Soundgarden will perform at the 2026 opening NFL game in Seattle on September 9.
On September 4, 2026, System of a Down released “Johnny”, their first material in six years, and is set to release their 25th anniversary album of Toxicity .
The band also announced a North American Tour for September and October of 2026, supported by Chevelle, Starset , and Kami Kehoe.
On August 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen joined the band onstage at the The Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park , New Jersey for a cover of Tom Waits ‘ Jersey Girl and the song Chinatown,
earlier that day, New Jersey Transit Rail announced a renaming of the ” North Jersey Coast Line ” to the “Bleachers Coast Line.
The charity Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “The Nazi swastika represents the ideology that inspired people to industrially slaughter six million innocent Jewish men, women and children by bullet, gas and any other means available. “To visually combine that with the Star of David – the pre-eminent symbol of Judaism –…
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On August 21, 2026, Bayside released a third EP “Bark At The Moon”, which featured the “Killing Time” B-side track “Don’t Come Easy”, along with four previously released songs.
On August 18, 2026, Anberlin announced their ninth studio album Currency , their first with Mullins as lead vocalist, supported by the lead single “Neverafter”. With this announcement it was confirmed that Christian had fully departed the band, and Mullins would assume the full-time role as the band’s lead vocalist.
On August 15, 2026, they released a teaser trailer announcing their ninth studio album Perfecth for release on September 30, 2026. The trailer however ends with that date crossed out, and the release date remains ambiguous.
The album was released on August 14.