England is not known for its sun-kissed beaches. It is, however, the home of the Abbey Road crossing. And that -- and some other pivotal rock & roll landmarks -- helped bring in an astounding £1.4 billion (approximately $2.3 billion) in "music tourism" last year, boosting the U.K.'s economy by nearly $1.5 billion and supporting 19,700 jobs. According to the Guardian, the money was spent on "everything from fairy wings and face paints to pints of beer and bacon butties." We have no idea what half of that means, but we'll presume it means people getting wasted at festivals.

In addition to Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, and T in the Park -- some of the world's premiere live music events -- tourism organization UK Music found fans were flocking to the "unlovely but iconic" Salford Lads Club in Manchester (a.k.a. the location on the cover of the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead). Other possible hotspots as compiled by AOL U.K. include London's Heddon St (the site of David Bowie's The Rise and Fall

What is it about Wilson Phillips' 1990 Number One hit "Hold On" that is so insanely amusing? Is it its overwrought lyrics, its cheesy harmonies, its association with high-waisted jeans? The song's official video is pure gold on its own -- what, you don't know lots of women who like to slather on 30 layers of lipstick and sit on the beach with two of their closest friends singing their hearts out in high-waisted jeans? (Shouts to the random xylophone player on the boardwalk at 1:25.)

While the song has remained painfully, painfully popular in karaoke bars for the past 20 years, over the weekend it experienced a mini-revival because it plays a pivotal role in Bridesmaids (please read our colleague Will Leitch's awesome review). But it has also enjoyed significant parts in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and 2009's Spring Breakdown.

What does this mean? Probably that the people writing such movies knew the satisfaction of nailing these vocal parts in the summer of '90 -- a

Prince's Welcome 2 America concerts in New York City and Los Angeles have been a non-stop wellspring for celebrity sightings. Prince sang with Cyndi Lauper, booted Kim Kardashian from the stage for unenthusiastic dancing, and maybe banned and then un-banned Whitney Houston from his shows. The audience at Prince's Friday the 13th gig at the Forum might have gotten the coolest cameo yet, though: Stevie Wonder, escorted out by Prince's protégé Sheila E., joined the Purple Rain star for a fantastic rendition of Wonder's "Superstition."

According to Spinner, the Forum crowd first heard word that Wonder was in the building after opening act Janelle Monáe dedicated a song to "our friend, Stevie Wonder." Prince then sent "love and respect" Wonder's way during his set. Then during one of the show's five encores (!), Wonder finally emerged onstage and, without even acclimating himself from spectator to performer, launched into one of the best harmonica solos we've heard in a long, long time.

If you think American Idol is the biggest musical competition on the planet, allow us to enlighten you about Eurovision, an annual songwriting competition watched by more than 100 million people (by comparison, Idol pulls in an average of 25 mil a week). Eurovision is basically the World Cup for pop -- it's huge in Europe and makes people crazy patriotic. Each year since 1956, the countries that fall within the limits of the European Broadcasting Area (so essentially all of Europe, some of the Middle East, and north Africa) have been invited to submit one song for the competition, which is performed on live TV. Each nation gets to vote for the best track -- which can't be their own -- and winning can be a really big deal. (The 1974 victor was a little Swedish pop group called ABBA; in 1988 some singer named Celine Dion took home the prize.)

Ireland, the country that's racked up the most wins, was represented by a few familiar faces this year: Jedward, the twins who got famous on the