THE KILLERS WANT MORE OF YOUR MONEY

MTV Reports: The Killers may have already re - issued their debut album Hot Fuss, but the double-platinum record is about to get even bigger. According to Billboard, the Las Vegas band will release a boxed set featuring 7-inch vinyl singles for every song on the record. Hitting stores on November 22nd, only 5-thousand copies will be available worldwide. If that’s not enough, each single contains B-sides including covers, acoustic versions, and remixes. The tracklisting is as follows:

"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" / "Somebody Told Me" (Josh Harris remix)

"Mr. Brightside" / "Under the Gun"

"Smile Like You Mean It" / "Show You How"

"Somebody Told Me" / "The Ballad of Michael Valentine"

"All These Things That I've Done" / "Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself"

"Andy, You're a Star" / "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"

"On Top" / "Mr. Brightside" (Thin White Duke remix)

"Change Your Mind" / "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll"

"Believe Me Natalie" / "Smile Like You Mean It" (acoustic)

"Midnight Show" / "Who Let You Go"

"Everything Will Be Alright" / "Get Trashed"

BONO EATS WITH BUSH (GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!)

MTV Reports: Bono was at the White House on Wednesday following a lunch with President Bush. The two were said to be following-up the conversations they had while attending the G-8 summit in Scotland back in July. The A-P reports that White House press secretary Scott McClellan said: "They had a very good discussion about some of our common priorities. Both share a deep commitment to combating AIDS, preventing malaria and expanding trade to lift people out of poverty." Bono was also scheduled to meet with National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; McClellan laughed as he said that no, Bush would not be attending that night’s U2 concert at the MCI Center in D-C.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...BONO GIVES US THE SCOOP ON THE SHADES

MTV Reports: The New York Daily News reports that the next issue of issue of Rolling Stone magazine will answer the question we’ve all be pondering: Why does Bono always wear sunglasses? Bono reportedly explains it this way: “Very sensitive eyes to light. If somebody takes my photograph, I will see the flash for the rest of the day. My right eye swells up.” As for the brand of the glasses, he says they are always Bulgari. “A lot of people think that, when they see a ‘B’ on the side, that it's just my own megalomania. Only half the time it is. I'm the Imelda Marcos of sunglasses."

JACK WHITE IS HOT FOR TEACHER

MTV Reports: White Stripes frontman Jack White has taken on the role of producer for his old upholstery teacher. According to NME, the singer produced a seven-inch-single for his teacher, Brian Muldoon’s band The Muldoons. The Detroit family band is made up of Muldoon and his two sons. The Muldoons recently opened for the White Stripes at a show in their hometown. Jack White is set to have a break from The White Stripes next year to focus on his new project.

The star will be working as one half of The Raconteurs with long-time friend Brendan Benson.

FIRST HE BUYS A PLANE...NOW A HOTEL?

MTV reports: Krist Novoselic cut the ribbon on Saturday to celebrate the opening of what amounts to a grunge hotel in downtown Seattle. Hotel Max features local artists and photographers' work on the guest doors, and of special note, the fifth floor is devoted to the icons of the Seattle grunge scene.

VAN HALEN AREN'T LOOKING TO BE THE NEXT REALITY SHOW

KNAC reports: Van Halen will not be taking INXS' lead by participating in a possible second season of the reality television series Rock Star, according to the band's spokesperson. MTV News erroneously reported Wednesday that a source close to the program claimed that if Rock Star does return for a second season, that the core Van Halen trio — Michael Anthony and brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen — would be the band auditioning potential singers.

THE STROKES ARE GETTING HARD (AGAIN...MIND OUTTA THE GUTTER)

MTV REPORTS: Fans of The Strokes have to wait until January 3rd for their third album First Impressions of Earth, but for now they can enjoy the band’s first single. It’s titled “Juicebox , ” and guitarist Nick Valensi tells us it was the obvious choice. “ ‘Juicebox’ came as a surprise to me. When we were first working on that song I didn’t think that it would come out as aggressive as it sounds but I am very pleased with the aggression on it. We never really did anything as intense before so that song just seemed obvious as a candidate for first single. It’s such a departure for us.” The Strokes are very tight-lipped about the upcoming video for “Juicebox” but did say it will include “a live performance at a radio station [in the video], which will be broadcast all across New York" according to MTV News.

TOM DELONGE EXPLAINS THE REAL REASON WHY BLINK SPLIT

punkbands reports: Tom Delonge recently explained the reasoning behind the band's unexplained indefinite hiatus in an interview with Kerrang. According to the story, the problems started with Tom's formation of Box Car Racer: "Mark took it extremely hard. I had no intention to ever make Box Car a priority over Blink, but it really hurt him. I didn't understand."

"Travis and I couldn't talk to Mark anymore - we weren't the friends we were. The other thing was I was getting so much shit from Mark about Box Car, but then when we were on that last tour, Mark and Travis had already put together Plus-44. I didn't even know about it until it got printed in a magazine."

Delonge also had some words to say about drummer Travis Barker and his reality show, Meet the Barkers: "It was something I didn't agree with, but I supported him, even though I didn't like having TV cameras around me and I felt that my personal privacy was invaded." He added his thoughts about the breakup and the current status of the members, saying:

"Please understand that the break-up, or hiatus, or whatever you want to call it, was never an agenda of mine. I never wanted it to happen. It was a very depressing thing for me. We did a huge amount of talking and that's why I haven't spoken to them since because I said everything I needed to say to them."

Blink-182 will release Greatest Hits on November 1st.

WEEZER TO GO ON ANOTHER BREAK AFTER THIS TOUR

FMQB reports: While the future of Weezer had been called into question in a recent interview, frontman Rivers Cuomo knows exactly what he'll be doing in 2006. As expected, Cuomo will be returning to Harvard University in February to finally finish his degree in English Literature.

IS ELLIOT SMITH THE INDIE ROCK VERSION OF TUPAC?

FMQB reports: Almost two years after the death of beloved singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, 22 previously-unreleased songs of his have leaked onto the Internet. Some of the material is believed to be excerpts from the sessions for Smith's final release, last year's From A Basement On A Hill, though many of the songs could be close to a decade old.