Bob Dylan has recorded a version of Dean Martin's 1962 hit "Return To Me" for the "Sopranos 2" soundtrack, Billboard Bulletin reports. The set will be released March 20 on Play Tone/Columbia.

News on David Bowie and Moby joining the Tibet House Lineup, new Red House Painters album, death of James Carr, and Kristin Hersh/Rosenbergs at Washington, D.C. music summit..

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction barring the release of new editions of early-'60s material by the Beach Boys, Billboard Bulletin reports. U.S. District Court Judge Harry Hupp's ruling is a victory for the Beach Boys' label Brother Records, which on Dec. 20 sued Pampa, Texas-based label Surf's Up! Records and its operator Brad Elliott, Los Angeles label Deck Records, and Deck owner Bruce Morgan, claiming trademark infringement.

U2 is poised to take on the world yet again with its upcoming 80-show arena tour, set to begin March 24 in Sunrise, Fla., and run through a June 21 date in East Rutherford, N.J., before hitting Europe. Tickets for some shows will begin going on sale this weekend through all Ticketmaster outlets. The trek is being dubbed as the "Elevation 2001 Tour," named after a song on the Irish rock act's new Interscope album "All That You Can't Leave Behind," which debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 last fall.C

Roland Orzabal, one half of '80s chart powerhouse Tears For Fears, has signed a worldwide deal with Eagle Records. The label plans a worldwide March 19 release for "Tomcats Screaming Outside," the first album under Orzabal's own name. The set is Orzabal's first since TFF's final album, 1995's "Raoul And The Kings Of Spain." C

Edmonds Entertainment Group -- headed by president/CEO Tracey Edmonds, wife of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- has formed a label, Edmonds Record Group (ERG), Billboard Bulletin reports. Edmonds had headed Elektra-distributed Yab Yum Records, which has closed.