Bryan Adams speaks at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Some new music from Bryan Adams is on the way.
The rocker announced that he’s contributed three songs to the soundtrack of the new animated film Charlie the Wonderdog, with the tracks being released as an EP on Friday to coincide with the movie hitting theaters.
Charlie the Wonderdog centers on a family pooch, voiced by Owen Wilson, who becomes a superhero after gaining superpowers. He then must face off against a cat threatening to destroy humanity.
Adams is getting ready to hit the road. He’ll kick off a tour of Japan on Jan. 26 in Tokyo, and then head to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and more. A complete list of dates can be found at BryanAdams.com.
James Taylor tour artwork (courtesy of Shore Fire Media)
James Taylor let fans know in December that he’d be heading out on tour in 2026. Now, the details have been revealed.
The “Fire and Rain” singer has announced dates for a new 29-show U.S. tour backed by his All-Star Band. The tour will kick off April 26 in Highland, California, and include two-night stands in several cities, including Vienna, Virginia; Boston; and St. Augustine, Florida.
The tour — which also includes his previously announced summer shows at Tanglewood in Lennox, Massachusetts, on July 3 and 4 — wraps Sept. 26 in Hollywood, Florida.
Tickets for all newly announced shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m local time.
In addition to his U.S. dates, Taylor will head overseas in 2026, launching a U.K and European tour on July 10 in Cork, Ireland. A complete schedule can be found at JamesTaylor.com.
(L-R) Oteil Burbridge, John Mayer and Bob Weir of Dead and Company perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre on July 30, 2016 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by John Medina/WireImage)
Dead & Company bassist Oteil Burbridge is the latest musician to pay tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who died on Saturday at age 78.
“I can’t think of anyone that needed to play live music any more than Bob. It went past devotion, past dedication, past obsession. It seemed to me more like self identification,” Burbridge wrote on Instagram. “I think he felt it is what and who he was. I also cannot think of anyone who played more live shows. We could depend on it like the sun coming up.”
He then went on to thank Weir from bringing him into Dead & Company.
“There are no words that could ever encompass the last ten years we shared together. I’m so blessed to have been a part of it all,” Burbridge offered. “And thank you for being so generous with your time and sharing yourself with so many of us younger musicians.”
“It does my heart good to see so many pictures of you with so many musicians that weren’t in the Grateful Dead. Thank you for including us,” he added. “There is no higher form of musical grace.”
Burbridge suggested that one way fans can honor Bob “would be to fully live our life.”
“This life is such a gift, such a golden opportunity,” he wrote. “Please don’t let someone else define it. Let it proceed by it’s own design. Follow that inner voice and go for broke!”
He concluded by recalling a friend who said it was sad that Weir was only 78 when he died. “I told him I thought Bob packed at least 146 years into it,” Burbrigde noted.
(L-R) Oteil Burbridge, John Mayer and Bob Weir of Dead and Company perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre on July 30, 2016 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by John Medina/WireImage)
Dead & Company bassist Oteil Burbridge is the latest musician to pay tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who died on Saturday at age 78.
“I can’t think of anyone that needed to play live music any more than Bob. It went past devotion, past dedication, past obsession. It seemed to me more like self identification,” Burbridge wrote on Instagram. “I think he felt it is what and who he was. I also cannot think of anyone who played more live shows. We could depend on it like the sun coming up.”
He then went on to thank Weir from bringing him into Dead & Company.
“There are no words that could ever encompass the last ten years we shared together. I’m so blessed to have been a part of it all,” Burbridge offered. “And thank you for being so generous with your time and sharing yourself with so many of us younger musicians.”
“It does my heart good to see so many pictures of you with so many musicians that weren’t in the Grateful Dead. Thank you for including us,” he added. “There is no higher form of musical grace.”
Burbridge suggested that one way fans can honor Bob “would be to fully live our life.”
“This life is such a gift, such a golden opportunity,” he wrote. “Please don’t let someone else define it. Let it proceed by it’s own design. Follow that inner voice and go for broke!”
He concluded by recalling a friend who said it was sad that Weir was only 78 when he died. “I told him I thought Bob packed at least 146 years into it,” Burbrigde noted.
Barry Manilow performs during ‘Manilow: The Last Detroit Concert’ at Little Caesars Arena, June, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)
Barry Manilow will continue to make the whole world sing — well, the whole U.S., anyway.
The legendary entertainer, who recently underwent surgery following a stage-one lung cancer diagnosis he disclosed in December, has announced six new arena shows scheduled for March. He’ll visit Charlotte, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Lexington, Kentucky. These performances will mark Manilow’s final concerts in those cities.
An artist presale for the newly announced shows begins Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. local time. More presales start Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. local time, with the remainder of the tickets going on sale Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. local time.
As previously reported, the January dates that were postponed following Manilow’s announcement have been rescheduled to March and April. You can find tickets and information at BarryManilow.com.
During each concert, Manilow will honor a local music teacher selected through online voting, presenting them with $5,000 cash and $5,000 to be used for classroom instruments.
Meanwhile, Manilow, who released the song “Once Before I Go” last year, has new music on the way in 2026.
(L-R) Singers Debbie Harry of Blondie and Kate Pierson of The B-52’s perform during the 34th Annual John Lennon Tribute Benefit Concert at Symphony Space on December 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)
Blondie’s Debbie Harry and The B-52s’ Kate Pierson are among the artists set to perform at the 39th annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert, taking place March 3 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Musicians Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson will once again serve as the night’s artistic directors, with Patti Smith Group’s Tony Shanahan serving as musical director.
Anderson and the Philip Glass Ensemble are also part of the lineup, along with singer/songwriter Allison Russell and others, with more artists to be announced.
Proceeds from the show support Tibet House US, a nonprofit educational institution and cultural embassy founded in 1987 by the Dalai Lama to ensure the survival of the Tibetan civilization.
Over the past almost four decades Tibet House benefit concerts have featured performances by such artists as R.E.M, David Bowie, Carly Simon, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Annie Lennox and more.
‘Watch What Happens Live’ with Andhy Cohen. Pictured: (l-r) Andy Cohen, Bob Weir — (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/Bravo via Getty Images)
Bravo personality Andy Cohen, a well-known Grateful Dead fan, has penned a tribute to the band’s late guitarist, Bob Weir, whose death was announced Saturday.
“Bob Weir wasn’t The Other One, he was That Guy. He was impossibly beautiful and wildly fiery, intense and passionate,” Cohen wrote. “Nobody forgets their first Dead show and mine was in 1986 in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Bob was just a speck on the stage from where I was, but man was his voice fierce and smooth… it felt like rays of sunshine were coming out of his mouth.”
Cohen notes that when members of The Dead formed Dead & Company in 2015 with Cohen’s friend musician John Mayer, “fans were gifted our songbook performed live in stadiums again. It felt like Brigadoon.”
“I feel SO BLESSED to have gotten to know Bob and the equally wondrous Weir family through my friendship with John,” he wrote, mentioning that Weir made appearances on his Bravo show Watch What Happens Live. Cohen even shared a clip of one of those appearances on Instagram.
Cohen wrote that during one appearance, Weir talked about dealing with his bandmate Jerry Garcia‘s 1995 death, noting, “he referred to it as ‘checkin’ out’. That felt so graceful a way to put it, and a testament to the fluidity of all us in this world.”
“Bob checked out but his music is going to live gloriously forever, and so will he,” he concluded. “One of the absolute coolest and best to ever do it.”
Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd performs onstage during the 2024 CMA Music festival at the Nissan Stadium on June 06, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to play the 2026 Rock the Country touring festival.
The mostly country festival will take place over eight weekends this summer, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers confirmed for the Ashland, Kentucky, stop. Skynyrd will perform July 10, with a lineup headlined by country star Jelly Roll.
Other artists booked for the festival include rockers Creed, Kid Rock and Shinedown, plus country stars such as Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green and Miranda Lambert.
Other Rock the Country 2026 dates include: May 1-2 in Bellville, Texas; May 29-30 in Bloomingdale, Georgia; June 27-28 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; July 25-26 in Anderson, South Carolina; Aug. 8-9 in Hastings, Michigan; Aug. 28-29 in Ocala, Florida; and Sept. 11-12 in Hamburg, New York.
You can sign up now for a presale that begins Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit RocktheCountry.com.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to spend their summer on the road with Foreigner on the Double Trouble Double Vision Tour. It will consist of 19 co-headlining dates, kicking off July 23 in Atlanta and wrapping Aug. 29 in Rogers, Arkansas. A complete schedule can be found at lynyrdskynyrd.com.
James Taylor at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Eric McCandless)
James Taylor is one of the acts set to perform at The Nearness of You Concert, an all-star benefit concert supporting cancer research at Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The event honors the memory of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Michael Brecker, who died in 2007. He played sax on Taylor’s 1972 track “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” described on Instagram as “one of the most memorable collaborations in James’s catalog.”
The concert will be held Feb. 9 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in New York, hosted by comedian Susie Essman. The lineup also includes trumpeter Chris Botti, singer/songwriter Lisa Fischer, inaugural poet Richard Blanco and special guests.
This is the fifth Nearness of You Concert that’s been held. Previous shows have raised over $5 million for cancer research and featured artists like Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Christopher Cross and others.
In December Taylor revealed his plans to tour in 2026, noting in a social media video that he would be out west in California and Nevada in April, and then hit the East Coast in June. So far the only confirmed U.S. shows are his annual July 3 and 4 concerts at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Taylor also has dates in the U.K. and Europe in July. A complete schedule can be found at JamesTaylor.com.
Sammy Hagar Best of All Worlds Tour admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)
Sammy Hagar has announced a new set of dates for his Best of All Worlds Tour.
The latest leg, featuring special guest Rick Springfield, will once again have him backed by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitar great Joe Satriani and drummer Kenny Aronoff. The tour features a set filled with Van Halen classics, some of his solo tunes and tracks from his bands Chickenfoot and The Circle.
“We’re celebrating the legacy of the music and bringing it to a whole new generation of fans,” said Hagar.
The tour consists of eight shows, kicking off June 13 in St. Louis, Missouri, and wrapping June 27 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Artist and Citi presales for tickets begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Sammy will next headline another set of Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency dates, starting March 11 at Dolby Live at Park MGM. He’ll also launch a Best of All Worlds U.K. tour on July 4 in Manchester, marking his first performances in the U.K. since 1996. A complete list of dates can be found at RedRocker.com.
