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Billy Strings Plays Surprise Bar Gig in West Virginia
Billy Strings made the most of his day off in Charleston, WV on Sunday, August 2. According to reports, the guitarist, who was in town to play the 13,5000-capacity Charleston Coliseum last night, stopped by the approximately 100-person Empty Glass bar to play his Gibson SG electric guitar with the John Inghram Band for about an hour. The Sunday jam session is a regularly occurrence at the Empty Glass, hosted by Inghram, a local musician and producer on NPR’s Mountain Stage Radio Show. The storied program is taped nearby and The Empty Glass festivities are frequently used as an after-party hang—this past Sunday, one of the program’s features guests, Candi Jenkins, also stopped by to perform with John Inghram Band.
Social media comments note that Strings sat in on a range of material, including Leftover Salmon’s “Troubled Times” and J.J. Cale’s “Call Me The Breeze,” during his evening appearance. He also joined the band for “Going Down The Road Feeling Bad,” which featured Jenkins, and pictures confirm that Kathy Mattea and Abigail Spangler both also sat in at various points during the show. After leaving the stage, Strings reportedly joined another local musician, Jakob Thomas, for a two-hour bonus picking session outside the venue as well.
Then, last night, Strings and his band appeared at the Charleston Coliseum, a rescheduled date following the guitarist’s recent skateboarding accident, and busted out several songs for the first time this year. Those choice cuts included Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys’ “99 Years (Is Almost For Life),” which Strings had not played since April 27, 2024, Tex Williams’ “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette,” which had been on the shelf since December 13, 2025, and Will S Hayes’ “I’ll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers,” which String had not covered since December 14, 2025.
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Stephen Malkmus Confirms Solo Shows
Stephen Malkmus has confirmed a series of solo shows throughout Carlifornia. The Pavement frontman will hit the road in September, making stops at Ventura, CA’s Ventura Music Hall (9/1), Big Sur, CA’s Henry Miller Memorial Library (9/2), Sonoma, CA’s Gundlach Bundschu Winery (9/4) and Sacramento, CA’s Crest Theatre (9/5), before bringing things to a close at Santa Cruz, CA’s Rio Theatre (9/6).
This past February, the guitarist made a solo appearance at Chicago’s The Hideout as part of The Interview Show, a weekly show that is aired on PBS, and turned in a set at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival. However, he has mostly been focused on Pavement during the first part of 2026. The indie-rock pioneers wrapped up their most rest run of reunion dates at Nashville’s the Ryman on July 28. Capping off an outing that included several notable bust outs and a fun riff of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” during the tour-closing performance they still had some surprises up their sleeves and offered “Serpentine Pad,” from 1995’s Wowee Zowee, for the first time this year. His recent solo show shave included Pavement songs, material from his Jicks project and tracks he released under his own name throughout his career.
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Robert Randolph, Karl Denson, Trey Anastasio Band’s Jen Hartswick and Natalie Cressman and Adam Met of AJR and Planet Reimagined will all take part of this fall’s Climate Jam. Scheduled for New York’s Brooklyn Bowl on Tuesday, September 22, the evening will be held during Climate Week NYC, benefiting Protect Our Winters. The organization’s stated mission is to help “passionate outdoor people protect the land they love by promoting non-partisan policies designed to protect our world.”
The special guests will all sit in with the Climate Jam house band, Twilight Muse, during the festive celebration and additional participants will likely join the festivities in the coming weeks. Both Twilight Muse and Robert Randolph were part of Climate Jam 2025 at the Bowl as well.
A VIP Ticket option will also be available. That ticket level includes exclusive access to a pre-show reception from 7-8:00 pm, a meet and greet with POW’s world-class winter athletes and featured musical guests, food and beverage service during the reception and two drink tickets during the show.
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Eggy Confirm Final Tour (of 2026)
Eggy have confirmed their last tour of the calendar year. Humorously described by the hard-touring Connecticut-bred band as The Final Tour of 2026, the meat of the run will kick off at Buffalo, NY’s Buffalo Iron Works on October 15 and come to a close at Suwannee, FL’s Hulaween on October 23. After a short pause, Eggy will then host multi-night stands at Ardmore, PA’s Ardmore Music Hall on November 6 and 7, New York’s Bowery Ballroom on November 13 and 14, Washington, DC’s The Atlantis on November 20 and 21 and Toronto’s Annabel’s on December 4 and 5. They will also return to New Haven, CT’s Toad’s Place, where they played their first proper club gig as teenagers, for a Thanksgiving Eve show on Wednesday, November 25.
Up next, Eggy will perform at Stowe, VT’s Stowe Cider tomorrow.
Here's a look at Eggy's The Final Tour of 2026
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Plot Multi-Night Washington, DC Run
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have added a three-night Washington, DC run to their fall itinerary. The Baltimore, MD-bred band will return the Mid-Atlantic region for an intimate “evening with” show at Washington, DC’s The Atlantis on Thursday, December 3, before moving over to the marquee 9:30 Club on Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5. Fireside Collective will open Friday’s show, while Dizgo will provide support duties on Saturday.
Of note, both 9:30 shows fall on Hanukkah and last year PPPP unveiled a humorous, jamband-referencing recasting of Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song” in time for the Festival of Lights. The ensemble’s DC run also promises “deep improvisation, setlist surprises and high-energy crowd connection.”
VIPPPP Meet & Greet Packages will also be available for the December 5 performance. Packages include one premium reserved seat or general admission ticket, a personal meet and greet and photo opportunity with the band, an exclusive merchandise item, a commemorative VIP laminate, a merchandise shopping opportunity before doors open to the public and early entry into the venue.
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Port Chester, NY’s The Capitol Theatre will host Especially Everyone, a night celebrating neurodiversity, live music and connection on Saturday, October 10. The EE Ensemble, a high-energy funk and jam-approved outfit featuring neurodivergent and neurotypical musicians, will serve as the evening’s house band and Oteil Burbridge, Jennifer Hartswick and Karl Denson are among the guest musicians slated to join the festivities. Landing on World Mental Health Day and World Inclusion Day, The EE 2026 Fall Experience is described as “a concert that makes a statement: music is a right, not a privilege and everyone belongs in the room” and “a show built to break down barriers so everyone has the opportunity to connect to and through live music.”
The event will be co-presented by FECA and Pathways and co-produced with G4D Productions and The Capitol Theatre, in partnership with Come Together, Foundation For Social Connection Action Network and Artist For Action.
Burbridge is currently on the road with Oteil & Friends and will appear at Nantucket, MA’s The Muse this evening. While performing at Asheville, NC’s French Broad River Brewery this past Sunday, August 2, the bassist also welcomed his old Aquarium Rescue Unite drummer Jeff Sipe, who lives in the area, to the stage for ARU’s “Time Is Free.” Joey Remillard from Strictly Liquid also joined the festivities.
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Members of several prominent jambands will come together to help fight cancer in October. Slated to take place at Ardmore, PA’s Ardmore Music Hall on October 7, the Rock the Pink benefit show will feature a core house band of moe. guitarist Al Schnier, moe. drummer Vinnie Amico, Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein, Disco Biscuits keyboardist Aron Magner, Goose drummer Cotter Ellis and The String Cheese Incident percussionist Jason Hann. Allie Kral, Andy Frasco, Kanika Moore and Nicki Bluhm are all also slated to sit in with the one-night-only band at various points throughout their set. 100% of the evening’s proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.
The members of moe. have helped support the American Cancer Society’s “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign over the years, hosting special benefit shows and thematic sets. In other news, Amico has confirmed that he will join A Band of Brothers for some Allman Brothers Band classics at Massachusetts’ Scituate Heritage Days Music Festival this Saturday, August 8.
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Widespread Panic’s JoJo Hermann Confirms Midwest Dates
JoJo Hermann has confirmed a handful of Midwest solo shows. The Widespread Panic keyboardist will kick things off at St. Louis, MO’s City Winery on September 2, before making stops at Chicago’s Garcia’s on September 4 and 5 and Milwaukee, WI’s The Cooperage on September 6. Guitarist Sam Holt, a onetime Widespread Panic tech and sub lead guitarist with the band, will serve as a special guest on all four dates.
In addition, Hermann will appear at New Orleans’ NOLA Funk Fest from October 16-18. The keyboardist will perform in a variety of context throughout the weekend, including joining Galactic during their October 16 set. Widespread Panic percussionist Sunny Ortiz will also sit in with the New Orleans staples at the event.
Widespread Panic will open a run of shows in Atlantic City, NJ on August 14. Readers can also now preorder a copy of the next special edition of Relix, which will celebrate the group’s 40-year history.
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Phish Will Play 8 Shows in October
photo: Bahram Foroughi
Phish have confirmed eight new October dates. The band will perform three nights at Atlantic City, NJ’s Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on October 2-4. From there the group will travel to Richmond, VA’s Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront for gigs on October 6 and 7. The quartet then will play a one-off at Jacksonville, FL’s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on October 9. Finally, it’s on to Huntsville, AL’s The Orion Amphitheater for performances on October 10-11.
The ticket request period is now underway at tickets.phish.com and will continue until though noon on Monday, August 10. A general onsale will follow on Friday, August 14 at 10:00 AM (ET). A limited number of travel packages for the Atlantic City run (including hotel and tickets) will go on sale Wednesday, August 5 at noon (ET) via http://phishfall.100xhospitality.com/.
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Elvis Costello’s Origin Story To Be Explored Via ‘My Aim Is True’ 5-CD Box
Elvis Costello’s 1977 debut album will be explored in expanded form this fall. My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition), is a five-CD box set that will explore how Declan MacManus transformed into Elvis Costello. In addition to newly mastered version of the original album, this collection will draw together demos, masters, outtakes, live performances and interviews, most of which are previously unreleased.
Costello himself notes in the 72-page liners, “When first proposed, I thought the whole idea of celebrating a 50th Anniversary of My Aim Is True was preposterous. It made my teeth itch. It couldn’t just be set up like a venerable object in a glass case.”
Instead, the release reimagines the album across five discs.
First up is the remastered version of the album, along with “Watching The Detectives,” which was not on the original US version of the album.
The Blue Print, gathers 17 recordings from 1975 and 1976, including 13 previously unreleased.
The Stranger In The House contains 28 demos, outtakes and early band recordings, 15 of which have never been released, including every surviving outtake and demo from My Aim Is True.
Becoming The Attractions, opens with a solo performance of “Alison,” from Elvis Costello’s U.K. television debut to his first live appearances under his new name to the sudden velocity of America in late 1977 and 1978.
Covered In Clover, is a previously unreleased recording of Costello’s 2007 reunion with Clover at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall.
Costello also observes, “Making my first record seemed like the beginning of something that I’d imagined for a long time, before I had any sense of a potential audience, let alone the expectation and the assumptions of others about songs written and performed in mere minutes. Nevertheless, I raise a chaste glass to My Aim Is True and all who sail in her.”
My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition), will be released on October 2 and is now available for pre-order.
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