Speacial guest Bob Dylan performs in concert during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
Bob Dylan has extended his 2026 tour.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added a slew of new West Coast dates to the trek, including several June stops in California in cities like Lincoln, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Highland, Palm Desert and San Diego. He’s also added shows in Oregon and Arizona.
In addition to the West Coast dates, Dylan has added two shows in Vienna, Virginia, July 24 and 25, which are the final confirmed dates of the tour.
Tickets for all new shows go on sale Friday. More ticket information and a complete list of dates can be found at BobDylan.com.
Dylan kicked off the latest leg of his 2026 tour on March 21 in Omaha, Nebraska. His next show is Wednesday in Iowa City.
(L-R) Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center at a private residence on October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC)
It sounds like fans of The Who have a reason to be hopeful about getting a new album from the band.
Although frontman Roger Daltrey said in a 2023 interview with NMEthat he didn’t see the point in making another Who record, Pete Townshend is now suggesting Daltrey may be coming around to the idea.
In a recent Instagram post, Townshend shared photos of his new songwriting studio in London, which was built by “Never Gonna Give You Up” singer Rick Astley. He captioned the post, “It’s mine now. I’m loving it. Great sound. I’m very spoiled.”
While the caption didn’t give any clue as to what specifically Townshend will be using it for, a response to a comment from a fan seemed quite revealing.
When the fan noted, “There’s no way you’re gonna do another Who album,” Townshend set him straight, responding, “You might be wrong. Roger wants to give it a try.”
The Who released their last album of new material, Who, in 2019. At the time it was the first new album from The Who in 13 years, and the second that featured only original members Daltrey and Townshend.
: Todd Rundgren performs onstage during a concert at Cosmopolite Scene on November 05, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images)
Todd Rundgren is hitting the road this summer.
The rocker has announced dates for the Damned If I Do Tour, which kicks off June 11 in St. Charles, Illinois. The trek will have Rundgren playing 23 cities, including Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale and Washington, D.C., before wrapping July 19 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
The new dates are Rundgren’s first U.S. shows since his 2025 Still Me (Still We) tour, which wrapped in November.
Rundgren is currently on tour in Japan. He played Tokyo on Monday and will play Osaka on Wednesday.
Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for best original song for “Things Have Changed,” from the Michael Douglas/Tobey Maguire movie Wonder Boys.
The category also featured songs from Sting, Björk, Randy Newman and others.
Dylan was not at the ceremony to accept the award in person as he was in Australia on tour. A recording of him and his band performing the song in Sydney was included in the Oscars telecast via satellite. He also gave his acceptance speech from the Aussie city.
“Things Have Changed,” which also won the Golden Globe for best original song, would wind up appearing on several Dylan compilation albums, including 2000’s The Essential Bob Dylan, 2005’s The Best of Bob Dylan and 2007’s Dylan.
‘Gargoyle of the Garden State’ album artwork. (earMUSIC)
Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan has announced his debut solo album, Gargoyle of the Garden State.
The record is due out June 12. The first single, “At War with Myself” featuring Danko Jones, is out now.
“Gargoyle of the Garden State is not a project, it is every bit of my soul,” Bolan says in a statement. “Like me, it knows when to be serious and also knows where the party is.”
Other guests on the record include Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and Skid Row’s Scotti Hill, Dave “Snake” Sabo and Rob Hammersmith.
Skid Row, meanwhile, announced in February that they were launching a worldwide audition process to find the band’s next singer. Their most recent vocalist, Erik Grönwall, left Skid Row in 2024, after which Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale fronted the band for a run of live shows.
As for Skid Row’s classic lineup singer, Sebastian Bach, he will be performing with Twisted Sister in place of Dee Snider, who’s sitting out their upcoming shows for health reasons.
Singer/songwriter Chip Taylor onstage during An Evening With Chip Taylor at The GRAMMY Museum on August 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images)
Chip Taylor, songwriter of such hits as “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” has died at the age of 86. The news was confirmed in a post on his official Facebook page.
“Hi all – we are sad to tell you that Chip passed away last night. His last days were peaceful,” read the post signed by his children Kris and Kelly. “Chip loved the amazing blessing it was to connect with people through music and truly appreciated this community. He considered you all friends. We will miss him greatly.”
Taylor, born James Wesley Voight, was the younger brother of actor Jon Voight. He had his first big hit with “Wild Thing,” which was a #1 hit for the Troggs in 1966. Their version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2019. Jimi Hendrix also gave a memorable performance of the track at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, where he set his guitar on fire at the end.
Taylor’s other big hit, “Angel of the Morning,” has been covered by several artists. Merrilee Rush’s 1968 version of the song was the first to hit the top 10, peaking at #7. Juice Newton also charted with the track, with her 1981 version peaking at #4. The song was also interpolated for Shaggy’s 2001 hit “Angel,” which went to #1 on the Hot 100.
Taylor wrote several other pop and country songs over the years, which have been recorded by such artists as Tom Petty, Janis Joplin, The Hollies, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson and more.
Taylor was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016.
Ace Frehley’s Les Paul guitar (Courtesy of Julien’s Auctions)
Personal items from the late KISS guitarist Ace Frehley are among the pieces of memorabilia up for sale at Julien’s Auctions upcoming Music Icons auction.
Over 800 items will be part of the auction, including instruments from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward and more.
The highlight of this year’s auction is Frehley’s most played 1975 Les Paul guitar, which is expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000. According to a press release, the guitar was Frehley’s “constant companion” from the beginning of his career and was used “more than any other guitar in his arsenal.”
Other Frehley memorabilia up for grabs include a 1977 tour jacket, a full-length kimono from the Rock & Roll Over Tour era and a purple velvet stage-worn jumpsuit.
Also part of the Music Icons auction is Hammett’s first Ouija ESP custom guitar, which is signed with an inscription from the rocker; Vaughan’s 1969 Guild F-412 Twelve String guitar, played during his 1990 MTV Unplugged performance; Ward’s used Zildjian Gong and RIAA Platinum records; and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin’s 1987 Gibson HR Fusion 1 guitar, used during the recording of the band’s debut album, Appetite for Destruction.
Bidding for items will open online April 27, with the two-day live auction happening May 29 -30 at the Hard Rock Café Times Square in New York. More info can be found at JuliensAuctions.com.
Highlights from the auction will be on display at the Hard Rock Piccadilly Circus in London through April 13, before moving to Japan’s Hard Rock Café Tokyo for display on April 27. Additional items will go on display at the Hard Rock in New York starting May 13.
Pearl Jam has uploaded Japanese versions of videos for “Even Flow,”“Jeremy” and “Daughter” in celebration of frontman Eddie Vedder’s first solo tour in Japan.
The updated clips feature subtitles with the lyrics of each song in Japanese.
Vedder’s Japan tour launches in April and includes shows in Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.
“The tour will give audiences a unique opportunity to experience Eddie’s solo work and career-spanning material in a theater setting,” Vedder previously said.
Graham Nash performs onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID)
Graham Nash has extended his 2026 tour through the summer.
The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a new set of tour dates, which include co-headlining shows with Emmylou Harris.
The new summer shows begin July 7 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and run through Aug. 4 in Alexandria, Virginia. Nash is also booked to play the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Sept. 19 in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Nash and Harris will co-headline three dates of the tour: July 23 in Interlochen, Michigan; July 24 in Rochester Hills, Michigan; and July 26 in Highland Park, Illinois. Nash will also appear as special guest at the Avett Brothers’ July 12 show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at GrahamNash.com.
Nash will next launch a spring leg of the tour, starting April 4 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses perform at Hayarkon Park on June 05, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Shlomi Pinto/Redferns)
There was a mini Guns N’ Roses reunion in Los Angeles Monday night.
The band’s current and original members Slash and Duff McKagan reunited with original Guns drummer Steven Adler and former guitarist Gilby Clarke at the Rock For Jennifer Memorial Concert held at The Troubadour in Hollywood.
Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube shows the rockers teaming for a performance of the Guns N’ Roses track “It’s So Easy,” from their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, with Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe handling the vocals.
Adler was a member of Guns N’ Roses from their formation in 1985 until his firing in 1990 due to his drug addiction issues. Clarke joined the group in 1991 to replace original guitarist Izzy Stradlin, and performed with them until 1995.
According to Blabbermouth, the concert was in celebration of Jennifer Perry, the former house agent at the Troubadour, who died in February at the age of 67.
