It's taken ten years and an unthinkable amount of studio time but perhaps the most highly-anticipated album of all time will finally hit shelves this fall: ladies and gentlemen, Guns N' Roses' long-fabled 'Chinese Democracy' will be released on Sunday, November 23rd. Before you pinch yourself, there is a catch of sorts: It will only be available through Best Buy. Hence the Sunday release date as opposed to the industry-standard Tuesday. Of course, we're just happy for a release date at all, at this point.

We'll see how going exclusively through Best Buy shakes out for Axl Rose and his hired Guns, but this move is certainly not GNR's first unconventional record release. Their previous two studio albums were both released on the same day in 1991 ('Use Your Illusion' Part I and II, respectively).

While you're at Best Buy, don't forget to pick up CD-R's. After all, your friends will want to hear this too. (We're kidding. Seriously.)

Why do people gotta be hatin' on Nickelback? That's what Chris Martin wants to know. The Coldplay frontman says he has "nothing but respect" for the Chad Kroeger-fronted foursome.

Martin gave props to the Canadian rockers in a new interview with Absolute Radio, the national pop and rock station formerly known as Virgin Radio. "They take a lot of flack from people who have never done f--- all in their life," he says. "I think they're great. That's my final word."

And when Martin isn't humming 'Someday' or extolling the brilliance of 'How You Remind Me,' he's praising his own band's hard work. In the interview, Chris says that Coldplay is "better than we used to be."

"I think our concert is the least s--- Coldplay concert at the moment that you could have possibly ever seen." Um, thanks?

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is suing unknown bloggers that he says impersonated him on the Web via Google's Blogspot.com. In the suit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, the writers -- whose real names aren't known -- are accused of writing about the death of his mother and revealing "intimate details" from his life.

Tyler, 60, believes the same group was responsible for similar postings in 2007, which were removed by Google at Tyler 's request, according to reports.

The suit blames the bloggers for public disclosure of private facts and making false statements, and cites the writers for misappropriation of likeness. It also seeks an injunction to have the defendants stop impersonating him online or elsewhere.

When Clay Aiken shot to stardom via the 21 million viewers who watched him come in second place on the second season of television's 'American Idol,' he gave America not only a new idol, but new reason to visit the office water cooler. More people loved him than hated him, most people agreed the kid could sing, but everybody questioned two things: his age and his sexuality.

Now, at the age of 30, Aiken has come out of the closet, spilling the beans in the upcoming issue of People magazine. He's shown on the cover, with the headline "Yes, I'm gay," cradling his baby with the quote, "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things."

So, you're gay and we're proud of you, Clay. Plus, this way, we won't have to pretend that we don't think that you think you're hiding something we're pretty sure you're not. Wait, what?

Rockin' Gay Moments

Ahoy, all ye bilge rats, swine and wenches! We've got something that will shiver ye timbers: It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, aye, it is, and who shall sound the "Land ho!" but our captain, Kurt Wagner. The mutinous land lubber hath abandoned his mates, Lambchop, for a solo journey pulling into ports at four different watering holes across the large island of the northern Americas.

Before the next full moon, Lambchop will hath released their latest hornblowing treasure, 'OH (ohio),' but ye may smartly raid the booty for a duty-free nugget: a free download of Lambchop's 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day.' Download it now, or else walk the plank!

The original Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, achieved national superstardom following the release of his 1977 breakthrough, 'Cat Scratch Fever.' These days, however, Nugent is scratching a whole other itch. The diagnosis? Sarah Palin fever. While other celebrities have wasted no time proclaiming their distaste for her, the Nuge sent her an autographed copy of his new book, 'Ted, White & Blue,' along with an open letter of support.

"As a proud fellow American hunter, fisherman and lover of Alaska's soul cleansing magnificent Spirit of the Wild, we who live our American Dream by God, truth, logic, goodwill and decency, thank you for bringing such defiant common sense and self evident truth back to the GOP and politics," he writes. "We wish you Godspeed for the best hunting and fishing season of your life and pray to God almighty that you bring your bold spirit to the White House."

And we, at Spinner, who value entertainment, creative publicity and the Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll, would like to thank Uncle Ted for giving us three decades of lively water-cooler talk .. and for finally retiring the loin cloth.

Cure frontman Robert Smith has come out swinging against iTunes over the UK pricing of the group's new remix EP, 'Hypnagogic States.'

In an expletive laden e-mail to the company, posted in its entirety on the Cure's official blog, Smith says iTunes "has managed to f--- this up to another level!" before advising fans who are easily "offended by colourful language" to look away.

"I f---ing despair again," Smith writes. "'Hypnagogic States' EP is now up on iTunes ... 5 Tracks for £7.99? For f---'s sake! And the package is completely missing the extra bonus track (65DOS Alt Remix of 'The Only One'). Who the f--- is going to pay this and not feel totally ripped off? It's not a f---ing album! It's a 5 Track EP. This is so totally wrong. Why is it so incredibly difficult to get anything done right? Please fix this now. I am posting this as I feel upset."

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are furious over a new book called 'John Lennon: The Life,' written by respected Beatles biographer Philip Norman, which claims that Lennon fantasized about sleeping with his mother and wanted a gay relationship with McCartney.

"I don't think [the gay claims] are true," McCartney told the Sun. "John never ever tried anything, I slept with him a million times. I've seen him on tour roaring drunk, out of his mind in the early days before he sobered up and went to rehab. Roaring drunk and it was always with a female."

"If you've got a little gay tendency and you're roaring drunk I'd have caught him once," McCartney concluded.

Both McCartney and Ono initially approved the book, and even granted interviews. Not surprisingly, Ono, 75, has completely withdrawn her endorsement of the book, which is due out next month.

R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck is the latest rocker victimized by instrument theft as his signature black Rickenbacker 360 was lifted after the band's performance at the Finnair Stadium in Helsinki on Tuesday night. Following a disturbing trend, artists like Iggy Pop and Anthrax have also been victimized in recent weeks.

"This instrument means a great deal to Peter and to R.E.M.," a band spokesperson says. "It is our sincere hope that whoever is responsible for the loss, or whoever has information which can help recover the guitar, will come forward to receive a generous reward, no questions asked."

"This is Peter's infamous signature Rick, which has been a staple of Peter's arsenal both live and in the studio since the band released ' Chronic Town ' in 1982," a post explains on REMHQ.com. Fans are urged to email fanclub@remtour.com or call (001) 707 3536689 with any information on the whereabouts of the instrument.

This just in: Courtney Love has something to say. OK, so she might not be totally insane in thinking that MTV's VMAs are no longer as musically relevant as they once were, but to say "y'all need some p---- and some c--- and shut the hell up" ... Courtney, you're a lady. Kinda.

Love's cumbersome blog begins with her admitting that she didn't actually attend (or even watch) the show this year and it ends with her signing off as "KooKoo."

"I didnt go to the 'VMAS' as we used to call them but they've gotten so f---ing Urban," she writes. "I dont know I guess Van Toffler thought (hes an exec at MTV) he was being edgy and he WAS by letting my darkling prince [Russell] Brand host the MTV awards -- but theyre not the 'VMAS' and they never will be again."

What follows are 2,035 unfocused words that lead to half-formed thoughts (mortgage fraud), old rants (Ryan Adams), new praises (Bright Eyes) and every once in awhile, fury at the VMAs.