New Releases, Tuesday, July 16

Joe Cocker “Respect Yourself” (Eagle/Red Ink)

Dry Cell “Disconnected” (Warner Bros.)

Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (Reprise)

Andrew Hill “A Beautiful Day” (Palmetto)

Mad at Gravity “Resonance” (ArtistDirect)

Dave Matthews Band “Busted Stuff” (RCA)

Robert Plant “Dreamland” (Universal)

Project Pat “Layin’ da Smack Down” (Loud)

Riddlin’ Kids “Hurry Up and Wait” (Aware/Columbia)

Space Monkeyz Vs. Gorillaz “Laika Come Home” (Astralwerks)

Swizz Beatz “Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories” (DreamWorks)

The Vines “Highly Evolved” (Capitol)

David Bowie “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (w/bonus CD) (Virgin)

Dizzy Gillespie “Timeless” (Savoy Jazz)

Scarface “Greatest Hits” (Virgin)

Supertramp “Paris” (two CDs), “Brother Where You Bound, Free as a Bird” and .”..Famous Last Words…” (A&M)

The Boss tours in support of new album

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will launch an extensive tour in August to coincide with the release of “The Rising,” their first studio album together in 18 years.

The Boss will again be backed by “The Sopranos” co-star Steven Van Zandt (guitar), “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” bandleader Max Weinberg (drums), Roy Bittan (keyboards), Nils Lofgren (guitar), Garry Tallent (bass), Patti Scialfa (vocals, guitar), Danny Federici (keyboards) and legendary sax man Clarence Clemons, for what has been appropriately dubbed “The Rising Tour.”

Despite enjoying success as a solo performer since the E Street Band dissolved in 1989, Springsteen re-teamed with his New Jersey pals in 1999. They embarked on a widely acclaimed reunion tour before settling into the studio with producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine). Due July 30, “The Rising” is Springsteen and the E Street Band’s first album together since 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A.”

“The Rising Tour” will land in 46 cities around the world, including 39 in the United States.

Rapper Fat Joe in big trouble

Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena was charged with assault after he turned himself over to authorities at New York City’s Midtown South Precinct stationhouse on Wednesday afternoon.

Police allege the Bronx rapper and a member of his crew got into an argument with a 31-year-old man at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Times Square on May 12 at around 4 a.m. and that Joe broke the man’s jaw with a punch.

Joe was arraigned Wednesday night and is expected back in court on September 5, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

-News gathered by Trevor Fisher from mtvnews.com and billboard.com.