In baseball terms, attending Thom Yorke’s “rehearsal” show on Friday night at the Echoplex in Los Angeles was like showing up at the stadium early to watch a slugger hit home runs in batting practice.

No one knows when Radiohead might regroup to record another album, or whether that album will be delivered digitally or by some as-yet-undiscovered mode of technology, but Thom Yorke continues to stay in the limelight nonetheless. The singer popped up Monday night at the premiere of climate crisis film The Age of Stupid for a short acoustic performance.

With a post to her website, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has cleared up months of online rumors about New Moon's soundtrack.

Hey, don't snicker -- Phil Collins, Don Henley, and Dave Grohl were drummers, and their solo stuff did okay. Ringo? Fab from the Strokes, sorta? Um...Chad Smith?

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.