Foo Fighters' Rider: Diva Demands, Snarky Delivery

Oh, and did we mention she went topless, too?

(NEWSER) - Courtney Love had quite the night on Sunday, first ranting against a fan who held up a picture of Kurt Cobain before storming off stage, only to return and flash the audience. Afterward, she explained the diatribe (which you can watch in full in the gallery—it’s definitely NSFW), the Huffington Post reports. “Somebody holds up a Kurt T-shirt. They think it’s a compliment,” she said after the show, but it’s actually painful for her to look at. From there, she transitioned into owning Nirvana and giving money to Cobain’s family. More»

Dave Grohl's in the mood for 'some hot-man muffins'

(NEWSER) - When the Westboro Baptist Church decided to protest the Foo Fighters concert in Kansas City on the grounds that their music promoted fornication and homosexuality, the band came up with a counter-protest of their own. The musicians—dressed in hillbilly costumes from a recent promo video—performed their song "Keep It Clean (Hot Buns)" on the back of a flatbed truck in front of the protesters and counter-protesters, Mediaite reports. Sample lyric: "Think I’m In the mood for some hot-man muffins. Mmmm, sounds so fine, yes indeed.” More»

German woman snags top prize for Foo Fighters performance

(NEWSER) - A German woman rocked her invisible guitar yesterday and walked off with top prize at the 16th Air Guitar World Championships—the first female to snag a medal there in seven years. Held in Oulu in northern Finland, the contest included wild fingerers like US champ Justin "Nordic Thunder" Howard and Veronica "Like Ever Gin" Mullerova of the Czech Republic, who took second and third, respectively. The winner: Aline "The Devil's Niece" Westphal, who amazed judges with her high-energy Foo Fighters performance. (Check out the Telegraph 's video for priceless footage.) More»

Even the congressional interns are peeved over budget deal

(NEWSER) - Fred Armisen's Barack Obama opened Saturday Night Live last night with a summary of the budget deal: "No one got everything he wanted, and everyone walked away unhappy." The unhappiness trickled down to Congress, Congressional cleaning staff and interns, Tea Partiers, Mitt Romney, the New York Times, and kids who are now stuck going on family vacations to national parks, Mediaite reports. Helen Mirren (and her breasts) co-hosted. Catch clips in the gallery. More»

Bon Jovi—and not just in North America

(NEWSER) - Yep, it’s definitely time to give Bon Jovi some respect : The band boasts the highest grossing concert tour of the year—worldwide. Pollstar ranks the top five touring acts of 2010, via the Los Angeles Times :

1. Bon Jovi: $201.1 million.
2. AC/DC: $177 million.
3. U2: $160.9 million.
4. Lady Gaga: $133.6 million.
5. Metallica: $110.1 million.