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Paul Van Dyk Celebrates 1,000 Episodes Of VONYC Sessions With New Single And Global Tour

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Paul van Dyk has reached a milestone that very few artists in any genre can claim. VONYC Sessions, his long-running radio show, hit its 1,000th episode, a landmark celebrated with a sold-out live event at the Uber Eats Music Hall in Berlin that brought together fans from around the world. The show now reaches an average of 32 million listeners on air across 72 stations worldwide and has accumulated over four million podcast downloads.

“VONYC Sessions has always been more than a radio show,” van Dyk says. “For 1,000 episodes, it’s been a weekly meeting point for people who live and breathe electronic music, a space where fans and artists connect, and where new sounds and classic records coexist.” That philosophy has defined his entire career, and the milestone only deepens it.

Alongside the celebration, van Dyk released “When I Found You,” a new single with Ciaran McAuley, continuing his tradition of music that works equally on the dancefloor and beyond. His Nature One Festival Mix is also now available on Apple Music, capturing the energy of one of Europe’s most iconic electronic music events.

The 2026 global tour is already underway, with upcoming dates spanning the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, and beyond through October. Remaining North American dates include stops in Denver on March 20 and Los Angeles at Avalon on March 21, with European dates running deep into the fall.

Paul Van Dyk 2026 Tour Dates:

March 20, Church Nightclub, Denver, US

March 21, Avalon, Los Angeles, US

March 27, Inkognito, Celle, DE

March 28, Kulturwerft, Lübeck, DE

April 3, Trancecoda at The Dome, Liverpool, UK

April 4, Colours at SWG3, Glasgow, UK

April 5, Trancecoda at Emporium, Coalville, UK

April 10, Gravity at Dumo Fabirkas, Vilnius, LT

April 11, Dreamstate Europe, Gliwice, PL

April 17, Boogaloo, Zagreb, HR

April 18, Nachtresidenz, Düsseldorf, DE

April 24, DamDam, Vienna, AT

April 25, Parktheater, Kempten, DE

May 8, Rong at Uno, Malta, MT

May 16, 808, El Paso, US

May 23, Frequency at Circuit, Southampton, UK

May 29, Muffathalle, Munich, DE

May 30, Fusion, Münster, DE

June 6, AMRTD Open Air, Berlin, DE

June 20, Bruno Plache Stadion, Leipzig, DE

June 25, Made For More at Amok, Mallorca, ES

June 26, Luminosity, Zandvoort, NL

June 27, Luminosity, Zandvoort, NL

July 1, Beats for Love Festival, Ostrava, CZ

July 4, Doof in the Park, Dundee, UK

July 10, Airbeat One Festival, Neustadt Glewe, DE

September 12, Crown Of Sound, Schloss Ludwigsburg, DE

September 19, SHINE, Binks Yard, Nottingham, UK

September 25, SHINE Ibiza, Ibiza, ES

October 2, Stromwerk, Dresden, DE

October 9, Empire, St. Martin, AT

October 10, Zoom, Frankfurt, DE

October 16, Docks, Hamburg, DE

John Doe, The Felice Brothers, And Tanya Donelly Lead The Town And The City Festival’s 7th Edition

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Lowell, Massachusetts gets its finest weekend of the year when The Town and The City Festival returns for its 7th edition, April 30 through May 2, spread across more than a dozen downtown venues. The 2026 lineup is the festival’s most compelling yet, led by John Doe of X alongside David Lowery of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, folk-rockers The Felice Brothers, and a highly anticipated debut collaboration between Tanya Donelly of Belly and Throwing Muses and Chris Brokaw of Come, Codeine, and The Lemonheads.

The supporting cast runs deep. Indie rockers Vundabar, Chicago blues specialists GA-20, alt-country veteran Jon Langford and Friends, Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn, singer-songwriter Kris Delmhorst, country-blues artist Cristina Vane, and the indie folk-pop trio The Wolff Sisters all appear across the three days. More than 50 musical acts total, plus comedy sets from Tony V, Kristin O’Brien, Jen Howell, Jacques Lambert, and James Hamilton, and a reading from author Chris Wrenn from his new book Fenway Punk.

The venue-hopping format is central to the festival’s identity. Attendees move between Taffeta, Tescobar, Warp & Weft, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Old Court, The Worthen Cafe, Smokehouse Tavern, Lala Books, Brew’d Awakening, Cobblestones, The Lass Stop, and more throughout each evening, discovering new artists at every turn. “The energy of moving from venue to venue, hearing new voices, meeting new people, really reflects the spirit of Lowell and the legacy of Jack Kerouac,” says festival producer Chris Porter.

Produced by Porter Productions and the Jack Kerouac Foundation, the festival pays homage to Lowell’s most famous native son with an adventurous, eclectic spirit that runs through every booking decision. Multi-day passes are on sale now for $65 at TheTownandtheCityFestival.com.

Electronic Icons Cabaret Voltaire Announce Their Final Ever North American Tour Dates

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Cabaret Voltaire are saying goodbye, and they are doing it on their own terms. The Sheffield industrial and electronic pioneers Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced their final tour, a global farewell run spanning North America, Europe, and the UK, closing with a final show in Sheffield itself. East Coast North American dates are still to be announced.

The West Coast North American leg runs through May, with I Speak Machine joining for stops in Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The European run follows in June, moving through Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Lausanne before a full UK stretch in October. Gazelle Twin opens the UK dates, which close out the entire tour at Sheffield’s Octagon on October 25.

Cabaret Voltaire have been one of the most quietly influential acts in electronic and industrial music since emerging from Sheffield in the 1970s. Their impact on everything from post-punk to techno to experimental music is immeasurable, and a final tour of this scope is the send-off the legacy deserves. These are not shows to take lightly.

For North American fans, the West Coast dates represent a rare and likely last opportunity to experience one of electronic music’s most important acts in a live setting. Tickets are on sale now.

Cabaret Voltaire 2026 Tour Dates:

May 4, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA

May 6, Commodore, Vancouver, BC

May 8, Roseland Theater, Portland, OR

May 10, Summit, Denver, CO

May 12, The Bellwether, Los Angeles, CA

May 15, The Warfield, San Francisco, CA

June 2, Betonhalle, Berlin, DE

June 5, Élysée Montmartre, Paris, FR

June 12, AB, Brussels, BE

June 13, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL

June 19, Docks, Lausanne, CH

October 10, Town Hall, Birmingham, UK

October 11, Arts Club, Liverpool, UK

October 13, Rock City, Nottingham, UK

October 14, Tramshed, Cardiff, UK

October 15, Forum, Bath, UK

October 17, Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK

October 18, Barrowland, Glasgow, UK

October 19, Albert Hall, Manchester, UK

October 21, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK

October 22, Roundhouse, London, UK

October 25, Octagon, Sheffield, UK

Platinum Pop Singer-Songwriter Em Beihold Goes Global On The “Tales Of A Failed Shapeshifter” Tour

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Em Beihold has been building toward this moment, and the “Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter” tour is her most ambitious live undertaking yet. The platinum-selling singer-songwriter launches a global headline run this spring spanning the UK, mainland Europe, Canada, and the United States, in support of her debut album ‘Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter’, out now.

The European leg opens May 12 at Garage in London before moving through Amsterdam, Paris, and Cologne. The North American run launches May 24 at Mod Club in Toronto and works coast to coast through Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, and Seattle before wrapping June 15 with a homecoming show at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles.

The routing hits some of the best intimate rooms in North America, exactly the right scale for an artist whose music thrives on personal connection. Beihold has always written with a directness and emotional honesty that translates powerfully in a club setting, and this tour is designed to deliver that experience in markets across two continents.

The debut album gives the tour real purpose and momentum. ‘Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter’ marks the full introduction of an artist who has already earned platinum recognition and a global following, and these shows give fans their first proper look at where that catalog lives on stage.

Tickets are on sale now.

Em Beihold “Tales Of A Failed Shapeshifter” Tour Dates:

May 12, Garage, London, UK

May 16, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL

May 18, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris, FR

May 20, Luxor, Cologne, DE

May 24, Mod Club, Toronto, ON

May 26, Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

May 27, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

May 28, The Foundry, Philadelphia, PA

May 30, The Atlantis, Washington, DC

June 1, Terminal West, Atlanta, GA

June 2, The Basement East, Nashville, TN

June 4, Chop Shop & 1st Ward, Chicago, IL

June 5, Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN

June 7, Meow Wolf, Denver, CO

June 8, Soundwell, Salt Lake City, UT

June 10, Neumos, Seattle, WA

June 11, The Pearl on Granville, Vancouver, BC

June 12, Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR

June 14, The Independent, San Francisco, CA

June 15, Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA

Thomas Dolby Takes “The Iconic 80s” Tour To Seven US Cities This April

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Thomas Dolby has lived one of the most remarkable careers in modern music, and “The Iconic 80s” tour brings that story to life across seven intimate US dates this April. The Grammy-nominated new wave pioneer hits Plymouth, New York, Kingston, Lansing, Indianapolis, Chicago, and St. Louis, accompanied by distinguished musical guests Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Lipke on guitars and vocals. Dorsey opens each night with her own solo set.

The format is deliberately intimate, songs, stories, and musical reminiscences woven together by a man who has genuinely seen everything. Dolby’s career runs from busking on the streets of London and Paris to session work with Stevie Wonder and Foreigner, producing Joni Mitchell and George Clinton, sharing the stage with David Bowie at Live Aid and Roger Waters at The Wall in Berlin, founding a Silicon Valley tech company, co-inventing the Nokia polyphonic ringtone, and serving as music director for TED Conferences for twelve years. He is currently an endowed Professor of Music at the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University. That is not a biography, it is a novel.

Dorsey brings her own formidable history to the stage. Best known as David Bowie’s longtime bassist and vocalist, she has toured and recorded with Tears for Fears, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Ferry, and Gwen Stefani, and currently performs with the Blackstar Symphony. Her next solo album, ‘The Appearance of Life’, arrives this spring, with first single “(It Takes All Kinds) to Make a World” out now.

Lipke, an Emmy-nominated composer, producer, and conductor whose orchestrations have been performed by major US symphonies including the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, rounds out a supporting cast that elevates these shows well beyond a standard nostalgia run.

Tickets are on sale now.

Thomas Dolby “The Iconic 80s” Tour Dates:

April 14, Spire Center, Plymouth, MA

April 15, Racket, New York, NY

April 16, Assembly, Kingston, NY

April 18, Grewal Hall, Lansing, MI

April 19, The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN

April 20, House of Blues, Chicago, IL

April 21, City Winery, St. Louis, MO

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth Drops “One Of A Kind” Video And Hits The Road This Spring

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Wolfgang Van Halen has never done things halfway, and the new video for “One Of A Kind” proves it. The third single from Mammoth’s latest album ‘The End’ arrives with a full music video, keeping the momentum rolling on a record that Van Halen wrote entirely himself, playing every instrument and handling all vocals, just as he did on ‘Mammoth II’.

The album was recorded with friend and longtime collaborator Michael “Elvis” Baskette at the legendary 5150 studio, a location that carries serious weight in rock history. That setting clearly brought something out of the sessions. ‘The End’ is a focused, hard-hitting statement from an artist who continues to grow on his own considerable terms.

The live Mammoth lineup, Wolfgang alongside guitarists Jon Jourdan and Frank Sidoris, bassist Ronnie Ficarro, and drummer Garrett Whitlock, is currently on the road for a month-long run of headline dates with guests 10 Years and James and the Cold Gun. The tour wraps April 4 in Prior Lake, MN.

“One Of A Kind” is the kind of track that earns its title. It showcases exactly what makes Mammoth a genuinely compelling rock act, not just a famous last name but a band with real identity and serious chops behind it.

The Used, Underoath, Dance Gavin Dance And More Are Setting Sail On The 5th Annual E.N.D. Cruise

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The E.N.D. Cruise keeps getting bigger, and the fifth annual voyage is the most stacked edition yet. Emo’s Not Dead and Sixthman announce the 2027 sailing, January 22 through 26, departing Miami for Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas aboard Norwegian Joy, with a lineup that reads like a greatest hits collection of the post-hardcore and emo scene.

The Used, Underoath, Story Of The Year, Senses Fail, August Burns Red, Dance Gavin Dance, Saves The Day, Knuckle Puck, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, We The Kings, Hot Mulligan, Anberlin, Escape The Fate, Hawthorne Heights, and Copeland are all on board, with performances spanning multiple stages including acoustic sets and special album playthroughs. The Matt Says Stage features Barry Hendrixx, Dakota Ave, Not, Moments Of, and Lacey, while the Misery Loves Comedy lineup brings Ian Fidance, Natalie Cuomo, Uncle Lazer, Dan Lamorte, Neil Rubenstein, and Alex Oliver.

Beyond the music, Norwegian Joy delivers go-karts, water slides, a casino, a bellyflop competition, drinking tournaments, comedy nights, theme nights, and the Mandara Spa for anyone who needs a moment of quiet between sets. Great Stirrup Cay adds swimming with pigs, ziplining, and beachside cabanas to the experience.

“Seeing all of our favorite bands up close and personal on a cruise ship with all of our loved ones and friends is an actual dream,” says E.N.D. Cruise founder Matt Cutshall. “Everyone on this cruise feels like one big happy family.” Four years of sold-out sailings back that claim up completely.

Tickets go on sale at endcruise.com.

Prog-Metal Stalwarts Karnivool End A 13-Year Album Absence With ‘In Verses’

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Thirteen years is a long time to wait, and Karnivool have made every moment of it count. The Australian prog-metal outfit’s long-awaited new album ‘In Verses’ is out now via Cymatic Records and The Orchard, a ten-track record built from a decade of life experience, relentless experimentation, and a rediscovery of what this band is capable of at full creative force.

Lead single “Animation” is out now and delivers exactly what the album promises. “It holds the pulse of ‘In Verses’, tight, detailed, tense,” the band says of the track. “It reflects the frustration, the renewal, and the search for light that runs through the record.” That description applies to the album as a whole, a journey through collective catharsis and identity that feels both deeply personal and unmistakably Karnivool.

The record was built in their Perth studio alongside longtime collaborator Forrester Savell, and the process was anything but rushed. “Animation” follows a carefully constructed run of singles including “Aozora,” “Drone,” and the epic “Opal,” each one expanding the picture of where ‘In Verses’ would land. Now that the full album is here, the scope of the vision is clear.

For longtime fans, ‘In Verses’ is the record they have been waiting for. For newcomers, it is a striking entry point into a body of work built on genuine craft and intensity. Either way, Karnivool sounds like a band in their healthiest creative space yet.

Texas Blues-Rock Guitarist Ally Venable Takes ‘Money & Power’ Back To The UK This September

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Ally Venable made a serious impression on UK audiences in October 2025, and she is heading back for more. The Texas blues-rock guitarist announces a nine-date UK tour this September, with celebrated Canadian blues-rock phenom Garret T. Willie joining as special guest on every night of the run.

The tour arrives on the strength of ‘Money & Power’, Venable’s critically acclaimed sixth studio album on Ruf Records, recorded at Nashville’s Soundstage Studios with producer and drummer Tom Hambridge. The album features A-list guests Shemekia Copeland and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, whose stinging guest solo on opener “Brown Liquor” sets the tone for a record that plays entirely by its own rules. “I’m thrilled to release this album,” Venable says. “For me, it’s a sonic embodiment of a woman’s unstoppable ambition.”

The momentum behind Venable is undeniable. Her 2023 album ‘Real Gone’ hit No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and stayed in contention for a full year after release. Total Guitar magazine ranked her among the Top 100 Blues Guitarists, and Classic Rock praised her growing maturity as a songwriter alongside her already formidable instrumental prowess. ‘Money & Power’ builds directly on that foundation with even more confidence and intention.

The UK run opens September 8 in Newcastle and moves through York, London, Nottingham, Norwich, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, and Faversham. Nine nights, nine cities, and a guitarist operating at the peak of her powers.

Ally Venable 2026 UK Tour Dates:

September 8, Cluny 2, Newcastle

September 9, The Crescent, York

September 10, The 100 Club, London

September 11, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

September 12, The Waterfront, Norwich

September 13, Deaf Institute, Manchester

September 15, Stereo, Glasgow

September 16, Exchange, Bristol

September 17, The Old Brewery, Faversham

Feminist Punk Pioneers Bikini Kill Are Hitting The Road This Fall Across North America

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Bikini Kill have never been more necessary, and they know it. The legendary feminist punk pioneers announce a 2026 North American fall tour, opening September 6 in Portland and rolling through Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston, and two Brooklyn nights to close. The iconic lineup of Kathleen Hanna on vocals, Tobi Vail on drums, Kathi Wilcox on bass, and guitarist Sara Landeau brings the full force of one of punk’s most consequential catalogs back to the stage.

The band regrouped in 2019 for their first full shows since 1997, and the response has been overwhelming. Sold-out crowds across the globe, critical reappraisal from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and the Los Angeles Times, and a renewed conversation about the band’s enduring influence on music and culture. That conversation has only grown louder, and this tour arrives at exactly the right moment.

West Coast fans get an early look when Bikini Kill headlines Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland on July 19, before the full fall run kicks off in September. The routing hits some of the best mid-size rooms in North America, the kind of venues where the energy between a band and audience becomes something genuinely electric.

Few acts in punk history carry the cultural weight that Bikini Kill does, and their live show delivers on every bit of it. Tickets are on sale now.

Bikini Kill 2026 Tour Dates:

July 19, Mosswood Meltdown, Oakland, CA

September 6, Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR

September 9, The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

September 13, Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI

September 14, The Salt Shed, Chicago, IL

September 15, Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI

September 17, Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH

September 18, Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA

September 19, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD

September 21, College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT

September 22, Roadrunner, Boston, MA

September 24, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

September 25, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY