The Mars Volta performs at Shaky Knees at Central Park on May 06, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)
The Mars Volta has announced a run of U.S. headlining shows.
The trek kicks off Sept. 8 in Ventura, California, and will wrap up Sept. 18 in Jacksonville, Florida. Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
The Mars Volta’s upcoming live plans also include a date opening for My Chemical Romance and a set at the 2026 Louder than Life festival.
The most recent Mars Volta album is 2025’s Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio, which they performed in full during their headlining shows and dates opening for Deftones in 2025.
Justin Moore’s ‘This Is My Dirt’ (Blue Highway Records)
Justin Moore manages to top both major Country Airplay charts this week, as “Time’s Ticking” rises to #1 on the Mediabase tally, as well as the previously reported Billboard ranking.
“It’s beyond exciting, and humbling, to celebrate our 14th number 1 with ‘Time’s Ticking,'” Justin says. “I was proud of the song when we wrote it. I’m thrilled to see it resonate with so many people out there to this extent.”
“Thank you to my entire team, fans and country radio for continuing the support of our music,” he continues. “We are excited for what’s next with new music and being out doing a tour with my buddy Riley Green. Cheers, and here’s to number 15!”
Justin kicks off Riley’s Cowboy As It Gets Tour April 16 in Southaven, Mississippi.
He’ll also host the sixth annual Justin Moore St. Jude Golf Classic April 19-20 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Julia Wolf opens for mgk at Utilita Arena Birmingham on March 10, 2026 in Birmingham, England. (Katja Ogrin/Redferns)
Julia Wolf has announced a U.S. tour.
The headlining run, dubbed the Deep End tour, launches Sept. 17 in Austin, Texas, and concludes Oct. 25 in Los Angeles. It will then head to the U.K. and Europe.
“I’m so excited to finally be able to come back to North America, the UK, and Europe to do my own headline tour!” Wolf says in a statement. “I can’t wait to have a room full of people singing my songs and to play some new ones for everyone as well!”
Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. 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 Wolf’s website, GirlsinPurgatory.com.
Wolf previously opened for mgk. Her 2024 single “In My Room” is currently charting on the Billboard Alternative Airplay tally.
That’s the title of the first single from her eagerly anticipated new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, and it’s coming April 17. Olivia announced the news on Instagram, along with a photo of herself blowing a pink bubblegum bubble and wearing a shirt with “drop dead” embroidered on the collar. You can presave and preorder the song now, including on “chewing gum” pink vinyl, CD and cassette.
The album, Olivia’s third, is out June 12. Since she announced it, she’s been posting photos of pink padlocks with her initials on them affixed to various bridges and fences in cities including Paris, London, LA and Hoboken, New Jersey. Fans believe these are hints as to where she’ll eventually be touring.
While we wait for more info from Olivia, you can amuse yourself with her online album cover generator, where you can replace the words “sad,” “girl” and “in love” with your own words and create a personalized version of the album cover.
Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves have been added to the performance lineup as the 61st ACM Awards return to the traditional Sunday time slot on May 17.
Kacey will do a song from her upcoming sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, which drops May 1. The Academy of Country Music didn’t reveal what Miranda or LBT will sing. They join previously announced performers Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Riley Green.
The Academy of Country Music also revealed we’re just days away from learning this year’s nominations, which come out on Thursday.
In 2026 the ACMs return to their previous home at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, streaming live May 17 on Prime Video starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees (Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2026 inductees will be announced during the April 13 episode of American Idol, and fans will no doubt want to see if the nominees they supported in the online fan vote have managed to get in.
After more than 9 million votes were cast, the act that ended up on top of the leaderboard is R&B group New Edition, who scored just over 1 million of those votes. In 2023, New Edition inducted The Spinners into the Hall and performed in their honor.
Coming in at #2 is Phil Collins, who is already in the Hall as a member of Genesis. The drummer, singer, songwriter, producer and actor, who has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist, received close to 901,000 votes.
Pink came in at #3 with over 850,000 votes, while Shakira was #4 with 738,000 votes. The late Luther Vandross was just behind Shakira at #5, with just under 733,000 votes.
Australian rockers INXS were #6, followed by British group Sade at #7. The top seven vote-getters were highlighted on the leaderboard because all actual voting members were each allowed to vote for seven acts.
However, it’s worth noting that the act that comes in at #1 on the fan vote isn’t guaranteed induction. That’s because all the fan votes together are tallied as one single ballot, joining the 1,200 ballots submitted by the actual voting members of the Hall of Fame.
As for the rest of this year’s nominees, here’s how they stacked up: 8. Wu-Tang Clan 9. Billy Idol 10. Mariah Carey 11. Lauryn Hill 12. Iron Maiden 13. Melissa Etheridge 14. The Black Crowes 15. Oasis 16. Joy Division + New Order 17. Jeff Buckley
Bonnie Raitt landed her first-ever #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with her 10th studio album, Nick of Time.
The album’s success was aided by a popular video for the track “Thing Called Love,” a cover of a John Hiatt tune. The video featured actor Dennis Quaid as a bar patron who flirts with the bar’s singer, played by Raitt.
The album was Raitt’s first release after getting sober and enduring years of professional struggles, including getting dropped from her label, Warner Bros. Records.
The record, her first with new label Capitol Records, turned out to be a breakthrough for the artist. Not only did it sell five million copies, but it earned Raitt three Grammys including album of the year.
In 2022, Nick of Time was chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.
Bilmuri has premiered a new song called “WHERE TO FIND ME,” a track off his upcoming album, KINDA HARD.
“WHERE TO FIND ME” features a guitar solo from Florestan Durand of the band Novelists, who submitted the part after Bilmuri put out an open call to play on the song.
“I could not come up with a sick a** riff, and so I just threw it up into the universe, and the guitar community came through f****** huge and sent about a million solos to me,” Bilmuri says in an Instagram video. “I loved so many of them.”
KINDA HARD is due out Friday. It also includes the single “MORE THAN HATE” and the A Day to Remember collaboration “ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN.”
Bilmuri will launch a U.S. tour April 17 in Denver.
Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs in concert during the 2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 04, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)
The Strokes followed up their new album announcement Monday with the live debut of a new song.
Julian Casablancas and company performed the track, apparently called “Going Shopping,” for the first time during their show Monday night in San Francisco.
Meanwhile, a Strokes fan on Reddit says they received a cassette tape featuring “Going Shopping” in a package after signing up for the band’s mailing list.
As previously reported, The Strokes’ next album is called Reality Awaits and is due out in the summer, exact date TBA. It will mark the first Strokes record in six years, following 2020’s The New Abnormal.
The Strokes will perform at Coachella on Saturday. Their upcoming live schedule also includes sets at Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Just Live Heaven and Shaky Knees.
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Billy Idol is hitting the road again this summer.
The “Rebel Yell” rocker has announced dates for a new leg of the It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again! tour, kicking off Aug. 7 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The trek will hit cities in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and more, before wrapping Sept. 27 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A Citi presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 12 p.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 12 p.m. local time.
Idol launched the It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again! tour in April 2025. In addition to the newly announced shows, he will headline the weeklong Hot in the City Las Vegas residency at the Fontainebleau from Aug. 28 to Sept. 5.
A complete list of dates can be found at BillyIdol.net.
Idol is currently nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Inductees will be announced April 13 on American Idol. In addition, his new documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, is currently streaming on Hulu.
