Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland and Scott Stapp will all appear on Carlos Santana's upcoming album, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. Santana will collaborate with Cornell on Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," Weiland onThe Rolling Stones'"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and Stapp on Credence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son."

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan, alt-rock group Spoon, and the Pixies'Frank Black are among the collaborators that will appear on a new album being put together by classic rock icon Ray Davies. The Kinks frontman has gathered a star-studded cast of musicians to lend a hand to the LP.

Max Cavalera's famed metal outfit Soulflyhas announced a string of U.S. tour dates that will bring them from coast to coast later this year. The group will tour in support of Omen, their seventh studio release. The album is full of cameos from the likes ofDillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato andProng's Tommy Victor.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sat down with U2 front man Bono for tea last week, as the sunglassed singer prepared for the group's first ever Moscow concert. During the meeting, Bono and Mendvedev chatted on world issues as well as classic rock, reports suggest. Sources say the president told Bono that, "You are doing important things, because taking care of people is not only a job for politicians."