Barbra Streisand [ tickets ], who last year came out of retirement to mount her first US tour in more than a decade, will take her show to Europe this summer.

According to Streisand's website, the singer plans to touch down in Austria, France, Ireland and the UK. A handful of tour dates are posted at her site, and more are in the works, according to a press release.

"What a joy it will be to perform in so many wonderful countries for the first time," Streisand said in a prepared statement. "I can't wait to experience these different audiences and different cultures."

In response to last month's killings at Virginia Tech, singer/songwriter R. Kelly [ tickets ] has written a new single titled "Rise Up." Kelly's label, Jive/Zomba, is making the track available for sale as a digital single starting May 15; Kelly and Jive will donate 100% of the net proceeds from its sales university's official fund, The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, according to a press release.

A sample of the cut is posted at Kelly's website.

Rockers Hinder [ tickets ] have recorded a cover version of the classic Steppenwolf hit "Born to be Wild," which will serve as the anthem for cable network TNT's 2007 NASCAR coverage, according to a press release.

"When we were considering which music would anchor our NASCAR on TNT promos, we wanted to find a song we thought would immediately resonate with NASCAR fans, and a band whose sound exemplified the muscle and energy of NASCAR," Turner Sports VP/Creative Director Craig Barry said in a statement. "Hinder is a true rock band on the rise. They have the sound and cross-over appeal that we were looking for to help us promote the high-energy and excitement of NASCAR on TNT."

"Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built," a two-hour documentary that marks the 60th anniversary of the record label and follows the career of its late co-founder, Ahmet Ertegun [ tickets ], is scheduled to debut tomorrow (5/2) on PBS, according to a press release from the label.

The program--part of PBS's "American Masters" series--was four years in the making, and is structured around a series of conversations between Ertegun and colleagues including Solomon Burke [ tickets ], Chris Blackwell, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin, David Geffen, Taylor Hackford, Mick Jagger, Mick Jones, Kid Rock, Ben E. King, Leiber and Stoller, Wynton Marsalis, Bette Midler, Paolo Nutini, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Jann Wenner, Jerry Wexler, and Ertegun's wife Mica Ertegun.