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ZZ Top will be spending some more time on the road this year. The Texas rockers have extended their The Big One! tour with seven more weeks of shows.

The latest additions begin Aug. 4 in Chula Vista, California, and include stops in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Maine and Connecticut. The schedule also includes two shows, Aug. 21 and 22, in the band’s home state of Texas, at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin.

The new dates wrap Sept. 18 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Special guests include Cheap Trick and George Thorogood & The Destroyers on select dates.

A complete schedule and ticket information can be found at ZZTop.com.

ZZ Top launched the first leg of The Big One! tour in March. Their next show is Tuesday in Wheeling, West Virginia. In addition to their U.S. dates, they are heading to Europe in June and July, and Mexico and South America in November.

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Bob Dylan continues to extend his 2026 North American tour.

The 84-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added six new shows to the tour, including a July 21 stop at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York.

He’s also added stops in Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina; and Atlanta, with an Aug. 1 show in Nashville currently the last scheduled stop on the trek.

Special guests on the new dates include Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan.

Tickets for all new shows go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Dylan’s 2026 tour consists of dates throughout the spring and summer. His next show is Thursday in Macon, Georgia.

A complete list of dates can be found at BobDylan.com.

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Patti Smith is one of the many artists booked to play the 2026 CBGB Festival, taking place Sept. 26 in Brooklyn, New York.

The lineup also includes Morrissey, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Buzzcocks, Bikini Kill and Violet Grohl.

Presales begin Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit CBGBFest.com.

The CBGB Festival, now in its second year, is named after the iconic New York City punk club, which helped launch the careers of such artists as Smith, the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads. Smith performed at CBGB’s closing night concert on Oct. 15, 2006.

The inaugural 2025 edition featured Jack White and Iggy Pop.

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David Byrne has added some more North American dates to his Who Is The Sky? tour.

The latest additions include an Aug. 27 show in San Diego, followed by two nights, Aug. 28 and 29, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. He’s also added a Sept. 17 show in Saratoga, New York, and a Sept. 19 concert at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York.

Byrne’s also announced a string of August dates in Asia, with the tour stopping in Singapore, Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

He next brings the show to Phoenix on Tuesday. He’s also headed over to Europe and the U.K. starting June 7 in Dublin, Ireland.

A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at DavidByrne.com.

Byrne launched the tour in September 2025 in support of his new solo album, Who Is The Sky?, which was released the same month. It is his first solo release since 2018’s American Utopia.

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Hootie & the Blowfish haven’t released a new album since 2019’s Imperfect Circle, but they’re playing Stagecoach on Sunday, followed by several major festivals this summer. And last week in Nashville, singer Darius Rucker told reporters they don’t have much motivation to put out new music if they can sell out shows without it. Besides, he said, nobody’s interested in hearing it.

“I’m mean, we’re lucky,” he told reporters. “We’re at that point in our careers where we don’t have to put out a record. And we can decide to tour next summer, and we’re gonna sell out arenas and the sheds. Every artist in the world, when they’re 16, 17, 19, 20, playing in clubs, that’s where they wanna be at the end.”

“They don’t know it, they think, ‘We wanna have hits our whole career,’ and nobody does that,” Darius continued. “You know, you wanna be at a point where you don’t have to have hits, you can still go and play to 15,000 people. And we’re lucky enough to be there.”

“So it’s like, if we make music, great, but ain’t nobody listening to that s*** anyway,” he laughed. “You know, people want to hear ‘Hold My Hand.’ They want to hear ‘Only Wanna Be With You.’ So that’s what we’re gonna play.”

Despite the lack of new music, the band recently hit #1 — on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart. The song that did it for them was “Bottle Rockets,” by country star and former American Idol champ Scotty McCreery. It contains an interpolation of “Hold My Hand,” so Hootie & the Blowfish joined him on the track.

Hootie & the Blowfish will play the Bourbon & Beyond, Oceans Calling and Windy City Smokeout festivals. Meanwhile, Darius has a solo tour, Songs of Summer, starting June 4.

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Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon is set to receive an honorary doctorate from Juilliard.

According to a press release, the honorary doctorates are handed out to “distinguished artists whose work has shaped and expanded the fields of opera, music, dance, film and theater.”

This year’s other honorary doctorate recipients include ballerina Misty Copeland, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and actor Oscar Isaac.

“Each of this year’s remarkable honorary doctorate recipients has left an indelible mark on their field,” said Juilliard President Damian Woetzel. “As we celebrate Juilliard’s class of 2026, we acknowledge these artists who stand as shining examples of extraordinary achievement and impact on the world.”

The honorary doctorates will be handed out at the school’s 121st commencement on May 22. This year’s recipients will be celebrated with performances from Juilliard students.

Simon is currently on the European leg of his A Quiet Celebration tour and will begin a three-night stand in Amsterdam on Wednesday. He brings the tour back to North America June 4 in Palo Alto, California.

A complete list of dates can be found at PaulSimon.com.

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A previously unreleased song from Prince has arrived ahead of the 10th anniversary of his death.

“With This Tear” is now available on streaming services, along with a video on YouTube.

The track, originally recorded at Paisley Park in November 1991, showcases Prince’s artistry, as he produced, arranged, composed and performed all the instruments. The song was offered to Céline Dion, who made her own cover in 1992. The new version was mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer/producer and frequent collaborator Chris James.

It’s the first of many recordings expected to drop throughout 2026 as part of a new Prince project.

Prince died on April 21, 2016. In honor of the anniversary, A Day 2 Reflect | A Night 2 Remember will be held at Paisley Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, featuring public tours, a candle-lighting ceremony and more.

The milestone is also being celebrated with the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Life, taking place June 3-6 across Paisley Park and downtown Minneapolis. Attendees will get access to unreleased music, screenings, panels and more. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday.

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Looks like someone wanted to dress themselves up — not in Madonna’s love, but in her clothes.

The Queen of Pop wrote on her Instagram Story Monday that she was “still flying high” after her “full circle moment” at Coachella, which saw her return to the festival for the first time in 20 years to join Sabrina Carpenter onstage. However, she wrote, “I discovered that the vintage pieces that I wore went missing- my costume that was pulled from my personal archives – jacket, corset, dress and all other garments.”

“These aren’t just clothes, they are part of my history,” she said. “Other archival items from the same era went missing as well. I’m hoping and praying that some kind soul, will find these items and reach out to my team at: Infomaverick2026@gmail.com.”

Madonna says she’s offering a reward for the “safe return” of the pieces, and thanks fans “with all My Heart.”

During her performance, Madonna made a point of saying that she was wearing the same jacket, corset and boots that she originally wore at Coachella in 2006.

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Joan Jett and The Blackhearts are heading to the U.K. this summer for their first headlining tour in 16 years.

The tour is made up of four shows, starting July 2 in Glasgow. The tour will then head to Manchester on July 4 and Leeds on July 5, before wrapping July 7 in Wolverhampton.

“We can’t wait to be back on stage in the UK this Summer!” Jett says. “I wrote and recorded ‘Bad Reputation,’ my first solo LP in London. It’s been too long since we’ve been in the UK and we’re excited to see everyone!”

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday.

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts are also set to open for My Chemical Romance at Wembley Stadium in London on July 10.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are set to play several U.S. festivals this year, including Beachlife Festival in Redondo Beach, California, on May 2; BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa, California, on May 23 and Bourbon & Beyond in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 24.

A complete list of dates can be found at JoanJett.com.

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The Totally Tubular Festival, celebrating music of the ’80s, will return for a third year this summer, with a lineup that includes Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Motels, Animotion, The Escape Club, Tommy Tutone and The Producers.

The tour marks the first time Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People have performed together since 1988.

The tour is set to kick off July 17 in Phoenix, hitting such cities as Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., New York and more before wrapping Aug. 16 in Aurora, Illinois.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. A complete schedule can be found at TotallyTubularFestival.com.

The Totally Tubular Festival launched in summer 2024, with Dolby also headlining the fest. Other artists on the inaugural bill included Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Modern English, Men Without Hats and The Romantics.

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