Janet Jackson Releasing Greatest-Hits Album

It may still be sweltering out, but the Christmas sweepstakes are already heating up. A&M will release on Oct. 10 a Janet Jackson greatest-hits package, “Decade 1986/1996.”

The project will include 14 digitally remastered hits, plus two new tracks, “Runaway” and “Twenty Foreplay,” co-written and co-produced by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Jackson. The greatest hits are culled from Jackson’s A&M albums, 1986’s “Control” and 1989’s “Rhythm Nation 1814,” as well as the song “That’s The Way Love Goes” from her 1993 Virgin album, “janet.”

“Runaway” will be serviced to radio Aug. 16, with a video, directed by Marcus Nispel, coming shortly thereafter. A companion home video will also be released Oct. 10.

Pearl Jam tour reset

Pearl Jam has rescheduled four of the seven concerts it canceled last month for September. ETM is reissuing tickets to original ticketholders. Dates are not yet firm, but the band also plans to restore shows in San Diego and Salt Lake City.

MusicFest for nudists

Just in case you’ve got some vacation days left, the American Association for Nude Recreation has announced the lineup for MusicFest‘95, an Aug. 11-13 extravaganza in Union City, Mich., where nudists will frolic to the strains of Foreigner, Kansas, Starship, Blue Oyster Cult and Eric Burdon. No word on whether the bands will play in the buff.