A bunch of music news tidbits from the week.

• Hawthorne Heights have agreed to drop, in its entirety, their August 2006 lawsuit against Victory Records. Victory Records will release Hawthorne Heights’ third studio album titled ‘Fragile Future’ on August 5, 2008.[Read]

• The Police have announced they will play their last-ever show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with support from the B52s. [Read]

• Coldplay are streaming their new album on Myspace [Myspace]

• On July 22nd Universal will unleash the remasters and deluxe editions of the first three U2 albums, “Boy,” “October” and “War”. [Read]

• Rascal Flatts has agreed to appear and perform in Hannah Montana: The Movie. [Read]

• Glassjaw have given an insight into their brand new album and revealed that the long-awaited effort will be with us before the end of the year. [Read]

• A version of the ‘Guitar Hero’ computer game based entirely on the songs of Metallica will be released in 2009. [Read]