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Live Nation offering $99 four-pack lawn tickets to summer tours

Matt Bellamy of Muse performs onstage on September 13, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Live Nation is offering four-packs of lawn tickets to individual shows over the summer for the all-in price of $99 as part of its Summer of Live promotion.

The participating artists include Muse, Evanescence, 311, Alabama Shakes, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Dirty Heads, Empire of the Sun, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, BABYMETAL, Halestorm, Bloc Party, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Mötley Crüe and Starset.

The Summer of Live four-packs are on sale now. For more info, visit LiveNation.com/summeroflive.

Live Nation previously offered individual $30 all-in tickets to shows as part of Summer of Live.

 

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Yungblud premieres 'AMERICA' short film recapping US tour

Yungblud performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on May 01, 2026 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images for Live Nation)

Yungblud has premiered a short film called AMERICA recapping his recent U.S. tour.

The three-minute video includes live footage from the trek, which saw the "Zombie" artist play the biggest American shows of his career at venues including New York City's Radio City Music Hall, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

The film begins with someone offscreen telling Yungblud that the tour, which was first announced in October, had sold out in less than a minute.

"F****** hell," Yungblud replies.

You can watch AMERICA streaming on YouTube.

Yungblud's tour supported his new, two-part album, Idols. He'll play another run of U.S. dates starting in late July.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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Mgk announces livestream of upcoming Indianapolis show

Mgk on 'Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.' (ABC/Jeff Neira)

Mgk has announced a livestream for his upcoming show in Indianapolis on Saturday.

You can tune in to watch Saturday at 9 p.m. ET via mgk's YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as the streaming platform Veeps.

"Streaming live in concert Saturday night for anybody who couldn't see the tour in person," mgk writes in an Instagram post.

He adds that the stream is also "for my Detroiters that only saw half a show," referencing his recent performance in the Detroit area that was cut short due to weather.

Mgk is currently touring the U.S. in support of his latest album, 2025's lost americana.

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KennyHoopla premieres new song 'NEW AMERICA//' featuring The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr.

"NEW AMERICA//" single artwork. (Garbagehill Records)

KennyHoopla has premiered a new song called "NEW AMERICA//" featuring The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.

"It's truly unbelievable how a kid from the middle of nowhere ended up here, getting to make records with my idols," Kenny writes in a Facebook post. "I'm just so grateful."

You can catch KennyHoopla live touring with Young the Giant and Cold War Kids starting in July.

Hammond, meanwhile, is currently on tour with The Strokes in support of their upcoming album, Reality Awaits, due out July 24.

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Evanescence postpones Charlotte show due to lightning

Amy Lee from Evanescence performs at Marvel Stadium on November 08, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images)

Evanescence wasn't able to take the stage for their scheduled concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.

The "Bring Me to Life" rockers announced in a Facebook post published shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday that the show was being postponed due to severe lightning storms.

"We apologize for any inconvenience, but the well-being of everyone is our top priority," the post reads. "We WILL be back, stay safe!"

Indeed, the show has been rescheduled for Aug. 4. All previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new date.

Evanescence is currently touring the U.S. in support of their new album, Sanctuary, which is out now. The bill also includes Spiritbox and Nova Twins.

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Almost monday announces new album, 'THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY'

'THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY' album artwork. (Hollywood Records)

Almost monday has announced a new album called THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY.

The sophomore full-length effort from the "can't slow down" outfit is due out Sept. 9. It's the follow-up to their 2024 debut, DIVE.

"We made this during the best and worst year of our lives," almost monday says of the upcoming record. "It's the result of an honest life lived; the highs, the lows, the pain, and the joys are all there on this record."

THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY includes the previously released songs "enjoy the ride," "skinny dip," "no more regrets" and "leaving is easy."

Almost monday is currently on tour with Young the Giant and Cold War Kids.

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Smashed bass from The Clash’s 'London Calling' to go on display at new London Museum

'London Calling' album artwork. (Sony Music)

The iconic smashed bass from the cover of The Clash’s 1979 album, London Calling, will be on display at the new London Museum in Smithfield, England.

The Fender Precision Bass guitar will be on loan from The Clash’s Paul Simonon, after having previously been on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Simonon infamously smashed the bass during a performance at New York’s Palladium on Sept. 20, 1979, with the photo taken by photographer Pennie Smith.

The guitar will be part of the museum’s Past Time exhibit, which a press release notes will take museumgoers on a “journey through London’s history via chronological and thematic displays.”

The new London Museum will open Nov. 28 in Smithfield’s General Market. More info on the museum can be found at londonmuseum.org.uk.

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U2’s Bono and The Edge perform at Obama Presidential Center grand opening

Bono and The Edge of U2 perform during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

U2’s Bono and The Edge were among the performers at the grand opening of President Barack Obama’s Obama Presidential Center Thursday in Chicago.

Bono and The Edge followed a speech by former first lady Michelle Obama, performing “City of Blinding Lights,” joined by producer Jacknife Lee.

Bono started riffing toward the end of the song, singing about performing in front of “46, 42 and 43,” a reference to Presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who were all in attendance for the opening. He then added “44 and family” for the Obamas, whose daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama, were also there.

Bono ended the song by singing “Michelle ma belle,” the lyric from The Beatles song "Michelle." 

Other performers included Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, The Roots and Tems.

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Bug out with The Neighbourhood in new 'Planet' video

The Neighbourhood on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes)

The Neighbourhood has premiered the video for "Planet," a track off the band's latest album, 2025's (((((ultraSOUND))))).

The clip might trigger anyone with entomophobia, or the fear of insects, as it includes close-up shots of ants, cockroaches and a praying mantis. 

If you can stomach that, you can watch the "Planet" video on YouTube.

(((((ultraSOUND))))) marked the fifth Neighbourhood album and their first in five years. A deluxe version, dubbed (((((ultraSOUND)))))+, dropped in February.

The Neighbourhood will launch a U.S. headlining tour in October.

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Eddie Vedder releases new song 'Better Believe' following Obama Presidential Center performance

"Better Believe" single artwork. (Republic Records)

Eddie Vedder has released a new song called "Better Believe."

The Pearl Jam frontman recorded the track in collaboration with the organization Guitars Over Guns, which provides musical instruments and instruction to young people from vulnerable communities. 

Vedder debuted "Better Believe" alongside Guitars Over Guns students Thursday at the opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Following the performance, the studio version officially debuted on digital outlets.

All of Vedder's royalties will be donated to Guitars Over Guns.

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The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announces solo tour

Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem performs at Hurricane Festival 2024 at Eichenring on June 21, 2024 in Scheessel, Germany. (Gregor Fischer/Getty Images)

The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon has announced a U.S. solo tour.

The headlining trek launches Sept. 10 in New York City and wraps up Oct. 13 in Philadelphia. It will feature Fallon backed by his solo band, The Painkillers.

Presales begin June 23, and tickets go on sale to the general public on June 26. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit BrianFallon.net.

Fallon will be touring in support of his upcoming solo album, Not Bad for New Jersey, which is due out Sept. 10.

The most recent Gaslight Anthem album is 2023's History Books.

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Role Model announces US tour

Role Model performs at Museum of Modern Art on June 03, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MoMA)

Role Model has announced a U.S. tour.

The headlining outing kicks off Sept. 9 in Bend, Oregon, and will wrap up Oct. 18 in Berkeley, California. 

Presales begin June 24 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on June 26 at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit HeyRoleModel.com.

Role Model will be touring in support of his upcoming album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass, which is due out Aug. 7. Lead single "High Hopes 3000" is out now.

Chuck Timely & The Hourglass follows 2024's Kansas Anymore. The deluxe version spawned Role Model's breakout hit, "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out."

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Hear The 1975's Matty Healy sing on new Tiny Habits song

Tiny Habits 'Keepers' album artwork. (Mom+Pop)

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy is featured on a new song from the band Tiny Habits.

The track is called "Anything He Was" and includes vocals from Healy. Tiny Habits describe it as a song about "a specific loneliness brought on by someone else's discontent."

"Anything He Was" will appear on the upcoming Tiny Habits album, Keepers, due out Aug. 28.

Healy previously linked up with Tiny Habits to perform a cover of the James Taylor song "Carolina in My Mind."

As for Healy's main gig, The 1975 has been relatively quiet since wrapping their Still… At Their Very Best tour in 2024, though they did return to the live stage to headline Glastonbury in 2025.

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It ain't no lie, Sleep Theory's covered 'Bye Bye Bye'

Sleep Theory "Bye Bye Bye" single artwork. (Epitaph)

Sleep Theory is doing this tonight, and by "this," we mean cover *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye."

The "Stuck in My Head" rockers have long included a rendition of the boy band classic in their live set, and have now recorded an official studio version.

The track adds heavy guitar riffs while keeping the sugary vocal harmonies and would certainly be a fitting soundtrack to Deadpool brutally murdering countless members of the Time Variance Authority.

You can watch the video for Sleep Theory's "Bye Bye Bye" cover streaming now on YouTube.

The cover follows Sleep Theory's 2025 debut album, Afterglow. The record's current single, "Words Are Worthless," hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and is currently climbing the Alternative Airplay chart.

Sleep Theory will launch a U.S. tour in July.

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Plain White T's perform on Southwest Airlines flight as part of Live at 35 program

Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's performs during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 23, 2022 in Indio, California. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Coachella)

Hey there, Delilah, what's it like on a Southwest Airlines flight? Well, the Plain White T's can tell you.

The band recently boarded a Southwest flight and performed their signature hit, "Hey There Delilah," while in the air as part of the airline's Live at 35 program, which invites musicians to serenade the cabin while cruising at 35,000 feet.

The in-air set actually marked the second Plain White T's performance on a Southwest flight — they were also among the first bands to play Live at 35 upon its original launch 15 years ago.

"We've played a lot of venues over time, and I speak for all of us when I say there is nothing like hearing a plane full of people singing along with your music at 35,000 feet," says frontman Tom Higgenson in a statement. "We had the opportunity to perform inflight with Southwest over a decade ago, and while that can feel like it was a million years ago, not much has changed. We loved making history with Southwest and their welcoming team."

You can catch the Plain White T's performing on land during their ongoing U.S. tour with Yellowcard.

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Melvins' Dale Crover releases cover of Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon' after starring in original song's video

Dale Crover 'Get Yer Ba-Ba's Out' EP artwork. (Joyful Noise Recordings)

Melvins drummer and onetime Nirvana member Dale Crover has released a cover of the Neil Young song "Harvest Moon," coming full circle on a moment over 30 years in the making.

You see, Crover played a younger version of Young in the video for the original "Harvest Moon," the title track off the folk rock legend's 1992 album. According to Crover's label, Joyful Noise Recordings, he also "crashed Neil's car on set" during the video shoot.

Crover has now put his spin on "Harvest Moon" for an EP titled Get Yer Ba-Ba's Out. His version is also a mash-up with the Melvins song "The Bit."

The "Harvest Moon" cover is out nowGet Yer Ba-Ba's Out will be released Sept. 4.

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Independence season: Noah Kahan to perform on July Fourth special

'Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks' key art. (NBCUniversal)

Noah Kahan is set to perform on NBC's Macy's 4th of July Fireworks special.

The lineup also includes Post Malone, Salt-N-Pepa, Bebe Rexha, Shaboozey and Blake Shelton, alongside a fireworks display from New York City.

"This year's broadcast will be especially meaningful as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America and the 50th anniversary of Macy's 4th of July Fireworks," says NBC and Peacock executive Jen Neal in a statement. "This beloved live event creates a shared moment for viewers across the country while showcasing the powerful reach of both NBC and Peacock."

Following his Fourth of July performance, Kahan's tour will resume with four sold-out shows at Boston's Fenway Park.

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks will air Independence Day starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and will stream live on Peacock.

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Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda teases upcoming 'Unshatter' documentary

Linkin Park attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has shared more details about the band's upcoming documentary, Unshatter.

The "Numb" outfit first announced the project, which is directed by band member Joe Hahn, earlier in June alongside a teaser trailer.

Speaking with the BBC, Shinoda says that the idea for a Linkin Park film has long been in the works, dating back to before frontman Chester Bennington's death in 2017.

"[Hahn] always wanted to do something that kind of, like, explained our universe to people," Shinoda says.

Explaining that universe became that much more emotional following Bennington's passing. Unshatter, Shinoda says, follows the band members as they "pick up the pieces" and make the decision to relaunch Linkin Park with a new singer, Emily Armstrong.

"More info will come out soon," Shinoda says of Unshatter. "We're very excited about it, really proud of Joe."

Linkin Park released their first album with Armstrong, From Zero, in 2024. They're currently on tour in Europe.

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Dance along to Shinedown's 'Safe and Sound' with new video

Shinedown's Brent Smith performs on 'American Idol.' (Disney/Eric McCandless)

Shinedown has premiered the video for "Safe and Sound," a track off the band's new album, EI8HT.

The clip features three different dance troupes interpreting the song in their own styles in an effort to "inspire and motivate others to break the norms and offer a different perspective with rock music."

"Incorporating dance into a track such as 'Safe and Sound' isn't something that many have seen before.. and that was the objective! To be epically original!" says choreographer David Matthew Rodriguez. "Rock music is filled with so much passion and emotion. With 'Safe and Sound,' our goal was to translate those words into strong, unapologetically confident movement."

If you ever wondered what it would look like if Shinedown had boy band-style backup dancers, you can watch the "Safe and Sound" video streaming now on YouTube.

EI8HT, the aptly titled eighth Shinedown album, dropped in May. It also includes the singles "Dance, Kid, Dance," "Three Six Five," "Searchlight" and "Killing Fields."

Shinedown's U.S. tour in support of EI8HT will resume in July.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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The Real Thing: Bill Gould confirms return of Faith No More

Faith No More performs on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon')

Faith No More bassist Bill Gould has confirmed the band's reunion.

"We're gonna do it," Gould tells the Rock Talk podcast. "We're gonna play."

Gould's comments come after the Faith No More Instagram posted an image Tuesday of the band's logo alongside the year 2027.

"Our music is very physical, and a big concern is, like, pretty soon we're not gonna be able to do this the way we wrote it," Gould says. "We wrote it as 20-year-olds, and it's always been very physical it has to be that way."

"We all kind of decided, like, we think we can do it," he continues. "We could do for a few more years, and we can do it the right way, so we're gonna give it a go."

Faith No More hasn't performed live since 2016. They were set to return to the live stage in 2021, but their dates were canceled due to frontman Mike Patton's mental health. Patton later shared that he'd been diagnosed with the anxiety disorder agoraphobia.

Since then, the band members have made comments suggesting that Faith No More was done for good. Drummer Mike Bordin said in a 2025 interview that he felt Patton, who'd returned to touring with the band Mr. Bungle after the Faith No More cancelation, demonstrated he was "unwilling to do shows with us." Meanwhile, keyboardist Roddy Bottum responded to a question about a potential FNM reunion in a separate 2025 interview, saying, "I don't think anyone’s sort of up for it at this point."

While we wait for Faith No More to announce the dates of their live return, you can catch Patton performing select FNM songs on tour with AVTT/PTTN, his collaboration with the folk band The Avett Brothers.

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