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Some memorable (and not for good reasons) testimony at the Taylor Swift groping trial earlier today -- that and more, in this afternoon's Pop Bits.

After nearly 22 years of holding the title of rock's most consistent force, Foo Fighters are... probably gonna do it for another 22 more.

Find out which singers and bands have forbidden politicians from using their music.

Leave it to Dave Grohl to protest hate speech with a 2007 Internet meme.

The Westboro Baptist Church, which is notorious for picketing the the funerals of U.S. military personnel and blaming the servicemen’s deaths on the United States’ acceptance of homosexuality, got a taste of its own medicine on Friday when the Foo Fighters staged a counter protest of the church’s picketing of the band’s show that night in Kansas City.

Here's to proposing a special Grammy for Excellent Achievement in Tour Rider Creativity. We know Dave Grohl is the bestest dude in a band right now, and yet he insists on proving it again and again... and today, again. Consequence of Sound directed us to Foo Fighters' tour rider on the Smoking Gun. Part Seven is called "Foo Fighters Field Guide to Food Coloring Book and Activity Pages."

In the 1985 we had "We Are The World". Last year it was "We Are The World 25 for Haiti", now we have "Songs For Japan",  an album where the proceeds will go to help relief efforts in Japan.