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Rebelution, The Offspring and Kolohe Kai Head Up San Diego’s Mission Bayfest This October

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Mission Bayfest returns to San Diego’s Mariner’s Point Park for its fifth year, running October 16 through 18 with a lineup built squarely around the SoCal musical identity. Headliners Rebelution, Kolohe Kai, and The Offspring anchor three days of reggae, pop, and alternative music on the waterfront. Single-day and three-day tickets go on general sale March 20 at 10 a.m. PT, with a presale launching March 19.

The supporting lineup fills out the bill with depth and range. Steel Pulse, SOJA, The Movement, and Common Kings bring serious reggae credibility, while The Interrupters and Goldfinger add ska-punk punch. The Expendables, Surfer Girl, and Jakob’s Castle round out a roster that reads like a love letter to Southern California’s musical heritage. VIP options are also available.

Bayfest was founded by local operators with deep roots in San Diego’s music and hospitality scene. Dominic Coleman of Single Fin Surf Grill and Sport Fishing, Joe Rinaldi of Music Box, and DJ Mikey Beats of Sleeping Giant Music built the festival to channel the spirit of the city’s legendary 1990s festival culture into something built for the present. In four years it has grown into one of Southern California’s most anticipated outdoor music events.

The setting remains one of the festival’s strongest assets. Mariner’s Point Park offers waterfront views, sandy shores, and grassy lawns alongside a curated marketplace of local artisans and a lineup of gourmet food trucks and local eateries. Three days of live music with the Pacific as the backdrop is exactly what San Diego does best.

October 16 through 18 at Mariner’s Point Park. General on-sale is March 20.

Disney’s Worlds Collide Concert Tour Expands to 48 Arenas Across North America This Fall

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AEG Presents and Disney Concerts have announced the Worlds Collide Concert Tour, a 48-arena North American run featuring stars from the Descendants, ZOMBIES, and Camp Rock franchises. The tour kicks off September 25 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert and closes December 13 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City. A Disney+ Perks presale begins March 23 at 10 a.m. local time, with general on-sale launching March 27.

The cast includes Malachi Barton, Liamani Segura, Dara ReneĆ©, Mekonnen Knife, Hudson Stone, Swayam Bhatia, Kiara Romero, and Alexandro Byrd, bringing together talent from across three generations of Disney franchise storytelling. The addition of Camp Rock to this year’s lineup expands the musical universe considerably, and the production promises next-level choreography and special effects to match the scale of the venues.

The numbers behind last year’s run make the expansion feel earned. The 2025 Descendants/ZOMBIES: Worlds Collide Tour grossed more than $40 million, sold 457,949 tickets across 44 shows, and earned a Pollstar Awards nomination for Top Family Tour. This year adds four more dates, three countries, and a deeper catalog of songs to draw from.

The routing covers the full breadth of North America, with major stops at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United Center in Chicago, Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Barclays Center in Brooklyn, TD Garden in Boston, State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and Toyota Center in Houston, before crossing into Mexico for arena dates in Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City.

VIP packages are available, including Q&A opportunities with the cast. Full details at worldscollidetour.com.

2026 Worlds Collide Concert Tour North American Dates:

September 25 — Palm Desert, CA — Acrisure Arena

September 26 — Phoenix, AZ — Mortgage Matchup Center

September 28 — Los Angeles, CA — Crypto.com Arena

September 30 — Inglewood, CA — Kia Forum

October 1 — Anaheim, CA — Honda Center

October 3 — San Francisco, CA — Chase Center

October 4 — Sacramento, CA — Golden 1 Center

October 6 — Portland, OR — Moda Center

October 8 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena

October 10 — Tacoma, WA — Tacoma Dome

October 11 — Spokane, WA — Spokane Arena

October 13 — Boise, ID — ExtraMile Arena

October 14 — Salt Lake City, UT — Delta Center

October 17 — Kansas City, MO — T-Mobile Center

October 18 — Minneapolis, MN — Target Center

October 19 — Chicago, IL — United Center

October 21 — Rosemont, IL — Allstate Arena

October 22 — Cincinnati, OH — Heritage Bank Center

October 23 — Detroit, MI — Little Caesars Arena

October 25 — Cleveland, OH — Rocket Arena

October 27 — Indianapolis, IN — Gainbridge Fieldhouse

October 28 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena

October 30 — Ottawa, ON — Canadian Tire Centre

October 31 — Hamilton, ON — TD Coliseum

November 1 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena

November 3 — Boston, MA — TD Garden

November 4 — Worcester, MA — DCU Center

November 6 — Hartford, CT — PeoplesBank Arena

November 7 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

November 8 — Belmont Park, NY — UBS Arena

November 10 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center

November 13 — Philadelphia, PA — Xfinity Mobile Arena

November 14 — Baltimore, MD — CFG Bank Arena

November 16 — Charlottesville, VA — John Paul Jones Arena

November 17 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena

November 19 — Charlotte, NC — Spectrum Center

November 20 — Greensboro, NC — First Horizon Coliseum

November 22 — Nashville, TN — Bridgestone Arena

November 24 — Sunrise, FL — Amerant Bank Arena

November 25 — Orlando, FL — Kia Center

November 28 — Tampa, FL — Benchmark International Arena

November 30 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena

December 2 — Houston, TX — Toyota Center

December 3 — Dallas, TX — American Airlines Center

December 4 — Austin, TX — Moody Center

December 8 — Monterrey, Mexico — Arena Monterrey

December 11 — Guadalajara, Mexico — Arena Guadalajara

December 13 — Mexico City, Mexico — Arena CDMX

Placebo Announce a Massive 30th Anniversary Tour and Reworked Debut Album

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Placebo have announced a sprawling UK and European 30th anniversary tour celebrating their 1996 self-titled debut album, kicking off September 28 in Porto and closing December 7 in Cardiff. Alongside the tour comes Placebo RE:CREATED, a reworked and embellished version of all ten original album tracks plus two bonus tracks, arriving June 19. Pre-orders open March 22, with an artist presale launching March 24 and general on-sale March 27.

The band describe RE:CREATED with rare precision: “We think of this record as a director’s cut. We went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record.” This is not a nostalgia exercise or a cash-in reissue. It is a deliberate act of completion, dragging a foundational record into the present while preserving everything that made it matter in the first place.

The tour is substantial by any measure. Forty-plus dates across Portugal, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, and the UK. Venues include the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Accor Arena in Paris, OVO Arena Wembley in London, and OVO Hydro in Glasgow. The setlist will draw from the debut alongside its celebrated 1998 follow-up ‘Without You I’m Nothing.’

Before the main run, Placebo play a special show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on March 28 in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, and appear at Zermatt Unplugged in Switzerland on April 11. Both dates arrive ahead of the RE:CREATED release and give a preview of what the anniversary celebration has in store.

Placebo emerged during the height of Britpop in 1996 with a sound that sat deliberately outside the era’s dominant aesthetic, darker, more confrontational, and more emotionally raw. Thirty years on, the debut still holds. RE:CREATED makes the case that it always will.

Placebo 30th Anniversary Tour 2026:

March 28 — London, UK — Royal Albert Hall (for Teenage Cancer Trust)

April 11 — Zermatt, Switzerland — Zermatt Unplugged 2026

September 28 — Porto, Portugal — Super Bock Arena

September 29 — Lisbon, Portugal — Sagres Campo Pequeno

October 1 — Madrid, Spain — Movistar Arena

October 3 — Barcelona, Spain — Sant Jordi Club

October 5 — Toulouse, France — ZĆ©nith de Toulouse

October 7 — Saint-Herblain, France — Zenith Nantes Metropole

October 9 — Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg — Rockhal

October 12 — Leipzig, Germany — QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG

October 15 — Vilnius, Lithuania — Twinsbet Arena

October 16 — Riga, Latvia — Arēna RÄ«ga

October 18 — Helsinki, Finland — Hartwall Arena

October 20 — Stockholm, Sweden — Annexet

October 22 — Oslo, Norway — Oslo Spektrum

October 24 — Frederiksberg, Denmark — K.B. Hallen

October 26 — Hamburg, Germany — Barclays Arena

October 27 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ziggo Dome

October 29 — Frankfurt, Germany — Festhalle Messe Frankfurt

November 1 — Antwerp, Belgium — AFAS Dome

November 2 — Cologne, Germany — Lanxess Arena

November 4 — Zurich, Switzerland — Hallenstadion

November 6 — Milan, Italy — Unipol Forum

November 9 — Munich, Germany — Olympiahalle

November 10 — Vienna, Austria — Wiener Stadthalle

November 13 — Budapest, Hungary — Papp LĆ”szló Budapest SportarĆ©na

November 15 — Prague, Czechia — SportovnĆ­ Hala

November 16 — Berlin, Germany — Uber Arena

November 18 — Lodz, Poland — Atlas Arena

November 21 — Stuttgart, Germany — Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

November 23 — Lyon, France — LDLC Arena

November 25 — Paris, France — Accor Arena

November 28 — Nottingham, UK — Motorpoint Arena

November 30 — Glasgow, UK — OVO Hydro

December 2 — Dublin, Ireland — 3Arena

December 4 — Manchester, UK — Co-op Live

December 5 — London, UK — OVO Arena Wembley

December 7 — Cardiff, UK — Utilita Arena Cardiff

Passion Pit Announce a Massive Summer Tour and New EP

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Passion Pit are back on the road. Michael Angelakos and his full band have announced a North American summer tour stretching from June through August, hitting club dates, major festivals, and two nights at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. Tickets are available now. The run includes stops at Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Summerfest, Middle Waves Music Festival, Minnesota Yacht Club Festival, and Up In The Sky Festival in Aspen.

The tour arrives alongside the announcement of the Pretty Penny EP, a new release celebrating twenty years since the Chunk of Change debut EP, which launched Passion Pit from Angelakos’ dorm room in Boston to sold-out shows and a Best New Band award from the Boston Phoenix. The release date and tracklist will be announced soon, but Angelakos has signaled it will point toward a significant volume of new material recorded with the full band, a first for Passion Pit.

That full band, Giuliano Pizzulo on lead guitar and synths, Eric Scullin on bass and synths, Denzel Cox on organs and synths, and Ben Barter on drums and drum machine, brings a new dimension to Angelakos’ songwriting that fans have not heard on record before. The live show has always been where Passion Pit’s layered, emotionally charged sound hits hardest, and a full-band studio record promises to capture that energy in a new way.

“Sleepyhead,” the triple-platinum breakthrough from Chunk of Change, remains one of indie pop’s most beloved songs. A new remix with Sofi Tukker, released in March 2025, introduced it to a fresh generation. The Pretty Penny EP and this tour together frame a band that is honoring its origins while moving decisively forward.

Thirty-five dates. Two decades of music. This summer, Passion Pit are everywhere.

North American Passion Pit Tour Dates:

June 6 — Fort Wayne, IN — Middle Waves Music Festival

June 7 — Detroit, MI — Majestic Theatre

June 9 — Richmond, VA — The National

June 10 — Norfolk, VA — The NorVa

June 11 — Columbia, SC — The Senate

June 13 — Manchester, TN — Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

June 14 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore

June 16 — Indianapolis, IN — Egyptian Room at Old National Centre

June 18 — Milwaukee, WI — Summerfest

June 19 — St. Louis, MO — The Hawthorn

June 20 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman

June 22 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE

June 23 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall

June 24 — Cleveland, OH — Globe Iron

June 26 — Rothbury, MI — Electric Forest

July 19 — Saint Paul, MN — Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

July 20 — Chicago, IL — Riviera Theater

July 22 — Buffalo, NY — Electric City

July 24 — Boston, MA — House of Blues

July 25 — New York, NY — The Rooftop at Pier 17

July 26 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore

July 28 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club

July 29 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club

July 31 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz

August 1 — Atlanta, GA — The Eastern

August 3 — Oklahoma City, OK — Tower Theatre

August 5 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren

August 7 — Aspen, CO — Up In The Sky Festival

August 9 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre

August 11 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex, Rockwell

August 13 — Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo

August 14 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater

August 16 — Oakland, CA — Fox Theater

August 18 — Los Angeles, CA — The Bellwether

Wayne Perkins, Legendary Session Guitarist Who Was THIS Close To Joining The Rolling Stones, Dead at 74

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Wayne Perkins, the Alabama-born guitarist whose extraordinary career brought him within inches of joining the Rolling Stones, died on March 16 after suffering a stroke. He was 74. His brother Dale confirmed the news on social media: “He was one of a kind, and we loved him very much.”

The story of Wayne Perkins is one of music history’s great near-misses, and one of its great careers. After Mick Taylor left the Stones in late 1974, Eric Clapton, a close friend of Perkins, personally called Mick Jagger to recommend him. Perkins played lead guitar on three tracks from the band’s 1976 album ‘Black and Blue,’ including the scorching “Hand of Fate,” the ballads “Memory Motel” and “Fool to Cry,” and a fourth track, “Worried About You,” later released on 1981’s ‘Tattoo You.’ Keith Richards wrote warmly of him in his 2010 memoir ‘Life’: “We liked Perkins a lot. He was a lovely player.” In the end, Ronnie Wood got the job, Richards explaining simply that the band wanted to keep an Englishman in the lineup.

It was not the first legendary band to come calling. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant, one of Perkins’ closest friends, asked him to join the band. Perkins declined, saying “they didn’t need me and I had a lot of other stuff coming my way.” That other stuff was considerable. Working out of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in the early 1970s, he became one of the most sought-after session guitarists in the world, playing on records with Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Jimmy Cliff. Island Records founder Chris Blackwell was so impressed he brought Perkins to London as part of trio Smith Perkins Smith, the first American act signed to Island Records.

In London, Blackwell placed Perkins in the sessions for Bob Marley and the Wailers’ breakthrough 1973 album ‘Catch a Fire,’ where he contributed lead guitar overdubs to “Concrete Jungle,” “Stir It Up,” and “Baby We’ve Got a Date.” His playing helped make the record more accessible to rock audiences, though he went uncredited on the original liner notes until a 2001 reissue. A year later, he played on Joni Mitchell’s landmark ‘Court and Spark,’ with Sounds magazine specifically citing his guitar work on “Car on a Hill.” For a period, he and Mitchell were also romantically linked.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1951, Perkins taught himself guitar at 12 and was playing session work by 15. He is survived by his brother Dale and his four sisters. Al.com, which profiled him extensively in 2017, described him as “arguably the greatest guitarist Alabama ever produced.” Based on the records he left behind, that is a difficult argument to dispute.

Dr. Dre Joins Jay-Z, Taylor Swift and BeyoncƩ Among the Six Billionaire Musicians of 2026

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The Forbes World’s Billionaires list for March 2026 now counts six musicians among its ranks, with Dr. Dre the newest addition after officially crossing the billion-dollar threshold in early 2026. His wealth stems from the landmark sale of Beats Electronics to Apple, his Aftermath Entertainment label, and his Still G.I.N. spirits venture. He joins a group whose combined financial footprint reflects how dramatically the music industry’s top earners have diversified beyond the recording studio.

Jay-Z leads the list at an estimated $2.8 billion, built on liquor brands Armand de Brignac and D’UssĆ©, his Roc Nation entertainment empire, and early tech investments in companies including Uber and Block. Taylor Swift follows at $2.0 billion, a figure that carries a notable distinction. Forbes identifies her as the first musician to reach billionaire status primarily through music performance, touring, and songwriting rather than external business ventures. Her Eras Tour and a catalog valued at approximately $600 million are the foundation.

Bruce Springsteen holds $1.2 billion, anchored by decades of touring and his 2021 sale of music rights to Sony for an estimated $500 million. BeyoncƩ, who joined the list in late 2025 on the back of her Renaissance and Cowboy Carter tours, sits at $1.0 billion alongside ventures including her CƩcred hair care line and SirDavis whiskey. Rihanna also sits at $1.0 billion, driven primarily by her 50% ownership of Fenty Beauty and the Savage X Fenty lingerie brand.

Combined, Jay-Z and BeyoncĆ©’s household net worth sits at approximately $3.8 billion. Kanye West, previously on the list, dropped off following the end of his Adidas partnership and is currently estimated at $400 million. Six names, six very different paths to the same threshold, and a clear signal that music’s biggest earners are building empires that extend well beyond their catalogs.

How Professional Commercial Cleaning Creates Safer and More Productive Work Environments

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By Mitch Rice

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Metal Supergroup Nuclear Messiah Drops “For Mad Men Only” Ahead of All-Star Album ‘Black Flame’

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Nuclear Messiah have released “For Mad Men Only,” the new single from their upcoming all-star album ‘Black Flame,’ arriving April 24 via Cleopatra Records. The track is a roaring metal cover of the 1970s May Blitz tune of the same name, featuring Joe Lynn Turner on vocals, Pat Travers on guitar, Alan Davey on bass, and Shawn Drover on drums, all anchored by the visionary guitar work of former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland. The video is out now.

Turner captures the spirit of the recording well: “I never thought after 56 years that I’d be doing a metal cover version of a May Blitz song. Recording ‘For Mad Men Only’ was a time warp experience.” That sense of unlikely reunion runs through the entire ‘Black Flame’ project, which unites 36 iconic musicians across five decades of rock and metal history on a single album.

‘Black Flame’ opens with a spoken introduction from William Shatner and draws contributors from the worlds of Guns N’ Roses, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, UFO, Rainbow, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, Yes, and more. The eleven-track album blends eye-opening covers of Lucifer’s Friend, May Blitz, NWOBHM heroes Holocaust, and Uriah Heep alongside entirely new material, each song composed by the artists who perform on it. The result is less a compilation than a genuine creative summit.

Poland reflects on the project with obvious pride: “If someone told me when I was a kid that I would be on a record someday with nearly 40 of rock’s royalty, I would have said you’re dreaming. Well, it happened.” Produced by Cleopatra founder Brian Perera, Derek Hughes, and Jürgen Engler, ‘Black Flame’ is available for pre-order now on CD, vinyl, and digital.

April 24 brings the full record. “For Mad Men Only” is the opening salvo, and it lands hard.

‘Black Flame’ Tracklisting:

  1. The Prophet Of Fallout feat. Chris Poland and William Shatner
  2. Devil Won’t Let Go feat. Chris Poland, Ronnie Romero, Vinnie Moore, Vinny Appice, Don Airey, Steve Di Giorgio
  3. Death Or Glory feat. Chris Poland, Thor, Bob Daisley, Glen Drover, Fred Aching
  4. Ride The Sky feat. Chris Poland, Arthur Brown, Vinny Appice, Alan Davey
  5. Dice And Thunder feat. Chris Poland, Rick Wakeman, Ronnie Romero, Bumblefoot, Steve Di Giorgio, Fred Aching
  6. For Mad Men Only feat. Chris Poland, Pat Travers, Joe Lynn Turner, Alan Davey, Shawn Drover
  7. Nuclear Messiah feat. Chris Poland, Lance Lopez, Greg Walker, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Vinny Appice, Don Airey
  8. Look At Yourself feat. Chris Poland, Sebastian Bach, Derek Sherinian, Bob Daisley, Mick Box, Carmine Appice
  9. She’s So Evil feat. Chris Poland, Joel Hoekstra, David Ellefson, Don Airey, Andrew Freeman, Simon Wright
  10. Black Flame feat. Chris Poland, Ronnie Romero, Jonathan Cain, Phil Soussan, Glen Drover, Chris Adler
  11. Electric Burn feat. Chris Poland, Marty Friedman, Joe Bouchard, Marc Lopes, Chris Adler

Public Image Ltd. Announce a Massive North American Tour and New Album

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Public Image Ltd. are returning to North America for one of the most extensive touring campaigns of their career. The run kicks off September 3 in Pioneertown, California, stretches through October, and then resumes in February 2027, continuing through late March with stops across the South, Midwest, and Florida. A new album of original material is also in progress, slated to arrive at the top of next year.

The tour arrives alongside Alive, a live album recorded during PiL’s 2025 tour, set for spring release. Together, the live record and the road run frame a band that has found renewed momentum after a deeply difficult period. John Lydon lost both his wife, Nora Forster, and his manager, Rambo Stevens, in 2023, and came close to stepping away from touring entirely. It was the response from fans that brought him back. “People were so overwhelmingly positive, they really showed me a lot of love,” he said.

Lydon is characteristically direct about what comes next: “We’ve just been into the studio for four weeks to start work on our new record. You’ll be hearing a lot more from PiL.” That new album, combined with a North American tour of this scale, signals a band operating with real intent rather than coasting on legacy.

The fall 2026 leg hits Pioneertown, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto, New York, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Richmond, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville. The winter and spring 2027 extension covers Salt Lake City, Denver, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and a run of Florida dates before closing out in Columbus, Ohio.

This Is Not The Last Tour. Based on the schedule, that feels like a challenge.

Public Image Ltd. Tour Dates:

September 3 — Pioneertown, CA — Pappy and Harriet’s

September 5 — Santa Cruz, CA — Rio Theatre

September 8 — Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory

September 10 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco

September 11 — San Diego, CA — House of Blues

September 12 — San Francisco, CA — The Fillmore

September 14 — Portland, OR — Wonder Ballroom

September 15 — Seattle, WA — Neptune Theatre

September 16 — Boise, ID — Treefort Music Hall

September 22 — Minneapolis, MN — First Avenue

September 23 — Milwaukee, WI — Turner Hall Ballroom

September 25 — Detroit, MI — St. Andrew’s Hall

September 26 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall

September 28 — New York, NY — Webster Hall

September 29 — Pittsburgh, PA — Roxian Theatre

October 1 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club

October 2 — Philadelphia, PA — Union Transfer

October 3 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club

October 5 — Richmond, VA — The National

October 6 — Raleigh, NC — Lincoln Theatre

October 8 — Atlanta, GA — Variety Playhouse

October 9 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl

February 17, 2027 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Grand at the Complex

February 18, 2027 — Denver, CO — Gothic Theatre

February 20, 2027 — Oklahoma City, OK — Tower Theatre

February 21, 2027 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theatre

February 23, 2027 — Austin, TX — Mohawk

February 24, 2027 — Dallas, TX — Echo Lounge and Music Hall

February 25, 2027 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall

February 27 — March 6, 2027 — New Orleans, LA — The ’80s Cruise 2027

March 8, 2027 — St. Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live

March 9, 2027 — Fort Myers, FL — The Ranch

March 10, 2027 — Fort Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live

March 12, 2027 — Orlando, FL — The Plaza Live

March 13, 2027 — Ponte Vedra Beach, FL — Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

March 14, 2027 — Charlotte, NC — The Underground

March 16, 2027 — Louisville, KY — Mercury Ballroom

March 17, 2027 — Lexington, KY — Manchester Music Hall

March 19, 2027 — St. Louis, MO — The Sovereign

March 21, 2027 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogart’s

March 23, 2027 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall

Pop Star and New York Times Bestselling Author David Archuleta Releases the Deeply Personal DEVOUT EP

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David Archuleta releases his DEVOUT EP on March 27, a three-song collection written specifically to accompany his New York Times bestselling memoir DEVOUT: Losing My Faith To Find Myself. The EP is available for pre-order now, and the memoir is already dominating the top spot on Amazon’s Pop Artist Biographies and Popular Music Books charts.

The DEVOUT EP is stripped back and raw, placing Archuleta’s voice front and center as a musical companion to the book’s themes of deconstruction, healing, and self-acceptance. Focus track “Old and Young” explores the disorienting limbo of emerging from a major life change, feeling older in experience yet newly inexperienced in living authentically. It is one of his most vocally intimate recordings to date, deliberately echoing the sound and emotional approach of his earliest work as a young musician trying to figure himself out.

The memoir itself is a significant piece of writing. Archuleta rose to national fame at seventeen as runner-up on American Idol Season 7, but behind that public story was a deeply private one. DEVOUT traces his journey as a closeted Mormon teen turned international pop star, navigating faith, fame, emotional abuse, three engagements, a two-year missionary sabbatical in South America, thoughts of suicide, and ultimately his decision to leave the Mormon Church and live openly as a queer man. He came out publicly in 2021 and has since become an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.

Paula Abdul, who witnessed his American Idol journey firsthand, described watching Archuleta come into his own as “one of the most inspiring transformations I’ve ever seen.” The EP captures that transformation in musical form, raw, honest, and grounded in a voice that has only grown more expressive with time.

Since his debut single “Crush,” Archuleta has released eight studio albums, twenty-four singles, and built a global audience of 2.7 million monthly Spotify listeners. DEVOUT marks a new chapter that is entirely his own.