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Conan Gray Announces 2026 Global Arena ‘Wishbone’ World Tour With Special Guest Esha Tewari

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Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Conan Gray has announced his highly anticipated 2026 Wishbone World Tour with special guest Esha Tewari, in support of his critically acclaimed fourth studio album Wishbone (Republic Records). The 42-city global run kicks off February 19 at Target Center in Minneapolis, bringing Conan’s next era to life across North America, Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

The tour will showcase support from rising pop artist Esha Tewari across all dates. North American stops include Toronto, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and more before heading to Europe in May for shows in Dublin, London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and beyond. The tour concludes this fall with arena performances in Australia and New Zealand, wrapping October 8 at RAC Arena in Perth.

The announcement follows Conan’s record-breaking year with Wishbone, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Album Sales chart and Top 3 on the Billboard 200 — marking the highest chart debut and biggest sales week of his career. Earlier this year, Conan completed The Wishbone Pajama Show Tour, playing sold-out venues across the U.S. and Mexico, including a landmark debut at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and his first-ever headline shows in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.

CONAN GRAY: WISHBONE WORLD WITH SPECIAL GUEST ESHA TEWARI TOUR DATES:

Thu Feb 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Sat Feb 21 – Fishers, IN – Fishers Event Center
Mon Feb 23 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Wed Feb 25 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Fri Feb 27 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Sat Feb 28 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
Mon Mar 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
Wed Mar 04 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
Fri Mar 06 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Sat Mar 07 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
Tue Mar 10 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
Wed Mar 11 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Fri Mar 13 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
Mon Mar 16 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Wed Mar 18 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Fri Mar 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

Tue May 5 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena
Thu May 7 – Birmingham, UK – bp Pulse LIVE
Sat May 9 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
Sun May 10 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
Tue May 12 – London, UK – O2 Arena
Thu May 14 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
Fri May 15 – Antwerp, BE – AFAS Dome
Sat May 16 – Dusseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
Mon May 18 – Paris, FR – Adidas Arena
Thu May 21 – Hamburg, DE – Sporthalle
Sat May 23 – Oslo, NO – Unity Arena
Mon May 25 – Stockholm, SE – Avicii Arena
Tue May 26 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
Thu May 28 – Berlin, DE – Max-Schmeling-Halle
Fri May 29 – Krakow, PL – Tauron Arena
Sun May 31 – Prague, CZ – O2 Universum
Mon June 1 – Vienna, AT – Wiener Stadthalle
Wed June 3 – Bergamo, IT – ChorusLife Arena
Sat June 6 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre
Sun June 7 – Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena

Sat Sept 26 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena
Tue Sept 29 – Brisbane, AU – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Thu Oct 1 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
Sat Oct 3 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena
Mon Oct 5 – Adelaide, AU – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Thu Oct 8 – Perth, AU – RAC Arena

About Conan Gray

Nobody has tapped into the thoughts and feelings of his generation quite like Conan Gray. The Texas native has transformed into the quintessential Gen Z singer-songwriter and pop artist by never losing sight of where he came from and designing a world without comparison. Conan turns the page to his next chapter with his fourth studio album, Wishbone, released on August 15th, 2025. Continuing a partnership that dates back to 2018, he welcomed GRAMMY® Award winner Dan Nigro back as Executive Producer for the album, along with producers Ethan Gruska, Noah Conrad, Luka Kloser, and Elvira Anderfjärd.

Conan left an indelible imprint on pop culture in 2020 when his debut LP Kid Krow, produced by Dan Nigro, bowed at #5 on the Billboard 200. Kid Krow went Platinum and yielded a series of signature smashes, including the 4x-Platinum “Heather,” 3x-Platinum “Maniac,” Gold-Certified “Comfort Crowd,” “The Story,” “Wish You Were Sober,” and “The Cut That Always Bleeds.” Among these staples, he entered rarified air with “Heather,” which has become one of a handful of songs with 2 billion streams penned by one writer – Conan himself.

With over 12 billion global streams to date, Conan returned to the Top 15 of the Billboard 200 with Superache (2022), Found Heaven (2024), and Wishbone (2025). He has incited the applause of The New York TimesRolling StoneVogueGQV ManPAPERThe FADERBillboard, and NPR in addition to performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersTODAY, and more. In 2024, Conan took flight as an arena headliner, selling out hallowed venues around the world such as Madison Square Garden, the Kia Forum, and Wembley Arena. A fixture at events like the Met Gala, he is just as uncompromisingly influential as a style icon, embracing a fashion-forward aesthetic like no other. Beyond thriving as a songwriter and performer, Conan also serves as the core creative director for his project, meticulously shaping every layer of his vision for each album era. He continues this trend on Wishbone – 12 self-written songs from a world all his own.

About Esha Tewari

Esha Tewari is a 19-year-old alternative singer-songwriter who has rapidly ascended from her bedroom recordings to international acclaim. Esha grew into the spotlight, attracting her Gen Z cult-like fanbase through hauntingly emotional, heartfelt writing and ear-worm melodies. With millions of active fans known as the ‘Tewarians,’ Esha connects with her audience at a personal level, like ripping out a page from their diary, resonating deeply with her audience worldwide.

Her breakthrough came in 2024 when debut single “with ease” gained traction on TikTok, followed by her iconic voice-memo track “beautiful boy,” which grabbed the attention of her earliest fans, saying everything they wanted to say but couldn’t. In January 2025, she released her viral single “you were mine,” from her third EP wraith, garnering praise from her fanbase and the independent music community. She spent the rest of 2025 touring the U.S. and Australia with 18 dates in her North American tour and sold out all 12 shows in Australian metro cities. Her North American tour included sold-out performances at iconic venues such as Chicago’s Lincoln Hall, LA’s Lodge Room, and the Bowery Ballroom, paving a promising path for her exciting future.

The Pineapple Thief Revisit A Defining Era With ‘Retracing Our Steps’ Box Set

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The Pineapple Thief look back at a pivotal stretch of their catalog with ‘Retracing Our Steps,’ an expansive 8-disc collection out now via Kscope. Spanning the albums ‘What We Have Sown,’ ‘Tightly Unwound,’ ‘Someone Here Is Missing,’ ‘All The Wars,’ and ‘Magnolia,’ the set gathers newly remixed and remastered recordings, rarities, acoustic versions, and immersive audio formats that trace the band’s evolution during their most formative years. All material was remixed in 2025 by Bruce Soord and remastered by Steve Kitch, with the Blu-ray disc presenting Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, and hi-res stereo mixes. The package also includes a 76-page hardback book written by Polly Glass, featuring reflections, interviews, and personal correspondence between Soord and longtime friend and fan Peter Clemens, offering rare insight into the moments, relationships, and turning points behind the music.

Retracing Our Steps Discs:

  1. What We Have Sown (2007) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  2. Tightly Unwound (2008) – 2025 Mix
  3. The Dawn Raids (2009) – 2025 Mix plus rarities
  4. Someone Here Is Missing (2010) – 2025 Mix plus Show A Little Love EP
  5. All The Wars (2012) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  6. Magnolia (2014) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  7. The Acoustic Versions
  8. Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, and hi-res stereo mixes

King Stingray Bring Coastal Groove And Power To KEXP Studio Session

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Australian rock band King Stingray deliver a vibrant live set at KEXP, recorded in the station’s studio and hosted by Kevin Sur. Moving through “Lookin’ Out,” “Hey Wanhaka,” “Best Bits,” and “Milkumana,” the performance highlights the band’s rich vocal blend, rhythmic pulse, and melodic warmth, with voices shared across the lineup and Billy Wanambi’s didgeridoo adding a deep, grounding presence. The session captures King Stingray at full strength, relaxed, confident, and locked in.


Colin Farrell And Danny DeVito Swap Penguin Stories

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Emmy nominee Colin Farrell sat down with Danny DeVito for Variety Studio’s Actors On Actors, resulting in a genuinely funny and thoughtful exchange centered on their shared history and overlapping legacies. The pair reflected on working together on Dumbo for director Tim Burton, compared notes on the physical and psychological toll of transforming into The Penguin, and laughed through DeVito’s early confusion about It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. The conversation balances craft talk with sharp humor, turning a shared comic-book villain into an unexpected bridge between generations of character acting.


Bardcore Favorite Algal The Bard Time Travels With “Don’t Fear The Reaper” Cover

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Bardcore musician Algal The Bard leans fully into medieval menace with a foreboding, minor-key cover of Don’t Fear The Reaper, reimagined using instruments straight out of the Dark Ages. Built from lute-guitar, bouzouki, viola da gamba, and low whistles in D and G, the performance turns a classic rock staple into something that sounds fit for a candlelit stone hall right before the plague hits.

David Gilmour Studio And Stage Captured In Polly Samson’s ‘Luck And Strange – Studio Live’

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On January 6, Thames & Hudson publish ‘Luck And Strange – Studio Live,’ an intimate photographic chronicle by Polly Samson documenting the creation and performance life of David Gilmour’s fifth solo album ‘Luck And Strange.’ With complete access granted throughout recording sessions, rehearsals, backstage moments, and live shows, Samson captures the full arc of the album’s journey, from quiet studio concentration to the scale and electricity of a sold-out international tour. Shot using her preferred Leica cameras, the images move between candle-lit black-and-white studio scenes and vivid color photographs from the stage, offering a textured and deeply personal visual record of the process behind a No. 1 album.

The book also features distinctive hand lettering by Anton Corbijn across the cover and interior, alongside a new interview conducted by renowned rock photographer Jill Furmanovsky, which explores Samson’s approach, instincts, and long creative partnership with Gilmour. A foreword by the late Alan Yentob adds further context to the project. Together, the photographs and accompanying text form a candid visual diary that balances humor, intimacy, and spectacle, offering fans a rare look at both the human and musical moments surrounding ‘Luck And Strange.’

Industrial Rock Artist Staytus Fuses Grunge Fury And Cinematic Tension On “Kiss N Tell”

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Electro industrial and alternative rock artist Staytus returns with “Kiss N Tell,” a brooding and confrontational single that blends grunge-era aggression with cinematic weight. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Mikal Blue and recorded at Revolver Recording Studio in California, the track explores obsession, secrecy, and emotional collision through distorted guitars, layered vocals, and a sense of mounting tension. The song arrives as a sharp continuation of Staytus’s industrial-grunge hybrid, leaning into atmosphere while keeping its punch direct and physical.

Powering the track is a commanding drum performance from Jeff Friedl, whose work with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer informs the song’s heavy pulse, while Anthony Laurie of Thredge adds serrated guitar lines that cut through the mix. Visually, “Kiss N Tell” draws inspiration from The Silence Of The Lambs, featuring gothic imagery centered on secrecy and transformation. Following the earlier single “68 Kill,” produced by Matt McJunkins, this release further establishes Staytus as an artist unafraid to lean into darker themes, sharper sounds, and a fully charged industrial edge.

Indigenous Punk Band Dead Pioneers Return With Fierce New Single “Freedom Means Something”

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Denver-based Indigenous punk band Dead Pioneers continue sharpening their voice with the release of “Freedom Means Something,” a standalone single recorded during the sessions for ‘PO$T AMERICAN’ but held back until now. Built on their signature fusion of spoken word intensity, hypnotic post-rock tension, and punk urgency, the track captures a level of rage and clarity that feels immediate and unfiltered. Though written over a year ago, the song lands squarely in the present, reflecting the fear, anger, and fallout surrounding political decisions in the United States. Frontman Gregg Deal explains the song was left off the album for sequencing reasons rather than strength, making its release now a deliberate and timely choice.

“Freedom Means Something” stands as one of the band’s most direct and confrontational statements, closing with lyrics that refuse comfort or neutrality. The accompanying video underscores that intensity, pairing stark visuals with the song’s uncompromising message. Dead Pioneers emerged as a musical extension of Deal’s performance art practice, translating his work around Indigenous identity, resistance, and historical reckoning into sound. Completed by Josh Rivera and Abe Brennan on guitars, Lee Tesche of Algiers on bass, and Shane Zweygardt on drums, the band channel punk’s raw force into music that speaks plainly, hits hard, and insists on being heard.

Sick New World Festival Expands In 2026 With Las Vegas Return And Texas Debut

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Live Nation has announced the full lineup for the 2026 edition of Sick New World while also confirming the launch of an inaugural Texas event. The Las Vegas edition returns April 25 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, once again led by System Of A Down and Korn. The stacked bill brings together a wide spectrum of heavy music with performances from Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, and many more.

The festival’s Texas debut arrives October 24 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, headlined by System Of A Down and Deftones. That lineup raises the stakes with Slayer performing ‘Reign In Blood’ in full, alongside The Prodigy, Mastodon, Power Trip, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, AFI, Ministry, and Knocked Loose. Together, the two editions position Sick New World as one of the most concentrated heavy lineups of the year, spanning metal, hardcore, industrial, and alternative scenes across generations.

Ticket options include GA, GA+, VIP, and VIP Cabana packages, with tiered amenities ranging from shaded lounges and air-conditioned restrooms to preferred viewing areas and private cabana experiences. With two large-scale events now on the calendar, Sick New World continues to scale up as a destination festival for fans of heavy music in all its forms.

UK Rock Band Atlas&i Roar Back With ‘Between Collapse & The Quiet Beyond’

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UK rock band Atlas&i return with force and clarity on ‘Between Collapse & The Quiet Beyond,’ a sweeping 10-track album that expands the epic sound they first carved out on ‘In Desolate Times.’ Powered by soaring vocals, melodic twin guitars, driving bass, and hard-hitting drums, the record feels confident and fully charged, capturing a band reconnecting with each other and the rush of making loud, emotionally grounded rock again. There is a renewed intensity here that feels earned rather than nostalgic, with songs shaped by time, experience, and persistence. After more than a decade away, Atlas&i are locked in and alive, delivering a record that stands tall, embraces scale and feeling, and reasserts their place within the modern UK rock landscape.