Before streaming made cover art shrink to thumbnail size, album sleeves were 12-inch canvases of pure imagination. For many, these visuals were the reason they picked up the record in the first place—tiny art galleries disguised as music collections. Here are 12 album covers that remain unforgettable, iconic, and just plain cool.
‘Abbey Road’ – The Beatles One crosswalk. Four legends. No words needed. It’s the most famous stroll in music history and maybe the only traffic photo to ever inspire global tourism.
‘Aladdin Sane’ – David Bowie Lightning bolts, glam, and an otherworldly stare. Mick Rock’s photo turned Bowie into a living piece of pop art and defined the 1970s in a single image.
‘Dark Side of the Moon’ – Pink Floyd A prism, a rainbow, and pure simplicity. Storm Thorgerson’s design made science class feel psychedelic and album art eternal.
‘Hotel California’ – Eagles The Beverly Hills Hotel never looked so mysterious. Shot at dusk, the cover feels like a dream halfway between paradise and forever.
‘London Calling’ – The Clash Paul Simonon smashing his bass captured the explosion of punk energy—raw, loud, and unfiltered. A perfect photo frozen mid-chaos.
‘Nevermind’ – Nirvana One baby, one dollar bill, endless interpretations. It’s equal parts innocence and rebellion, wrapped in the sound of the 90s.
‘Parallel Lines’ – Blondie Black and white stripes, Debbie Harry in the center, the definition of cool. It’s pop, punk, and perfection in one frame.
‘Purple Rain’ – Prince The motorcycle, the purple mist, and the attitude. Prince turned the Minneapolis night into a neon fairytale of funk and feeling.
‘Rumours’ – Fleetwood Mac Flowing skirts, bare feet, and mystic energy. A cover that captures the balance between chaos and harmony that fueled every note.
‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ – The Beatles A crowd of icons surrounding four mustached men. It’s part costume party, part collage, all genius.
‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ – The Velvet Underground Andy Warhol’s banana—simple, suggestive, unforgettable. Peel slowly and see, indeed.
‘Thriller’ – Michael Jackson White suit, smooth pose, timeless cool. That single sleeve image said everything about the era of pop perfection.
Each of these covers told a story before the needle ever hit the vinyl. Proof that sometimes, you could judge an album by its cover.
In a world that moves faster than ever, unpredictability is the only constant. Between shifting industries, global change, and everyday responsibilities, one truth remains clear: those who prepare, prevail. Whether it’s through mastering communication, building technical skills, or completing First aid training in Edmonton Alberta, preparation turns uncertainty into opportunity. It’s not just about safety it’s about cultivating confidence, resilience, and readiness in every area of life.
The Psychology Behind Being Prepared
Panic thrives in the unknown. When you don’t know what to do, your body’s natural instinct is to freeze. That’s why preparation, no matter how small, matters so much. Learning, practicing, and repeating a skill rewires your brain’s response to stress. What was once overwhelming becomes manageable.
Training of any kind whether it’s in first aid, public speaking, or team leadership creates familiarity. Familiarity builds calm. And calm builds confidence. When you’ve faced simulated challenges in a safe learning space, you’re less likely to panic when life gets real. That’s the psychology of preparedness: transforming the mind from I can’t handle this to I know what to do.
The Overlooked Power of Practical Skills
We often celebrate abstract knowledge degrees, theories, and ideas but practical skills are the foundation of confidence. They’re what kick in when you don’t have time to think.
Think of someone who’s learned CPR or completed a first aid course. When a real emergency happens a choking child, a fainting coworker, or a sports injury they don’t stand frozen. They move. They remember. They act. That simple difference between doing nothing and doing something can mean everything.
Courses like First aid aren’t just about emergencies; they’re about fostering self-assurance. When you’ve learned something that might one day save a life, you start to see yourself differently not as a bystander, but as someone capable of impact.
Preparedness Creates Stronger Communities
Prepared individuals make prepared communities. When more people are trained, small actions multiply into big outcomes. A trained coworker stabilizing an injured teammate. A neighbor who knows how to help after an accident. A teacher who recognizes a medical emergency early.
Each act of readiness adds to a web of resilience that strengthens neighborhoods, workplaces, and families. And that’s what makes skill-building so powerful it doesn’t just benefit one person, it uplifts everyone around them.
Preparedness isn’t just personal, it’s communal. It’s a collective investment in safety and trust.
Training Builds Confidence That Extends Beyond Emergencies
What’s fascinating is how training in one area boosts confidence in others. Someone who completes a first aid course often reports being calmer under pressure in general during presentations, job interviews, or even difficult conversations. Why? Because learning to manage crisis responses builds emotional discipline.
You realize that you can control your reactions. You learn to breathe, assess, and act with intention. That mindset carries into everything business decisions, parenting, relationships, and leadership. In essence, preparation teaches adaptability, and adaptability is the skill of the future.
Breaking the Myth: I’ll Never Need It
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about preparedness training is that it’s only for those who work in health, safety, or emergency response. The truth? Emergencies don’t discriminate. They happen in boardrooms, classrooms, homes, and parks.
Getting trained doesn’t make you paranoid, it makes you proactive. You hope you never need to use your skills, but if you ever do, you’ll be grateful you have them. Think of it like insurance for confidence. You invest once, and it pays off for the rest of your life.
Why Businesses Should Care Too
Many organizations now recognize that preparedness is productivity. When employees are trained in first aid, conflict management, or crisis communication, workplaces become calmer and safer.
A company with trained team members doesn’t just handle emergencies better it cultivates a sense of responsibility and teamwork. People feel valued, capable, and connected. That’s not just good ethics, it’s good business.
Forward-thinking employers in Alberta are already partnering with training providers to integrate safety certification into employee development programs. Because the best investment a company can make isn’t just in technology it’s in people who are prepared to handle anything.
Final Thoughts: Preparedness Is a Life Skill
Preparedness isn’t about fear, it’s about freedom. It gives you the ability to move through life with calm assurance, knowing that whatever happens, you have tools to respond.
So whether it’s learning how to perform CPR, handle emergencies, or simply becoming more adaptable, remember this: every skill you build adds to your foundation of confidence.
Panic fades when preparation takes its place. And that’s not just about safety it’s about empowerment. Because readiness, at its core, is one of the most human things we can cultivate.
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Irish nu-metalcore outfitFollowing The Signs return with their brand-new single “Stuck In Place”, the first official release from their forthcoming EP ‘Evolve’, to be released in 2026.
Formed in Cork, Ireland in 2018, the band have carved a reputation for blending crushing metalcore with the raw groove of nu-metal and progressive textures, as heard on their debut album Conflictions and subsequent singles Birthright and Stand Tall. Now, ‘Stuck In Place’ signals a new era for the band as they gear up for their most ambitious release to date.
Lyrically, ‘Stuck In Place’ is a fierce statement on the suffocating realities of modern life. Vocalist Alan Jevens explains: “When I wrote‘Stuck In Place’ I was thinking about the modern world, where we are now and what I believe is to come. The verses reflect the frustration of working endlessly just to survive in such an expensive time, while pointing to the corruption of governments and the consequences of unchecked greed. The chorus speaks of what lies ahead, nuclear war, environmental collapse, but also the need to rise against those in power. The song travels through despair, rebellion, and the dream of a better world, tying into the broader narrative of our upcoming EP, Evolve.”
Musically, the track captures everything Following The Signs are about, massive riffs, towering breakdowns, searing screams and atmospheric cleans, all channelled into a visceral soundscape that reflects the chaos and hope within the lyrics.
The band will be bringing their new material to the stage with a string of live dates, including: October 17th – Fibber Magees, Dublin October 24th – Dali, Cork November 8th – Scream for Me Festival, Cavan November 15th – Pharmacia, Limerick November 21st – Warsaw, Poland November 22nd – Kraków, Poland
With ‘Stuck In Place’, Following The Signs prove they are not only one of Ireland’s most vital underground metal acts but a band with an urgent voice in today’s fractured world. Expect more details on the Evolve EP to be announced soon.
Today, Griff Lynch releases his debut solo album Blas Melysa’r Misvia Lwcus T, and announces a November/December UK tour, including a London show on 2nd December (full dates below).
Labelled a “Welsh language delight” by MOJO Magazine, home sits at the heart of Blas Melysa’r Mis. It’s a record that grapples, in part, with falling out of love with a place and the transitional process of moving onto the next, whilst also exploring the feeling of home in its deepest emotional sense.For Griff Lynch, his motherland of Wales’ heritage and vernacular have always been intrinsic to his music. With Yr Ods – the psych-pop outfit formed with a group of friends whilst at Aberystwyth University in the early 2010s – the Welsh language band’s focus was on both being immersed in the Welsh arts community and also ensuring this culture breaks through the glass ceiling and “gets heard on a bigger stage”. It’s a flag that the London-based artist continues to fly with his solo work, creating a balance that celebrates the native Celtic language and forms part of this rich creative heritage whilst also being accessible to non-Welsh speakers.
“I think it’s attitude more than anything,” Lynch says on creating this accessibility that invites wider audiences into his music. “Not to be too hippie about it, but it is the energy that you put behind it.” And this considered energy emanates across Blas Melysa’r Mis, with an emotive charisma and expressive melodic abundance tangible throughout. The bilingualism of the record also acts as a bridge; “it’s a technique that we used to do with Yr Ods, where you would have a bilingual song on the album or there was an English language chorus or verse, and all of a sudden it’s a hook to subconsciously draw people who don’t speak Welsh in”.
Notably, this approach appears on “Same Old Show”, which features James Dean Bradfield. The Manic Street Preachers’ vocalist and guitarist’s involvement on the record was a full circle moment for Lynch – who would go to Cob Records, his local record store in Bangor growing up, to get the latest Manics CD a few days before release. The collaboration was also a long-time coming; Lynch and Bradfield were first introduced through Emily Eavis and Nick Dewey when Yr Ods played Glastonbury, with a plan at the time for the band to get in the studio with the Manics frontman. Whilst that never quite materialised, the two of them kept bumping into each other in Cardiff over the years since and when Lynch messaged to see if Bradfield wanted to sing on a track, it finally all came together. Furthermore, the track marks the first time Bradfield sings in Welsh on a record; “I texted him a link to the song and to my surprise he answered me in Welsh, I didn’t even know at the time that he had learned Welsh,” Lynch details, “For someone like him, a Welsh icon, to learn the language means a great deal to Welsh speakers. It has a lasting, positive impact on our culture, one that James himself might not fully realise.”
Written over the past five years, Blas Melysa’r Mis travels through Lynch’s different headspaces during this time, tracing back to lockdown times and also going through breakups – both romantic and with the city of Cardiff where Lynch had lived for a decade. “The constant underlying thing in it is that movement of wanting to move away from one place and go to another”, Lynch says. Having lived in Cardiff for so long, he felt a desire to find a new perspective of his Welsh identity, something which having this distance between himself and the city has afforded him. In writing the tracks, Lynch also found himself going back to a lot of music he listened to in his late teens – Catatonia, 90s Brit-pop, early Radiohead and Welsh pop like Y Cyrff and Big Leaves. This breadth of influences and personal emotional contemplations poured into the record is reflected sonically, encompassing more pensive tracks like “Fe Lyncodd”, the playful jangle-pop of “Kombucha” and the psych-rock expansiveness of “Blas Melysa’r Mis” or “Y Pethau Heb eu Dweud”.
There’s also a luscious orchestral motif that lilts and soars throughout. Having recorded the tracks himself in his bedroom and small studios, it was important for Lynch to work with real strings and brass instruments to further elevate the album, “taking it from computer recording into the real world”. For these instrumental arrangements, he enlisted composer Owain Llwyd. Lynch also worked with other long-time collaborators from the Welsh arts scene, including Gwenno producer Rhys Edwards who lent his mixing expertise on some of the tracks.
“Even though I move about all the time, access to home is always really important,” Lynch says, with home in its truest, grounding sense for him being the mountains in North Wales where he grew up. And it’s this sentiment that permeates Blas Melysa’r Mis; a vibrantly evocative debut that sees Griff Lynch recalibrating this connection between identity and home whilst firmly laying down artistic roots of his own.
Tracklisting:
1. Gwlad Fy Nyhead 2. Cyntaf i’r Felin 3. Fe Lyncodd 4. Dyna ni i’r Pant y Rhed y Dŵr 5. Same Old Show (feat. James Dean Bradfield) 6. Blas Melysa’r Mis 7. Kombucha 8. Look Out for Number One 9. Ti Sy’n Troi (feat. Lleuwen) 10. Os Ti’n Teimlo 11. Y Pethau Heb eu Dweud
Live Dates:
19th November – Sheffield – Sidney & Matilda 21st November – Felinheli – Llofft 2nd December – London – The Forge at The Lower Third 5th December – Cardigan – Y Selar 6th December – Aberystwyth – Cwps
The original Super Mario games gave us some of the most unforgettable music ever written for pixels and power-ups. Germany’s WDR Funkhausorchester, led by Enrico Delamboye, turns those 8-bit melodies into orchestral magic. It’s nostalgia on a grand scale.
Thousands of musicians. One stage. Infinite noise. Rockin’ 1000 gathered players from every corner of the planet for an epic 20-song blowout in Leiria, Portugal — including a massive, earth-shaking take on Muse’s “Knights of Cydonia.” Turn it up loud.
Today, The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary with the deluxe edition release of the original movie soundtrack, reissued via Ode Records on 180g red-in-gold vinyl. Housed in a heavyweight gold-foil jacket with a newly designed inner sleeve, the vinyl package features never-before-seen photos and production diary excerpts from producer Richard Hartley.
In an interview with Billboard, Richard Hartley shared insight into the soundtrack’s creation and lasting legacy. Read HERE.
Over the past month numerous events have taken place in LA celebrating its legacy, a 4K HDR release arrived in theaters as well as on at-home digital and on Blu-ray, and the film was celebrated via iconic media profiles via CBS Sunday Morning, Vogue, Interview Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and Harper’s Bazaar who said “fifty years on, The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a beacon of freedom and fantasy.”
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, one of cinema’s most groundbreaking and provocative films, was based on the stage musical by Richard O’Brien, and shattered conventions with its bold characters, flamboyant style, and infectious rock ’n’ roll soundtrack. Its legendary midnight screenings – featuring shadow casts, fan costumes, and audience call-backs – redefined moviegoing and created a cultural phenomenon. Today, it remains the longest-running theatrical release in film history, with weekly screenings still held around the world.
Ahead of the release of their anticipated new album God Save The Gun, arriving this Friday via Loma Vista Recordings, Los Angeles-based Militarie Gun share the new single “God Owes Me Money”, which is BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record In The World today and was described by Rolling Stone as “tragically catchy.” “God Owes Me Money” is a focal point of the new album, showcasing a new dimension of Militarie Gun’s catalogue with its earworm of a hook, synth melodies and an arena-ready chorus.
God Save The Gun will include the aforementioned “God Owes Me Money,” along with the previously shared singles “B A D I D E A” and “Throw Me Away,” both of which arrived alongside videos directed by Shelton. God Save The Gun is a very human document of being at your worst when you should be on top of the world – an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief. “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album,” Shelton says, “But I’m fine with it, if not provoking it. Over the past couple years, as I spoke about addiction from the perspective of someone affected by it, I became the one struggling with it. There’s a farcical logic to entering a situation, fully knowing the consequences, and doing it anyway – but that’s where my head was when I started leaning on drinking.”
Militarie Gun’s 2023 debut album, Life Under The Gun was centred around lifelong cycles of hurt, with the singer looking back at growing up with family members struggling with addiction, and while God Save The Gun is still tethered to that history, this time, he’s not the witness – he’s the protagonist. It wasn’t until the band was scheduled to enter the studio in early 2025 that Shelton realised he was the one who needed to hear God Save The Gun’s message.
Despite all of the inner turmoil leading to God Save The Gun, Shelton and his bandmates – guitarists William Acuña and Kevin Kiley, bassist Waylon Trim, and drummer David Stalsworth – more than rose to the challenge of following up Militarie Gun’s acclaimed debut. Stalsworth, Trim, and Kiley all joined during Life Under The Gun’s extensive touring cycle after a series of member shakeups that would hobble most bands, but only made Militarie Gun stronger.
Along with the honed in line up, God Save The Gun was created with a village of new and old collaborators. Shelton continued his creative relationship with songsmith Phillip Odom, co-wrote with longtime conspirator and frequent harmoniser James Goodson of Dazy, and newly tapped Nick Panella of MSPAINT, among others.Militarie Gun also worked with producer / engineer Riley MacIntyre (Adele, Arlo Parks, The Kills), who was chosen not only to make the songs sound huge, but also to access the sentiments behind them.
To celebrate the release of God Save The Gun, Militarie Gun will embark on The BAD IDEA tour this month with support from Liquid Mike and Public Opinion. The 21-date kicks off in Palm Springs, California on 25th October with stops in Louisville, Worcester, Baltimore, Richmond, New Orleans, Houston and more before wrapping up in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 22nd. Top of next year, Militarie Gun will head across the pond for their headline Europe and UK tour with support from White Reaper and Spite House. Also in 2026, Militarie Gun will join Joyce Manor across their North American spring tour.
Militarie Gun’s debut album Life Under The Gun was one of 2023’s most celebrated albums, released to praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, Revolver, Stereogum, SPIN, Paste, The FADER, and more. Last year, Militarie Gun released the Life Under The Sun EP, which saw tracks from their debut album reimagined by friends and collaborators including Bully, Manchester Orchestra, and Mannequin Pussy. Militarie Gun also released the Life Under The Sun mini-documentary which sees the band and a host of their Life Under The Sun EP collaborators reunite at Manchester Orchestra’s Atlanta studio to further reimagine the tracks featured on their aforementioned EP, with guest performances from Manchester Orchestra, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy, and Christine Goodwyne of Pool Kids, who steps in for Alicia Bognanno of Bully for a performance of “Never Fucked Up Twice”. Also, last year, Militarie Gun shared “Gun Under The Gun (MFG)”, which was created for the new WWE 2K24 video game as the walk-in music for Post Malone’s wrestling character. Post Malone also included “Do It Faster” on his curated playlist for the WWE 2K24 soundtrack.
% with Liquid Mike and Public Opinion
25/10 – Palm Springs, CA @ Hotel Zoso % 26/10 – Henderson, NV @ Grey Witch % 29/10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck % 30/10 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk % 31/10 – Louisville, KY @ Camp Spaceman % 01/11 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees % 02/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall % 04/11 – Troy, NY @ No Fun % 06/11 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs % 07/11 – Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall % 08/11 – Lakewood, NJ @ Maggie’s Bar & Grill % 09/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar % 11/11 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse % 12/11 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy % 14/11 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern % 15/11 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Fat Cat % 16/11 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa % 18/11 – Houston, TX @ Secret Group % 19/11 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger % 21/11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head % 22/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad %
2026 * w/ Spite House ^ w/ White Reaper # w/ University (opener London only) + w/ Joyce Manor
21/01 – Porto, PT @ Casa De Musica* 22/01 – Lisbon, PT @ Sala 2* 23/01 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Corpernico* 24/01 – Barcelona, ES @ La Nau* 25/01 – Lyon, FR @ La Marquise* 27/01 – Bern, CH @ ISC Club Bern* 29/01 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Club* 30/01 – Cologne, DE @ MTC* 31/01 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow* 01/02 – Berlin, DE @ Mikropol* 03/02 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Bar Brooklyn* 04/02 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteateret* 05/02 – Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar (Vega)* 07/02 – Tilburg, NL @ Ladybird Skatepark* 08/02 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde – Botanique* 09/02 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie* 11/02 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom^# 12/02 – Portsmouth, UK @ KOLA^ 13/02 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach^ 14/02 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club^ 15/02 – Glasgow, UK @ Beech Avenue Social Club^ 17/02 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory^
09/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren + 11/03 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre + 12/03 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues + 13/03 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues + 14/03 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues + 16/03 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues + 17/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre + 18/03 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues + 20/03 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall + 21/03 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues + 22/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore + 24/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount + 25/03 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall + 26/03 – Toronto, ON Canada @ Danforth Music Hall + 27/03 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre + 28/03 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed + 10/04 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 17/04 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 26/04 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee + 27/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater + 30/04 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s + 01/05 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall + 02/05 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall + 04/05 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium + 05/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot + 07/05 – Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry + 08/05 – Calgary, AB Canada @ The Palace Theatre + 09/05 – Edmonton, AB Canada @ Midway Music Hall + 11/05 – Vancouver, BC Canada @ Commodore Ballroom + 12/05 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + 13/05 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater + 15/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore +
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp reveals her latest single “Why Is She Still Here?,” from her sophomore album Bite Me, out now via Interscope Records. The track is accompanied by an official visualizer in which Rapp puts her powerhouse vocals on full display as she performs the track live on stage, highlighted only by a single star spotlight.
Rapp kicked off her new era last month with the release of the highly anticipated single “Leave Me Alone.” The track marked a major career milestone for Rapp as her highest streaming single upon debut, earning one million global streams within the first 24 hours of release, and now over 23.4 million globally.
Earlier this summer, Rapp revealed the bite.me website, urging fans to “sign a hundred NDAs,” ultimately revealing a slew of hints about the yet-to-be-announced album. In the weeks following, the internet erupted with “Bite Me” related clues – from Rapp’s “Bite Me” lip tattoo to posts from the likes of Paris Hilton, Charlize Theron, Monica Lewinsky, Gabby Windey, and more. A powerful statement about reclaiming your narrative, “Leave Me Alone” and the Bite Me era encourage listeners to embrace every facet of their personality, the chaotic and the confident, and to find strength in being authentically, unapologetically themselves.
This exciting new chapter marks Rapp’s first music release since 2023, when she collaborated with Grammy Award-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion on hit record “Not My Fault” from the official soundtrack to Paramount’s feature film Mean Girls (which also saw Rapp reprising her iconic role of Regina George). The song earned Rapp’s highest-ever day-one streams on Spotify to date, and saw a legendary performance between the two stars on Saturday Night Live. Earlier that same year, Rapp released her first studio album Snow Angel, earning her the largest first-week sales for a female artist’s debut album in the U.S. upon release. That fall, she embarked on the Snow Hard Feelings Tour in support of the project, a sold-out headlining run met with massive demand, featuring four nights in New York and one in Los Angeles at the iconic Greek Theatre.
Shucked, the Tony Award winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious,” is making its highly anticipated Canadian premiere in Toronto beginning March 2026. Shucked will play the Princess of Wales Theatre from March 3 – April 5, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on Monday October 20, 2025 at mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333.
What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. Shuckedis the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life. Shucked is turning musical theater on its ear and is offering a kernel of hope for our divided nation.
Shucked features a “superb book” (New York Post) by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score filled with “earworm songs” (The Daily Beast) by Grammy Award winners, Tony Award nominees and Nashville music superstars Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction with “an infectious spirit of glee and warmth” (Variety) by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien.
With choreography by Sarah O’Gleby, and music supervision, music direction, orchestrations, and arrangements by 2023 Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Jason Howland, the design team for Shucked includes 2023 Tony Award nominee and Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee Tilly Grimes (costume design), Tony Award nominee Japhy Weideman (lighting design), Tony Award winner and 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (sound design), Academy Award® winner and Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (wig design), and Stephen Kopel, C12 Casting (casting director). Shucked is produced by Mike Bosner and Jason Owen.
The Grammy Award nominated Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording is available on all streaming platforms and CD HERE. The album is produced by Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, and the show’s composers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark.
The cast will be announced at a later date.
Shucked
March 3 – April 5, 2026
Princess of Wales Theatre
300 King St W, Toronto
Tickets are available at 10AM on Monday October 20 at Mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333
