GORILLAZ
SHARE STUNNING HAND-CRAFTED ANIMATED SHORT FILM
THE MOUNTAIN, THE MOON CAVE & THE SAD GOD

WATCH HERE 

NEW ALBUM THE MOUNTAIN OUT NOW
LISTEN HERE

Film Still – Credit: Gorillaz

To mark the release of new album The Mountain, out today on the band’s own KONG label, Gorillaz has shared a new eight-minute short film titled The Mountain, The Moon Cave & The Sad God. Directed by Jamie Hewlett and THE LINE studio, the animated epic follows the adventures of band members Noodle, Murdoc, 2D and Russel as they journey across India, while exploring album themes from the journey of life to the thrill of existence. Watch HERE. 

The film sees artist and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett return to the purest form of his art to bring a detailed and beautiful intricacy to his distinctive, yet ever-evolving style. Directed by Hewlett, along with Max Taylor and Tim McCourt of BAFTA-nominated London-based animation studio THE LINE, the film was made across 18 months and thousands of artist hours, a hand-crafted homage to the golden era of 2D animation that reimagines Gorillaz through a classic cinematic lens. Hewlett collaborated with THE LINE on a vision to reinterpret Gorillaz through the timeless aesthetic of 1960s animated features. The result is a richly textured short film that honors the animators who paved the way for today’s studios. The process was steered by a determination to honor traditional craftsmanship with a hybrid analogue-digital workflow favoring hand-painted backgrounds, real materials, practical effects and period-accurate limitations over contemporary shortcuts – a true celebration of 2D animation and human creativity.

Circumstances now find Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D and Noodle in India, having made their way to Mumbai with the help of four fake passports courtesy of a New York business acquaintance of Murdoc. The band has turned its back on international pop stardom, with our heroes now immersed in the rhythms of mystical music-making, as they navigate the mountainous terrain of this thing called life.

PRAISE FOR THE MOUNTAIN

“Epic… Gorillaz’s White Album”
—NPR Music 

“One of their best, as ambitious and absorbing as anything they’ve done since 2010’s Plastic Beach.”
—FLOOD 

“The Mountain stands as the most rewarding and substantive Gorillaz album in more than a decade.”
—ROLLING STONE

Download High Res Press Imagery HERE. 

About The Mountain
The Mountain is Gorillaz’ ninth studio album, the first release on the band’s own new label KONG, an expansive sonic landscape of instruments and sounds, richly layered with voices, melodies and addictive beats, spanning a collection of 15 songs that embody the very essence of Gorillaz’ collaborative ethos. The record features an extraordinary list of artists and collaborators including: Ajay Prasanna, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, Black Thought, Gruff Rhys, IDLES, Jalen Ngonda, Johnny Marr, Kara Jackson, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon, Sparks, Trueno and Yasiin Bey; as well as the voices of friends and collaborators who have gone before us, including Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E Smith, Proof and Tony Allen. The Mountain is a playlist for a party on the border between this world and whatever happens next, exploring the journey of life and the thrill of existence. 

Produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr., plus Bizarrap (Orange County), The Mountain was recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon, various locations in India including Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Varanasi, as well as Ashgabat, Damascus, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The album features artists performing in five languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba. 

The Mountain – Album Tracklisting:

1. The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
2. The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
3. The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)
4. The Hardest Thing (feat. Tony Allen)
5. Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
6. The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)
7. The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
8. The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
9. The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14. The Sweet Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. The Sad God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)

The Mountain is available in the following formats: Digital Download; Standard CD; Deluxe 2CD (incl. booklet and 4 brand new exclusive bonus tracks recorded during album sessions); Standard Vinyl; Hardback Book Vinyl Edition; Limited Edition Collectors Box (incl. Art Prints). Listen HERE.

About Gorillaz:
Created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz is singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, drummer Russel Hobbs and Japanese guitar prodigy Noodle. The BRIT and Grammy-winning virtual band formed following a collision of mishaps, meetings and pure luck to blow up a pre-digital world with their colourful backstory and ground-breaking virtual ways. Based at Kong Studios, Gorillaz settled into a life of musical innovation with an eye-wateringly exciting roster of collaborators, a list that includes musical legends, geniuses and future stars from Elton John to Little Simz, MF Doom to Jean-Michel Jarre, Grace Jones to slowthai, Kali Uchis to Sidiki Diabaté, plus so many more. With nine albums to their name, Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018), Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez (2020), Cracker Island (2023), and the newly released The Mountain, Gorillaz is a truly global phenomenon, achieving success in entirely new and unique ways, touring the world from San Diego to Syria, Montevideo to Manchester and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor.

About KONG:
KONG is Gorillaz’ own label. The band’s ninth studio album The Mountain is KONG’s first release, with global digital and physical distribution via The Orchard.

About THE LINE: 
THE LINE is a BAFTA nominated studio, founded by Tim McCourt, Sam Taylor, Wesley Louis, James Duveen, Bjørn-Erik Aschim and Max Taylor – who describe their dynamic as “doing what we love with the best people we know”. This high end, hand drawn 2D animation studio has an impressive portfolio ranging from collaborations with Gorillaz to Marvel to Mercedes, and the studio has spent a decade creating captivating content. For more information on THE LINE visit www.thelinestudio.com. Subscribe to THE LINE on YouTube and follow @thelineanimation on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok and @thelinestudio on X.

METALLICA
LIFE BURNS FASTER
LIVE AT SPHERE

NO REPEAT WEEKENDS BEGIN OCTOBER 1st

General On Sale Begins March 6th at 10am PT

Ticket Registration Open Now at metallica.lnk.to/MetallicaSphere 

View Trailer HERE

Following months of relentless rumors and fever pitch speculation, it was announced today that Metallica will debut its Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. The highly-anticipated eight show run will take place on October 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, 2026 — and will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition that began with the 2023 kick-off of the band’s M72 World Tour, with no songs repeated on each Thursday and Saturday throughout the course of the run. 

Two-night No Repeat Weekend tickets and single-night tickets will go on sale March 6th at 10am PT. To register for tickets or for further information regarding pre-sales, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, visit metallica.lnk.to/MetallicaSphere  

Metallica’s standing at the vanguard of new and unique live experiences has seen the band play to millions of fans across all seven continents in every shape and size of venue imaginable. Their current M72 World Tour has played to more than 4 million fans from Europe and North America to the Pacific Rim and Middle East since its spring 2023 kick-off, its performances and production universally hailed as among the best of Metallica’s 40+ years of traversing the globe.

The band’s Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue’s immersive technologies that will allow fans to experience the sound and fury of the band’s live performance in new experiential dimensions. Whether you’ve seen Metallica from the upper reaches of a stadium or arena, at an intimate club or theater gig or from the famed Snake Pit surrounded by the 360-degree M72 stage, Sphere’s technology, including the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest; and multi-sensory 4D technology, will present a wholly unique and entirely new Metallica experience for all who attend — including James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.

Metallica co-founder/drummer Lars Ulrich commented, “About 12 seconds into the opening night of  Sphere with U2 back in ‘23, I thought ‘We have to do this, it’s completely uncharted territory!’ This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level!” 

Metallica Life Burns Faster at Sphere is produced by Live Nation and presented by inKind.  inKind rewards diners with special offers and credit back when they use the app to pay at thousands of top-rated restaurants nationwide.  inKind also provides innovative financing to participating restaurants in a way that enables new levels of sustainability and success. Metallica fans can learn more at inKind.com.

For updates and further information, stay tuned to metallica.lnk.to/MetallicaSphere

Exosphere assets & press photos available HERE

About Metallica
Formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich and including guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, Metallica has become one of the most influential and successful rock bands in history, selling nearly 125 million albums worldwide and generating more than 25 billion streams while playing to millions of fans on all seven continents—more than 1.3 million of whom belong to the band’s fiercely loyal and consistently growing Fifth Member fan club. Metallica’s catalog of multi-platinum studio albums includes Kill ’Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, …And Justice for All, Metallica (commonly referred to as The Black Album), Load, ReLoad, St. Anger, Death Magnetic, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, and most recently, the Grammy-winning 72 Seasons, released April 14, 2023, on the band’s own Blackened Recordings label. Metallica’s awards and accolades include nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, multiple MTV Video Music Awards, a 2009 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Sweden’s Polar Music Prize. In 2017, Metallica established its own charitable foundation, All Within My Hands, to give back to communities that have supported the band. To date, All Within My Hands’ collective efforts have raised over $29M to support its mission, and provided grants of $15.3M to career and technical education programs through its Metallica Scholars Initiative, $8.4M to combat food insecurity, and $5.6M to disaster relief and other critical local services worldwide. Visit AllWithinMyHands.org to learn more.

About Sphere  
Sphere is an experiential medium that is redefining the future of immersive experiences. Powered by advanced technologies that ignite the senses, Sphere is a venue where the foremost artists, creators, and technologists create extraordinary experiences that bring storytelling to a new level and transport audiences to places both real and imagined. The venue hosts original Sphere Experiences from leading Hollywood creatives; concerts and residencies from the world’s biggest artists; and premier brand events. The first Sphere opened in Las Vegas, with a second venue planned for Abu Dhabi. More information is available at thesphere.com. 

SOCIAL DISTORTION
BORN TO KILL
NEW ALBUM OUT MAY 8th

Title Track Available Now 
Watch The Video Here

North American Tour On Sale Friday, February 27th at 10am local time

Orange County’s finest are back with a vengeance: Social Distortion’s long-awaited eighth album, Born To Kill, will be released May 8, 2026 via Epitaph Records. To pre-order the album and/or hear the hard-charging title track that’s been lighting up crowds at the band’s shows for the last several months, go to https://socialdistortion.ffm.to/borntokill

Born To Kill is more than the conclusion to a 15-year wait between Social Distortion albums, it’s a revelation: 11 songs of pure, unadulterated rock ’n’ roll fury, joy and catharsis, all imbued with the signature blend of defiance and world-weariness that has made founder Mike Ness a poet and sage to the dispossessed for more than 40 years.

The first Social Distortion album since Ness’ recovery from a bout with cancer, Born To Kill brims with aggressive optimism. The album wastes no time letting the listener know where its heart is, with its title track and mission statement dropping nods to Lou Reed (“Rock ’n’ Roll Animal gonna come your way!”) and Iggy and the Stooges (“The agenda is yeah to Search and Destroy”) and an homage to David Bowie (“It’s a Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide”) following a few songs later on “Partners In Crime.” This is a man, a band, and a record that wear their influences proudly while creating timeless anthems and ballads that both chart Social Distortion’s path forward and celebrate its storied past: “Tonight” and “The Way Things Were” are emotionally charged reminiscences in the vein of classics like “Story of My Life” from the band’s eponymous 1990 breakthrough and “I Was Wrong” from 1996’s White Light, White Heat, White Trash, the latter containing a potent distillation of the Social D ethos: “I wrote a song with a stolen riff / If you ain’t got a song you ain’t got shit.”

Co-produced by Ness and Dave Sardy, and featuring guest appearances from Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Lucinda Williams and collaborative cover art by Ness and Shepard Fairey, Born To Kill is the latest installment in a remarkable catalog that spans nearly three generations, including Mommy’s Little Monster (1983), Prison Bound (1988), the RIAA gold-certified Social Distortion (1990) and Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992), White Light, White Heat, White Trash (1996), Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll (2004), and Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (2011).

As announced yesterday, Social Distortion will support Born To Kill with an extensive North American tour. The tour kicks off August 25 in Phoenix and plays a total of 23 shows in 21 cities before concluding October 3 in San Diego. For support, tickets and further information, see below or go to https://www.socialdistortion.com/tours

SOCIAL DISTORTION
North America  
Fall 2026

August 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre *
August 28 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater *
August 29 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory *
August 31 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle *
September 1 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy *
September 3 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz *
September 4 – Washington, DC – The Anthem *
September 5 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony Summer Stage *
September 8 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark *
September 9 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner *
September 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount *
September 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount *
September 14 – Toronto, ONT – HISTORY *
September 17 – Detroit, MI – The Filmore Detroit *
September 20 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory *
September 22 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom *
September 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center *
September 25 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas *
September 26 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre *
September 2 -8 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic *
October 1 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium #
October 2 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium #
October 3 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park *

# The Descendents support
* The Descendents and The Chats support

Photo Credit: Jonathan Weiner

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS CELEBRATE THEIR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

GIDDY UP/BIG ATTRACTION SPECIAL EDITION VINYL & CD OUT MAY 22nd VIA VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP

PRE-ORDER NOW

Ten years ago, in a sharehouse on Chapel Street, four 20-year-olds with zero expectations wrote and recorded an EP in a single afternoon. Those six blistering minutes of music became Giddy Up. An hour later, Amyl and The Sniffers had a name, a Bandcamp upload, and the beginnings of a legacy. 

Following a year of backyard gigs, playing for friends and partying across Melbourne’s sticky carpet music scene, the band released their iconic second EP Big Attraction in 2017. Now, to celebrate a decade of raw power and reckless spirit, Giddy Up/Big Attraction returns in a definitive 10th anniversary 12-inch vinyl edition — fully remastered for maximum punch. Featuring early classics like ‘I’m Not A Loser’ and ‘Stole My Pushbike’, plus enduring live favorites ‘Balaclava Lover Boogie’ and ‘Westgate’ this is the sound of Amyl and The Sniffers before the world caught up — feral, funny, and unstoppable.

The LP is housed in a gatefold sleeve showcasing Chris Sutherland’s iconic 2017 band photo, alongside an exclusive new essay from Amy Taylor and a heap of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes shots from the band’s earliest days by Jamie Wdziekonski.

As Amy recalls: “We recorded and wrote over the afternoon… we’d never played together before that day… it’s spontaneous, and fun and achievable in that time because to us it sounded more than good and we weren’t perfectionists and it didn’t matter.”

From DIY house shows in Melbourne to international stages, it all started here.

UPCOMING 2026 US/EU TOUR DATES

Jun 4, 2026 RBC Amphitheatre Toronto, ON
Jun 5, 2026 Place Bell Montreal, QC
Jun 6, 2026 The Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens
Jun 8, 2026 Highmark Skyline Stage at the Mann Philadelphia, PA
Jun 9, 2026 MGM Music Hall at Fenway Boston, MA
Jun 10, 2026 The Anthem Washington, DC
Jun 12, 2026 The Factory St. Louis, MO
Jun 13, 2026 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
Jun 14, 2026 The Salt Shed – Fairgrounds Chicago, IL
Jun 16, 2026 Astro Theater Omaha, NE
Jun 17, 2026 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
Jun 20, 2026 Surly Brewing Festival Field Minneapolis, MN
Aug 7, 2026 Hot in the City – Trieste Estate Trieste, Italy
Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 OFF Festival Katowice, Poland
Aug 8, 2026 SRC Salata Zagreb, Croatia
Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Øya Festival Oslo, Oslo
Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Paredes de Coura Festival Paredes, Portugal
Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Syd for Solen Festival Copenhagen
Aug 16, 2026 Capitol Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Aug 18, 2026 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
Aug 19, 2026 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
Aug 23, 2026 All Points East Festival London, England
Aug 25, 2026 Collins Barracks Dublin, Ireland
Aug 26, 2026 Collins Barracks Dublin, County Dublin
Aug 29, 2026 Rock en Seine Paris, France

Amyl and The Sniffers – Giddy Up/Big Attraction
LP out Friday, May 22nd via Virgin Music Group

Tracklist: 

Side A (Giddy Up) 
1. Pleasure Forever
2. Caltex Cowgirl
3. Mandalay
4. Stole My Pushbike

Side B (Big Attraction)
5. I’m Not A Loser
6. Blowjobs
7. Mole (Sniff Sniff)
8. Balaclava Lover Boogie
9. Westgate
10. 70’s Street Munchies

ABOUT AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

In the ten years since Amyl and The Sniffers came together in Melbourne’s sticky pub-rock scene, Amyl and The Sniffers have become masters of balancing power and playfulness. With three critically acclaimed albums under their belt alongside numerous awards and accolades – 2019’s self-titled debut and 2021’s visceral Comfort To Me and 2024’s Cartoon Darkness – vocalist Amy Taylor, guitarist Declan Mehrtens, bassist Gus Romer and drummer Bryce Wilson have achieved something unique and remarkable. They are unmistakably “Aussie”, down-to-earth and true to their roots. They are also one of the most exciting young rock bands on the planet. 

The band’s live audiences have grown even faster than their reputation, taking them around the world on sold-out tours several times over, playing ever-larger venues throughout Europe, North America and beyond, with recent shows stretching from Mexico to India to Japan. From grassroots clubs shows to major concert halls, the band has become a regular mainstage and headline feature of festivals including Primavera, Glastonbury, Coachella, Green Man, Osheaga, Outside Lands, Best Keep Secret, All Points East and dozens more; and been called up for European and US stadium supports with the likes of Green Day and Foo Fighters, and more recently opening for acts AC/DC, Turnstile, Fontaines D.C & Kneecap @ Finsbury Park. As a live act, the word is well and truly out: if you need a band to decimate a stage, you call Amyl and The Sniffers.  

Since the release of Comfort to Me, the band has seen their horizons broaden exponentially in every way. And it’s this attitude – bigger, brighter, smarter, sharper – that fuelled their third album, Cartoon Darkness. Recorded with producer Nick Launay at Foo Fighters’ 606 Studios in Los Angeles, on the same desk that captured Nirvana’s Nevermind and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the latest Amyl offering is full of surprises. Musically, Mehrtens, Romer and Wilson have written The Sniffers’ most diverse album yet. It stretches from classic punk to the glammy strut of recent single ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ to the stormy balladry of ‘Big Dreams’ (which is a sonic gear shift worthy of the title). 

The band have walked away since with a Grammy-nomination for ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’, and will kick off another huge US and EU tour run starting in June.

FOO FIGHTERS
YOUR FAVORITE TOY
NEW ALBUM OUT APRIL 24
FIRST SINGLE / TITLE TRACK OUT NOW

Listen to “Your Favorite Toy” HERE and Pre-Order the Album HERE

Try not to choke on the glitter…

“Your Favorite Toy,” the titular first single of Foo Fighters’ forthcoming 12th full-length studio album, has been released.

The first new FF music of 2026, “Your Favorite Toy” is nothing short of an insidious earworm. Jagged guitar shards and sinister keyboard stabs bob and weave atop a relentless rhythmic pulse, as Dave Grohl unleashes a newfound sardonic vocal tone on infectious choruses:

Get back
Hear that, boy?
Someone threw away your favorite toy for good
For good

A perfect first taste and representation of the album of the same name, “Your Favorite Toy” sounds like nothing else in the band’s monolithic discography, while instantly and unmistakably identifiable as Foo Fighters. 

Dave Grohl commented, “’Your Favorite Toy’ really was the key that unlocked the tone and energetic direction of the new album. We stumbled upon it after experimenting with different sounds and dynamics for over a year, and the day it took shape I knew that we had to follow its lead. It was the fuse to the powder keg of songs we wound up recording for this record. It feels new.”

Preceded by its title track and last year’s incendiary “Asking For A Friend,” Your Favorite Toy will be released April 24th via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Recorded at home, the album was co-produced by Foo Fighters and Oliver Roman, engineered by Oliver Roman and mixed by Mark “Spike” Stent, and consists of the following songs:

Caught In The Echo
Of All People
Window
Your Favorite Toy
If You Only Knew
Spit Shine
Unconditional
Child Actor
Amen, Caveman
Asking For A Friend

Your Favorite Toy’s release heralds Foo Fighters’ massive Take Cover world tour, which kicks off June 10th at Unity Arena in Oslo, following a pair of US festival headlines at Welcome to Rockville and Bottlerock. For more information on the tour, go to https://foofighters.lnk.to/ShowsPR

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee and Ilan Rubin.

Photo Credit: Elizabeth Miranda

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

NEW 2026 SHOWS ANNOUNCED

April 30—May 3 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
May 24 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort

Tickets For Reno On Sale to the Public Friday, February 20th at 10am local
Tickets for Boston Residency on Sale to the Public Friday, February 27th at 10am local

Information re: Tickets, Pre-sales and More at https://lcdsoundsystem.com/

LCD Soundsystem has announced the addition of 5 new shows to its spring 2026 touring schedule. April 30th-May 3rd will see the band returning to Boston’s Roadrunner for four consecutive nights. On May 24th they will stop at the Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV.

Tickets for Reno will go on sale to the public Friday, February 20th at 10am local time. Tickets for Boston Residency will be on sale to the public Friday, February 27th at 10am local time. All tickets will be available via https://lcdsoundsystem.com/

Artist presale for Boston will take place from Tuesday, February 24th 10am to Thursday, February 26th 10pm local time at https://youarehere.bowerypresents.com/

Exek opens the Boston shows, support in Reno to be announced.

See below for a full rundown of the newly announced dates and visit https://lcdsoundsystem.com/ for presale details and further information.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Friday, March 6, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Saturday, March 7, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Sunday, March 8, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Thursday, April 30, 2026 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Friday, May 1, 2026 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Saturday, May 2, 2026 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Sunday, May 3, 2026 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Saturday, May 23 2026 – Napa, CA – Bottlerock Napa Valley
Sunday, May 24, 2026 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort

GHOST 
“UMBRA” 
NEW VIDEO LIVE NOW

“In the shadows, pale and cold
In the shadows, lay my soul
In the shadows, death becomes your lover”
It’s your lucky Friday the 13th: GHOST is sending the world a Valentine in the form of the steamy new video for “Umbra,” the track from the band’s international #1 album SKELETÁ that currently has packed arenas full of GHOST fans clamoring for more cowbell.

Directed by Amir Chamdin, “Umbra” follows the trajectory of a star-crossed couple hurtling inevitably toward their mutual downfall, all under the watchful eye and narration of GHOST’s Papa V. Perpetua.

The “Umbra” video is the latest harbinger of yet another banner year for GHOST — one that began with a GRAMMY nomination and the latest US leg of the Skeletour Tour, which runs through February 23rd at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and has sold some half a million tickets worldwide and counting.

SKELETÁ, GHOST’s sixth album and first to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 was released April 25, 2025 via Loma Vista Recordings. “Umbra” is the latest single/video from the album, preceded by “Satanized”—dubbed a “catchy goth-rock epic” by VICE, followed by  “Lachryma”—performed by the band in its debut appearance on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON—and “Peacefield,” the monolithic anthem opening both the album and GHOST’s massive 2025 live rituals. 

For further information on tickets, updates, VIP packages and more, go to ghost-official.com

Paul McCartney

Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Due February 27, Pre-Order Here

The Companion Album to the New Documentary Chronicling Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1970s Ascension, Directed by Morgan Neville

Listen to the Previously Unreleased ‘Arrow Through Me (Rough Mix)’ and ‘Live And Let Die (Rockshow)’ Exclusively on Amazon Music Here

MAN ON THE RUN Streaming Globally on Prime Video on February 27

“We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true”
– Paul McCartney

#manontherun

Ahead of the release of Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, the intimate new feature documentary by Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning director Morgan Neville, exploring Paul McCartney’s creative rebirth after The Beatles’ breakup, Capitol Records, MPL Communications and UMG have announced details of a companion album titled, Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack.

The album includes all-time classics, hits and essential tracks from across Paul McCartney and Wings’ revered catalogue. A snapshot of Paul’s creativity in the 1970s in 12 songs. ‘Arrow Through Me (Rough Mix)’, a previously unreleased rough mix from the 1979 album sessions for Back to the Egg, and ‘Live And Let Die (Rockshow)’, from the 1980 concert film Rockshow, can both be heard exclusively via Amazon Music here, ahead of release. The album will feature a third previously unreleased track in ‘Gotta Sing Gotta Dance’, originally featured in the 1973 The James Paul McCartney TV Special.

Both the soundtrack album and documentary will be released on February 27th, with Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack arriving in a variety of formats, including a limited edition New York Taxi Yellow Vinyl LP by Jack White’s Third Man Pressing plant (pre-order here), a limited edition Tangerine Peel Orange Vinyl LP Amazon Exclusive, and Black Vinyl LP, through to a 1CD edition and digital release. Each vinyl edition will also come with a Man on the Run poster.

The artwork had creative direction by Paul McCartney and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell of Hipgnosis – the iconic design studio that worked with Paul for eight Wings albums, including Band on the Run, Venus and Mars, Wings Over America, Wings Greatest, and the 2025 anthology, WINGS. The artwork was designed by Peter Curzon of Storm Studios.

Fans can shop the Amazon exclusive soundtrack vinyl here today and find more merch on Paul McCartney’s official store on Amazon.com and in the Amazon Music app.

The Paul McCartney: Man on the Run documentary captures Paul’s transformative decade in the wake of The Beatles’ break-up and the rise of his new band Wings. Through stunning archival footage, Linda McCartney’s exceptional photographs, interviews with Paul, Linda, Mary and Stella McCartney, a number of Wings band members, Sean Ono Lennon, Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, and more, the film examines this time through a uniquely vulnerable lens.

Speaking about his approach to the film and soundtrack, director Morgan Neville said:

“When people talk about the biggest acts of the 1970s, the list rarely includes Paul McCartney. Not because he wasn’t big – he was undeniably one of the biggest acts of the decade – but because of what he’d already done. Paul had been in the biggest band in the world, which in turn had created itself its own gravitational force.

In my film, Man on the Run, I wanted to look at Paul’s impossible run from that long shadow of The Beatles.

It was a journey full of unlikely choices – a van tour! Bruce McMouse! Nigeria! Thrillington! A Scottish anthem! – but looked at together, the madness of those choices actually started to seem sane. How else could one deal with the weight of such expectations than by doing the unexpected?

I also saw that throughout the decade, Paul stopped running away from something and started running towards something else – his own voice, his own family, his own life. This was a story of somebody finding themselves.

This soundtrack is a snapshot of that journey told through his music. Each of these songs is a result of some creative impulse of who Paul was at that moment in time. It was through song that Paul spoke, not only to the world, but to himself. We’re lucky enough to be able to listen along.”

Paul McCartney: Man on the Run is produced by Tremolo, in association with MPL Communications and Polygram Entertainment. The film will be available on Prime Video from February 27th in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The film will also be released in cinemas for one night only by Trafalgar Releasing on February 19, 2026. Tickets to see the film first, in select cinemas worldwide, are available at manontherun.film. Each theatrical screening also includes a bonus conversation between Paul McCartney and director Morgan Neville, exclusive to cinemas. Producers include Morgan Neville, Chloe Simmons, and Meghan Walsh for Tremolo; Scott Rodger and Ben Chappell for MPL; and Michele Anthony and David Blackman for Polygram Entertainment. Executive producers include Paul McCartney and Caitrin Rogers. Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack executive producers are Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville.

The new film and companion album provide the essential latest installment in the Wings renaissance – a series of exciting new releases connecting with fans across the world. 2025 saw the publication of Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Liveright / W.W. Norton / Penguin. A landmark oral history of Paul’s musical reinvention in the 1970s, described by The Sunday Times as “the story of a man who climbed every mountain, then set out to do it all over again”. In tandem, the WINGS self-titled collection was released in multiple formats, from a 32-track 3LP box set to new Dolby Atmos mixes – a definitive self-titled anthology of hits, personally curated by Paul, charting the story of the band as it became one of the biggest-selling acts of all time. The start of 2025 celebrated one of Wings’ most revered albums, Venus and Mars, 50 years since the original release. Now available as a special edition half-speed master LP, and mixed in Dolby Atmos for the first time. All this in addition to another epic leg of Paul’s Got Back tour, which included shows in 18 different cities across the United States and Canada through 2025.

Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Tracklisting:

1 Wings – Silly Love Songs (Demo)
2 Paul McCartney – That Would Be Something (2011 Remaster)
3 Paul and Linda McCartney – Long Haired Lady (2012 Remaster)
4 Paul and Linda McCartney – Too Many People (2012 Remaster)
5 Paul McCartney and Wings – Big Barn Bed (2018 Remaster)
6 Paul McCartney – Gotta Sing Gotta Dance 
7 Wings – Live and Let Die (Rockshow)
8 Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run (2010 Remaster)
9 Wings – Arrow Through Me (Rough Mix)  
10 Wings – Mull of Kintyre (2016 Remaster)
11 Paul McCartney – Coming Up (2011 Remaster)
12 Paul McCartney and Wings – Let Me Roll It  (2010 Remaster)

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About Paul McCartney
Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at 14, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. Paul’s output has been impossibly prolific and singularly influential crossing many different genres.  Paul changed the world forever with The Beatles before going on to continue to push boundaries and make music history with his group Wings and as a solo artist. His most recent solo (and 18th) studio album McCartney III secured the UK Album Chart’s festive Number 1 spot in 2020, furthering his lead as the UK’s most successful album act of all time. In November 2021 Paul released his book, THE LYRICS: 1956 to the Present, recounting his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career – from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. The LYRICS hit Number One on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was named the 2021 Book Of The Year by Barnes & Noble. In November 2025 Paul released Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, an oral history of the Wings era shedding new light on what it was like to be part of one of the most iconic bands of the 1970s. An 18-time Grammy winner and recipient of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards, McCartney’s list of international accolades reads like no other as well as being recognised for decades of philanthropic activities. Equally renowned for his live performances as he is for his song-writing, Paul set the world record for largest paying concert attendance – 184,000 people – in Rio De Janeiro in 1990. A freeman of The City Of Liverpool and Lead Patron of The Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts, Paul McCartney was appointed Fellow of The Royal College of Music in 1995 by The Prince Of Wales. In 1996 Paul McCartney was knighted by H.M. The Queen for his services to music, and in 2017 he was made a Companion Of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

About Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville is an Oscar®, Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker known for his work as a cultural documentarian. His acclaimed 2018 film Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is one of the best-reviewed and highest-grossing documentaries of all time. His 2013 film 20 Feet From Stardom won the Academy Award® for Best Documentary. His 2021 film Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain was the highest-grossing documentary of that year. Additional films and series include the Emmy-winning Best of Enemies, the Emmy-nominated STEVE! (Martin) a Documentary in 2 Pieces, Piece by Piece, Shangri-la, Watch The Sound with Mark Ronson, Song Exploder and Ugly Delicious. Neville recently was nominated for an Emmy® for his work on the documentary series, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Most recently, he directed Man on the Run, which documents Paul McCartney’s decade-long creative surge after the Beatles, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and will be released by Amazon MGM February 27th.

FOR WHOM THE BAND TOLLS — Collegiate Edition

Metallica Marching Band Competition

In Partnership with EA SPORTS™ College Football

D1 Winners University of South Carolina Given Opportunity to Record a Metallica Song and EA SPORTS™ College Football Theme

Winners in Seven Categories to Receive More Than $165,000 in Prizes

Presented by Metallica, Tama, Sweetwater, Hal Leonard, KHS America, Tromana, Ernie Ball, Music for All, and Bands of America

See the Winners Announced HERE

Last year, Metallica challenged marching bands at all collegiate levels to craft the most exciting, unique, and impressive performances of the band’s music. The band members have now chosen and announced the winners of the 2025 Collegiate Edition of the annual Metallica Marching Band Competition. 

In an exciting new twist on the traditional For Whom The Band Tolls competition, first place Division 1 winners will have the opportunity to record a Metallica song and the EA SPORTS™ College Football Theme Song, to be included in the next iteration of EA SPORTS™ College Football.

“Authenticity isn’t just a component, it’s a commitment. Because Metallica recognizes the power and importance of both music education and sports culture, our For Whom The Band Tolls Competition is a groundbreaking partnership on so many levels,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive and President of Music for Electronic Arts. “We look forward to working with my beloved USC Marching Band (go Gamecocks!) on EA SPORTS College Football as we enrich the school’s music program, record a Metallica song as well as the game’s ‘Campus Clash Theme’, and shape the sound of next season’s college football experience together.”

Jay N. Jacobs, PhD, Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands for the University of South Carolina added, “Metallica has created an incredibly special opportunity for band programs across the country. Marching band students work hard to bring their shows to hundreds of thousands of fans each fall. What better way is there to showcase the classic music of Metallica than with the sights and sounds of America’s marching bands? The Metallica team went the extra mile to spotlight the unique cultural contributions marching bands bring to the world, and our students were thrilled to bring Metallica’s powerful and impactful music to 80,000 Gamecock fans in Williams-Brice Stadium. Considering the amazing performances by extraordinary bands, we are extremely honored to be selected as the 2025 Collegiate Division 1 winner. This is a historic moment in the 105 year history of The Carolina Band at the University of South Carolina. Congratulations to all the participating bands on their performances!”

The victors in each category will receive instruments and equipment for their programs at the values listed below, provided by Metallica and sponsors including Sweetwater, TAMA, Hal Leonard, KHS America and more.The winners of the Metallica Marching Band Competition Collegiate Edition, as announced this morning at https://youtu.be/Kfe1IhNJF6w are:

Division 1:

1st Place: University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFzc5jB55yI&feature=youtu.be
$50k Prizing + opportunity to record theme song and a Metallica song for next version of EA SPORTS™ College Football

2nd Place: Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XybRQfmtMw&t=1s
$25k in Prizing

3rd Place: University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
Champaign, IL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spn3GZ4i4ZE
$10k in Prizing

Division 2/Division 3 Winning Schools:

1st Place: Riverside City College
Riverside, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoyEz13TBo0
$40k in Prizing

2nd Place: Bridgewater College
Bridgewater VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFukrPZvr48
$20k in Prizing
*Band director said that he would get his first tattoo if they placed in the top 3.

3rd Place: Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCmFubNbavg
$10k in Prizing

Fan Favorite Winner:
University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
Champaign, IL
$10k in Prizing

The Metallica Marching Band Competition is a yearly national challenge to marching bands to create the most memorable interpretations of Metallica songs. For further information, please go to http://metallicamarchingband.com

BECK 
EVERYBODY’S GOTTA LEARN SOMETIME
 
A Lovingly Curated Collection of Rarities, Deep Cuts and Cover Versions 
 
Featuring Never Before Released Recordings of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and “True Love Will Find You in the End”
 
Digital Release Out Now — Valentine’s Day Red Vinyl Available for Pre-Order

Beck is sending us all a very special Valentine’s Day gift in the form of Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, a beautifully crafted eight-song mini-album collecting some of his most beloved standalone singles and soundtrack contributions, eclectic cover versions and a couple of exclusive previously unreleased recordings.

Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime is of course named for Beck’s version of the Korgis’ dusty gem that first stole hearts on the soundtrack to 2004’s The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and has since remained a frequent fixture of Beck’s live shows, especially his orchestral performances of the last few years. Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and the Flamingos’ “I Only Have Eyes for You” receive faithful and reverent renditions, as do tributes to John Lennon (“Love”) and Caetano Veloso (“Michelangelo Antonioni”). The beguiling “Ramona,” from the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack, is the sole Beck original here, while never before released recordings of two of Beck’s signature reinterpretations — Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You in the End” — round out this formidable Valentine’s Day mixtape.

For a full list of recording credits, go to: https://beck.lnk.to/EGLSCredits

Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime is available now across DSPs, and will see physical release February 13 on opaque red vinyl, which can be pre-ordered HERE

BECK
EVERYBODY’S GOTTA LEARN SOMETIME
Tracklist:

1. Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
2. Can’t Help Falling In Love
3. I Only Have Eyes For You
4. Ramona
5. Michelangelo Antonioni
6. Your Cheatin’ Heart
7. Love
8. True Love Will Find You In The End