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Check out track list for Phoebe Bridgers' upcoming 'Lost Weekend' album

'Lost Weekend' album artwork. (Dead Oceans)

Phoebe Bridgers has revealed the track list for her upcoming album, Lost Weekend.

The record consists of 16 songs, including the previously released single, "Lost Boys." Along with a song called "Lost Parade" and the the title track, plus the closing cut, "Lost Weekend (Reprise)," there are four songs with the word "lost" in the title.

Other track names include opener "The Outside," "The Governor's Waltz," "Never Going Back!" and "I Can't Wait."

"This got leaked so here it is !" Bridgers writes in an Instagram post.

Lost Weekend is due out Aug. 14. It marks Bridgers' third album and the much-anticipated follow-up to 2020's Punisher.

Here's the Lost Weekend track list:
"The Outside"
"Lost Boys"
"Kill Me"
"The Governor's Waltz"
"Bobby"
"Lost Weekend"
"Haunted"
"Panorama"
"Still Standing"
"Liberty Tree"
"Never Going Back!"
"Other Plans"
"Lost Parade"
"I Can't Wait"
"As Above"
"Lost Weekend (Reprise)"

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Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament announces 'Since Forever' photo book

Jeff Ament attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced a new photo book called Since Forever.

The book, due out Sept. 25, consists of over 250 black-and-white photographs "accompanied by wry insights, observations, and personal reflections from Ament," a press release reads.

"At once a visual memoir, and a behind-the-scenes chronicle, the book reveals how relationships, travel, joy, and need contribute to the creative process," the release continues. "Since Forever reveals Ament's unique perspective as both participant and observer of a defining time period in music and American culture."

"Ninety percent of these photos have never been seen before," Ament says. "Anybody who's a PJ fan or a fan of what was going on in the 90s will dig it."

Ament plans to celebrate the Since Forever release with a run of book of events, the details of which will be announced soon. He'll also be speaking about it at bandmate Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival, taking place Sept. 25-27 in Dana Point, California.

Ohana will also feature a headlining set from Pearl Jam, which is set to mark the debut of the band's new drummer. Longtime drummer Matt Cameron announced his departure from the group in 2025.

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Tom Morello announces new solo album, 'Everyone Gets Everything They Want'

'Everyone Gets Everything They Want' album artwork. (Mom + Pop Music)

Tom Morello has announced a new solo album called Everyone Gets Everything They Want.

The record is due out Sept. 25. It will mark the fourth full-length effort released under the Rage Against the Machine guitarist's own name, though it is described as his "first solo rock album."

Morello's first three solo albums, 2018's The Atlas Underground, and 2021's The Atlas Underground Fire and The Atlas Underground Flood mixed electronics and EDM elements with heavier music, and featured guest vocalists on each track.

Everyone Gets Everything They Want does feature some guests, including System of a Down's Serj Tankian and Beartooth on the songs "Adjourn It" and "Everything Burns," respectively. 

The latest track released off the album, though, is all Morello. The song is called "Date Night," which, given that title, may not seem in keeping with Morello's famously political output, but is indeed very much in his wheelhouse.

"The song tells the true story of three young Dutch girls who served as spies, saboteurs, and assassins against the Nazis during World War II," a press release reads. "Sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and their close friend Hannie Schaft used their youth and innocent appearances to slip through checkpoints, to smuggle weapons, to sabotage rail lines, and to help hunted Jewish children escape persecution. Most famously, they acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them."

"I make anti-racist songs for anti-racists," Morello says. "I make anti-fascist songs for anti-fascists. And I make anti-Nazi songs for anti-Nazis. 'Date Night' is really a 'which side are you on?’ song. If any of that offends you, do the math."

Morello will host his Power to the People Festival on Oct. 3 in Columbia, Maryland.

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Bloc Party declares 'Now We Can't Be Friends' in latest 'Anatomy of a Brief Romance' track

'Anatomy of a Brief Romance' album artwork. (cOnTAGIOUS LTD/Virgin Music Group)

Bloc Party has premiered a new song called "Now We Can't Be Friends," a track off the band's upcoming album, Anatomy of a Brief Romance.

"Now We Can't Be Friends" marks the third song to be released off Anatomy of a Brief Romance, following "Coming on Strong" and "Love Bomb." 

Anatomy of a Brief Romance is the follow-up to 2022's Alpha Games. It's due out Sept. 11.

Bloc Party will be celebrating the new album's arrival with a series of record store performances throughout the U.K. beginning Sept. 9. 

Bloc Party is currently touring the U.S. with Muse. 

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The Smashing Pumpkins announce 'Pumpkinpalooza' around Lolla headlining set

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th Annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Lollapalooza isn't the only palooza coming to Chicago.

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced "Pumpkinpalooza" in celebration of the band's upcoming headlining set at their hometown festival. It'll mark the first time the Pumpkins, which formed in Chicago, have headlined Lolla since it moved to the Windy City's Grant Park in 2005.

"Pumpkinpalooza" will kick off with a sold-out underplay show Wednesday at Chicago's Rivera Theatre. From Wednesday through Friday, fans can visit a Pumpkins pop-up shop offering exclusive merchandise, located at 900 S. Wabash Ave.

Lolla attendees can stop by Madame Zuzu's Celestial Lounge, described as an expansion of frontman Billy Corgan's Madame Zuzu's teashop, which he runs in Highland Park, Illinois, with his wife, Chloé Mendel Corgan.

For even more Pumpkins festivities, you can visit the Chicago bar The Aviary to try its limited-edition specialty cocktail, Infinite Mellons, named after the band's classic 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

"As a Chicagoan, born and raised, I take great pride in contributing to our city's immense and colorful cultural fabric," Corgan says in a statement. "And so this year's already historic Lollapalooza is that chance to make new memories, new friends, and have a bit of Midwest fun, too as only we might."

Lollapalooza 2026 takes place Thursday through Sunday; the Pumpkins take the stage on Friday. The bill also includes Lorde, The xx, Turnstile, sombr, Empire of the Sun, Wet Leg, Yungblud, The Neighbourhood and beabadoobee. 

You can watch the Lollapalooza livestream via Hulu and Disney+.

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Watch video for Primus' 'The Ol' Grizz' song

'A Handful of Nuggs' EP artwork. (ATO Records)

Primus has premiered the video for "The Ol' Grizz," a song off the band's new EP, A Handful of Nuggs.

The half-animated clip follows the adventures of an old-timey prospector, mixed with live footage of the "My Name Is Mud" outfit. It was directed by Cage Claypool, son of frontman Les Claypool.

You can watch the video for "The Ol' Grizz" streaming now on YouTube.

A Handful of Nuggs was released in May and also includes the Maynard James Keenan collaboration "Little Lord Fentanyl," as well as a live cover of Dio's "Holy Diver" and a live recording of "Duchess (And the Proverbial Mind Spread)."

The EP features new drummer John Hoffman, who joined in 2025 following the departure of Tim "Herb" Alexander.

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2026 Outside Lands Festival to livestream on Amazon Music

Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs at MetLife Stadium on August 17, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

The 2026 Outside Lands Festival will stream live on Amazon Music.

The San Francisco event takes place Aug. 7-9. The lineup includes The Strokes, Turnstile, The xx, Djo, Empire of the Sun, Death Cab for Cutie, Geese, Modest Mouse, Wet Leg, Lucy Dacus, Not for Radio and The Temper Trap.

You can watch the stream via the Amazon Music channels on Twitch and Prime Video, the Amazon Live Channel on Fire TV and Samsung TV Plus, starting at 3 p.m. PT each day.

 

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Faith No More announces first live shows in over 10 years

Faith No More performs on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon')

Faith No More has announced the band's first live shows in over 10 years.

The long-defunct "Epic" rockers are set to play a run of four shows in Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2027. The bill will also include System of a Down.

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

Faith No More hasn't performed live since 2016. They were originally set to return to the road in 2020, but those dates were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then in 2021, Faith No More canceled all of their touring plans due to mental health issues affecting frontman Mike Patton, who later shared he'd been diagnosed with the anxiety disorder agoraphobia. 

Patton since returned to the road with his band Mr. Bungle, while Faith No More remained inactive. In separate 2025 interviews, drummer Mike Bordin said he felt Patton demonstrated that he was "unwilling to do shows with us," while keyboardist Roddy Bottum said he doesn't "think anyone's sort of up for [a reunion] at this point."

Then in June, Faith No More surprised fans with a post teasing a return in 2027, which bassist Bill Gould confirmed.

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Michael Stipe debuts new song from upcoming solo album

Michael Stipe attends Apple TV's "Shrinking" special FYC event at Quality Italian on May 02, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images)

Michael Stipe fans have been patiently waiting for his long-in-the works solo album, and it appears as though he’s giving them a preview of what's to come.

The R.E.M. frontman has just debuted a new song, “Hum Desiderata,” on the sound exhibition platform Joyfully Waiting.

According to the description, the song “combines Stipe’s recitation of the poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann from his installation at ICA Milan" with an instrumental track by Stipe and Andy LeMaster. It also features additional vocals from artist Elizabeth Hatmaker.

The track is now streaming at joyfully-waiting.ch.

Stipe talked about his solo album during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April, sharing that it is finally set to be released at the end of 2026. He also debuted a song from the record, "The Rest of Ever,” backed by the Colbert house band, Louis Cato and The Great Big Joy Machine.

Stipe also released the song "I Played the Fool," which he recorded with producer Andrew Watt, in March. It's the theme to the HBO series Rooster.

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Watch The Smashing Pumpkins, Lorde, Yungblud and more on Lollapalooza 2026 livestream

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs at Irving Plaza on September 22, 2022 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Lollapalooza has announced its 2026 livestream lineup.

Among the artists you'll be able to watch from the comfort of your own home are The Smashing Pumpkins, Lorde, Yungblud, The xx, Wet Leg, Turnstile, Geese, Wolf Alice, The Neighbourhood, sombr, Empire of the Sun, beabadoobee and Not for Radio.

The Lollapalooza 2026 livestream will air via Disney+ and Hulu. For the full streaming lineup, visit Lollapalooza.com/livestream.

Lollapalooza 2026 takes place July 30 through Aug. 2 in Chicago.

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Listen to new songs from Mod Sun, Johnny Marr, Karen O and more

Mod Sun "2am" single artwork. (Big Loud Rock)

Here are some of the new songs released by alternative artist on this New Music Friday:

Mod Sun has premiered a new track called "2am," which follows his May single, "Mirror."

"I made '2am' on my first trip to Nashville before I officially moved there," Mod says. "I wrote it about one of my first nights out when I fell in love with the city. I met a girl who dragged me around her favorite spots. We had the greatest time, but when the lights went on, she was gone, and I never saw her again."

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has released a song called "Ophelia," a track off his upcoming album, The Age of Everything, due out Oct. 2.

"Ophelia" is not a Taylor Swift cover, but, like her "The Fate of Ophelia," Marr's song is inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet character.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O is featured on a new song by the electronic outfit The Avalanches called "Blue Shadows."

"The Avalanches frequency is high, I'm so happy to be asked to slide into it," O says. 

GAYLE has premiered a song called "loving you is." It'll appear on her upcoming album, Observing Chaos, arriving Sept. 18.

"I wrote 'loving you is' about coming to terms with the fact that I didn’t know how I deserved to be treated," the "abcdefu" singer says. "After taking five million steps back, I realized how frustrated I am for accepting behavior that no one should have to go through and I'll never let that happen to me again!"

Almost monday has released a song called "better late than never," a track off their upcoming album, THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY. The record will be released Sept. 9.

(Videos contains uncensored profanity.) 

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Avenged Sevenfold, Good Charlotte drop new releases ahead of joint tour

M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold performs during the Rock In Rio Festival at Cidade do Rock on September 16, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte are about to hit the road together on a U.S. tour, and to celebrate, both bands have put out new releases.

The "Bat Country" metallers have dropped an EP called STATICA, featuring four new songs. The tracks lean into a much heavier electronic direction than you would expect from M. Shadows and company, and includes a lot of effects-laden vocals.

Meanwhile, "The Anthem" outfit has released a live version of "We Are Done," a song originally recorded by Joel Madden and Benji Madden's side project, The Madden Brothers. The performance was recorded during Good Charlotte's tour of Australia and New Zealand earlier in 2026.

Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte's tour launches Saturday in Ridgedale, Missouri.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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Greta Van Fleet announces Chicago underplay show

Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet performs live on stage during Lollapalooza Brazil at Autodromo de Interlagos on March 24, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images,)

Greta Van Fleet has announced an intimate underplay show at Chicago's Metro venue.

The "Highway Tune" rockers will play the 1,100-capacity room on July 31, the same day their new single, "Saw You Stand," is set to drop.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 2 p.m. CT. For more info, visit MetroChicago.com.

Greta Van Fleet played a similarly small show at New York City's Bowery Ballroom in May around the release of their song "Play Your Games."

The most recent Greta Van Fleet album is 2023's Starcatcher.

 

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Oliver Tree celebration of live event to be held Saturday

Oliver Tree performs during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2026 in Indio, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)

A celebration of life event honoring the late Oliver Tree will take place Saturday in Santa Cruz, California. 

The event will include "live music, tribute videos from Oliver's life, and various speakers from Oliver's friends and family," according to a post on the "Life Goes On" artist's Instagram. The post's accompanying flyer lists Logan Paul and Diplo as among the guest speakers.

Tickets are available to attend the celebration in person and to watch it via livestream. For more info, visit OliverTree.live.

Tree died June 14 in a helicopter crash in Brazil. He was 32.

Following Tree's death, a foundation called Dr. Oliver Tree's Extremely Epic Grant for Baby Geniuses was launched in his memory.

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Ministry details final album and announces first leg of farewell tour

'Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)' album artwork. (Cleopatra Records)

Ministry is closing up shop.

Al Jourgensen's long-running synth-pop-turned-industrial-metal outfit will release one final album called Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery) on Oct. 30.

You can listen to the first single, "Burned Out," out now.

"I'm f****** done," Jourgensen says in a statement. "I'm proud of what I’ve accomplished. I'm amazed at the path that it's taken, from [Ministry's 1983 debut] With Sympathy to where we're at today, and all points in between."

"It's been quite a ride, but I'm completely at peace with the fact that it's done," he adds. "It's time to herd goats."

Ministry has also announced the first leg of a farewell tour, set to kick off April 2027 in Europe. That will be followed by a U.S. leg, the details of which have yet to be announced.

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

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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U2 featured on new song from DJ/producer Martin Garrix

Martin Garrix & U2 'Fireflies' (Darkroom Records)

Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix and U2 have teamed up for a brand-new song.

The artists have just released the track "Fireflies," which Garrix debuted July 17 at the Tomorrowland in Belgium festival, with U2’s The Edge making a surprise appearance.

While Bono and The Edge previously teamed with Garrix for “We Are the People,” the official song for UEFA Euro 2020, “Fireflies” marks the first time all four members of the band have appeared on a Garrix track.

“’Fireflies’ has a very unique mood and it’s a special song we started working on six summers ago,” says Garrix. “I’ve worked with Bono and Edge before, but working with the whole band I got to get a glimpse of their chemistry and why U2 are who they are. They are incredible friends and collaborators, and it has been an absolute honor to work with them again.”

“We go back a long way with Martin, and there’s always a sense of adventure whenever we get together,” says The Edge. “Playing 'Fireflies' for the first time at Tomorrowland, in front of one of the most passionate festival crowds anywhere, was such a rush ... in fact I might have enjoyed it a bit too much. It reminded me of why I love playing outdoors. I like it better when there’s no ceiling.”

“Fireflies” is available now via digital outlets.

This isn't the first new music we've gotten from U2. Earlier in July the band released “Street of Dreams,” the first single off their upcoming new album, which so far does not have a release date.

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Hole's 'Pretty on the Inside,' 'Live Through This' and 'Celebrity Skin' to be reissued

'Pretty on the Inside,' 'Live Through This' and 'Celebrity Skin' album artwork. (UMe)

Hole's first three albums — 1991's Pretty on the Inside, 1994's Live Through This and 1998's Celebrity Skin — are being reissued.

Each title will be released Sept. 18 in multiple formats, including exclusive color, zoetrope and standard black vinyl, and will feature remastered audio.

The Pretty on the Inside reissue will also include three bonus tracks that have never been available before on streaming platforms.

Exclusive Record Store Day Essential editions of all three reissues will be released in independent retailers on Oct. 23.

Hole broke up in 2002. Frontwoman Courtney Love reformed the band in 2009 and released the album Nobody's Daughter in 2010, though it didn't feature any of the other members of the classic Hole lineup: guitarist Eric Erlandson, bassist Melissa Auf de Maur and drummer Patty Schemel.

In the years since, the Hole members would perform together here and there, but the band's never officially reunited.

Fans may have gotten their hopes up again when the Hole Facebook page published a post on July 17 reading, "More news next Friday," though that now appears to be referring to the reissues. Besides, Love already denied a Hole reunion was happening back in March, though she and Auf der Maur are planning some sort of tour together.

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Jack White covers Free with Chris Robinson; Billie Joe Armstrong rocks Mott the Hoople with Bruce Dickinson

Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez) Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on 'Good Morning America.' (ABC/Paula Lobo)

Thursday night was a night of all-star rock collaborations.

Jack White's concert in Chicago featured a surprise appearance from Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson. The "She Talks to Angels" singer joined the "Seven Nation Army" rocker for a rendition of the Free song "I'm a Mover." Robinson sang lead vocals while White shredded on guitar.

You can check out a video of the performance now via White's Instagram.

Meanwhile, over in San Diego, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was playing a gig with his side project, The Coverups, when Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson showed up unannounced.

Dickinson joined Armstrong and The Coverups to cover the song "All the Young Dudes," originally written by David Bowie and recorded by Mott the Hoople. The "Run to the Hills" vocalist previously put his spin on the "All the Young Dudes" for 1990 solo album, Tattooed Millionaire.

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Everything will be alright, alright: Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins reflects on 25th anniversary of 'Bleed American'

'Bleed American' album artwork. (Dreamworks/Interscope)

Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album Bleed American turns 25 Friday. The record took the Arizona rockers from beloved underground emo band to chart-topping stars thanks to its breakout single, "The Middle."

Speaking with ABC Audio, frontman Jim Adkins recalls when he first started to realize that "The Middle" had broke containment.

"Maybe when I started hearing it more on the radio, in places that just had the radio on, like rental car lobbies or, like, a gym," Adkins adds. "Like, what? What?"

"The Middle" would eventually peak at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, turning many, many more people into Jimmy Eat World fans, including one Taylor Swift. Despite its pop success, though, Adkins says he didn't feel "The Middle" divided the fanbase.

"A small group of people were, perhaps, wanting to keep the thing that was really secret and special to themselves," Adkins says. "The majority of people were stoked for us. They were like, 'Aw man, that's great for you guys.' People were happy for us."

Bleed American also spawned Jimmy Eat World classics including "Sweetness," "A Praise Chorus" and the title track. "A Praise Chorus" feels particularly prophetic 25 years later thanks to its lyric, "Started my rock 'n' roll fantasy," which Adkins still feels like he's living.

"I'm never not amazed by all of this, and I think on some level I always have been," Adkins says. "I've never taken any of this for granted. I haven't let it in and been able to celebrate it always to the fullest that I probably should've, but I've never taken any of it for granted."

He adds, "I still don't believe I'm doing this." 

Jimmy Eat World's currently on tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bleed American.

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The Smashing Pumpkins, Ramones, Linkin Park receiving stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs at Gila River Arena on July 12, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (John Medina/Getty Images)

The Smashing Pumpkins, the Ramones and Linkin Park are set to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of the Los Angeles landmark's 2027 class.

"The Walk of Fame Selection Committee is proud to welcome the Class of 2027 to one of the most enduring symbols of achievement in entertainment," says Walk of Fame selection chairman Peter Roth in a statement. "These extraordinary individuals have each made a lasting impact on audiences around the world through their talent, creativity, and dedication to their craft."

Roth adds, "We are honored to recognize their remarkable contributions and look forward to celebrating them as they take their place in Hollywood history."

The dates for the star ceremonies have yet to be announced. Recipients have up to two years after the selection date to schedule their star unveiling.

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