One Offs

Merle Haggard is recovering in a Bakersfield, Calif., hospital from successful surgery Nov. 3 to remove a malignant tumor from one lung …

With the possible exception of AC/DC’s Black Ice, early fourth-quarter album releases are moving like molasses with sales for 11 new albums producing a 25 percent drop in sales compared with four albums during the same period in ’07 …

Tokyo Olympic officials aren’t impressed by Chicago’s “Obama bump” as both cities vie to host the 2016 Games …

50 Cent debuts a business-themed reality show on MTV Nov. 6 but says it has little in common with Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice.”