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Janet Jackson is ready for more onstage escapades.

A rep for the veteran pop star said Wednesday that Jackson is ready to continue the North American leg of her Rock Witchu tour after sitting out a handful of dates to recover from an unspecified ailment.

Due to all the reshuffling, she has decided against playing NYC's Madison Square Garden on Oct. 16 but will be back on the road Oct. 11 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

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Call it a collision course with cancellation: Linkin Park has scrapped an upcoming tour of China after lead vocalist Chester Bennington injured his back.

Physicians ordered the frontman not to travel or engage in any physical activities, per the band's website.

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Here's a belated viral-video tribute to Isaac Hayes that we think the recently departed music legend would have appreciated: His biggest hit, the "Theme from Shaft," performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Oh, folk yeah!

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Janet Jackson's concert cancellations are adding up as fast as concerns about her health.

In an email sent late Saturday, her publicist said that a doctor in Greensboro, N.C., advised the 42-year-old singer not to perform that night since it was "evident" she wasn't fully recovered from an illness that left her briefly hospitalized last week.

Tonight's show in Atlanta and Tuesday's show in Fort Lauderdale have also been postponed so that Jackson can recuperate at home from an undisclosed ailment.

The R&B diva was rushed to a hospital in Montreal Sept. 29, forcing that night's show and two others in Boston and Philadelphia to be scrapped.

She has asked fans to keep their tickets for the postponed shows, which will be rescheduled.

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First Barack Obama raised the Dead. Now he's healing the sick.

Despite a TMZ report that Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir was suffering from recently broken ribs, as well as a killer cold, the musician has no intention of missing a fundraising concert for the Democratic presidential contender.

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Jay-Z is temporarily trading Beyoncé for Barack.

The hip-hop heavyweight announced he'll perform two free shows this weekend in Detroit and Miami as part of a voter-registration drive on behalf of the Democratic presidential nominee.

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Get ready for another helping of Phish.

The legendary jam band, who called it quits in August 2004 with a blowout two-day festival in Vermont, has confirmed plans to reunite for three shows next March in Hampton, Va.

Per a time-lapse video announcement posted on the band's website, Phish will take the stage of Hampton Coliseum—the surreal, spaceshiplike venue that's hosted some of the band's most memorable gigs—on March 6, 7 and 8.

The site also says Phish will unveil additional 2009 tour dates early next year.

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Janet Jackson is under the control of a doctor.

After she "got suddenly ill during the sound check" for her concert in Montreal Monday, the singer was rushed to a local hospital, according to W&W Public Relations.

Jackson, 42, is being monitored at the hospital and hopes to reschedule the show.

No further information has been released.

Last Friday, Jackson canceled the weekend Detroit stop of her Rock Witchu road show due to "production constraints."

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Pass the Courvoisier!

A day after he was denied entry into the U.K. and detained for nearly 12 hours at London City Airport, Busta Rhymes has won a ruling from Britain's High Court allowing him to remain in town to perform at a benefit gig tonight.

Justice Nicholas Felix Stadlen said he didn't want to be the one responsible for preventing the hip-hopster from entertaining 5,000 youth volunteers at a concert organized by the charity group Orange RockCorps.

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It's not the end of the world as we know it, but it could be the end of an era.

R.E.M. announced today that someone made off with founding member Peter Buck's signature Rickenbacker guitar immediately following their Tuesday night performance at Finnair Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

In pleading for its safe, no-prosecution-necessary return, the band emphasized how important the instrument is to Buck, who has been toting his Rick onstage and into the studio since R.E.M. cut Chronic Town in 1982.

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UPDATE: Oasis did end up canceling Tuesday's show in London, Ontario, to allow Noel Gallagher more time to recover from injuries he suffered Sunday night when a fan jumped him during the band's performance at the Virgin Festival in Toronto. They have rescheduled for Dec. 15. The band's show Friday in New York City is also in doubt.
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Never underestimate the determined vengeance of a Jay-Z fan.

Kidding aside, Oasis guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher was admitted to a hospital in Toronto Sunday night after a man rushed the stage and attacked the British rocker, leaving him with a possibly fractured rib and suspected ligament damage.

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Because of some backstage machinations, Ne-Yo is a little bit richer.

The R&B star has scored a nice payday for being dumped from R. Kelly's road show last year. A Los Angeles judge has ordered Kelly's promoter to pony up $700,320 to the "Because of You" Grammy winner.

Ne-Yo went to court in December, alleging he was bounced from the Double Up tour because his opening set was getting better reaction from fans and critics than Kelly's. The bill also featured Keyshia Cole and J. Holiday.

Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey made his default judgment after Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment refused to respond to the lawsuit filed by Ne-Yo under his real name, Shaffer Smith.

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