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Frontiers Rock Festival 2026 Reveals Full Lineup With Nelson, Confess, Atlantic, Frontline, and It’salie

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Frontiers Rock Festival 2026 Reveals Full Lineup With Nelson, Confess, Atlantic, Frontline, and It’salie

Frontiers Rock Festival 2026 has its full lineup locked in, and it’s a deep, genre-spanning bill for anyone who lives and breathes melodic hard rock and AOR. The three-day event runs May 1, 2, and 3 at the Live Club in Trezzo sull’Adda outside Milan, Italy, with 21 acts confirmed across the weekend. The five final additions, Nelson, Frontline, Confess, Atlantic, and It’salie, round out a lineup that already includes the reunited original lineup of Giant.

Nelson brings genuine star power to the bill. Matthew and Gunnar Nelson topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection,” moved over 6.5 million albums worldwide, and racked up five Top 40 singles and five number one MTV videos. Their multi-platinum debut ‘After The Rain’ remains one of the defining records of the early ’90s rock era.

German AOR veterans Frontline are making a serious return. Founded in 1989 in Nuremberg, the band built an international reputation for catchy melodies and precise musicianship, with their 1994 debut ‘The State Of Rock’ regarded as a genre milestone. They’re coming to Milan with a new studio album planned for 2026, making this appearance a genuine event for longtime fans.

Swedish sleaze-metal outfit Confess arrive fronted by John Elliot, whose credentials include a run with the legendary Crashdiet. Their new album ‘Metalmorphosis’ arrives in May, giving the festival set an immediate shot of new material alongside the catalog. British melodic rockers Atlantic, built around guitarist and songwriter Simon Harrison and vocalist Mark Grimmett, bring their 2024 album ‘Another World’ to the Italian stage alongside a new record currently in progress. Rounding out the additions is It’salie, the project led by vocalist Giorgia Colleluori, with a highly anticipated third album coming later this year.

Boyz II Men Are Headlining The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Again This August for Four Nights Only

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Boyz II Men Are Headlining The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Again This August for Four Nights Only

Boyz II Men are returning to The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, with four nights locked in on August 14, 15, 21, and 22. For a group that has sold 64 million albums and holds the title of best-selling R&B group of all time, a Las Vegas residency feels like a natural fit, and the demand clearly hasn’t cooled.

The four-time Grammy winners are having one of the busier stretches of their career. They’re part of the massive New Edition Way Tour alongside Toni Braxton, a biopic and documentary are in the works, and they recently recorded the opening serenade and closing credits for the latest season of The Simpsons. They also contributed a feature for Disneyland’s 70th anniversary. The group’s cultural footprint in 2026 is substantial, and these Chelsea dates sit right in the middle of it all.

Four nights, one of Las Vegas’s premier intimate venues, and a catalog that includes some of the most enduring R&B recordings ever committed to tape. Tickets are on sale now.

Wyoming Country Hitmaker Ian Munsick Expands the “Eagle Flies Free Tour” With Ten New Dates Through Summer

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Wyoming Country Hitmaker Ian Munsick Expands the “Eagle Flies Free Tour” With Ten New Dates Through Summer

Ian Munsick has added ten new dates to the “Eagle Flies Free Tour,” stretching the run deep into summer 2026 with Kenny Whitmire joining as support on the newly added stops. The Wyoming native is firmly in motion, building on his third studio album ‘Eagle Feather’ with a touring schedule that keeps growing and a Red Rocks headline date on August 25 waiting at the finish line, his first appearance back at the venue since selling it out in 2024.

The expanded tour is already well underway, covering serious ground across the country with Ernest, Lanie Gardner, Ben Haggard, Ned LeDoux, Tyler Nance, and Jake Worthington joining on select dates. The setlist draws from ‘Eagle Feather,’ and Munsick is also teasing new music ahead, having debuted the official video for “Geronimo,” his first release under West to the Rest Records/Triple Tigers, earlier this year. Directed by Ben Christensen and shot in Wyoming by Isaac Spotts, the video signals a new chapter worth paying attention to.

The remaining dates cover the Southeast, Midwest, and beyond before that Red Rocks finale. Tickets are on sale now.

“Eagle Flies Free Tour” Upcoming Dates:

April 25 — Marietta, OH @ Peoples Bank Arena

May 22 — Isle of Palms, SC @ The Wind Jammer

May 23 — Pelham, TN @ The Caverns

May 30 — Cocoa, FL @ Cocoa Riverfront Park Amphitheater

June 5 — Louisville, KY @ Fourth Street Live

June 27 — Libby, MT @ Happys Inn

August 25 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Kirk Franklin, Andra Day, Mannie Fresh, and More Headline New Orleans’ Inaugural FamiLee Day This May

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Kirk Franklin, Andra Day, Mannie Fresh, and More Headline New Orleans’ Inaugural FamiLee Day This May

New Orleans is getting a brand new festival, and the inaugural FamiLee Day is built around something the city already does better than anywhere else: food, music, and community. Set for May 16 at UNO Lakefront, the single-day event is a joint venture from Live Nation Urban, influencer and food critic Keith Lee, and Morrow Hospitality, and the lineup they’ve assembled for the first edition is no small statement.

Kirk Franklin headlines, with Andra Day, Mannie Fresh, Tobe Nwigwe, and La Reezy also on the bill alongside Subtweet Shawn, DJ RBD, Rude Jude, Ha Sizzle, DJ Keith Scott, Neace Robinson, DJ Arie Spins, Shamar, and more. NAACP Image Award-winning comedian Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks hosts the event, keeping the energy moving between sets.

The festival’s roots are personal. Keith Lee has made no secret of his love for New Orleans, its culture, its resilience, and especially its food scene. FamiLee Day translates that admiration into something tangible, centering independently owned restaurants in a curated food village that includes Thistle & Rye, Velvet Grain, Salt + Sage, Iron Kettle, Copper Root, and more. Beyond the music and food, the event features carnival rides and a family obstacle course, making it a genuine all-ages experience.

FamiLee Day is built to give back to a city that gives a lot. Tickets are on sale now.

Ingrid Andress Channels Hard-Won Self-Discovery Into Powerful New Single “Now I Know”

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Ingrid Andress Channels Hard-Won Self-Discovery Into Powerful New Single “Now I Know”

Ingrid Andress doesn’t write around the truth. “Now I Know” is out now, a deeply personal new single co-written with longtime collaborators Derrick Southerland and Sam Ellis, and co-produced with Ellis, that chronicles the journey from naive love to hard-earned self-awareness. Released on the eve of Valentine’s Day, the timing is pointed and the message is clear.

The song isn’t about heartbreak for its own sake. It’s about what comes after, the moment you realize the most important relationship you can repair is the one with yourself. Andress writes from that place with the kind of unflinching honesty that has defined her career from the start.

“I wrote ‘Now I Know’ to encourage myself and others to face and let go of the things that no longer serve us,” she shares, “because we are capable of having the happiness we’ve imagined for ourselves.”

The single arrives as Andress puts finishing touches on her third studio album, the follow-up to ‘Good Person’ and her landmark debut ‘Lady Like,’ which set the record as the highest-streaming country female debut album of all time. ‘Good Person’ featured her Grammy-nominated, platinum-certified number one “Wishful Drinking” with Sam Hunt, and “More Hearts Than Mine” made history as the only debut single from a solo female artist to crack the Top 20 on country radio in 2019.

“Now I Know” is out now, and more music from Andress is on the way throughout the year.

Alcalá Norte Delivered a Stunning Live on KEXP Set at Bilbao’s Iglesia de la Encarnación

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Alcalá Norte Delivered a Stunning Live on KEXP Set at Bilbao’s Iglesia de la Encarnación

Alcalá Norte brought their full six-piece presence to Bilbao’s Iglesia de la Encarnación for a Live on KEXP session recorded in partnership with BIME, and the setting couldn’t be more fitting. The Spanish outfit moved through five tracks including “La Sangre del Pobre,” “420N,” “La Calle Elfo,” “Westminster,” and “La Vida Cañón,” with Álvaro Rivas on vocals, Jaime Barbosa on drums, Carlos Elías and René del Hoyo on guitars, Pablo Prieto on bass, and Laura de Diego on keys delivering a performance that showcases exactly why this band commands attention. Intimate, precise, and loaded with atmosphere, it’s the kind of session KEXP does better than anyone.

Las Vegas Producer-Turned-Artist Sylvaner Goes Deep and Dance-Floor Ready on New Single “Plastic Love”

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Las Vegas Producer-Turned-Artist Sylvaner Goes Deep and Dance-Floor Ready on New Single “Plastic Love”

Sylvaner grew up inside music. His father ran several record stores, and whatever vinyl passed through the house became the soundtrack to his childhood. That immersion eventually pulled him from engineering other artists’ records into building a sound entirely his own, and “Plastic Love” is the most fully realized version of that sound yet.

The new single started as a brooding, Chicago house-inspired demo, something Sylvaner describes as sounding “like you were in the bathroom while the club was going on outside.” After completing most of his album, he recognized there was nothing to move to, and rebuilt the track from the inside out. The result is a steady-beat, groove-driven piece layered with ethereal vocals and textural synths that pulls in two directions at once, desire and emotional absence held in deliberate tension.

The lyrical thesis is direct. “I need a plastic love is the thesis of the lyrical content,” he explains. “It came from a place where I didn’t want to settle with someone, but I still wanted my fun. I knew I wasn’t alone in feeling that, especially growing up in Las Vegas. But I also acknowledge the sacrifice and the emptiness in that choice.”

“Plastic Love” follows his debut single “Pentimento,” a soulful, minimalist self-produced introduction that established his emotional instincts and meticulous studio craft. This new track expands the picture considerably, revealing an artist willing to pivot hard and lean into contradiction. It’s made for the dance floor and built to linger well after the night ends.

Sylvaner is one to watch, and “Plastic Love” is out now.

German Death Metal Force Rise of Kronos Unleash “Conception Of Humanity” From Upcoming Album ‘Slaves Of Time’

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German Death Metal Force Rise of Kronos Unleash “Conception Of Humanity” From Upcoming Album ‘Slaves Of Time’

Rise of Kronos are building toward something heavy. The German death metal outfit have released “Conception Of Humanity,” their second single from the upcoming album ‘Slaves Of Time,’ and it picks up exactly where the crushing title track left off. Relentless riffs, brutal intensity, a suffocating atmosphere, and lyrics that dig into humanity’s destructive nature and the loss of control over its own creation. This is uncompromising death metal with genuine thematic weight.

The single pushes deeper into the sonic identity the band established with “Slaves Of Time,” reinforcing the album’s core preoccupations with time, decay, and existential oppression. Rise of Kronos aren’t just writing heavy music, they’re building a cohesive, dense world around it, and “Conception Of Humanity” makes that case convincingly.

‘Slaves Of Time’ combines modern death metal aggression with massive grooves and an ominous atmosphere that holds across the full twelve-track running time. Pre-orders are live now via the official Rise of Kronos merch store at riseofkronos.bandcamp.com, with exclusive bundles and limited editions available.

‘Slaves Of Time’ Tracklisting:

01 Heresy

02 Conception Of Humanity

03 Escalate The Rot

04 Slaves Of Time

05 Custodians Of Reality

06 Lit The Sky

07 Black Breath

08 Into The Ashes

09 Poison Of The Gods

10 Chords Of Dismemberment

11 The Liberation

12 Phantom Eternity

Swedish Singer-Songwriter Boy In Space Returns With “Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?” and a Debut Album on the Way

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Swedish Singer-Songwriter Boy In Space Returns With “Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?” and a Debut Album on the Way

Boy In Space is back, and the return feels earned. Swedish singer-songwriter Robin Lundbäck has released “Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?”, a emotionally layered new single that opens on delicate acoustic guitar before blooming into something fuller, driven by drums, violin, and the subtle warmth of a tambourine. It’s pop-country-tinged and deeply personal, landing squarely in the space Boy In Space has always owned.

The track reflects on the loneliness that comes with constant movement, the quiet cost of always being somewhere new, and the longing for stillness. Lundbäck writes from lived experience, and it shows.

“Since I was young, I’ve always moved and travelled a lot,” he shares. “I’ve had to learn how to let go and detach, not because things got ugly, just because distance slowly does its thing. Now in later years I’ve come to realize how important it is to dig my feet into the dirt next to the people I love.”

“Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?” follows his 2025 EP ‘The Butterfly Affect’, where Lundbäck leaned into a warmer, more organic sound, a direction he’s pushed even further here. With over half a billion streams behind him and breakout tracks like “Cold” and “7UP” already in the canon, the arrival of his debut album feels like a genuine moment. Recorded with a live band and built around raw self-reflection, the record is coming later this year.

Boy In Space is one of the most compelling singer-songwriters working in this space right now, and “Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?” is out now.

Brat Punk Firebrand DELILAH BON Drops Protest Track “ILLEGAL ALIENS” and Announces Leeds Charity Show

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Brat Punk Firebrand DELILAH BON Drops Protest Track “ILLEGAL ALIENS” and Announces Leeds Charity Show

DELILAH BON has released “ILLEGAL ALIENS,” a protest track she’s been holding for a year, and the timing is deliberate. The brat punk artist wrote the song in direct response to the treatment of immigrants in the United States, sitting on it under pressure to self-censor while her U.S. tour was still on the table. With that tour now cancelled, she’s done waiting. Listen here.

“Seeing the brutality towards immigrants, many of which have lived and worked in the US their whole lives, imprisoned in these inhumane camps breaks my heart,” Bon says. “I wrote this song a year ago today and after cancelling my US tour it felt like a moment to finally release it. This song is about activism and protest, pointing the finger at those that divide us and uniting together in our collective rage.”

All digital download proceeds go directly to MIRAC, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, a grassroots volunteer organization supporting immigrant families through food banks, legal advice, and protest organization. A selection of back catalogue tracks will also direct proceeds to MIRAC throughout the month. The track has already been censored and blocked in certain regions, with audio muted on social media in some areas, which only underscores why Bon felt the release couldn’t wait any longer.

The U.S. tour cancellation came after fans raised serious safety concerns, flagging the risks for a diverse, LGBTQ+-heavy crowd touring with a small party amid escalating ICE activity. “My crowds are very diverse in the US,” Bon explains. “I have many POC fans that are in hiding, many trans fans who are afraid of being body searched by federal agents and it filled me with rage imagining my shows becoming a target.”

In response, DELILAH BON is organising a charity show in Leeds in May 2026, dedicated to her U.S. fanbase. The show will be professionally filmed and recorded, with a possible HD livestream for overseas audiences, and will form part of a new documentary she’s currently developing. Full details are coming soon.

“ILLEGAL ALIENS” is out now. Download it, support MIRAC, and watch for the Leeds show announcement.

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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