Beyonce's solo-debut album is scheduled to hit stores on June 24, two weeks before its originally scheduled release date. According to Columbia Records, the decision was due to "overwhelming popular demand and in a move to thwart Internet piracy."

Rapper Jay-Z appears on "Crazy in Love," the first single from the Destiny's Child [ tickets ] member's album.

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R.E.M. is filming a video in Vancouver with director Tim Hope (Coldplay, Giant Leap) for the song "Bad Day," according to the band's website. The track will be the first single from R.E.M.'s forthcoming best-of collection, which is scheduled for release on Oct. 28.

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Rapper Snoop Dogg [ tickets ]'s Doggy Style Records is getting into the mixtape business. A new tape titled "Welcome 2 the Chuuch, Vol. 1"--which features material from Snoop, Lil 1/2 Dead, Daz, Beanie Siegel, Freeway, Soopafly, E-White, Redman, RBX, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and others--can now be ordered via the Doggy Style website.

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A newly recorded version of Bob Dylan [ tickets ]'s "Down in the Flood," from the upcoming movie "Masked and Anonymous," is available for download at the film's website.

"Masked and Anonymous" is the story of a benefit concert and a musician named Jack Fate, who is played by Dylan.

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Country artist Dwight Yoakam [ tickets ] will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 5. He'll also release a new album, titled "Population Me," on June 24, and plans to support it with an extensive tour.