This Week: Juliette Lewis went surfing on the Sunset Strip, Say Anything opened up to the crowd at Warped Tour, the Hold Steady rocked a pool party in NYC and much more. Flip through this week's set of live pics after the jump.

Sarah McLachlan came out of hiding recently, just long enough to play a sole date on the True Colors tour. In her hometown of Vancouver, McLachlan joined a lineup that included Rosie O'Donnell, Joan Armatrading, the B-52s and Cyndi Lauper in the traveling equal-rights-for-all tour.

It was a rare appearance for McLachlan, who has only performed short sets at a handful of shows in the last three years; the singer offered up a good reason for her absence, however, as she made clear shortly after taking the stage in front of a hometown crowd. "It's been awhile for me," she admitted, adorned in a flowing dress, holding her acoustic guitar. "I'm sorry ...I got knocked up again."

Launching into 'Building a Mystery' McLachlan -- currently raising two daughters, ages six and one -- was in spectacular voice from the opening notes onward, accompanying herself solely on piano or guitar throughout the set. "How 'bout something older, like me?" she laughed, self-deprecatingly. "I just turned 40 in January ... holy shit!"

What do you do when your world famous frontman isn't down for that long-awaited reunion tour? If you're Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler, two-thirds of the legendary trio the Jam, you soldier forward without him.

In the absence of Paul Weller -- who has continued to have a successful career since the Jam's 1982 demise -- the rhythm section behind U.K. chart topping hits like 'Going Underground,' 'Start!,' 'A Town Called Malice' and 'Beat Surrender' has established a touring quartet known as From the Jam. Rounding out the revival, Foxton and Buckler have tapped Russell Hastings and Dave Moore, two members of a Jam tribute band.

Hastings and Moore took the name of their cover band -- the Gift -- from the Jam's 1982 studio album of the same name. According to the Gift's Myspace page, Hastings "shocked audiences nationwide this year with his authentic and passionate interpretation in performance of the Jam's back catalog."

From the Jam hits select cities in late September on a two-week run. For those who'd prefer to see the man who originally wrote these songs, Weller will be supporting his latest album, '22 Dreams,' with a tour of his own in early September.

Jay-Z's got 99 problems but a Gallagher brother ain't one. During Jigga's Saturday headlining Glastonbury performance, the rapper took a tongue-in-cheek jab at Oasis' Noel Gallagher -- who ruffled feathers months earlier by saying it was "wrong" to have a hip-hop act headline the rock festival -- by covering Oasis' 'Wonderwall.' Meanwhile, we're waiting for Noel's 'Big Pimpin' rebuttal.

This Week: Death Cab For Cutie performed in L.A., Eddie Vedder did his best Roger Daltrey air kick, My Morning Jacket rocked Radio City Music Hall and much more. Flip through this week's set of live pics after the jump.

Coldplay are lauching a contest that would allow unknown acts to support the band on select dates of their upcoming North American 'Viva La Vida' tour. Opening acts are sought for concerts in Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Philadelphia, San Jose and Washington D.C. The group urges aspiring acts to visit Coldplayontour.com and apply by submitting a YouTube video of themselves.

By uploading one video -- not to exceed five minutes in length and consisting of solely original material -- hopefuls are in the running for a 20-minute opening slot, a $2,000 payout and ten tickets to the show for friends and family. Successful entrants may also be optioned for a demo deal with the band's label, Capitol Records.

Participating market entry details can be had online, but bands may wish to act fast as the submission periods for three of the gigs are already underway. In addition to the respective contest winners, two runner-up prizes will be awarded in each market, consisting of four tickets each to the Coldplay gig in their participating markets.

The band's initial three-week North American run officially begins with a two night stand in Los Angeles on July 14.

With George Michael playing his first L.A. show -- at the Forum -- in 20 years on his 45th birthday, memorable moments and celeb spottings were guaranteed. But one famous face not enjoying it apparently was Dr. Phil. After mentioning the TV shrink was in the house, generating a fair amount of boos, Michael said, "I probably shouldn't say this, but he's here with his wife who's having a whale of a time. And then in this sea of shining faces, he's had this miserable look for the last hour." Laughing, he added, "Perhaps you should see someone about that."

Meanwhile, actress Bo Derek brought out a giant birthday cake for Michael right before 'Freedom,' wrapping up a two-and-a-half hour set of superb pop showmanship, with performances of 'I'm Your Man,' 'One More Try,' 'Father Figure' and, of course, 'Careless Whisper.'

Early in the set, Michael apologized to fans for his long absence. But they didn't mind. All that mattered was he had returned, and they were eating out of the palm of his hand. Well, except for Dr. Phil.

Don't act like you didn't see this coming. Kanye West is lashing out at critics and bloggers labeled the producer/rapper as a bit of a disappointment at Bonnaroo. Fans booed West when he took the stage two hours later -- that's 4:30am for those keeping score -- than his scheduled appearance. West took to his blog for rebuttal, claiming the delay was not his fault and blamed it on his elaborate set that took hours to put together ... and he did it all in CAPS LOCK.

"I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying [to] plot my downfall," West wrote. "I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, but this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been ... this is the maddest I ever will be."

There's much more about the festival's 'f---ing idiots' who tried to coordinate West's setup, Pearl Jam's tardiness and five references to 'Stronger,' approximately, which we'd quote here if it weren't for all those exclamation points. Oh, Kanye. You keep us young.

Ah, the 17th anniversary -- a milestone one tends to hold with high regard. It's suggested that furniture is the best gift for such an occasion, so all you Smashing Pumpkins fans should keep that in mind as the band celebrates the 17th anniversary of the release of their debut album, 'Gish.'

According to a sparse posting on the Pumpkins' official website, the band -- now officially down to frontman/brainchild Billy Corgan and loyal drummer Jimmy Chamberlain -- will reissue the effort "sometime in 2008" and launch a full tour this year, where the band will play the original disc in its entirety to celebrate the unconventional milestone.

In addition to a box set of both pre-'Gish' and 'Gish'-era material, the Pumpkins plan to celebrate twenty years together (although sans original guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy for the last decade or so) with an array of outtakes, rarities, demos, live tunes and the like.

Specifics are scant, however, with SmashingPumpkins.com saying: "What is to be included on here, no one knows for sure." In May, Corgan and Chamberlains announced a forthcoming DVD chronicling the band's 2007 residency at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse and Boy George have a few things in common. There's the obvious: they're all Brits. And there's the reported: they've each had documented affairs with mind-altering substances. Add another to this list: Visa troubles. What Allen and Winehouse have experienced before him, U.S. officials are refusing to allow Boy George to enter the country for a summer tour. According to his management, "this is not in respect to anything he has done in the past but because he is facing a trial in November in London for something that happened in April last year."

Curious, Spinner spoke with Boy George who said he was "truly devastated and really surprised" by the decision.

It was to be Boy George's first U.S. tour in a decade, although two years ago he could be seen sweeping trash off the streets of New York City following a strange encounter with the NYPD: In 2005, he was charged with possession of an eight ball of coke after calling the cops himself, convinced his Manhattan home was being burglarized.

One of the shows that will now have to be canceled was a concert for the New York Department of Sanitation's Family Day to thank and repay them for their kindness during his community service. Asked by Spinner, half-jokingly, if he would consider performing for U.S. Customs if it would help reverse their decision, George says that he would happily play for them. "They are just ordinary people doing their job and they do a fantastic job at that," he says. "I am just sad that they decided not to let me in."

This Week: Johnny Rotten makes his sexiest face, Radiohead performs under dazzling fluorescence, Chris Martin does a jig in London and much more. Flip through this week's set of live pics after the jump.

New York's Fiery Furnances have spent the start of the summer on the road. And so far, things haven't been pretty.

"We always have extreme weather when we go on tour," one-half of the duo, Matthew Friedberger, tells Spinner while hiding out from a downpour. "We've had forest fires, hurricanes -- we've had things cancelled because of a hurricane."

The brother-sister outfit of Matthew and Eleanor wrapped up their early summer dates with a performance at Bonnaroo last week, but they've lined up a free show in New York City next month. It's all part of promoting their forthcoming album, 'Remember,' a double-CD or triple LP, if you prefer vinyl, of live recordings collected over the last several years of touring.

"We wanted to have a live record because we play different live and then if you're going to have a live album, at this point, it had to be retrospective," Friedberger says. "We want it to be [like] someone remembering the old days. There are the same versions of different songs, one song interrupts another song ... [it's] how you hear music."

Performing what they described from the stage as, in some ways, a "Sunday gospel" set, an acoustic collective featuring Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, session singer Teresa Williams, rising Americana star Jackie Greene, and multi-instrumentalist/multi-band member (from Levon Helm's, Bob Dylan's and Lesh's bands) Larry Campbell, sat on stage in chairs and took it easy in the shade of 'This Tent' for the final afternoon of Bonnaroo. Playing unplugged and understated, the specially-assembled group performed a number of specially-arranged Grateful Dead tunes, including 'Friend of the Devil' and 'Deal.' They also ran through some traditionals ('Deep Elum Blues') and traditional gospels ('I've Drifted Too Far From fhe Shore.')

Minutes before the set, Jackie Greene admitted to Spinner that he "was never really a Deadhead." When Lesh first started collaborating with him last year, after he heard one of Greene's songs on the radio, he gave him a "waste-high stack of stuff and said, 'Pick a bunch of them,'" Greene recalled. "Well, I did, and it turns out I ended up falling in love with a lot of the tunes."

A staple of the festival circuit and, now, a favorite with Deadheads even though he's not one himself, Greene says that "Bonnaroo is one of those festivals that you can come to with very high expectations and not be let down. There's Kanye West and there's Phil Lesh. There's all different kinds of music that you can go see and there's strange Russian groups from wherever. Maybe it used to just be this jam festival but it's not anymore -- and that's one of the things that's great about it. There's something for everybody."

Coachella: take note.

When Tom Waits opened his latest tour Tuesday night in Phoenix, he didn't give a reciprocal shout out to Scarlett Johansson, whose new album of Waits covers has brought the troubadour back into mainstream consciousness. But he did give a nod of sorts to another Hollywood name: Charlie Chaplin. From 'Ain't Goin' Down to the Well,' from 2006's 'Orphans' collection, Waits, wearing a bowler hat, used his body as his greatest instrument. Hunched over, arms outstretched and flapping like wings, he sang, "I'm a true believer."

With a dazzling 'Eyeball Kid,' he switched to a sequined bowler that shone like a disco ball as he moved in a slow circle around the front of the stage. The Chaplin nod came during 'Chocolate Jesus,' as Waits dipped the bowler over his eyes and moved about the stage like Chaplin's most famous character, the Tramp.

In past years, Waits' shows have been marked by his exceptionally witty stage banter. And when Waits went to the piano in the middle of the two-hour set, unable to rely on his body language, he returned to the storyteller mode. His banter often centers on a theme, with last night's motif being Phoenix laws. This led to such outlandish laugh-out-loud statements as "You can't bring a lion to the movies in Baltimore ... but apparently you can in Phoenix." Waits also vowed to overturn a Phoenix law that says you can't take home an unfinished piece of pie from a diner.