MOTLEY CRUE: Carnival of Sin Part 2 (20 years later)

Motley Crue will be back on the road next year. The Return of the Carnival of Sins tour will celebrate their 45th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of their Carnival of Sins tour. They say, “Bringing back the spirit of Carnival of Sins has been a blast, and we wanted to take it even further for its 20th anniversary. "This new show is for the Crueheads who’ve been with us through it all and for the new Crueheads who didn’t get to experience Carnival of Sins last time around [in 2005 and '06]. Get ready -- we’re coming your way, and we can’t wait to see you next summer." Joining them will be Tesla and Extreme. The amphitheater tour starts on July 17th in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania with 33 shows through September 26th in Ridgefield, Washington. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Dates

Jul. 17, 2026 Burgettstown, PA The Pavilion At Star Lake

Jul. 18, 2026 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater

Jul. 20, 2026 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theater

Jul. 22, 2026 Toronto, ON RBC Amphitheatre

Jul. 24, 2026 Gilford, NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

Jul. 25, 2026 Bangor, ME Maine Savings Amphitheater

Jul. 27, 2026 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

Jul. 29, 2026 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Jul. 31, 2026 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

Aug. 1, 2026 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center

Aug. 3, 2026 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live

Aug. 12, 2026 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

Aug. 14, 2026 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre

Aug. 15, 2026 Tampa, FL Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

Aug. 17, 2026 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion

Aug. 19, 2026 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Aug. 21, 2026 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater

Aug. 22, 2026 Tinley Park, IL Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

Aug. 24, 2026 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center

Aug. 25, 2026 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

Aug. 27, 2026 Grand Rapids, MI Future Acrisure Amphitheater

Aug. 28, 2026 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center

Sep. 8, 2026 North Kansas City, MO Morton Amphitheater

Sep. 10, 2026 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion

Sep. 11, 2026 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sep. 13, 2026 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater

Sep. 16, 2026 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Sep. 18, 2026 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sep. 19, 2026 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Amphitheater

Sep. 21, 2026 Salt Lake City, UT Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sep. 23, 2026 Wheatland, CA Toyota Amphitheater

Sep. 24, 2026 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

Sep. 26, 2026 Ridgefield, WA Cascades Amphitheater

"Welcome To Rockville" Lineup Announced

The Welcome to Rockville festival has announced its full lineup for 2026 with more than 160 bands performing. The four-day festival runs May 7th through the 10th at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Guns N' Roses and Foo Fighters will headline alongside previously announced acts Bring Me the Horizon and My Chemical Romance. Other major acts include

Five Finger Death Punch, The Offspring, Breaking Benjamin, A Day to Remember, Godsmack, Rise Against, and Yellowcard. The festival will have five stages featuring different rock genres. It's the festival's 15th year, and last year's event drew fans from all 50 states and 30 countries. Tickets are on sale now with layaway options available.

ZZ Top, Dwight Yoakam Announce Joint Tour

It'll be Bakersfield meets Texas next year as country legend Dwight Yoakam and blues rock gods ZZ Top hit the road together. Yesterday it was announced that the two acts would be heading out on the "Dos Amigos Tour." As of now, the trek consists of 13 dates, kicking off March 26 in Brookings, South Dakota, visiting Lexington, Des Moines and more before winding things up May 23 in Huntington, West Virginia. Presales are available now, ahead of the general sale on Friday at 10am local time. Check out either Yoakam's or Top's websites for further information. See the tour dates below.

ZZ Top & Dwight Yoakam 2026 Dos Amigos Tour Dates:

Mar 26 – Brookings, SD @ Dacotah Bank Center
Mar 27 – Grand Island, NE @ Heartland Events Center
Apr 17 – North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena
Apr 18 – Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater
Apr 19 – Lexington, KY @ CommonSpirit Health Stage at Gatton Park
Apr 23 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Apr 24 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
Apr 25 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Azura Amphitheater
May 7 – Des Moines, IA @ Water Works Park
May 8 – Camdenton, MO @ Ozarks Amphitheater
May 21 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
May 22 – Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
May 23 – Huntington, WV @ Marshall Health Network Arena

Cheap Trick Announces "All Washed Up" Tour

As 2026 tour announcements come fast and furious, Cheap Trick has tossed its hat into the ring. Their "All Washed Up" tour takes place over 21 dates (with more to be announced), starting January 24 in Madison, Wisconsin, traveling through Chattanooga, Knoxville, Biloxi and more before coming to rest April 24 in San Diego. General onsale begins Friday morning at 10AM. Check out the band's website for more dates and ticket info. General tickets will go on sale Friday morning (11/21) at 10am.

Cheap Trick, 'All Washed Up' 2026 Tour Dates

Jan. 24 - Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
Jan. 25 - Waukee, IA @ Vibrant Music Hall
Feb. 25 - Estero, FL @ Hertz Arena
Feb. 27 - Clearwater, FL @ The BayCare Sound
Feb. 28 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Mar. 03 - Chattanooga, TN @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Mar. 04 - Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre
Mar. 06 - Bossier City, LA @ Margaritaville Resort Casino
Mar. 07 - Biloxi, MS @ Beau Rivage Theatre
Mar. 09 - Melbourne, FL @ Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts

Santana Reveals 2026 Tour Dates

Santana had already announced an extension of their Las Vegas residency into 2026, but now the band has released a new set of dates where they are leaving their Vegas digs for the road. The "Oneness Tour" consists of ten dates (so far), and starts March 28th in Thackerville, Oklahoma, hitting San Antonio, Pensacola and New Orleans before ending things April 11th in Hollywood, Florida. Tickets to the shows will be available starting with a fan presale this morning at 10AM local time. General onsale starts Friday at 10AM local time. Visit Santana's website for information on all upcoming live performances. See the "Oneness" dates below.

Santana Oneness Tour 2026

March 28, 2026 - Thackerville, OK - Lucas Oil Live at WinStar
March 29, 2026 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre
March 31, 2026 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
April 01, 2026 - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Bay Center
April 03, 2026 - Durham, NC - DPAC
April 04, 2026 - Cherokee, NC - Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center
April 07, 2026 - St. Augustine, FL - The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 08, 2026 - Estero, FL - Hertz Arena
April 10, 2026 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 11, 2026 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

PINK FLOYD: One Continuous Diamond

In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd's ninth album, 1975's

Wish You Were Here, they've taken "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" (Parts 1-5) and combined it with "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" (Parts 6-9) for the 25-minute “Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-9, New Stereo Mix).” This is the first time that the song, a tribute to their former and now late bandmate Syd Barrett, has been released as one continuous piece. It's included on the deluxe reissue of the album, which will be out on December 12th in various configurations. David Gilmour recalled “The occasion of going into a rehearsal room and just jamming was something we did a lot of in the early years, and a lot of our early music came out of that. And a lot of ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ came out of that and a lot of the Wish You Were Here album and the Animals album all came out of those sort of sessions where we would just go and kick ideas around in a rehearsal room till something started making sense.”

They've also released a video for the combined tracks featuring original paintings by Noel Fielding that were inspired by Barrett. Fielding says, “I was pretty young when my affinity with Pink Floyd and Syd started. What’s amazing about Pink Floyd, especially with Wish You Were Here, is that the artwork was as good as the music. It is a masterpiece, that album cover, and that album. It’s a masterpiece. And it’s based on Syd Barrett, who is a walking masterpiece.”

You can watch the video on YouTube. Ironically, Barrett, who had left the band in 1968 due to his deteriorating mental health, just so happened to stop by Abbey Road Studios on June 5th, 1975 as they were recording the song. He was overweight and bald, and the band didn't immediately recognize him. Barrett died in 2006 at age 60.

New Coin Honors Freddie Mercury and His 4-Octave Range

Britain’s Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design that marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid concert performance. The coin features an image of the Queen front man, head thrown back and holding the microphone stand midperformance. A musical stave that runs around the edge of the coin represents his four-octave vocal range. The first coin was struck by Mercury’s sister Kashmira Bulsara at the Royal Mint in Wales last week. “As Freddie died young, he didn’t get the chance of being awarded a royal medal for his talents in the music world. So to have a royal coin this way is wonderful and very fitting,” she said.

“The coin perfectly captures his passion and the joy he brought to millions through his music,” she added. “I think the design is very impressive and they managed to catch the most iconic pose of Freddie, which is so recognizable worldwide.” The Royal Mint’s director of commemorative coin, Rebecca Morgan, said the timing was perfect for Mercury to be celebrated with his own coin. She said fans had been “calling out” for it and “this felt like the year to do it,” because it’s 40 years since he captivated audiences at the 1985 Live Aid concert, hailed by many as the greatest live gig of all time.

This year also marks the 40th anniversary of Mercury’s solo studio album, “Mr Bad Guy.”

Mercury died at age 45 in 1991, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive. The coins go on sale on the Royal Mint website on Tuesday. Prices start at 18.50 pounds ($24.40) for an uncirculated 5-pound denomination version. A 2 oz. gold proof coin costs 9,350 pounds ($12,315.) The Royal Mint said it will donate a special gold edition of the coin to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a charity that was started in the singer’s memory and donates funds to those living with AIDS and HIV.

BON JOVI: They'd Need a Prayer to Make It Today

Bon Jovi's former manager Doc McGhee thinks they'd be living on a prayer to make it in today's music industry. The admission came during a Q&A session at this past weekend's

KISS Kruise: Land-Locked in Vegas event when he said, "I think Motley Crue [who he also used to manage] would have happened because of how infectious that was, and how kids connected.

I don't believe Bon Jovi would have made it, because it took too long for us to get to [their 1986 breakthrough album] Slippery When Wet. "Now today, we don't have three album deals. We have one single deal. We have 187,000 songs that go to Spotify every day. That's crazy. And they think that in the next year or two there will be over 300,000 songs (per day) ...

"We used to have an ecosystem that allowed everybody to live, like a reef. The managers could only do so much and eat so many of the fish, and the publishers could only eat so many of the fish... but we kept the reef alive. And now the corporate world has come in here and killed the reef. "So the new kids that come in will say, 'I can't make money touring, it's too expensive. I can't get on Spotify. I can't get on anything, because there's too much clutter, too much information out there.' So, what we're going to do is lose the next Bob Dylan, the next Motley Crues, the next AC/DCs, the next Led Zeppelins, because they're going to say, 'I can't make money doing this, so I gotta go work for my Dad.'

He adds that he likes what he sees in Yungblud, saying, "I think he has that connection piece to people." Yungblud recently collaborated with a band that survived life on the reef, Aerosmith. They will release their EP, One More Time, this Friday. Jon Bon Jovi has not commented on this story.

"War Is Over!" Inspired By The Music Of John And Yoko To Premiere On December 1st

A short film inspired by the music of John Lennon and Yoko Ono is set to premiere next month. "War Is Over!" is an eleven-minute short film that was inspired by and features Lennon and Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over.)" The film is also based on a story by Mullins and Sean Ono Lennon. It's set in an alternate World War One reality where two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess. "War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John and Yoko" will be available to watch on December 1st.

DAVID BYRNE: Talking New Song

David Byrne has released a video for "T Shirt," the new song he's been performing on his current tour. Available on YouTube, it shows a montage of T-shirts containing slogans like “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,” “Make America Gay Again,” “Fight Today for a Better Tomorrow!,” “Embrace Differences,” “Say Perhaps to Drugs,” “Human Rights are Not Optional,” and “No Kings.” Byrne co-wrote the song with Brian Eno, who worked on the

Talking Heads' second album, 1978's More Songs About Building and Food, as well as the two after it — 1979’s Fear of Music and 1980’s Remain in Light. In 1981 they collaborated on the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, followed by Everything That Happens Will Happen Today in 2008. Byrne’s Who Is the Sky? tour made a stop in San Francisco last night (Tuesday) and will be in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday.

IN OTHER NEWS

Deep Purple, with special guest Mammoth (Wolfgang Van Halen), will tour the UK next November.

Metallica's Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett paid tribute to AC/DC at the Metallica show Saturday in Sydney, Australia by performing "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)." They also paid tribute to another Aussie band, Rose Tattoo, by doing "Nice Boys." And Metallica have posted on YouTube professionally filmed video of them performing "Holier Than Thou" on November 1st in Perth, Australia. Metallica’s next show is this Wednesday in Auckland, New Zealand.

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