This week, New Moon premiered in L.A., Aerosmith members discussed singer Steven Tyler's drug habits, Rihanna performed her first concert since the Chris Brown assault, and SPIN stirred the web with our Rock Myths package, which argued that Radiohead kinda blow!

These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and live reviews, below.

[Updated: 4:24 P.M.]

NEWS:

SPIN and UV Vodka are giving away a trip for two to a music festival in Austin, Texas. Enter your most creative, delicious drink recipe, using UV Vodka, and you'll be in the running to win!

One grand prize winner will receive a pair of tickets to a major Austin music festival in March 2010, airfare and hotel accommodations for four days and three nights.

Courtney Love bids $120,000 in an auction to win a date with former president Bill Clinton. Sadly, she loses… to Condoleezza Rice. [NYMag] 

[Updated: 5:26 P.M.]

NEWS:

When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.4 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music.

Not. Possible.