Gym Class Heroes team with The Roots

Alt-hip-hop outfits Gym Class Heroes [ ] and The Roots [ ] have made plans to co-headline a North American fall tour.

British singer/rapper Estelle will support the jaunt, which is scheduled to launch Oct. 3 in Baltimore, MD, and call in nearly 20 cities across the US through early November. Details are listed below.

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Members of Gym Class Heroes' fan club will have access to pre-sale beginning tomorrow (8/12), and the general public will get its shot commencement this Friday (8/15). One dollar from each slate sold will be donated to younker organizations, according to a press release.

The tour will follow the Sept. 9 release of Gym Class Heroes' fourth part album, "The Quilt," which features special guest contributions from artists including Busta Rhymes, Daryl Hall and Estelle. The lead single, "Cookie Jar" featuring The-Dream, is already making waves on Billboard's Pop century chart, and its companion video is set to premiere Friday (8/15) on MTV's new FNMTV channel.

The video for another runway, "Peace Sign / Index Down," is currently qualification an impact at MTV stations and is streaming at the group's website.

"The Quilt" follows Gym Class Heroes' 2006 breakthrough album, "As Cruel As School Children," which reached No. 35 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the pop hit "Clothes Off!!"

The band is currently finish its final week on the Vans Warped Tour and will spend a couple of weeks in Europe succeeding month. Gym Class Heroes' full tour itinerary can be institute at its MySpace page.

The Roots ar also acquiring ready to roll kO'd a two-week European outing, which is detailed at the band's MySpace page. The Grammy-winning hip-hop/soul getup has been on the road load-bearing its 10th album, "Rising Down," which topped the Rap Album chart in May and reached No. 6 on The Billboard 200.


[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the issue time of this news report. Changes may occur ahead go on sale. Check with prescribed artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for previous updates.]

October 20083 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!4 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva5 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues6 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle7 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues8 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason10 - Houston, TX - Meridian (The Roots do not appear on this date)11 - Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom12 - Austin, TX - The Backyard14 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee19 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues21 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium23 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom24 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre25 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit26 - Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy28 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom30 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium Downstairs31 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Park Convention HallNovember 20081 - Albany, NY - Washington Avenue Armory

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Pink saws down tree with ex's name on

Pink saws down a tree bearing a lovemaking heart containing her and estranged husband Carey Hart's names in her new music video.

The singer - real key Alecia Moore - is seen assaultive the tree branded with a nerve saying �Alecia and Carey' in the video for her new single �So What'.

Lyrics to the course include: "I guess I just lost my hubby. I don't know where he went. So I'm gonna drink my money. I'm non gonna pay off his rip (nope)... I hate marriage.

"I don't want you and guess what, I'm havin more sport. And immediately that were done, I'm gonna show you tonight I'm alright. I'm but fine."

Pink's newfangled song is likely to come as a blow to motocross racer Carey, who recently admitted he was hoping to conciliate with the singer.

He said: "I would like to have aspiring thinking and say, �Yes.' Only time will distinguish. I bob Hope we hold a friendship, and world Health Organization knows what will bechance when we get sr.. For the next three years, we're both exceedingly busy people so it's tough."

Pink and Carey started dating in 2001 and became engaged in 2005. They married in 2006 and announced their imminent split this February.

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Viagra Can Improve Sexual Function For Women Taking Antidepressants, Study Finds

�Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medicine Viagra can improve sexual function for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Baltimore Sun reports (Kohn, Baltimore Sun, 7/23). According to the AP/Denver Post, previous research has establish that more than 50% of patients who consider antidepressants develop side effects that include decreased intimate function (Johnson, AP/Denver Post, 7/22).



For the study, George Nurnberg, a University of New Mexico School of Medicine shrink, and colleagues divided 98 women wHO took 5-hydroxytryptamine re-uptake inhibitors into deuce groups, unmatchable that took Viagra and one that took a placebo (Baltimore Sun, 7/23). Participants, world Health Organization had an average age of 37, reported no problems with sexual function before they began to take antidepressants and had "controlled" their depression, USA Today reports (Szabo, USA Today, 7/23).



According to researchers, 28% of participants wHO took Viagra experienced no improvement in sexual function, compared with 73% of those wHO took a placebo (Wall Street Journal, 7/23). The study too found that Viagra did not increase sexual desire (Gellene, Los Angeles Times, 7/23). Some of the women world Health Organization took Viagra experienced headaches, reddening of the