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.
Orville Peck Announces New Album ‘Mule’ & Shares 2 Tracks + 2026 Fall Tour Dates
Country artist Orville Peck will embark on his Man Turned Mule Tour 2026 this fall supporting his new album, 'Mule.'
The Strokes Debut ‘Reality Awaits’ Standout ‘Dine N’Dash’ Live At Red Rocks
The Strokes offered the live debut of 'Reality Awaits' cut "Dine N'Dash" at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre just ahead of the album's release.
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.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Scene Censored in India — and It Could Be a Spoiler
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is censored in India, and it may relate to a scene that suggests a spoiler.
Chris Evans Received 'at Least a Dozen Pitches' to Return to the MCU – But Will He Be Nomad in Avengers: Doomsday?
Chris Evans said he received "at least a dozen pitches" to return as Steve Rogers in the MCU, and based on a tease from Captain America star Anthony Mackie, it sounds like Nomad may have been what brought him back.
Final Fantasy 14 Will Be The Biggest Game on Nintendo Switch 2 by Install Size, and Take Up Almost Half of the Console's Entire Memory
Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy 14 will land on Switch 2 with an almighty thud next month, as its honking install size will take up almost half of the console's 256GB memory.
Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Marvel Stars Calling on UK Government to Block 'Dangerous' Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Before It Causes a Disastrous 'TV and Cinema Calamity'
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong have called on the UK government to intervene and block Paramount's proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. buyout.
Samwise Gamgee Actor Sean Astin Says He Had to Sell His House Because He Had Negotiated Such a Small Salary on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Actor Sean Astin has said he negotiated such a small salary for playing Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy that he was forced to sell his house.
Stalker 2's Huge Free 2.0 Update and Its First Major Story Expansion Have a Joint Release Date
Stalker 2 not only has a release date for its first major story expansion, but its huge free 2.0 update.
Now Xbox Is Down for Some, Microsoft Says It's Working to Fix a Major Outage Affecting Library, Sign-In, and Game Launch
If you’re having trouble with logging into Xbox, you’re not alone: it’s suffering a major outage that’s affecting account and profile sign-in, viewing games on the store, and playing games.
Critics of Sony's Decision to Kill Physical Discs Call on Gamers to Boycott PlayStation for a Week Next Month, but Will Anyone Listen?
Backers of physical media have called on gamers to boycott PlayStation for a week in August to send a message to Sony that its decision to kill discs from 2028 is unacceptable.
The Pokémon Company Announces Facial Recognition System to Help Kill Scalping at Japanese Card Stores, Mandatory From Elementary School Age
Pokémon card scalping has led to the introduction of a mandatory facial recognition system at some stores in Japan, for all adult customers and children at elementary school age or older.
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.
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’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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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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Watch My Morning Jacket Play “One More Saturday Night” on Sunday at Great South Bay Music Festival
Bob Weir with My Morning Jacket on 1/26/14 via MMJ Youtube My Morning Jacket returned to the stage this weekend. The group had been off the road since late May and is playing only select dates this summer before an appearance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in October followed by an extended run at San Francisco’s […]
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An Epic “Tweezer” Marks Phish’s Return to 1994
Image via Phish Facebook On May 7, 1994 at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Phish performed a “Tweezer” for the ages. That evening the band started its second set with “Loving Cup,” then “Sparkle,” after which the remainder of the evening was a “Tweezerfest,” with the band going in and out of various songs while […]
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photo via Widespread Panic Facebook Over the weekend, Widespread Panic closed out their extended West Coast summer tour with three nights at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. This was the band’s return to the Orpheum after performing two shows at the venue in 2014. During each of these shows the band revisited some classic […]
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Photo by V. Nina Westervelt + Adam Kissick via Newport Folk’s Facebook page Newport, RI’s famed Newport Folk Festival kicked off yesterday, continuing a tradition that began when George Wein, Pete Seeger and their associates founded the gathering in 1959. Hayley Williams & Friends, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Hot Tuna, Lucy Dacus and Courtney Barnett served […]
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