Marilyn Manson's Swine Flu, Lady Gaga Naked

PLUS: Wayne Coyne and Bradford Cox's feud, Jay-Z and Rush Limbaugh's relationship, and more Web Weirdness of the week!
Marilyn Manson / Lady Gaga

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SPIN.com Live at Lollapalooza, All Weekend Long

We're all over Grant Park for this weekend's festival fabulousness. Follow along!
Lollapalooza 2008 / Photo by Eric Nowels

SPIN.com is in Chicago this weekend as Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane's Addiction, the Killers, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more than 100 other bands take to the stages in Grant Park for the 2009 edition of Lollapalooza.

Check the site daily for our updated take on the best and worst sets, live photos, video, and more.

Kanye Tops GNR and Killers on Album Chart

Will besting Axl Rose and Brandon Flowers help mend West's broken heart? Click here for details!
<a href="http://www.spin.com/blog/album-review-kanye-wests-808s-and-heartbreak"><i>808s and Heartbreak</i></a> / <a href="http://www.spin.com/reviews/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-geffen"><i>Chinese Democracy</i></a>

Maybe next decade, Axl.

Kanye West vs. 50 Cent, Again?

The G-Unit rapper unveils his new album during a concert, calling out West to yet another album sales battle.
Kanye West vs 50 Cent

Get ready for round two: Just one year after hip-hop titans Kanye West's and 50 Cent's records -- Graduation and Curtis, respectively -- battled head-to-head in an album sales war (Fifty lost in a landslide) the G-Unit rapper has called for a rematch.

Lollapalooza '08 Editors' Blog: Four (Final) Observations

Eli "Paperboy" Reed delivers, so does Kanye, Mark Ronson's revue proves rousing, but Saul Williams' rock ensemble falls flat.
Eli "Paperboy" Reed / Photo by Karen Chan

1. No one was shouting “Eli, my man!” or “It’s Eli, he LOVES us!” (don’t get it?

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