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President Announces 2026 North American Headlining Tour With Support From Cenobia and Showing Teeth

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President Announces 2026 North American Headlining Tour With Support From Cenobia and Showing Teeth

Fresh off their first-ever full U.S. run supporting Bad Omens, UK-based masked collective President are returning to North America this fall to headline their own coast-to-coast run. Produced by Live Nation, the 26-date tour kicks off September 4 at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville and wraps October 14 at House of Blues in Dallas, hitting Chicago, Brooklyn, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, and more along the way. Cenobia and Showing Teeth join as support on select dates. Presales open April 2, with general on sale April 3 at 10am local time.

Operating since 2025 under a cloak of anonymity and refusing to conform to traditional genre or identity structures, President has been building serious momentum with each single and live performance. Their latest track “Mercy” arrives with perfectly executed dynamics, blending memorable melodies and heavy riffs with gritty breakdowns into another fully realized anthem. Multi-million streams in and a headlining tour locked in, President is moving fast and on their own terms.

Tour Dates:

Sept 4 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl

Sept 5 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall

Sept 8 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre

Sept 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount

Sept 11 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

Sept 12 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS

Sept 13 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live

Sept 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

Sept 16 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring

Sept 19 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall

Sept 20 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground

Sept 22 – Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues

Sept 23 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre

Sept 25 – Kansas City, MO – Warehouse On Broadway

Sept 26 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall

Sept 28 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot

Sept 29 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl

Oct 1 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House & Event Center

Oct 2 – Seattle, WA – The Neptune Theatre

Oct 6 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre

Oct 7 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

Oct 9 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues

Oct 10 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren

Oct 12 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre

Oct 13 – Houston, TX – House of Blues

Oct 14 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues

Rising Country Powerhouse Preston Cooper Hits the Gas at Radio With New Single “One for the Road”

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Rising Country Powerhouse Preston Cooper Hits the Gas at Radio With New Single “One for the Road”

Preston Cooper is bringing full-throttle energy to country radio with his new single “One For The Road,” out now via Blue Highway Records. Written alongside hitmakers Brad Warren and Brett Warren, the guitar-driven anthem blends heartland storytelling with a rebellious, Black Crowes-inspired edge, painting vivid snapshots of small-town life and open-road freedom. Cooper calls it straight: “It’s one that people have been requesting, so we’re giving it to them just in time to turn it up with the windows down.”

The track has already been making noise well before its radio impact date. “One For The Road” has been adopted as soundtrack music for ESPN’s College GameDay, Fox Sports’ NASCAR coverage, and Fox Sports’ NCAA Ohio State football coverage, and Cooper first sparked early programmer support with a standing-ovation performance at last year’s Country Radio Seminar. “When I wrote this song, it reminded me of what I grew up listening to,” he says. “It stays true to who I am musically and I’m so excited to show the world what I have to offer.”

Cooper carries serious momentum into this release. His breakout 2025 included touring with Riley Green and Kameron Marlowe, the release of his debut album ‘Toledo Talkin”, and a Grand Ole Opry debut introduced by Vince Gill. Most recently he earned his first outside songwriter credits on two of Gill’s February releases, a milestone that speaks to exactly the kind of artist Cooper is becoming.

A summer packed with live shows and festival dates lies ahead, and “One For The Road” is the perfect soundtrack for all of it.

Dua Lipa Takes the Reins as Curator of the 2026 London Literature Festival This October

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Dua Lipa Takes the Reins as Curator of the 2026 London Literature Festival This October

Dua Lipa is stepping into a new role this fall. The Southbank Centre has announced that the GRAMMY and Brit Award-winning global superstar and founder of the Service95 Book Club will curate the 2026 London Literature Festival, running October 21 through November 1. Lipa will lead events during the opening weekend of October 24-25 and contribute programming throughout the festival in partnership with her Service95 Book Club. “Reading has anchored me through every chapter of my life,” she says. “Curating the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival is a dream come true. I’m thrilled to indulge one of my greatest obsessions: books and the brilliant minds behind them.”

The festival marks its 19th edition as part of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary year, taking place during the National Year of Reading. It is the longest-running literature and spoken word festival in London, with previous headliners including Ai Weiwei, Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Tom Hanks, and Yulia Navalnaya. Self-Esteem held the curator role in 2025. Lipa’s programming will feature a mix of established and emerging writers alongside an array of free events, with a national program reaching one million people across more than 40 towns and cities in all four nations of the UK.

Launched in 2023, Service95 Book Club sees Lipa select a monthly book and sit down with its author for an accompanying podcast. Her advocacy extends beyond the platform itself, with a particular focus on marginalized readers facing barriers to books, including those affected by book bans or incarceration. Bringing that passion to one of London’s most iconic cultural institutions is a natural next step for an artist who has consistently operated well beyond the boundaries of pop music.

This is a significant cultural moment, and the full program will be one worth watching closely as it comes together.

Benson Boone Takes the “Wanted Man Tour” Across North America This Summer

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Benson Boone Takes the “Wanted Man Tour” Across North America This Summer

Benson Boone is heading back out on the road. The 2026 Wanted Man Tour kicks off July 7 in Pittsburgh and runs through September 3 in Casper, WY, covering 34 arena dates across North America. Presales open Wednesday, April 1, with general on sale following Friday, April 3 at 11am local time. The announcement comes on the heels of a sold-out global American Heart Tour and a headline set at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco as part of the Super Bowl LX concert series.

Boone arrives at this tour with serious commercial momentum behind him. His second studio album ‘American Heart’, released in June 2025, debuted in the Top 10 in 10 countries including number 2 in the U.S. and Canada and number 1 in Australia and New Zealand. During release week he held 3 songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Mystical Magical” and “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” both surpassing half a billion streams each. His Saturday Night Live debut in May 2025 featured both tracks, and the album’s momentum has shown no signs of slowing.

The foundation for all of it remains “Beautiful Things,” the eight-times platinum breakthrough from his debut album ‘Fireworks & Rollerblades’ that became the number 1 most-streamed song in the world in 2024. It logged 7 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Global 200, hit number 1 at Top 40, Hot AC, and AC radio, and earned Boone two Billboard Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, an iHeartRadio Music Award, and the BMI Champion Award among others. Last April at Coachella, he brought out Brian May of Queen for a viral rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a moment that encapsulated exactly where Boone sits right now: a genuine superstar operating at full scale.

The Wanted Man Tour is arena-sized and coast-to-coast. Tickets go on sale April 3.

Tour Dates:

July 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

July 8 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

July 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

July 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

July 13 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

July 15 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

July 16 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena

July 18 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center

July 19 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse

July 22 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum

July 24 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena

July 27 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

July 28 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

July 30 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Aug 2 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena

Aug 4 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Aug 5 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

Aug 7 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose

Aug 8 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center

Aug 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena

Aug 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena

Aug 14 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena

Aug 15 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena

Aug 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center

Aug 20 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center

Aug 21 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Aug 23 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center

Aug 25 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Aug 26 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Aug 28 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC

Aug 29 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena

Aug 31 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

Sept 1 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center

Sept 3 – Casper, WY – Ford Wyoming Center

Queen Celebrate ‘Queen II’ With Lavish Collector’s Edition Box Set Featuring Remixes, Outtakes, and Unseen Memorabilia

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Queen Celebrate ‘Queen II’ With Lavish Collector’s Edition Box Set Featuring Remixes, Outtakes, and Unseen Memorabilia

Queen are streaming the newly released ‘Queen II’ Collector’s Edition, out now via Hollywood Records. The lavish 5CD+2LP box set features a brand new 2026 remix and remaster of the album, intimate fly-on-the-wall studio audio, previously unheard outtakes and demos, live tracks, radio sessions, and a 112-page book packed with unseen photographs, handwritten lyrics, diary entries, special memorabilia, and band memories from the recording sessions. Brian May speaks to the album’s significance directly: “Queen II was the single biggest leap we ever made. That’s when we really started making music the way we wanted to, rather than the way we were being pushed into recording it.”

Arguably Queen’s heaviest record, ‘Queen II’ reached number 5 on the UK album charts and delivered the band its first hit single when “Seven Seas Of Rhye” reached number 10 in the UK. The Collector’s Edition is also available in 2xCD Deluxe, Vinyl LP, Vinyl Picture Disc LP, 1xCD, and cassette formats, all featuring the new 2026 mix. For a record this important to the Queen catalogue, this kind of treatment is long overdue and entirely earned.

Steve Martin and Alison Brown Drop Clever “New Cluck Old Hen” Video Featuring Della Mae

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Steve Martin and Alison Brown Drop Clever “New Cluck Old Hen” Video Featuring Della Mae

GRAMMY Award-winning banjoists Steve Martin and Alison Brown have shared the video for their chart-topping single “New Cluck Old Hen,” premiered by People Magazine and filmed at Brooklyn’s beloved folk venue Jalopy. The track features all-female bluegrass powerhouse quartet Della Mae, with Celia Woodsmith’s emotive lead vocals sitting perfectly alongside Martin’s reimagined lyrics for the traditional Appalachian folk song “Cluck Old Hen.” Martin explains the origin simply: “I always loved the classic American mountain tune ‘Cluck Old Hen.’ Its only problem was it was about chickens. So one day I decided to see if I could give it a new lyric spin. Alison agreed and arranged it with ‘power/bluegrass/fusion.’ Whatever that is.”

Brown knew immediately who belonged on the track. “Once I read Steve’s lyrics I knew Della Mae would be perfect for the song,” she says. “And they totally laid down the law, bringing the perfect combination of bluegrass drive and femme attitude to the track.” Della Mae delivers exactly that, with Kimber Ludiker on fiddle, Avril Smith on guitar, and Vickie Vaughn on bass rounding out a performance that lands as a fitting capstone to Women’s History Month.

“New Cluck Old Hen” appears on Brown and Martin’s debut collaborative album ‘Safe, Sensible and Sane’, out now via Compass Records. The record showcases a wide-ranging evolution of banjo music with contributions from Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, Indigo Girls, Tim O’Brien, Aoife O’Donovan, and Jason Mraz. Billboard named their collaboration with Jackson Browne, “Dear Time,” one of the 100 Best Songs of 2025, and both artists are currently featured in the American Currents exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Over three years of collaboration, Martin and Brown have produced 4 number one singles on bluegrass radio and accumulated more than 77 million views across social media platforms. Alison Brown made history as the first female recipient of the IBMA’s Banjo Player of the Year award back in 1991, while Martin was named Entertainer of the Year in 2011 and founded the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, awarding over $500,000 to banjo players across genres. This is a partnership firing on all cylinders, and “New Cluck Old Hen” is the proof.

Progressive Rock Powerhouse NMB Announce Tour Dates in Support of Album ‘L.I.F.T.’

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Progressive Rock Powerhouse NMB Announce Tour Dates in Support of Album ‘L.I.F.T.’

NMB, the progressive rock collective built around Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Eric Gillette, Bill Hubauer, and Randy George, have announced a short run of shows in support of their latest studio album ‘L.I.F.T.’ The run covers 5 U.S. dates including a sold-out performance at Morsefest USA in Nashville, before the band heads to Europe for Morsefest Netherlands and a final show at Morsefest UK. Written and recorded during a period of major transition, ‘L.I.F.T.’ captures the full lineup at their most instinctive and inspired, and these shows will bring that chemistry to the stage in full force. Tickets are available now.

Tour Dates:

Aug 11 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater

Aug 12 – St Charles, IL – Arcada Theater

Aug 14 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues

Aug 16 – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door

Aug 21-22 – Nashville, TN – Morsefest USA (SOLD OUT)

Aug 28-29 – Zoetermeer, NL – Morsefest Netherlands

Sept 4-5 – Brentwood, UK – Morsefest UK

Montreal’s Elephant Stone Announce 10th Album ‘ASHA’ and Drop Fierce Lead Single “Everything Evil”

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Montreal’s Elephant Stone Announce 10th Album ‘ASHA’ and Drop Fierce Lead Single “Everything Evil”

Elephant Stone have announced their 10th studio album, ‘ASHA’, due August 28 via Elephants On Parade/Little Cloud Records, and the lead single “Everything Evil” arrives as one of the most direct and aggressive things Montreal’s Rishi Dhir has ever committed to tape. A sub-two-minute proto-psych-punk blast, raw and hooky and over before you’ve caught your breath, it sets the tone for an album that carries enormous personal weight. ‘ASHA’ is the Sanskrit word for “Hope,” and the record is named after Dhir’s late mother, who passed away earlier this year. “It feels like there’s a lot of evil in the world right now,” says Dhir, “and ‘Everything Evil’ is a direct response to that — it’s short, it’s angry, and it gets straight to the point.”

The album moves through darker and more expansive terrain than the single suggests, balancing Elephant Stone’s signature raga-rock foundations with a newfound urgency born from grief. It opens with the hypnotic “Here Comes The Rising Sun” and closes with the ethereal “Spirit, Take Me Away,” featuring a guest appearance from Amy Millan of Stars and Broken Social Scene. Produced, engineered, and mixed entirely by Dhir at his Montreal home studio, Sacred Sound, ‘ASHA’ draws on two decades of blurring Western psych-pop with Indian classical tradition and a collaborative history that includes The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Beck, and his role in psych-supergroup MIEN.

This is an album made at a defining moment in an artist’s life, and it sounds exactly like that. Limited-edition vinyl is available for pre-order now via Little Cloud Records.

‘ASHA’ Track Listing:

  1. Here Comes The Rising Sun
  2. Everything Evil
  3. Fascists Killed Yer Rock ‘N’ Roll
  4. I Got A Pill
  5. Broken Arrow
  6. A Beautiful Fate
  7. Parallel And Contrary Motion
  8. Sleepwalking In Prague
  9. Spirit, Take Me Away (feat. Amy Millan)

KJ Apa Stars as Jimmy Stewart in JIMMY, Opening Nationwide November 6

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KJ Apa Stars as Jimmy Stewart in JIMMY, Opening Nationwide November 6

Burns & Co. Entertainment and Fathom Entertainment have announced that JIMMY, the highly anticipated feature film about the life of Jimmy Stewart, will open nationwide on November 6, 2026. KJ Apa leads the cast as Stewart, guiding audiences through the most transformative years of the beloved American icon’s life, from his Academy Award win for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story to his service as a combat pilot and commander in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, flying 20 missions over Europe and rising to the rank of colonel, before returning home to find George Bailey waiting.

The ensemble cast surrounding Apa is genuinely impressive. Kara Killmer plays Lady Julia, Neal McDonough takes on Stewart’s father Alexander, Max Casella plays Frank Capra, Jason Alexander portrays Louis B. Mayer, Christopher McDonald steps in as Lionel Barrymore, and Sarah Drew plays Hedda Hopper. Rob Riggle, Julian Works, Jemma Donovan, and Jen Lilley round out a cast that brings Hollywood’s golden age and the European theatre of World War II to life with real weight. Aaron Burns directed from a script by Justin Strawhand, and Kelly Steward Harcourt, Jimmy’s daughter, serves as Executive Producer.

Fathom CEO Ray Nutt will host KJ Apa and debut JIMMY footage at CinemaCon on April 16. Burns & Co. has also announced a Give Back campaign in partnership with Vet Tix, a veteran-led nonprofit, with the goal of providing 1 million donated tickets to veterans and their families. All donations are 100% tax deductible with 100% of proceeds going directly toward donated tickets. And for those who fall hard for the film, Nutt has already confirmed that ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ returns to theatres December 18 for its 80th anniversary.

Tickets go on sale this September at FathomEntertainment.com and participating theatre box offices.

Grammy-Winning Bluegrass Savant Billy Strings Announces Massive Fall 2026 U.S. Tour

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Grammy-Winning Bluegrass Savant Billy Strings Announces Massive Fall 2026 U.S. Tour

Billy Strings is taking his Grammy-winning bluegrass to arenas and theatres across the U.S. this fall, with a run that stretches from September through December and hits Denver, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New Orleans, Fort Worth, and more. The newly announced dates round out an already packed 2026 schedule that kicks off April 2 with a three-show run in St. Augustine, Florida, and includes a slot at Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July picnic in Austin alongside Wilco, Sheryl Crow, and Margo Price.

Strings arrives at these dates riding serious momentum. His 2024 album ‘Highway Prayers’, produced with Jon Brion, won Best Bluegrass Album at the Grammy Awards in February, his second consecutive win in the category. That kind of back-to-back recognition at the highest level of the industry speaks to exactly where Strings sits right now: at the absolute top of his genre and pulling audiences that go well beyond it.

The fall leg alone covers 20 cities across the country, from the Paramount Theatre in Denver to the Kia Forum in Inglewood to the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. This is a full-scale touring operation from an artist operating at full capacity, and every date on this list is worth showing up for.

Tickets and full details are available now.

Tour Dates:

Apr 2 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Apr 3 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Apr 4 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Apr 8 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena

Apr 10 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena

Apr 11 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena

Apr 14 – Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum

Apr 17 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena

Apr 18 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena

Apr 22 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum

Apr 24 – Fishers, IN – Fishers Event Center

Apr 25 – Fishers, IN – Fishers Event Center

Apr 26 – Fishers, IN – Fishers Event Center

Jul 4 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

Jul 14 – Roanoke, VA – Berglund Center

Jul 17 – Portsmouth, VA – Portsmouth Pavilion

Jul 18 – Portsmouth, VA – Portsmouth Pavilion

Jul 21 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena

Jul 22 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena

Jul 24 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena

Jul 25 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena

Jul 28 – Hartford, CT – PeoplesBank Arena

Jul 31 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Aug 1 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Aug 28 – Ionia, MI – Ionia Freak Fair

Aug 29 – Ionia, MI – Ionia Freak Fair

Sep 18 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Sep 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Sep 20 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre

Sep 25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre

Sep 26 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

Sep 28 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena

Oct 2 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena

Oct 3 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena

Oct 6 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Arena

Oct 9 – Everett, WA – Angel of the Winds Arena

Oct 10 – Everett, WA – Angel of the Winds Arena

Oct 23 – Huntsville, AL – The Orion Amphitheater

Oct 24 – Huntsville, AL – The Orion Amphitheater

Oct 30 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Oct 31 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Dec 4 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre

Dec 5 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center

Dec 9 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre

Dec 11 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

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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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