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.
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.
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.