Tickets for Tom Waits [ tickets ]' Oct. 18 performance at Seattle's Paramount Theater sold out within five minutes of going on the market Tuesday (10/5), according to Anti Records.

The show is expected to be Waits' only U.S. concert appearance of 2004, but a full tour is possible in early 2005, according to the label. Waits' latest album, "Real Gone," hit stores this week.

"Feels Like Today," the third set from country group Rascal Flatts [ tickets ], sold more than 200,000 copies during its first week in stores, enough to top the U.S. album chart.

Teen starlet Hilary Duff's self-titled sophomore effort debuts just behind, with sales of about 192,000 copies, while new hip-hop act Ciara's "Goodies" bows at No. 3, according to Billboard.

Green Day's "American Idiot," which topped last week's Billboard 200 chart, falls to No. 4, while Nelly's "Suit" slides from No. 2 to No.
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Ratdog [ tickets ] has called off its planned fall tour because singer/guitarist Bob Weir is suffering from exhaustion.

"Since January, Bob Weir has worked continuously on music dates for Ratdog and The Dead, promotional work for his career retrospective album, and a number of nonprofit appearances," said a statement posted on the band's website. "It was all simply too much, and he's reached a point of complete physical exhaustion. He anticipates returning to performing in early spring 2005."

McDonald's has signed a marketing partnership with Destiny's Child [ tickets ] that will make the R&B trio an integral part of the fast food chain's "I'm Lovin' It" ad campaign.

As part of the agreement, McDonald's will sponsor the group's planned 2005 world tour, which will be dubbed "Destiny Fulfilled and Lovin' It."

Convenience-store chain 7-Eleven will exclusively carry the holiday CD "Jessica Simpson [ tickets ]: A Special Limited Edition Christmas Collection" in October and November.

According to a press release, the disc will retail for $7.99, and includes a previously unreleased acoustic rendition of Simpson's hit "Angels," as well as her "first-ever duet with sister Ashlee Simpson