SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Springsteen to Lily Allen and Morrissey, it was a week full of big shows. Plus: Kurt Cobain, Green Day, the Ramones, and more!
Bruce Springsteen / Lily Allen / Morrissey

It was a big week for concerts: Bruce Springsteen and Lily Allen both knocked 'em dead at their U.S. tour openers, Chris Cornell rocked Soundgarden classics on his solo tour, and Morrissey wowed the crowd at New York City's Carnegie Hall.

All these stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, editors' blogs, audio/video, and reviews below:

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Get the scoop on R.E.M.'s tribute concert and No Doubt's reunion tour. Plus: Pearl Jam, Jack White's new band, and more!
R.E.M. / Gwen Stefani

This week, SPIN's David Marchese spoke to No Doubt about their upcoming reunion tour. And 21 different musicians paid tribute to R.E.M. in concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. Meanwhile, Jack White debuted his new supergroup in Nashville and Pearl Jam kicked off a series of podcasts. Read on for all these stories, plus the week's top photo galleries, audio/video, news, and reviews.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Eminem to Michael Jackson, music's biggest stars announced their return this week. Plus: Chris Brown, U2, YYYs, and more!
Michael Jackson / Eminem / Chris Brown

This week's top stories featured more comebacks than the Rocky film franchise: Eminem announced he will end a five-year absence with two new albums, Michael Jackson detailed a 10-date performance series in the U.K., and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah emerged from their "hiatus" to offer a new track.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Chris Brown to blink-182, this week's stories got people talking. Plus: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, No Doubt, U2, and more!
L to R: Chris Brown, Jack White, Kanye West, and Mark Hoppus

This week's top stories had everyone talking: Kanye West mouthed off about Thom Yorke, the White Stripes disappointed on Conan's last night at Late Night, Chris Brown and Rihanna continued to cause controversy, and SPIN's Ellen Carpenter had some eyebrow-raising ideas about how to spend the $787 billion economic stimulus -- and blink-182's Mark Hoppus had something to say about it on his

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Kanye vs. Chairlift, Lily Allen vs. everyone. Plus: Coldplay, M.I.A, Kings of Leon, and more!
Lily Allen, Chris Martin, Kanye West

The music world was full of fighting this past week: Kanye West and Chairlift released dueling videos, Suge Knight got roughed by Akon's manager, the Brits Awards dissed Coldplay, and Lily Allen fought, well, everybody. All this, plus the week's top editors' blogs, news, audio/video, and reviews below!

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Love is in the air... for most. Plus: Grammy coverage, U2, Green Day, and more!
Ryan Adams, Mandy Moore, Chris Brown, and Rihanna

Leading up to Valentine's Day, love was certainly on tap this past week: Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore got engaged, the Mobius Band gave away a sonic love letter to their fans, and Trail of Dead showed some love to SPIN's new offices with a private performance. Meanwhile, the domestic abuse allegations against Chris Brown have us asking, "Where's the love?"

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