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Quick spins: Album releases and tour dates

Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" is set for Oct. 25.

By Jon Bream

July 31, 2010 at 6:36PM

Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" is set for Oct. 25. ... Adele's sophomore album, due in September, will be a country disc, produced by Rick Rubin. ... Justin Bieber will play a recurring character this season on "CSI." ... Susan Boyle will offer a Christmas CD this year. ... Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan will perform Oct. 23 at the Cedar Cultural Center. ... The surviving members of the Cars have hinted at a reunion via their official Facebook page. ... Bob Dylan's 47-track "Bootleg Series Volume 9," due in October, will feature material from 1962-64. ... Elton John and writer Lee Hall are creating a musical based on George Orwell's "Animal Farm."

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.