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Music festival SXSW is underway! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band led a two and a half hour set, which closed with an assemblage members of Arcade Fire, The Low Anthem, and more to sing Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."

WHY AREN'T YOU IN AUSTIN?

Nick Diener of punk band the Swellers played Miss Manners and offered etiquette tips during their most recent tour.

The four-day Bonnaroo Music Festival extravaganza in Tennessee just released their lineup. As usual, it's PACKED with blockbuster names and features something for everyone, from Phish and the Beach Boys (!) to Ludacris and Skrillex (and don't forget Bonny Bear!).

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What you're seeing in the last panel is the brain releasing dopamine, kittens, and the mellow hits of Phil Collins into the body as a last-ditch attempt to numb the crushing pain of music festivals. Or maybe it was just awesome and everything else was actually just a minor inconvenience.

Alright, you've had your five minutes of fame, NOW EVERYONE LOOK BACK AT ME.

This epic meet-up went down in 1980, during Queen's tour promoting their new album The Game. I'm sure it made the part where Freddie croons "Mamaaaaaa..." during Bohemian Rhapsody that much more poignant.

Oh wait, the prequels weren't out yet. It was a simpler time.

Joke's on you! We're actually softcore!

A backstage pass AND a stun gun, a potato sack, and a getaway van.

A writer in Boise, Idaho takes some editorial license.

This was allegedly sent to the producers of the FunFunFun Fest in Austin, where Slayer played earlier this year, and dear god we hope it's real. Because as great as Slayer is, knowing that they order "hand sanitizer" AND "hand satanizer" makes them ten times as great.