Bass player Arthur Grant died on the 31st August 2026.
ZZ Top played their first show after Beard’s death with touring drummer Michael Monahan (who had already been filling in for Beard before his death) at Austin’s ACL Live, which took place at the Moody Theater , on August 22, 2026.
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Gibbons announced on the following day that the band would continue per Beard’s wishes, similar to Hill’s request in 2021.
On August 17, 2026, Beard died at the age of 77, leaving Gibbons as the only surviving member of ZZ Top’s classic lineup.
Original guitarist Ritchie Blackmore performed with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York on 12 August 2026, joining them for ” Smoke on the Water ” during the encore.
Deep Purple’s twenty-fourth studio album, SPLAT! , was released on 3 July 2026. The band will support the album by embarking on a North American tour with 24 dates through August and September 2026, with special guests Kansas and Jefferson Starship , followed by a tour Europe in the summer…
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In June 2026, shortly before the release of SPLAT! , Paice confirmed that the band will likely begin working on a twenty-fifth studio album in 2027.
On 5 May 2026, The Rolling Stones released through YouTube the complete audio version of their new single “Rough and Twisted”.
On the same day, the band confirmed that their new studio album, Foreign Tongues , would be released on 10 July 2026 and also released through YouTube the album’s first single, “In the Stars”.