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Queens Of The Stone Age Bring ‘Alive In The Catacombs’ Ensemble To KEXP For In-Studio Session
Queens Of The Stone Age's KEXP in-studio performance is now available to watch on YouTube.


Rhiannon Giddens Previews New Album With Soaring Single ‘Carolina Rain’
Rhiannon Giddens confirmed a new album, 'Hope Is The Thing With Feathers' and shared the lead single "Carolina Rain."


Spafford Debuts Radiohead Cover In Buffalo
Spafford covered Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" for the first time to end the first set of their Wednesday night concert at Buffalo Iron Works.


The Killers’ Brandon Flowers Sets International Tour Dates Around New Solo Album ‘Thrasher’
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers will trek across North America and the UK/Ireland this fall.


Erykah Badu Locks In September 2026 Tour Dates With The Alchemist & De La Soul
Erykah Badu confirmed details of LIVE: A September Tour, a September 2026 run featuring The Alchemist and De La Soul.


Robyn Rings Up CMAT For Surprise ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ Duet In Dublin
Watch CMAT join Robyn for a performance of "Call Your Girlfriend" during the Swedish singer's Wednesday night concert at 3Arena in Dublin.


Watch Shaboozey Turn ‘Tiny Desk’ Into A Dive Bar With Leon Bridges, Sarah Jarosz & Sara Watkins
Shaboozey made his 'Tiny Desk' debut with a set featuring an expanded band, premieres of new songs, a duet with Leon Bridges and a bluegrass tribute.


Wednesday & Mannequin Pussy Unite For Fall 2026 Co-Headline Tour Dates
Wednesday will team up with Mannequin Pussy this fall for The Bitch Cabal Tour featuring support from Snõõper.


beabadoobee Outlines Fall 2026 Arena Tour In Support Of New Album
beabadoobee detailed 'Pylon,' a new album set for release in September, which will be followed by her first-ever arena tour.


High Sierra 2026 Spotlights Artist Care With Backstage Wellness Village, Reveals Artist Playshop & Troubadour Session Lineups
High Sierra Music Festival returns July 2 – 5 in Grass Valley with a new Backstage Wellness Village supporting artists and crew, alongside a packed schedule of collaborative Playshops and late-night Troubadour Sessions.


Hamilton Leithauser Joins The Strokes For The Walkmen Cut In Boston
The Strokes welcomed opener Hamilton Leithauser for a collaboration on a track from his band The Walkmen.


Nicole Atkins Returns With ‘Drama,’ 1st New Album In 6 Years & Maps Fall 2026 Tour Dates
Nicole Atkins announced 'Drama,' her first new full-length in over six years, led by the single “When The Night Falls” and a fall headlining tour.


Mike D Confirms 2026 East Coast Tour Dates
Mike D confirmed another batch of U.S. tour dates around his upcoming album, 'Thank You.'


Ween Re-Releases Heartfelt Jerry Garcia Tribute ‘So Long Jerry’
Ween shared "So Long Jerry," a song written in the tribute to late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, as the latest preview of their forthcoming '12 Golden Country Greats (Deluxe Edition)' collection.


Severe Weather Force Postponement Of Dave Matthews Band Concert At Minnesota’s Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Mystic Lake Amphitheater officials pulled the plug on and rescheduled Dave Matthews Band's Tuesday night concert at the new venue after inclement weather tore through the Twin Cities.


Neil Young Surprise Releases Free Concert Film From 2025 Tour
Neil Young unveiled 'Corduroy Plants,' a free concert film documenting his 2025 Love Earth Tour with The Chrome Hearts.


Phoebe Bridgers Announces Highly Anticipated New Album ‘Lost Weekend’
Phoebe Bridgers returns with 'Lost Weekend,' her first solo album since 2020, which is set for release on August 14.


Taylor Swift Performs Surprise ‘Love Story’ Duet With Lainey Wilson At Tight Ends & Friends Concert
Taylor Swift closed out her fiancé Travis Kelce's Tight Ends & Friends concert in Nashville by joining Lainey Wilson for a surprise "Love Story" duet.


The Strokes Get ‘Gratisfaction’ & ‘Happy Ending’ At Blossom Music Center
The Strokes broke out a pair of deep cuts during their recent concert at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.


Indigo Girls Add Fall 2026 Tour Dates With Linda Perry
There are several new chances to catch Indigo Girls and Linda Perry in fall 2026.


IGN News

Microsoft Announces Significant Price Rises for Xbox Series X and S, 2TB Model Discontinued
Microsoft has announced significant price rises for Xbox consoles, blaming the ongoing “components crisis.”


Deltarune Chapter 6 Will Release in 2027, Chapter 5 Shatters Concurrent Player Records on Steam
Deltarune's story will continue next year, as creator Toby Fox has set a 2027 release window for Chapter 6.


Drop Dead Singer Olivia Rodrigo Joins Fortnite Today
Popstar Olivia Rodrigo is joining Fortnite today, as the latest celebrity addition to Epic Games' battle royale.


Invader Zim Publishing Rights Have Been Acquired by BOOM! Studios, Who Promises Classic Stories and New Original Content - Exclusive
IGN can exclusively reveal that BOOM! Studios has acquired the publishing rights for Invader Zim, and it has plans to "bring classic stories, long-sought-after collections, and brand-new original content to readers beginning later this year."


Apple is the Latest Company to Raise Prices Because of AI
Just a week after Tim Cook said price rises were inevitable, Apple has raised prices on most of its products due to increased memory demand.


Sony Confirms 'Significant' Bungie Layoffs Include 'Most of the Destiny Team and Some Marathon Team Members', as Bungie Admits 'Destiny 2 Fell Short of Expectations'
Bungie has confirmed its employees will suffer layoffs as the company is reorganized. The news follows the recent ending of new content for Destiny 2, and amid a lackluster player numbers for new launch Marathon.


GTA 6 Live Updates: Screenshots, Gameplay Details, Reaction and More
Rockstar has finally pulled back the curtain on GTA 6, confirming fresh details, releasing new screenshots, and launching preorders. There's a huge amount of news to take in, including plenty of reaction from fans. In the live blog, below, we'll continue to update you on everything that's happening in the world of GTA 6, big and small, bringing you hot takes, all the news, and anything Rockstar decides to release to keep fans going.


Peppa Pig Owner Hasbro Faces Backlash After Reportedly Trying to Force Child Actors to Sign Away AI Voice Rights
Peppa Pig's cast of child actors have reportedly been told they must sign new contracts that allow brand owner Hasbro to reproduce their voices using AI.


Absolute Batman, Joker: Laugh Riot and Krypto Animated Series Announced
DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation announced three new animated series at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Thursday: Absolute Batman, Joker: Laugh Riot, and an untitled Krypto show.


Insomniac Responds to Wolverine Fan to Confirm Physical Edition Includes a Disc in the Box and I Suspect More Devs Will Have to Answer This Question in a Post-GTA 6 World
Insomniac Games has responded to a fan on social media who asked if the physical version of Marvel's Wolverine is just a code in the box — with the question now top of mind following Rockstar’s shock decision not to sell GTA 6 on disc at launch.


No GTA 6 Disc Decision Will Make Some Gamers Angry, but Analysts Say 'Commercially It Just Makes Sense'
With Grand Theft Auto 6, arguably the biggest and most mass market game of the generation, skipping a disc-based launch — is physical media now dead?


Will You Buy the $80 GTA 6 Standard Edition or $100 Ultimate Edition?
It’s one of the biggest questions following Rockstar’s GTA 6 preorder day reveal: will you pay $80 for the Standard Edition or $100 for the Ultimate Edition?


'I’m Mad Because This Was My Rank Up Game' — Fighting Game Player-Turned-Sumo Wrestler Bodyslams Knife-Wielding Apex Legends Fan in New York City
A heroic member of the fighting game community is being praised for apprehending an agitated Apex Legends player who pulled out a knife at a gaming lounge in New York City.


PlayStation 5 Now Features Custom GTA 6 UI, as Sony Goes All In on Rockstar Partnership
Load up your PlayStation 5 today, and you'll be greeted by a new custom user interface advertising Grand Theft Auto 6 — part of Sony's major new partnership with Rockstar Games.


GTA 6 Looks Amazing, but the 63 New Screenshots Probably Don't Represent Gameplay, Tech Experts Believe
Yesterday, Rockstar released 63 brand new screenshots for GTA 6, each one wowing fans with their impressive level of detail. The images provide our best look at the game as it stands today, in lieu of Trailer 3 of course. But how representative are they of the actual game fans will be playing this November?


New DLC Character Coming to BlazBlue: Central Fiction a Decade After It Was Released


Micron CEO Expects RAM Shortage to Last Through 2027, Start to Ease in 2028
Micron, one of the largest global manufacturers of semiconductors, expects the ongoing RAM shortage to last through 2027. That's according to Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, who said in the company's Q3 2026 earnings report today that the unprecedented demand facing the semiconductor industry isn't letting up any time soon.


GTA 6 May Be Borrowing a Major Mechanic from Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto 6 may be taking a major mechanic from Red Dead Redemption 2, which may bother some GTA fans.


Bungie Communications Manager Says Destiny 2 fans Shouldn't Blame Themselves for Game Coming to an End
Destiny 2 fans shouldn't "blame" themselves for Bungie choosing to end support for the game, says the company's comms manager.


Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
Two retailers have announced that they will not be selling Grand Theft Auto 6 due to the game not releasing on a disc.


News

West Channel Rd. Designer Tatiana Dieteman on Her Knitwear Line Made for Morning to Midnight
West Channel Rd. founder Tatiana Dieteman tells ET about her knitwear brand that acts as an all-day uniform.


Relix Media

The Motet Announce Halloween Themes

Although we’ve just reached the official launch of summer, The Motet is already looking ahead to the fall. The group will perform two nights at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver on October 30 and 31. Both of these shows will find the band performing special sets. Last year, for Halloween 2025, the group appeared at […]

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What’s Old Is New Again: Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato at the Bearsville Theater

photo: Bahram Foroughi On June 12th, Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato played an epic two-man acoustic show at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. A live duo is almost the most exposed format there is: two players, two guitars, two microphones; nowhere to hide, no rhythm section to lean on, every choice audible. But Lesh […]

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The Bear’s Chris Witaske Is Featured On A Beginner’s Guide to the Grateful Dead Live

Back in February, the Grateful Dead launched a new monthly series titled, A Beginner’s Guide to the Grateful Dead Live. The initial post explained, “Start ’em young, start ’em old. Don’t know where to start ’em? We’ve got a brand new episodic series featuring some of your favorite Dead Heads and key members of the […]

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Jake Renick Simpson Returns to the Stage with Dave Matthews Band 

photo by Sanjay Suchak via Dave Matthews Band Facebook In August 2025, fiddler Jake Renick Simpson made his initial appearance with Dave Matthews Band. Simpson joined the group for portions of all three nights during DMB’s Gorge run. Earlier that month he had connected with the band’s namesake when Dave Matthews performed two solo dates […]

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Making A Scene: Jesse Malin on His Manhattan Projects, Stage Diving at ‘SNL’ and the Bob Weir/Joe Strummer Summit

photo: Jini Sachse “It was a situation where people had been saying to me, ‘You should tell these stories in a book of some sort.’ I already had been telling them on stage and through blogs and through my social media. So eventually I was like, ‘You know what? I’m going to go for this,’” […]

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Leftover Salmon Add Fall Dates, Late-Night Halloween Shows in Baltimore

Leftover Salmon have added a few shows to their upcoming schedule. The veteran Colorado act will now stop at Lexington, KY’s The Burl on September 17, Waynesboro, VA’s The Foundry on September 18 and Iowa City, IA’s The Englert on September 25. They will also play late-night shows at Baltimore, MD’s Nevermore Hall on October […]

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Northlands 2026: Twiddle Regroups, Disco Biscuits Cover Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd

Photo by Jesse Faatz The annual Northlands Music & Arts Festival returned to Swanzey, NH over the weekend. As previously reported, the multi-day event boasted what will likely be the only performance by The Slip this calendar year, though drummer Joe Russo ended up filling in for Andrew Barr at the last minute.  The New Hampshire […]

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Phoebe Bridgers Confirms First Album Since COVID

Phoebe Bridgers will release her third album, Lost Weekend on August 14 via Dead Oceans. The highly anticipated set arrives after weeks of speculation, as well as a run of surprise pop-up shows in smaller markets across the U.S. The series of last-minute dates culminated with a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden […]

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Grahame Lesh, Jason Crosby, Nicki Bluhm, Tim Bluhm, Barry Sless, Stu Allen, Reed Mathis and More Set For San Rafael Terrapin Roadshow Stop

Grahame Lesh and the Lesh Family have outlined the details for the next stop on the 2026 Terrapin Roadshow, the weekend-long events that grew out of their former club Terrapin Crossroads. The upcoming gigs will bring the collective back to the venue’s geographic roots, boasting a stop at The Forest Meadows Amphitheatre in San Rafael, […]

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Nicole Atkins Will Have ‘Drama’ This September

Nicole Atkins is the first artist to be signed to Chris Isaak’s new Sun Records imprint Wicked Game Records and will release a record on the label, Drama, on Friday September 18. It is the New Jersey-bred, Nashville-based musician’s seventh studio album and first all-new full-length release in over six years. The LP’s first single, “When the Night Falls,” […]

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