reported that Columbia Records' Legacy imprint will reissue the first three Uncle Tupelo albums--1990's "No Depression," 1991's "Still Feel Gone" and 1992's "March 16-20, 1992," originally released on the Rockville label.

The reissues are due sometime in 2003. On April 9, Legacy will release "Uncle Tupelo 89/93: An Anthology.''

Uncle Tupelo founding members Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy went on to form Son Volt and Wilco, respectively