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  Mos Def Wanted By Las Vegas Police

  November 6, 2008 – Mos Def is officially a wanted man -- and not just because he's a rapper, actor, and buddies with avant-garde director Michel Gondry (though, that's pretty awesome). …
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  Amy Winehouse Records New Songs

  November 4, 2008 – It seems not even medical emergencies and alarming diagnoses can keep former SPIN cover girl Amy Winehouse down. …
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  Amy Winehouse Rushed to the Hospital

  October 27, 2008 – Amy Winehouse's continued health problems returned last night when the singer was rushed to the hospital due to a suspected chest infection [via NME.com]. …
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  Worst Dressed Women: Amy Winehouse, Avril Lavigne... Marilyn Manson?

  October 20, 2008 – What do Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson, and Marilyn Manson all have in common? They're among the musical elite that have graced fashion critic Richard Blackwell's annual Ten Worst Dressed Women list. Yeah, sorry about that Mr. Manson. To honor Blackwell, who died Sunday at age 86 due to complications from an intestinal infection [via LA Times], here's a look at the critic's best bon mots. …
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  Oasis' Noel Gallagher on Amy Winehouse: "She's Wiped Out"

  October 15, 2008 – Jay-Z, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, and many more -- whether it's words of praise or scathing criticism, Oasis' Noel Gallagher has never shied away from spouting his opinion on other musicians. Now the notoriously loudmouthed singer-songwriter can add another to the list: Amy Winehouse, who he said is "wiped out" by fame. "For some people that level of fame can hit you really fuckin' hard. …
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  Duffy: Girl From the North Country

  August 1, 2008 – The drive from Cardiff to Nefyn, a remote fishing village on north Wales' Llyn Peninsula, is only about 160 miles, but it takes me nearly seven hours. Squinting through nonstop rain, muttering at itinerant sheep, and stifling long-ingrained right-side-of-the-road steering impulses, I fret over ominous-sounding traffic signs I can't read (arwyddion rhan amser?) and take a few desperate gulps of instant petrol-station coffee. …
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  Glastonbury '08: The Best, Worst, and Everything In-Between

  July 1, 2008 – Among some 100,000 concertgoers braving the typically tumultuous weather this past weekend at Brit mega-festival Glastonbury was Spin's Craig McLean, a seasoned attendee of the seminal event, and our watchful eye through thick and thin, from rain to shine. Here are a few of his best, worst, most surprising and most notable moments from Glastonbury '08: -- Best Performance: Jay-Z. …
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  SPIN's Week in Review, June 23-27

  June 27, 2008 – It's one thing when the Empire strikes back, but wait till you get a load of Kanye's rebuttal to the Bonnaroo scuttlebutt. But West was just one of may artists who made the week memorable, as you will read below. What we learned from Amy Winehouse: Stop inhaling nicotine -- immediately. Or at least lay off the crack! …
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  Amy Winehouse Diagnosed with Emphysema

  June 23, 2008 – Amy Winehouse, revered nightingale behind 2007's acclaimed set Back to Black, has been diagnosed with deadly lung disease emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, both of which are likely caused by her excessive smoking of crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father, Mitch Winehouse, told England's Sunday Mirror [via MTV]. The news arrives hot on the heels of repeat offender Winehouse's collapse last week, which led to her immediate hospital …
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  Amy Winehouse: The Dangerous New Queen of Soul

  June 27, 2007 – It's 2 A.M. and I'm waiting for Amy Winehouse in the lobby of the Soho Grand wearing a slice of tomato on my head. She bet me $100 that I couldn't walk to the bar across the street without it falling off, but just as we were leaving, she made an unannounced detour to her room. …
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