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Only at an overbooked musicfest like Austin's South By Southwest would "secret" megashows by Justin Timberlake, Smashing Pumpkins, and Fall Out Boy be the respective second, third, and fourth gig choices of the week's final epic evening. Instead, the place to be on SXSW Saturday was Samsung Galaxy's private closing party headlined by the artist formerly, currently, and forever known as the almighty Prince.

Tex fest South By Southwest lurched into the weekend this Friday, with what was perhaps its most overbooked, spoilt-for-choice day of the week. Depeche Mode, Green Day, the Flaming Lips, Natalie Maines, and Talib Kweli? All on the same night? Well, that's just downright cruel, SXSW bookers...

Yes, SXSW can be a frustrating exercise in FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), because it is inevitable that some stellar shows must unfortunately be skipped. But I am pretty pleased with the array of shows I did manage to take in on Friday. Here are my highlights from the day:

Third Eye Blind [Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic]

For anyone attending the annual South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, this week, the decisions have been painstaking. So make your final night count and choose wisely when you head out to Sixth Street on Saturday.

1) Third Eye Blind, 11pm, The Belmont - In December, Stephan Jenkins took to the Twitter to announce that Third Eye Blind's next album, their fifth, would be their last! What the follow-up to Ursa Major will eventually be remains to be seen, but maybe whatever writer's block is affecting the group can be broken down by enthusiastic applause?

2) Vampire Weekend, 12:15am, Stubb's - Well, it's the weekend, isn't it? Come see what's become of these famous quirky rockers in the three years they've been away from us. Will their new album Modern Vampires Of The City be the third album that solidifies their position as the best Vampires who have ever sorta-lived? Or has too much weekend doomed their bloody fate? You decide!

3) Twin Falls (featuring Chris Carrabba),

When legendary synthpop band Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher participated in a live Q&A this week at the Austin musicfest South By Southwest, Gahan wryly referred to himself as an "overpaid stripper." Two days later, Depeche played their first-ever SXSW show (and first proper gig since 2010), and Gahan--arguably one of the finest frontmen of all time, and one who was fittingly declared a "sex god" by a fan at that Q&A session--busted out some very slinky, very sexy, almost pole-worthy dance moves. And let's just say the man definitely earned his paycheck.

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They did it not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times (frice?)! Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon laid down another epic medley of rap songs to cap JT's week-long stint as musical guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Covering Sugarhill Gang's 1981 classic "Apache (Jump On It)" up to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's 2013 sleeper hit "Thrift Shop", the dynamic duo shook, rattled, and rhymed their way through 25 songs in under six minutes--and only cracked up once each! Pretty impressive, no? No doubt there will be Part 5, JT and JF are clearly having too much fun.

Here's the whole setlist:

· Sugarhill Gang – Apache (Jump On It) - 1981
· Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don’t Do It) – 1983
· Kurtis Blow – Basketball – 1984
· Fat Boys – The Fat Boys – 1984
· Run DMC – Its Tricky - 1987
· Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn - 1987
· LL Cool J – Going Back to Cali - 1988
· Slick Rick – Children’s Story - 1989
· 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny – 1989
· Public Enemy – Fight the Power -

Depeche Mode perform at Yahoo's SXSW headquarters!

And now for a very special edition of #YahooSXSW Tweetcaps: We were the luckiest venue in Austin, Texas Friday night to have the legendary Depeche Mode play an exclusive set for us at Brazos Hall! Quite possibly the biggest event at SXSW this year, Dave Gahan and the lads had the audience in heaven as they performed new singles and classic staples. Check out our tweets, Flickrs and Vines for just a taste of what reaching out and touching faith is like! Our editor on the ground Lyndsey Parker will be giving you the whole scoop on the show once she fights off the fainting spells.

Be sure to come back to Yahoo! Music on March 26 to see video of our Depeche Mode show at SXSW!