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On Saturday (August 7), AFI took the stage in the middle of the afternoon to perform at their first ever Lollapalooza. The quartet certainly aren't strangers to the festival experience, as they have played Warped, Live Earth and any number of European shows. But they had never been to Lollapalooza before — at least, not on stage.

"Me and Adam went to the first Lollapalooza back in 1991," frontman Davey Havok told MTV News yesterday. "It was an incredible lineup: Jane's Addiction, Trent Reznor, Butthold Surfers. And Living Colour — spandex!"

In fact, the 1991 version of Lollapalooza — which was originally organized by Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his legendary band Jane's Addiction — is one of the reasons drummer Adam Carson is making a living as a member of a rock band today. "I remember that festival was the first time I really wanted to be on stage," he told MTV News.

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"Beautiful Thieves" music video from AFI has finally made its way out in full. Arriving via MTV, the video sees the band's personnel Davey Havok, Adam Carson, Hunter Burgan and Jade Puget dressed in suits. It follows them making their way to a huge mansion with beautiful ladies awaiting inside.

The video was filmed in mid December 2009. "It's a very cinematic song so I expect we have our work cut out to make the video look as grand as the song is," Adam previously commented to AFI News Headquarters about the concept of the video.

"Beautiful Thieves" is taken from AFI's 2009 studio installment "Crash Love". A promotional effort for the album has been kicked off with a number of live concerts in North America, Asia and Europe.

Recently, the band also launched a Twitter background contest which requires fans to create something creative from "Crash Love" artwork and other images...

AFI have previewed a music video for their latest single "Beautiful Thieves". The clip sees the band's personnel Davey Havok, Adam Carson, Hunter Burgan and Jade Puget dressed in suits. It follows them making their way to a huge mansion with beautiful ladies awaiting inside.

The video was filmed in mid December 2009. "It's a very cinematic song so I expect we have our work cut out to make the video look as grand as the song is," Adam previously commented to AFI News Headquarters. It is still unknown when the video will arrive in full.

"Beautiful Thieves" is the second single from AFI's eighth studio album "Crash Love". In support of the album, they have embarked on a tour with their next stops including Oregon, Arizona and Florida. They will also fly to Japan, Australia and some cities in U.K. for live concerts. Detailed info about their forthcoming shows...

You know AFI, aka A Fire Inside, the goth-punk rock band probably most known for its 2006 hit 'Miss Murder'. Thursday the band launched its first web series, In Tranmission, a making-of documentary for the band eighth studio album, Crash Love. The weekly series is an exclusive on music social media network Buzznet. It's not quite Wilco's I Am Trying to Break Your Heart—the true benchmark of rock album chronicling. And unless you're already a fan of AFI, it's not likely you'll be checking back weekly on this one. The opening episodes drag on with talking head shots of the band members—Adam Carson, Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan, and Davey Havok—explaining why "Torch Song" was picked to open the album. Though touted as "a rare and comprehensive look at the inner workings of a band that is normally shrouded in mystery," it's strikingly without any actual music in the two 5-minute episodes so far.

It's amazing to fathom, but AFI have been around for nearly 20 years. Frontman Davey Havok and drummer Adam Carson launched the band in 1991, and their new album Crash Love is their eighth full-length (and that's in addition to nine additional EPs). But one thing that has stayed constant throughout the band's career is its fan club, an old-school group who call themselves the Despair Faction. It's sort of an old-school, throwback fan club (not unlike, say, the Kiss Army), and they've provided support for the band for years.

"The Despair Faction is something we pay a lot of attention to," Carson told MTV News. "We try to provide things for the members we think they would like." But Carson added that the community has gained a mind of its own, growing far beyond even what the band ever anticipated. "They have their own events that are separate from us. It's...