Briefly: Gwen Stefani, Gene Simmons, Traffic, Bronson Arroyo

Gwen Stefani will perform her hit "Hollaback Girl" during the Teen People's Teen Choice Awards, set for Aug. 16 in Los Angeles. She'll also be honored with the Visionary Award.

Singer/actress Hilary Duff and comic Rob Schneider will co-host the event, which will air on FOX-TV.

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From a VH1.com press release issued Thursday (7/14):

"Gene Simmons invades England to teach a bunch of prim and proper boarding school students how to rock in the new VH1 series, 'Gene Simmons' Rock School,' premiering [Aug. 19]. The infamous 'Demon' of KISS faces a monumental task: turning a group of classical music mini-scholars into a killer rock band."

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The first live DVD from late '60s/early '70s supergroup Traffic will hit stores Sept. 20.

Dubbed "The Last Great Traffic Jam," the DVD--shot in July of 1994 at Chicago's Soldier Field--follows Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, and their four-piece backing band, during Traffic's first U.S. tour in two decades.

Traffic drummer Capaldi died on Jan. 28.

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo drops his debut album, "Covering the Bases," on Tuesday (7/19), a set that features his versions of his favorite songs of the '90s.

Among the songs he covers on the Warner Bros.-distributed album are Pearl Jam's "Black," Foo Fighters' "Everlong" and Alice in Chains' "Down in the Hole."

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