If you haven't figured it out yet, you're in the middle of Beatles Week.

Or, more specifically, Beatles Year. Because 2009 is looking to be one of the biggest in the legendary rock band's history.

By now you've heard of the Beatles' Rock Band venture; it's a timely videogame venture that will likely introduce an entire new generation of young game players and budding music fans to the music of the Beatles, and it's big, big news.

But even bigger news--any way you look at it--is this week's reissue of the complete Beatles catalog in newly remastered versions. Consumers can now purchase all of the Beatles' albums either separately or in boxed set form; the boxed set format offers consumers either stereo or mono versions of their work and--especially in the latter case--has audiophiles the world over drooling.

In sequence of their original release, the classic albums include:  Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt.

Day two of Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza fest in Chicago's Grant Park kicked things up a notch by adding some diva flavor to its indie-boy band lineup. But first, No Age bravely kicked off the second half of the day, even though band member Randy Randall had recently dislocated his shoulder in a dance contest and had to play wearing a sling. The duo debuted at Lollapalooza regardless, bringing much-needed L.A. noise to the festival.

Sweden's Lykke Li is known for her charming pop debut Youth Novels, but what people don't know about this diva is she can bang on the drums like a real punk and dance like a dream, as evidenced by her afternoon Lolla set.

Animal Collective rocked the Vitamin Water stage at sunset, screaming much-welcomed jams from Merriweather Post Pavillion.

Has Karen O been inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame yet? All bets say she will be one day. The rock goddess came beaming onto the stage with a gigantic headpiece and dress made of felt hands, then

From all reports, U2--who've been playing together since 1976--are only improving with age.

And if the video below is any indication, those reports are entirely correct.

This performance of "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," shot in Barcelona this June at the start of U2's megalithic 360 Tour, is as good an indication as any that the boys in the band--Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.--have yet to lose their touch and continue to astound.

As you'll see from the clip, one of the more remarkable aspects of the current U2 show is the structure of the actual stage: It's circular, constructed to be placed at the central point of a stadium floor, around which the audience, at any angle, can see the band perform with an unsurpassed view.

The current tour--on the receiving end of much acclaim--will finish its European leg on August 22nd, then head to the States beginning with a Sept. 12th date in Chicago. Raw numbers? Incredibly, over 3 million fans will see them by