The Red Hot Chili Peppers join Aerosmith in the music-for-Disney-rides department. Through April 26, the band has two tunes running at Disneyland rides in California -- Space Mountain gets the Peppers' 1989 remake of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground," while California Screamin,' a gigantor coaster, twists to the band's "Around the World" . .
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Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson are re-teaming for the screen. Nelson will play Simpson's grandfather in "Blonde Ambition," a sort-of remake of 1988's "Working Girl," which starred Melanie Griffith .
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Madonna's Wembley Arena stop of her "Confessions" tour gets the DVD/CD treatment Jan.
30. The DVD contains four songs not shown on the recent NBC broadcast, as well as an uncensored "Live to Tell." .
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Meanwhile, fans of Sting on the lute can soon purchase a DVD taken from the PBS special, "The Journey the Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland.
" An accompanying CD contains bonus material recorded at Jazz at Lincoln Center and features lute versions of "Message in a Bottle" and "Fields of Gold." The set arrives Feb. 20.
Jill Scott's popular duets have been collected for "Collaborations," out Jan. 30. Included are songs with Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Will Smith, Al Jarreau and George Benson, among others.
Scott is also working on a new studio album, "The Real Thing," due this summer . . .
Timbaland has a solo album expected in March. The first single is expected to be "Give it to Me," featuring fave collaborators Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake . .
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Bryan Ferry is expected to reveal "Dylanesque," his album of Bob Dylan cover songs, on March 5 . .
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Fountains of Wayne has a new album tentatively due April 3, called "Traffic and Weather" . .
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Coming this spring is a tribute to Joni Mitchell, featuring Bjork, Prince, James Taylor and Elvis Costello . .
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Alicia Keys can soon be seen onscreen in "Smokin' Aces," but she's also wrapping her next album, which she plans to drop in June . .
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