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Christian McBride, the renowned bassist, composer, and nine-time GRAMMY Award winner, has resigned as Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival after serving nearly a decade at the artistic helm of the festival

Carlos Santana has revealed 2026 performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live: Presented by SiriusXM at House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

GRAMMY® and 4x ACM Award nominee ERNEST has set his Live From The South Tour, which begins at the top of the year.

My Chemical Romance has announced 17 new live dates in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their landmark third studio album.

Following the release of her visual album Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus has dropped Something Beautiful Deluxe, an expanded version of the album featuring two new songs.

Three-time GRAMMY-nominated global music superstar RAYE has released the new single “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” out now and announced a 40-date headline tour kicking off in 2026.

Bono and The Edge will accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 on October 21 in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom.

Girls Just Wanna Weekend will return for its 7th annual celebration in January with The Chicks and Sam Smith joining Brandi Carlile as headliners.

Kelsie Watts, who is currently starring on Broadway as Queen Jane Seymour in SIX The Musical, has shared a new acoustic version of her recent single “Fit In.

Chris Stapleton will extend his “All-American Road Show” into 2026 with two-night stands in Las Vegas, NV, Thackerville, OK and Uncasville, CT.

Rock icons Queen will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their monumental multi-platinum 1975 album A Night At The Opera and Diamond-certified single Bohemian Rhapsody with new vinyl reissues.

3X GRAMMY Award winner Sarah McLachlan has announced her Better Broken Tour, coincides with McLachlan’s album of the same name.

Madonna, the best-selling female artist of all time, has signed with Warner Records for her upcoming new dance album.

Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO), led by GRAMMY-nominated composer/arranger/conductor Chris Walden, will open its 2025–2026 season with Fly Me to the Moon: A Tribute to Quincy Jones.

Two-time MOBO Award-winning Afro R&B artist Odeal has added four new dates to his highly anticipated North American headlining tour, The Shows That Saved Me, following the release of his latest EP.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum producer, songwriter, and artist ILLENIUM will bring a six-show run to Sphere in Las Vegas.

Due to overwhelming demand, the award-winning, multi-platinum band NEEDTOBREATHE has added additional cities to their “Barely Elegant Acoustic Tour.

The hit theater production The Simon & Garfunkel Story will return to the road in 2026 and will visit nearly 60 U.

Austin Shakespeare will return to Parker Jazz Club for its 12th cabaret evening with Beatles Cabaret on Sunday, October 5 at 5 p.

The 2025 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art will launch on Thursday, October 16, with a free open-air performance by ARIA Award-winning First Nations hip hop collective 3% on the North Terrace forecourt of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA).

Amazon Music will exclusively livestream the DC-area edition of the 11th annual All Things Go Festival, bringing the celebrated independent music festival to audiences worldwide for the first time.

Suzanne Vega has added a run of West Coast dates to her Flying With Angels Tour, with new stops at Los Angeles’ Largo, San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club, the Aladdin in Portland, Seattle’s Neptune and more.

Singer/songwriter Billy Strings will extend his headline tour through the winter, including newly confirmed stops at Athens’ Akins Ford Arena, Asheville’s ExploreAshville.

HEART will bring their Royal Flush Tour back to North America in 2026.

Global power metal giants Sabaton have announced a massive 31-date North American tour set for early 2026.