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Bruce Springsteen Announces ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ — 83 Songs Across 7 Unreleased Records Arriving This Summer

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Bruce Springsteen Announces ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ — 83 Songs Across 7 Unreleased Records Arriving This Summer

Seven previously-unheard Bruce Springsteen records will be released for the first time this summer on the widely-rumored and long-anticipated “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” coming June 27 via Sony Music. A set spanning 83 songs, “The Lost Albums” fill in rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline — while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist. “’The Lost Albums’ were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,” said Springsteen. “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”

From the lo-fi exploration of “LA Garage Sessions ’83” — serving as a crucial link between “Nebraska” and “Born in the U.S.A.” — to the drum loop and synthesizer sounds of “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions,” “The Lost Albums” offer unprecedented context into 35 prolific years (1983-2018) of Springsteen’s songwriting and home recording. “The ability to record at home whenever I wanted allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions,” Springsteen explained. Throughout the set, that sonic experimentation takes the form of film soundtrack work (for a movie that was never made) on “Faithless,” country combos with pedal steel on “Somewhere North of Nashville,” richly-woven border tales on “Inyo” and orchestra-driven, mid-century noir on “Twilight Hours.” Alongside the announcement of “The Lost Albums,” a first look at the collection also arrives today with “Rain In The River” — which comes from the lost album “Perfect World,” and encapsulates that project’s arena-ready E Street flavor.

“The Lost Albums” will arrive in limited-edition nine LP, seven CD and digital formats — including distinctive packaging for each previously-unreleased record, with a 100-page cloth-bound, hardcover book featuring rare archival photos, liner notes on each lost album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction on the project from Springsteen himself. A companion set — “Lost And Found: Selections from The Lost Albums” — will feature 20 highlights from across the collection, also arriving June 27 on two LPs or one CD. “The Lost Albums” were compiled by Springsteen with producer Ron Aniello, engineer Rob Lebret and supervising producer Jon Landau at Thrill Hill Recording in New Jersey.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums

LA Garage Sessions ’83

1. Follow That Dream

2. Don’t Back Down On Our Love

3. Little Girl Like You

4. Johnny Bye Bye

5. Sugarland

6. Seven Tears

7. Fugitive’s Dream

8. Black Mountain Ballad

9. Jim Deer

10. County Fair

11. My Hometown

12. One Love

13. Don’t Back Down

14. Richfield Whistle

15. The Klansman

16. Unsatisfied Heart

17. Shut Out The Light

18. Fugitive’s Dream (Ballad)

Streets of Philadelphia Sessions

1. Blind Spot

2. Maybe I Don’t Know You

3. Something In The Well

4. Waiting On The End Of The World

5. The Little Things

6. We Fell Down

7. One Beautiful Morning

8. Between Heaven and Earth

9. Secret Garden

10. The Farewell Party

Faithless

1. The Desert (Instrumental)

2. Where You Goin’, Where You From

3. Faithless

4. All God’s Children

5. A Prayer By The River (Instrumental)

6. God Sent You

7. Goin’ To California

8. The Western Sea (Instrumental)

9. My Master’s Hand

10. Let Me Ride

11. My Master’s Hand (Theme)

Somewhere North of Nashville

1. Repo Man

2. Tiger Rose

3. Poor Side of Town

4. Delivery Man

5. Under A Big Sky

6. Detail Man

7. Silver Mountain

8. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart

9. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone

10. Stand On It

11. Blue Highway

12. Somewhere North of Nashville

Inyo

1. Inyo

2. Indian Town

3. Adelita

4. The Aztec Dance

5. The Lost Charro

6. Our Lady of Monroe

7. El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)

8. One False Move

9. Ciudad Juarez

10. When I Build My Beautiful House

Twilight Hours

1. Sunday Love

2. Late in the Evening

3. Two of Us

4. Lonely Town

5. September Kisses

6. Twilight Hours

7. I’ll Stand By You

8. High Sierra

9. Sunliner

10. Another You

11. Dinner at Eight

12. Follow The Sun

Perfect World

1. I’m Not Sleeping

2. Idiot’s Delight

3. Another Thin Line

4. The Great Depression

5. Blind Man

6. Rain In The River

7. If I Could Only Be Your Lover

8. Cutting Knife

9. You Lifted Me Up

10. Perfect World

The Pogues Announce First North American Tour in 13 Years to Celebrate ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’ 40th Anniversary

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The Pogues Announce First North American Tour in 13 Years to Celebrate ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’ 40th Anniversary

The Pogues announce their first U.S. and Canadian dates in thirteen years, including a festival stop in Boston (Seisun Festival.) The tour will include guest vocalists and musicians celebrating forty years of the album Rum Sodomy & The Lash. Tickets on sale Friday April 4.

“To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of our second LP, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, a veritable Super Session of musicians, a Last Waltz if you will – including the Pogues themselves, members of bands that have come after, such as Lankum, featuring such incomparable artists as Lisa O’Neill and John Francis Flynn, not to mention from the Bad Seeds – will gather to rekindle the music on the record with a new fire. We’re looking forward not just to raising a glass or two but also to raising the roof with our fans and friends, old and new, to celebrate the music we’ve made and the alliances we’ve formed over the years.” – James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy.

Legendary and lauded vocalists Daragh Lynch, Iona Zajac, John Francis Flynn, Lisa O’Neill and Nadine Shah join original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy along with special guest musicians Holly Mullineaux (bass), Jordan O’Leary (banjo), Fiachra Meek (pipes/whistles – Alfi), Jim Sclavunos (drums – The Bad Seeds) James Walbourne, (guitarist, – Pretenders) plus brass section Pete Fraser, Daniel Hayes and Ian Williamson. Daragh Lynch, Iona Zajac and John Francis Flynn will also take up guitar, harp and multiple instruments respectively during the show. You never know who else might join the stage along the way…

Released in 1985, Rum Sodomy & the Lash is a cornerstone of punk and alternative rock, renowned for its raw energy, poetic lyrics, and infectious melodies. The band are set to play the legendary album in full, including b-sides, extended version tracks plus a special selection of their most beloved material.

Album highlights include iconic songs like ‘Rainy Night in Soho,’ ‘A Pair of Brown Eyes’ and ‘Dirty Old Town.’ Ranked among Rolling Stone’s Best 500 Albums of All Time and featured in such tastemaker books as 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die; Rum Sodomy & the Lash is a certified classic which has influenced countless artists globally and continues to impact listeners forty years on.

Live Dates: 
September 5 – Washington DC – Lincoln Theater
September 7 – Boston, MA – Seisíun Festival
September 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
September 10 – Toronto, ON – History
September 12 – Montreal, QC – MTelus
September 16 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
September 17 – New York, NY – Terminal 5

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Announce New Single and Fall North American Tour

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre Announce New Single and Fall North American Tour

The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce a new single, ‘Makes Me Great / Out Of Body’, on red transparent 10″ vinyl, released April 25th via Anton Newcombe’s record label A Recordings.

Following a hugely successful UK and Europe tour earlier this year, the band will return to North America this fall for an extensive run of live shows, including two dates with special guests, Cast, making their first US appearance in nearly 30 years. Tickets on sale now.

It is over 30 years since Anton Newcombe – frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, father, force of nature – and his band The Brian Jonestown Massacre released their first single She Made Me / Evergreen. Released in 1992, as the British music press descended on the US to anoint the next US guitar band as flavour of the month and major labels were on the hunt for the compliant hopefuls to be their latest quick fix, Anton Newcombe had an idea: say no. As leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Newcombe had already established himself as a visionary songwriter, a man to whom making music wasn’t a lifestyle choice or a hipster haircut but the very fabric of existence itself, and he had observed in silent horror as his peers meekly acquiesced to everything – yes to contracts, yes to management, yes to suggestions, yes to this, yes to that, yes, yes, yes. But he was different. Anton Newcombe was going to say no to everything. “I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway,” he says. “Or dislike me. It doesn’t matter.”

Much of this was documented on the controversial documentary ‘Dig!’, which is still hailed as one of the best rock documentaries ever made, and celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year with the remastered, expanded version “Dig! XX.”

Brian Jonestown Massacre’s shoegazing-tinged debut album Methodrone was released in 1995 and since then numerous band members have joined Newcombe on his sonic escapades, but he has remained the sole constant, the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music’s most fascinating bands. There have been a further 20 albums under the Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker since then, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock’n’roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock’n’roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more.

Along the way, Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent who saw the direction in which mainstream indie-rock was heading and opted to take the long way round. He’s emerged as a revolutionary force in modern music, an underground hero. There was no other way, this was how it had to be. “My only option with everything in life has always been that you just jump into the fire,” he declared. “It doesn’t matter what it is.”

It’s with that spirit that he’s hopped around the globe, from the West Coast to New York, from Manhattan to Iceland, and then to Berlin, where he’s lived for 15 years and has two flats, one to live in and one that’s been converted into his studio.

After a hugely prolific 2010s that saw the release of eight long-players and one mini-album, Newcombe had been going through a period of writer’s block when one day he picked up his 12-string guitar and The Real (the opening track on previous album Fire Doesn’t Grow on Trees) came out of him. Like the kraken, it was as if he’d summoned it. “All of a sudden, I just heard something,” he says. “And then it just didn’t stop. We tracked a whole song every single day for 70 days in a row.” By the end of it they had 2 albums ready to go. Joining Newcombe in the studio for The Future Is Your Past were Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar) and Uri Rennert (drums).

Brian Jonestown Massacre released their 20th full-length studio album The Future Is Your Past, in February 2023 on Anton’s record label, A Recordings. In 2022 / 2023, they completed a massive world tour that saw them play 34 dates in North America, 25 dates across Europe and 16 dates in the UK. Towards the end of 2024, they released ‘Don’t Look At Me’ ft. Aimee Nash. It is a delicious slice of hypnotic shoegaze with Nash lyrically casting a spell with the mantra “Do No Harm.”

There is no such thing as a defining statement in Anton Newcombe’s world anymore, just more chapters that contribute to the tale. “Nobody can stop me, I’m not asking somebody, I’m not making the rounds at Warners, saying ‘please put out my record!’. It’s just for me,” he says. He hopes he can be an inspiration to others. “I would love to see more groups, people playing music in the UK and everywhere else because I really enjoy it. That’s the only reason I need. It’s the only reason to do stuff.” That hits to the core of what makes Anton Newcombe and Brian Jonestown Massacre tick. He’ll keep jumping in that fire. That’s how he rolls. Savor it.

LIVE SHOWS:
Sept. 3 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
Sept. 4 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
Sept. 5 – Basement East – Nashville, TN
Sept. 6 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
Sept. 8 – 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C.
Sept. 9 – Webster Hall – New York, NY – with special guests, Cast
Sept. 10 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – with special guests, Cast
Sept. 12 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
Sept. 13 – Beanfield Theatre – Montreal, QC
Sept. 14 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
Sept. 16 – Globe Iron – Cleveland, OH
Sept. 17 – Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI
Sept. 18 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
Sept. 19 – Hi-Fi Annex – Indianapolis, IN
Sept. 20 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
Sept. 22 – Metro – Chicago, IL
Sept. 23 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE
Sept. 24 – recordBar – Kansas City, MO
Sept. 26 – Studio at The Factory – Dallas, TX
Sept. 28 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
Oct. 31 – Music Box – San Diego, CA
Nov. 1 – Pappy and Harriet’s – Pioneertown, CA
Nov. 2 – Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA
Nov. 4 – SLO Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA
Nov. 6 – Swan Dive – Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 7 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ
Nov. 8 – Tumbleroot – Santa Fe, NM
Nov. 10 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
Nov. 11 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
Nov. 13 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 14 – Shrine Social Club – Boise, ID
Nov. 15 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
Nov. 16 – The Pearl – Vancouver, B.C
Nov. 18 – Revolution Hall – Portland, OR
Nov. 20 – Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Nov. 21 – Rio Theatre – Santa Cruz, CA
Nov. 22 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 23 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA

SiriusXM Canada and CCMA Open Public Voting for 2025 Top of the Country Competition

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SiriusXM Canada and CCMA Open Public Voting for 2025 Top of the Country Competition

Today, SiriusXM Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association, officially opened public voting for the highly anticipated 2025 SiriusXM Top of the Country competition. The eight semi-finalists have recorded original songs and videos in studio, which are now available at topcountry.siriusxm.ca.

Fans can now choose their country favourite by casting votes daily. Once selected, three finalists will advance to the next phase of the competition, where they will perform on some of Canada’s biggest stages and compete for a $25,000 grand prize and the chance to be crowned the 2025 Top of the Country champion.

This is a moment for Canadians to rally behind homegrown country music and support this year’s eight semi-finalists representing six Canadian provinces:

  • Sully Burrows – Parry Sound, Ontario
  • Annika Catharina – Deroche, British Columbia
  • Allison Daniels – Quebec City, Quebec
  • Noeline Hofmann – Bow Island, Alberta
  • Braden Lam – Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Brettyn Rose – Okotoks, Alberta
  • Jake Vaadeland – Cut Knife, Saskatchewan
  • Mitch Zorn – Kelowna, British Columbia

“The caliber of Canadian talent grows stronger every year of this competition,” said Michelle Mearns, SVP of Programming & Operations, SiriusXM Canada. “We can’t wait for Canadians to hear these incredible artists, vote for their favourites, and be part of the journey. This year’s competition is shaping up to be one of the most exciting yet!”

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities await the three finalists, including a summer of showcase opportunities and performances at Montréal’s Lasso festival and CMA Fest in Nashville, along with exclusive workshops and networking sessions.

The competition will wrap up this September in Kelowna, British Columbia, with an exciting finale concert during CCMA’s Country Music Week. Finalists will take the stage to perform, and one will be crowned the 2025 Top of the Country winner. The event will be broadcasted live on SiriusXM’s Top of the Country Radio (ch. 171), so fans from coast to coast can tune in and be part of the action.

SiriusXM’s Top of the Country in partnership with the CCMA is part of SiriusXM’s ongoing tradition of promoting and elevating the best emerging Canadian music. SiriusXM continues to offer a leading platform for Canadian artists through its significant financial contributions and North American-wide reach.

Dua Lipa Announces 2025 Latin America Stadium Tour Dates

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Dua Lipa Announces 2025 Latin America Stadium Tour Dates

3x GRAMMY and 7x BRIT Award-winning global pop powerhouse Dua Lipa announced the highly anticipated Latin America leg of her global Radical Optimism Tour, with stadium shows across Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico this fall.

The eight-show run kicks off on Friday, November 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Estadio River Plate, expanding her global tour to an impressive 77 dates across Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, North America, and Latin America. The Latin America leg will conclude with two massive back-to-back performances in Mexico City, Mexico at Estadio GNP Seguros on December 1 and 2.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Monday, April 7 at 10am local time in all markets. Visa presales in select markets will begin Tuesday, April 8 (details below). Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Thursday, April 10.

VISA PRESALE: Visa cardholders from select banks in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru will have access to an exclusive 2-day presale event to purchase tickets before the general public, in addition to access to world-class innovative experiences. Visa will soon announce promotions, initiatives and activities for music fans and Dua Lipa’s fan base across the five South American countries.

The 2025 leg of Dua’s Radical Optimism Tour launched last month in Melbourne, Australia to critical acclaim, debuting a dreamy new production featuring a dynamic stage design and vibrant visuals. The tour has received glowing reviews from the Herald Sun, who praised the show as “a joyous mixtape of absolute bangers, relentless light shows, and dazzling costume changes,” to Rolling Stone Australia, who gave the show four stars and declared it “a triumph.” Dua’s tour has also featured surprise appearances from special guests like Troye Sivan, Kevin Parker from Tame Impala, and Vance Joy. Each night, she’s been treating fans to a unique cover with a nod to the country she’s performing in, including songs like AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn,” and Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.”

The global tour supports Dua’s third studio album, Radical Optimism, which went No. 1 in 12 countries, including the UK where it became the biggest album debut from a UK female artist in 2024 and garnered the highest week one sales from a UK female artist since 2021. In the US, the album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking Dua’s biggest sales week yet.

Beyond her album release, 2024 was a milestone year for Dua Lipa, featuring headline performances at Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage in the UK and Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas, as well as her first primetime concert special “An Evening With Dua Lipa” filmed live at The Royal Albert Hall. And in November 2024, she kicked off the Asia leg of her Radical Optimism Tour, with stops in Singapore, Jakarta, Tokyo, Seoul, and more.

DUA LIPA – 2025 RADICAL OPTIMISM TOUR – LATIN AMERICA DATES:
Friday, November 07, 2025 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Estadio River Plate
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – Santiago, Chile – Estadio Nacional
Saturday, November 15, 2025 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – MorumBIS Stadium
Saturday, November 22, 2025 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Estadio Nilton Santos
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 – Lima, Peru – Estadio San Marcos
Friday, November 28, 2025 – Bogota, Colombia – Estadio El Campin
Monday, December 01, 2025 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
Tuesday, December 02, 2025 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros

Watch a 22-Year-Old Bob Dylan Captivate The 1963 Newport Folk Festival In Newly Colorized Footage

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Watch a 22-Year-Old Bob Dylan Captivate The 1963 Newport Folk Festival In Newly Colorized Footage

In July 1963, a 22-year-old Bob Dylan walked onto the stage at the Newport Folk Festival and, with a few simple strums and one unmistakable voice, changed everything. On opening night, he delivered “Blowin’ in the Wind” alongside folk royalty Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Peter, Paul, and Mary, in front of a crowd of 13,000 people who knew they were witnessing something special.

We’ve always known this moment was historic. But now, thanks to the incredible work of the Toca o Disco YouTube channel, we get to experience it in an entirely new light—literally. The original black-and-white footage has been beautifully colorized, and it breathes fresh life into one of the most important performances in American music history.

Charlotte de Witte Announces Debut Album Charlotte, Shares Acid-Powered Lead Single “The Realm”

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Charlotte de Witte Announces Debut Album Charlotte, Shares Acid-Powered Lead Single “The Realm”

Charlotte de Witte announces her desperately awaited eponymous debut album, out November 7th, on her own imprint KNTXT, after fifteen years of techno charts, performances, and innovation success and a stunning amount of 25 acclaimed EPs.

On April 10th, fans of the Belgian artist / producer can enjoy a taste of the LP with the release of the opening track & acid-drenched, unstoppable lead single “The Realm”, already a staple in her sets, often as a high-impact opener.

“The Realm” is beautifully muscled and put together, skilfully controlled, swift and powerful like a thoroughbred racehorse. The tightly woven techno beats and acid-spiked synth you can feel in your teeth usher in anthemic spoken lyrics packed with promise – “enter the realm of the unknown”.

Charlotte about “The Realm” and her upcoming debut: “The Realm” is a really special track for me. It marks the beginning of a whole new chapter. It’s the first single from my debut album, and it carries the energy and philosophy that inspired the entire record.

The lyrics capture the essence of what I believe music can do. Techno, and by extension clubbing, has always been about more than just dancing for me. It’s about connection, transcendence and exploration. It’s a way of accessing something unseen, something powerful. There’s a tension and release in the structure that mirrors the feeling of letting go, of stepping into something bigger than yourself.”

“After 15 years of DJing, traveling, and living life through music, releasing my debut album feels surreal. This album is the most personal project I’ve ever worked on. It’s not just a collection of tracks; it’s a reflection of who I am, where I come from, and what continues to drive me: the dancefloor.

Across eleven tracks, this album tells the story of my journey in music so far. Every sound, every transition, is intentional. I followed what felt right, what moved me. And that honesty is what makes this album so special to me. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s emotional. It’s who I am.

“The Realm” as an opening track of the album is an invitation. A doorway into the unknown, into this world I’ve been building through sound. I’m so excited to finally share this first glimpse of the album, and I can’t wait for people to step into this next phase with me.”

Pete Droge Announces First Tour in Over 20 Years

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Pete Droge Announces First Tour in Over 20 Years

Pete Droge announces a West Coast summer tour, his first time back on the road since touring as part of Americana supergroup The Thorns in 2003. Performing alongside his wife and longtime collaborator Elaine Summers, Pete’s set will include new songs and deep cuts from his celebrated 1994 release Necktie Second. The run of shows kicks off on June 8 in Portland, with stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ojai and more.

Pete will also appear at two benefit shows in Seattle this spring – on April 24 at The Crocodile for a concert benefitting SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access To Sustainable Healthcare), and on May 9 at Moore Theatre for the Dreaming In Analog event in memory of beloved music journalist Charles R. Cross.

“Since my last tour with The Thorns in 2003, Elaine and I have racked up countless hours playing and singing in our living room,” Pete says. “We often say, ‘That sounded pretty darn good. It’s a shame nobody got to hear it.’ So we decided to book a few shows close to home and they went amazingly well. The natural next step is to take the show on the road.”

He continues, “It’s always a thrill to work up the new songs and that is especially true this time, since the songs on my forthcoming record are so deeply personal. We’ll be leaning heavily on songs from my debut album Necktie Second to celebrate the fact that it’s getting the double vinyl deluxe reissue treatment this year.”

“These days, I enjoy performing more than ever. That’s partly due to the fact that I’ve grown as a singer and guitar player, but also due to the whole ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ factor. I enjoyed those years off the road. It allowed me to spend more time in my studio and explore working as a producer and film composer. But at this stage of my life, I feel driven to get out there and share the music.”

Born in Eugene, Oregon and raised outside Seattle, Pete Droge rocketed to early acclaim on the strength of his 1994 debut, Necktie Second, which prompted the Los Angeles Times to compare his songwriting to Bob Dylan and Neil Young. The lead single “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)” became a radio hit and landed a prominent spot in the iconic Farrelly Brothers comedy Dumb & Dumber, and within a year, Pete was on the road supporting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He would go on to release a series of well-received solo albums, appear in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, team up with Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins to form the The Thorns, record three collections with his wife as The Droge and Summers Blend, and compose a variety of works for film and television. Pete recently announced Necktie Second will soon see a deluxe vinyl re-release, and he is gearing up to release a new album later this year (more details to come).

Pete Droge 2025 Tour Dates
April 24 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile, A Smash Benefit
May 9 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre, Dreaming in Analog
June 8 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
June 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
June 13 – Santa Monica, CA @ McCabes
June 14 – Ojai, CA @ Ojai Underground Exchange
June 17 – Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theatre Pub

Severance Star Britt Lower Plays Show’s Theme on Trumpet with The Roots on The Tonight Show

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Severance Star Britt Lower Plays Show’s Theme on Trumpet with The Roots on The Tonight Show

When Britt Lower isn’t unraveling dystopian mysteries on Severance, she’s playing the show’s theme on trumpet with The Roots.

Ministry Revisits “Everyday Is Halloween” With Eerie New Video

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Ministry Revisits “Everyday Is Halloween” With Eerie New Video

40 years later, Ministry still makes every day feel like Halloween—because true anthems never die, they just get louder (and eerier).

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