Styx released the album The Grand Illusion. As it was their seventh studio album, its release date was significant: 7-7-77.
The album was a huge hit for the band, peaking at #6 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and getting certified triple Platinum in the U.S.
The album contained two songs that went on to become Styx classics: “Come Sail Away,” which was a top-10 hit, and “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” which hit the top 40.
In 2024, Styx headlined a special residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, where they played The Grand Illusion in its entirety for the first time in their career.
Couldn’t get a ticket to Lewis Capaldi’s sold-out show at London’s BST Hyde Park? Don’t worry – he’ll be broadcasting the performance live on YouTube.
Lewis Capaldi: Live at American Express presents BST Hyde Parkwill stream on the singer’s official YouTube page on Saturday starting at 3:45 p.m. ET.
Saturday’s concert is the first of two sold-out shows at the festival, which hosts 65,000 people. The shows are the biggest headlining performances of Lewis’ career. It also marks the first time an artist has livestreamed their full performance from the festival.
An exclusive 10-minute short film specially created for the event will air just ahead of the livestream. Following the stream, the full performance will be made permanently available on YouTube.
Artwork for U2’s new single ‘Street of Dreams’ (Island Records)
U2 is finally giving fans a preview of their next album.
The Irish rockers have just dropped the new track “Street of Dreams,” the first single off the band’s yet-to-be announced studio album.
U2 has also released a video to accompany the track, which they shot in May near Plaza Santo Domingo in Mexico City. The video shoot was marred by bad weather, although it didn’t stop a huge crowd of fans from gathering to watch the filming. During the shoot, thunder and rain caused their generator to crash. U2 wound up taking cover in a nearby apartment, with the resident allowing the band to film off their balcony.
U2’s upcoming album will be their first full album in nine years. Their last release, Songs of Experience, came out in December 2017. They did release two EPs with new material — Days of Ash and Easter Lily — in February and April, respectively.
The new music comes during a year when U2 will be celebrating a huge milestone. September will mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, which happened after Larry Mullen Jr. posted an ad seeking musicians to form a band on the noticeboard at Dublin’s Mount Temple Comprehensive.
An’ Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live’ at the House of Blues (Courtesy of Live Nation)v
Carlos Santana has extended his Las Vegas residency into November.
The guitar legend has announced eight new performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The new dates run from Nov. 4 – 15.
This year marks Santana’s 14th year headlining a residency at the House of Blues.
Various presales for tickets run from Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT until Friday at 10 p.m. PT. Tickets for all shows go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. PT.
Santana is currently on his Oneness tour with The Doobie Brothers. He will play Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday and will return to the House of Blues for new residency dates starting Sept. 16.
A complete list of Santana dates can be found at Santana.com.
Eagles Sphere residency admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)
Eagles are sticking around Las Vegas a little longer.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has just announced four new December shows at the Sphere Las Vegas: Dec 4, 5, 11 and 12.
Registration for a presale that begins July 15 at 10 a.m. PT is now open. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting July 17 at 10 a.m. PT.
The new dates will extend the Eagles’ record for the longest-running residency at the Sphere with 68 shows. They launched the residency on Sept. 20, 2024.
Eagles return to the Sphere for four shows starting on Sept. 18. They also have four shows scheduled in November.
A complete list of Eagles dates can be found at Eagles.com.
Jonas Brothers The Burning Up Tour All Over Again. (Live Nation)
The Jonas Brothers are throwing it back to 2008.
Nick, Joe and Kevin have announced The Burning Up Tour All Over Again, two special nights at Madison Square Garden to commemorate their iconic Burning Up Tour.
They’ll take the stage at the landmark New York City venue on Aug. 20 and 21.
“When we looked at everything happening this summer, it felt like the right moment to celebrate one of the most exciting times of our lives,” the trio says in a statement. “The original Burning Up Tour was an exhilarating time in our lives, and getting the chance to relive that with the fans – while celebrating everything that’s happened since – means the world to us. We can’t wait to run it back.”
The original Burning Up Tour supported their third album, A Little Bit Longer, as well as their Disney Channel movie Camp Rock. The two new shows will take place shortly after Camp Rock 3 premieres on Aug. 13. On Aug. 16, the Jonas Brothers will be inducted as Disney Legends.
Presales for the MSG shows start July 8, with tickets going on sale to the general public on July 10 at 10 a.m. ET on Ticketmaster.com.
Green Day has announced the soundtrack to the band’s upcoming NIMRODS movie.
The album, due out July 31, features Green Day classics — including “Basket Case,” “Longview” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends” — as well as live recordings and a brand new track called “I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.”
You can listen to “I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.” and watch its accompanying video, which features footage from NIMRODS, streaming now on YouTube.
The NIMRODS soundtrack also includes contributions from The Paradox, Ultra Q and actress Mckenna Grace, as well as the film’s fictional band, Analog Dogs.
In NIMRODS, three friends, played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust, embark on a road trip under the mistaken belief that their band, the aforementioned Analog Dogs, scored a gig opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. The movie is said to be inspired by Green Day’s early van touring days.
The cast also includes Grace, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen and Bobby Lee.
Shaboozey set out to make sure The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is more than just the follow-up to Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going.
“It’s kinda like my magnum opus,” he says. “It’s something I’ve … been conceptualizing for almost like the later part of my life, wanting to bring my love of storytelling and films into an album.”
“The whole album, from top to bottom, follows this narrative about a farm girl looking for revenge against a group of outlaws who kinda took the things she loves the most, the things that she holds dear to her,” he explains.
If you remember studying epic poems from Greek literature in high school, you already have a head start.
“It’s just honestly like a saga, you know, being inspired by like [The] Iliad, Homer, like The Odyssey and all those Greek epics,” Shaboozey continues, “and wanting to just do a Western in an album form, really trying to just like challenge myself to see if I can pull it off.”
“I say it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but I think we did it,” he adds.
The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales drops July 31, from the man who broke through with the country crossover smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
John Mellencamp Dancing Words Tour-The Greatest hits open rehearsal artwork (Courtesy of John Mellencamp)
John Mellencamp is set to launch his Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits, and he’s giving fans in his home state a chance to get a preview of his upcoming shows.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has invited Indiana residents to come check out an open rehearsal at the Ford Center in Evansville on Wednesday from 5 p.m. CT to 9 p.m. CT.
The rehearsal is free, although in order to gain entry fans are asked to bring nonperishable items to donate to the Evansville Rescue Mission.
Tickets will be handed out on a first-come basis, with doors opening at 4:45 p.m. CT.
Mellencamp kicks off the Dancing Words Tour on Friday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, wrapping Aug. 12 in Mountain View, California.
When he announced the tour in January, Mellencamp promised fans he’ll be playing a set filled with hits, including “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” “Small Town” and “Pink Houses.” He’s also promising to break out tracks he hasn’t performed live in nearly a decade, like “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute To 60’s Rock),” “I Need a Lover,” “Wild Night” and “Ain’t Even Done With the Night.”
A complete list of dates can be found at Mellencamp.com.
From Ashes to New performs onstage during a concert at Magazzini Generali on April 07, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images)
From Ashes to New will join Shinedown’s U.S. tour starting Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Having put out a new album, Reflections, in April, the “Drag Me” rockers find themselves with a lot of songs they want to play and not a lot of time to do it.
“I don’t even know how the hell we’re gonna pick those songs, because I think it’s, like, 30 minutes,” vocalist Danny Case tells ABC Audio. “It’s like, ‘Well, we’re gonna have to start cutting hits to play new songs.’ So it’s like, ‘Alright, maybe we don’t play a couple of the new songs,’ that way we still have our big heavy hitters and then, like, maybe, like, a couple of the new songs.”
From Ashes opened for Black Veil Brides earlier in the year, but in building a setlist, Case says his band doesn’t try to match the style of the headliner as much as they used to.
“Where we used to really cater to the bands that we were playing on tour with, we kind of are trying to be ourselves moving forward, and to just play the songs that we know are big for us and that we like playing,” Case says.
No matter who else is on the bill, the main From Ashes to New goal remains to deliver the best set they can.
“I think people will like what we do,” Case says. “We’re gonna bring our A game, we’re gonna do everything we can, we’re constantly trying to make our show better.”
He adds, “Soundwise, lookwise, song selection-wise, everything, we’re gonna do what we can to raise the bar every time.”
