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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Continue ‘Alien Metal’ Rollout With Title Track & Australian Tour Announcement
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard kept the momentum behind 'Alien Metal' going with another single and news of Australian dates.


Watch Bebe Rexha Perform ‘Dirty Blonde’ Medley On ‘Fallon’
Bebe Rexha performed a medley of “New Religion” and “Sad Girls” from her new album, ‘Dirty Blonde,’ on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’


Confluence Conference Plans New Confluence Music Fest 2026
Confluence's live music component is being renamed Confluence Music Fest for 2026, adding an all-day outdoor festival on Saturday, October 10.


Chicago Adds November 2026 Tour Dates
Chicago extended their upcoming fall tour with three new Northeast dates in November.


Stray Kids Kick Off Run It World Tour In Seoul With Live Debuts
Stray Kids previewed their upcoming EP, 'This & That,' by fitting several live debuts into the setlist for the first shows of the Run It World Tour over the weekend at Seoul's KSPO Dome.


Justin Vernon Plays Surprise Set Of Bon Iver Music & Premieres Bob Dylan Cover Band At Eaux Claires
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon played both "Bon" and "Bon Dylan" sets at the first day of his Eaux Claires festival, which returned over the weekend following an eight-year hiatus.


Darius Rucker Rolls Out ‘Wagon Wheel’ With Old Crow Medicine Show At Red Rocks
Watch Darius Rucker bring out Old Crow Medicine Show for "Wagon Wheel" during the two acts' concert at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre.


Faith No More Confirms 1st Shows Since 2016 With System Of A Down
Faith No More and System Of A Down announced a series of four co-headlining stadium shows in Australia and New Zealand to start 2027.


Billy Strings Debuts John Hartford Cover In Maine
Billy Strings’ two-night closer in Portland, Maine on Saturday saw the guitarist and his band adding another John Hartford song to their repertoire.


Widespread Panic Breaks Out Rare Covers & Originals At West Coast Tour Finale In L.A.
Widespread Panic loaded the setlist for the final show of three-night stand at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theatre with one surprise after another, including rarely played Frank Zappa, The Doors and Neil Young covers.


Hayley Williams Welcomes Jack Antonoff, Jenny Lewis, Remi Wolf & More At Newport Folk
Hayley Williams brought out Jack Antonoff, Jenny Lewis, Remi Wolf, Karly Hartzman, This Is Lorelei, Joy Oladokun, Lucy Dacus, Madi Diaz, Liam Benzvi, Annie DiRusso and more during her set at Newport Folk Festival.


Bon Jovi Ends Madison Square Garden Residency With Bruce Springsteen Guest Spot
Bon Jovi capped its MSG residency with a surprise appearance from Bruce Springsteen, who teamed up for “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” and “The Promised Land.”


Dave Matthews, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez & More Join Nathaniel Rateliff At Newport Folk Festival
Nathaniel Rateliff welcomed Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, Brandi Carlile, Brandon Flowers and other guests during his "& Friends" set at Newport Folk Festival.


Gov’t Mule Covers Grateful Dead With Bruce Hornsby & John Mailander At Great South Bay
Gov't Mule brought out legendary keyboardist Bruce Hornsby and fiddler John Mailander for a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Loser" at the Great South Bay Music Festival in Patchogue, New York on Saturday night.


Phish Reimagines 1994 With Epic ‘Tweezerfest,’ Bustouts & ‘Hoist’ Highlights At Madison Square Garden
Rather than recreating 1994, Phish used one of its most celebrated years as the launching point for another adventurous night of improvisation at the New York City venue.


Snowshoe Mountain To Host Ballhooter Festival 2026 Featuring Turnpike Troubadours, 49 Winchester, Morgan Wade & More
Snowshoe Mountain announced the lineup for its revived Ballhooter Festival, a three-day music festival set for Labor Day Weekend 2026 at the West Virginia resort.


Phish Time Travels To 1993 With Bustouts Galore At Madison Square Garden
Phish leaned all the way into 1993 at Madison Square Garden, resurrecting the long-dormant "Big Ball Jam" and pulling out rarities like "Sparks" and "Daniel Saw the Stone."


Widespread Panic Dusts Off Talking Heads Cover At 1st L.A. Show In A Decade
Widespread Panic kicked off a three-night stand in Los Angeles on Thursday where they broke out a Talking Heads cover and loaded the setlist with favorites.


Watch Pavement Play ‘Greenlander’ For 1st Time Since 1992 In Cleveland
Pavement dusted off 'Slanted & Enchanted' outtake "Greenlander" after a 34-year absence from setlists on Thursday during their concert at Cleveland's Agora.


Guns N’ Roses Kick Off North American Tour On Slash’s Birthday In Raleigh
Guns N' Roses launched the North American leg of their 2026 World Tour at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, on guitarist Slash's 61st birthday.


IGN News

'I Thought This Would Be Drama Free, How Wrong I Was' — Games Workshop Secured a £7.8 Million Refund on Donald Trump's Tariffs, but Iran War Threatens Supply Chain
The boss of Warhammer maker Games Workshop has said the company managed to secure a £7.8 million (approx. $10.3 million) refund on Donald Trump’s tariffs, but other issues, such as the Iran War, threaten its supply chain.


After 15 Years, Resident Evil 5 Has Finally Been Dethroned as The Series' Best-Selling Game
After 15 years, Resident Evil 5 is no longer the highest-selling entry in Capcom's survival horror series, the publisher has revealed.


Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Adds Tom Holland's Brand New Day Spidey Suit
PlayStation 5 blockbuster Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has today been updated to add two new Spidey suits, including Tom Holland's new costume from Spider-Man: Brand New Day.


Live-Action Link Actor Discusses The Legend of Zelda Movie, Says He Was Too Young to Play Breath of the Wild When It Launched
Link actor Benjamin Evan Ainsworth has discussed preparing for Nintendo's upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie — and said he was too young to play Breath of the Wild when it originally debuted.


Square Enix Dev Yoshi-P Says Final Fantasy 6, 8, and 9 Remakes Would Probably Have to Be Released in Four or Even Five Installments
At the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Berlin on Sunday, Final Fantasy 14 director-producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida invited Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi to the stage for a chat. Over this 75-minute Naoki’s Room section, the two Final Fantasy devs discussed their motivations, upcoming FF7/FF14 crossover content, and the future of the series. However, one comment may have quashed fans’ hopes for Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 8, or Final Fantasy 9 ever getting the remake treatment.


Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe Finally Gets a Meaningful Update as Games Workshop Makes Significant Amazon Announcements
Games Workshop has made a number of significant announcements on the Henry Cavill Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, as well as new Amazon animations based on its tabletop games.


With Just Hours to Go Until Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Ryan Reynolds Says His New Monochrome Deadpool Suit is Actually Colored 'Jean Grey'
Amid huge speculation over Sadie Sink's character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds has posted a cheeky nod to X-Men character Jean Grey via social media.


Xbox Executive Explains Outage, Vows to 'Do Better'
Xbox's Chief Technology Officer, Scott Van Vliet, has offered transparency and an explanation for the system and service outage that affected game libraries, sign-in, and game launching for many players from late Sunday night and well into Monday, vowing to "do better."


Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Projected to Have the Biggest Opening of 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on track to absolutely obliterate the box office this weekend.


Avengers: Secret Wars Is the Only MCU Movie in 2027 as Kevin Feige Promises Quality Over Quantity
It looks like Avengers: Secret Wars will be the only MCU movie in 2027, as Kevin Feige has promised that Marvel Studios is committed to "focusing on quality."


Call of Duty: Black Ops Fans Discover Cut Zombies Content Over 15 Years After Release
Call of Duty: Black Ops fans have uncovered a new cut Zombies mode from the game, over a decade and a half after its original release.


Ubisoft Gives Free PC Copies to Xbox Owners of Select Games
Ubisoft is giving Xbox owners free access to some of their games on PC.


The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta Proves Fans Still Really Want That Blade Movie
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is coming off a record-breaking open beta weekend, where two particular characters reigned supreme over the rest of the game’s cast.


The Odyssey Translator Unleashes Scathing Review of Christopher Nolan's Film Adaptation
Greek translator and University of Pennsylvania professor Emily Wilson has unleashed a scathing review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, calling it a "confused" and "abysmal" adaptation of Homer's text.


'I Can't Not Hear His Voice in My Head' — Matt Dinniman Reflects on Writing Dungeon Crawler Carl With Jeff Hays in Mind
"I think Fuzzy Door would have a riot on their hands if they hadn't cast Jeff in something," said Dinniman during an SDCC interview with IGN. "He's so associated with that sound and that voice. Anybody else would be jarring."


House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra’s Worst Omen Yet Foreshadows the ‘Rot That Follows’
House of the Dragon: Season 3’s sixth episode depicts a moment that its director called “an instigating event for a lot of bad things” to come in the series. “That cut on Rhaenyra's finger becomes an instigating event for a lot of bad things,” director Loni Peristere declared in HBO’s Inside the Episode featurette.


YouTube Premium Is Adding a Peacock Subscription at No Extra Cost
YouTube Premium is becoming an even better value, as the service will soon include a subscription to Peacock at no extra cost for users in the United States.


Physical 'Copies' of GTA 6 Will Expire 170 Days After Launch Date in Japan
If you’re buying ‘physical’ copies of GTA 6 in Japan, you’d better act fast and download that code lickety-split, else it might expire while you’re not looking.


Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Says He Would 'Crawl Through a Mile of Broken Glass' for a Sequel
We still know next to nothing about Shang-Chi 2, but star Simu Liu said he would "crawl through a mile of broken glass on my bare hands" to make it happen.


William Gibson Speaks Out After Neuromancer Trailer Sparks Doubts Among Fans
William Gibson, author of the cyberpunk Bible Neuromancer, is putting fans’ fears to rest about Apple TV’s adaptation of his genre-defining novel.


News

New Music Friday July 24: Reba, Shania Twain, Pitbull, Charli xcx, JENNIE, Tyla, KATSEYE and More
Check out some of ET's favorite new music of the week!


Celebrity Dermatologist Dr. Macrene Alexiades Says Consistency Comes Before Cosmetic Procedures
Celebrity dermatologist Dr. Macrene Alexiades tells ET why great skin stars long before the lasers.


Relix Media

Bernie Taupin to Release First Solo Album in Almost 40 Years

Bernie Taupin will release his first solo album in almost 40 years, The Sea Has No Mercy, on October 23 via Vertigo Records and MCA Nashville. The Sea Has No Mercy is also the first album that Taupin has entirely self-written himself. The set is described as a “late-life manifesto” and the “soundtrack to his […]

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The Hold Steady Confirm Massive Nights 2026

The Hold Steady have announced their 11th annual Massive Nights holiday celebration. The multi-night concert event will return to Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl from Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5. This year’s installment finds The Hold Steady celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic 2006 third studio album, Boys and Girls in America. All […]

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Sunny Ortiz to Join Sam Holt Band For Michael Houser Tribute

Widespread Panic percussionist Domingo “Sunny’ Ortiz will join Sam Holt Band for a stop on their annual Remembering Mikey Houser tour next month. Every summer, Holt, who was Widespread Panic guitarist Michael Houser’s onetime guitar tech and then later filled in as the band’s lead guitarist before Jimmy Herring officially joined in 2006, pays tribute […]

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Members of moe. and Umphrey’s McGee Confirm Late-Night Show

moe. and Umphrey’s McGee are slated to resume their collaborative moe.mentUM Tour at Grand Rapids, MI’s Frederik Meijer Gardens on August 12. The next leg of the run will focus on Midwest markets and likely find members of the two bands sharing the stage during each night’s encore. In addition, representatives from moe. and Umphrey’s […]

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Dave Matthews, Mavis Staples and John C. Reilly Join Nathaniel Rateliff for the Collaborative Conclusion to Newport Folk

Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch (photo: Dean Budnick) Following an energizing opening day, the Newport Folk Festival continued over the weekend at Fort Adams State Park. The low-key, welcoming vibe of the event allows artists to mingle freely with audience members. It also supports collaborative performances across the site. Saturday’s headliners The Lumineers embraced both […]

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Gov’t Mule Welcome Bruce Hornsby and John Mailander for Classic Dead Cover

photo via Gov’t Mule Facebook Gov’t Mule has returned to the stage for their The Kicking In Your Stall Tour. The group opened the summer run on Wednesday, July 22 with a sold-out show at Tree House Brewing Company in South Deerfield, MA. That two-set performance included the Mule’s first version of ZZ Top’s “Jesus […]

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Old Crow Medicine Show Share “My Side Of The Mountain” with Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, and Molly Tuttle Live from American Legion Post 82

Old Crow Medicine Show’s new album Union Made continues to elicit enthusiasm. The record reflects on 250 years of American history in its lyrical themes. Still, as noted in our review of the album, “Union Made has all the stacked harmonies, furious picking and sing-along choruses you’d expect from Old Crow.” Union Made is now […]

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Justin Vernon Performs Solo Acoustic Following Birth of Kevin Morby and Katie Crutchfield’s Son, Then Presents Set of Bob Dylan Material

Photo: Graham Tolbert Bon Iver’s Eaux Claires Festival returned for the first time in eight years on Friday and Saturday. Once again it took place in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, drawing together a variety of artists, musical and otherwise. Friday featured a special surprise set by Justin Vernon.  Kevin Morby had been slated to appear at […]

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Los Lobos at Narrows Center for the Arts

Flash forward to a few minutes just after Los Lobos performed a 100-minute dazzler on a sold-out, Saturday night at the Narrows. Backstage, guitarist and singer David Hidalgo recalls the moments, earlier in the evening, when the band was drawing up the setlist. “We said, let’s make it a rock show.” Rock show it was. […]

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The String Cheese Incident Cover John Coltrane, Grateful Dead and Johnny Cash with Guests in Oregon

The String Cheese Incident traveled to Oregon for two shows over the weekend. On Friday the group performed at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene. Then on Saturday, SCI moved on to Britt in Jacksonville. Both gigs featured appearances from longtime friends of the band. Midway through the second set of the Cuthbert Amphitheater show, Scott […]

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