Now a major-label act with U.K. chart hits whose bluesy garage-punk style has been streamlined by producer Rick Rubin, the Gossip are no longer underground scrappers. But somebody forgot to inform vocalist Beth Ditto, who was her old exuberant subcultural self when the band began its first U.S. tour in three years early Wednesday night at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

Get out your glitter makeup and put on your dancing shoes -- Portland punk-meets-soul-meets-disco act Gossip are touring the U.S. this fall!

The Gossip's Beth Ditto kicked off her band's sold-out return show at London's Scala Thursday night with a victory leap. Bounding onto the stage as Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blared through the house system, Ditto jumped straight into the audience, into the arms of adoring British fans who've embraced the Portland, OR, dance rockers as bonafide superstars.

In the U.K., Portland, OR, punk-blues trio Gossip are  full-on rock stars, headlining festivals and performing on TV. Rambunctious frontwoman Beth Ditto even pals around with Kate Moss and has graced the cover of magazines... naked.

This week, music's heavy-hitters reclaimed the spotlight: Green Day premiered songs from their first album in five years at a secret show in San Francisco, Eminem returned with his celeb-spoofing video for "We Made You," and No Doubt released their first new recording since 2003.