On the Lock-In 1977

Mercury Studios will release the first-ever live album from THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, capturing the band's Montreux Jazz Festival performance across Blu-ray+CD and Double LP formats.

Elvis Costello released the previously unreleased track "I Turn Around" (Hope & Anchor Studio), taken from the forthcoming My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) box set.

The Stiwt Theatre in Rhosllannerchrugog will mark its centenary with a new bilingual production, IN A HUNDRED YEARS / YMHEN CAN MLYNEDD, written by Bethan Jones and directed by Daniel Lloyd.

Governor Josh Green and Mayor Rick Blangiardi will jointly issue proclamations honoring JOURNEY as the band wraps up more than five decades of performances in Hawai'i. Tickets start at $58.

Apple Original Films released a teaser trailer for BEING HEUMANN, a film directed by Siân Heder chronicling disability rights activist Judy Heumann, starring Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo.

Metrograph will present CLASSICAL CINEMA, a 20-film showcase exploring cinema inspired by ancient Greece, featuring rare prints of ANTIGONE, THE ILLIAC PASSION, and ULYSSES' GAZE.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will join SEVENTH WONDER at Hamer Hall to mark the 50th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's RUMOURS, performing the album alongside the band's biggest hits.

. During a roughly 20-minute near silent stretch the cast execute a near flawless, complex, scene employing “Controlled Chaos”. Even the most `curmudgeonly of audience members find themselves rolling along with the rest of the crowd.

FOREIGNER will mark its 50th anniversary with four shows at the Beacon Theatre, The Wellmont Theater, The Capitol Theatre and Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair between April 27 and May 2, 2027.

Gerry Beckley, co-founder of AMERICA, released his 13-song solo album MERCIFUL via Blue Élan Records, featuring Graham Nash on a cover of the Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood.'

MVD Entertainment Group announced a Blu-ray and DVD release for the documentary BILLY IDOL SHOULD BE DEAD, chronicling the rock artist's career and survival story.

San Francisco Opera will present Thea Musgrave's MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS in a new co-production with English National Opera, starring Heidi Stober in the title role.

Brad Pitt will reprise his Academy Award-winning role as Cliff Booth in David Fincher's next film, based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, set in 1977 Hollywood.

Netflix has outlined its upcoming slate of fall films, featuring a new thriller starring Ben Affleck titled ANIMALS, according to a report from the streamer's TUDUM site.

Are the critics screaming over the first play of the 2026/27 Broadway season? Paranormal Activity officially opened tonight at the August Wilson Theatre. The new play is written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett. Let's see what the critics are saying...

Moses Goods and The Lili'u Project bring the inspiring story of Duke Kahanamoku to life in a thrilling performance.

With some ingenuity, determination and good old fashioned research, Buffalo United Artists has unearthed the  seldom performed  musical,  GULP!  THE GAY BEACH MUSICAL . And it looks like Western New York audiences may be only the fourth  theatre company ever to see performances of this 1977 Off Broadway musical that has all but been forgotten. 

The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center will host a note-for-note recreation of Lynyrd Skynyrd's PRONOUNCED 'LĔH-'NÉRD 'SKIN-'NÉRD, featuring anthems like Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone.

All for One productions will present THE CHARITABLE SISTERHOOD OF THE SECOND TRINITY VICTORY CHURCH, a theatrical production based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The highly anticipated “Spirited Away” concert by Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra brings the fun and excitement from the big and small screen to the concert stage this month. 

Sun Records issued an expanded edition of David Allan Coe's early album, featuring previously unreleased Nashville demos and the collection's first vinyl pressing in more than four decades.

GRAVEST GRAVY, a previously unreleased 1977 album by THE CRAMPS produced by Alex Chilton, has been released by The Cramps Inc. on Vengeance Records in vinyl, CD, and digital formats.

American Composers Orchestra will present a two-season celebration featuring world premieres, a gala honoring composer Thea Musgrave, and new commissions presented with Carnegie Hall.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  August 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Essex, 1977. Beverly is hosting, the alcohol is flowing, Demis Roussos is on the record player and the cheese and pineapple cocktail sticks are ready to go. Queen of the castle in her suburban semi, Beverly and husband Laurence welcome new neighbours Angela and Tony round for drinks. Sue from next door is invited too but the real party is happening back at her place, as Sue's teenage daughter Abigail can't seem to keep the racket down. Awkward small talk quickly descends into inappropriate flirtation and marital disputes: a soiree from hell, but it'd be rude to leave. What did the critics think?