In July 2026, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider were inducted onto the Count Basie Center for the Arts Walk of Fame.
In early 2026, U2 surprise released a pair of six-track EPs to bookend the Lent season: Days of Ash in February on Ash Wednesday , and Easter Lily in April on Good Friday . They were the group’s first collections of newly written songs since Songs of Experience in 2017,…
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On 29 June 2026, New Order announced that founding drummer Stephen Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert would not be touring with the band for the foreseeable future.
The tour reached London and Manchester in June 2026 with guests Lovich and the Rezillos .
Earlier that week, former member Peter Hook said in an interview that he heard the two had left the band.
In June 2026, Dinosaur Jr. announced their thirteenth studio album, There Near , scheduled for release on August 28, 2026, through Jagjaguwar . The announcement was accompanied by the lead single “Several Got Away”.
The band played three nights in Melbourne, two in Sydney, and their final concert of the “Forever Enz” tour of New Zealand and Australia was held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide , South Australia, on 25 May 2026.
The “Forever Enz” tour of New Zealand and Australia took place in May 2026, kicking off at Hamilton’s Claudelands Arena on 2 May.
A new single, ” Free to Love “, featuring Nile Rodgers, was released on 23 April 2026.
In April 2026, Kino announced that it will perform seven new concerts in Canadian and American cities, being Toronto, New York, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Calgary. This also marked the first time Kino has ever performed in North America.