Briefly: Green Day, Tim McGraw, Neil Young, Shania Twain
Green Day 's first new album in four years, "American Idiot," is also the group's first-ever No. 1 debut on The Billboard 200 album chart.
The set moved about 267,000 copies during its first week in stores, enough to knock Nelly's "Suit" and "Sweat"--which debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 last week--down to Nos. 2 and 4, respectively.
Rounding out the Top 5 is Keith Urban's "Be Here" at No. 3 and Tim McGraw 's "Live Like You Were Dying" at No. 5.
Tim McGraw's annual Swampstock charity concert--originally scheduled to take place on Sept. 19 in Rayville, LA, but postponed due to Hurricane Ivan--has been rescheduled for Oct. 30.
Artists scheduled to join McGraw include wife Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Jeff Bates, Big & Rich and The Warren Brothers.
Reprise Records will issue a Neil Young hits collection on Nov. 16, according to the label. The set, titled "Neil Young's Greatest Hits," features 16 of the singer/songwriter's previously released songs.
" Shania Twain 's Greatest Hits," the singer's first best-of album, is due in stores on Nov. 9. The set includes Twain's new single, "Party for Two," which Twain recorded two versions of. The first features Twain and Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath; the second pairs Twain with country newcomer Billy Currington.
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Neil Young's first solo albums remastered, reissued [November 2009]
Weekend Ticketing: U2, Tim McGraw, Bon Jovi, AFI, Jack's Mannequin [November 2009]
Album Chart: Michael Jackson lands posthumous No. 1 [November 2009]
Tim McGraw furthers 2010 'Voice' trek [November 2009]
Album Chart: 'New Moon' shines at No. 1 [October 2009]
Bridge School Benefit Gallery Spotlight: Mountain View, CA - Oct. 24-25, 2009 [October 2009]



































