Thayer confirmed the band’s recent studio activities in a September 2026 interview with Guitar World , saying: “We did record a great new song that Paul wrote. That’s probably about as much as I can tell you right now.”
In August 2026, Nancy Wilson announced that Heart was finishing up work on a new studio album, and that a documentary, a world tour, and biopic were also on the way.
However, Sony Music fully consolidated global digital distribution rights in mid-August 2026, and copyright notices for Queen releases now mention both Queen Productions (a Sony-owned international holder of Queen recording copyrights) and Hollywood Records in all territories.
In August 2026, Daltrey revealed to the audience at a solo show in Las Vegas that The Who had recently rehearsed with Starkey for a possible European leg of the farewell tour
In an August 2026 interview with Variety magazine, Alexander stated that he has officially “soft-relaunched” the band, with a follow-up album to Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too in development, currently entitled “Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed TWO (THE Heathen Will ‘CON$pirituality’ TROLL)” .
In August 2026, Daltrey revealed to the audience at a solo show in Las Vegas that The Who had recently rehearsed with Starkey for a possible European leg of the farewell tour, with Starkey later confirming Daltrey’s comments.
On 24 July 2026, Genesis announced the remastered re-release of their very first album From Genesis to Revelation to mark the band’s 60th anniversary. The album will include 2026 interviews with Banks, Gabriel and Rutherford, never-before heard demos, previously unreleased material and a 68-page illustrated book with contributions from Banks,…
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The band had also played a no-barricade release show on the same day at B.E.C. Arena in Manchester , with acts such as Static Dress , Showing Teeth and Dying Wish , as well as founding guitarist Curtis Ward’s new band Still in Love.
The re-recording, titled Count Your Blessings | Repented , was released on 10 July 2026.
Saxophonist Andy Bickers died from cancer on 10 July 2026.