SPIN.com's Best of the Week, December 1-7

Lily Allen / Oasis / Coldplay / Snow Patrol

As we here at SPIN.com sit back and look at the past week, we can't help but wonder: Is the U.K. planning a musical takeover? Oasis and Snow Patrol both kicked off massive North American tours; Lily Allen premiered a brand new single and video; Coldplay was slapped with a new lawsuit; and Robbie Williams revealed his, uh, weird drug habits. It appears the invasion has already begun.

Below, check out the week's top stories, MP3s, videos, reviews, and more!

Oasis Kick Off U.S. Tour The Gallagher Bros. impress Oakland with new tunes, obscure B-sides, and classics. Click here for photos and a review! Read >>

• Snow Patrol Open U.S. Tour Read >>
• Coldplay Sued For Plagiarism Read >>
• Lily Allen Wants to be Rich! Read >>
• Robbie Williams Reveals Drug Habits Read >>

Killers' Brandon Flowers: Style Icon or Just Insane? SPIN's Ellen Carpenter on the flamboyant frontman's use of feathers, glitter, mascara, and more! Read >>

• 10 Thoughts About the Grammys Read >>
• Welcome to Stardom, K-Stew! Read >>
• When Did Kanye's Music Stop Being Fun? Read >>
• Top 5 San Francisco Bands Read >>
• Album Review: Kanye West's '808s and Heartbreak' Read >>

Rivers Cuomo's L.A. Weezer-Fest! Watch the Weezer frontman talk to SPIN.com's Ben Lashes and jam with 100 fans on classic songs. Read >>

• Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Plays Acoustic Read >>
• All-American Rejects in the Studio Read >>
• Brody Dalle's Spinnerette Read >>
• Exclusive Stream: Mark Ronson & Mary J. Blige Remix Maroon 5 Read >>
• Listen: The Killers and Elton John's New Song Read >>

• Grampall Jookabox, "The One Thing" [MP3]
• Grampall Jookabox, "The Girl Ain't Preggers" [MP3]
• Howlies, "Chimera" [MP3]
• Anathallo, "The River" [MP3]

Metallica to Tour Through 2010 The hard rock heavyweights plot a course to yet-to-be-formed nations, polar ice caps, and galaxies far away! Read >>

• Hayley Williams Talks New Paramore Album Read >>
• 'Twilight' Actress Kristen Stewart to Play Joan Jett Read >>
• Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Kanye Lead Grammy Noms Read >>
• Fall Out Boy's Extravaganza Hits Chicago Read >>

Neil Young, Sugar Mountain live at Canterbury House 1968 When he was so cool that burning out was for losers. Read >>

• Cat Power, Dark End of the Street (Matador) Read >>
• Common, Universal Mind Control (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen) Read >>
• Justice, A Cross the Universe (Atlantic) Read >>
• Mark Kozelek, The Finally LP (Atlantic) Read >>
• EPMD, We Mean Business (Ep Records) Read >>