Marilyn Manson performs in concert during Rocklahoma on August 29, 2025 in Pryor, Oklahoma. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)
Marilyn Manson has announced a run of U.S. tour dates for 2026.
The headlining dates span from April 23 in Highland, California, to May 15 in Nashville. Presales begin Tuesday at noon local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit MarilynManson.com.
Manson will be touring in continued support of his 2024 album, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, which marked his first since his ex Evan Rachel Wood accused him of abuse in 2021. Manson denied the allegations, and the Los Angeles district attorney announced in January that he will not be charged following a four-year investigation.
‘The Music of Billy Joel’ (Courtesy Music Of Presents)
Billy Joel is going to be the focus of New York City entrepreneur Michael Dorf’s annual Music Of concert series, and the lineup of artists celebrating Joel has just been announced.
This year’s concert is March 12 at Carnegie Hall, with a lineup that includes Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel, Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, Train’s Pat Monahan, Gavin DeGraw, OAR’s Marc Roberge, Matt Nathanson, country star Tanya Tucker, Americana artists The War and Treaty and Mary Chapin Carpenter andsinger/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with more artists to be announced.
Joel’s eight-piece touring band will also be on hand for the celebration, serving as the evening’s house band.
For the first time ever, the show completely sold out before the lineup of artists was announced. Tickets remain for a live rehearsal show at City Winery on March 11.
The Joel concert will be the 21st Music Of tribute put on by Dorf. Since the series launched in 2004, the concerts have raised over $2 million for charity.
This year’s honoree was Patti Smith, with previous concerts celebrating the music of Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, Prince,R.E.M., Crosby, Stills & Nash and more.
Billy Joel hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his 11th studio album, Storm Front.
The album featured Joel’s third #1 single, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” along with the top-10 single “I Go To Extremes” and the top-40 ballad “And So It Goes.”
The album also boasted several songs that became fan favorites, including “The Downeaster ‘Alexa’,” and “Shameless,” the latter of which was later covered by country star Garth Brooks.
Storm Front earned Joel five Grammy nominations, including song of the year and record of the year for “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
Billy went on to have one more #1 album, River of Dreams, which was released in 1993 and is widely regarded as his final rock album.
Trent Reznor and Ilan Rubin attend the “Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined” Art Exhibit Presented by Interscope Records and LACMA on January 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Interscope Records)
After surprising fans by letting go of drummer Josh Freese, Foo Fighters brought in Ilan Rubin of Nine Inch Nails for the gig. In a twist, NIN reunited with Freese, who previously played with Trent Reznor and company between 2005 and 2008.
Speaking with Consequence about the drummer swap, Reznor shares, “The reality of that scenario was it was a surprise to me that Ilan was joining the Foo Fighters.”
“Ilan is a great musician and had been a solid guy during his tenure in the band,” Reznor says. “But it presented a problem in terms of we knew there was another leg of the tour that we’re going to start in February [2026].”
As Reznor explains it, he was presented with two options: find a replacement for Rubin after the European leg of NIN’s Peel It Back tour ended in mid-July, or wait until after the subsequent U.S. leg wrapped in September. Because the second option meant they’d have to “find someone over the holiday break” ahead of the 2026 leg launching in February, Renzor went with option one.
“As soon as I heard the news, I thought I could call Josh and he could play the show tonight, ’cause there’s no doubt about his ability,” Reznor says. “ And that’s essentially in a shorthand what went down. He was available and willing, and it just made sense on a number of levels.”
“Being completely honest, we’re adults and we’re professional, but we’re also people with emotional feelings and a sense of camaraderie and intent and purpose,” Reznor continues. “I thought it would feel better to play that last wave of tours with someone that wants to be there, and that’s what went down.”
Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grandes speak onstage as Universal Pictures presents a special ‘Wicked For Good’ Q&A at Saban Media Center on November 15, 2025 in North Hollywood, California. (Unique Nicole/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)
Could Ariana Grande and her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey reunite onstage in London?
Deadlinereports the two actors are making plans to co-star in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s Sunday in the Park with George, slated for a 2027 presentation at London’s Barbican Theatre.
The show was inspired by post-impressionist artist Georges Seurat‘s famous paintingA Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Its two central roles — Seurat and his lover, Dot — were originated on Broadway by Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters.
According to Deadline, both Ariana and Jonathan have “excelled” in these roles during early read-throughs. However, with “many moving parts” still involved in bringing the show to life, “there will be no official announcement until all of those parts are firmly locked into place.”
In November, Ariana toldThe New York Timesthat she has something “coming up soon.” The Times described it as “stage-related.” Ariana added, “It’s not on Broadway, but it’s something that I’m very excited about and inspired by.”
With four daughters ranging in age from 4 to 10, Christmas lists could get out of hand at Thomas Rhett‘s house.
But Thomas, who will soon be a father of five, says his girls usually keep it in check.
“Obviously, they’re in school now,” TR says, “so anything that their friends have, they’re like, ‘Hey, I want that for Christmas. I want that for Christmas.’ Honestly, they’re pretty simple.”
“They love like the princess dresses,” he adds. “I mean, they have so many of them, but every year there’s always like a different princess dress that they want. So, that’s always a go-to.”
Thomas says in recent years he and wife Lauren Akins have scaled back their gift giving as well.
“We do experiences for each other,” he explains. “We kinda stopped getting each other physical gifts. It’s more like, ‘What trip could we do next year together?’ That’s kinda become our thing over the last three or four years.”
TR and Lauren’s fifth little one is set to arrive in March, and they’ve decided not to find out the baby’s gender ahead of the birth.
The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The LP is released on June 1st. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone/Getty Images)
Items from The Beatles, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and more are part of a new Marvels of Modern Music auction being put on by RR Auctions.
Among the highlights of the auction is an extremely rare EMI mono acetate pressing of The Beatles’ track “Please Please Me,” which was cut at Abbey Road Studios. There’s also an acetate of an unreleased version of “She’s a Woman,” which, according to the description, “offers a rare window into The Beatles’ studio experimentation at the height of Beatlemania.”
Other items in the auction include Ringo’s 1964 Gold record for A Hard Day’s Night; a vintage pressing of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, signed by Ringo, Paul McCartney and George Harrison; a Bob Dylan mixed media painting, Side Tracks; and a signed 1968 document by the JimiHendrix Experience.
More info on the auction, which closes on Thursday, can be found at rrauction.com.
Mariah Carey at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on July 24, 2025. (Disney/Randy Holmes)
If all you want for Christmas is an item used by Mariah Carey, luck may be on your side. The singer, who is the MusiCares Person of the Year, has launched a charity auction in partnership with the nonprofit and Julien’s Auctions.
Up for auction on Feb. 1, 2026, will be a pink 1950s-style Thunderbird convertible used as a prop during Mariah’s performance of “Dreamlover” at her Number 1 to Infinity Las Vegas residency. The car is estimated to sell for anywhere between $6,000 and $8,000.
Also used during the same Vegas run is the gold jet ski Mariah entered in to perform her 1997 song “Honey.” It’s projected to go forup to $2,000.
The residency at The Colosseum at Caesars in Las Vegas ran from May 2015 to May 2017. Other items up for sale will be announced at a later date.
The Julien’s MusiCares Charity Relief Auction will take place Feb. 1, 2026, two days after MusiCares’ 35th annual Person of the Year benefit gala, where Mariah will be honored as the Person of the Year. The auction will run from 11 a.m. PT to 1 p.m. PT via juliensauctions.com and the Recording Academy in Santa Monica, California.
Proceeds will “help industry professionals recover from emergencies, including hardships brought on by the wildfires earlier this year,” as well as “disaster relief, mental health services, addiction recovery programs, and essential living expenses for music people and their families,” according to a press release.
Fans must register for access to participate; registration is available online via the Julien’s Auctions website and in person on the day of the event.
Bids can be placed online, over the phone, in person or via an absentee bid.
Ivan Moody and Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch perform on Day 2 of Monster Energy Aftershock Festival 2017 at Discovery Park on October 22, 2017 in Sacramento, California. (Steve Jennings/WireImage)
Five Finger Death Punch has been working on a new album, their first since 2022’s AfterLife. The record will also mark the metal outfit’s milestone 10th studio effort.
“We have about six, seven pretty solid songs,” guitarist Zoltan Bathory tells ABC Audio of the upcoming album’s progress. “Then we start beefing them up and switching them around, figuring it out.”
Bathory hopes that the record will be released in the first quarter of 2026.
“Then we would definitely do a world tour on that,” he says.
Since AfterLife, Five Finger Death Punch has released a two-volume best-of compilation, consisting of rerecorded versions of the band’s biggest hits. The collection includes new recordings of the songs “The End” and “I Refuse,” featuring BABYMETAL and In This Moment‘s Maria Brink, respectively, both of which hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel of Phantogram perform onstage during weekend one, day three of the 2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 05, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/Getty Images)
Phantogram will be opening for select dates on Linkin Park‘s 2026 European tour, kicking off in May.
“Europe, we’re coming back,” Phantogram says in a Facebook post. “It’s been way too long since we’ve been overseas and we can’t wait to see you all again.”
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Phantogram.com.
Phantogram spent much of 2025 touring the U.S. in support of their latest album, 2024’s Memory of a Day. In addition to their own headlining shows, they also opened dates on Deftones‘ tour.
