Forget the traditional radio premiere: R.E.M.’s new album, “Accelerate,” is set to debut on the social networking application iLike.

The roll-out, the first of its kind for a major act, will allow fans to stream and share “Accelerate” in its entirety beginning March 24, a week ahead of the album’s April 1 U.S. release date.

“It was one of those ideas that was presented to us and it seemed like a good one so we ran for it,” R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe told Billboard.com.

He also noted that the way people embrace music “has certainly changed in the last 5 or 10 years. I think you can either go with it or sit back and watch it happen, and I would rather be out on the field than in the bleachers.”

Accompanied by an exclusive video of the band talking about the album, the iLike launch will make the 11-song set freely available to anyone using iLike.com, Facebook, iTunes or any of the other social networks and sites that offer an iLike application for their platforms.

The iLike premiere of “Accelerate” is R.E.M.’s latest example of using direct-to-listener online initiatives to present their music. The band recently launched a Web site of raw footage and invited visitors to edit their own video for the album’s first single, “Supernatural Superserious.” The trio has also been doling out downloadable glimpses of the new material one day at a time via Ninetynights.com.

Pink ‘celebrated’ her marriage split with a raucous night out in Hollywood on Monday.

And Pink was not in the mood to mourn her marriage - she got the party started when she jumped onstage to join rockers Metal Skool, who perform at the venue every Monday night.

It isn’t the first time Pink has joined the group onstage - she teamed up with the tribute act onstage in 2006.

Key Club regulars spotted the pair “making out” and “looking very together”, according to In Touch.

Now that the Spice Girls reunion tour has ended, Melanie “Sporty Spice” Chisholm is getting ready to release her fourth solo album in April.

“This Time,” on her own Red Girl imprint, will come out in the U.K. on April 2 and in Canada six days later. It marks the follow-up to 2005’s “Beautiful Intentions,” her final release for Virgin Records.

Chisholm — who also goes by the name Mel C — has been on the road since December 2 with the Spice Girls. The 47-date trek ended in Toronto on Tuesday. Along the way, Chisholm performed solo acoustic shows in New York and Los Angeles. She plans to play some Canadian dates in May.

Before all the publicity from the reunion, little had been heard from Chisholm in North America following the success of her solo debut, 1999’s “Northern Star,” which sold close to 3 million units worldwide. Her next two albums, “Reason” (2003) and “Beautiful Intentions,” were not released in the States.

Chisholm describes “Beautiful Intentions” as a rockier release, and says she wanted to do something different on “This Time,” which she calls “mature pop.” The first single, the upbeat pop track “Carolyna,” tells the story of a young runaway, but it’s the only issue-oriented lyric on the album.

“I think most of the songs on this album are more about relationships and personal feelings and fears and experiences,” she says, including being a child of divorce (”Your Mistake”) and love conquering all (”The Moment You Believe”).

CODA; in some pieces of music a final section that adds dramatic energy to the work as a whole.

RAY; a narrow beam of light from the sun.

A little history…

Coda Ray was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden.

At eight years old Coda took first place in a National Talent contest. This was the turning point of her life, music became Coda’s passion and she never looked back.

“Coda touches your heart with her voice ”said Viktoria Gustavsson from OKEJ Magazine in Sweden.

Coda not yet finding her place in the entertainment world studied voice, dance, piano and songwriting. Influenced by Sweden’s home grown ABBA, Max Martin and Murlyn Music she pursued songwriting and wrote songs with Leif Larson (Faith Hill) and Stargate.

Then the pop music producer/songwriter revolution was launched from her hometown, Stockholm. Britney Spears, Madonna, N’sync (Justin Timberlake) and Backstreet Boys captured the attention of the world.

Coda knew that music was her destiny and wanted a little more than just the pop influence.

After high school Coda landed on a tarmac of JFK airport NYC, where she now resides pursuing her dream. She attended New School University studying songwriting, vocal performance and voice trained under world renowned Dr William Riley of Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Usher, Monica fame and Don Lawrence of Whitney Houston, Mick Jagger, Jon Bon Jovi and Christina Aguilera, fame.

Dr William Riley “Coda has a unique, sultry intoxicating voice, an amazing range while maintaining her beautiful tone”.

Coda began singing in New York nightclubs where she met Nat Robinson, First Priority Music, CEO, her mentor and advisor. Robinson impressed by Coda Ray introduced her to a team of arrangers, professional studios and engineers to work along with Coda’s team of co-writers and producers, William Weaver, Tara Jones, and Jmusiz.

Her first sets of songs are now completed.

Coda Ray “Music is my life and it soothe the soul, without it I don’t exist”.

Check out the sultry intoxicating diamond Coda Ray, sample her music and share her overwhelming acceptance at myspace.com/CodaRay

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Stay tuned the journey has just begun …………..

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Britney Spears is courting to reclaim her kids.

Sources close to the “Gimme More” singer confirm to E! News that Spears will appear in court Wednesday morning to ask a court commissioner to restore her visitation rights for her sons withKevin Federline, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

The emergency hearing was called by Spears’ attorneys at the behest of the 26-year-old entertainer and will come two days after she finally showed up for a deposition in her long-playing custody dispute with Federline. The next scheduled court date for the former wasn’t until Feb. 19.

Spears is expected to attend the 8:30 meeting along with manager Sam Lutfi, who accompanied her to the Monday session.

Los Angeles Court Commissioner Scott Gordon stripped Spears of visitation rights after she refused to return the boys at the prescribed time back on Jan. 3, leading to a tense standoff with police and, ultimately, her forced hospitalization. The children, who remain in the care of Federline, 29, have not seen their mom since.

According to TMZ, Spears will seek monitored visits with the boys in a “therapeutic setting.”

Meanwhile, Spears is expected to continue being deposed by Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan in the coming days.

Speaking to reporters on Monday evening, Kaplan said that he questioned Spears for about 40 minutes, even though she was present in his office for over two hours.

“We are going over things that are very, very gut-wrenching,” Kaplan told People. “It’s not something anyone would enjoy.”

Asked by Access Hollywood if he believed Spears would be able to see her children soon, the attorney said, “There are certain things that have to be done by her in order to make everyone comfortable—and to answer any unresolved questions so that we don’t have to worry about anything that occurred a few weeks ago.

“She is not the enemy. She is not being viewed as the enemy, and what is being done, even though it may be unpopular with her, is to make sure that she can be a full participant going forward in the future.”