The teaser is out and the premise delivers immediately: Larry David has somehow made Barack Obama his emergency contact, and the former 44th President of the United States is not prepared for what that means. Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, a new limited comedy series executive produced by David, Jeff Schaffer, and the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions, premieres June 26 on HBO Max, and if this tease is any indication, it’s going to be one of the more genuinely unexpected pairings television has produced in years.
Ian Curtis: Insight Brings Rare Joy Division Archival Materials to New York City This Summer
are archival material from Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis is coming to New York City this summer, many of it making its U.S. debut. “Ian Curtis: Insight” opens June 25 at the Voltz Clarke Gallery at 195 Chrystie Street and runs through July 22. Admission is free.
Drawn from the Ian Curtis archive held by The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester as part of the British Pop Archive, the exhibition includes handwritten lyrics, personal letters, photographs, and ephemera that trace the creative life of one of post-punk’s most enduring figures. Among the items on display is the handwritten lyric sheet for “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” one of the most recognizable songs in British music history.
“Joy Division singer Ian Curtis is a seminal figure in the history of UK popular culture,” said Mat Bancroft, Curator of the British Pop Archive at The John Rylands Library. “A lyricist and performer of great emotion and energy, who for many defined post-punk. Ian Curtis: Insight brings a selection of these materials to public view for the first time.”
The timing carries added weight. Joy Division and New Order are being inducted together into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class, with the induction ceremony taking place November 14 in Los Angeles. Curtis died in 1980 at age 23. His bandmates went on to form New Order, and the music they made together in both configurations has never stopped resonating.
Exhibition Details:
Ian Curtis: Insight
Voltz Clarke Gallery
195 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002
June 25 – July 22, 2026
Admission: Free
Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. / Saturday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton Take “Disappearing” to Jimmy Kimmel Live in a Stunning Television Performance
Scott and Seth Avett and Faith No More/Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton performed “Disappearing” on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, another compelling live moment from their collaborative project AVTT/PTTN, whose self-titled debut album arrived in November 2025 via Thirty Tigers, Ramseur Records, and Ipecac Recordings. The nine-track record, co-produced by Patton, Scott Avett, and Grammy-winning engineer Dana Nielsen (Metallica, Rihanna), grew out of a connection that began in 2019 when Patton’s management caught wind of Avett’s publicly stated admiration, eventually leading to years of trading demos and sounds until a full album emerged, one that finds three genuinely equal collaborators locked in with each other in a way that feels both surprising and inevitable.
Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation Awards Over $230,000 in Spay and Neuter Grants Across Southern California
Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, in partnership with the Doris Day Animal Foundation, has awarded $233,000 in spay and neuter grants to 63 shelters, rescues, and clinics throughout Southern California as part of its ongoing It Takes Balls campaign. The grants address a staggering reality: an estimated 70 million stray cats and dogs live in the U.S., and 87% of animals in underserved communities are not spayed or neutered.
“Shelters do incredible work, saving millions of lives,” said Lambert, “but our big dream is a world where they don’t need saving. Our partnership with the Doris Day Animal Foundation is helping make that a reality by reaching thousands of pets through spay and neuter.”
“Through our partnership with MuttNation Foundation, these grants will help provide affordable access to spay and neuter services in communities where resources may be limited,” added Dr. Bob Bashara, CEO of the Doris Day Animal Foundation. “By supporting these efforts, we can help reduce shelter overcrowding and give more dogs and cats the chance for the safe, loving homes they deserve.”
Founded in 2009 by Lambert and her mother Bev Lambert, MuttNation has raised over $13 million since its inception to support shelter pet adoption, spay and neuter programs, and disaster relief for shelters across the country. The Foundation’s pet toy and supply line, MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert, is sold exclusively at Tractor Supply Company stores and benefits the Foundation directly.
Kiesza Returns With ‘Dancing and Crying: Volume 3’ and a Run of Tour Dates Starting May 20
Kiesza’s ‘Dancing and Crying: Volume 3’ is out today via Zebra Spirit Tribe, and it arrives with a run of tour dates, a new focus track, and the kind of creative energy that’s defined her since she first stormed onto the scene in 2014 with the billion-streaming “Hideaway.” The seven-track collection follows singles “When I’m Dancing” and “Good Morning America,” and lands alongside the new track “With You” and its accompanying visualizer.
“I was reminded, through this journey of Dancing and Crying: Volume 3, that all art has its own rhythm and the artists need to synchronize with it,” says Kiesza. “This process pulled all of us into a little alternate universe, like an inescapable vortex we all fell into. But I’m excited for everyone who now gets to experience these songs and fall into their own vortex as we all did.”
Executive producer Jess Cake, who performs onstage DJing alongside Kiesza and dancer Jaylen Brown, describes the project as leaning slightly psychedelic. “Much like Kiesza, it’s groovy and fearless. It’s genuinely a journey of dancing and crying all at once.” The record leans into dance, joy, nonconformity, togetherness, and self-exploration, the same values that have run through the series from the start.
The Toronto-based singer-songwriter has been building toward this moment across a career that includes her debut album ‘Sound of a Woman’, collaborations with Jack Ü, Deadmau5, and Francis Mercier, and her critically acclaimed independent album ‘Crave’. In the summer of 2024, “I Go Dance” hit number one on the US Dance Airplay Chart, confirming that her creative momentum hasn’t slowed.
The Dancing and Crying Tour kicks off May 20 in Atlanta, running through the eastern U.S. seaboard before heading to France, Denmark, Germany, and the UK, then wrapping back in Brooklyn on June 13. Rye Rye joins as support on the U.S. East Coast dates. There’s also a slot at London’s Mighty Hoopla Festival.
‘Dancing and Crying: Volume 3’ Track Listing:
When I’m Dancing
All Star
Like A God
With You
Good Morning America
Raining
Afterparty
Dancing and Crying Tour Dates:
May 20 – Atlanta, GA, Terminal West
May 21 – Orlando, FL, The Social
May 22 – Fort Lauderdale, FL, Revolution
May 26 – Paris, France, Les Étoiles
May 28 – Copenhagen, Denmark, Hotel Cecil
May 29 – Berlin, Germany, Gretchen
May 31 – London, UK, Mighty Hoopla Festival
June 2 – Bristol, UK, O2 Academy 2
June 3 – Manchester, UK, Factory 251
June 4 – Glasgow, UK, King Tuts
June 5 – Dublin, Ireland, Academy Green Room
June 8 – Washington, DC, Atlantis
June 10 – Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall
June 11 – Philadelphia, PA, Foundry at the Fillmore
June 13 – Brooklyn, NY, Williamsburg Music Hall
Cochemea Brings His Transcendent Live Sound to the KEXP Studio in a Must-Watch Full Performance
Recorded at the KEXP studio in Seattle, this full performance from Cochemea Gastelum captures everything that makes him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary spiritual jazz and Indigenous music, moving through five pieces including “Otros Mundos,” “Ancestros Futuros,” “Omeyocan,” “Pyramid of the Sun,” and “The Land Swallowed Them Whole” with a live band that includes Elizabeth Pupo Walker on percussion, Elenna Canlas on keys and vocals, Geoffrey Mann on drums, and Justin Kimmel on bass, drawing from a catalog that includes his critically acclaimed 2019 debut ‘All My Relations’ and its 2021 follow-up ‘Vespers at Dawn’, both released on Daptone Records, where Gastelum, a member of the Yaqui Nation and longtime member of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, has built a body of work rooted in Mesoamerican cosmology, ancient ritual, and the transformative power of the saxophone.
Jason Isbell Reveals the ShoalsFest 2026 Lineup Featuring Drive-By Truckers, Jeff Tweedy and More
ShoalsFest returns October 3–4 at McFarland Park in Florence, Alabama, and the fifth edition of Jason Isbell’s hometown festival has a lineup worth the trip. Isbell and the Drive-By Truckers will perform their 2003 album ‘Decoration Day’ in its entirety, Isbell and the 400 Unit take a separate set, and Jeff Tweedy, S.G. Goodman, Willow Avalon, and Steve Trash round out the bill. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m. CT at shoalsfest.net.
‘Decoration Day’ is one of the most acclaimed albums in either artist’s catalog, a raw, character-driven record that holds up more than two decades after its release. Hearing it performed in full, in the region that shaped Isbell as a musician, is a genuine event.
The Shoals, comprising Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals, carries outsized significance in American music history. FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio drew Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, The Staple Singers, and Rod Stewart, among many others, each leaving with some of their most defining recordings. Isbell grew up in the middle of that legacy, developing his guitar playing as a teenager working at FAME Studios and playing alongside members of the studio’s celebrated house band, The Swampers.
This year’s festival directs proceeds toward bringing Nuçi’s Space, an Athens, Georgia-based nonprofit focused on suicide prevention and ending the stigma of mental illness, with a particular focus on musicians, to the Shoals community. The organization offers programs across health and wellness, musician services, and youth support.
Festival Details:
ShoalsFest 2026
October 3–4, 2026
McFarland Park, Florence, AL
Tickets on sale May 8 at 10 a.m. CT at shoalsfest.net
Hayley Williams Adds 25 Dates Across North America and Latin America to The Hayley Williams Show
25 more dates. That’s what Hayley Williams is adding to The Hayley Williams Show this fall, expanding an already sold-out-heavy run into a full sweep of North America and Latin America. Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty support the North American leg, with Annie DiRusso joining for Latin America and Puerto Rico.
The new dates celebrate all three of Williams’ solo albums, a different scope than the current run, where she’s been performing her Grammy-nominated ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ in its entirety. The fall leg opens things up, pulling from her full solo catalog across amphitheatres and major outdoor venues.
$1 from every ticket sold in North America goes to REVERG and Support+Feed. U.S. dates use Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange, keeping tickets non-transferable and resale-only at the original price.
An artist presale begins May 12 at 10 a.m. local time. Register at hayleywilliams.club.os.fan/thws.
2026 Tour Dates:
May 7 – Oakland, CA, Fox Theater (sold out)
May 9 – Oakland, CA, Fox Theater (sold out)
May 10 – Oakland, CA, Fox Theater (sold out)
May 12 – Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern (sold out)
May 13 – Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern (sold out)
May 15 – Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern (sold out)
May 17 – Salt Lake City, UT, Kilby Block Party
June 5 – Milan, Italy, Alcatraz (sold out)
June 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Paradiso (sold out)
June 10 – Cologne, Germany, Live Music Hall (sold out)
June 11 – Cologne, Germany, Live Music Hall (sold out)
June 15 – Berlin, Germany, Tempodrome (sold out)
June 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark, Poolen (sold out)
June 19 – London, UK, Roundhouse (sold out)
June 20 – London, UK, Roundhouse (sold out)
June 22 – Manchester, UK, Academy 1 (sold out)
June 23 – Manchester, UK, Academy 1 (sold out)
June 26 – Glasgow, UK, O2 Academy (sold out)
June 27 – Glasgow, UK, O2 Academy (sold out)
June 29 – Dublin, Ireland, National Stadium (sold out)
June 30 – Dublin, Ireland, National Stadium (sold out)
Sept. 3 – West Palm Beach, FL, iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Sept. 5 – Atlanta, GA, Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Sept. 6 – Charleston, SC, Credit One Stadium
Sept. 8 – Charlotte, NC, Truliant Amphitheater
Sept. 9 – Raleigh, NC, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sept. 11 – Boston, MA, Xfinity Center
Sept. 12 – Saratoga Springs, NY, Albany Med Health System at SPAC
Sept. 14 – Gilford, NH, BankNH Pavilion
Sept. 16 – Queens, NY, Forest Hills Stadium (sold out)
Sept. 17 – Queens, NY, Forest Hills Stadium (sold out)
Sept. 19 – Detroit, MI, Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sept. 23 – Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 24 – Tinley Park, IL, Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Sept. 26 – Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion (All Things Go Music Festival)
Sept. 30 – Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre
Oct. 2 – Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
Oct. 3 – San Diego, CA, North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Oct. 5 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl (sold out)
Oct. 6 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl (sold out)
Oct. 9 – Houston, TX, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct. 10 – New Orleans, LA, Champions Square
Oct. 12 – Southaven, MS, Bank Plus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
Nov. 6 – Bogotá, Colombia, Movistar Arena
Nov. 10 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Qualistage
Nov. 12 – São Paulo, Brazil, Espaço Unimed (sold out)
Nov. 13 – São Paulo, Brazil, Espaço Unimed (sold out)
Nov. 15 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, Parque Sarmiento
Nov. 18 – Santiago, Chile, Movistar Arena
Nov. 20 – Lima, Peru, Costa 21
Nov. 23 – Mexico City, MX, Auditorio Nacional
Nov. 27 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, Coca-Cola Music Hall
Olivia Rodrigo Expands the “Unraveled Tour” to 81 Shows With 16 New Dates Added
The Unraveled Tour just got significantly bigger. Olivia Rodrigo has added 16 more dates to an already massive run, bringing the total to 81 shows across North America and Europe. The additions include more nights in Boston, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, and a second Paris date, confirming demand that clearly hasn’t slowed down.
The expanded Intuit Dome run in Inglewood now stretches to nine shows between January 12 and 28. Barclays Center in Brooklyn grows to nine dates between February 11 and 27. The O2 in London reaches nine shows across April 5 through 20. Those are not small numbers for any artist, and Rodrigo is filling them.
The tour opens September 25 with a double at Hartford’s PeoplesBank Arena and runs through May 6, 2027, when the final Barcelona date at Palau Sant Jordi closes the whole run. Support throughout the tour includes Wolf Alice, Devon Again, The Last Dinner Party, Grace Ives, and Die Spitz across various legs.
Olivia Rodrigo “Unraveled Tour” Dates:
Sept. 25 – Hartford, CT, PeoplesBank Arena
Sept. 26 – Hartford, CT, PeoplesBank Arena
Sept. 29 – Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 30 – Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
Oct. 3 – Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena
Oct. 4 – Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena
Oct. 7 – Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
Oct. 8 – Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
Oct. 11 – Chicago, IL, United Center
Oct. 12 – Chicago, IL, United Center
Oct. 15 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
Oct. 17 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
Oct. 18 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
Oct. 22 – Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
Oct. 26 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
Oct. 27 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
Oct. 29 – Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
Oct. 30 – Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
Nov. 7 – Philadelphia, PA, Xfinity Mobile Arena
Nov. 8 – Philadelphia, PA, Xfinity Mobile Arena
Nov. 11 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
Nov. 12 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
Nov. 15 – Orlando, FL, Kia Center
Nov. 16 – Orlando, FL, Kia Center
Nov. 19 – Sunrise, FL, Amerant Bank Arena
Nov. 20 – Sunrise, FL, Amerant Bank Arena
Nov. 23 – Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
Nov. 24 – Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
Dec. 1 – Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
Dec. 2 – Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
Dec. 7 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena
Dec. 8 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena
Dec. 11 – Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena
Dec. 12 – Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena
Dec. 15 – Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center
Dec. 16 – Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center
Dec. 19 – Las Vegas, NV, T-Mobile Arena
Dec. 20 – Las Vegas, NV, T-Mobile Arena
Jan. 12 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 13 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 16 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 17 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 20 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 21 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 24 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 25 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Jan. 28 – Los Angeles, CA, Intuit Dome
Feb. 11 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 12 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 15 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 16 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 19 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 20 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 23 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 24 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
Feb. 27 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
March 19 – Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena
March 20 – Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena
March 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
March 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
March 27 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
March 28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
Apr. 1 – Munich, Germany, Olympiahalle
Apr. 2 – Munich, Germany, Olympiahalle
Apr. 5 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 6 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 8 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 9 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 12 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 14 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 15 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 19 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 20 – London, UK, The O2
Apr. 23 – Paris, France, La Defense Arena
Apr. 24 – Paris, France, La Defense Arena
Apr. 27 – Milan, Italy, Unipol Dome
Apr. 28 – Milan, Italy, Unipol Dome
May 1 – Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
May 2 – Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
May 5 – Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
May 6 – Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
New dates in bold.
Larry Fleet Takes His “Live From a Bar Stool” Series Back to the Studio With “Baseball on the Radio”
Larry Fleet has shared a new acoustic performance video for “Baseball on the Radio,” the latest entry in his “Live From a Bar Stool” series. Filmed at Welcome to 1979 Studio, where Fleet recorded his new album ‘Another Year Older’, the video follows the earlier bar stool performance of “Hotel Bible” and gives the song a stripped-down setting that suits Fleet’s storytelling instincts perfectly.
‘Another Year Older’ is out now via Stellar Way Records/Empire, Fleet’s first project in partnership with the global independent label. Produced solely by Fleet, the 11-track album reflects on growth, gratitude, and staying grounded. It’s the kind of record that confirms what his catalog has been building toward, a defining voice in modern country music with real depth behind it.
Fleet’s influences run deep. Tennessee-born and raised, he came up on Merle Haggard, Otis Redding, and Willie Nelson, and that combination of country grit and soulful storytelling runs through everything he makes. His co-write on Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s number one single “Man Made A Bar” speaks to the respect he’s earned as a songwriter across the industry.
His catalog backs it up. ‘Workin’ Hard’ in 2019, ‘Stack of Records’ in 2021, ‘Earned It’ in 2023, and the independently released ‘Hard Work & Holy Water’ in 2025 all trace the arc of an artist who has never stopped earning his place.
Fleet is currently on a headlining tour with stops at Wichita’s The Cotillion Ballroom, Madison’s Orpheum Theater, and Plain City’s The Grainery, among others, before wrapping with dates in Australia.