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ZZ Top And Dwight Yoakam Unite For Spring 2026 ‘Dos Amigos’ Tour

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ZZ Top And Dwight Yoakam Unite For Spring 2026 ‘Dos Amigos’ Tour

Two titans of American music, ZZ Top and Dwight Yoakam, are joining forces for an unforgettable co-headlining run, the Dos Amigos Tour, set to rock stages across the Midwest, South and East Coast in the spring of 2026. The highly anticipated tour brings together the iconic Texas blues rock of ZZ Top with the distinctive, Bakersfield sound country of Dwight Yoakam for a powerhouse evening of classic hits and electrifying performances. The tour is scheduled to officially kick off in late March 2026 and run through Memorial Day weekend. Presales are available now, ahead of the general sale on Friday, November 21st at 10 am local time.

ZZ Top, known worldwide for their signature beards, hot rods and timeless hits like “La Grange”, “Gimme All Your Lovin'” and “Sharp Dressed Man”, promise to deliver the fiery, high octane show they are famous for. Yoakam will bring his catalog of neo traditional country gold, including “Guitars, Cadillacs”, “Honky Tonk Man” and “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere”. Both artists also have separate tour dates scheduled for late 2025 and early 2026. ZZ Top has four dates left on this year’s calendar as they wrap touring on November 22nd in Biloxi, Mississippi. Yoakam is finished for 2025, with dates resuming on February 12th in Lubbock, Texas.

ZZ Top & Dwight Yoakam 2026 ‘Dos Amigos’ Tour Dates:

Mar 26 – Brookings, SD @ Dacotah Bank Center

Mar 27 – Grand Island, NE @ Heartland Events Center

Apr 17 – North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena

Apr 18 – Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater

Apr 19 – Lexington, KY @ CommonSpirit Health Stage at Gatton Park

Apr 23 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Apr 24 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center

Apr 25 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Azura Amphitheater

May 7 – Des Moines, IA @ Water Works Park

May 8 – Camdenton, MO @ Ozarks Amphitheater

May 21 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum

May 22 – Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre

May 23 – Huntington, WV @ Marshall Health Network Arena

Braxton Keith Announces This Ain’t My First Tour Tour Continued Following Gold Certification

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Braxton Keith Announces This Ain’t My First Tour Tour Continued Following Gold Certification

HEADLINE: Braxton Keith Announces This Ain’t My First Tour Tour Continued Following Gold Certification

TAGS: Braxton Keith, Warner Records Nashville, Grand Ole Opry, George Strait,

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Neo-traditional country artist Braxton Keith announces a robust schedule of first quarter 2026 headline tour dates titled This Ain’t My First Tour Tour Continued. The initial set of dates will see him on the road in the US and overseas through March, with more tour stops set to be added. Following a massively successful 2025 that saw the breakout entertainer performing over 130 shows, the newly announced dates will take Keith across the country, building on his reputation as a must see live act. The announcement follows a landmark moment for the Warner Records Nashville rising star: his Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, October 28th, where Keith was surprised on stage with a plaque commemorating a career first gold certification for his smash single “Cozy”. The hit track has amassed over 100 million streams worldwide, underscoring his rapid ascent in the genre.

Keith’s highly anticipated cover of George Strait’s “The Chair” continues its impressive run. Released on October 7th, the single immediately ignited social media following a viral live performance. Within its first week, the song surpassed two million global streams, marking the best debut of Keith’s career to date and paying homage to the country masterpiece, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The tour kicks off January 3rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico at Dirty Bourbon before heading to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for MusicFest from January 5th through 10th. Keith will make stops across the United States including Denver, Cheyenne, Deadwood, Little Rock, Terrell, Tuscaloosa, Starkville, Baton Rouge, Rosenberg, Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines and Austin before heading to Australia in March for shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Ipswitch.

Braxton Keith 2026 ‘This Ain’t My First Tour’ Tour Continued Dates:

Jan 3 — Albuquerque, NM @ Dirty Bourbon

Jan 5-10 — Steamboat Springs, CO @ MusicFest

Jan 15 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

Jan 16 — Cheyenne, WY @ The Lincoln

Jan 17 — Deadwood, SD @ Deadwood Mountain Grand

Jan 23 — Little Rock, AR @ The Hall

Jan 24 — Terrell, TX @ Silver Saloon

Jan 29 — Tuscaloosa, AL @ Two Dimes

Jan 30 — Starkville, MS @ Ricks

Feb 6 — Baton Rouge, LA @ Texas Club

Feb 7 — Rosenberg, TX @ That Mexican OT Day

Feb 12 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater

Feb 13 — St. Louis, MO @ Hot Country Nights

Feb 14 — Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom

Feb 21 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s

Mar 13 — Melbourne, AUS @ Margaret Court Arena

Mar 14 — Melbourne, AUS @ Margaret Court Arena

Mar 16 — Sydney, AUS @ Hordern Pavilion

Mar 17 — Sydney, AUS @ Hordern Pavilion

Mar 20 — Ipswitch, AUS @ CMC Rocks

Mar 21 — Ipswitch, AUS @ CMC Rocks

Mar 29 — Isle of Palms @ Windjammer

The Band Of Heathens Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘Country Sides’ And Tour

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The Band Of Heathens Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘Country Sides’ And Tour

The Band of Heathens announce ‘Country Sides’, their landmark new album arriving February 20th. Self-produced with longtime collaborator Jim Vollentine, the record delivers a free wheeling, greasy guitar filled collection of roots rock packed with barroom piano rockers and soulful swaggering anthems. Long hailed as one of the most fiercely independent bands in rock and roll, the group has built a career outside the traditional music industry and achieved platinum level success doing so. The band’s recording of “Hurricane” has been certified platinum, adding to their impressive tally of over one billion streams and nine acclaimed studio albums, all without a label dictating their path.

Founded 20 years ago by Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist, their enduring creative partnership evokes the timeless chemistry of Jagger and Richards or Garcia and Weir, built on grit, trust and an unbreakable musical bond. The band releases the album’s first single “High On Our Own Supply”, a laid back roots rock meditation driven by warm guitars, soulful vocals and the belief that you can build the world you want to live in. Tracked in just over a week at the band’s studio, The Finishing School, songs like the swampy “Take The Cake”, the deeply contemplative “Pleasing People”, free wheeling “She’s The Night” and anthemic “Lead Don’t Follow” stand among their best yet. The album celebrates self reliance and life on the margins, underscoring the idea that what’s crafted with care at the edges often outshines what’s mass produced at the center.

“We’re grateful to be 20 years into this and to have a fan base that has hopped on the creative journey with us wherever we have decided to turn,” Quist says. “We’re in a really great space creatively after all these years,” Jurdi adds. “The songs reflect both our inner world and the stories living between the lines of our lives.” From late night jams at Austin’s legendary Momo’s to the stages of The Grand Ole Opry, CBS, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Montreux Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza and Red Rocks, their live résumé is as impressive as it is expansive. The Band of Heathens will mark the milestone with Texas homecoming shows this November in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin, closing with a hometown performance at ACL Live at The Moody Theater on November 29th.


The Band of Heathens 2026 Country Side Tour Dates:
Mar 12 – El Dorado, AR
Mar 13 – Jackson, MS
Mar 14 – Huntingdon, TN
Mar 15 – Indianapolis, IN
Mar 17 – Madison, WI
Mar 18 – Chicago, IL
Mar 19 – Minneapolis, MN
Mar 20 – Ottawa, KS
Mar 21 – Tulsa, OK
Apr 10 – Atlanta, GA
Apr 11 – Walhalla, SC
Apr 12 – Charleston, WV
Apr 14 – Asheville, NC
Apr 15 – Raleigh, NC
Apr 16 – Charlotte, NC
Apr 17 – Isle of Palms, SC
Apr 18 – Pelham, TN
Apr 19 – Waverly, AL
Apr 22 – New Orleans, LA
Apr 23 – Baton Rouge, LA
Apr 24 – Houston, TX
Apr 25 – Plano, TX

Stephen Wilson Jr. Releases “Gary” And Announces ‘Gary The Torch’ Tour Following CMA Nomination

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Stephen Wilson Jr. Releases “Gary” And Announces ‘Gary The Torch’ Tour Following CMA Nomination

Rising star Stephen Wilson Jr. releases his new single “Gary” via Big Loud Records, kicking off a new era following his massively successful 2023 debut double album ‘Søn of Dad’. The track premiered with an electrifying performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The slow burning rocker builds to a propulsive peak, combining Wilson Jr.’s grunge influences with his signature lyricism that touches upon modern life in Middle America. Wilson Jr. is nominated for New Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards, where he also performed twice. He played his moving rendition of “Stand By Me”, which has earned over 20 million global on demand streams, and joined fellow New Artist of the Year nominee Shaboozey for a special performance of “Took A Walk”, their song from the 2025 film ‘The Long Walk’, based on the novel by Stephen King.

Wilson Jr. announced the Gary The Torch Tour, which begins on March 6th in Columbus, Ohio, and includes stops in Toronto, Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and many more. Ahead of next year’s tour, Wilson Jr. closes out 2025 with his headlining debut at the Ryman Auditorium with two sold out shows on November 23 and 24. This year he released both a deluxe edition of ‘Søn of Dad’, which featured his rendition of “Stand By Me” that has been included in a primetime Pampers commercial, as well as his recent ‘Blankets EP’, which included covers of songs by Nirvana, Temple of the Dog, The Postal Service and The Smashing Pumpkins. In between headline shows, Wilson Jr. supported Eric Church during his three night run at Red Rocks in July, made his Newport Folk Festival debut, and joined Hardy on his Jim Bob World Tour.

2026 Tour Dates

1/27-1/31: Key West, FL – Mile 0 Festival *

2/17: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

2/26: Tulsa, OK – BOK Center ^

2/27: Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena ^

2/28: Austin, TX – Moody Center ^

3/6: Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! #

3/7: Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe #

3/10: Cleveland, OH – The Agora #

3/11: Detroit, MI – The Fillmore #

3/14: Toronto, ON – HISTORY #

3/18: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues #

3/21: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount #

3/22: Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre #

3/25: Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore #

3/28: Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore #

4/11: Bossier City, LA – The Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Bossier City #

4/15: St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #

4/17: Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre #

4/18: Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom #

4/22: Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha #

4/24: Madison, WI – The Sylvee #

4/25: Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed #

6/6: Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival *

7/18: Whitefish, MT – Under the Big Sky Festival *

* Festival

# Gary The Torch Tour

Yaya Bey Delivers Captivating Performance Live On KEXP Studio Session

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Yaya Bey Delivers Captivating Performance Live On KEXP Studio Session

Yaya Bey performs live in the KEXP studio with a four song set that showcases her soulful artistry. The session features “end of the world”, “in a circle”, “exodus the north star” and “merlot and grigio”, all captured on September 23, 2025. Hadaiyah Bey handles vocals while Charles Wilson commands drums, Hope Nwachukwu plays keys and Sweet Corey-Bey holds down bass. Host Larry Mizell Jr. presents the performance, which runs just over 12 minutes and demonstrates the depth and emotional range that has established Bey as one of contemporary R&B’s most compelling voices. The stripped down studio setting allows each musician’s contribution to shine while maintaining the intimate atmosphere that has made KEXP’s live sessions essential viewing for music fans worldwide.

Gogol Bordello Announce Ninth Album ‘We Mean It, Man!’ And North American Tour

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Gogol Bordello Announce Ninth Album ‘We Mean It, Man!’ And North American Tour

New York City based punk collective Gogol Bordello announce their ninth studio album ‘We Mean It, Man!’ through Casa Gogol Records. The record features collaborations with Grace Bergere on “Boiling Point”, Puzzled Panther on “From Boyarka to Boyaca”, and Bernard Sumner on “Solidarity (Nick Launay Mix)”. The 12 track collection includes “Life Is Possible Again”, “No Time for Idiots”, “Hater Liquidator”, “Ignition”, “Mystics”, “We Did Good with the Good We Did”, “Crayons”, and “State of Shock”. The band has also announced an early 2026 North American tour that includes three Canadian performances.

The tour launches in Canada with back to back shows at Montreal’s MTELUS and Toronto’s History on February 19 and 20. From there, the band traverses the US with stops in Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City and Portland before returning to Canadian soil at the beginning of March to play Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on March 3. The trek continues stateside through Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mesa, Albuquerque, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston before concluding at Knockdown Center in Maspeth, New York on March 27.

Gogol Bordello 2026 Tour Dates:

02/19 Montreal, QC – MTELUS
02/20 Toronto, ON – History
02/21 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
02/22 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
02/24 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
02/25 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
02/27 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
02/28 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
03/02 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
03/03 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
03/04 Seattle, WA – Showbox
03/06 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
03/07 Los Angeles, CA – The Novo
03/09 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
03/10 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theatre
03/12 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
03/13 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
03/15 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
03/17 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
03/18 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
03/20 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
03/21 Richmond, VA – The National
03/22 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
03/24 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
03/25 Boston, MA – Royale
03/27 Maspeth, NY – Knockdown Center

Inca Babies Reinvent Classic “Two Rails To Nowhere” With Epic Country Prison Song Grandeur

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Inca Babies Reinvent Classic “Two Rails To Nowhere” With Epic Country Prison Song Grandeur

Manchester’s iconic postpunk outfit Inca Babies presents “Two Rails To Nowhere”, a reimagined offering from their ‘Reincarnation’ album. The collection gathers back catalogue classics, re-recorded, re-invented and re-Inca-rnated. The A-side and B-side version released on Spotify includes the original from 1988, which features Clint Boon of the Inspiral Carpets. Led by Harry Stafford, Inca Babies were a vibrant part of Britain’s early postpunk and death rock scene, amassing a steady following through five intensive years of touring, six singles and four albums that all entered the UK Indie Charts. After four sessions for BBC’s John Peel show between 1984 and 1988, the band called it quits before reforming in 2007.

“This was from our fourth album ‘Evil Hour’. On the original version, we managed to hire Clint Boon of the Inspiral Carpets to play Hammond organ for us. This is a song that was inspired by the trad country blues number ‘Midnight Special’, but somehow had more of a Gun Club vibe to it,” Stafford says. The fast paced original was never given the epic grandeur it deserved. Previously a three minute folk rock tune that told a small story of country woe, this expanded version breathes into the country prison song it always wanted to be, telling a far more heroic tale. With bottleneck slide by guitarist Vincent O’Brien and the measured rhythm backing of Rob Haynes, the song has been slowed down to a more contemplative pace.

Now a four piece, Stafford joins guitarist Jim Adama, bassist Dave Carmichael and Rob Haynes from The Membranes and Goldblade on drums and percussion. Recorded and mixed over two years at 6Db Studios in Salford by renowned producer Simon Archer and Harry Stafford, with Archer also contributing sonic and dub flourishes, the album was mastered by Marco Butcher at Boombox Studio in North Carolina. Since reforming, Inca Babies have released four albums and toured Europe, Russia, North America, India and beyond, continuing to explore goth, punk and death rock jazz blues.

Paris Music Corp. Explores Light And Dark On New Tracks “Midnight Pad” And “Sun Halos”

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Paris Music Corp. Explores Light And Dark On New Tracks “Midnight Pad” And “Sun Halos”

Texas based electronic composer Paris Music Corp., also known as John Andrew Paris, presents two new tracks from his ‘Ecotone’ album. “Midnight Pad” and “Sun Halos” juxtapose light with dark, mirroring how night turns to day and back again. The record stems from his relocation to his childhood home in Brownsville, South Texas, just miles from the border and the coast. Paris wrote, recorded, mixed and mastered this at Tarantula Studios over the past two years. Nature and cycles thread through the album as he takes listeners on an electronic odyssey that feels both deeply personal and geographically rooted.

“‘Midnight Pad’ was another late night writing excursion using some mind expansion influence,” Paris says. “Another piece that started with my phone and ended up with hardware synths and drum machines in the studio once it was built. And ‘Sun Halos’? Creating a song just happens sometimes. Brian Eno always talked about his main theory in that music just happens. It’s really like a magic trick sometimes when what you turn out is an earworm of a piece that is memorable.” Many pieces began on the phone app Ableton Note, allowing him to sketch ideas during late night sessions before importing them into his workstation for completion.

Originally from Austin, Paris has spent decades creating music and collaborating with artists including Arthur Brown, DJ Rev Kathy Russell, DJ Lucas Ray, Catastrophe Ballet, Le Reve, Life’s Eyes, Beast of Eden, OBOYO and Don Wigwam. His cinematic and ethereal sound shows its dark underbelly and futuristic imagination on this album. Often incorporating elements of 80’s darkwave and ambient soundscapes, his trademark approach includes heavily processed guitar and bass instruments locked into layered loops and further manipulated using software. Earlier releases from ‘Ecotone’ include “Rituals” and lead track “No Soy A.I.”, featuring Spanish vocals by fellow Texan musician RayPerez.

Factheory Enlist The Names’ Michel Sordinia For Haunting New Single “Bird Of Time”

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Factheory Enlist The Names’ Michel Sordinia For Haunting New Single “Bird Of Time”

Belgian darkwave and postpunk trio Factheory release their new single “Bird of Time”, featuring guest vocals from Michel Sordinia, frontman of the legendary Belgian postpunk band The Names. Dominique Nuydt composed the track during a school trip to Buchenwald. After touring the concentration camp and watching historical footage, he took a moment alone with a guitar, and the foundations of “Bird of Time” emerged. Bruno Uyttersprot wrote the lyrics, which reflect childhood memories and the passage of time. Thomas Neidhardt mixed the single at Ivy Room Studio and Jack Gallows mixed at Canal 10 Studio. Pascal Courcelles created the cover artwork.

A music video for “Bird of Time” has also been released, directed by Stéphane Manzone, a filmmaker originally from the south of France who divides his time between Brussels and Marseille. Known for his work in TV, film and music videos, Manzone filmed the video in Brussels’ Bois de la Cambre park and at the New Rocky Pompadour bar on the Parvis de Saint Gilles. Production was handled by diFFéré. The band extended thanks to bar owner David Lacour for his support.

Factheory expressed appreciation for Sordinia’s involvement, calling it a significant honour. The Names first emerged in the late 1970s and became associated with Factory Records after meeting the label at a Joy Division show in Brussels. The band recorded their influential single “Nightshift” in Manchester in 1980 with producer Martin Hannett. The Names remain active and will perform on 6 December in Meschede, Germany, with Factheory joining as the opening act. Factheory will mark their tenth anniversary with a special show in Brussels in March 2026, where The Names will also appear on the bill.

Jessie Kilguss Stitches American Mythology Into European Art House On ‘They Have A Howard Johnson’s There’

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Jessie Kilguss Stitches American Mythology Into European Art House On ‘They Have A Howard Johnson’s There’

Jessie Kilguss releases her sixth album ‘They Have A Howard Johnson’s There’, a powerful collection steeped in sweet nostalgia, divine inspiration and sophistication. The songstress drives her classic vintage automobile straight into the heart of American mythology with European art house sensibility. Charlie Nieland, who has worked with Debbie Harry, Rufus Wainwright, Blondie and Scissor Sisters, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered the album at Saturation Point Studios in Brooklyn. The album involves heavy hitters like Kirk Schoenherr, John Kengla, Andrea Longato, Rob Heath, Dave Derby and Rembert Block.

The near title track “Howard Johnson’s” is a beautiful, melancholic tribute to her late father Howard, name checked in a surreal line by Al Pacino in the movie ‘Dog Day Afternoon’. “This is a collection of songs I’ve written over the past few years, most being inspired, at least in part, by a book (Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter & Neapolitan Quartet’), a movie (‘Dog Day Afternoon’) or a work of art (‘The Ecstasy of St Teresa’),” Kilguss says. “The title comes from a line in the song ‘Howard Johnson’s’, which is a roundabout tribute to my father Howard, who passed away in 2023.” The whole project is defined by a clever, layered nostalgia, as reflected in the era inspired video by Deborah Magocsi.

“I’ve been working on this album for the past year with producer Charlie Nieland, with whom I have been collaborating since 2007,” Kilguss says. “We started every track with just voice and guitar and built them out from there. Previously, I’ve always gone into the studio with my band to record. This was an interesting way to work as we deconstructed each song and then put them back together.” The former actress cut her teeth working with Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder on ‘The Crucible’, as well as Marianne Faithfull and Mary Margaret O’Hara in the Tom Waits and William Burroughs musical ‘The Black Rider’. Kilguss also sings with Gramercy Arms, the Loser’s Lounge, Jim Andralis and the Syntonics and Benjamin Cartel.

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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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