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).

PETA Attacks Kid Rock and Britney Spears

Read about Rock's love for Pam Anderson -- and Britney's similarity to elephants. Honest!
Kid Rock

It's been a banner week for PETA. First, Kid Rock accused the animal activist group of taking advantage of defenseless actresses.

Courtney Love: "Britney Spears Copied Me"

The disheveled Hole rocker claims she's the pioneer of the "public meltdown" -- and rants about many many (many) other things.
Courtney Love

Hole frontwoman and Kurt Cobain's oft-zany widow Courtney Love is no stranger to throwing a tantrum or suffering from a mental and physical breakdown in the public eye. And now Love is claiming she invented the whole public meltdown bit and is accusing Britney Spears of having, like, totally copied her.

Kanye West: "MTV Europe Music Awards Were Fixed!"

The hip-hop star alleges that awards are given out based on attendance.
Kanye West

Let's face it: Kanye West and MTV awards shows have a relationship that's almost as tumultuous as that of Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil.

Britney. Naked. Why?

Nudity is so 2004, says SPIN's Ellen Carpenter. It's time to move on, Brit-Brit.
Britney Spears in her "Womanizer" video

Last week I was lamenting the fact that Britney Spears is naked in her new video. You'd have thought I complained about Burger King pushing Whoppers. "How else is she going to sell records?" one of my fellow (male) editors responded. The other two (male) editors in the room nodded.

Worst Dressed Women: Amy Winehouse, Avril Lavigne... Marilyn Manson?

Fashion critic Richard Blackwell died this weekend. In homage, we explore his most scathing -- and funniest! -- comments about music's elite.
Amy Winehouse (left), Avril Lavigne (right)

What do Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson, and Marilyn Manson all have in common? They're among the musical elite that have graced fashion critic Richard Blackwell's annual Ten Worst Dressed Women list. Yeah, sorry about that Mr. Manson.

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