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?"

U2 Debut New Song!

Click here to listen to "No Line On The Horizon."
U2

[UPDATED: "No Line on the Horizon," which debuted last week on Irish radio, is no longer available to stream on SPIN.com. Watch video of U2's Grammy performance of "Get on Your Boots" below. And check back for updates about the band's upcoming album (due March 3). -- the editors]

11 Thoughts About the Grammys

SPIN's Doug Brod on the best (Carrie Underwood), the worst (Katy Perry), and everything in between.
Guitarist Orianthi Panagar and Carrie Underwood / Photo by John Shearer (WireImage.com)

1) Justin Timberlake and Dwayne Johnson joke about general stores and a band called the Beatles Fighters on music's biggest night, hear crickets. Where's Bruce Vilanch when we need him?

2) The night's best rock performer? Carrie Underwood, take a bow. And your guitarist Orianthi Panagar can take two.

U2, Kid Rock, Rihanna Added to Grammy Lineup

Click here to see who else will perform at the ceremony!
U2

As if Radiohead's first live U.S.

SPIN.com's 5 Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Performances!

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play Sunday's show. Check out the best gigs from the past decade.
Bono of U2 at the 2002 Super Bowl

Joining the likes of Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney before him, Jersey-bred rock'n'roller and SPIN cover boy Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will headline Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show (game starts at 6:28 p.m. EST on NBC).

Exclusive Song: Elbow Cover U2

Hear the Mercury Prize winner's version of a The Joshua Tree classic.
Elbow

The Seldom Seen Kid, the latest album from Brit rockers Elbow, received high marks from SPIN -- and even beat out Radiohead for Britain's esteemed Mercury Music Prize. Now Elbow are taking on another legendary rock band: U2.

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