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Vans Warped Tour Punk Rock Festival Storms Montreal With Massive 2026 Lineup

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Vans Warped Tour Punk Rock Festival Storms Montreal With Massive 2026 Lineup

Vans Warped Tour is heading north. One of the most iconic festivals in alternative music history lands in Montreal for a two-day celebration August 21 and 22 at Parc Jean-Drapeau. The legendary event expands its global reach while bringing its community-driven energy to one of North America’s most vibrant festival cities.

Set along the St. Lawrence River, Parc Jean-Drapeau provides a scenic backdrop just minutes from downtown Montreal. Easily accessible by metro, the site places festivalgoers near Old Montreal, the Plateau, and the Quartier des Spectacles. The setting transforms the weekend into a full cultural experience that extends beyond the festival grounds.

In true Warped Tour tradition, the lineup is presented alphabetically, highlighting the collective experience rather than headliners. The bill spans generations of punk, alternative, and pop-rock with standout names including Simple Plan, Bowling For Soup, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, and Mayday Parade, alongside rising voices like Jutes and LØLØ.

More than 100 performers will take part across the two-day event. The Montreal edition also features regional and international talent including deathcore leaders Despised Icon and punk outfit The Anti-Queens. The music lands alongside appearances from world-class skateboarders and elite action-sports athletes, continuing Warped Tour’s deep connection to skate culture.

The Montreal festival is part of a larger expansion for Vans Warped Tour following three sold-out US events last year. The 2026 edition delivers five two-day festivals across North America, including returning stops in Washington, DC, Long Beach, and Orlando, alongside new international editions in Montreal and Mexico City.

2026 Montreal Festival Lineup:

30H!3
A Day To Remember
Acceptance
Agnostic Front
All Time Low
Angel Dust
Atreyu
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Basterds
Bearings
Beton Arme
Big Ass Truck I.E.
Bigwig
Boston Manor
Bowling For Soup
Bruiserweight
Cartel
Chase Petra
Chiodos
Colorsfade
Comeback Kid
Concrete Vehicles
Counterparts
Cross Check
Desecrate
Despised Icon
Drug Church
Escape The Fate
Fair Warning
Flogging Molly
Four Year Strong
Gob
Good Riddance
Good Sleepy
Hawthorne Heights
Ice Nine Kills
Illscarlett
Initiate
Jimmy Eat World
Joyce Manor
Jutes
K-Man & The 45s
Letlive
LØLØ
Mad Caddies
Madball
Mayday Parade
Microwave
Mulch
Mxpx
Nothing Nowhere
Of Mice & Men
Origami Angel
Oxymorons
Peer Pressure
Pennywise
Punchline 13
Sace
Scorching Tomb
Silverstein
Simple Plan
Sleep Theory
Spike And The Gimme Gimmes
Spite House
Strung Out
Sublime
Suckerpunch
Sudden Waves
Sunami
Taking Back Sunday
The Anti-Queens
The Ataris
The Devil Wears Prada
The Last Mile
The Menzingers
The Paradox
The Planet Smashers
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Thrice
Thursday
Yellowcard

Flint Hip-Hop Hitmaker Babyfxce E Hits The Road With “Da Realest Tour”

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Flint Hip-Hop Hitmaker Babyfxce E Hits The Road With “Da Realest Tour”

Flint hip-hop hitmaker Babyfxce E is taking his momentum nationwide. The rising rapper announces “Da Realest Tour,” the biggest US headline run of his career. The tour begins May 13 at El Club in Detroit and moves across the country before closing June 15 at the historic Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Support throughout the run comes from Motor City rapper Luhh Dyl.

The tour celebrates Babyfxce E’s debut studio album ‘Da Realest’, out now via Atlantic Records. The project captures the sharp storytelling and relentless flow that have made him one of the most talked about voices in modern Michigan rap. The album delivers a strong lineup of standout tracks including “Die Bout It (feat. Rio da Yung OG),” “Blackout,” “Real Flex,” and “Trackhawk.”

Billboard spotlighted “Trackhawk” among its “R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week,” writing, “The cinematic production perfectly matches the urgency of his raps.” Pitchfork also praised the album for “recreating the atmosphere that ruled Flint’s airwaves and blocks this past decade,” placing Babyfxce E firmly among the most exciting new voices in hip-hop.

Babyfxce E continues building momentum in 2026. Billboard named him one of the “15 Hip-Hop, Caribbean and R&B Artists to Watch in 2026,” while Complex included him on its list of the “26 Rappers To Watch Out For In 2026.” High-energy freestyles and performances across Lyrical Lemonade TV, On The Radar, Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 3, and other platforms have further spotlighted his sharp lyrical agility.

2026 Tour Dates:

MAY
13 – Detroit, MI – El Club
14 – Chicago, IL – Backline
15 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
17 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
18 – Kansas City, MO – Bottleneck
20 – Denver, CO – Moon Room
23 – Las Vegas, NV – KLTRE
24 – Phoenix, AZ – Rosetta Room
26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
28 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston (Bronze Peacock)
29 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas (Cambridge Room)
31 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory)

JUNE
1 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
3 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
4 – Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
6 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
9 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland (Cambridge Room)
11 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar
13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
15 – New York, NY – The Gramercy Theatre

Leeds Noise Rock Duo Guttersnipe Ignite Sonic Chaos With New Album ‘Extinction Burst’

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Leeds Noise Rock Duo Guttersnipe Ignite Sonic Chaos With New Album ‘Extinction Burst’

Leeds noise rock duo Guttersnipe return with a new full-length statement. The group announces ‘Extinction Burst’, arriving May 8 on Night School Records. The album marks their long-awaited follow up to 2018’s ‘My Mother The Vent’, a release widely celebrated across the underground music press.

Engineered and mixed by Ross Halden at Hohm Studio in Bradford and mastered by Rashad Becker, ‘Extinction Burst’ captures Guttersnipe operating at peak intensity. The record channels the duo’s XFCER approach, Xenofeminist crisis-energy rock, where drums, synth triggers, guitar distortion and dual vocals collide in a high-voltage surge of sound.

The first preview arrives with “Keep Honking”, a track that erupts with digital panic and ferocious rhythm. Guttersnipe deliver a blistering mix of atonal guitar, distorted synths and explosive percussion. The music lands with physical force and restless invention, another powerful entry in the duo’s catalog.

The album was shaped after eight years of relentless touring and creative evolution. Members of the duo are also connected to Tristwch Y Fenywod, Nape Neck, Petronn Sphene and Yexxen, expanding their reach through a wide underground network. Onstage and in the studio, Guttersnipe channel raw energy into a precise and overwhelming sonic experience.

Live Dates:
Wednesday April 22 – Leeds – Wharf Chambers
Saturday April 25 – Shrewsbury – English Bridge Studios
Sunday April 26 – Birmingham – Supersonic Festival

Tracklist:

  1. Alive On Tuesday
  2. Mincing while the Maelstrom Churns
  3. Threads Of Radical Unaliveness
  4. Keep Honking
  5. Primordial Invagination
  6. Skräckblandad Förtjusning

Nettspend and YoungBoy Never Broke Again Drop Chaotic “masked up” Video From Album ‘early life crisis’

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Nettspend and YoungBoy Never Broke Again Drop Chaotic “masked up” Video From Album ‘early life crisis’

Nettspend and YoungBoy Never Broke Again release the official video for “masked up,” one of the most intense tracks on Nettspend’s 21-song album ‘early life crisis.’ Produced by CXO, the track is a distorted, siren-laced collision of bass waves, rat-tat-tat drum hits, and sonic swerves, with Nettspend’s glitching scream-raps framing a rapid-fire YoungBoy verse that hits with staccato momentum. Together they unleash an almost abstract blur of flexes that sweeps through cash, clothes, planes, and automobiles without stopping to explain itself.

The video, filmed in YoungBoy’s home state of Utah, opens on grainy night footage of cars whipping donuts on a blacktop. Nettspend and YoungBoy are deep in the action, dancing, smoking, and at one point hauling off a loose bumper and launching it into the air. Flashes of jewelry and drip cut through the darkness throughout. The release follows the video for “who tf is u,” filmed in Nettspend’s home state of Virginia, with both visuals capturing the brazen, unfiltered spirit that runs through ‘early life crisis’ from start to finish.

The Buena Vista Orchestra Announces New Studio Album and Extensive World Tour Featuring Omara Portuondo

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The Buena Vista Orchestra Announces New Studio Album and Extensive World Tour Featuring Omara Portuondo

The Buena Vista Orchestra announces a new studio album and an extensive 2026 world tour, with tickets on sale now. Recorded between Philadelphia and Miami, the forthcoming album pushes Cuban musical traditions forward while honoring their roots, with legendary vocalist Omara Portuondo appearing on focus track “Chan Chan.” Maestro Rolando Morejón Reyes leads the ensemble into his second year at the helm, cementing his reputation as one of the most exciting modern violinists and arrangers working in Latin music today.

The year opens with festival appearances on three continents before the full tour launches. The orchestra performs at the Seoul Jazz Festival in South Korea supporting Janelle Monae, the Middelheim Jazz Festival in Belgium, and the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach supporting James Taylor. A North American run follows in the fall, stretching from the East Coast through Canada and into the Midwest and West Coast, with dates running from late September through November.

Also arriving alongside the announcement is the first physical release of ‘En Vivo’, the live album capturing their record-breaking 2025 USA tour. Available on CD and limited edition vinyl at all upcoming shows and through the official BVO website, it delivers the full energy of a Buena Vista Orchestra performance to listeners who missed the run.

Public on-sale for all dates is Friday, March 13 at 10am local time.

Tour Dates:

April 29 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up

May 3 – Redondo Beach, CA – BeachLife Festival

July 9 – Denver, CO – Arvada Center

July 10 – Nashville, TN – City Winery

July 11 – Brevard, NC – Brevard Music Center

July 12 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery

September 23 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Capitole

September 24 – Gatineau, QC – Theatre du Casino du Lac-Leamy

September 30 – Richmond, VA – The National

October 4 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head On Stage

October 6 – Worcester, MA – Hanover Theatre

October 7 – Phoenixville, PA – The Colonial Theatre

October 8 – Boston, MA – Colonial Theatre

October 9 – Peekskill, NY – Paramount Hudson Valley Theatre

October 10 – New York, NY – The Town Hall

October 11 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

October 15 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground

October 16 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS

October 17 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

October 18 – Kitchener, ON – Centre in the Square

October 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre

October 22 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre

October 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre

October 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore

October 25 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre

October 27 – Edmonton, AB – Myer Horowitz Theatre

October 28 – Calgary, AB – Bella Concert Hall

October 30 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre

November 11 – Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center

November 22 – Key West, FL – Key West Theatre

The Mosfets Come Out Swinging On High-Voltage Garage Rock Single “Take A Chance”

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The Mosfets Come Out Swinging On High-Voltage Garage Rock Single “Take A Chance”

The Mosfets open 2026 with “Take A Chance,” the first single from their upcoming self-titled EP due May 29. Recorded at Yeah Yeah Yeah Studios in Hamburg through a Tascam 388 reel-to-reel machine with zero quantization and zero auto-tune, the track is raw, fuzz-drenched, and built entirely on live energy. Frontman Keith Mosfet was direct about the approach: “I am sick of hearing tracks that are too polished. We went in with tight playing, real energy, and the desire to make something that can’t be replicated.”

The song has a structural trick that gives it real edge. Each pass through the verse drops a beat before snapping back into a driving 4/4 chorus, creating a kinetic tension that mirrors the track’s themes of risk and defiance. “If someone tells you your lifestyle is wrong, you don’t just roll over and die,” Mosfet says. “You punch the world in the face and do what makes you happy.” Pounding drums, fuzz guitars, and emotionally charged vocals make the case without needing to argue it twice.

The Mosfets drew praise from Rolling Stone and others for their 2024 breakout single “Welcome to the Apartment Jungle,” and “Take A Chance” builds on that momentum with more urgency and a sharper sonic identity. Festival appearances and further releases are ahead. The self-titled EP lands May 29.

Canadian Metal Maverick Devin Townsend Finally Unleashes His Life’s Work With 24-Track Rock Opera ‘The Moth’

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Canadian Metal Maverick Devin Townsend Finally Unleashes His Life’s Work With 24-Track Rock Opera ‘The Moth’

Devin Townsend has announced ‘The Moth’, a 24-track orchestral rock opera over a decade in the making, due May 29 via Inside Out Music. The lead single “Enter The City,” accompanied by a Studio Sparks video, is out now and arrives early in the album’s conceptual arc, a loose story about someone recognizing that old patterns of behavior no longer serve them and sitting with the internal conflict that surfaces. The moth itself serves as the central metaphor: transformation from one creature into something entirely different, drawn so completely to the light that it burns itself away.

The project’s origins trace back to a moment after an acoustic show in Amsterdam roughly six years ago, when the head of the North Netherlands’ Orchestra and Choir approached Townsend about applying orchestral and choral arrangements to his existing catalog. His response was immediate: if those forces were going to be assembled, they would go toward something new. That conversation unlocked a concept that had been circling him for years. The result is an album with choirs recorded across multiple countries, co-mixed by Chris Edrich, recorded by Ben Searles and Jacob Hermann, mixed in Atmos by Ron Searles, and mastered by Troy Glessner.

‘The Moth’ arrives as three distinct components. The main album delivers the full conceptual arc. ‘The Moth: The Afterlife’ isolates the orchestra and choir in what Townsend describes as a purer version of the experience. ‘The Moth: The War’ captures the live world premiere from the Netherlands in March 2025, the only time the full production has been performed with an orchestra and choir, streamed globally at the time.

Townsend has announced a hiatus from touring following the release, citing the demands of family, the saturation of the touring circuit, and the need to recalibrate after completing a project of this scale. ‘The Moth’ is the culmination of a creative vision first teased publicly in 2016 and discussed in increasingly ambitious terms ever since. It is here now, and it sounds like nothing else.

The Moth Tracklisting:

  1. Semi-prologue
  2. War Beyond Words
  3. The Moth
  4. Ode To My Eye
  5. Enter The City
  6. Covered By Causes
  7. Lexin
  8. Runaways
  9. A Proxy For God
  10. The Mothers
  11. Orion
  12. Stay There
  13. Home At Night
  14. Intermission
  15. Lexin Returns
  16. The Clergy
  17. Prepare For War
  18. The Big Snit
  19. Silver Princess
  20. A Life In Review
  21. Metamorphosis
  22. Stained Hearts
  23. Let Go
  24. We Don’t Deserve Dogs

Great South Bay Music Festival Celebrates 18 Years With My Morning Jacket, Sublime, and Govt. Mule Headlining July 23-26

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Great South Bay Music Festival Celebrates 18 Years With My Morning Jacket, Sublime, and Govt. Mule Headlining July 23-26

Great South Bay Music Festival hits 18 years and is not slowing down. Long Island’s largest four-day music and arts festival returns to Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village from July 23 to 26, 2026, with 55 performers across three stages covering classic and contemporary rock, jam, pop punk, alternative, ska, reggae, funk, and more. Tickets are on sale now at greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com, with GA, VIP, Ultra VIP, two-day, and four-day packages available. Children under 10 are free.

Each night has its own identity. Thursday opens with a throwback to the late ’90s and 2000s alternative and emo scene, headlined by The Used alongside Cartel, KOYO, and Deadlands. Friday’s Rock-Reggae Beach Party brings the long-awaited return of Sublime, featuring Jakob Nowell (son of original frontman Bradley Nowell) alongside original bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, in their only New York summer appearance, with Common Kings and The Ries Brothers in support.

Saturday is Jam Day, anchored by Govt. Mule featuring Warren Haynes with Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers supporting, joined by bluegrass standout Sierra Hull and LaMP featuring Scott Metzger of JRAD alongside Russ Lawton and Ray Paczkowski of the Trey Anastasio Band. Sunday closes the festival with My Morning Jacket headlining a genre-defying two-and-a-half-hour set, with Little Feat appearing on their Last Farewell Tour.

Beyond the music, Great South Bay continues donating a percentage of every ticket sold to the GSB-Stony Brook Cancer Center Fund, having raised well over a quarter million dollars to date. The festival also provides booth space to local organizations supporting causes including battered women’s advocacy, homelessness, pet rescue, and voter registration, reinforcing a community commitment that has always run alongside the music.

East Texas Country-Rock Singer Travis Bolt Makes TV Debut on Live With Kelly and Mark With “Blues At My Funeral”

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East Texas Country-Rock Singer Travis Bolt Makes TV Debut on Live With Kelly and Mark With “Blues At My Funeral”

Travis Bolt made his television debut today on Live With Kelly and Mark, delivering a soulful performance of “Blues At My Funeral” from his debut album ‘Burning Bridges’, out now via Gravel Road. The hosts summed it up simply: “Turn the volume up because this song is a banger.” Tonight, Bolt performs at Sagebrush in Austin as part of A Night of Good Country, a free entry event hosted by Bluegrass Situation alongside Shakey Graves, Tyler Halverson, Aubrie Sellers, and Tenille Townes.

‘Burning Bridges’ is produced by Jason Burt (Leon Bridges, John Mayer, Paul Cauthen) and blends raw country songwriting with urgent rock guitars and pounding drums, all anchored by Bolt’s deep, unflinching voice. At the center of the album is a story of perseverance rooted in lived experience. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome as a child, Bolt discovered that playing guitar quieted his symptoms and became his lifeline. “It’s the best medicine I’ve found,” he says. “And I’ve taken all of them.” He has since taken that story to Washington, D.C., speaking with lawmakers on behalf of the Tourette Association of America.

Bolt first broke through with independently released “Never Tried Cocaine,” which went viral on TikTok and amassed over 45 million streams, landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds, and opened doors to opening slots for Paul Cauthen at the Ryman Auditorium and a European run at Country to Country Festival. With ‘Burning Bridges’ now out and a television debut behind him, the East Texas singer-songwriter is moving fast. Listen here.

Burning Bridges Tracklisting:

  1. Seasons
  2. Last Goodbye
  3. Blues At My Funeral
  4. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us
  5. Wasting My Time
  6. You Shoulda Known
  7. Never Tried Cocaine
  8. Heartache Mixtapes
  9. That’s When I Run
  10. Home Is Where The Hard Is
  11. Six Shooter
  12. I Owe Ya One
  13. Sin & Tonic
  14. Coming Home

Upcoming Shows:

Mar 12 – Austin, TX – Sagebrush

Mar 14 – Athens, GA – St. Patrick’s Day Festival

Apr 22 – Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall

Kim Petras Headlines LadyLand 2026 at Under the K Bridge Park for NYC Pride Weekend

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Kim Petras Headlines LadyLand 2026 at Under the K Bridge Park for NYC Pride Weekend

LadyLand returns to Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn on June 27 for NYC Pride Weekend, with Kim Petras headlining a lineup that spans pop, electronic, hip-hop, and indie. Tickets are on sale now. Romy brings a DJ set, with DJ Gigola, DJ Meredith Marks, Hannah Diamond, and CupcakKe joining rising stars OZA, Maara, and Bayli, alongside visionary performers The Illustrious Blacks and Babymorocco.

Created in 2018 by NYC nightlife icon Ladyfag and co-produced with The Bowery Presents, LadyLand has earned its reputation as the premier queer-centric festival in the country. Billboard described it as “equal parts Coachella, Berlin nightclub and queer warehouse rave,” and past lineups have included Honey Dijon, Christina Aguilera, Cardi B, SOPHIE, FKA Twigs, Madonna, and more.

Ladyfag, the force behind parties Holy Mountain, Battle Hymn, and 11:11, has been called “a nightlife sorceress” by the New York Times and “New York City’s reigning queen of nightlife” by Vogue. Nearly 15 years into shaping the city’s after-dark culture and producing afterparties for some of the world’s most renowned fashion brands, she has built LadyLand into one of the most anticipated events on the Pride calendar.

Kim Petras as headliner is a statement. Few artists embody what LadyLand stands for as completely, and the rest of the lineup fills in around her with exactly the kind of range and energy the festival has always delivered.

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