Speed 2024

The punk band's nearly five-decade history will be chronicled in a graphic novel written by Bill Stevenson, Milo Aukerman, and Annie Zaleski, illustrated by Ryan Dunlavey, and featuring two new exclusive songs on vinyl.

Craft Recordings' Original Jazz Classics series will reissue four landmark albums featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Evans on vinyl and hi-res audio.

Virtual K-pop group PLAVE released their fifth mini album HYPERDRIVE on October 12, featuring five tracks across EDM-based dance-pop, bossa nova, rock, pop, and R&B. The group will bring their 2026 PLAVE World Tour [KEEP IT MANIC] to Los Angeles on November 14.

A unique Australian hero's historic win at the 2011 Tour de France comes to London in Connor Delves' acclaimed one man show

What if Juliet chose herself over Romeo? Packed with Max Martin’s biggest pop hits, “& Julia” reimagines Shakespeare’s tragedy as a vibrant, witty celebration of self-discovery, queer visibility and female empowerment. Stuttgart’s energetic cast brings this feel-good musical to life.

Award-winning performance artist Louise Orwin returns with her international hit FAMEHUNGRY for a second UK and international tour, while launching The FAMEHUNGRY Podcast with guests including Tim Crouch and Arifa Akbar.

Theater for the New City, Executive Artistic Director Crystal Field is set to present The Flowers of Forest Hills by Claude Solnik. Directed by Patricia Magno, the play presents very realistic characters in a time of global upheaval.

Theater Resources Unlimited announced the first session of WEBsday Webinars, a four-part workshop series featuring music licensing essentials led by James A. Rocco, CEO of Thirty Saints Productions.

Melodic punk rocker Caitlin Starr released her sophomore EP SPEED SAVES, featuring the orchestral rock centerpiece "Piece of Clay." The New York City singer-songwriter will host an EP release party at Brooklyn's Substance Skatepark with performances by BOYSCOUTMARIE and ADULT HUMAN FEMALES.

UK DJ and producer Emily Nash released the lead single from her forthcoming four-track EP via Thrive Music, following a breakout 2025 that included co-producing a UK Number 1 single.

KID SISTR released the new single "Accelerator" with a music video directed by Jamal Dauda. The LA-based trio will tour with THE WRECKS.

The sequel parody of the holiday classic returns with Thomas John Stocks as Kevin, alongside Jenny Bede, Jermaine Woods, and Charlotte Dixon. Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst write the festive comedy.

If you're looking for a night of laughter that leaves you buzzing all the way home, look no further. Tadpole Productions' staging of Dave Armstrong's The Surprise Party opened at the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna, and as we say here in Aotearoa: it's bloody brilliant, mate. This play is extraordinarily delicious. There are times when the perfect people come together to do the perfect thing and this is one of those times. The premise is simple and gloriously dangerous.

Ballet Kelowna opens its 2026/27 season with FOUR VOICES, a mixed program featuring two established works and two world premieres from company choreographers Joanna Lige and Donaldo Nava.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present a discussion on creating and marketing solo theater work, featuring four artists with pieces in the United Solo Festival.

SLAYER will release a limited-edition liquid-filled vinyl edition of REIGN IN BLOOD, marking 40 years since the Gold-certified thrash metal album's original release. The special zoetrope 1LP is filled with crimson-red liquid and available exclusively through Sound Of Vinyl.

The Royal Shakespeare Company just celebrated opening night of Daniel Evans’ production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Let's see what the critics are saying...

Shaker Bridge Theatre will present the American premiere of Zoe Cooper's NORTHANGER ABBEY, a reimagining of Jane Austen's novel set in White River Junction, Vermont, starring Molly Kate Babos and Carolyn Carter.

QUEEN BUDAPEST, the final filmed performance by the band with Freddie Mercury, opens in cinemas and IMAX. The concert was filmed in 1986 at Budapest's Népstadion and marks the 40th anniversary of the first Western stadium rock show behind the Iron Curtain.

SHIFT, an independent electronic music label founded by Guy Tolhurst and Grant Nichols, launched with a roster-based model focused on artist development. The label will release debut compilation TRANSMISSIONS 001 and hold an ADE launch event.

Jean-Michel Jarre announced a 50th anniversary edition of his landmark album OXYGENE, featuring a new 2026 remaster from original tapes and the album presented in Dolby Atmos for the first time via BMG.

Two audience members had one hour to turn absurd prompts into original songs during a Battle of the Instant Songwriters segment on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING Jimmy Fallon.

I have always wanted to like opera. I grew up being classically trained in it, but my love was, has always been, and will always be musical theater. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate it for what it is. I was invited to come and see Opera Orlando’s season opener production of Madame Butterfly. I have not been to the opera since I was probably 17 or 18, but after all of the shows that I have seen over the past year, I saw this one in a different light and realized a few things in the process. 

Star Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley reflects on eight years of performing Brian Foster's acclaimed solo play, humanizing street life, and taking the stage at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.

Founder, conductor and artistic director Tom Fetherstonhaugh of Fantasia Orchestra talks to BroadwayWorld about blending classical and modern music in an exciting cross-genre programme for its Smith Square Hall 2026/27 season.