OASIS GIVES LENNON PIECE A CHANCE ON 'TIME'!
Oasis, long known for their unabashed love of The Beatles, will pay tribute to John Lennon on "I'm Outta Time" a track found on the band's upcoming Dig Out Your Soul album, due October 7. "Liam [Gallagher] has so much passion for the subject," a source told Britain's The Sun newspaper. "He's obsessed. That's why the song is so brilliant and poignant." "Time" will actually feature a brief audio clip of a Lennon interview.

VR YET FULLY LOADED: DUFF REBUFFS RUMORS!
Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan says despite reports Spacehog singer Royston Langdon is on the short list to replace Scott Weiland as the band's lead singer, at the end of the day, he probably won't be the guy. McKagan confirmed to Billboard that the band did play with Langdon and that "he's f***ing awesome, at this point I'd have to say no" on him replacing Weiland. "We just have to make sure it's the right guy," Duff adds. "It's a tough thing, man."

GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: POLICE TURN BADGES IN!
The Police last week said goodbye for good following their final farewell concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland kicked off their last show ever with a surprise cover of the Cream classic "Sunshine Of Your Love," followed immediately by – appropriately enough – the New York Police Department band joining them onstage for "Message in a Bottle." At one point, Sting acknowledged the band's record-breaking reunion tour, telling the audience, "It's been a huge honor to get back with my good friends," before switching gears, saying, "The real triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other – that doesn't mean it hadn't crossed my mind." If this time is indeed the last time, the final song The Police will ever play together is "Next To You."

PARAMORE ON POST-RIOT PATROL!
Paramore guitarist Josh Farro tells Billboard the band has "anywhere from seven to 10 songs" they're already working on possibly destined for the follow-up to their 2007 breakthrough, Riot. "It's mainly just music that I've written and [singer Hayley [Williams] has some lyrics and melodies," he adds. "It's a slow process."

NIN HOPES TO IGNITE CONCERT TNT!
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor he has but one mission for the band's current Lights In the Sky tour: "I want you to leave feeling like your head exploded." The Nine Inch Nails tour resumes tomorrow in Knoxville, Wednesday in Duluth, GA and Friday in Oklahoma City.

KEENAN TOOLING AROUND WITH EX-NIN, QOTSA GUYS!
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan is reportedly recording with Jubilee, a band populated by former members of Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age. So far, Keenan has lent his voice to "I Don't Have An Excuse, I just Need a Little Help," a song that features drumbeats programmed by Trent Reznor.

CLASSIC ROCK NEWS

AC/DC ASK FANS TO BOARD 'ROCK N' ROLL TRAIN'!
AC/DC will be filming a video for "Rock N' Roll Train," the future first single off their upcoming Black Ice album, in London this Friday, and asking fans to be a part of the shoot. In more AC/DC news, a director's cut of its 1996 concert film, No Bull, will be released on DVD on September 9. Go to www.acdcrocks.com for more info.

CNN WELCOMES JOURNEY WITH OPEN ARMS!
There was no escaping Journey this weekend on CNN as the news channel found plenty of time in between wall-to-wall John Edwards affair coverage to air a profile on the band during its News To Me segment. (Watch it here) Journey's Wal-Mart exclusive 3-disc Revelation set is available now; the group's current North American tour with Heart and Cheap Trick continues tomorrow in Virginia Beach, VA.

MICHAELS POURS SUGAR, NOT FUEL ON FEUD!
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a rock of lover, not a fighter and refused to be dragged into a potential feud with Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, who recently said bands like Poison and Motley Crue had "no substance in their music" and therefore relied on their image throughout the 80's. Michaels told a national radio audience: "I'm a Def Leppard fan. Joe Elliott, I don't really know, but he seems like a decent guy…I don't wanna fight Joe. I'm not in a fight with Def Leppard."

METALLICA EXHUMES NEW DEATH SONG!
Metallica debuted a new song, "Cyanide," during its performance Saturday at this year's one-day Ozzfest in Dallas. It is the first song from the band's forthcoming Death Magnetic album (due September 12) to be performed live. Metallica's 17-song set also included fan favorites "Nothing Else Matters," "Sad But True," "One," "Enter Sandman" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," among others.

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Metallica bassist James Hetfield wants fans and critics alike to know that just because he and drummer Lars Ulrich have compared their upcoming Death Magnetic (due Sept. 12) to their classic albums like Master Of Puppets, the band is not ripping off itself. Hetfield told MTV: "The last thing I want is someone to think, 'Oh, they had to go back to Puppets because that was the best album, and they're doing it because we want it.' If we start writing songs for our fans, something's gone wrong. At the end of the day, we have to write it because we love it."