Dropkick Murphys have announced the dates and venues for their 2026 St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration in Boston, which is also the band’s 30th birthday party. Part of their upcoming For The People…In The Pit Tour, the dates include March 13, 14, and 15, 2026, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway and March 17th at Citizens House of Blues. March 14th includes a special family-friendly afternoon mini-concert and meet & greet at 2 pm, also at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, which benefits the band’s charitable foundation, The Claddagh Fund. For this afternoon’s show, each adult ticket buyer can bring two kids under 13 for free.
Tickets for the Boston Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day 2026 shows go on sale this Friday, October 10th, at 10 am ET.
Full dates for the 2026 For The People…In The Pit Tour will be announced soon, along with support acts for the Boston shows. Before the St. Patrick’s Day hometown shows, Dropkick Murphys head to Europe for a fall headlining tour with Frank Turner and Haywire that kicks off October 15th in Milan, Italy.
On October 10th, Dropkick Murphys will also release physical CD and vinyl versions of their latest album, For The People, which follows the album’s July 4th digital release via the band’s Dummy Luck Music/Play It Again Sam. The CD and vinyl releases will include five bonus songs.
For The People shows courage and confidence, speaking up against the injustices happening in the United States, and does so with the strength and power that harkens back to Dropkick Murphys’ earliest punk rock roots. The album is more than a title. It’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is–and who they’ve always been.
While on tour supporting For The People, Dropkick Murphys have continued to advocate for workers’ rights and human rights–as they have done for their entire 29+ year career–with surprise appearances at many picket lines across the U.S. to support unions fighting for fair wages and better contracts.
Dropkick Murphys 2026 For The People…In The Pit Tour St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Celebration:
Mar 13 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway Mar 14 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway Mar 14 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway (2 pm mini-concert and meet & greet) Mar 15 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway Mar 17 – Boston, MA @ Citizens House Of Blues
David Bowie didn’t just write the music for The Nomad Soul—he became its soul. Teaming with Reeves Gabrels, he crafted ten original songs and appeared in-game as Boz, a digital prophet guiding players through Omikron City. Bowie, his wife Iman, and his bandmates lent their likenesses, turning a late-’90s video game into an immersive art piece that blurred the boundaries between music, storytelling, and virtual identity.
UK outfit High Parasite, led by Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride, unveil their brand-new single, “Cold.” Though previously unreleased, the track has become a staple of the band’s live set and arrives alongside a music video, available below.
Bassist/Vocalist Tombs comments on the single: “‘Cold’ was lyrically inspired by Plato’s analogy of the cave, an allegory used to illustrate the relationship between reality and illusion, the journey from ignorance to knowledge.
“The idea of a person realising too late in life that there is no God, no heaven, no hell, no divine retribution, no absolution, and the panic and anger they would feel when it dawns on them that they are truly alone and can only hold themselves responsible for their actions.”
Having completed a successful UK tour with Cradle of Filth last year, and more recently a short stint with Unto Others, HIGH PARASITE play a one-off show with Cradle of Filth on July 6th at Epic Studios in Norwich; they then continue their run of European festivals, including first-ever appearances at the UK’s Bloodstock event in August and the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in December.
Additionally, High Parasite are confirmed to join Paradise Lost on their October 2025 UK tour, see the full list of dates below.
HIGH PARASITE Live: December 13, 2025 – Eindhoven – Eindhoven Metal Meeting
UK Shows with Paradise Lost October 9, 2025 – Manchester – New Century Hall October 10, 2025 – Wolverhampton – KK’s Steel Mill October 11, 2025 – Newcastle – University October 12, 2025 – Glasgow – Garage October 14, 2025 – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms October 16, 2025 – Bristol – SWX October 17, 2025 – Southampton – The 1865
Hailed as an artist “every country music fan needs to hear” (Billboard), William Beckmann has announced his fourth annual Las Posadas Holiday Tour, a uniquely intimate, seasonal experience inspired by both Latin American tradition and the spirit of community.
Kicking off in New Braunfels, TX on Dec. 10 at the Brauntex Theatre, the string of festive performances across The Lonestar State will feature Christmas music, timeless crooner standards, Spanish-language favorites, storytelling and select Beckmann originals performed with a specially-assembled band created exclusively for this limited run of holiday performances, including a full horn section.
Rooted in Latin American tradition, Las Posadas is a celebration of coming together, hospitality, and shared joy-values Beckmann brings to the stage and embodies throughout the tour. Embracing that same spirit, 100% of proceeds from VIP sales will go directly to victims of the Texas floods via George Strait’s Vaqueros del Mar Relief Fund. Tickets and VIP packages will go on sale this Friday, October 10th at 10am CT.
“It is with great pleasure that I am announcing the 2025 ‘Las Posadas Tour.’ The tour is something that I have done for a few years now and my fans look forward to it every December. This year I will be teaming up with Vaqueros Del Mar to help with the Texas flood relief. All of the VIP ticket sales from these shows will be donated to this cause,” Beckmann says. “Christmas is about coming together and being with family. We want to do our best to help the families that were affected by this tragedy.”
LAS POSADAS HOLIDAY TOUR Dates: 12/10 – New Braunfels, TX – Brauntex Theatre 12/12 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall 12/13 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall 12/18 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre 12/19 – Dallas, TX – Longhorn Ballroom 12/20 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Legendary rockers Tesa have announced new tour dates for January 2026 as they roll out the next chapter of their highly successful Keepin’ It Real Tour — now aptly titled Still Keepin’ It Real. Beginning in January, the band will hit the road again with the Still Keepin’ It Real Tour.T
In addition, Tesla returns to House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in October. Performances of Tesla: The Las Vegas Residency will take place on October 17, 18, 22, 24, and 25, 2025, and are scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm.
“We’re very excited to be coming back to Las Vegas. We’ll be playing some new songs and keep it real!!!” Brian Wheat says.
During this exclusive five-day run of shows, Tesla will touch all sides of their unique discography, including the heavier edge of electric songs like “Modern Day Cowboy,” “Hang Tough,” and “Edison’s Medicine,” as well as their acoustic-driven songs such as “Signs” and “Love Song.” Die-hard fans globally are headed to Las Vegas to witness the heavy rockers, America’s blue-collar rock band, during this special limited-time engagement.
Tesla 2026 Tour Dates:
Jan 15 – Wendover, NV @ Peppermill Concert Hall Jan 16 – Wendover, NV @ Peppermill Concert Hall Jan 23 – Bethlehem, PA @ Wild Creek Event Center Jan 24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Jan 30 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino Jan 31 – Salamanca, NY @ Seneca Allegany Resort & Casinos
Earlier this week, Rush co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced their return to the stage for a special 2026 headline tour, Fifty Something, in celebration of the band’s music, legacy, and the life of late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Due to incredible demand, the band announces additional dates in most cities. The band is adding two new dates in LA, Chicago, NYC, Toronto, and Fort Worth, and one additional date in Cleveland. These shows mark the first time Lee and Lifeson have toured together in eleven years, since the finale of Rush’s R40 Tour on August 1, 2015, at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA, bringing it full circle with a return to the Forum to embark upon these special shows.
Rush will perform multiple shows in 7 cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico, beginning June 7, 2026, at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. These special “evening with” shows will find the band playing two sets each night. Each show will feature a distinct selection of songs, and Rush will build each night’s setlist from a catalogue of 35 songs, including their greatest hits and fan favorites.
For Fifty Something, Lee and Lifeson will be accompanied by German drummer, composer, and producer Anika Nilles, who has performed as Jeff Beck’s drummer for over 60 shows and has released four solo albums.
Fans can participate in the Rush Artist Presale by Thursday, October 9th at 11:59 pm ET. The general on-sale begins here on Friday, October 17th at noon local time for the US & Canada, and 11 am local time for Mexico.
Rush invites fans to get closer than ever with three elevated offerings: an all-new VIP program, the first-ever 2112 Platform Experience, and curated Travel Packages for fans making a trip to see the show.
Additionally, Rush reveals the 50-track super deluxe anthology, Rush 50. The project is available in five distinct configurations, including the Super Deluxe Edition, Rush Store Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition, 7-LP Deluxe Edition, 4-CD Deluxe Edition, and Digital Edition. It represents the breadth of their discography, beginning with the first-ever reissue of their 1973 debut single and concluding with a live recording of the final song Lee, Lifeson, and Peart played together during the R40 Tour closer at The Forum.
Rush 2026 Tour Dates:
June 7, 2026 – Los Angeles, California – Kia Forum June 9, 2026 – Los Angeles, California – Kia Forum June 11, 2026 – Los Angeles, California – Kia Forum June 13, 2026 – Los Angeles, California – Kia Forum June 18, 2026 – Mexico City – Palacio de los Deportes June 24, 2026 – Fort Worth, Texas – Dickies Arena June 26, 2026 – Fort Worth, Texas – Dickies Arena June 28, 2026 – Fort Worth, Texas – Dickies Arena June 30, 2026 – Fort Worth, Texas – Dickies Arena July 16, 2026 – Chicago, Illinois – United Center July 18, 2026 – Chicago, Illinois – United Center July 20, 2026 – Chicago, Illinois – United Center July 22, 2026 – Chicago, Illinois – United Center July 28, 2026 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden July 30, 2026 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden August 1, 2026 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden August 3, 2026 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden August 7, 2026 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena August 9, 2026 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena August 11, 2026 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena August 13, 2026 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena September 17, 2026 – Cleveland, Ohio – Rocket Arena September 19, 2026 – Cleveland, Ohio – Rocket Arena
Sheryl Crow has announced six upcoming acoustic sessions benefitting her new foundation, Love Now. Beginning on Tuesday, October 21st, Crow’s Love Now Sessions will take place one night a month at Nashville’s Woolworth Theatre, promising an intimate night of music and community.
Tickets and VIP packages will go on sale on Friday, October 10th at 10 am CT.
Love Now’s mission is to build relationships with administrations, teachers, and social workers in local public schools to meet the needs of those in the community who are often overlooked and unseen.
Crow will be accompanied by longtime musical collaborator Tim Smith. Clair Global will provide audio support for all performances.
Sheryl Crow Love Now Sessions:
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Warner Music Group, the global music entertainment company, and Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm, are launching a joint venture to allow for the purchase of up to $1.2 billion of legendary music catalogs across both recorded music and music publishing. The partnership was formed through equal equity commitments from WMG and Bain Capital.
This new strategic venture will provide artists and songwriters with opportunities to preserve and expand the reach of their catalogs, ensuring their legacies are well cared for. WMG and Bain Capital will together source and acquire the catalogs, while WMG will manage all aspects of marketing, distribution, and administration. By combining WMG’s worldwide infrastructure and relationships with Bain Capital’s global resources and financial capabilities, the venture is well-positioned to set a new standard as the preferred partner for renowned musical talent.
This deal comes at an opportune time in the music industry, given changing fan behavior, driven by streaming and emerging technologies that introduce classic music to new audiences.
“Iconic artists and songwriters choose WMG to grow their legacies and introduce their art to new generations through impactful and innovative campaigns,” saidRobert Kyncl, CEO, Warner Music Group. “Augmenting our deep expertise and global infrastructure with Bain Capital’s financial prowess and belief in music will make us the destination of choice for preeminent catalogs.”
“Timeless music content continues to sit at the center of consumer entertainment,” saidAngelo Rufino, a Partner at Bain Capital. “Stewardship of catalogs has never been more important as artists and songwriters deserve support to enhance the value of their work while delivering fans new and exciting collaborations. Warner Music Group, with its deep creative resources and partnership culture, is the ideal partner for Bain Capital to work alongside as we grow and safeguard the world’s iconic music.”
Goldman Sachs and Fifth Third Bank will serve as joint lead arrangers to the joint venture.
Bella Litsa explores what it means to live life drastically. Crafting intimate, lush, and emotionally potent songs that echo with dreamlike intensity, Litsa’s music is a search for stillness, beauty, and peace in an ever-shifting world. Blending vintage romance with experimental textures, where haunted Americana meets minimalist futurism, the core of it all is Bella Litsa’s haunting, operatic voice, which evokes the classical beauty of Weyes Blood and female leads like Lana Del Rey and Fiona Apple.
Today, the Brooklyner has announced her debut record, Drasticism, will arrive on February 20via Records Man, Records, and alongside the announcement, she’s sharing her gorgeous new single “Passion Plug” and accompanying music video.
“This song came on as a fever,” shares Litsa. “The lyrics flowed out without stopping. I felt like begging someone to remember the magic of being together, and wishing I could hate them as it would feel so much easier. I couldn’t though. Recording this song was a special moment. My bass player, Abe Nouri, one of the best musicians I’ve had the honor of working with, has a deep background of jazz – a departure from my traditionally baroque sound. I’m always holding him back a bit when we play most of the songs, to keep them in the baroque style and harmony. No funny business! I would say. But recording this song, I said – go wild. And he did.”
The video features Litsa in her element – dancing. “I grew up dancing – ballet, tap, jazz, and the works and dancing certainly runs in my blood,” she adds. “My Nana was an incredible dancer, and danced at every family gathering with us all until she passed. We still get together and dance. It’s a deeply sentimental and freeing act for me, and I’m so happy to intertwine it with my music. I worked with Anna Wittenberg on the choreography – we worked on the choreo for about 3 months before shooting. We were inspired by Bob Fosse, Martha Graham, and, although I can’t name them all, Anna has a whole slew of knowledge and passion for the craft that brought the song to life, honestly. The director, Fiona Kane, really embedded the video with its life & color.”
Earlier this summer, Litsa teased the record with two of the album’s tracks — “1117” and “Never Ending Movie” quickly proving herself an artist to watch with early praise from Ones To Watch, That Eric Alper (that’s me!), Nina Protocol, Mindies, Alfitude, and more.
Next week, Litsa will join Dark Tea and Truman Flyer at Nightclub 101on October 8th. Find tickets HERE.
On Bella Litsa’s debut album Drasticism, extremity is an artistic pursuit. Drasticism urgently asks: How far can you, or should you, take the things in your life, whether they be a feeling, a relationship, a melody? What is lost, and what is gained? Across 11 sweeping and spectral baroque pop songs, Bella Litsa explores what it means to live as the title suggests: drastically.
Taking inspiration from everything from Rachmaninoff to Lana Del Rey to Daft Punk, Drasticism combines 90s-inspired guitars, mellotron, and cinematic orchestral arrangements to conjure a grandiose world. The songs feel distinctly carved from the here and now, but are veiled in a kind of romantic transcendence: The orchestral swells and decays, delayed releases, lush stacks of harmonies, and exquisite overwhelm of sound conjures the narcotic wash of the tide, a heartbeat, a prayer—tapping into something cosmic and ancient, a sound we can all hear if only we listen hard enough.
A classically trained pianist, Bella Litsa grew up between her home state of Massachusetts and Cyprus, where her father is from. She started piano lessons at age 6 and soon found herself gravitating towards minor keys and rewriting the lyrics in songbooks to be more macabre. When she was 13, she started vocal training, eventually majoring in songwriting and film scoring at Berklee College of Music. She moved to New York City in 2020, where, inspired by the city’s abrasiveness, she plunged into a musical and personal intensity to find her voice. Bella Litsa wrote the bulk of Drasticism between December 2022 and February 2024, with much of her songwriting process happening in frenzied sessions of inspiration.
“The choices I was making weren’t always good choices. I just was searching out all this extremity, like extreme love and extreme loss and to feel this crazy spectrum of things,” says Bella Litsa. “The album is mostly asking: Why would I do that? But how could I not do that?”
Bella Litsa writes to cull her intense emotions, and this personal excavation is part of her larger pursuit of the beautiful and divine. She taps her interest in astrophysics, synchronicities, Jungian psychoanalysis, the Book of Job, the Greek Orthodox church she attends, Andrei Tarkovsky, and film scores for inspiration. Because for Bella Litsa, everything is beautiful, and because every beautiful thing will end, everything is sad. Songwriting is a relief, a way to preserve beauty. And similar to her drastic way of living, she gravitates towards the extremes in her writing practice.
One day in the spring of 2023, she came home in a strange, emotional state. She sat down at her desk, and eight hours later, the demo for “My Blue Eyes” was done. A song from nothing. The next day, she tried doing it again. This time, after 12 hours, she had written “Tied Together by a Silver Thread,” a tragic epic inspired by the movements of classical music, with three distinct phases. “It was probably the most inspired I was ever in my life,” she says. “I listen to it now and it just feels like my heart’s about to explode.”
That all-consuming feeling is what it feels like for Bella Litsa to excavate the core of her own humanity. “I tell my psychoanalyst when we talk about songwriting: It’s like there’s a rope and I’m pulling on this rope, and the more I pull, the more the song is coming to me. But the song already existed. I’m slowly uncovering what was always there.”
Ultimately, this propensity towards the extremes is about a desire to connect, not only with herself but with other people. “I get to say all these things that I keep in and then all of a sudden people are listening to you, and they’re witnessing the breaking down,” she says. “I feel like I get so tortured, especially singing live. I think being witnessed is the most powerful feeling you can have.”
Megan Moroney’s magnetic take on Toby Keith’s “Who’s Your Daddy?” is available on all streaming platforms via Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records. Featured on Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Toby Keith Covered, a six-song compilation released via Apple Music in July, Moroney’s update of the sweet-talking anthem is true to the original.
The single dropped ahead of her history-making Am I Okay? Tour with two sold-out nights at the legendary venue, The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Just two years after making her L.A. headlining debut at the 500-capacity Troubadour, the multi-platinum country star commanded a crowd of 5,900 per night, solidifying her status as an era-defining talent.
Featuring support from singer/songwriter Solon Holt, Moroney’s back-to-back blowout at The Greek Theatre marked one of her final stops on the Am I Okay? Tour, a colossal headline run named for the Georgia-bred artist’s game-changing and highly acclaimed sophomore LP. After blasting off with “Man on the Moon,” she tore through an unstoppable set spanning from her quadruple platinum No. 1 breakout “Tennessee Orange” to her recent smash single “6 Months Later,” along with a crowd-igniting streak of fan favorites and classic deep cuts that kept the audience screaming along to every line.
ast week on YouTube, Moroney shared a gorgeous performance of her unreleased song “Beautiful Things” live from her September 12th tour stop at Credit One Stadium in Charleston, featuring another sold-out show that marked her first time as a stadium headliner.
Ahead of her LA shows, Moroney took the stage at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on September 30th. This Friday through Sunday (October 10, 11, and 12), she’ll wrap up the run with three consecutive nights at the Texas Trust CU Theatre in Dallas, capping off a massive headline run that’s also included two-night stands at famed venues like New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, Nashville’s The Pinnacle, Las Vegas’ The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Savannah’s Enmarket Arena, and more. Along with drawing a record-breaking crowd at the Illinois State Fair (15,532 fans) and topping attendance records at the Iowa State Fair as the most attended Grandstand act this year (16,371 fans), Moroney’s July 26th stop at Wyoming’s Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo shattered the record fothe r number of tickets sold for a female artist, with over 20,400 fans in attendance.
