A Matchbox Twenty performance at the Illinois State Fair took an unexpected turn when frontman Rob Thomas accidentally struck longtime bandmate Paul Doucette in the head with a microphone stand. The incident happened Sunday, August 16, as the band performed “Bent,” one of its best-known songs. Thomas was energetically swinging the stand during the performance […]
Miranda Lambert will make a little Nashville history this fall when she becomes the first artist to perform at The Truth, Live Nation’s new indoor music venue. Lambert is scheduled to open the venue on October 1, adding some serious country star power to a project that has already generated plenty of conversation around Music […]
Al Jardine reached deep into the Beach Boys catalog for an unexpected musical homecoming during a recent performance in Ohio. The Beach Boys co-founder and his Pet Sounds Band were performing at the Robins Theatre in Warren on August 15 when Jardine opened the encore with “Back Home,” a song with roots stretching all the […]
Luke Combs isn’t ready to park the tour buses just yet. The country superstar is extending his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour into 2027, adding a dozen stadium concerts across the United States and Canada after a massive 2026 run. The new stretch launches April 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before moving through […]
Phoebe Bridgers has officially returned to solo album territory with Lost Weekend, a sprawling 16-track project that brings some familiar friends and an impressively long list of collaborators along for the ride. The album is Bridgers’ third solo full-length and her first since Punisher in 2020. It also marks her biggest collection of new solo […]
Country stars Lainey Wilson and Shaboozey are heading to Central Park this fall as part of a genre-spanning lineup assembled for the 2026 Global Citizen Festival. The annual music and advocacy event will return to the Great Lawn in New York City’s Central Park on September 26, bringing together some of the biggest names in […]
August 13 has delivered more than its share of unforgettable moments in music, from breakthrough performances and chart triumphs to courtroom drama, accidents and milestones that changed artists’ lives forever. One of the date’s most memorable pop stories came in 2004, when Robbie Williams’ “Angels” was named in a VH1 poll as the best single […]
Dave Matthews Band is adding another stretch of shows to its 2026 calendar, with a seven-date fall tour that will take the group through several major U.S. arenas in November. The fall run begins November 4 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, before heading to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 6. The band will […]
Morrissey has pulled the plug on his upcoming Las Vegas residency, canceling four performances shortly before the run was scheduled to begin. The former Smiths frontman was expected to perform at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on August 14, 15, 18 and 19. Instead, all four dates have been canceled, with his representatives […]
Phoebe Bridgers is taking the album-listening party somewhere considerably more cosmic than the neighborhood record shop. Ahead of the August 14 release of her third solo album, Lost Weekend, Bridgers is presenting the record inside planetariums around the world, pairing the music with immersive visuals created specifically for the curved theater environment. The events run […]