SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From NIN's farewell tour to Jay-Z's 9/11 concert. Plus: Pearl Jam, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Death Cab and more!
Trent Reznor / Eddie Vedder / Jay-Z

It was a great week for live music: Nine Inch Nails kicked off their farewell tour, SPIN hit the road with Pearl Jam, reviewing the first three nights of their North American tour, Billy Corgan jammed with Dave Navarro, and Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/John Paul Jones supergroup Them Crooked Vultures debuted new songs live.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Dave Grohl's new supergroup, Karen O's Wild Things soundtrack, and the Flaming Lips tour opener. Plus: Alice in Chains, and more!

This week, details for Karen O's Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack were finally revealed, Dave Grohl / Josh Homme / John Paul Jones supergroup Them Crooked Vultures played a pair of surprise gigs, and the Flaming Lips debuted new songs in their Los Angeles tour opener.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Lollapalooza to Jack White's solo song and Parmore's new video, here's the week's biggest news. Plus: Brand New, Radiohead, and more!
Jack White / Paramore

This week, Lollapalooza invaded Chicago with more than 130 bands banging out sets in the blazing heat. Plus, Jack White released his first solo track, Paramore dropped their new video, music great Les Paul died at 94, and Brand New's Jesse Lacy gave his first interview in three years.

These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and live reviews, below.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Panic at the Disco's secret gig to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's cancer shocker. Plus: Chris Brown, blink-182, and more!
Mark Hoppus / Chris Brown / Adam Yauch

This week, blink-182 kicked off their reunion tour in Las Vegas, Chris Brown publicly apologized for his altercation with Rihanna, and the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch announced that he has cancer.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Courtney Love's latest feud to Modest Mouse's new song, here are the week's biggest stories. Plus: Spencer Pratt, Wilco, Thom Yorke, and more!
Courtney Love / Spencer Pratt / isaac brock

This week, Courtney Love took to Twitter to lob insults at former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, Modest Mouse debuted a new song exclusively on SPIN.com, and reality star / aspiring rapper Spencer Pratt claimed to have more street cred than Jay-Z.

These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and live reviews, below.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From the Michael Jackson memorial to Green Day's tour-opener, we look back at the week's biggest news. PLUS: Paramore, NIN, and more!
Billie Joe / Michael Jackson / Haley Williams

This week, millions of people paid their last respects to the King of Pop. But the Michael Jackson memorial wasn't the only big news: Green Day kicked off their U.S. tour in Seattle, Michigan hosted the Rothbury Festival, and Paramore released a new single.

These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and reviews, below.

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