3 Best Musician Twitterers of the Week

U2, Yoko Ono, and Blink-182's Mark Hoppus make our Friday list of Twitter stars you should follow.

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

This week's winners:

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

While the world mourns Michael Jackson, we revisit the week's other stories: Chris Brown, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Will.i.Am, and more!
Chris Brown / Marlyn Manson / Will.I.Am

In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip b

Blink-182, Weezer, Franz Ferdinand Play Free Festival!

Public Enemy, the National, Girl Talk, and many more will also perform at Virgin Mobile's "FreeFest." Click here for details!
Blink-182

Good news for penny pinchers: this year's installment of the Virgin Mobile Festival is completely free -- and the lineup kicks ass!

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Jay-Z debuted his new single, and the Killers' premiered an epic video. PLUS: U2, Blink-182, Rihanna, and more!
Brandon Flowers / Jay-Z

This week, Jay-Z unleashed a new song, "D.O.A.," from his upcoming release, Blueprint 3 -- while the Killers premiered the epic video for Day and Age cut "A Dustland Fairytale." U2's Bono and the Edge talked about their involvement in the

Octodrive Contest Winner Revealed!

PLUS: Check out the funniest entries in our Blink-182/Fall Out Boy trivia contest.
Wentz, Hoppus, octopus, Octodrive / Hoppus photo: Megan Thompson

1,487 Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy fans entered our trivia contest for a chance to win their very own limited-edition Octodrive, a stainless steel USB hard drive packed with exclusive audio and video content. Although 1,056 entrants answered all seven trivia questions correctly, there can be only one winner.

Q&A: Blink-182's Mark Hoppus

The fun-loving bassist talks about his band's reunion tour, being a Twitter guru, and whether guitarist Tom DeLonge will finally lighten up.
Mark Hoppus / Photo by Megan Thompson

"Good morning! I've got 8 hours of press today. That's a lot of me talking about me. I'm gonna start 2 hate me by the 2nd hour!"

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