The rumored September press event from Apple has been made official. The invitations have just gone out, and media folks are anticipating some music-oriented news to hit the podium on September 9th, as PD previously reported.

The iPod clearly takes center stage in the image accompanying the invitations (below), so if you’re looking forward to some new iPod announcements, there just might be something for you there. Also expected is the public debut of social networking–enabled iTunes 9, which could go live the same day.

Will the new iPods feature a camera? Is the new iTunes going to make sharing easier? Will The Beatles finally come to iTunes? And is there any chance at all that the mythical Apple tablet might rear its head? All will be revealed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, CA at 10AM Pacific. Stay tuned.

[via The Apple Blog]