REM-Eddie Vedder collaboration on new REM album, Collapse Into Now

An Eddie Vedder collaboration will be on the new REM album, Collapse Into Now, according to NME.

The REM-Eddie Vedder collaboration is called "It Happened Today." Another guest on the new REM album is Patti Smith, who sings on a song called "Blue."

Collpase Into Now will be the first new REM album since Accelerate, which came out in 2008. Collapse Into Now is due in early 2011.

There have been several live REM-Eddie Vedder collaborations in the past, and the Pearl Jam front man inducted REM into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. While you wait for the new REM album to come out, check out this video of an REM-Eddie Vedder collaboration on "Man on the Moon":

Soundgarden Black Friday single due

A new Soundgarden single will hit shelves on Black Friday, Nov. 26.

The Soundgarden Black Friday single will be a seven-inch record with two previously unreleased recordings: "The Telephantasm," an instrumental song, and a live version of the 1989 song "Gun." The new Soundgarden single will only be available in independent record stores as part of a Black Friday promotion.

In addition to the new Soundgarden single, new records from Metallica, U2, Bruce Springsteen and other artists will also be available on Black Friday.

The Soundgarden Black Friday single continues the band's reunion efforts, which also include a "Conan" performance next week.