The band is also confirmed to be on the roster for the Louder Than Life festival taking place in Louisville in September.
and the US alongside Machine Head, Rivers of Nihil , Judiciary in September.
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.”
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.
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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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.
Gibbons announced on the following day that the band would continue per Beard’s wishes, similar to Hill’s request in 2021.