VIDEO: Some concert attendees were disappointed in the lack of full throttle thrashing.

That's not traditionally why people buy into a mass-entertainment spectacle, but SXSW is a human experience.

Driving from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in one shot is a no-joke haul.

“We’ve been going for about eight hours,” said my traveling companion Alex Gomez at a quarter past four in the morning. “We’re not even halfway there.”

Without extensive, non-ironic freestyling over Drake beats, we may never have made it. But we did. We started from the bottom of the L.A. metro area, and now we're here.

The band’s show was hilariously enjoyable, but was the night’s entertainment as great as possible?

PHOTOS: The singer arrives at the Staples Center on the third stop of her The Truth About Love Tour.

State-run Chinese media called the singer's dedication to Ai Weiwei "disrepectful."

Outearning some of the year's top acts combined, Madonna's MDNA Tour is not only the biggest of 2012, but one of the highest grossing of all time. 

SLIDESHOW: Kreayshawn wrapped up her Group Hug tour in Hollywood.

REVIEW: Abel Tesfaye performed his signature sensual sound Saturday night.

REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens got into the holiday spirit with a festive set at the Fonda.