U2 has been added to the track list for the upcoming tribute album to late Pogues frontman and fellow Irish artist Shane MacGowan.

Bono and company have put their spin on the Pogues song "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" for the compilation, due out Nov. 13.

The album, titled 20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan, also includes Bruce Springsteen's previously released cover of "A Rainy Night in Soho." Other contributing artists include Hozier, who sings the holiday classic "Fairytale of New York" alongside Oscar-winning actress Jessie Buckley, Dropkick Murphys, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tom Waits and The Pogues themselves.

You can check out the full track list via MacGowan's Instagram.

MacGowan died in 2023 at age 65.

The Pogues reunited in 2024 and launched a U.S. tour in 2025 featuring original members Spider Stacy, Jem Finer and James Fearnley alongside guest vocalists and musicians. 

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Twenty One Pilots, Tool, Pierce the Veil and Alanis Morissette are headlining the 2026 Riot Fest, taking place Sept. 18-20 in Chicago.

The lineup also includes Rise Against, Social Distortion, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, The All-American Rejects, The Format, Taking Back Sunday, Morrissey, Iggy Pop, Evils Costello & the Imposters, Pixies, Patti Smith, Sugar, Motion City Soundtrack, Thrice and Violet Grohl.

There's also potential for a sort-of Sex Pistols reunion, since both the reformed "Anarchy and the U.K." band, which features Frank Carter on vocals, and their former frontman John Lydon's Public Image Ltd are on the bill.

Tickets are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit RiotFest.org.

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Judah & the Lion has announced a new album called I AM A PRISM.

The sixth studio effort from the "Take It All Back" outfit is due out Aug. 14. It's the follow-up to 2024's The Process.

You can hear the first single, called "Maybe the Best Is Now," out now.

Judah & the Lion will be performing at the Let's Go Music Festival in Maryland in June.

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Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello has announced a concert dubbed Power to the People, described as a "non-partisan celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music and community action."

The show takes place Oct. 3 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The bill includes Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, System of a Down's Serj Tankian, The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen, ex-Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, The Linda Lindas, grandson and rappers Cypress Hill, Killer Mike and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels.

"The Power to the People festival is about freedom, justice, equality and rock and roll," Morello says. "It's about the power everyday human beings have when they come together through music, art, community, and action. We're honored to bring this incredible lineup to the DC area for a day that celebrates the spirit of activism, creativity, and hope."

Presales begin Friday at 10 a.m. ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit PowertothePeopleFest.com.

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Blue October will release a vinyl reissue of their 2006 album Foiled on Friday in honor of its 20th anniversary. The original album spawned the single "Hate Me," which remains Blue October's signature song.

Speaking with ABC Audio, frontman Justin Furstenfeld recalls his mindset when he was first writing "Hate Me."

"My initial hopes for the song was to explain why I kept messing up relationships and choosing drugs and dark ways, sick ways of living over normal, healthy girlfriend relationships," Furstenfeld says.

The vinyl Foiled reissue includes an acoustic version of "Hate Me," which puts an even greater emphasis on Furstenfeld's lyrics about cockroaches and porno in between the song's anthemic chorus.

In recording the acoustic version, Furstenfeld says he was inspired by late country icon Johnny Cash's famed cover of the Nine Inch Nails song "Hurt."

"It was just all about the words, and sung down and sung really low with just an acoustic and this rumbling voice," Furstenfeld says.

Furstenfeld adds that country music has long been a part of his life.

"I grew up on a lot of country music, and dark country, like, cocaine cowboy kinda country," he says. "And my dad loved it."

Channeling all that into an acoustic recording of "Hate Me" results in a song Furstenfeld describes as "the one you would hear at a bar where you kinda went, 'OK, maybe I should chill out.'" 

Blue October will be performing Foiled in full on a U.S. tour kicking off in October.

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The Barbarians of California, AWOLNATION frontman Aaron Bruno's hardcore side project, have announced a new album.

The record is called MEGATONS and is due out Aug. 21. It's the sophomore follow-up to the 2024 Barbarians debut, And Now I'm Just Gnashing My Teeth.

"Everyone has heard of the sophomore slump," says Barbarians member Eric Stenman. "Making a second album can be a fraught process full of overthinking and self-doubt. Perhaps, the benefit of us starting this band, at this later point in our lives, relieves some of that pressure. This felt so easy, and is a seamless continuation of whatever we started with the first batch of song — just bigger and better."

MEGATONS includes the previously released songs "VANILLA LATTE," "BOMB TO A KNIFE FIGHT" and "MODERN FASHION." A fourth cut, titled "THE GNARLYCORE CLASS," is out now.

The Barbarians will be opening for two dates on Guns N' Roses upcoming tour in August and September. They're also playing a run of headlining shows in September.

AWOLNATION's most recent album is 2024's The Phantom Five.

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A never-before-released lost album from the influential band The Cramps is being released as part of a project spearheaded by punk legends Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye.

The record is called Gravest Gravy and will be released Aug. 21. It was originally recorded in 1977 and was produced by Alex Chilton of Big Star.

You can listen to the song "TV Eye" now.

"What you have in Gravest Gravy, is sheer brilliance committed to tape by a band that was plugged in directly to the Rock 'n Roll mainline, produced by a visionary maniac named Alex Chilton," Rollins says in a statement.

A number of Cramps titles are also set to be reissued.

Beyond originating the influential psychobilly sound, which combined elements of punk rock and rockabilly, The Cramps are also known for the song "Goo Goo Muck," which soundtracked the famous dance scene in the show Wednesday.

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Jutes has announced a new album called Chin Up, Beautiful.

The record is due out Aug. 5. It includes the previously released tracks "Disassociate" and "Icarus."

"The world feels really cooked right now and it's impossible to feel everything all at once, so we just go numb and fake smiles because we're helpless," Jutes says in a statement. "That's how I was feeling when I made this. It pulls from elements of my music when I first started singing and incorporates them with everything I've learned about my voice and songwriting since then."

Jutes has also released two new tracks off the record, "Mannequin" and "Goodnight (Interlude) ᐸ3."

You can catch Jutes live on his upcoming U.S. headlining tour, kicking off in August.

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In Vermont, it's the season of the tix. Specifically, tickets that can't be sold for an exorbitant amount above their face value.

The governor of Noah Kahan's home state of Vermont has signed bill H.512 into law, which caps the amount for which a ticket can be resold on the secondary market at 110 percent of its original price. The bill, which Kahan testified in support of, makes Vermont the only U.S. state to put a cap on secondary market ticket sales.

"What's happening in Vermont is the first step toward what we believe is going to be a trend that continues," Kahan's manager, Drew Simmons, tells The Boston Globe. "I think it is foundational to shifting the economic landscape to be a healthier place for artists."

Arguing against the bill, Brian Berry, who represents secondary market sites including StubHub and SeatGeek as the executive director of the Ticket Policy Forum, tells the Globe, "We are fundamentally opposed to arbitrary price caps."

"We think this will not solve for concerns about higher cost tickets because people can sell them elsewhere," Berry says.

Kahan will launch a U.S. tour in June in support of his new album, The Great Divide.

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Dexter and the Moonrocks have premiered a new song called "12 Steps," which features the country rock band Treaty Oak Revival.

"We've always loved songs that toe the line between 'is he talking about a woman or schedule 1 narcotics?' So we decided, why not write one?" the "Sad in Carolina" outfit says in a statement. "Very excited we get to have a band like Treaty Oak Revival feature on this song. We've been massive fans of them forever, and it's cool to represent Texas together."

"12 Steps" follows Dexter's single "Freakin' Out," which currently sits at #3 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. "Freakin' Out" is also the first Dexter song to chart on the all-genre Hot 100.

Dexter and the Moonrocks will launch a U.S. tour in June.

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A Perfect Circle has premiered a new song called "Starless."

The track marks the first fresh APC material in two years, following the 2024 single "Kindred." It arrives ahead of the band's upcoming tour of the U.K. and Europe, kicking off in June.

"Absolutely chuffed to debut this new track on stage in the U.K.," says frontman Maynard James Keenan in a statement. "Of course I'm excited to release the recordings but our songs always take on an expanded personality once we start playing them live."

"Some songs get kicked around and massaged for years," adds guitarist Billy Howerdel. "But once in a while, one takes shape quickly, as if it had been there all along."

The track also features longtime APC collaborator and former Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese.

The most recent APC album is 2018's Eat the Elephant.

A Perfect Circle will be back in the U.S. for a one-off show in Hawaii alongside fellow MJK band Puscifer in December.

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Flea's solo show at London's Koko venue Tuesday featured a surprise appearance from Thom Yorke.

The Radiohead frontman joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist onstage for a live rendition of their collaborative song, "Traffic Lights," which appears on Flea's debut solo album, Honora. They also performed a cover of the Marvin Gaye song "Got to Give It Up" together.

You can watch footage of the live collaboration via the Koko Instagram.

Honora was released in March and also includes an instrumental cover of the Frank Ocean song "Thinkin Bout You." Flea previously played a run of U.S. dates earlier in May and is set to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island in August.

In addition to collaborating on Honora, Flea and Yorke also recorded together in the band Atoms for Peace, which released one album, Amok, in 2013.

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All Time Low has reached what we assume is an all time high point in their career.

The "Monsters" outfit has teamed up with the company Nantucket Crisps to create their own signature chip.

A press release describes the snack as "a savory Chesapeake seasoning meets island flare, reflecting the flavors the four musicians grew up with where Maryland meets Nantucket."

"When someone asks you if you want to create your own snack, you say yes," says frontman Alex Gaskarth in a statement. "We partnered with Nantucket Crisps to make something that feels representative of a Baltimore classic we grew up with: The 'Savory Chesapeake Bay Seasoning' chip."

He adds, "This is our spin on a Maryland staple and we hope the world loves it."

The All Time Low Nantucket Crisps chip will be available in select stores starting in June before coming to Fresh Market locations nationwide in August. 

All Time Low will celebrate the launch with an acoustic benefit show taking place June 7 at Cisco Brewers in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The show will support two local organizations, Fairwinds Center for Mental Health and the Nantucket Music Foundation.

The most recent All Time Low album is 2025's Everyone's Talking! 

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Yungblud is among the artists playing Lollapalooza aftershows, taking place in venues around Chicago during the 2026 festival.

The "Zombie" rocker's aftershow will take place July 30 at the Riviera Theatre. Presales are ongoing now, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. CT.

The 2026 Lollapalooza aftershows will be held July 28 through Aug. 2. Other artists playing aftershows include Wet Leg, Empire of the Sun, Balu Brigada, Not for Radio, Julia Wolf, beabadoobee and The Story So Far.

For the full list of aftershows and all ticket info, visit Lollapalooza.com.

Lollapalooza 2026 takes place July 30 through Aug. 2 at Chicago's Grant Park. Headliners include The Smashing Pumpkins, Lorde and The xx.

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Fitz and the Tantrums have announced a new batch of shows, some of which will feature a full-album performance of their 2010 debut, Pickin' Up the Pieces.

The shows take place Nov. 3-4 in Solana Beach, California; Nov. 6 in Ojai, California; and Nov. 7-8 in Menlo Park, California. The Nov. 3 and Nov. 8 shows will feature a performance of Pickin' Up the Pieces in its entirety, while the other three will feature a career-spanning greatest hits set.

Presales begin Wednesday, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FitzandtheTantrums.com.

You can also catch Fitz and the Tantrums on tour throughout the summer in continued support of their latest album, 2025's Man on the Moon. A deluxe edition will be released June 5.

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Nothing but Thieves has announced a new album called Stray Dogs and a 2027 North American tour in support of it.

The record is due out Sept. 25 and includes the single "Evolution," which dropped earlier in May. It's the follow-up to 2023's Dead Club City, which spawned the single "Overcome."

The tour, meanwhile, launches March 30 in Vancouver and concludes April 21 in Toronto. It will travel throughout the U.S. in between the bookend Canadian dates.

Presales begin June 2 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on June 5 at 10 a.m. local time.

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

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Wet Leg has announced a deluxe version of their 2025 album, moisturizer.

The expanded set is due out July 10 and includes various bonus tracks, demos, live recordings and remixes, such as the previously released remix of "mangetout" by Charli xcx collaborator The Dare.

You can also hear a new remix of "catch these fists" by FDC DJs, made up of Fontaines D.C. members Carlos O'Connell and Tom Coll, out now.

The original moisturizer marked Wet Leg's sophomore follow-up to their breakout self-titled album, which was released in 2022.

Wet Leg will be performing at a number of upcoming U.S. festivals, including Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.

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We said, hey, what's up with this Linda Perry/Billie Joe Armstrong feud?

The 4 Non Blondes frontwoman confirms in an interview with NME that Green Day had approached her to produce the follow-up to their massive 2004 album, American Idiot.

"I had a full calendar and cancelled six months of work to do it," Perry says. "I met with Billie Joe and we talked for three hours, and he said: 'I watched the documentary of you talking about Courtney [Love] and you're so interesting and I was intrigued.'"

"He was having his own meltdown, and I think life was getting to him," Perry adds of Armstrong. "Like every artist, I think he had got to a point where you feel like I have nothing to say and need help – there's a therapy aspect to producing too."

However, when word that she was producing a Green Day album got out, Perry says the band was met with backlash over her past projects working with pop acts like Pink and Christina Aguilera. Instead, the next Green Day record, 2009's 21st Century Breakdown, was produced by Butch Vig.

"Then those guys just stopped calling me," Perry says. "I would reach out to figure out what was going on. Nobody called. I lost six months of scheduled work. That was f*****-up – all because Billie Joe's a little p**** and got all this backlash from his fans and didn't like it."

She adds, "Not returning my calls was such a p**** move, and I lost a lot of respect for Billie Joe."

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Rivers Cuomo apparently used the Memorial Day holiday to revisit his personal archives.

The Weezer frontman took to his YouTube channel over the weekend to upload a collection of seemingly random covers, mostly dated back to 2018 and 2019.

The set, dubbed "randum cuverz," features Cuomo's solo demo recordings of songs including Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine," Dolly Parton's "Jolene," Radiohead's "Creep," Metallica's "Enter Sandman," Nirvana's "Drain You" and "Lithium," Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."

Weezer would go on to release official covers of "Billie Jean" and "Enter Sandman" for their 2019 Teal Album and in 2021 as part of the Metallica Blacklist compilation, respectively.

The Teal Album also includes Weezer's hit version of Toto's "Africa," as well as covers of TLC's "No Scrubs" and a-ha's "Take on Me."

As for original Weezer music, the band just put out a new single called "Shine Again" in April, which marks the first preview of their upcoming new album.

Weezer will launch a U.S. tour in September.

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With Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer, Dave Grohl is here to help make sure you've got the right tunes to enjoy the sunshine.

The Foo Fighters frontman has contributed to Apple Music's Summertime Sounds playlist series. Grohl's mix is titled "Dave Grohl's Summer Cookout Jams" and is inspired by one of his other passions: barbecuing.

"Any day spent at a barbecue with your friends is, indeed, a lovely day," Grohl tells Apple Music, quoting the title from an included song, "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers.

The 45-track playlist also includes songs by Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Pretenders, Beastie Boys, Beck and The Breeders.

In addition to barbecuing, Grohl's summer will include a North American stadium tour with the Foos launching in August. The trek will support the new Foo Fighters album, Your Favorite Toy.

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