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BusinessSeptember 21

Modern English joke that the Strokes took their song I Melt With You
A video captioned as a beef points at Bad Decisions, the 2020 single fans had already matched to the 1982 original.
ObituarySeptember 21

Chad Gilbert, guitarist and songwriter of New Found Glory, has died at 45
Five years of cancer treatment ended on Sunday morning, six months after he disclosed a brain diagnosis.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Susan Tedeschi headlines Berklee's first homecoming with a Derek Trucks guest spot
The college named a scholarship after its 1991 graduate days before she played a 16-song set on a Boston street.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Carrie Underwood sings two Guns N' Roses songs at the band's Atlanta concert
Her first appearance with Axl Rose's group since 2023 came a day after a report that he is advising her on a rock record.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Nirvana's In Utero turns 33, and its Steve Albini mixes are still an argument
The record Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl made in twelve days at a Minnesota studio arrived on this date in 1993.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Protomartyr put out Exalted Eagles, the last single before Hotel Usona
Joe Casey's band close a three-song trail of previews four days ahead of the record's arrival on Domino.
ToursSeptember 21

Jam band Widespread Panic return to Charlotte for two New Year's concerts
Bojangles Coliseum takes the group on 30 and 31 December, their first dates in the city since 2014, billed as a food drive.
ToursSeptember 21

Marianas Trench add a Windsor concert to a thin run of Canadian shows
Josh Ramsay's band play the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on 8 January with Fionn opening, and tickets go up on Friday.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Dirty Honey name the album Catch My Butterfly and share two singles from it
The Los Angeles trio's third record lands on 15 January with John Feldmann producing, and Lights Out is out now.
BusinessSeptember 21

The Capitol Theatre turns 100 and the Port Chester venue answers with a five-hour concert
Pink Talking Fish became the Centennial Band for a night, playing only acts that had stood on that stage since 1970.
ToursSeptember 21

Jim Cuddy adds four Ontario theatre shows with Billianne opening
The Blue Rodeo singer's November run now reaches eight dates across small halls from Keswick to Blyth.
ToursSeptember 21

Placebo book ten Latin American shows to mark thirty years as a band
The run revisits the first two albums, and the Buenos Aires date puts them at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 3 March.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Triggerfinger release the album Tarmac after losing a founder member
Ruben Block and Mario Goossens made the loudest record of their careers for Paul, who died last October.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Grace Potter sings Dolly Parton's 9 To 5 with Maggie Rose at her own Vermont festival
Jackson Browne turned up for a Warren Zevon song, and a US congresswoman had sung with her the night before.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Mumford & Sons play the Springsteen song Atlantic City with Jake Clemons
Marcus Mumford moved to the drum kit to sing it, four miles from where Bruce Springsteen built the E Street Band.
BusinessSeptember 21

Muse say a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg settled who gets the band's name
Matt Bellamy gave the @Muse handles to Meta's assistant and kept the music and the merchandise.
ToursSeptember 21

Widespread Panic play Burning Down The House for only the third time in the band's history
The Talking Heads cover closed an encore in Wilmington, 327 shows after its last outing.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Steven Wilson sets Requiem For A Village for November and shares its title song
The album turns away from AI and studio correction, with narration by Andy Partridge read aloud by David Tennant.
ToursSeptember 21

Spanish Love Songs hold back 5% of tour tickets at 20 pounds, no questions asked
The Los Angeles punk band play Spain for the first time on a 2027 run trailing the album Future Nausea.
ToursSeptember 21

The Velveteers book 20 UK and European dates for their first proper run over here
The Boulder garage-rock trio play London's Oslo on 18 February, most of a month into a leg that ends in Milan.
ReleasesSeptember 21

Crawlers line up a second EP, Live With This, a month after the last one
The Cheshire trio put Birthday out first, a song about feeling alone on the day you are meant to celebrate.
ToursSeptember 19

Papa Roach cancel their Louder Than Life festival set over Tobin Esperance's health
The Louisville show was their last US date before a European run opens in Glasgow on 1 November.
ToursSeptember 19

Gorillaz open their North American tour with Albarn raising a Palestinian flag
The Orlando set ran to 24 songs and pulled from their debut, Plastic Beach, Demon Days, Humanz and The Mountain.
ReleasesSeptember 18

TAUK guitarist Matt Jalbert sings for the first time on his solo album Somebody's Child
The instrumental quartet's guitarist wrote lyrics for the first time in his thirties, and the title track is out now.
ReleasesSeptember 18

An unreleased Neal Casal song, Muscatine, opens a posthumous album of home recordings
Twelve tracks the singer-songwriter cut at home on a gifted eight-track machine arrive on 6 November, seven years after his death.
FestivalsSeptember 18

Punk In The Park promoter Brew Ha Ha plans a new punk festival after the boycott
Cameron Collins cancelled everything he had booked when acts refused to play over his donation to Donald Trump.
BusinessSeptember 18

Rush pay belated tribute to drummer Neil Peart in No One's Disciple
The CBC documentary premieres at Toronto on September 16, with Stewart Copeland, Chad Smith and Danny Carey jamming alongside Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
ReleasesSeptember 18

Hayley Williams plays the song Airplanes with Rico Nasty, 16 years on
The pair closed the encore at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, where Nasty had opened the show earlier that night.
ReleasesSeptember 18

Beck shot the Run Away video in Tokyo with the actor Tadanobu Asano
Mikai Karl directed it on location in Japan, the second arthouse lead Beck has cast for this record.
ReunionsSeptember 18

Talking Heads reunite on 28 September for a SiriusXM channel launch
Este Haim hosts the conversation at the broadcaster's New York studios. Talking Heads Radio runs through October, and no new music is involved.
ReleasesSeptember 18

XTC bassist Colin Moulding shares Want It Bad, his second solo single
He has written for the band since 1972 and put out solo work exactly once before this.
ToursSeptember 18

Interpol and Queens Of The Stone Age book three Mexico shows for 2027
A stadium night in Mexico City on 6 March sits between arena dates in Guadalajara and Monterrey, with The Black Angels opening.
ReleasesSeptember 18

Beck releases the album Ride Lonesome, his first record in seven years
Capitol put it out with Nigel Godrich mixing, and a tour opens at the Santa Barbara Bowl on 22 September.
ToursSeptember 18

The Avett Brothers bring back Linger, the Cranberries song, after 480 shows
Seth Avett sang it to open the encore in New Haven, eight years after the band last played it.
BusinessSeptember 17

Roger Waters says Ed Sheeran was wrong to drop Macklemore from the tour
The Pink Floyd co-founder posted the video on Tuesday night, over a clip of himself singing We Shall Overcome.
BusinessSeptember 17

Warren Haynes says Matt Abts' medical leave is holding the Gov't Mule album
The drummer has not played with the band since January 2025. Terence Higgins is covering, and Haynes wants the next record made with bassist Kevin Scott.
BusinessSeptember 17

Nirvana, Pixies and The Smiths sit in a 10,000-concert Chicago tape archive
Aadam Jacobs taped clubs across the city from 1984 until the pandemic. Brian Emerick and about 15 volunteers are putting roughly 200 shows a month online.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Howlin Rain open their covers album Watermelon with Chris Robinson on Silver Paper
Ethan Miller marks twenty years of the band by mining obscure 1970s records, out 13 November.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Steve Winwood joins John Fogerty in Charlotte for a Wilson Pickett song
The tourmates waited until show ten of the Legacy Tour to share a stage on In The Midnight Hour.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Kevin Parker drums with Pond in Austin on a Mink Mussel Creek song
The Tame Impala leader played the band's last song of the night at The Mohawk, fifteen years after leaving.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Jay Lane starts the band Jayski and the Dawn to funk up the Dead
The drummer debuts the project with saxophonist Dave Ellis at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on 20 November.
BusinessSeptember 17

Talking Heads regroup to talk about their music on a SiriusXM channel
All four members sit down with Este Haim on 28 September, and Talking Heads Radio launches on Channel 145 three days later.
ReleasesSeptember 17

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard tease a bluegrass record with a guest
Stu Mackenzie and Joey Walker told triple j the project is unfinished, and JamBase reads the unnamed guest as Billy Strings.
BusinessSeptember 17

CBGB owners hunt for a New York room, twenty years after the club closed
Brand owner Phil Sandhaus says rents pushed the search to Brooklyn and Queens, and the name is running as a festival in the meantime.
BusinessSeptember 17

Les Claypool records a new theme song for the renamed South Park
The Primus bassist revisits the 30-second piece he wrote in 1997, now that the show has become South America for its 29th season.
ObituarySeptember 17

Gary McCracken, the drummer in Max Webster, has died aged 75
Kim Mitchell and Rush's Geddy Lee both posted tributes to the Sarnia player nicknamed Stixie, who had been in palliative care.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Neil Young's 50th album Second Song pairs new songs with 1960s tapes
Cut to tape at Shangri-La with the Chrome Hearts, the record revives two songs he wrote as a teenager in Canada.
ReleasesSeptember 17

Editors share the single Seriously from their seventh album
Surface, Echo & Sound lands on 30 October through Play It Again Sam, written in a Gloucestershire industrial estate over the summer of 2025.
ToursSeptember 16

Johnny Marr sets a Buenos Aires tour date for November 26
He'll play C Art Media, presenting his new album The Age of Everything.
ToursSeptember 14

The Warning book a Mexico City stadium concert to open their 2027 tour
The rock trio landed an NFL halftime slot hours before announcing the Estadio GNP Seguros date.
ReunionsSeptember 10

Soundgarden's surviving members will reunite for the NFL season opener halftime show
The surviving members will play their first major show since reconciling with Chris Cornell's widow.
ToursSeptember 10

Turnstile play their first live cover of The Stone Roses on the Piece Hall stage
The Baltimore band walked out to Islands In The Stream in tribute to Dolly Parton, then aired I Wanna Be Adored for the first time.
ReleasesSeptember 9

Widespread Panic set live album Albany 2000 for archival release
It is the 21st installment of the band's multi-track archival audio series.
ToursSeptember 8

Noel Gallagher hints at Oasis shows in the summer of 2027
He told talkSPORT there is no football tournament next year to fill the calendar.
ReleasesSeptember 8

Bloc Party debuts a video for new track "Pigwig" off upcoming album
Frontman Kele Okereke says every lyric on the record, Anatomy of a Brief Romance, is drawn from something that really happened to him.
BusinessSeptember 7

Oasis put out the full trailer for their Live '25 reunion documentary
The two-hour film reaches cinemas and IMAX on September 11, with Disney+ and Hulu to follow later in the year.
ToursSeptember 4

Hayley Williams sets tattoo pop-up shops around her solo tour dates
Flash designs at 37 studios across three continents, with 40 percent of proceeds going to the Ally Coalition.
ReleasesSeptember 3

Clinic announce their tenth album, Wild In The Streets
The Liverpool art punk group, now down to Ade Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley, lead with the single "You And I".
ReleasesSeptember 3

Yeah Yeah Yeahs release a Royal Albert Hall live album and a concert film
Karen O says the 2025 shows came out of a need to gather after the election.
BusinessSeptember 3

David Byrne builds an Oscar-qualifying song from Elon Musk's own words
"Let Me Sell You a Dream" runs in Alex Gibney's documentary Musk and could put Byrne back in the Academy Awards race after nearly 40 years.
ToursSeptember 3

Irish band Fontaines D.C. to headline Slane Castle in June 2027
They are only the third Irish act to top the bill there, after U2 and Thin Lizzy.
ToursSeptember 3

Fontaines D.C. book a 19-date European arena tour for autumn 2026
Chalk support the run, which opens in Lisbon and ends at London's O2.
AwardsSeptember 2

Drummer Alex Van Halen receives the Netherlands' highest civilian honour
The Order of the Netherlands Lion honour was conferred in Nijmegen, where he grew up.
BusinessSeptember 2

First trailer arrives for the Neil Peart documentary No One's Disciple
Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Stewart Copeland and Chad Smith remember the Rush drummer.
ToursSeptember 2

Tinariwen postpone their Canadian tour after a fire destroyed travel papers
The Tuareg collective were due to open in Victoria on September 3.
LegalSeptember 2

Alanis Morissette sues her former tour manager over an alleged blackmail scheme
The complaint says Keren Urinov threatened drug trafficking claims unless she got a 15-year contract.
BusinessSeptember 2

Stevie Nicks and Olivia Rodrigo appear on the Practical Magic 2 soundtrack
Landslide plays in one scene and Rodrigo's The Cure in another, Rolling Stone reports.
LegalSeptember 2

Gary Glitter denies eight historical sex offence charges in court
The singer, real name Paul Gadd, faces a three-week trial in November 2027.
ReleasesSeptember 2

Fake Names announce their third album Punk Ruins for October 23
The supergroup cut twelve songs in five days at Chicago's Electrical Audio.
ToursSeptember 2

David Byrne maps a North American book tour for Sleeping Beauties
Six October dates present the new title, with one Canadian stop in Toronto.
ReleasesSeptember 2

PISS book 23 tour dates behind their first LP, you made me / skin on linen
The Vancouver four-piece play the UK, Ontario, a North American run supporting Gilla Band, and a hometown Halloween show on release day.
ReleasesSeptember 2

Vancouver's PISS name their debut LP "you made me / skin on linen"
Sub Pop and Paper Bag put the record out on October 30, with the single "time loop at hot slit" leading it.
ToursSeptember 2

Alexisonfire book a Buenos Aires concert playing the album Crisis in full
The Canadian five-piece hit Teatro Vorterix on 17 November for the twentieth anniversary of the record, then play a second set from across their career.
ReleasesSeptember 2

Vanessa Bedoret announces the album "About Time" for October 30
Eleven tracks on Scenic Route from the London-based French artist, who trained classically until 18 before joining punk bands.
FestivalsSeptember 2

Guitarist Pete Townshend withdraws from the Crossroads Guitar Festival
Foot damage and balance problems after knee surgery have stopped the trip to Austin, and he is donating $50,000 to Eric Clapton's Antigua clinic instead.
ReleasesSeptember 2

Little Grandad set January 22 for their debut album Speak Softly, Son
The London quartet recorded with Kev Jones in Crouch End between tour runs.
ReleasesSeptember 2

PISS line up a first album and share "time loop at hot slit"
The Vancouver band's 15-song debut lands 30 October on Sub Pop, led by a video shot at a shuttered DIY space.
ReleasesSeptember 2

HMLTD set their third album FANGS for October 23 with two new members
Theo Spark and Andrei Martynchyk join the founders, and lead single I Used To Ride In Limousines is out.
BusinessSeptember 2

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters joins the documentary Freedom Theatre
Rishi Pelham's five-year shoot follows Ahmed Tobasi keeping a theatre open in the Jenin refugee camp.
ToursSeptember 2

Fontaines D.C. book a 2026 UK and European arena tour
The 20-date run opens in Lisbon on 21 October, and two Slane Castle shows with Hayley Williams follow in June 2027.
ReleasesSeptember 2

Clinic set their tenth album Wild In The Streets for October 30
Ade Blackburn says exotica, dub reggae and early rock and roll fed the Liverpool band's Domino release.
BusinessSeptember 2

The 100 Club marks 50 years of its punk festival with Sprints and Maruja
Tickets cost 1.50 pounds, the 1976 price, for two Soho nights on September 20 and 21.
FestivalsSeptember 2

Ocean Way, a new Santa Monica beach festival, books the Killers and Olivia Dean
Goldenvoice runs the car-free weekend on September 26-27, with Jack White and Khruangbin also billed.
ObituarySeptember 1

Sean Ragon, founding frontman of the band Cult Of Youth, has died at 45
The Brooklyn record store owner and neofolk musician died with no cause given, his band said.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce the live album Hidden In Pieces, taped in London
Karen O calls the run extraordinarily vulnerable; vinyl and CD editions follow on October 23.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Punk supergroup Fake Names set the album Punk Ruins for October 23
Dennis Lyxzen, Brian Baker and a new drummer share Until It's Normal and book seven US dates.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Perennial close out the album Modernism with the single "Emma Peel"
The New England trio have now shared four songs from a record due this month.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Wavves scrap the Say Anything collaborative album Cherry Soda
Nathan Williams says the decision may cost him $200,000 with 10,000 records already pressed.
FestivalsSeptember 1

311, Dirty Heads and Gym Class Heroes join the Warped Tour Orlando lineup
The two-day Central Florida Fairgrounds finale carries more than 100 acts in November.
ToursSeptember 1

Hayley Williams books UK arena shows for summer 2027
The Paramore singer plays Glasgow, Cardiff and Alexandra Palace after a Slane Castle support slot.
Lineup changeSeptember 1

Say Anything postpone shows as Max Bemis steps back from the band
Screenshots posted to a subreddit put a collaborative album with Wavves in doubt.
BusinessSeptember 1

Levon Helm Studios struggles to refund shows the Woodstock venue cancelled
The owners' dispute reached federal court last month, and ticket money has not come back.
FestivalsSeptember 1

Sprints and Maruja play the 100 Club for the Punk Special 50th anniversary
Tickets cost 1.50 pounds, the same price the London venue charged in 1976.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Death Valley Girls share the single Basic Witch from Welcome to Earth
Bonnie Bloomgarden wrote the album after the Altadena fires took her house and her dog.
ToursSeptember 1

Joe Russo's Almost Dead book three November shows to close their tour year
New Brunswick, Washington and Philadelphia take the band's last dates of 2026.
ToursSeptember 1

Hayley Williams books a 2027 UK and European tour
Nine dates open in Milan on June 7 and close at Alexandra Palace, with a Slane Castle support slot between.
ReleasesSeptember 1

The Who expand The Who By Numbers into a five disc box set
92 unreleased tracks carry Pete Townshend's demos, two 1976 concerts and studio jams.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Death Valley Girls share a Basic Witch video featuring Exene Cervenka of X
The second single from Welcome to Earth follows singer Bonnie Bloomgarden losing her home in the Altadena fire.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Wavves will re-record the shelved Say Anything album Cherry Soda alone
Nathan Williams says 10,000 copies are already pressed and the decision could cost him about 200,000 dollars.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Andrew W.K. surprise-releases the jazz album Temptation to Exist
Ten instrumental pieces, played almost entirely by him, and his first record since 2021.
ObituarySeptember 1

Miguel Zavaleta, singer and leader of the band Sueter, dies at 71
His daughter Lucrecia said in a statement he had been treated for cancer for several months.
Lineup changeSeptember 1

Black Flag singer Max Zanelly misses the US tour over a work visa issue
London Downey fronts the hardcore band for a 45-date run starting in Aspen on 3 September.
ToursSeptember 1

Sprints and Maruja play 100 Club shows marking 50 years of UK punk
Tickets are pegged at 1976 prices for two nights at the Oxford Street basement in September.
ReleasesSeptember 1

Spanish Horses sign to So Young Records and share the single Hey Man (Hey Man!)
The band play End Of The Road this weekend and a free-entry Soho show on 8 September.
ObituarySeptember 1

David Fair, who co-founded the band Half Japanese, has died at 74
His brother Jad confirmed the cause was cancer, days after the pair's label and friends began sharing tributes online.
BusinessSeptember 1

London's 100 Club marks 50 years of punk with 1976 ticket prices
Sprints and Maruja headline the two nights, half a century after the venue's Sex Pistols festival.
FestivalsSeptember 1

Drone footage shows the tents left behind at Reading Festival 2026
Organisers had asked fans to take their gear home, then heavy rain arrived during Florence + The Machine's set.
ToursSeptember 1

Sex Pistols with Frank Carter add six UK dates to their 50 Years Of Punk tour
Tickets for the December run go on general sale on Friday, with 11 shows now on the schedule.
ReleasesSeptember 1

David Sylvian's album Gone to Earth turns 40 and gets read as post-rock
The Quietus argues his 1986 second solo record prepared the ground as much as Talk Talk's more celebrated work.
ReunionsAugust 31

Brittany Howard traces the Alabama Shakes reunion back to a brewery fundraiser
A surprise appearance in Tuscaloosa turned into three songs, then seven, then the album I Must Be Dreaming.
ToursAugust 31

The Killers singer Brandon Flowers covers Islands In The Stream for Dolly Parton
A hometown warmup show in Salt Lake City, a week after his first solo album in 11 years, with two backing vocalists brought centre stage.
ReleasesAugust 31

The Ramones debut album turns 50 and gets a Hollywood tribute concert
Fred Armisen, Billy Idol and The Linda Lindas guested at the Aug. 30 show, and footage has been circulating since.
ToursAugust 31

Cretin Family play a 50th anniversary Ramones tribute concert in Hollywood
Billie Joe Armstrong, Travis Barker, Tim Armstrong and CJ Ramone led a sold-out night at Hollywood Forever.
ToursAugust 31

Aemia book October pop-up shows in Vancouver and Toronto
The Persian-Canadian alt-rock band's first dates since signing to Artist House land at the Pearl and Lee's Palace.
ToursAugust 31

Tedeschi Trucks Band debut a Wildflowers cover for Dolly Parton at Wolf Trap
Susan Tedeschi, Alecia Chakour and Gabe Dixon sang it as a trio on both nights of a two-show stand in Virginia.
ReleasesAugust 31

Dazy gathers 24 songs on the compilation album MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2
James Goodson's Richmond project collects three years of singles and EPs, adds seven new tracks, and puts them out on 23 October.
BusinessAugust 31

Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way backs a Shifty Shellshock documentary film
Soleil Moon Frye's portrait of the late Crazy Town singer adds two executive producers after a festival run.
ReleasesAugust 31

Andrew W.K. turns to instrumental jazz noir on the album Temptation To Exist
His first record in five years drops the vocals and the power chords for piano, brass, woodwinds and cello.
ObituaryAugust 31

Miguel Zavaleta, singer and leader of the Argentine rock band Sueter, dies at 71
He founded the group in 1981 and helped remake the country's music as the dictatorship gave way to democracy.
ReleasesAugust 31

Amy Taylor sings a John Prine song with Viagra Boys at FORWARDS in Bristol
The pair had recorded In Spite Of Ourselves together in 2020 and never played it in front of an audience until now.
ToursAugust 31

Rush add four arena dates to the Fifty Something Tour
Houston, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh get one night stands after the band found they needed fewer days off than planned.
ToursAugust 31

Max Bemis cancels solo shows as the Say Anything singer faces allegations
A statement cited mental health, and arrived while screenshots posted by a 17 year old were circulating on Reddit.
ReleasesAugust 31

Journey bring the Steve Perry tribute singer Hugo Valenti onstage in Japan
He has fronted Journey tribute bands for 21 years, and was nearly hired by the real one in 1998 before the resemblance counted against him.
ToursAugust 31

Dave Matthews Band revive two long-shelved songs at Fiddler's Green
Time Bomb had not been played since May 2022 and Eh Hee since that September, and both returned across a two-night Colorado stand.
ToursAugust 31

Fontaines D.C. book 20 headline dates across 14 countries
The run takes in some of the band's largest headline shows and follows festival sets at Reading, Leeds and Electric Picnic.
ReleasesAugust 31

Cretin Family, the new punk supergroup, debut at a Ramones tribute show
Billy Idol, Fred Armisen and The Linda Lindas guested at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and John Travolta introduced the band.
ReleasesAugust 31

Interpol release new album This Mirror Weighs A Ton
It arrives almost 24 years to the day after their debut Turn On The Bright Lights.
ReleasesAugust 31

Bad Waitress set In The Hollow, their first album in five years
The Toronto punk quartet produced the record themselves with engineer Josh Korody, and Lovin' Kind arrives as the first taste.
FestivalsAugust 31

Twenty One Pilots debut Robot Voices in their only UK festival set of 2026
Emi Grace sang the Breach track with the duo at All Points East, on a night that also took in Beatles, Radiohead and White Stripes covers.
ReleasesAugust 31

Bruce Springsteen joins Bleachers onstage in Asbury Park for two songs
The Boss walked out at Shadow of the City, the hometown festival Jack Antonoff's band closed on August 28.
ReleasesAugust 31

Billie Joe Armstrong and Travis Barker lead Ramones tribute band The Cretin Family
Billy Idol, The Linda Lindas and Fred Armisen turned up at the Hollywood Forever anniversary show.
ReleasesAugust 31

cowboyy share the single melancholy (chain) from the EP revocder
Stan Powell wrote it as a throwback to what he was making as a teenager, and it started life as chain to pain.
ObituaryAugust 31

David Fair, who co-founded the band Half Japanese with his brother Jad, has died
He had been treated for cancer for two years, and died at the weekend with his daughter beside him.
ReleasesAugust 31

Republica reissue their debut album at 30 with an unreleased 1997 live set
The double vinyl lands on 9 October, followed by a UK tour that opens on the Isle of Wight.
FestivalsAugust 30

Florence + The Machine close the Everybody Scream tour at Reading festival
Welch asked both crowds to put their phones away, and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen joined her on One Of The Greats.
FestivalsAugust 30

Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs pulls out of the Daisy Chain Fields festival
A family emergency kept her on the East Coast, and she was one of three billed special guests.
ReleasesAugust 30

Viagra Boys are writing a new album they call emotional and eclectic
A year of studio demos follows Viagr Aboys, and the Stockholm building they recorded it in is due for demolition.
ToursAugust 30

Dinosaur Jr. book a 2027 winter tour with Starcrawler supporting
The 17-date North American run opens at Brooklyn Steel in February.
ReleasesAugust 30

Keo say the rough edges on Put A Smile On For Me are deliberate
The London four-piece recorded live in one room with the amps bleeding into the drum mics, out September 25.
FestivalsAugust 30

One dead and five hurt as a sign falls at Big Church Festival
Sussex Police named the man who died as Robert Guanco, a pastor from Eastbourne, and the sold-out event was called off.
FestivalsAugust 30

Fontaines D.C. headline the Reading and Leeds festivals and debut Happy For You
Technical problems cut three songs at Reading, so the new track from Dopamine Chamber waited until Bramham Park.
Lineup changeAugust 29

The Who rehearse with drummer Zak Starkey after their bitter split
Roger Daltrey told a Las Vegas crowd the session was aimed at European dates.
ReleasesAugust 29

Royal Blood call their fifth album Dead Company relentless and brutal
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher spoke backstage at Reading after a secret set, two years since their last run of shows.
ReleasesAugust 29

Faye Webster joins Turnstile for I Care at the All Points East festival
The Baltimore band also played their Stone Roses cover and walked on to a Dolly Parton duet.
ReunionsAugust 29

shame announce a hiatus after the last Cutthroat shows
The South London five-piece promise a fifth record and call the break a see you later.
ReleasesAugust 29

Alabama Shakes return with I Must Be Dreaming, their first album in a decade
Brittany Howard, Zack Cockrell and Heath Fogg cut it as a three-piece, and Rolling Stone calls it a grown up record.
ReleasesAugust 29

Cardinals say their next album is heading somewhere darker
The Cork band told NME at Reading that they are writing between tours and prefer club rooms to festival stages.
ReleasesAugust 29

Sombr brings out The Cranberries for Zombie at Electric Picnic festival
Noel and Mike Hogan joined the singer at Stradbally Hall, six months after a Linger duet in Dublin.
FestivalsAugust 29

Geese pull one of Reading festival's wildest crowds to The Gallery tent
Cameron Winter warned the soaked crowd not to drink the water coming through the tent roof.
ReleasesAugust 28

The Warning release a fifth album, Everything's Falling, made at home in Monterrey
The Villarreal sisters stopped touring to write it, and say rock is a genre of freedom and rebellion they had stopped letting themselves use.
ReleasesAugust 28

Clutch return with the single The Drifter Returns from their 14th album
Neil Fallon says running their own label lets the Maryland band sit on a record until it feels finished.
ReleasesAugust 28

Disgusting Sisters release Not Cool from their first album
It was the first song the duo ever wrote together, and the album arrives 30 October on Source Records.
Lineup changeAugust 28

Zak Starkey looks set to return as the drummer for The Who
SPIN reports another turn in a relationship that broke down twice last year.
ReleasesAugust 28

Turnstile release the album Never Enough: Versions with Elton John and dozens more
Twenty-two rebuilds of a 2025 record, handed to guests running from death metal to Broadway-sized pop.
ReleasesAugust 28

Kendall Street Company share Don't Wanna Be Gone from a new album
Yodeling Astroman, out October 23, tells folk tales from an alien's point of view.
ReleasesAugust 28

Lotus guitarist Tim Palmieri sits in with the band Spafford at Toad's Place
Two songs in New Haven, including a Pink Floyd cover that took a hard turn toward the livetronica sound Palmieri usually works in.
ReleasesAugust 28

Aluminum announce the album Iconoclast HaHa and share Killing Time
The San Francisco four-piece recorded through Marshall stacks in Oakland.
FestivalsAugust 28

Festival Escenario screens ten free rock documentaries in Buenos Aires
The seventh edition runs August 30 to September 6 across several city cinemas.
ReleasesAugust 28

U2 cover the Pogues song Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah for a Shane MacGowan tribute
The Edge calls the late frontman a man of contradictions on a charity record due November 13.
ReleasesAugust 28

Pearl Jam's Ten turns 35, and Clash puts the album back inside 1991
Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament built the band out of Mother Love Bone's collapse before Eddie Vedder mailed in his lyrics.
ReleasesAugust 28

CAN'T STOP TALKING share the single Cool People Are Arseholes
The East London four-piece take aim at manufactured personality.
BusinessAugust 28

Guitarist John Mayer says he has not sworn off Dead and Company for good
A USA Today quote about going back to his corner read as a goodbye. He told Andy Cohen that hanging it up is part of grieving Bob Weir.
ReleasesAugust 28

Aqualine turn self-frustration into the new single Stupid Brain
The five-piece from Guildford and Brighton produced the track themselves.
ReleasesAugust 28

The Linda Lindas share a Victorian ghost video for Everybody Told Me
The song sits on Gotta Get Out, the band's third album, out now.
BusinessAugust 28

Trey Anastasio, Dave Matthews and Chris Stapleton to play a cancer research gala
The three Red Light Management artists will perform at the T.J. Martell Foundation's 51st New York Honors Gala, which honours the company's founder.
ReleasesAugust 28

Radio Free Alice set October 30 for the debut album What's In Between
Atlantic releases the Melbourne band's first LP after a Bermondsey pop-up drew more than 500 people on six hours' notice.
ReleasesAugust 28

Peter Gabriel shares the song Looking for the Happy from his album o/i
Another full-moon release, eight and a half minutes long, from a record Real World has not dated.
ReleasesAugust 28

U2 record the Shane MacGowan song Yeah, Yeah for a tribute album
The cover opens 20th Century Paddy, out November 13 on Rubyworks.
FestivalsAugust 28

Royal Blood play a surprise Reading festival set in The Gallery tent
The Brighton duo drew a full tent at 2pm and opened with Out Of The Black.
ReleasesAugust 28

Elton John covers Turnstile's song Seein' Stars for their versions album
Piano and pop sheen over a hardcore band's most melodic single, with Brendan Yates trading verses.
ToursAugust 28

Dinosaur Jr. add 2027 tour dates as the album There Near arrives
The run picks back up in Brooklyn in February and ends in Boston, with one Canadian date in Toronto.
ReleasesAugust 28

Kendall Street Company set the eighth album Yodeling Astroman for October
Fifteen folk tales narrated by a character who turned up in deep space just after the big bang.
LegalAugust 28

German police drop their travel ban case against Bob Vylan
The band call it another attempt to silence critics of the war in Gaza.
BusinessAugust 28

Josh Homme says arena rules are really about controlling fun
The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman expanded on his complaint after lighting a cigarette on stage in defiance of a Ford Field smoking ban.
BusinessAugust 28

Brady Corbet to film David Byrne's Baltimore concerts in 70mm
The Brutalist director shot the run on 8 perf and 15 perf stock, and the singer says he had not grasped what that would do.
BusinessAugust 28

Ramones documentary gets a 4K restoration and a digital release
Magnolia Pictures brings End of the Century back to cinemas later this year.
ToursAugust 28

Supergrass book a 2027 UK tour of hits and deep cuts
It is their first UK headline run since the 2025 dates marking 30 years of I Should Coco.
BusinessAugust 28

Aemia sign to the label Artist House with the single Nowhere To Hide
JT Daly produced the Persian-Canadian duo's first song for the label, and singer Mia Ravangar directed its video.
BusinessAugust 28

Ian McCulloch says the band Echo and the Bunnymen are in their pomp again
The singer talks up Apples For Isaac, a Brussels love song, a Bosch obsession and the late Clem Burke's drumming, and warns the critics are already sharpening up.
ReunionsAugust 27

John Mayer says he is not swearing off Grateful Dead music for good
The guitarist told Andy Cohen on Radio Andy that hanging it up is part of grieving Bob Weir.
ToursAugust 27

The band Goose crash a Boulder house party with a free backyard set
Seven songs for University of Colorado students, one Stevie Wonder cover unheard in 431 shows, and a police officer who did not manage to stop it.
ReleasesAugust 27

Liz Phair puts two unreleased songs on a limited 7-inch single
One side is the theme she wrote for Lena Dunham's podcast, and the pressing arrives as her Sleater-Kinney dates approach.
ToursAugust 27

Pixies set an April 2027 Buenos Aires tour date at Movistar Arena
The band led by Black Francis return to Argentina to mark 40 years, with general ticket sales opening September 1.
ReleasesAugust 27

Sonic Youth and Liquid Liquid feature on a Tellus cassette zine vinyl set
The 1980s New York series put music on tape years before magazines started bundling CD samplers with each issue.
ToursAugust 27

Portishead singer Beth Gibbons announces her first Argentina concert
She posted the news herself, saying she was incredibly excited to finally reach the continent in 2027.
ReleasesAugust 27

Gently Tender share Don't Sleep ahead of an October album
Sam Fryer wrote the words on long walks around the green belt at the edge of London, and calls it an Uber Pop song.
ReleasesAugust 27

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks join the band Alabama Shakes onstage in Cincinnati
The two acts had shared four bills in a row before Brittany Howard finally handed the guests a song at Riverbend Music Center.
ReleasesAugust 27

Johnny Marr shares It's Time from the album The Age Of Everything
It is the third preview after Spin and Ophelia, and the video uses footage from Castlefield Bowl in July.
BusinessAugust 27

David Byrne turns his latest live show into a concert film
Who Is The Sky? was shot at the Hippodrome in Baltimore, and it follows Stop Making Sense and American Utopia in his catalogue.
ReleasesAugust 27

Silver Gore release the single Don't Tell Your Friends on Island Records
Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn follow their Dogs In Heaven EP with a song about masking around people who think they know you.
ToursAugust 27

Beth Gibbons books her first Argentina tour date for May 2027
Buenos Aires sits between Sao Paulo and Santiago on a three date South American run, her first on the continent.
ReleasesAugust 27

Pearl Jam's debut album Ten turns 35
Stone Gossard wrote the music in his parents' attic after Andrew Wood died, and a cassette reached a San Diego surfer.
ToursAugust 27

Jamie T confirmed for a surprise Reading Festival opening set
The noon main stage slot ran 33 minutes and 10 seconds, a nod to the recent single 3310.
ReleasesAugust 27

Johnny Marr says Noel Gallagher is back writing songs for the pleasure of it
Nobody has said whether the material feeds Oasis or High Flying Birds, and the pair have been friends for 30 years.
ReleasesAugust 27

Protomartyr share Feed the Sewer, a second single from Hotel Usona
Joe Casey says the song is about artificial intelligence; Dave Fridmann produced the album, out September 25 on Domino.
ToursAugust 27

John Mayer plays a solo Dolly Parton tribute at a SiriusXM Hamptons concert
He performed I Will Always Love You before Gravity at the Stephen Talkhouse; the set airs Saturday on Radio Andy.
ReleasesAugust 27

Pearl Jam press a 2016 Philadelphia performance of Ten to vinyl
Ten Live arrives Nov. 27 as a three sided LP, taken from a 32 song night at the Wells Fargo Center.
ToursAugust 27

Pixies book an April 2027 Buenos Aires tour date at Movistar Arena
It will be the band's fourth visit to the country, after Luna Park in 2010, Lollapalooza in 2014 and Primavera Sound in 2022.
BusinessAugust 27

Sting will narrate a documentary about composer Nino Rota
Walter Fasano's film gets a special screening at the Venice Film Festival, and skips the usual cradle to grave structure.
ReleasesAugust 27

The Drin share Prophets Of Doom from a 23 song album
I Lost My Way For Centuries runs 74 minutes, and the Cincinnati group recorded it on a do it yourself budget.
BusinessAugust 27

Maple's Pet Dinosaur signs a global deal with Warner Music Australia
The 15-year-old rock singer leads with Child's Play, the title track of a debut EP built on alt-metal.
ToursAugust 27

Geese honour Dolly Parton and air Disco across two sold-out Glasgow gigs
Cameron Winter played Here You Come Again from his phone hours after her death was announced, before the band's Reading and Leeds sets.
ReleasesAugust 27

Pearl Jam's No Code album turns 30, and The Quietus calls it grunge's Kid A
JR Moores argues the 1996 record, not In Utero, was the point where the genre turned on its own audience.
BusinessAugust 26

Gene Simmons says Kiss needs Pophouse's permission to tour again
The band reportedly requires approval from Pophouse to return to the stage.
ObituaryAugust 26

Actor and singer Tim Curry dies at 80
Curry was best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
ReleasesAugust 26

Greg Freeman shares new song 'Cahokia'
The track previews his upcoming album All Set The Bone, produced by John Congleton and following last year's Burnover.
ReleasesAugust 26

Orianthi's supergroup The Power of 3 announce debut album
Guitarist Orianthi, drummer Cindy Blackman Santana and bassist Rhonda Smith unveil their self-titled record, out December 11.
LegalAugust 26

Musician Yves Tumor denies sexual assault claims made by multiple women
The artist born Sean Lee Bowie says he has witnesses and will take legal action over posts that spread from Reddit to X.
ToursAugust 26

Blues Traveler closed a Pennsylvania concert with a Steely Dan cover
Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms sang Dirty Work for the encore in Bethlehem, a first after eleven nights of Tom Petty.
ToursAugust 26

Royal Blood reveal Reading Festival 2026 secret set
The duo promise it will be as relentless as possible, part of a triumphant return following a two-year touring break.
ReleasesAugust 26

Fred Tackett and Scott Sharrard detail new album Honest Men
The duo album, arriving September 18, revisits Little Feat's catalog alongside tributes to Lowell George and Gregg Allman.
BusinessAugust 26

Freddie Mercury's final filmed concert with Queen heads to IMAX
Queen Budapest, filmed in 1986 and restored in 4K, opens in over 2,000 cinemas this October.
LegalAugust 26

Guitarist Saul Adamczewski accused of assault and abuse by two women
The Insecure Men and former Fat White Family musician faces allegations shared on social media.
ReleasesAugust 26

The Beatles unveil unheard 'Day Tripper' demo for Rubber Soul reissue
The working tape captures Paul McCartney and John Lennon composing at Lennon's Surrey home, laughing between takes.
ReleasesAugust 26

Tramhaus shares new song 'Swarm' from upcoming album Blister
The Rotterdam post-punk band's latest single follows lead track 'Plovdiv.'
ReleasesAugust 26

The Beatles reissue the album Rubber Soul on October 2 with unheard demos
Giles Martin remixed the 1965 record in stereo and Dolby Atmos, and Day Tripper finally lands on the tracklist.
ReleasesAugust 26

Boston's debut album gets 50th anniversary reissue with long-lost demos
The reissue adds previously unreleased demos Tom Scholz used to land the band's record deal.
ReleasesAugust 26

Aluminum, the San Francisco band, line up second album Iconoclast HaHa
Lead single Killing Time arrives with the news, two years on from the debut Fully Beat.
ToursAugust 26

Stevie Nicks sings Stand Back on Jimmy Kimmel Live before a festival set
Waddy Wachtel played guitar on the 1983 hit while Jelly Roll was guest-hosting the show.
ToursAugust 26

Bruce Springsteen will headline the Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert in New York
Alex Warren and Jon Stewart join the November veterans fundraiser at Lincoln Center.
ReleasesAugust 26

The Beatles share a work tape of Day Tripper as a song in progress
John Lennon and Paul McCartney can be heard laughing about tape levels before the guitar riff everybody knows existed.
ToursAugust 26

Jack White brings Jolene back into his concert set to honour Dolly Parton
The White Stripes singer had not played the song live since 2007, and Parton once praised the band's raucous take on it.
ObituaryAugust 26

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died
The band played its first show since his death, with Billy Gibbons calling it a celebration.
ReleasesAugust 25

Neil Young revives teenage-era song for new album Second Song
He reimagined 'Casting Me Away From You' with the Chrome Hearts.
BusinessAugust 25

Red Hot Chili Peppers sold their recordings to Warner for over $300 million
Luminate's data puts 66 percent of the band's streams outside the United States and 91 percent of US plays on paid tiers.
ReleasesAugust 25

Smidley share title track from new album Murphy Horse
Former Foxing frontman Conor Murphy's project previews the album announced in June.
ToursAugust 25

The Who's Roger Daltrey opened his A Great Night Out tour with a stop in Mesa
The set spanned Who classics, solo material and covers.
ReleasesAugust 25

Queens of the Stone Age share the single Insignificant Other from album Perfecth
Josh Homme calls the track the centerpiece of a ninth studio record, out October 30 on Matador.
Lineup changeAugust 25

Neil Peart's widow gives her blessing to Rush drummer Anika Nilles
Nilles says a supportive message from Carrie Nuttall eased her nerves before stepping into one of rock's most demanding drum seats.
ReleasesAugust 25

Johnny Marr shares video for 'It's Time,' from new album The Age of Everything
Marr's follow-up to 2022's Fever Dreams arrives October 2 via BMG.
ToursAugust 25

Bachman-Turner Overdrive announce 'No Speed Limit' winter 2027 tour
The run kicks off January 7 in Orlando and wraps March 20 in Minnesota.
ReleasesAugust 25

Turnstile recruit Elton John, Slayyyter and more for Never Enough: Versions album
Never Enough: Versions also features Four Tet, Panda Bear, Hayley Williams and many others, out next week.
ReleasesAugust 25

Queens of the Stone Age tease new album "Perfecth" in bloody teaser video
The clip hints at a possible September 30 release, before the date gets crossed out.
FestivalsAugust 25

Suwannee Amp Jam 2027 lineup led by Joe Russo's Almost Dead and Lettuce
The three-day festival returns to Live Oak, Florida, with Oteil Burbridge serving as Artist at Large.
ReleasesAugust 25

Chastity set new album I Built This Prison Myself for November 13
Brandon Williams's Dine Alone Records LP is previewed by the single 'Misled Youth.'
ToursAugust 25

Alice Cooper sets December 12 date for 24th Christmas Pudding concert
The Phoenix charity show benefits his Solid Rock Teen Centers, with Dee Snider and Lzzy Hale performing.
ReleasesAugust 25

Wolf Alice cover The Roches' Hammond Song for new B-sides EP
Sunflower Bean's Julia Cumming and Bria Salmena join for a cover that lands one year on from The Clearing.
ReleasesAugust 25

My Morning Jacket's Jim James shares video for solo song 'Lost Child'
The frontman's solo album Wowed Out, built around a Brian Reitzell collaboration, arrives Friday via ATO.
ReleasesAugust 25

Chastity announce new album I Built This Prison Myself
Brandon Williams's project previews the November 13 record with the single 'Misled Youth.'
ReleasesAugust 25

Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith and Goose's Rick Mitarotonda form supergroup Rainbow Body
Eric Krasno joins the pair for the band's first live show, October 23 in Laguna Beach.
ReleasesAugust 25

Shudder to Think unveil a new EP called Who Sent You
The band shares the title track ahead of a September 11 release.
ReleasesAugust 25

Queens of the Stone Age announce ninth album Perfecth
The record is out October 30, previewed by 'Insignificant Other.'
ReleasesAugust 24

Chapterhouse look back on debut album Whirlpool 35 years on
The band reflects on a record that came to define UK shoegaze, ahead of their first-ever Argentina shows.
ObituaryAugust 24

Meditasi drummer Raja Azreen Raja Talib died after collapsing at a festival
The band was two songs into a ten-song set at the Teruntum Rock Festival in Kuantan when its frontman saw him slump over his kit.
ToursAugust 24

Bret Michaels cancels remaining 2026 shows on doctors' orders
The move follows recent surgeries after his comeback show.
ToursAugust 24

Dumb Crush book fall Canadian tour for debut album
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun arrives October 6.
BusinessAugust 24

Television guitarist Richard Lloyd diagnosed with cancer
The guitarist says the diagnosis has been financially difficult to manage.
BreakupsAugust 23

Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade retires, citing stroke effects
Slade, who is nearly 80, thanked his solo band and fans for years of shows.
ObituaryAugust 21

Rock critic Dave Marsh has died at 76
Bruce Springsteen, whose biography he wrote, paid tribute in a statement.
ReleasesAugust 21

Slovak band Maťkovia's 1982-1986 gets an expanded reissue
The cult album, made in secret under Soviet-era Normalization, has been newly expanded.
ReleasesAugust 20

The Cramps' lost 1977 album Gravest Gravy is finally being released
Henry Rollins discusses the long-delayed release, coordinated with co-founder Poison Ivy.
ReleasesAugust 20

World News announce debut album In Purgatory
The London post-punk quartet share a video for the single 'The Way It Goes.'
ReleasesAugust 20

Bleech 9:3 unleash new single 'Figure 8'
Their first release since May's critically acclaimed self-titled debut EP.
BusinessAugust 20

Afropunk founder James Spooner rereleases his Afro-Punk documentary
The filmmaker remastered his 2003 film and paired it with a new memoir.
BusinessAugust 20

Weird Al Yankovic takes a nine-piece band to the NPR Tiny Desk
Sixteen years after his first visit he played Skipper Dan, eBay, Now You Know and The Saga Begins.
ReleasesAugust 20

Huey Lewis and the News' Fore! turns 40
A new essay revisits the record four decades after its release.
ReleasesAugust 19

Sorry share new single 'Tom Will Smack Your Ass'
The London band's new song arrives with an accompanying music video.
LegalAugust 19

Christian metal band Demon Hunter sued Netflix over a trademark
The band alleges the streamer's animated hit created consumer confusion with its own name.
BusinessAugust 19

The MTV Video Music Awards cut the Best Rock category for 2026
Best Alternative is the only rock-adjacent field left on the ballot, and the network has said nothing about why the older award went.
BusinessAugust 19

New Orleans punk band Twisted Teens sign to the label Sub Pop
Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos take Florida Water Blues worldwide and open for the Breeders and Kurt Vile.
FestivalsAugust 19

Reading and Leeds 2026 festival publishes its full stage times
The old Main Stage is now The Grid, Leeds gets a Thursday night for the first time with Kasabian, and Charli XCX goes on at 7:45pm at Reading.
ToursAugust 19

Gov't Mule opened a set with three ZZ Top songs for drummer Frank Beard
Warren Haynes reached for Rio Grande Mud and Fandango at a Montana lodge hours after news of the ZZ Top drummer's death broke.
ReleasesAugust 19

Beck releases the single Disappearing Act from the album Ride Lonesome
His fifteenth record arrives on September 18 through Capitol, self-produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich.
ToursAugust 19

Stray Cats play "Rock This Town" on Fallon ahead of a November tour
Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom closed out a summer tour on The Tonight Show and go back on the road on November 9.
ToursAugust 19

Neil Young and Willie Nelson set co-headlining shows before Farm Aid
The two-date run leads into Farm Aid 2026 and comes weeks before Young releases his new album, Second Song.
LegalAugust 19

Pity Alvarez does not testify on the first day of his homicide trial
The judges rejected a defense request to pause proceedings after Alvarez fell asleep in court.
BusinessAugust 19

A Jimmy Buffett exhibit opens in Mobile with the singer's 12-string Martin guitar
The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf gives 6,000 square feet to a permanent Buffett installation from 12 September.
ReleasesAugust 19

Ok Cowgirl close out Rhinestone Cowgirl with the song Rock N Roll Ruined My Life
The Brooklyn band led by Leah Lavigne put the album's opener out two days before Easy Does It Records releases the record on 21 August.
BusinessAugust 19

The Beatles' Apple Corps hands the band's wider business to Universal
Rolling Stone reported that the company running the group's affairs since 1968 aligns with UMG as it opens 3 Savile Row to the public in 2027.
ObituaryAugust 19

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's drummer across five decades, has died at 77
Beard anchored the band's rhythm section for more than five decades.
ReleasesAugust 19

Heavens to Betsy collect a lost 1992 demo on the album baby's gone
Kill Rock Stars puts the 16-track set out on October 16, the same night Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer open a fall tour in Minneapolis.
BusinessAugust 19

Rockabilly trio The Stray Cats return to late night television after 36 years
Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom played Jimmy Fallon's show, the band's first booking of the kind in more than three decades.
ReleasesAugust 19

Boston hardcore band Haywire set the album I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye for October 2
Their second full-length follows 2024's CONDITIONED FOR DEMOLITION and opens with the single Interstate Love Affair.
BusinessAugust 19

Boston hardcore band Haywire sign to Roadrunner Records
The group marked the deal by throwing 5,000 dollars into the crowd at Sound and Fury, and set their first album for the label for 2 October.
BusinessAugust 19

The Beatles hand Universal a worldwide merchandise and licensing deal
Apple Corps signed a long-term partnership with UMG, whose Bravado arm has run the group's merchandise in North America since 2022.
ReleasesAugust 19

Berlin band Luft release their second single, The Punch and Judy Man
Tom Dougall, once of TOY, wrote the song after moving to Germany and made it with Luke Haines, who worked on the whole unreleased album.
ReleasesAugust 18

Fontaines D.C. announce fifth album "Dopamine Chamber," due October 16
Frontman Grian Chatten previewed the record after the band's longtime manager died suddenly.
FestivalsAugust 18

Las Cafeteras and Thee Sinseers play a free Ritchie Valens tribute show in LA
Grand Performances hosts Ritchie Forever on 22 August in downtown Los Angeles, with the singer's siblings Irma, Connie and Mario Valens speaking.
ToursAugust 18

Big Ass Truck book a 28-date North American tour with Chamber and Mugshot
The San Bernardino hardcore band open on October 20 in San Diego and finish on November 25 in Pomona, with one Canadian date in Toronto.
ToursAugust 18

Umphrey's McGee set two UMBowl XII shows at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater
The fan-driven, football-themed event lands on October 9 and 10, the first time the band has run it in the city.
ToursAugust 18

ZZ Top will finish the tour after drummer Frank Beard's death
The band cancelled two shows, was due back on stage on August 21 in Eagle Pass, Texas, and holds dates through October 9 before a Latin American run.
ToursAugust 18

Kitchen Dwellers and Dogs In A Pile book a 13-date co-headline tour
The fall run opens in Buffalo on October 29 and closes in Minneapolis on November 14, with a Halloween night stop in Cleveland.
ReleasesAugust 18

Bloc Party share new track "Pigwig" from Trevor Horn-produced album
Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, out September 11, finds Kele Okereke naming a song after an old pet name for a partner.
ReleasesAugust 18

Gang of Youths return with new single "Things Take Time"
The Australian band's first new music since 2022 followed a joke about writing a song about plants.
ReunionsAugust 18

Aqueous, the Buffalo jam band, reunites for its first shows since 2023
Former drummer Ryan Nogle rejoins the lineup for a two-night stand at Town Ballroom on December 4 and 5.
ReleasesAugust 18

Meadow, the Bay Area band, announces self-titled debut album
The group previews the record with single "Yon," described as anything but the peaceful sound its name suggests.
ReleasesAugust 18

The Linda Lindas reveal forthcoming album "Gotta Get Out" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
The band previewed the record with "Burning Out," written on a Palm Springs writing retreat right after high school graduation.
ReleasesAugust 18

The Black Crowes and Tedeschi Trucks Band unite for a Hollywood Bowl encore
The three-song encore closed a Los Angeles show pairing the Southern Hospitality and Future Soul tours, with a song neither band had played before.
BusinessAugust 18

Courtney Love reveals she nearly died, confirms new solo album is finished
The record, her first solo album since 2004's America's Sweetheart, was finished while she was in and out of hospitals.
ToursAugust 18

Man/Woman/Chainsaw add a second London tour date after "Cannonball" sells out shows
The London art-punks' new O2 Forum date in May 2027 is their biggest headline show to date.
FestivalsAugust 18

Reading Festival's bid to extend its Thursday music licence meets noise concerns
Local residents' groups oppose the plan even as organisers say it would not hurt the surrounding area.
ReleasesAugust 18

The Black Wizards share new single "Beat," the final preview before their album
Force Majeure & The Acts of God arrives September 4 via Hassle Records.
ToursAugust 18

Gang Of Youths add UK and European tour dates for late 2026
The band hint at more shows to come beyond the four already confirmed in Paris, Amsterdam, Manchester and London.
ReunionsAugust 18

Ritchie Blackmore rejoins Deep Purple on stage after 33 years
The founding guitarist played Smoke on the Water with the band at Jones Beach in New York.
ReleasesAugust 18

Fontaines D.C. release single "Marianne," Clash gives it 8 out of 10
The review calls it the first sign of a new era after 2024's acclaimed "Romance" made them festival headliners.
BusinessAugust 18

Rock singer Yungblud breaks leg in a motorbike accident, vows to still play festival dates
He confirmed the injury happened at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
BusinessAugust 17

Columbia House, the old mail-order music club, is finally shutting down
The company will stop taking new orders after September 15, ending a 71-year run that outlasted the CD era.
ReleasesAugust 17

Umphrey's McGee and moe. join forces for a jam band encore in Grand Rapids
The moe.mentUM Tour resumed with a three-song collaborative finale.
ToursAugust 17

Rock band Widespread Panic returns to New Orleans for a 2026 Halloween run
The two-night stand at UNO Lakefront Arena is the band's first New Orleans Halloween show since 2021.
ReleasesAugust 17

Bassist Karina Rykman rejoins the rock band My Morning Jacket at Hoochenanny Festival
She sat in for the final four songs of their set, continuing a run of collaborations dating back to 2024.
ReleasesAugust 17

Actor Shane West joins the rock band Foo Fighters for a Germs cover in Nashville
He sang "Manimal" alongside founding Germs guitarist Pat Smear, closing out Nissan Stadium's last-ever concert.
ReleasesAugust 17

Duane Betts sits in with the rock band Little Feat in Wyoming
He joined for three songs, two of them written by his late father, Allman Brothers co-founder Dickey Betts.
ReleasesAugust 17

Roxy Music expand the album For Your Pleasure with demos nobody has heard
It was the last Roxy Music record to feature Brian Eno before he left the band.
ReleasesAugust 17

The String Cheese Incident and Leftover Salmon share the stage at Campout In The Pines
The two bands intermingled together at the Eau Claire, Wisconsin festival.
ReleasesAugust 17

Saxophonist Skerik joins Joe Russo's Almost Dead onstage at Remlinger Farms
He played through most of the band's second set.
ReleasesAugust 17

Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio joins Hank Heaven onstage in New York City
The pair performed together inside a boxing-ring stage at Church Street Boxing Gym.
ReleasesAugust 17

A previously unreleased 1994 Cranberries concert is getting an official release
"Live At The London Astoria II, 1994" arrives next month.
ReleasesAugust 17

Descendents' "Liveage!" and "ALL" get 2026 vinyl reissues
Under the Radar reviewed both records, wrapping up ORG Music's series on the band's 1980s albums.
ToursAugust 17

Royal Blood line up a run of UK shows for 2026
The dates follow the band's fifth album, Dead Company, due November 13.
ReleasesAugust 16

Kurt Vile joins Fontaines D.C. as a guest onstage at La Route Du Rock festival
Vile guested on 'Roman Holiday' during the band's set.
BusinessAugust 16

Musician Ty Segall scores "The Wrong Girls," featuring Mannequin Pussy and Sheer Mag
The new comedy from director Dylan Meyer also features music from Tacocat.
BusinessAugust 16

Courtney Love says her next album is done, reveals a 2019 health scare
She said in an Instagram video that she nearly died from a mystery illness and lost her hair, and that the follow-up to 2010's Nobody's Daughter is finished.
ReleasesAugust 16

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo discusses new self-titled "Gold Album"
The record, also called the Gold Album, is the band's 20th release.
FestivalsAugust 16

Twenty One Pilots ask fans at the All Points East festival for their own footage
The band want stories from the crowd as well as video.
BusinessAugust 16

Phil Collins speaks about recent alcoholism and his health after three years of sobriety
He says organ failure nearly killed him in 2024, and he now needs a 24-hour nurse to manage his medication.
ReleasesAugust 16

Queens of the Stone Age unveil ninth album "Perfecth" in gruesome reveal video
The record's title and possible date arrived via a gory teaser starring Josh Homme and Dean Fertita.
FestivalsAugust 15

Summer Sonic festival teases a Radiohead return to Tokyo for 2027
Guitarist Ed O'Brien has confirmed the band plans to play 20 shows a year on a rotating continent.
ReleasesAugust 14

Twisted Teens release new song "toe" ahead of a third album
The New Orleans duo has compared their upcoming breakup record to Blood On The Tracks.
ReleasesAugust 14

CKY release new song Beware of the Heartless with a solo from Brent Hinds
The solo was recorded before the Mastodon guitarist's death last August.
ToursAugust 14

Goose debuted an Andrew Bird cover on the first night of a West Coast tour
Capsized arrived in the first set in San Diego after a five-week layoff, followed by a 17-minute Borne and a 20-minute unfinished Big Modern!.
ToursAugust 14

Sublime trade their tour buses for a Bahamas cruise called Reef Madness
The four-night sailing leaves Miami in November aboard the Norwegian Jewel, with sets built around two different eras of the band.
ToursAugust 14

Jimmy Eat World bring their anniversary tour to London's Crystal Palace Bowl
NME published the stage times for Sunday's show, which caps a run marking 25 years since the album's release.
ReleasesAugust 14

Sheryl Crow sets new album 'Pick You Up' for October 9
The lead track 'Freedom Bus' features Jesse Welles and follows 2024's 'Evolution' and her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
ReleasesAugust 14

Ween surprise-release "Golden Wastes" EP of country-era outtakes
The four songs didn't make the band's own 30th anniversary reissue weeks earlier.
ToursAugust 14

Dogstar played Joy from their album All In Now on the Tonight Show
The trio with Keanu Reeves on bass worked with producer Nick Launay on the follow-up to their 2023 comeback record.
ToursAugust 14

Tedeschi Trucks Band revived a Rolling Stones cover at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) came back for the first time since September 2023, and Lukas Nelson brought two of his own players for the encore.
ReleasesAugust 14

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release surprise album Alien Metal at midnight
The record grew out of a single hour-long improvisation on the band's modular synth rig.
ReleasesAugust 14

An unheard David Bowie song, 'Today,' surfaces from a new 1965 album
The demo is one of several unreleased tracks made with producer Shel Talmy before Bowie adopted his stage name.
BusinessAugust 14

Brian Bell says the Weezer movie is due in 2027
Weezer guitarist Brian Bell confirmed the long-teased film is finished and set for next year.
ReleasesAugust 14

Westside Cowboy release their debut album It Goes On
The Manchester band call their sound Britainicana, a blend of alt-country and indie rock.
ToursAugust 14

Action Beat, the noise rock band, headline a New River Studios gig on August 22
The Bletchley group marks 22 years and 700 shows alongside Vision Suppressant and Circuit Breaker.
BusinessAugust 14

Este Haim scored the film Sunny Dancer, and a new Haim record is coming
She drew on her own Type 1 diabetes diagnosis to score the Bella Ramsey film.
BusinessAugust 14

Green Day move into film with Nimrods, opening August 14
The trio also launched a 24/7 YouTube channel called GDTV and played a surprise afterparty set at the film's LA premiere.
ReleasesAugust 13

Girl Tones set their debut record Precious for 6 November
Sisters Kenzie and Laila will also play their first headline tour that month.
ReleasesAugust 13

Twin Temple set their third record Doomed Lovers for 23 October
Jack White invited the duo to open for him after a country tour dropped them over their imagery.
ReleasesAugust 13

Royal Blood share Ten Over Ten and name the next album Dead Company
It is the first the duo has said about new music since lining up 2026 UK shows.
ReleasesAugust 13

Power Snatch drop a surprise second EP, EP2, with no warning
It's the Hayley Williams and Daniel James duo's second release of the year, ahead of a September tour.
ReleasesAugust 13

Terry Haggerty revisits his songbook on new album "Family"
The Sons of Champlin guitarist re-recorded songs from across his career, arriving September 7.
FestivalsAugust 13

Riot Fest adds William Shatner and Chat Pile to a run of Chicago side shows
Shatner's metal band The *uckers debuts live before the festival, Metal Injection reports.
ReleasesAugust 13

Elastica announce expanded deluxe reissue of their debut album
The 1995 self-titled record returns with added rarities and B-sides across vinyl, CD, cassette and digital editions.
ToursAugust 13

Quicksand and Fucked Up team up for a Canadian co-headline run
The trek follows Quicksand's new album, "Bring On the Psychics," released last month.
ReleasesAugust 13

Oakland band Unity's next album is titled "Comes Back To You... / Was There Ever..."
The record arrives alongside new single "3 Weeks."
FestivalsAugust 13

Tulagi sets up a four day festival in downtown Boulder
More than 160 acts are billed for the run later this month.
ReleasesAugust 13

Tedeschi Trucks Band brings out Lukas Nelson and Alam Khan in Berkeley
Sarod virtuoso Alam Khan and opener Lukas Nelson joined the band at the Greek Theatre.
ReleasesAugust 13

FFO: Chillin releases new single "All I Know"
The Concord, New Hampshire band is opening shows for Joyce Manor and Glitterer.
ReleasesAugust 13

Rock band Roxy Music share unheard 1971 demo ahead of For Your Pleasure reissue
Bryan Ferry says writing the record felt like a responsibility for the first time.
ReleasesAugust 13

Irish band Gurriers share new single Nothing Happens Twice
The song draws on Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot and the dead internet theory.
FestivalsAugust 13

Twenty One Pilots headline Sziget Festival day two with a White Stripes cover
Jack White gave the band a pre-recorded blessing to play Seven Nation Army.
ReunionsAugust 13

Shane Hawkins revives his late father's Chevy Metal band
The teenage drummer turns Taylor Hawkins' once-casual Foo Fighters side project into his own tribute.
ReleasesAugust 13

Producer James Ellis Ford made his new album Lost in Another World in hospital
He wrote and recorded it during chemotherapy for leukemia, given a less than 30% chance of survival.
ReleasesAugust 12

Garage rock band Black Mekon set a Halloween album, 13 Songs About Monsters
The duo released a blues-tinged single, Radioactive Wolfman, alongside the news.
ReleasesAugust 12

Captain Tallen and the Benevolent Entities share new single Spotted Lantern Fly
Songwriter Tallen Gabriel says the track is about choosing something you know is not good for you.
ReleasesAugust 12

Current Joys announces the album ROSEBUD and shares single HOLE
The songs mix nu metal, screamo, hip-hop and darkwave into what the project calls a creative redirection.
ReleasesAugust 12

Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock cover a Bieber song for an anti-ICE benefit album
Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out also carries new tracks from Tom Morello and Jello Biafra.
ToursAugust 12

Foo Fighters set an Argentina tour stop for February 2027
The stop is part of the Take Cover Tour behind their new album Your Favorite Toy.
ReleasesAugust 12

The band Mumford & Sons bring Jason Sudeikis onstage at Madison Square Garden
Fans at the show got a surprise duet on the Ted Lasso theme song.
ToursAugust 12

Rod Stewart postpones a US tour show over a medical procedure
He later canceled the rest of his 'One Last Time' farewell dates after a coronary stent procedure.
ToursAugust 12

Punk band Otoboke Beaver apologised for hospitalising a fan with a guitar
The audience member needed seven stitches to the forehead and had a sprained neck. The statement came four months after the show in Osaka.
ToursAugust 12

Mani's family objects to tribute concerts staged in his name
They say organizers never asked for permission before booking more Manichester shows.
BusinessAugust 12

Brian May of Queen used a botched AI album cover to argue against the tools
Meta AI's version of The Game sleeve came back with a fifth member of the band on it, which is roughly the point he was making.
BusinessAugust 12

Queen guitarist Brian May attacked AI after Meta redid a Queen album cover
He asked Meta AI to show him the sleeve of The Game, posted the result, and used it to argue against data centres being built in the UK.
BusinessAugust 12

Rod Stewart cancels tour dates after a heart procedure
He had a coronary stent fitted and is stepping back from his One Last Time tour to recover.
FestivalsAugust 12

Saint Clair, Cutscene and Wool play DIY's Neu Nights gig series in Newcastle
DIY runs the series with PRS For Music, which helps emerging acts collect royalties.
ReleasesAugust 12

Argo and The Violet Queens preview "Live in This Life" ahead of their debut LP
The Washington, D.C. band's debut album, "In Pieces," arrives August 15, preceded by a run of singles across the year.
BusinessAugust 12

The Strokes deny hiring the influencer campaign behind their Fantano diss song
A PR firm offered a creator $500 for a video about the line, on condition it carried zero bias toward the critic and nothing bad about the band.
BusinessAugust 12

Documentary follows producer James Ellis Ford's album made on a cancer ward
He wrote, played, sang and recorded all of it during hospital isolation.
ToursAugust 12

Pretty Sick plot North American tour behind new album "Anarchy"
Sabrina Fuentes' grungy, electronic-tinged project previews the run with new single "Hyper Independence."
ReunionsAugust 12

Dave Rowntree says another Blur reunion feels like a question of when
The drummer pointed to how the band left Coachella in 2024 wanting to do it again.
ReleasesAugust 12

Can share second extract from live album "Live In Arles 1975"
The album documents a fan-recorded 1975 concert in Arles, France, and arrives September 25 via Mute / Future Days.
BusinessAugust 11

AEG Presents partners with Summer Sonic promoter Creativeman
The two companies announced the deal on August 11, and it widens AEG Presents' reach in Japan.
ReleasesAugust 11

Max Fry sets a September album release, better luck next time
The Florida-born artist has shared a song called "pretend" ahead of the record.
ReleasesAugust 11

Pretty Sick previews a second album, Anarchy, due in September
The latest piece of it to surface is a track called "Hyper Independence".
BusinessAugust 11

ZZ Top cancels Hollywood Bowl show over drummer Frank Beard's health
Michael Monahan steps in for the rest of the blues rock band's Big One tour.
ReleasesAugust 11

Rough Trade reissues The Fall, Scritti Politti and Mazzy Star on new singles box set
The Go-Betweens, The Smiths and Robert Wyatt also feature in "Rough Trade 45s: Volume 2," out October 30.
ReleasesAugust 11

The Linda Lindas debut a video for "Blood On Our Hands"
Eloise Wong says the song is about supporting each other beyond boycott days, ahead of the band's third album "Gotta Get Out."
ReleasesAugust 11

Tom Waits' 1976 album Small Change gets a 50th anniversary vinyl reissue
Rare archive footage of Waits on a 70s chat show accompanies the release.
ToursAugust 11

London grunge quartet Tooth book a UK tour for autumn
The run includes the band's biggest headline show yet at London's The Garage, and follows festival slots at Reading, Leeds and All Points East.
ReleasesAugust 11

Adult DVD lock in a self-titled debut album for September
The Leeds band's Rolling Face is the latest preview, and it lands alongside a run of UK tour and instore dates.
LegalAugust 11

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme defies a $10,000 smoking fine in Detroit
The band closed their set with a defiant speech from the Ford Field stage, mid-way through opening for Foo Fighters on their stadium tour.
FestivalsAugust 11

The Molotovs open the King's Cross Summer Sounds festival with a free Bowie tribute
NME says the London show is free to attend and ties into an immersive Lightroom exhibition of David Bowie's archive.
ToursAugust 10

Cambridge sextet UGLY book a UK headline tour for autumn
The band's new single, Marina, is out now, produced from sessions the group calls a departure toward more raw, physical energy.
BusinessAugust 10

First images surface from Perfume, a documentary about guitarist Maria Gabriela Epumer
The film premiered privately on what would have been her 63rd birthday, built from 50 hours of footage she shot herself between 1995 and 2003.
BusinessAugust 10

Travis Barker documentary Louder Than Fear gets a trailer
The film traces the 2008 plane crash that killed people close to him and the addiction that followed, ahead of its Friday release.
LegalAugust 10

Live Nation merch arm sues sellers over fake Nirvana and Bruno Mars goods
The suit also covers merch for The Notorious B.I.G., Avenged Sevenfold, Eazy-E, Harry Styles and The Cure.
ToursAugust 10

Morrissey cancels his Las Vegas residency a week before it was set to start
The four-night Wynn run is the latest in a long history of canceled Morrissey shows.
ReleasesAugust 10

Gnod reveals second album in its "Chronicles Of Gnowt" trilogy
The Salford band's Chris Haslam says spontaneity, not planning, drives the record.
BusinessAugust 10

Oasis fans release unseen footage from the band's 1994 Glasgow gig
Fans paid nearly £3,000 at auction last year to buy the video and release it to the public.
ReleasesAugust 10

Charli XCX joins The Strokes on stage during their Outside Lands headline set
The pop star also left Djo an on-screen voicemail cameo two nights later, NME reports.
BusinessAugust 10

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he almost died
He gave the interview to the Associated Press the same week trailers arrived for his own documentary, Louder Than Fear.
ReleasesAugust 9

Roy Montgomery and Martha Skye Murphy make their first album together
The pair first worked together after Montgomery sent back a recording of his car engine.
ReleasesAugust 9

Lim Orion sets alt-rock album ILK for October, previewed by single Futon
The London artist draws the song's neglected-futon spirit from Japanese folklore.
ReleasesAugust 9

Wine Lips set garage-psych album TV Dinner for August, share new single
The Toronto band's If You Don't Know previews the record on Stomp Records.
ReleasesAugust 8

Lindsey Buckingham teases a 2027 collaboration with Stevie Nicks
It follows their surprise reconciliation after last year's reissue of their 1973 album Buckingham Nicks.
ReleasesAugust 8

Foo Fighters surprise-release a live EP on Bandcamp
The six-track set gathers performances from their intimate New York and New Jersey shows this spring.
ReunionsAugust 7

Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham says his rift with Stevie Nicks has healed
He calls their work on a joint Fleetwood Mac documentary a healing process, and hints 2027 could bring more.
ObituaryAugust 7

Peter Katsis, manager to Smashing Pumpkins and Korn, has died at 69
He also worked with Morrissey and the Backstreet Boys. Loudwire said he died on August 6 of congestive heart failure.
ReleasesAugust 7

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts announce new album Second Song
The record follows last year's Talkin to the Trees and was tracked this spring at Rick Rubin's studio.
ToursAugust 7

Campaigners call for Thirty Seconds To Mars' UK tour to be scrapped over Leto allegations
Women's safety groups pointed to a BBC documentary in which several women accused the frontman of misconduct.
BusinessAugust 7

Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles project heads to Abbey Road Studios
SPIN says the shoot involves roughly 80 extras and vintage cars outside the famed studio this summer.
BusinessAugust 7

Nine Inch Nails mark 30 years of the Quake soundtrack with a merch collection
Trent Reznor said scoring the game let him warp sound the way he does with music.
ReleasesAugust 7

LA metal band Deathchant announce new album Kova with single Enemy
The record is dedicated to a late friend and due September 25 via RidingEasy Records.
ReleasesAugust 7

Guns N' Roses and Chris Stapleton traded guest spots at their Canada concerts
Loudwire says both crowds got something extra out of it.
LegalAugust 7

Lindsey Buckingham's alleged stalker is ruled unfit for trial
A judge found Michelle Dick not competent to stand trial and ordered psychiatric medication, following an alleged attack on the Fleetwood Mac guitarist in March.
BusinessAugust 7

Paramore, Avicii and the White Stripes turn up on the soundtrack to Madden NFL 27
Yungblud is on the list too, in a full track rundown published by NME.
BusinessAugust 7

Music journalism layoffs land hours before a Good Charlotte concert with Hilary Duff
Joel and Benji Madden's company cut staff at BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver and Goldmine hours before their band joined Duff on stage.
ReleasesAugust 6

DIIV officially announce new album "ZIRP!"
A.G. Cook produced the record after the band teased it through a fan hotline.
ReleasesAugust 6

Team Dresch share a second song from their first album since 1996
Directors Jason Thibodeaux and Cynthia Star, both Laika veterans, made the silhouetted video.
ReleasesAugust 6

The Linda Lindas put out Blood On Our Hands before their third album
The 11-city tour closes with a Hollywood Bowl support slot for Jimmy Eat World.
ReleasesAugust 6

Jack & The Optimists share new single "The Acquaintance"
Frontman Jack McLaughlin calls it a song about a friend who only shows up when it's convenient.
ToursAugust 6

Foo Fighters opened their 2026 stadium tour in Toronto
Queens of the Stone Age are on the run, and NME posted footage and setlists from the first night.
ToursAugust 6

Foo Fighters will bring the Take Cover Tour to Argentina
The February 25, 2027 stop at Estadio River Plate will be the band's fifth Argentina show.
BusinessAugust 6

A Neil Peart documentary honoring the late Rush drummer arrives this fall
An all-star drum tribute featuring Danny Carey, Chad Smith and Stewart Copeland is part of the film.
BusinessAugust 6

Sugar look back on their reunion in a new mini-doc
The 20 minute film cuts fresh interviews against rare archive clips.
BusinessAugust 6

Madness restore their film Take It Or Leave It for cinema rerelease
The 4K restoration reaches UK and Irish cinemas on October 2, with a Blu-ray debut October 19.
ToursAugust 6

Joan Jett calls off shows while she recovers from surgery
Her team says she needs the time to heal after a recent operation.
BusinessAugust 6

The Cure and Radiohead join Bad Omens on the Stage Tour video game soundtrack
Bad Omens, Paramore and Slipknot were named alongside them.
BusinessAugust 6

Knebworth licence goes to the promoter behind the Oasis Live '25 tour
NME says the decision makes talk of an Oasis return in 2027 look more likely.
BusinessAugust 6

Green Day's comedy Nimrods heads to cinemas with its own soundtrack
The film draws on Green Day's early club-touring years and features the band as producers.
BusinessAugust 5

Linkin Park take their comeback to cinemas in a film called Unshatter
NME says it reaches cinemas worldwide in September.
BusinessAugust 5

Jack White's Third Man Records sets a run of UK and Ireland pop-up shops
The five stops each pair with a date on his Frozen Charlotte tour and sell hand-screen-printed 'bootleg' editions of his records.
BreakupsAugust 5

Brandon Flowers says he has thought about quitting music
The Killers frontman made the comment in a new interview and said he is having a hard time.
ReleasesAugust 5

Tony Hawk and Christopher Mintz-Plasse stand in for Weezer in the C.E.O. video
The clip pokes fun at nostalgia acts, with Rivers Cuomo reenacting the 1994 'Undone' video before a swarm of bees clears the set.
ReleasesAugust 5

Weezer drops a video for "C.E.O." and reveals new tour dates
The clip's cast of cameos previews the band's 20th album, produced with Kenny Beats.
BusinessAugust 5

Singer Phil Collins says he nearly died in 2024 while fighting alcoholism
He says his kidneys and organs were shutting down as his family gathered at his bedside.
BreakupsAugust 5

Bassist and singer Glenn Hughes says he is stepping away from live shows
He is retiring from touring ahead of a second open-heart surgery, following one in 2013.
BreakupsAugust 5

Harley Flanagan of Cro-Mags says his touring days with the band are winding down
The Cro-Mags frontman says a new album is almost finished, even with nine more shows still on the books.
ReleasesAugust 5

Show Me the Body return with fourth album Alone Together
The New York hardcore band made the record while grieving two deaths, including a mentor who first showed singer Julian Cashwan Pratt the scene.
ReleasesAugust 5

Revolver by The Beatles turns 60
Indie Hoy marked the date with five things about the sessions, from tape loops to a scrapped cover design.
ReleasesAugust 5

Weezer put out a track called C.E.O. and set UK and Irish arena dates
Tickets go on general sale August 14, a week before the band's new album arrives.
BusinessAugust 5

Layoffs sweep music outlets BrooklynVegan, Alt Press, Revolver and Goldmine
Pitchfork names Veeps, now part of Live Nation, as the owner behind the cuts.
ToursAugust 5

Weezer line up The Gathering, a 2026/27 world tour
The trek trails their 20th album, The Gold Album, out August 21.
ToursAugust 5

Eagles book four more Sphere shows for January 2027
The residency has already outpaced U2's run at the venue by more than double.
FestivalsAugust 5

A festival crew freed a woman stuck in Lollapalooza's mud at Grant Park
Safety staff fenced off the hole before pulling Chloe Bahna out.
FestivalsAugust 5

Decolonise Fest, the London punk festival, names its last acts for 2026
The bill now runs to twelve acts across two days at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road.
ReleasesAugust 5

Rock band Bodega put out Weather Me ahead of their fourth album
The New York five-piece describe the song as a response to living amid constant everyday and real crises.
ReleasesAugust 5

Gatta Morta, a new supergroup, brings together players from Melvins and Butthole Surfers
The band surprise-released its debut EP, Burn Witch Burn, with no advance notice.
ReleasesAugust 5

Man/Woman/Chainsaw release debut album Cannonball
The London six-piece dial back their chaos for pop hooks, with Fiction Records putting the record out this August.
BusinessAugust 5

Patti Scialfa marks eight years of cancer recovery, Bruce Springsteen says
He shared the update at a fundraiser for the Boston cancer center that treated her.
FestivalsAugust 4

Big Joanie and Essential Logic booked for the new God Save The Queens punk festival
UP YOURS! Collective set up the event, honouring X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene at Electric Brixton on 16 October.
ObituaryAugust 4

Mourners fill a Dublin museum wake for singer Glen Hansard before his funeral
Eddie Vedder, Bono and Marketa Irglova all sang at the funeral the next day.
ReleasesAugust 4

La Chancha Muda have put out a new rock album, A todos los santos
The Argentine band talked to Rolling Stone en Espanol about the underground scene and the present.
ReleasesAugust 4

Susanna Hoffs, Bangles co-founder, announces new album The List
Her first all-new collection since 2012 features Rufus Wainwright and Edie Brickell, with a tour opening for Billy Idol this fall.
ReleasesAugust 4

Mogwai and three more bands team up with Cwmbran Celtic FC on new kits
Mogwai, Super Furry Animals, Loose Articles and Panic Shack are all in on it, and some of the money goes to the Music Venue Trust.
BusinessAugust 4

The Irish band Fontaines D.C. play the BBC's last live session at Maida Vale
It was the band's first show since their manager, Trevor Dietz, died unexpectedly.
Lineup changeAugust 4

Jimmie Vaughan joins Bob Dylan's live band as the US leg ends
The guitarist came in as Dylan closed out the US leg of his 2026 tour.
ToursAugust 4

Van Morrison adds 10 more UK dates to his 2026 run
NME published the full list of shows and where to buy tickets.
ToursAugust 4

Mike Joyce and Stephen Street set a 2026 UK talk tour
The dates mark 40 years of The Queen Is Dead by the Smiths.
BusinessAugust 4

Amyl and the Sniffers line up a concert film and live album, both Truth Or Consequence
The one-off show reworked their catalog into stripped-back country versions.
ToursAugust 3

New Order book a December tour date in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tricky joins the bill, and two founding members are sitting the show out for health reasons.
ReleasesAugust 3

@ release new single "Punish My Mind" ahead of debut album Autosmile
The art-rock duo's first full-length, Autosmile, arrives October 16 on 4AD.
BusinessAugust 3

BMG buys the publishing and recorded rights of Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale
The company has published Stockdale worldwide since 2016 and now adds his recording royalties too.
ToursAugust 3

Christian rock band Third Day adds a final leg to its 30th anniversary tour
The added dates run through Spring 2027 with Zach Williams and Scout and the Saints opening.
ReleasesAugust 3

Singer Nick Cave looks back at the Preston Park show with Kylie Minogue
His manager told him it was Brighton's biggest ticketed show ever.
FestivalsAugust 3

Sonido Konex festival sets its rock and alternative lineup for August
The Buenos Aires showcase, running August 20, spotlights emerging acts Homogenica, Electrochongo and Jero Jones.
BusinessAugust 3

The Queen Budapest concert film opens in cinemas worldwide on October 7
Peter Jackson's team restored the band's 1986 Iron Curtain-breaking show in 4K from the original 35mm footage.
ReunionsAugust 3

New Radicals return after 28 years with a new song for a film soundtrack
Frontman Gregg Alexander wrote "One Night Only (Break Loose Break Free!)" for the soundtrack to the rom-com One Night Only.
ChartsAugust 3

Ash take the Kendal Calling festival stage disguised as their own tribute band
The Northern Irish trio were surprised mid-set with gold discs for "Girl From Mars," 31 years after the single's release.
FestivalsAugust 3

A teenage girl has died at Kendal Calling festival, Cumbria Police say
The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after a medical episode early on Sunday morning.
LegalJuly 31

Actor and singer Jared Leto denies sexual misconduct accusations from BBC documentary
Ten women describe alleged incidents between 2002 and 2016 in a film the BBC spent 18 months investigating.
ObituaryJuly 31

Glen Hansard, Irish singer and 'Once' star, dies at 56
The Frames frontman was killed in a motorcycle collision in Lucan, on the western edge of Dublin.
ReleasesJuly 27

The Strokes release first album in six years, "Reality Awaits"
Twenty-five years after "Is This It," the band's most-streamed song is still 2020's "The Adults Are Talking," not an old-guard hit.
BusinessJuly 24

Jon Bon Jovi cuts "Forever" tour stop short, tells fans "I've got to cool it"
The 64-year-old singer, touring for the first time since 2022 vocal cord surgery, blamed a sinus infection for ending the Madison Square Garden show early.
FestivalsJuly 23

Warped Tour returned to Long Beach as a five-stop festival
Kevin Lyman says half the 2026 tickets sold before a single band was announced, and a third of the crowd had never been to a festival.
ReleasesJuly 23

Punk duo the Garden turns aging into a badge of honor on album "Bootleg"
Twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears mark 15 years as a band with a 14-track record that swings from electronic to industrial to post-punk.
ObituaryJuly 22

Rubettes guitarist Tony Thorpe, singer of "Baby I Know," dies at 80
The English glam-rock band scored a 1974 UK No. 1 with "Sugar Baby Love" during Thorpe's time in the lineup.
ReleasesJuly 22

Jimmy Eat World tours 25 years of breakthrough rock album "Bleed American"
The band built the platinum record in tiny Valley studios after Capitol Records dropped them, then watched "The Middle" become a hit.
FestivalsJuly 21

Iggy Pop and Bikini Kill headlined the 17th Mosswood Meltdown festival
John Waters hosted 20 bands over three days in Oakland, with Pavement on the Friday pre-party and a Ramones tribute band featuring Fred Armisen.
ReleasesJuly 20

Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs release new rock album "Mission of Mercy"
NPR critic Ken Tucker says the former Tom Petty co-writer avoids nostalgia while chasing rock's "hard-won serenity."
ObituaryJuly 19

Jennifer Finch, L7's longtime bassist, dies at 59
The band said she died of an aggressive brain cancer just a week after she backed out of L7's farewell tour.
ReleasesJuly 16

The Rolling Stones release "Foreign Tongues," their 25th studio album
Critics call it their funniest record in decades, powered by guest turns from Paul McCartney, Bruno Mars and the late Charlie Watts.
FestivalsJuly 16

Goldenvoice books Olivia Dean and the Killers for the Ocean Way festival
The new Santa Monica beach event runs 26 and 27 September with no parking at the site, next to the E Line terminus.
ToursJuly 14

Jack White hires satanic duo Twin Temple after Charley Crockett drops them from his tour
The band announced a new album days later, produced by Shooter Jennings, who also worked on Crockett's own last record.
BusinessJuly 14

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch diagnosed with brain cancer, will miss the band's farewell tour
The band said she's had multiple surgeries and now needs full-time care, and set up a GoFundMe to help cover it.
ReleasesJuly 14

Actor and musician Finn Wolfhard releases new solo album "Fire From the Hip"
The Stranger Things star recorded the guitar-driven LP on 24-track reel-to-reel and kicks off a new tour this month.
BusinessJuly 10

Singer Huey Lewis says hearing loss ended his relationship with music
A cochlear implant restores his speech, but he says it can't recreate the pitch of a song, eight years after his Meniere's diagnosis.
ReleasesJuly 8

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien releases solo album "Blue Morpho"
The dreamy, unsettled record grew out of a mid-pandemic depression he hid from his own teenage kids at the time.
AwardsMay 14

Billy Idol to receive the AMAs' Lifetime Achievement Award, will also perform
The rock icon's first-ever AMAs performance follows his 2026 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
FestivalsOctober 17, 2025

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis turned 90 and looked back
The Glastonbury founder named Neil Young his favourite act of 2025 and said his old fights with the council and the police were what made the thing work.
FestivalsJune 29, 2025

Glastonbury Festival closed its 2025 edition with a leave-no-trace ask
Rod Stewart and the Maccabees drew the biggest Sunday crowds, and organisers warned of 31C heat for the Monday drive home.

Modern English joke that the Strokes took their song I Melt With You

Chad Gilbert, guitarist and songwriter of New Found Glory, has died at 45

Susan Tedeschi headlines Berklee's first homecoming with a Derek Trucks guest spot

Carrie Underwood sings two Guns N' Roses songs at the band's Atlanta concert

Nirvana's In Utero turns 33, and its Steve Albini mixes are still an argument

Protomartyr put out Exalted Eagles, the last single before Hotel Usona

Jam band Widespread Panic return to Charlotte for two New Year's concerts

Marianas Trench add a Windsor concert to a thin run of Canadian shows

Dirty Honey name the album Catch My Butterfly and share two singles from it

The Capitol Theatre turns 100 and the Port Chester venue answers with a five-hour concert

Jim Cuddy adds four Ontario theatre shows with Billianne opening

Placebo book ten Latin American shows to mark thirty years as a band

Triggerfinger release the album Tarmac after losing a founder member

Grace Potter sings Dolly Parton's 9 To 5 with Maggie Rose at her own Vermont festival

Mumford & Sons play the Springsteen song Atlantic City with Jake Clemons

Muse say a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg settled who gets the band's name

Widespread Panic play Burning Down The House for only the third time in the band's history

Steven Wilson sets Requiem For A Village for November and shares its title song

Spanish Love Songs hold back 5% of tour tickets at 20 pounds, no questions asked

The Velveteers book 20 UK and European dates for their first proper run over here

Crawlers line up a second EP, Live With This, a month after the last one

Papa Roach cancel their Louder Than Life festival set over Tobin Esperance's health

Gorillaz open their North American tour with Albarn raising a Palestinian flag

TAUK guitarist Matt Jalbert sings for the first time on his solo album Somebody's Child

An unreleased Neal Casal song, Muscatine, opens a posthumous album of home recordings

Punk In The Park promoter Brew Ha Ha plans a new punk festival after the boycott

Rush pay belated tribute to drummer Neil Peart in No One's Disciple

Hayley Williams plays the song Airplanes with Rico Nasty, 16 years on

Beck shot the Run Away video in Tokyo with the actor Tadanobu Asano

Talking Heads reunite on 28 September for a SiriusXM channel launch

XTC bassist Colin Moulding shares Want It Bad, his second solo single

Interpol and Queens Of The Stone Age book three Mexico shows for 2027

Beck releases the album Ride Lonesome, his first record in seven years

The Avett Brothers bring back Linger, the Cranberries song, after 480 shows

Roger Waters says Ed Sheeran was wrong to drop Macklemore from the tour

Warren Haynes says Matt Abts' medical leave is holding the Gov't Mule album

Nirvana, Pixies and The Smiths sit in a 10,000-concert Chicago tape archive

Howlin Rain open their covers album Watermelon with Chris Robinson on Silver Paper

Steve Winwood joins John Fogerty in Charlotte for a Wilson Pickett song

Kevin Parker drums with Pond in Austin on a Mink Mussel Creek song

Jay Lane starts the band Jayski and the Dawn to funk up the Dead

Talking Heads regroup to talk about their music on a SiriusXM channel

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard tease a bluegrass record with a guest

CBGB owners hunt for a New York room, twenty years after the club closed

Les Claypool records a new theme song for the renamed South Park

Gary McCracken, the drummer in Max Webster, has died aged 75

Neil Young's 50th album Second Song pairs new songs with 1960s tapes

Editors share the single Seriously from their seventh album

Johnny Marr sets a Buenos Aires tour date for November 26

The Warning book a Mexico City stadium concert to open their 2027 tour

Soundgarden's surviving members will reunite for the NFL season opener halftime show

Turnstile play their first live cover of The Stone Roses on the Piece Hall stage

Widespread Panic set live album Albany 2000 for archival release

Noel Gallagher hints at Oasis shows in the summer of 2027

Bloc Party debuts a video for new track "Pigwig" off upcoming album

Oasis put out the full trailer for their Live '25 reunion documentary

Hayley Williams sets tattoo pop-up shops around her solo tour dates

Clinic announce their tenth album, Wild In The Streets

Yeah Yeah Yeahs release a Royal Albert Hall live album and a concert film

David Byrne builds an Oscar-qualifying song from Elon Musk's own words

Irish band Fontaines D.C. to headline Slane Castle in June 2027

Fontaines D.C. book a 19-date European arena tour for autumn 2026

Drummer Alex Van Halen receives the Netherlands' highest civilian honour

First trailer arrives for the Neil Peart documentary No One's Disciple

Tinariwen postpone their Canadian tour after a fire destroyed travel papers

Alanis Morissette sues her former tour manager over an alleged blackmail scheme

Stevie Nicks and Olivia Rodrigo appear on the Practical Magic 2 soundtrack

Gary Glitter denies eight historical sex offence charges in court

Fake Names announce their third album Punk Ruins for October 23

David Byrne maps a North American book tour for Sleeping Beauties

PISS book 23 tour dates behind their first LP, you made me / skin on linen

Vancouver's PISS name their debut LP "you made me / skin on linen"

Alexisonfire book a Buenos Aires concert playing the album Crisis in full

Vanessa Bedoret announces the album "About Time" for October 30

Guitarist Pete Townshend withdraws from the Crossroads Guitar Festival

Little Grandad set January 22 for their debut album Speak Softly, Son

PISS line up a first album and share "time loop at hot slit"

HMLTD set their third album FANGS for October 23 with two new members

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters joins the documentary Freedom Theatre

Fontaines D.C. book a 2026 UK and European arena tour