Academy of Country Music Awards 2026 (dcp/ACM/Prime Video)
The 2026 edition of the Academy of Country Music Awards is heading back to Sin City.
The 61st annual ACMs will take place May 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and will stream live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch. Tickets will go on sale early next year.
The Academy of Country Music Awards marked its 60th anniversary this year with a ceremony hosted by Reba McEntire in Frisco, Texas. The big winners included Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, Chris Stapleton, Old Dominion and Brooks & Dunn.
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at Day 3 at Cala Mijas Festival 2023 on September 02, 2023 in Mijas, Spain. (Bianca de Vilar/WireImage)
Florence + the Machine and Fontaines D.C. are among the headliners for Reading & Leeds 2026.
The twin U.K. festivals take place simultaneously over the same weekend: Aug. 27 to Aug. 30. The initial bill also includes sombr and Role Model.
Chicago & Styx tour admat (courtesy of Live Nation)
Styx and Chicago are teaming up for a new summer tour.
The bands have announced dates for The Windy Cities Tour – All The Hits…Your Kind of Tour. It’s set to begin July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and wrap Sept. 6 in Los Angeles.
“We are excited about the summer tour,” Chicago’s trumpeter Lee Loughnane says in a statement. “Chicago has never toured with Styx before so it’s going to be a lot of fun, we’re looking forward to it.”
“In my early days of live performing I had several mentors who were kind enough to let me join in and play with them despite not being able to read charts,” adds Styx singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw. “By the time Chicago released their first album, I had enough experience to begin learning their amazing music on my own. Now, the idea of Styx touring with Chicago is a major thrill all on its own. We can’t wait to spend the summer with them!”
Various ticket presales will begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
John Paul Densmore, drummer of the rock band The Doors, was born in Los Angeles, California.
Densmore co-founded The Doors in 1965 along with frontman Jim Morrison, guitarist Robby Kreiger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek. They released their self-titled debut in 1967, which featured their breakthrough single “Light My Fire.” Both the album and the song were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.
The Doors released six studio albums and in addition to “Light My Fire,” are known for such classic tunes as “L.A. Woman,” “Riders on the Storm,” “Break on Through (To the Other Side),” “Hello, I Love You” and more.
Following the 1971 death of Morrison, Densmore has been the member of the band to veto any attempts to license The Doors’ music for commercial purposes. He even went to court to protect the use of the band’s name and music. Densmore also teamed with the Morrison estate to stop Kreiger and Manzarek from touring under The Doors’ name.
Densmore was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Doors in 1993.
Luke Combs performs on ‘The 59th Annual CMA Awards’ live from Nashville, Nov. 19 on ABC and streaming next day on Hulu. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
You may be bummed about returning to work after a four-day break, but at least we have a new Luke Combs song to look forward to this week.
Luke confirmed that his new song “Giving Her Away” will be out on Friday, Dec. 5, in an Instagram post of him performing a decent chunk of the tune. It’s a touching tune written from the perspective of a guy talking to his future father-in-law on his wedding day. The chorus goes, “I’m giving her my name and you’re giving her away.”
Some fans believe that the fact that Luke has chosen to record this song indicates that the baby he and his wife, Nicole, are expecting is a girl.
It’s not clear if “Giving Her Away” will be on Luke’s new album, which is due early next year. So far from the album, we’ve heard the songs “Back In the Saddle,” “Days Like These,” “15 Minutes” and “My Kinda Saturday Night.”
Fred Durst and Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit perform onstage during Leeds Festival at Bramham Park on August 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. (Katja Ogrin/Redferns)
Limp Bizkit launched their Latin American tour Saturday in Mexico City, marking the first tour since the death of founding bassist Sam Rivers in October.
Ahead of the show, drummer John Otto shared a statement on Instagram beginning, “Today is going to be tough.”
“A first I never wanted to experience,” Otto wrote. “Especially not now. You’ve [Rivers] been there for so many major firsts in my life. Some of my earliest memories were made with you. We grew up together. Laughed together … Realized our dreams together. And traveled the world together. You’ve always been there. The godfather to my girls, my best friend-my brother.”
“There will never be another you,” Otto added of Rivers. “We’re going to honor the life you lived and the love you spread with every show we play. You’ll always be with us.”
In place of Rivers, Saturday’s concert featured bassist Richard “Kidnot” Buxton, who recapped the show in his own Instagram post.
“Deeply grateful to be able to celebrate the forever amazing [Rivers],” Buxton wrote. “Standing with [Limp Bizkit] in Mexico City last night, you could feel his spirit in every moment. It’s an incredible honour to be here. This tour is for Sam!”
Limp Bizkit’s tour continues Tuesday in Costa Rica.
‘One More Time’ EP artwork. (Capitol Records. Artwork by Joe Foti/Chrome Hearts)
Aerosmith is back in the top 10.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ EP with Yungblud, One More Time, debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week, moving 39,000 equivalent album units. Of that number, 37,000 were in traditional album sales, landing the EP at #3 on the Top Album Sales chart.
The EP is now Aerosmith’s 10th top-10 album and their first since their last release, 2012’s Music From Another Dimension!, which landed at #5.
Aerosmith earned their first Billboard top-10 album in 1976 with Rocks. With the release of the new EP, they now have had a top-10 album in every decade between the 1970s through the 2020s, becoming the second band and fifth act overall to land such a feat.
They join The Rolling Stones as the only other band to have top-10 albums in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor are the only other acts to have done so.
Aerosmith had their most success in the ’90s and 2000s, where they landed three top-10 hits each decade, including two #1s: 1993’s Get A Grip and 1997’s Nine Lives.
Meanwhile, over in the U.K., One More Time did even better: It debuted at #1 on the Official Albums Chart, making it Aerosmith’s first U.K. #1.
‘One More Time’ EP artwork. (Capitol Records. Artwork by Joe Foti/Chrome Hearts)
Aerosmith and Yungblud‘s collaborative EP, One More Time, has debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
The set begins at #9 on the all-genre album chart with a total of 39,000 equivalent album units. It marks Aerosmith’s 10th top-10 release and Yungblud’s first.
One More Time marks the first original collection of Aerosmith music since 2012. It also makes them only the fifth act in history to notch top-10 records on the Billboard 200 in each of the last six decades: the 1970s, ’80, ’90s, 2000s, 2010s and now 2020s.
The other four are Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor.
Meanwhile, One More Time has debuted at #1 on the Official Albums Chart in Yungblud’s native U.K. It’s Yungblud’s fourth #1 debut on the Official Albums Chart and second of 2025, along with his Idols album.
“No words can express how grateful I am for this… my second Official Number 1 of 2025,” Yungblud tells Official Charts. “Massive love to everyone who supported this record in the name of rock and roll!”
“Aerosmith has been part of the soundtrack to my life,” he adds. “Thank you to Joe [Perry] and Steven [Tyler] for riding with me – I can’t believe we made a record together!”
In other Yungblud news, the English artist shares that his grandmother got a back tattoo inspired by the Idols song “Zombie.” That ink features the word “Zombie” surrounded by angel wings and a halo.
“She’s in her 70s,” Yungblud says in a video posted to Facebook. “So this is a direct message to any f****** hater that says Yungblud’s just for the young people. It’s for f****** everyone.”
Thom Yorke performs at Sydney Opera House on November 01, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Nina Franova/WireImage)
Radiohead has postponed two dates on their ongoing European tour.
The “Creep” outfit shares in an Instagram post that frontman Thom Yorke has “been diagnosed with an extreme throat infection which has made it impossible for him to sing.”
The affected dates, originally scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Copenhagen, have been moved to Dec. 15 and Dec. 16. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the new dates, and refunds will be available to those who can no longer make the shows.
Radiohead also has shows taking place in Copenhagen on Thursday and Friday, which are currently still set to go on as scheduled. They’ll wrap up the tour with four dates in Berlin beginning Dec. 8.
“Treatment is underway and we’re hopeful Thom will recover in time to play the final two Copenhagen shows on Dec 4th and 5th, and all four Berlin shows,” Radiohead says.
Radiohead’s tour, which launched in November, marks the band’s first live dates since 2018.
“We have been so blown away by the audience reactions on these dates and are loving being back on stage again,” Radiohead says. “Needless to say, we feel terrible that we have been forced to postpone these shows.”
Kevin Jonas released his first-ever solo single a few weeks ago, and now, Nick Jonas has announced a new solo album.
The album, Sunday Best, is Nick’s first solo project in almost five years, and it’ll be out Feb. 6. In a statement, Nick says, “I’m so excited to share these new stories, candid thoughts, quiet walks home in the city, and snapshots of my life over these past few years. And while this album was made over the course of the last two years, it was truly 33 years in the making.”
Nick launched the album on Sunday — of course — with an event in Las Vegas, during which he premiered some of his new songs live for 170 fans and some of his collaborators. One of them is JP Saxe, best known for his Grammy-nominated hit “If the World Was Ending.”
As for the sound of the album, a press release notes that Nick “draws inspiration from his musical roots and early years singing in church choirs.”
Nick’s previous solo album, Spaceman, came out in March of 2021.
