'Pylon' album artwork. (Dirty Hit/Interscope Records)
Beabadoobee has released a new song called "Memories," a track off her upcoming album, Pylon.
The "Beaches" artist describes "Memories" as "one of the happiest songs on the album," while it still finds her "clinging onto ideas that should make me happy but actually make me feel sad, because I wish they were just moments I lived in forever."
You can watch the "Memories" lyric video on YouTube.
Pylon, the follow-up to 2024's This Is How Tomorrow Moves, is due out Sept. 18. It also includes the songs "Sun Has Set" and "Switchblade."
Beabadoobee will launch a U.S. arena tour in October.
In this image released on May 2, 2021, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Brian Johnson of AC/DC perform onstage during Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)
In between dates on their own stadium tour, Foo Fighters are taking a detour on the "Highway to Hell."
Dave Grohl and company will be opening for AC/DC during the "Back in Black" legends' upcoming show in St. Louis on Sept. 8. They will be filling in for The Pretty Reckless, who have been supporting AC/DC's ongoing U.S. run.
"Foo Fighters are taking a special one-off detour from their Take Cover Global Stadium Tour to fill in for their friends The Pretty Reckless as special guests of AC/DC for one night only in St. Louis," a press release reads. "The performance brings two generations of rock's biggest live acts together for a one-night-only event, with the Foo Fighters opening for [AC/DC's] September 8 St. Louis tour stop."
The Foos tour, meanwhile, continues Saturday in Los Angeles. The trek supports the "Everlong" outfit's new album, Your Favorite Toy.
Butch Vig at The Royal Albert Hall on October 04, 2022 in London, England. (Kate Green/Getty Images for EON Productions & Prime Video)
Here Nevermind is now, three-and-a-half decades later.
Nirvana's massive 1991 album will celebrate its 35th anniversary in September. The RIAA Diamond-certified Nevermind made worldwide stars out of the trio -- made up of frontman Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl -- while launching the generation-defining grunge scene of the '90s.
Needless to say, Nevermind also had a huge impact on Butch Vig, who produced the album.
"It was a zeitgeist moment for me, making that album," Vig tells ABC Audio. "It changed my life. Everyone, including the band and everyone close to the band, Nevermind changed their life, and I'm very thankful for that."
Thirty-five years later, Vig doesn't put on Nevermind and listen to it himself, though he doesn't have to go far to hear its songs, which include the iconic anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "In Bloom," "Come as You Are" and "Lithium," out in public.
"It's nice that [Nevermind is] out there in the world, that it's omnipresent," Vig says. "I go into a coffee shop and there's a kid there with a Nevermind T-shirt on or a Nirvana T-shirt on."
Nirvana followed Nevermind with 1993's In Utero. They disbanded a year later following Cobain's death by suicide in 1994.
Today, the legacy of Nevermind continues to live on, even in new ways. The album track "Something in the Way," for example, experienced a resurgence when it was used in the 2022 movie The Batman.
"It's one of those albums that just has connected with so many people, and continues to do that," Vig says. "There's something in there, this incredible energy and power and mystery."
"[There are] so many things going on in Kurt's voice when he sings, and it still affects people," he continues. "That's a cool thing."
R.E.M.’s sophomore album, Reckoning, is getting an audiophile upgrade.
The album is the latest addition to the Interscope-Capitol Records Definitive Sound Series, and will be released Sept. 18 on 180-gram high-definition vinyl, with the upgraded audio sourced from the original analog master tapes.
Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, who co-produced the original album, were directly involved with the upgrade, which was mastered by mastering engineer Chris Bellman.
According to a post on Instagram, after hearing the finished test pressing of the upgraded audio, Dixon noted that he was “hearing details within the recording that had escaped him on previous vinyl editions.”
The Definitive Sound Series edition of Reckoning will be limited to just 5,000 numbered copies, and is available for preorder now.
This is the third R.E.M. album to get an audio upgrade. In December, both their debut EP, Chronic Town, and their debut album, Murmur, were reissued as part of the Interscope-Capitol Records’ Definitive Sound Series. Both editions sold out.
Released April 8, 1984, Reckoning was a hit with critics and peaked at #27 in the U.S., although it topped college radio airplay charts. Its first single, “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)," peaked at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100, while its second single, “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville," did not chart. Both went on to become R.E.M. fan favorites.
The album has since been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Wolf Alice poses with the Group of the Year award during The BRIT Awards 2026 at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Wolf Alice has premiered a new song called "Hit the Sky."
The track is included on Wolf Alice's The Clearing: B Sides collection, which, as its title suggests, features recordings from the sessions for the band's latest album, 2025's The Clearing, that didn't make the final cut.
"These are a few songs we made during The Clearing that didn't make it on the final record, but are ones we love very much," says frontwoman Ellie Rowsell. "We're happy to have found a home for them for you to hear."
The Clearing: B Sides is out now digitally, and will be released on vinyl Friday. It also includes the song "Gospel Oak" and a cover of "Hammond Song" by The Roches.
Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Jack White has shared a response after country artist Charley Crockett reportedly said he lost respect for the "Seven Nation Army" rocker.
As you may recall, Crockett made headlines in July after the self-described "satanic doo wop" group Twin Temple said that they'd been dropped from opening for Crockett due to their use of "Satanic imagery." White then got involved when he invited Twin Temple to open for his upcoming show in Los Angeles, which they then accepted.
According to Rolling Stone, Crockett addressed the whole saga in a since-deleted Instagram post, in which he wrote that White "used it to sell tickets too and I lost a lot of respect for him." Crockett also maintained that Twin Temple was not let go due to "Satanic imagery," but rather because of "production requests" that "raised eyebrows," and that Crockett's tour "couldn't accommodate them physically."
"We told em the vibe just wasn't right for an all ages audience, and we paid em in full," Crockett reportedly wrote.
White, meanwhile, has now taken to his Instagram to reply to Crockett, writing, "I never said nothing about this young buck before but since he's trying to drag me into this here rodeo again, here's my official response to Cowboy Charley's accusations."
The rest of the post contains the lyrics to the 1984 hip-hop song "Rappin' Duke," a novelty track in which artist Shawn Brown pretends to rap from the perspective of actor John Wayne. The track begins, "So you think you're bad, with your rap/ Well I'll tell ya pilgrim I started the crap."
White's LA show with Twin Temple takes place Sept. 29.
'Ride Lonesome' album artwork. (Iliad Records/Capitol Records)
Beck has released a new song called "Disappearing Act," a track off his upcoming album, Ride Lonesome.
A press release describes "Disappearing Act" as a "work of almost subliminal beauty" featuring "an ethereal wave [of] acoustic guitar and orchestration, topped by sublime and entrancing vocal melodies."
Ride Lonesome, the first Beck album since 2019's Hyperspace, drops Sept. 18. It also includes the previously released songs "In the Night" and the title track.
Beck will launch a North American headlining tour in support of Ride Lonesome in September.
Phoebe Bridgers performs at during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 22, 2023 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
We don't know if a doctor put their hands over her liver, but Phoebe Bridgers has been sidelined due to another organ-related ailment.
The "Lost Boys" artist announced in an Instagram Story Wednesday that she's been diagnosed with appendicitis, forcing her to postpone her run of intimate U.K. shows.
"I got appendicitis for my birthday," Bridgers wrote in the post. "Everything in the UK this week will have to move but I'll make it up to you!!!!"
Bridgers performed in London on Monday, which was her birthday, and was scheduled to play shows on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
While appendicitis is not a great birthday present, Bridgers got a better one from Taylor Swift, who praised her new album, Lost Weekend, as an "absolute triumph."
Bridgers will launch a sold-out U.S. arena tour in support of Lost Weekend in September.
Pearl Jam's massive 1991 debut album, Ten, celebrates its 35th anniversary on Aug. 27.
"Ten to me is deep in my heart," guitarist Mike McCready tells ABC Audio. "It's a record that sounded like a band that was together for many years but wasn't, in my mind."
Indeed, the members of the original Pearl Jam lineup — McCready and guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen — had already been a part of several other bands, including Green River, Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog.
"It's the combination of efforts of those five guys that had been in a bunch of bands for a long time, and then all coalesced into one," McCready says.
In recording Ten with Pearl Jam, McCready sensed its significance pretty much from day one.
"Ten was the example of the first situation I was in when everything was firing on all cylinders," McCready says. "From the first day Ed showed up and we worked on 'Once,' and the five of us were in the room, I knew this was gonna be special. I didn't know to the extent, but we all knew it was gonna be something."
That "something" turned into a defining and seminal record of the '90s grunge and alternative scene on the way to earning Diamond certification by the RIAA and spawning classic singles including "Even Flow," "Alive" and "Jeremy."
Three-and-a-half decades later, McCready calls performing Ten songs live a "mythical," "spiritual" experience.
"We feel that the crowd has lifted 'Alive' and 'Even Flow' and these songs to a song that's bigger than when we first recorded it," McCready says. "It's more of a universe in itself."
Maynard James Keenan attends the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan is launching a new restaurant.
Queen B Sushi is set to open its doors on Sept. 4 in Cottonwood, Arizona, where Keenan's Queen B Vinyl Café is also located.
"Led by Chef Brett Vibber, Queen B Sushi's opening lineup brings together Chefs Thomas Kato and Sher Chase to deliver world-class artistry from day one," Keenan writes in an Instagram post.
Queen B Sushi joins Keenan's long list of non-musical ventures, which also includes winemaking and jiujitsu.
Keenan's most recent musical project is the Puscifer album Normal Isn't, which dropped in February.
'Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7' book cover. (Da Capo)
The memoir of late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch will be published on Jan. 19, 2027.
The book, titled Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7, was completed before Finch's death on July 18 following a diagnosis of brain cancer. She was 59.
"Jennifer's memoir was the last major project she completed before she passed away," says the book's co-writer Jeff Alulis. "She and I worked together for two years to make sure she was happy with every word of it, and with someone as intentional and thoughtful as Jennifer that was no small task!"
Alulis adds, "I'm heartbroken that she won't get to see it published, but I'm thrilled to share her life and legacy with the world."
Along with the memoir announcement, Rolling Stone has published a piece featuring L7's Donita Sparks, Hole's Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan sharing their remembrances of Finch.
Unlike in previous years, the nominations list does not include a best rock category.
The 2026 MTV VMAs will air live on Sept. 27 starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+. Voting is open through Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. ET via Vote.MTV.com.
'Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger' film poster. (Magna Studios/Sony Music Vision)
A new trailer for the upcoming Oasis documentary Don't Look Back in Anger is out now.
As previously reported, the film follows the "Wonderwall" outfit's 2025 reunion tour, which marked the first time the formerly feuding brothers Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher had shared the live stage in 16 years.
"The songs are one thing, but I'd forgotten what he means to people," Noel says in a voiceover, presumably referring to Liam. "I certainly wasn't prepared for the intense outpouring."
Don't Look Back in Anger is set to hit theaters and IMAX on Sept. 11. Limited IMAX early access screenings will take place Sept. 9. Tickets are on sale now.
The doc will be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+ later in 2026.
Disney is the parent company of Hulu and ABC News.
Fontaines D.C. has announced the details of their upcoming album, Dopamine Chamber.
The Irish outfit's fifth studio effort is due out Oct. 16. It's the follow-up to 2024's Romance, which spawned the single "Starburster."
"The album itself is a dopamine chamber," says frontman Grian Chatten. "You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you."
The record's first single is called "Marianne" and is out now.
Fontaines D.C. will be performing at the upcoming Shaky Knees, Sea.Hear.Now and Ohana festivals.
Billy Corgan performs onstage during the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for for Songwriters Hall of Fame)
The Smashing Pumpkins will launch their Rats in a Cage tour in September. Each show will feature one set dedicated to the 1995 Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in honor of its 30th anniversary, as well as a second, career-spanning set.
"The Rats in a Cage tour is interesting, because I've made the choice that we're gonna play the Mellon Collie set first," frontman Billy Corgan tells ABC Audio. "Which means you're gonna have 15-18,000 people in a room wondering, 'OK, now what are they gonna do?'"
Indeed, the RIAA Diamond-certified Mellon Collie has some of the biggest Pumpkins hits, including "1979," "Tonight, Tonight," "Zero" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," which spawned the famed lyric that inspired the tour's name.
"We're planning something sort of different," Corgan says. "It'll be interesting 'cause some people will take the journey and other people will think, 'What are they doing? Because I came here to celebrate, and they're taking me through a funeral.'"
The Rats in a Cage tour kicks off Sept. 30 in Columbus, Ohio.
Phoebe Bridgers' new album, Lost Weekend, earned a coveted Best New Music distinction from Pitchfork, but it's also received a glowing review from perhaps an even more impressive source: Taylor Swift.
The pop superstar and 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee shared her thoughts on Lost Weekend Monday in an Instagram Story celebrating Bridgers' 32nd birthday.
"It's [Bridgers'] birthday but she gave us a gift," Swift wrote. "Haven't been able to stop listening."
"This album is an absolute triumph in every way," the "Shake It Off" singer continued. "To write about grief with such vulnerability and detail, and to trust the listener with this much honesty."
You may recall that Bridgers opened for select dates on Swift's massive Eras Tour.
Bridgers will launch a sold-out arena tour in support of Lost Weekend in September.
Mike Patton from Faith No More performs at 2015 Rock in Rio on September 25, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Raphael Dias/Getty Images)
The reunited Faith No More has added a show in Brazil as part of their 2027 live comeback.
The concert will take place Jan. 15, 2027, in Rio de Janeiro. System of a Down will also be on the bill.
Presales begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. Brasilia Time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at noon Brasilia Time. For all ticket info, visit FNM.com.
Faith No More announced in July that they were reforming, ending the band's 10-year hiatus. The "Epic" rockers haven't performed live in 2016, and subsequent attempts at returning to the live stage were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health issues affecting frontman Mike Patton.
Faith No More's 2027 plans also include January and February dates in Australia and New Zealand, which will feature System of a Down, as well.
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs at The Forum on February 17, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Multiple artists shared updates on their upcoming albums over the weekend.
Queens of the Stone Age revealed that their next record, the follow-up to 2023's In Times New Roman..., is called Perfecth.
In a video skit posted to the band's Facebook, frontman Josh Homme says that the record will arrive Sept. 30 before then accidentally stabbing his band with a knife, causing blood to shoot out everywhere. The video ends with the date Sept. 30 crossed out and a voiceover teasing that the album is "coming soon sometime."
Meanwhile, Courtney Love announced that her long in-the-works solo album is done.
"It's kinda been done," Love said in a video posted to her Instagram. "It's a really good record, I put a lot into it."
Also in the video, Love said that she got really sick when she traveled to England in 2019.
"My body just exploded," she said. "I was in hospitals a lot, and almost died."
Love said that she's better and healthy now. In the post's caption, she writes, "When I made [the album] i believed this was my last record so I made the record I always wanted to make. I was in the hospital mostly but when I wasn't all I did was write & record it."
She also thanked Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and her former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf der Maur for their support.
Finally, Fontaines D.C. announced the title of their next album: Dopamine Chamber. The follow-up to 2024's Romance is due out later in 2026, and a new song called "Marianne" will premiere Tuesday.
Death Cab for Cutie performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Death Cab for Cutie is opening for Twenty One Pilots for an Oct. 17 show at Ohio Stadium in the "Stressed Out" duo's hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Frontman Ben Gibbard tells ABC Audio that the gig came together thanks to mutual admiration between the two bands.
"They've been big fans of our band for quite awhile, and they're great dudes, they're really great people," Gibbard says of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. "They asked us to play with them, and we were like, 'Yeah, hell yeah! Let's do it.'"
In opening for a band that came after them, Gibbard feels that Death Cab is continuing "part of a tradition of music."
"We're getting to that point in our lives where by the sheer fact of having been around for a long time, we're starting to see bands that grew up on our music the same way that we grew up on, like, The Cure and Fugazi and Built to Spill and that kind of stuff," Gibbard says.
As for how he thinks the Twenty One Pilots audience will receive Death Cab's set, Gibbard laughs, "I don't know how it'll go over."
"But those guys [Joseph and Dun] are happy, so that's all that matters to me," Gibbard says.
Death Cab for Cutie recently wrapped a U.S. tour of their own in support of their new album, I Built You a Tower.
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