Gerry Dee is bringing Mr. D Reunion Live to the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino on Saturday, September 26, 2026, and it’s the kind of night that CBC fans have been waiting for. The show reunites the cast of Mr. D, the beloved eight-season comedy series that followed the misadventures of Gerry Duncan, an underqualified high school teacher inspired by Dee’s own real-life classroom years before comedy took over. Tickets go on sale May 8 at 10:00 a.m. through ticketmaster.ca.
Gerry Dee Brings Mr. D Reunion Live to the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino This September
Rock and Roll Legend Dion Hits the Road This Summer for First Tour in Over Four Years
Dion is heading back out on the road. For the first time in more than four years, the rock and roll legend has announced a string of Northeast dates kicking off in June, with a second run following in September. It’s a return that his audience has been waiting on, and the settings he’s chosen make it worth the wait.
The June run opens June 5 at Monmouth University’s Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, where Dion joins a stacked lineup for Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, a celebration of America’s 250th birthday featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Rosanne Cash, Kenny Chesney, Gary Clark Jr., Dropkick Murphys, Mavis Staples, Jackson Browne, Trombone Shorty, Public Enemy, Stevie Van Zandt and more.
On June 11, Dion returns to his native New York for a special solo acoustic performance at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, a setting that deliberately echoes his involvement in the 1960s folk movement. The performance will be filmed for a future project. Full band dates follow at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA on June 18 and Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair on Long Island on June 20.
The September leg picks up September 10 in Morristown, NJ at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, continues with an outdoor show at the Mohegan Sun Patio Stage in Uncasville, CT on September 12, then moves to the Capitol Theatre in Portchester, NY on September 17 and closes September 19 at the St. George Theatre in Staten Island.
“I’ve had a lot of irons in the fire over the past few years with the book, the musical and the albums I’ve recorded so I hadn’t been able to focus on getting out there and performing for the many friends who have waited so patiently,” says Dion. “Now, I’m looking forward to getting back out there and rocking out for the people. See you soon.”
Tour Dates:
June 5 – Monmouth, NJ – Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music (Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us)
June 11 – New York, NY – Sheen Center for Thought and Culture (solo acoustic)
June 18 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
June 20 – Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
September 10 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center
September 12 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Patio Stage
September 17 – Portchester, NY – Capitol Theatre
September 19 – Staten Island, NY – St. George Theatre
Video: Toro y Moi Delivered a Sun-Drenched Set at the 2022 Pitchfork Music Festival
Chaz Bear brought Toro y Moi to Chicago’s Union Park for the 2022 Pitchfork Music Festival, and this livestreamed set captures exactly why he’s one of the most compelling live acts in indie music. Touring behind ‘Mahal,’ Bear and his band move through the album’s psychedelic funk and groove-heavy textures with ease, pulling in catalog cuts like “Ordinary Pleasure” and “Déjà Vu” alongside newer material to keep the set in constant motion.
Russell Dickerson and Fetty Wap Team Up for Country-Trap Anthem “BOOTS”
Russell Dickerson has a new collaboration on the way, and it’s one nobody saw coming. “BOOTS,” featuring Fetty Wap, arrives May 8, fusing Dickerson’s country storytelling and signature vocals with Fetty’s melodic R&B flow in what Holler has already called a “country-trap anthem.” Written by Dickerson, Matt Dragstrem and Dylan Marlowe, the track grew out of a viral TikTok that racked up over 34 million views and turned fan excitement into a full studio record. Fans can catch a sneak peek of the track HERE and pre-save “BOOTS” featuring Fetty Wap HERE.
The multi-platinum hitmaker behind “Yours,” “Blue Tacoma” and “Love You Like I Used To” has spent nearly four billion career streams building toward exactly this kind of creative swing. With his fourth studio album ‘FAMOUS BACK HOME’ already out and his RUSSELLMANIA TOUR sold out and extended through 2026, Dickerson is moving at full momentum.
This Friday (May 8), he brings the party home to Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater for the “Nash-Birthday Bash,” joined by Tyler Hubbard, Adrien Nunez and Kevin Powers. The summer run that follows features his largest venues to date.
Japanese Master Artisan Takao Iwai Handcrafts a Violin and Cello in Two Six-Month Films
Master instrument artisan Takao Iwai has shared two documentary-style videos capturing the full handcrafting process of a violin and a cello, each built over six months from a single block of wood. The footage walks through every stage of cutting, carving and finishing, and the results are as visually compelling as they are technically remarkable. Both videos are worth your full attention.
Oliver Tree Takes ‘Love You Madly, Hate You Badly’ Across All Seven Continents on Massive World Tour
Oliver Tree doesn’t do anything small. Fresh off the release of ‘Love You Madly, Hate You Badly,’ his fourth studio album and most expansive body of work to date, Tree has announced a globe-spanning headline tour hitting all seven continents. It kicks off May 30 in Mexico City and runs through the fall, touching South America, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and beyond. Tickets go on general sale May 8.
The album behind the tour is a 17-track statement fully written and produced by Tree himself, recorded across 82 countries over two years. From Africa to Afghanistan to China, the sonic fingerprints of that journey are embedded throughout, with diverse instruments and cultural textures shaping something genuinely adventurous. Singles “Superhero,” “Joyride,” “Flowers,” “Deep End” and “All You Ever Wanted” have already laid the groundwork.
The latest focus track, “Fuck The Whole World,” has been turning heads fast. Tree’s viral performance of a remixed version during Subtronics’ Coachella set amplified the track’s reach considerably, and the accompanying performance video doubles down on the raw, irreverent energy that defines his creative identity.
Tree’s live show has always been an extension of his multimedia universe, unpredictable, immersive and entirely his own. This run, his most ambitious yet, will bring the chaotic, cinematic world of ‘Love You Madly, Hate You Badly’ to life across major venues and festivals including the Pohoda Festival and G! Festival. North American dates run through August, with European and Asia-Pacific legs carrying the tour into October.
Pre-registration for early ticket access is open now. The artist presale begins May 6 at 10AM local time, local and Spotify presales (excluding North America and China) launch May 7 at 10AM local time, and general on-sale is May 8 at 10AM local time.
Tour Dates:
May 30 – Mexico City, MX – Pabellón Oeste
June 2 – Santiago, CL – Blondie
June 4 – Buenos Aires, AR – Niceto Club
June 6 – São Paulo, BR – Studio Stage
July 1 – Lisbon, PT – Lisboa ao Vivo (Sala 1)
July 3 – Madrid, ES – Sala MON Live
July 4 – Barcelona, ES – Sala Apolo
July 7 – Rome, IT – EUR Social Park
July 8 – Milan, IT – Circolo Magnolia
July 9 – Vienna, AT – Arena Wien
July 11 – Trenčín, SK – Pohoda Festival
July 12 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
July 13 – Prague, CZ – Lucerna Music Bar
July 15 – Feldkirch, AT – Poolbar
July 18 – Gøta, FO – G! Festival
July 28 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
July 29 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
July 30 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
August 1 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
August 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
August 4 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
August 5 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
August 7 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
August 8 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
August 9 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
August 11 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
August 12 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
August 14 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
August 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
August 17 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
August 18 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
August 21 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Quarry Amphitheater
August 22 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
August 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
August 25 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
August 27 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
August 28 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
September 5 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
September 6 – Brussels, BE – Cirque Royal
September 8 – Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria
September 9 – Paris, FR – Bataclan
September 10 – Zürich, CH – Komplex 457
September 12 – Munich, DE – TonHalle München
September 13 – Berlin, DE – Astra Kulturhaus
September 14 – Hamburg, DE – Docks
September 16 – Copenhagen, DK – Store VEGA
September 18 – Warsaw, PL – Progresja
September 19 – Bratislava, SK – STARS Auditorium
September 21 – Bucharest, RO – Quantic Club
September 22 – Sofia, BG – Pirotska 5 Event Center
September 24 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 TV Studio
September 25 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz Manchester
September 27 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
October 2 – Brisbane, AU – Fortitude Music Hall
October 3 – Melbourne, AU – Forum Melbourne
October 6 – Auckland, NZ – Auckland Town Hall
October 7 – Sydney, AU – Enmore Theatre
October 8 – Adelaide, AU – Hindley Street Music Hall
October 10 – Perth, AU – Metro City
October 14 – Chengdu, CN – Venue TBA
October 16 – Chongqing, CN – Venue TBA
October 17 – Guangzhou, CN – Venue TBA
October 18 – Shenzhen, CN – Venue TBA
October 21 – Wuhan, CN – Venue TBA
October 23 – Shanghai, CN – Venue TBA
October 24 – Hangzhou, CN – Venue TBA
October 25 – Beijing, CN – Venue TBA
TBD – Japan – Venue TBA
TBD – South Africa – Venue TBA
TBD – Antarctica – Venue TBA
Spencer Hatcher Delivers a Deeply Personal Heartbreaker with New Single “Any Other Girl”
Spencer Hatcher’s new single “Any Other Girl” landed this week, and it hits harder than most. The Virginia-bred traditionalist delivers a laid-back country groove about a heartbreak that won’t let go, wrapped in uplifting vocal harmonies and weeping pedal steel. It’s a song that earns the word classic, and it’s out now.
The track was penned by a sharp team of hit tunesmiths: Jimmy Yeary (Tim McGraw’s “I Called Mama”), Bart Butler (Jon Pardi’s “Heartache on the Dance Floor”) and Will Bundy (Ella Langley’s “Country Boy’s Dream Girl”). That pedigree shows. The song lands with the kind of effortless emotional weight that only the best traditional country delivers.
For Hatcher, “Any Other Girl” carries a meaning that goes well beyond the studio. “‘Any Other Girl’ will forever be one of the most special songs in the world to me because it was the last song that I showed my mom that I was working on before her passing,” he says. “She said it was her all-time favorite song and she would request I play it anytime I was back home. For that reason, it’ll always have a very special place in my heart.”
Hatcher has built serious momentum since his debut EP ‘Honky Tonk Hideaway’ and his Top 10 Most Added debut radio single “When She Calls Me Cowboy.” With nearly one million social media followers and over 71 million organic TikTok views, he’s one of the most exciting emerging voices in traditional country right now. He plays more than 150 shows a year, and the road schedule for 2026 reflects that fully.
On tour, Hatcher shares stages with Hank Williams Jr., Josh Turner, Joe Nichols, Zach Top, Craig Morgan, Neal McCoy, David Lee Murphy and Clay Walker.
Joe Nichols Channels Hank Williams on New Honky-Tonk Dance Floor Burner “High Notes”
oe Nichols is out with “High Notes,” a pedal steel-driven honky-tonk party tune that wears its Hank Williams influences proudly and doesn’t apologize for a second. Co-written with Jaron Boyer (five No. 1 country hits to his name) and Matt Gorman, and co-produced with Jason Sellers, the track is a flat-out good time, the kind of song that fills a dance floor and reminds you exactly why traditional country still hits so hard. It’s out now.
“I wanted to write a country song, the way country used to sound in the ’90s, that people could go out and two-step or line dance to,” says Nichols. “Playing this song live is a joy because it brings joy to people who remember that style of country, and I love seeing them out there dancing to it.” That energy comes through in every bar of the recording.
“High Notes” is the third teaser track from Nichols’ forthcoming studio project, following “Fighting the Good Fight” and “Goodbyes Are Hard to Listen To.” Notably, “Fighting the Good Fight” and “High Notes” mark Nichols’ first self-penned releases in nearly two decades, a deliberate move as the three-time GRAMMY nominee works to put more of his own story into the music.
The track carries multiple nods to both Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., and even shares its title with Junior’s 1982 album ‘High Notes.’ For a neo-traditional torchbearer ranked by Billboard among the Top Country Artists of the 21st Century, with over 2.3 billion cumulative streams and a half-dozen No. 1 singles, this feels like a natural and very welcome direction.
On the road, Nichols plays Charlotte, North Carolina on May 30 and Tampa, Florida on June 5 with Hank Williams Jr., then heads to Georgiana, Alabama on June 6 for the 47th Annual Hank Williams Festival. More dates are at joenichols.com/tour.
2026 Tour Dates (select):
May 30 – Charlotte, NC (with Hank Williams Jr.)
June 5 – Tampa, FL (with Hank Williams Jr.)
June 6 – Georgiana, AL – 47th Annual Hank Williams Festival
Whitney Brought Their Intimate Sound to the KEXP Studio for a Four-Song Session
Whitney delivered a four-song live session at the KEXP studio and it’s exactly the kind of performance the Chicago indie favorites were built for. Julien Ehrlich, Max Kakacek and the full band move through “Dandelions,” “The Thread,” “Won’t You Speak Your Mind” and “Back To The Wind” with the kind of warm, unhurried confidence that makes their music so distinctive.
Music Monday 2026 Unites Over 200,000 Canadians in a Coast-to-Coast Sing-Along
Music Monday 2026 is happening right now, and more than 200,000 Canadians are part of it. From classrooms to concert halls, students, educators and artists across the country are coming together in a synchronized sing-along that stretches from British Columbia to Atlantic Canada. It’s one of the largest simultaneous music events in the country, and today’s edition is the biggest yet.
The cities of Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver have officially proclaimed May 4 as Music Monday. Manitoba went further, designating all of May as Music Month. Ottawa’s recognition as the nation’s capital carries particular weight, a signal that music education isn’t just a local concern; it’s a national one. These proclamations reflect growing momentum behind the Coalition for Music Education in Canada’s mission to protect and expand access to music in schools.
The centrepiece of today’s celebration is a live event at Hugh’s Room in Toronto, drawing approximately 200 guests including 75 student performers. The lineup is stacked. Marc Jordan and Chris Tait of Chalk Circle, both past creators of the Music Monday anthem, take the stage alongside Grammy Award-winning musician, producer and educator Justin Gray, Canadian musician and producer Michael A. Turner (Emtee), former lead guitarist and founding member of Our Lady Peace and current Crash Karma member, and rising star Billianne, who opens for Blue Rodeo this summer.
“Being part of Music Monday is always meaningful,” said Marc Jordan. “It’s an opportunity to connect with young people and to reinforce how important music is in their lives and in our communities.” Chris Tait echoed that sentiment: “Music education gave me my foundation. Seeing students across the country come together like this is incredibly inspiring and a reminder of why this work matters.”
The 2026 anthem is “Hold On” by Triumph, the Canadian rock legends currently on their North American 50th anniversary tour, their first in more than three decades. The song’s anthemic drive makes it a natural fit, and its renewed profile through the tour gives Music Monday an extra charge this year. At 12:30 p.m. ET, participants across the country are singing and playing it together, in person and online.
The regional reach of Music Monday 2026 is remarkable. In Manitoba, more than 600 students are performing at the Legislative Assembly. In Mississauga, 250 students at the Living Arts Centre are delivering a 200-voice finale of “Hold On” directed by Shannon Johnston. Lindsay, Ontario is hosting a regional showcase at the Flato Academy Theatre, and in Pembroke, the Renfrew County District School Board is presenting a mass band performance with more than 150 students.
Stacey Sinclair, Executive Director of the Coalition for Music Education in Canada, put it plainly: “With official recognition from major cities and students participating alongside artists who have helped shape this program over the years, it speaks to the lasting impact of music education in Canada and why we need to put a stop to the cuts taking place across the country.” That urgency is real. Music Monday isn’t just a celebration; it’s a statement.
Since its launch in 2005, Music Monday has grown into a defining moment on the Canadian music calendar, touching millions of students and teachers who carry their programs into their communities every year. Today’s edition, with its national proclamations, all-star lineup and coast-to-coast participation, stands as one of the most significant in the event’s history.
For more information, visit www.musicmonday.ca.