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Jam-Scene Favorites Goose Map Out Fall Tour as New Album ‘BIG MODERN!’ Lands

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Goose keep stacking the calendar. The next-gen jam favorites have added a fall tour to an already-loaded 2026, timed to the June 12 arrival of their sixth studio album ‘BIG MODERN!’. The new run kicks off November 3 at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City and rolls through the month, with a three-night stand at Milwaukee’s Miller High Life Theatre and two-night stays at Nashville’s The Truth, Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, and Citizens Live at The Wylie in Pittsburgh.

The new record finds Goose meeting the relentless stimuli and accelerated absurdity of modern culture head-on, leaning into the sprawling versatility and range that’s become their signature. Ahead of release, the band has lined up listening parties on June 10 and 11, with vinyl bars, hi-fi lounges, and listening spaces uniting to spin the album together before it drops.

The fall dates land while Goose are mid-swing through Europe and the UK, including sold-out two-night stands at London’s Electric Brixton and Amsterdam’s Melkweg. They headline Paris’s Élysée-Montmartre on June 1 and hit Denmark’s NorthSide festival on June 5 before heading home for an annual summer headline tour that includes Toronto, two nights at Madison Square Garden, and two sold-out shows at Red Rocks.

The band keeps building its own world too. After a second edition of its Viva El Gonzo destination festival in Mexico, Goose heads back south of the border in early 2027 for two sets at “Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: 10 Years on the Beach” in Riviera Maya. The musicianship throughout this run is the kind that’s turned casual listeners into devotees. One dollar from every ticket sold on the 2026 summer tour benefits the Western Sun Foundation, a volunteer-run nonprofit supporting grassroots causes in the cities the band visits.

Presale sign-ups are open now, with registered fans getting a unique code for the official Goose presale starting Wednesday, June 3 at 10 a.m. More presales run through the week ahead of the general onsale on Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m.

Goose Live 2026 Tour Dates:

June 1, Paris, FR, Élysée-Montmartre

June 3, Berlin, DE, Festaal Kreuzberg

June 5, Aarhus, DK, NorthSide 2026

June 13, Toronto, ON, RBC Amphitheatre (w/ Julian Lage)

June 15, Virginia Beach, VA, The Dome

June 16, Virginia Beach, VA, The Dome

June 19, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden

June 20, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden

June 23, Charleston, SC, Firefly Distillery

June 24, Charleston, SC, Firefly Distillery

June 26, Raleigh, NC, Red Hat Amphitheater

June 27, Raleigh, NC, Red Hat Amphitheater

June 28, Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion

June 30, Boston, MA, Leader Bank Pavilion (SOLD OUT)

July 1, Boston, MA, Leader Bank Pavilion (SOLD OUT)

July 2, Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center

July 3, Saratoga Springs, NY, SPAC (w/ The Disco Biscuits)

July 4, Saratoga Springs, NY, SPAC (w/ moe.)

Aug 13, San Diego, CA, Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Aug 14, Los Angeles, CA, The Greek Theatre

Aug 15, Stanford, CA, Frost Amphitheater

Aug 16, Reno, NV, The Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort

Aug 18, Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

Aug 19, Seattle, WA, WAMU Theater (w/ Greensky Bluegrass)

Aug 21, Bend, OR, Hayden Homes Amphitheater (w/ Greensky Bluegrass)

Aug 22, Bend, OR, Hayden Homes Amphitheater (w/ Buffalo Traffic Jam)

Aug 24, Bonner, MT, KettleHouse Amphitheater

Aug 27, Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

Aug 28, Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

Aug 29, Salt Lake City, UT, Twilight Concert Series @ Civic Center

Sep 24, Louisville, KY, Bourbon & Beyond

Nov 3, Kansas City, MO, The Midland Theatre

Nov 4, Kansas City, MO, The Midland Theatre

Nov 6, Milwaukee, WI, Miller High Life Theatre

Nov 7, Milwaukee, WI, Miller High Life Theatre

Nov 8, Milwaukee, WI, Miller High Life Theatre

Nov 10, Nashville, TN, The Truth

Nov 11, Nashville, TN, The Truth

Nov 13, Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena

Nov 14, Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena

Nov 15, Portland, ME, Cross Insurance Arena

Nov 18, Charlottesville, VA, John Paul Jones Arena

Nov 19, Pittsburgh, PA, Citizens Live at The Wylie

Nov 20, Pittsburgh, PA, Citizens Live at The Wylie

Nov 21, Rochester, NY, Blue Cross Arena

Jan 20-23, 2027, Riviera Maya, MX, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: 10 Years on the Beach

Phoebe Bridgers Plays Madison Square Garden This Week with $1 Tickets

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Phoebe Bridgers is turning her road return into a benefit at one of the biggest rooms in the world. The singer-songwriter has announced a June 4 performance at Madison Square Garden with tickets starting at just $1. The concert, presented by TIDAL, benefits the Community Justice Exchange’s Immigration Bond Freedom Fund, which works to release people from immigration detention while their cases move through the system.

The MSG date caps a busy stretch. Bridgers has spent May criss-crossing the country with last-minute underplays in Roswell, New Mexico, plus Memphis, Fargo, and elsewhere. This one breaks the pattern, trading the small rooms for an arena and a cause.

Tickets go out through Seated. Fans had to register by June 1 at 11:59 PM Eastern, with random-selection results delivered by email and text by 1 p.m. Eastern on June 2. Seats are randomly assigned and distributed electronically by noon on June 4, with any remaining tickets released through a waitlist.

Bridgers knows the building well. She played MSG with supergroup boygenius and MUNA on boygenius’s acclaimed 2023 tour, and returning to that stage on her own terms, for a dollar and a good cause, makes for one of the more compelling nights on her calendar.

Photo Gallery: The Guess Who and Don Felder at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on May 30, 2026

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A$AP Rocky Adds European Dates to His “Don’t Be Dumb” World Tour

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A$AP Rocky is widening the net on his big return to the road. The multi-hyphenate rapper, entrepreneur, actor, and fashion icon has added European dates to his 2026 “Don’t Be Dumb” World Tour, the Live Nation-promoted run built around his first full-length release in eight years. Demand pushed the expansion, and now more markets get a shot at the show.

The tour launched in North America on May 27 with a sold-out night at Chicago’s United Center, where Rocky mixed new album material with fan favorites from across his catalog. The run rolls through Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, and Vancouver before wrapping July 11 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

From there it crosses the Atlantic, opening August 25 at ING Arena in Brussels and hitting London, Milan, Munich, Stockholm, Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris along the way. The expanded European and UK leg tacks on a second Lodz, Poland date plus newly added stops in Prague, Budapest, Zagreb, and Belgrade before closing out in Athens. It’s a sprawling run that finally brings one of hip-hop’s most singular voices back to stages worldwide.

Presales start Tuesday, June 2, ahead of the general sale on Friday, June 5 at 10 am local time. VIP packages will be available.

A$AP Rocky European 2026 Don’t Be Dumb World Tour Dates:

Aug 25, Brussels, Belgium, ING Arena

Aug 27, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome

Aug 30, London, UK, O2 Arena

Sep 02, Dublin, Ireland, 3Arena

Sep 04, Glasgow, UK, OVO Hydro

Sep 05, Manchester, UK, Co-op Live

Sep 08, Cologne, Germany, Lanxess Arena

Sep 10, Milan, Italy, I-DAYS

Sep 11, Munich, Germany, Olympiahalle

Sep 13, Lodz, Poland, Atlas Arena

Sep 14, Lodz, Poland, Atlas Arena

Sep 16, Hamburg, Germany, Barclays Arena

Sep 18, Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Arena

Sep 20, Oslo, Norway, Unity Arena

Sep 21, Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena

Sep 24, Riga, Latvia, Xiaomi Arena

Sep 25, Kaunas, Lithuania, Zalgiris Arena

Sep 28, Berlin, Germany, Uber Arena

Sep 30, Paris, France, Accor Arena

Oct 4, Prague, Czech Republic, O2 Arena

Oct 5, Budapest, Hungary, Budapest Arena

Oct 6, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb Arena

Oct 8, Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade Arena

Oct 9, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena 8888 Sofia

Oct 11, Athens, Greece, Telekom Center Athens

Jazz Legend Oscar Peterson’s Centennial Rolls On with Expansive ‘World Tour’ Box Set

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Oscar Peterson’s 100th year keeps unfolding in grand style. Mack Avenue Music Group and Two Lions Records continue the jazz legend’s centennial celebration with ‘World Tour’, their most expansive collection of the pianist’s work yet, out August 28. The set arrives as a limited-edition 6-LP 180-gram vinyl box with a 48-page hardcover book, and also as a 4-CD set with a 20-page booklet.

The collection honors the “Maharaja Of The Keyboard” with five never-before-heard live performances and a TV studio recording, spanning nearly three decades from 1969 to 1996. The accompanying book digs deep into the personal, with never-before-seen archival material that includes Peterson’s own photography, poetry, and remembrances from family, friends, and fellow musicians. The CD edition pairs notes from Kelly Peterson and Celine Peterson with tributes from his peers.

Kelly Peterson framed the project as a labor of love. “The process of choosing the material to include, the effort to ensure this set captures and expresses as much as possible, all that Oscar deserves, in celebration of this significant occasion, was a joyful time,” she said. She described the book as a tour of Oscar’s world, built over months to share a more personal view of the man, complete with previously unpublished photos and poems from his own camera and pen.

The release follows last year’s ‘Around The World’, which gathered solo, duo, and trio performances from 1969 to 1981. ‘World Tour’ widens the lens with concerts captured in Detroit, Basel, Auckland, São Paulo, and his home city of Toronto. Across the recordings, whether playing solo, alongside jazz guitar royalty Joe Pass, or in groups featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Mary Lou Williams, and Louis Hayes, Peterson’s playing lifts the entire bandstand. The performances trace nearly four decades of musical evolution, and the warmth in every note makes the case for why audiences greeted him like an old friend.

World Tour Tracklist:

  1. “Old Folks” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  2. “Ain’t Misbehavin'” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  3. “Place St. Henri” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  4. “Blues of the Prairies” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  5. “Goodbye” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  6. “(Back Home Again In) Indiana” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  7. “City Lights” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  8. “Reunion Blues” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  9. “Medley: Body & Soul / Take the A Train / Mood Indigo / Rockin’ in Rhythm / C-Jam Blues / Things Ain’t What They Used To Be / Satin Doll / Caravan” (Live at the Detroit Montreux Festival, August 30, 1980)
  10. “Kelly’s Blues” (Live in São Paulo, Brazil, April 23, 1996)
  11. “Sushi” (Live in São Paulo, Brazil, April 23, 1996)
  12. “The Lamp Is Low” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  13. “Triste” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  14. “I Concentrate On You” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  15. “Tristeza” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  16. “L’il Darlin'” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  17. “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  18. “My Romance” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  19. “Down Here On The Ground” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  20. “L’Impossible” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  21. “Let’s Fall In Love” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  22. “You Look Good To Me” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  23. “Billie’s Bounce” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  24. “Fly Me To The Moon” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  25. “Squeaky’s Blues” (Live in Basel, Switzerland, November 8, 1969)
  26. “Soft Winds” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  27. “On A Clear Day” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  28. “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  29. “Noreen’s Nocturne” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  30. “A Child Is Born / Here’s That Rainy Day” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  31. “People” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  32. “Cute” (Live in New Zealand, April 12, 1972)
  33. “Mean To Me” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  34. “L’il Darlin'” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  35. “Stella By Starlight” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  36. “Benny’s Bugle” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  37. “Sweet Georgia Brown” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  38. “A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  39. “It’s A Grand Night For Swinging” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  40. “Willow Weep For Me” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  41. “Groovin’ High” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  42. “My Man” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)
  43. “Salute to Duke Ellington: Take The A Train / Things Ain’t What They Used To Be / Lush Life / Satin Doll / Caravan” (Live in Toronto, Canada, September 1980)

Video: Blink-182 Tear Through iHeartRadio ALTer EGO at The Forum In 2020

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Blink-182 brought decades of pop-punk firepower to Inglewood. The trio hit the stage at The Forum for the 2020 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO festival, with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio handling guitar and vocals alongside mainstays Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. The chemistry showed as they ripped through a setlist that balanced nostalgia and new material, launching into classics like “Feeling This,” “The Rock Show,” and “What’s My Age Again?” before weaving in cuts from their then-recent album ‘Nine’, including “Darkside” and “I Really Wish I Hated You.” The signature banter and humor stayed front and center, and the night peaked with a playful finale that folded a snippet of TLC’s “No Scrubs” into “Dammit,” sending the sold-out crowd home buzzing.

Genre-Blurring Voice Go Kurosawa Brings Hypnotic Three-Song Set to Live on KEXP

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Go Kurosawa turned the KEXP studio into something spellbinding. Recorded April 6, 2026, the live session captures the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist (also handling cornet and percussion) leading a five-piece through three patient, atmospheric pieces: “autowalk,” “moon, please,” and “sada no umi.” Ben Hackett adds vocals, wind instruments, and keys, with Taro Yamazaki on bass, Ross McReynolds on drums and percussion, and Rich Ruth on guitar, the players locking into textures that build and breathe across each track. Hosted by Cheryl Waters, the performance is a quietly commanding showcase of a singular musical mind at work.

Celine Dion Stretches Blockbuster Paris Residency into May 2027

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Celine Dion can’t keep up with the demand, so she’s adding more nights. The pop powerhouse has announced ten new dates for May 2027 at Paris La Défense Arena, answering what promoters call unprecedented demand from fans who registered for the initial Celine Dion Paris 2026 presale. What started as a five-week engagement already grew by six shows in the fall, and now the residency stretches deep into the following spring.

Concerts West/AEG Presents and Inter Concerts say dedicated sales windows for the added shows go to a select number of fans who previously registered through Fair AXS and the Paris La Défense Arena venue presale. Presales begin Wednesday, June 3, ahead of the general sale on Friday, June 5 at 23:59 CEST. Selected fans get an email from their registration point with purchase instructions the day before. Ticket and Hotel Experiences also open Wednesday, June 3 at 10 am CEST.

The show itself runs through Dion’s most beloved hits in both French and English, a tribute to the songs that have carried her career across generations. Award-winning show designer Willo Perron handles creative direction, and the production promises a reunion worth the wait between one of the greatest performers of her era and the fans who’ve followed her.

Authorized ticket sellers include Paris La Défense Arena, AXS France, Ticketmaster France, Fnac Spectacles, and Event Travel. As before, a limited number of VIP Packages and a select quantity of officially issued tickets through AXS Premium and Ticketmaster Platinum are available across all shows, subject to availability.

Celine Dion Paris 2026-2027 Dates:

Saturday, September 12

Wednesday, September 16

Friday, September 18

Saturday, September 19

Wednesday, September 23

Friday, September 25

Saturday, September 26

Wednesday, September 30

Friday, October 2

Saturday, October 3

Wednesday, October 7

Friday, October 9

Saturday, October 10

Wednesday, October 14

Friday, October 16

Saturday, October 17

Saturday, May 8

Wednesday, May 12

Friday, May 14

Saturday, May 15

Wednesday, May 19

Friday, May 21

Saturday, May 22

Wednesday, May 26

Friday, May 28

Saturday, May 29

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Pulls in Keith Urban for New Single “Brown Paper Bag”

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Billy Gibbons has a new single out, and he brought a friend. The ZZ Top guitarist has released “Brown Paper Bag,” a track featuring Keith Urban on lead guitar. Gibbons kept the description simple on social media, calling Urban “my good buddy, Keith Urban, playing some good-ass guitar.” No further details on the song have surfaced yet.

The single adds to Gibbons’ run of solo work outside ZZ Top. He’s put out three solo albums to date, all via Concord Records, starting with 2015’s ‘Perfectamundo’, followed by 2018’s ‘The Big Bad Blues’ and 2021’s ‘Hardware’. “Brown Paper Bag” keeps the momentum going between projects.

The release lands just ahead of a busy summer for ZZ Top. The trio opens a European tour in Tartu, Estonia on June 22, then heads back to the States for more shows in August.

Texas Songwriting Lifer Ray Wylie Hubbard Cranks It Up on ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real’

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At nearly 80, Ray Wylie Hubbard is still cranking out rock & roll meant to be played loud. The Texas songwriting lifer returns August 21 with ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real’, his 20th album, a lean and snarly slab of primer-grey garage rock cut in the tradition of the 13th Floor Elevators, Mouse and the Traps, and the True Believers. Hubbard has written plenty of richly poetic stunners over the decades, but this one is built squarely for the “Wanna Rock and Roll” crowd.

The album marks Hubbard’s homecoming to his own Bordello Records, distributed by Soundly Music/Thirty Tigers, after a two-album run on Nashville’s Big Machine. “They treated me great, and did everything they could,” he says, “but it was kind of limited because I’m an old guy. I’m no longer a country hunk, you know?” Lead single “Cassette Mix Tape” tells of a night of lustful misadventure in Dad’s stolen car, soundtracked by Golden Earring, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Seger, complete with a surrealist animated video.

Hubbard walked into co-producer Jonathan Tyler’s Austin studio planning to keep things lean and mean, with only his tried-and-true band on the call sheet: drummer Kyle Schneider, bassist John Michael Schoepf, and his electric and Resonator guitar-playing son Lucas. A small bench of ringers filled it out, including organ player Bukka Allen, Reckless Kelly’s fiddle and mandolin ace Cody Braun, and guitarist Tobin Dale. “Tobin’s a young rock ‘n’ roll guy I met up in Nashville who plays very tasty slide,” Hubbard says. “With him and Lucas, we had our own Keith Richards and Ron Wood kind of thing going.”

The title nods to how the thing got made. Three songs, “El Diablo Esta Ganando,” “Dog or Wolf,” and “Tip Your Hat to the Black Crow,” went straight to tape on Tyler’s cool old gear. “Just hit record and play, you know?” Hubbard says. What started as a demo session turned into eight tracks, after he heard Tyler’s three-mic drum setup and fell for the sound on the spot.

Two more songs came together a world away in Los Angeles, at Mike Campbell’s studio off Ventura Boulevard. The Dirty Knobs leader and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist called Hubbard out of the blue. “He said, ‘Ray? It’s Mike Campbell. I was over with Ringo, and your name came up, and I told Ringo I really liked your writing,'” Hubbard recalls. “So Ringo gave me your number and said, ‘Call him!'” Two cuts later, Hubbard had himself a record.

The final piece was the mastering. After a couple of passes sanded off too many of the sharp edges, Hubbard rang Gurf Morlix, the guitarist and producer who first worked with him 25 years ago on ‘Eternal and Lowdown’. Morlix never played a note on the record, but his mastering threw enough growl back into the works to bring it back to real. Hearing it again, Hubbard had his verdict: “I’m not going to say this is the best record I’ve done. I’ll say it’s the best record I’ve ever heard.”

He figures this one might be the last full album. “This will probably be my last album,” he says, a few months shy of 80. “I still like writing songs. In fact, I’ve got so many damn songs that I don’t know what to do with them.” The plan from here is to keep cutting singles as they come and see what happens.

Reel 2 Reel 4 Real Track List:

  1. “Cassette Mix Tape”
  2. “El Diablo Esta Ganando”
  3. “A Murder of Crows”
  4. “Look What The Cat Drug In”
  5. “Dog or Wolf”
  6. “Tip Your Hat to the Black Crow”
  7. “Gods Playing Poker”
  8. “Cobwebs”
  9. “She Plays ‘Crazy Mama'”
  10. “The Night”