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Sundance Institute announced 19 nonfiction projects selected to receive over $1 million in grants through its Documentary Fund. Projects span all production stages as the program approaches its 25th anniversary.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Rick Nielsen will offer more than 300 items including 70+ guitars and stage-worn memorabilia at a benefit auction benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

SOFT CELL released a new music video for the single "In Heaven (When I Dance With You)" and announced a U.S. tour set for this fall.

SOFT CELL released their final album DANCETERIA and single "Wave to America" via Republic of Music. The electronic duo will tour the U.S. this fall.

British rock legends MADNESS will headline the inaugural London edition of ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS, joined by FAT FREDDY'S DROP, BIG SPECIAL, THE WAILERS, and Hollie Cook at Gunnersbury Park.

The Tribeca Film Festival award-winning documentary TIME WARP screens at Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, following Wyoming's first queer theatrical troupe as they stage a ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW shadow cast performance.

Garde Arts Center in New London will present a centennial season lineup including illusionist Leon Etienne, country artist Randy Travis, THE MACHINE performing PINK FLOYD, JIM HENSON'S FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK LIVE, and HARRY CHAPIN'S GREATEST STORIES LIVE.

Pianist Chengcheng Ma will perform his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall, featuring world and U.S. premieres and works by living composers.

Actor's Express announced its 39th season lineup featuring a world premiere, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, and an additional show to be revealed later.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

Billy Idol unveiled a new R3HAB remix of his 1990 hit CRADLE OF LOVE via UMe, featuring a video visualizer. The rock legend is touring with IT'S A NICE DAY TO…TOUR AGAIN!, performing at venues across the U.S. through the year.

Billy Idol is releasing a new R3HAB remix of his 1990 hit 'Cradle of Love' with an accompanying visualizer. The rock legend is currently touring throughout the U.S. and has been elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Metrograph will present a four-film retrospective featuring the US premiere of RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: DIARIES and a restored 1985 film, timed to a new English-language publication of Sakamoto's autobiography.

THAT MOTOWN BAND will perform Motown classics with guest vocalist Garfield Fleming at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Long Island.

Jean Smart, Allison Janney, Matthew Rhys and more stage favorites were among the winners at the 78th Emmy Awards. See the complete list of 2026 Emmy winners.

Pianist and composer Dan Siegel released a nine-song contemporary jazz album featuring collaborators including Jay Bellerose, Brian Bromberg, and Dean Parks, prioritizing raw first takes over polished perfection.

Jerry Seinfeld will bring his signature observational comedy and newest stand-up routine to the Sangamon Auditorium stage in Springfield, Illinois this December.

Psychic Reader announced the first-ever reissue of 1970s Indonesian hard-rock trio SAS Group's BAD SHOCK, a compilation featuring tracks from the band's highly collectible first LP and later work.

Billy Idol and guitarist Steve Stevens perform classic hits throughout ESPN's US Open 2026 coverage as the tennis championship reaches its final weekend.

MÖTLEY CRÜE marks 45 years with a definitive deluxe limited edition of TOO FAST FOR LOVE, featuring a previously unreleased 1981 demo and music video.

Guitarist Laura Lootens will release her second album SHAPE OF MY HEART on October 9, 2026, on the naïve classiques label. She will perform works from the album across 15 US cities beginning September 9 in Boston, with additional stops in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and other major cities through November.

CABARET VOLTAIRE will begin the second leg of its final North American tour September 11 at Dallas's Granada Theater, with I Speak Machine supporting and Tara Busch standing in for Chris Watson.

SOFT CELL released "The Rainbow Room," a ballad set in early 1980s New York from final album DANCETERIA, due September 25, 2026, ahead of a U.S. tour this fall.

Merrily We Roll Along tackles these behemoth existentialisms at a granular level in the lives of three old friends. It’s one of those shows that leaves you with something to ponder for days after the lights come up. In Signature Theatre’s hands, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s masterpiece is more intricate than ever before.

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.