U2 releases a video for "Get On Your Boots," the first single from the band's new album.

RYAN ADAMS & MANDY MOORE are engaged.

SPINAL TAP (and doc director Marty DiBergi) talk to Vanity Fair about the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap. Audio at the link.  BONUS: Did you know Christopher Guest has a serious band?

LYKKE LI stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming on demand via MPR.

A.C. NEWMAN covers A-ha's "Take On Me" for Starbucks.

RA RA RIOT: "Can You Tell" this is their new video? Take my wife, please!

THE SUBMARINES get the "25 Random Things" list at BlackBook.

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN picks out a Valentine's Day song for You.

JOHN WESLEY HARDING talks to Blurt about his new label, which gets talent recommendations by people like author Nick Hornby and Robyn Hitchcock.

DR. DOG talks about their opening acts, analog recording and more with Mountain Xpress. (Thx, LHB.)

JESSICA SIMPSON, who caught a wave of criticism two weeks ago for wearing a pair of "mom jeans" and a double leopard print belt on stage, wants to create a line of clothes that flatter every figure: "By now I know what works if you're curvy." Ummm... no.

MISCHA BARTON, otoh, is looking shockingly thin.

RHIANNA & CHRIS BROWN: The explosive fight that landed sultry singer Rihanna in the hospital ignited when singer Chris Brown got a text message from another young woman, a source said.

MICKEY ROURKE & COURTNEY LOVE have been secretly seeing each other for the past three weeks, according to the Daily Mirror.

SALMA HAYEK breastfed another woman's baby during a trip to Sierra Leone in front of "Nightline" cameras.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: Quentin Tarantino releases a teaser trailer for his WWII flick.

PRINCE HARRY was hit by a new race row last night after allegedly telling a comic he didn't "sound like a black chap."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: From Illinois to the Smithsonian, Americans are celebrating the 200th birthday of 16th President of the United States. Two things you may not have known about Honest Abe: (1) he was an early adopter of the telegraph; and (2) he once sported a punky haircut.

AFGHANISTAN: Michael Yon has an unclassified PowerPoint presentation from the Marines on complex IED attacks in the Helmand and Farah provinces.

IRAN is thisclose to having enough weapons-grade uranium for a bomb, and will likely have enough for three bombs by year's end, according to the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.

IRAQ's military is purchasing American helicopters, cargo planes and tanks equipment that typically requires a prolonged US presence for maintenance and training.  "To me that could indicate that the Iraqis would like to have a long-term strategic relationship with the United States," said Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, who is in charge of training Iraq's security services and military.

UPDATE: TWO BURNED KOALAS rescued from Australia's deadliest bushfires have provided some heart-warming relief after days of devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives. Awww...some pics and video at the link.

ZOO ANIMALS including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, were fed to a crocodile by a seven-year-old in Australia.

SHARK ATTACK in Woolloomooloo. Thank goodness I'm just typing, not reading aloud.

PET HOARDING UPDATE: North Texas authorities seized 22 dogs found crammed inside a station wagon with their owner -- now with a picture.

STUMP the SUSSEX SPANIEL, who technically retired four years ago took home Best in Show on Tuesday at the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden, becoming the oldest to win the award.