SMALL FACES

Bon Jovi has reunited to record a new song, “Reel Life,� for the Ron Howard-directed movie “EDtv.� It will be the first single and video from the soundtrack album on Reprise, with a movie-related video also being shot for Barenaked Ladies’ “Call and Answer,� which is on the movie collection as well as the band’s “Stunt� album. The soundtrack album is due March 16, the movie March 26. . . .

The Cranberries’ third album, the band’s first since 1996, is due in April, titled “Bury the Hatchet.� . . . Boy George is recording a version of “When Doves Cry� for a Prince tribute album to be released by L.A.-based Cleopatra Records. Ice-T and Missing Persons’ Dale Bozzio are also set to do songs for the set, due toward the end of the year. . . .

The Cure, arguably the longest-lasting “alternative� band, is finishing a new album that will mark the Robert Smith-led group’s 20th anniversary. It’s due in the spring, with a tour planned to follow. . . .

John Doe moves his acting career to the TV sitcom world with a guest spot on the NBC series “Veronica’s Closet,� airing Thursday. He plays a former radical activist friend of Kathy Najimy’s character Olive. . . .

Don Was is at work producing a new album for singer-songwriter Amanda Marshall. . . . Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is releasing her first solo album, “Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop,� on Feb. 2. It was recorded at the Santa Monica concert space and features a few new songs along with some Heart favorites and versions of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes� and Led Zeppelin’s “The Rain Song.�*