BECK
RIDE LONESOME
NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY
“RUN AWAY” NEW VIDEO STARRING TADANOBU ASANO OUT NOW
North American Tour Begins September 22

Photo Credit: Mikai Karl

“Every instrument is laid carefully into place like a jewel, and the overall sound is ethereal and dreamy, with vocals emerging from a mist of reverb, pedal-steel guitar lines curling to the heavens, and tasteful strings and horns adding dabs of light and shade” — WALL STREET JOURNAL

“A drop-dead gorgeous meditation on heartache and solitude.” — NME

The long wait for a new Beck album — punctuated with multiple singles, collaborations and tours — is over as of today, September 18, with the release of Ride Lonesome via Capitol Records.

Produced by Beck and mixed by Nigel Godrich, Ride Lonesome is already being hailed as “that rarest of things: a sequel to a sequel that’s every bit as good as its predecessors” by the GUARDIAN, “a stunning display of the alchemy of turning pain into sheer beauty” by MOJO, “another success, beautiful and evocative” by the WALL STREET JOURNAL and “spacious and unhurried” by THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Ride Lonesome‘s release is also marked by the premiere of a striking new video of the album’s second song, “Run Away.” Directed by Mikai Karl, produced by Ryan Smale and starring Golden Globe-winning actor Tadanobu Asano (Shogun, Thor: Ragnarok, Ichi the Killer), “Run Away” sees the sublime piano and guitar based melodies of the Ride Lonesome standout scoring interwoven narratives of lives on a parallel tracks set against the compelling backdrop of a Tokyo cityscape. To enter the world of “Run Away,” go to https://beck.lnk.to/RunAwayVid

Ride Lonesome owes a measure of its brand new yet warmly familiar atmosphere to the contributions of musicians with whom Beck recorded Sea Change, Morning Phase and Mutations — Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Jason Falkner — reunited at Room B at United Studios in Hollywood. Godrich, who had worked on Sea Change and Mutations, returned to mix the album. In the decade or so since 2015 GRAMMY Album of the Year winner Morning Phase was recorded, Beck and the band observed a noticeable evolution and deepening of their performance and chemistry, honed by decades of working together. He recalls, “While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.”

Ride Lonesome’s release comes days ahead of the September 22 kick-off of its namesake tour at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The tour will see Beck digging deep into Ride Lonesome forebears Sea Change, Morning Phase and Mutations alongside future classics from the new album, bringing them all to life in intimate and ornate theaters across the continent. See below for a full itinerary, which includes stops at the Greek in L.A., Red Rocks, two nights each at The Masonic in SF, Massey Hall in Toronto and the Brooklyn Paramount, and many more, before concluding November 10 at the Keller Auditorium in Portland OR.

For further information, go HERE

BECK
Ride Lonesome Tour

09/22/26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
09/23/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
09/25/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
09/26/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
10/01/26 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/03/26 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
10/04/26 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10/06/26 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live
10/07/26 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre (SOLD OUT)
10/09/26 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theater
10/10/26 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theater
10/12/26 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
10/14/26 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/15/26 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/17/26 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/18/26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
10/22/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
10/23/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (SOLD OUT)
10/25/26 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
10/27/26 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
10/28/26 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
10/30/26 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
10/31/26 – Nashville, TN – The Truth
11/08/26 – Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall * NEW VENUE – Rescheduled from September 18
11/09/26 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Rescheduled from September 16
11/10/26 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium – Rescheduled from September 19

METALLICA
M72 WORLD TOUR
2027 NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS ANNOUNCED

Limp Bizkit and Avatar to Support

General On Sale September 25 at 10am Local Time

Pre-Sales, Enhanced Experiences, Travel Packages, Further Information HERE

For hi-res tour art, please download HERE 

Metallica has confirmed a series of new North American stadium dates that extend the band’s massive M72 World Tour into 2027. Having played 99 shows in 26 countries since its April 2023 kick-off, the Live Nation-promoted M72 World Tour will resume May 8, 2027 at BC Place in Vancouver – hitting a dozen new cities for the first time on this run throughout the American southwest, midwest and beyond – and will conclude June 19, 2027 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

TICKETS: 
Tickets for the newly announced shows will be available starting with the Fan Club pre-sales beginning on Monday, September 21 at 10am local time. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, September 25 at 10am local time. For further information, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, go to http://metallica.lnk.to/M72WorldTour2027

PRESALE:
Citi is the official card of the M72 World Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning September 22 at​ 10am local time until September 24 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com

Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the newly added M72 shows in the U.S. as part of Verizon’s loyalty program, Verizon Shine. The presale for select shows runs from September 22 at 10am local time to September 24 at 10pm local time. Verizon Shine awards customers with once-in-a-lifetime experiences, alongside daily drops including tickets to concerts and sporting events, exclusive merchandise, dining vouchers, gift cards and more. Opt-in to Verizon Shine via the My Verizon App, and learn more about Verizon Shine here.

From its launch in 2023 through its most recent two-night engagement July 3 and 5, 2025 at London Stadium, Metallica’s record-breaking M72 World Tour has been celebrated as among the best of the band’s 40+ years of traversing the globe, with nearly five million members of the Metallica family having attended. Hailed as “an altogether life-affirming experience” (Billboard), “impossible to leave unsatisfied” (Austin Chronicle), “a stone-cold stunner of a show” (Detroit News), and “as tight and furious as Metallica has sounded in ages” (Los Angeles Times), M72 will resume following Metallica’s Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, which will run from October 1, 2026 through March 13, 2027.

Support on M72’s 2027 North American run will come from Limp Bizkit and Avatar. See below for a full list of dates.

As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported Metallica over the years, All Within My Hands (AWMH) is a non-profit, philanthropic organization conceived by the members and management of Metallica and dedicated to creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. Metallica covers all administrative costs, so 100% of donations go directly to the organizations supported by the Foundation. 

To date, All Within My Hands has provided grants of $19M to career and technical education programs through its Metallica Scholars Initiative, $8.8M to combat food insecurity, and $6.2M to disaster relief and other critical local services worldwide. Visit AllWithinMyHands.org to learn more.

METALLICA
M72 World Tour
North America 2027

May 8 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place
May 13 — San Diego, CA — Snapdragon Stadium
May 18 — El Paso, TX — Sun Bowl Stadium
May 22 — San Antonio, TX — Alamodome
May 26 — Fayetteville, AR — Razorback Stadium
May 29 — Kansas City, MO — Arrowhead Stadium
June 2 — Raleigh, NC — Carter-Finley Stadium
June 5 — Indianapolis, IN — Lucas Oil Stadium
June 8 — Buffalo, NY — Highmark Stadium
June 12 — Madison, WI — Camp Randall Stadium
June 15 — Cleveland, OH — Huntington Bank Field
June 19 — Salt Lake City, UT — Rice-Eccles Stadium

RAMMSTEIN – LIVE IN MEXICO CITY

SETTING CINEMAS ABLAZE WORLDWIDE NOVEMBER 4
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

CONCERT FILM AND LIVE ALBUM 
TO BE RELEASED ON PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FORMATS

NOVEMBER 20th

TICKETS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 23 AT RAMMSTEINMEXICO.LIVE

SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER HERE

“If we define fun as the unknowing acceleration of time, then Rammstein’s particular brand of self-obliteration, in which time collapses entirely, is a guaranteed good time” – THE NEW YORKER
 
“The commitment to excessive pyromania was epic stagecraft on a Wagnerian scale, several notches up from most arena rock. More important was that the six-piece band… wasn’t dependent on those fireworks but could have easily punished and soothed the senses to nearly the same effect with music alone” – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
 
“One of heavy music’s biggest and most dynamic live acts” – CONSEQUENCE

2022 marked the North American debut of the most extreme spectacle in live music, when RAMMSTEIN brought its full-scale stadium production to the continent for the first and only time. Seven 747s and nearly 210 crew members brought rock ’n’ roll’s most ambitious pyro-theatrical experience overseas to blaze a flaming trail through 12 open-air dates that began on August 21st in Montreal and went on to set seven U.S. stadiums ablaze before the tour concluded with a massive three-night stand at Mexico City’s 65,000-capacity Foro Sol stadium on October 1, 2 and 4, 2022.

RAMMSTEIN – LIVE IN MEXICO CITY is the definitive document of that triumphant trio of Mexico City shows witnessed by nearly 200,000 ecstatic fans, and of the global stadium tour that filled football fields the world over with fans and flames from 2019 to 2024. Filmed in 4K, the feature-length concert film brings the fire and adrenaline of the inimitable RAMMSTEIN live experience to the cinema screen, as the band powers through stadium-sized renditions of career-spanning highlights including “Armee der Tristen,“ “Deutschland,“ “Du riechst so gut,“ “Sonne,“ “Du hast,“ a rare performance of “Te quiero puta!“ and many, many more. 

Directed by award-winning director Paul Dugdale (whose previous credits include the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Elton John and Adele), RAMMSTEIN – LIVE IN MEXICO CITY will be released in cinemas worldwide on November 4th, for a limited time only. For updates on screenings and to sign up for further information, go to www.rammsteinmexico.live. Full cinema listings will be available on the website from September 23 at 5pm CEST / 4pm BST / 11am EDT / 8am PDT.

For assets, click HERE.

Notes to Editors
RAMMSTEIN – LIVE IN MEXICO CITY is distributed worldwide via Trafalgar Releasing, excluding Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alto Adige, and Luxembourg, where the film will be released via Filmwelt Distribution. 

The film is released on November 4 in all markets except France, which will release on November 6 only, and Japan, which will release on November 5 and 18. Please check www.rammsteinmexico.live for further information.

About RAMMSTEIN
RAMMSTEIN’s 2019-2024 global stadium tour coincided with the release of the band’s seventh and eighth studio albums: its untitled 2019 album, which topped 14 international charts – including the U.S. Top 10 – and ZEIT, released on April 29, 2022, almost exactly three years to the day after its predecessor.

Over the course of a career spanning 30 years and counting, RAMMSTEIN has sold more than 20 million albums around the world and played countless spectacular, groundbreaking tours. The Berlin sextet’s lineup of Till Lindemann (vocals), Paul Landers (guitar), Richard Z. Kruspe (guitar), Flake (keyboards), Oliver Riedel (bass) and Christoph Schneider (drums) has remained unchanged since the band’s formation in 1994 and the release of its debut album in 1995, HERZELEID. RAMMSTEIN’s second album, SEHNSUCHT, released in 1997, propelled the band to international fame and featured the GRAMMY-nominated single „Du hast“. MUTTER, the third RAMMSTEIN album, was released in 2001 and was supported by what would be the band’s last U.S. tour for nearly a decade. REISE, REISE, the band’s fourth studio album, was released in 2004, preceded by the GRAMMY-nominated single „Mein Teil“ and followed by the fifth album, ROSENROT, in 2005. LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA, the sixth RAMMSTEIN studio album, was released in 2009 and would be the first RAMMSTEIN album since 2001’s MUTTER to be supported by North American touring: On December 11, 2010, RAMMSTEIN played its first U.S. date in 10 years, a one-off headline show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The MSG show sold out in less than 20 minutes and was followed by extensive North American tours in 2011 and 2012, during which RAMMSTEIN made its debut on U.S. network television, performing „Du hast“ and „Feuer Frei!“ on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!. RAMMSTEIN broke into the U.S. Top 10 for the first time with the May 17, 2019 release of its untitled album, which reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200. 

About Trafalgar Releasing
Trafalgar Releasing, the global leader in event cinema distribution, harnesses the power of cinema to bring fans together in more than 15,000 cinemas across 132 countries.  A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing operates with an international team across production, acquisition, marketing, and distribution of live or pre-recorded content to cinemas worldwide. Its programme features live concerts, music documentaries, world-class opera, award-winning theatre, and more from leading names in entertainment such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, Billie Eilish and the Royal Opera House. Trafalgar Releasing has repeatedly shattered event cinema box office records, most recently with international distribution of TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, the highest-grossing concert film of all time. Information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.trafalgar-releasing.com

BECK

FIRST THREE DATES OF RIDE LONESOME TOUR RESCHEDULED

Due to production issues, the first three shows of Beck’s Ride Lonesome Tour have been rescheduled as follows:

September 16 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre * Now November 9

September 18 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle * Now November 8 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle 

September 19 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium  * Now November 10

Tickets for Vancouver and Portland will be honored on the rescheduled dates. Tickets for the canceled Chateau Ste. Michelle show will be refunded, and a special pre-sale for those ticket holders will take place on Thursday, September 17th at 10am local time ahead of 10am Friday, September 18th general on-sale for the November 8 show at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. 

Visit beck.com for further information.

See below for an updated itinerary:

09/22/26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
09/23/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
09/25/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
09/26/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
10/01/26 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/03/26 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
10/04/26 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10/06/26 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live
10/07/26 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre (SOLD OUT)
10/09/26 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theater
10/10/26 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theater
10/12/26 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
10/14/26 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/15/26 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10/17/26 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/18/26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
10/22/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
10/23/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (SOLD OUT)
10/25/26 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
10/27/26 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
10/28/26 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
10/30/26 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
10/31/26 – Nashville, TN – The Truth
11/8/26 – Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall * NEW VENUE – Rescheduled from September 18
11/9/26 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Rescheduled from September 16
11/10/26 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium – Rescheduled from September 19

BACK AS FUCK, NICE AS EVER 

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR CONFIRMED, DATES ON SALE HERE TODAY 9AM PT/12PM ET

REISSUE OF SELF-TITLED DEBUT AVAILABLE ON TOUR & ONLINE PRE-ORDER

Ten years after the surprise release of their exemplary self-titled debut, Nice As Fuck is back as fuck. The power trio supergroup––Jenny Lewis, Erika Spring and Tennessee Thomas––has announced a special 10th anniversary tour, alongside a commemorative reissue of their singular album, Nice As Fuck.

Originally released in 2016, Nice As Fuck arrived like a clarion call during a politically and culturally divisive age…and right on cue, the band’s return feels newly resonant in these increasingly dystopian times. The record remains a singular snapshot of three musicians embracing revolution, spontaneity and the thrill of making music together.

The solution is revolution
Kill ‘em with love

In honor of the momentous occasion, Nice As Fuck has announced a special 10th anniversary tour––a limited run of dates with DJ Alix Brown that will kick off October 16th at Pasadena’s Sid the Cat, with stops across the west coast before heading east.  See below for all announced dates and grab tickets at https://NAF.lnk.to/Tour beginning at 9am PT/12am ET.

Coinciding with the 10th anniversary tour, Nice As Fuck’s self-titled debut––and long out-of-print LP–– is being reissued, and will be available to purchase at the shows as well as pre-order online at https://shop.jennylewis.com/collections/vinyl

NICE AS FUCK 
ON TOUR 

10/16/26 – Pasadena, CA – Sid the Cat
10/18/26 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
10/20/26 – Seattle, WA – Nectar Lounge
10/22/26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
10/24/26 – Chicago, IL – Outset
10/26/26 – Washington, D.C. – Black Cat
10/28/26 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of The Living Arts
10/29/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Xanadu Roller Arts

RADIOHEAD ANNOUNCE LIVE DATES IN AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN FOR 2027 

TICKET REGISTRATION OPEN NOW AT RADIOHEAD.COM

Radiohead will play a run of 21 shows to take place next year in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia and in Saitama, Japan. The shows follow a series of residencies played in European cities in November and December last year. 

Radiohead last performed live in Australia in November 2012. Their last headline shows in Japan were in October 2008, but played more recently at Summersonic Festival in 2016. 

The dates are:

2027 

AUSTRALIA
MAY 3,4,6, 7 – RAC ARENA – PERTH
MAY 13,14,16,17,19, 20 – ROD LAVER ARENA – MELBOURNE
MAY 25, 26,28, 29, 31 – AFTERPAY ARENA – SYDNEY
JUNE 1 – AFTERPAY ARENA – SYDNEY

JAPAN
JUNE 8, 9, 11,12,13 – GMO ARENA – SAITAMA

To help get tickets directly to fans and to minimise interception from touts and bots, tickets will only be accessible by registering via radiohead.com with Frontier Touring (Australia) and eplus (Japan). Registration opens on Monday September 7th at 3:00PM AWST/ 4.00PM JST/ 5:00PM AEST 

For all details visit www.radiohead.com

Photo Credit: Alex Lake

ALL WITHIN MY HANDS PARTNERS WITH CNH TO CELEBRATE LABOR DAY WITH  AUCTION OF FINAL HETFIELD LIMITED EDITION CASE COMPACT TRACK LOADER 

All Funds Raised to Support Skilled Trade Education Programs Through the  Metallica Scholars Initiative

Metallica’s Foundation, All Within My Hands, is  partnering with CASE Construction Equipment, a brand of CNH, the world-class  agriculture and construction equipment and services company, to celebrate Labor Day in support of skilled trade education programs. This Labor Day weekend, edition 1 of 25 handmade “Hetskid” – The James Hetfield-inspired CASE skid steer – will be  available for bidding via the Purple Wave auction site. 

“These are the kinds of relationships we love. Since day one, the team at CNH has  embraced the work All Within My Hands is doing across the board. From direct financial support to the Metallica Scholars Initiative, where we provide funding for trade education, to volunteering with us at food banks along Metallica’s M72  World Tour, and now this incredible machine that I dare anyone to actually use in  the dirt!” – Renee Richardson, Director of Philanthropy, AWMH 

Built at the CASE production facility in Wichita, USA, the TV450B compact track loader is an industry fixture. Tough and rugged, it performs tasks such as digging, loading, and dumping in commercial and residential construction activities as well  as landscaping. This custom-designed CASE TV450B compact track loader is the first off the line and is the same as the one destined for use at the ranch of Metallica frontman and co-founder James Hetfield. Hetfield commissioned the design as part of an equipment supply agreement with the CASE brand in 2024. For collectors or dirt movers alike, this auction is a chance to own CASE and Metallica history. 

Purple Wave Auction, the leading online, no-reserve equipment auction platform, is hosting the auction, which runs through December 17, and 100% of the final sale price goes directly to All Within My Hands and its Metallica Scholars Initiative. Purple Wave is also donating the 10% buyer’s premium so that every dollar goes to the cause. Register for free, search “Hetskid” and start bidding today at purplewave.com. 

About All Within My Hands 

Established in 2017, All Within My Hands (AWMH) is a non-profit, philanthropic  organization conceived by the members and management of Metallica and  dedicated to creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. Metallica covers all  administrative costs, so 100% of donations go directly to the organizations supported by the Foundation. To date, All Within My Hands has provided grants of $19M to career and technical education programs through its Metallica Scholars Initiative,  $8.8M to combat food insecurity, and $6.2M to disaster relief and other critical local  services worldwide. Visit AllWithinMyHands.org to learn more. 

About CNH 

CNH (NYSE: CNH) serves and advances the people who feed and build a growing  world. 

An iron-and-tech company that brings engineering intelligence, automation, and  precision into the machines that move the global economy. CNH operates in more  than 160 markets, supported by a global team of more than 34,000 people, including  engineers, technologists, and industry experts. 

Brands include Case IH, New Holland, and STEYR in agriculture; CASE Construction Equipment and New Holland Construction in building – are backed by CNH Capital  and complemented by a portfolio of technology and regional brands that together  generated $18.1B in revenue in 2025. 

Building on a legacy of innovation dating back to 1842, CNH has achieved milestones  including the first mass-produced tractor, the first twin-rotor combine, and the first factory-integrated precision farming system. Today, CNH is engineering  autonomous and predictive machines that will shape the future of food and  infrastructure. Learn more at: cnh.com 

Get the latest news at: media.cnh.com 

About Purple Wave 

Purple Wave Auction is the leading online auction brand for construction, ag and fleet equipment, combining nationwide reach with a local touch. Since 2000, Purple Wave  has provided the easiest, most straightforward way to buy and sell equipment through no-reserve auctions that connect sellers with a vast community of qualified bidders. 

Purple Wave handles every detail of the selling process—from professional photos and videos to marketing, bidder qualification, and payment collection—allowing sellers to  turn equipment into cash without the hassle of transportation or preparation costs. 

Equipment sells where it sits, and every listing features detailed descriptions so buyers  can bid with confidence from anywhere. 

Purple Wave is more than an auction platform—it’s a dedicated partner in its customers’  success. With a team of industry experts and a commitment to transparency and  innovation, Purple Wave continues to redefine industry standards and foster a thriving  marketplace for buyers and sellers nationwide.

GORILLAZ
HOUSE OF KONG EXHIBITION & GIFT SHOP OPENS TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY

AHEAD OF SOLD-OUT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW

EXCLUSIVE GORILLAZ MERCH COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE

IN-STORE ONLY FROM SEPTEMBER 1

Today Sept 1, Gorillaz’ highly anticipated exhibit House of Kong launches at the Agger Fish Building in Brooklyn. This limited, one-time-only run begins September 1 and concludes the morning of September 28, with Gorillaz’ return to headline Madison Square Garden on September 29. The celebrated immersive exhibition will also feature exclusive merch collections available for purchase in-store only.

Gorillaz enthusiasts can also visit the exclusive shop at the Agger Fish in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Free and open to the general public, the store will feature the full range of curated Gorillaz products.

Hours of operation for the Gorillaz: House of Kong NYC Gift Shop are as follows:

September 1-28; 10:00am-10:00pm EST daily

House of Kong gift shop goods will span the full Gorillaz discography, and will include collectible line drawing character t-shirts, camo hoodies, custom-made bomber jackets, House of Kong caps, an array of tote bags, mugs, posters, albums, patch sets, guitar picks, stickers, and many more special-edition pieces. Additionally, The Mountain capsule range will drop exclusively in-store September 1.

Visitors to House of Kong will be taken behind the curtain of Gorillaz’ extraordinary world, on an exclusive journey through the band’s misadventures, musical innovation and groundbreaking virtual existence. House of Kong chronicles the ascent of these four outsiders – bassist Murdoc Niccals, singer 2D, drummer Russel Hobbs and guitarist Noodle – from their first coming together to blow up a pre-digital world with the release of “Tomorrow Comes Today” up to the inception of this year’s critically acclaimed global chart-topping ninth album, The Mountain. An exhibition like no other, House of Kong is an experience for the brave and bold. Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.

Guests must reserve a spot and purchase tickets in advance by visiting: https://houseofkong.gorillaz.com/.

GORILLAZ
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES 2026

09/17/26 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
09/18/26 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
09/20/26 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
09/23/26 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
09/26/26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
09/27/26 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
09/29/26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
10/01/26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
10/03/26 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
10/04/26 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
10/06/26 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
10/07/26 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
10/08/26 – Chicago, IL – United Center
10/15/26 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
10/16/26 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
10/18/26 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
10/20/26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center
10/23/26 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center
10/24/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
10/25/26 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
10/28/26 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
10/30/26 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
10/31/26 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

About Gorillaz
Created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, drummer Russel Hobbs and Japanese guitar prodigy Noodle, Gorillaz were formed following a collision of mishaps, meetings and pure luck to seize the title of biggest virtual band in the world with the release of their eponymous debut album Gorillaz in 2001. Based at Kong Studios in West London, the band settled into a life of musical innovation with an extraordinary 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 Bad Bunny, Kali Uchis to Sidiki Diabaté, plus so many more. Gorillaz is a truly global phenomenon, achieving success in entirely new and unique ways, touring the world and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor, along the way. The band is recognised by The Guinness Book Of World Records as the planet’s Most Successful Virtual Act. The band has released nine studio albums: 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 Mountain (2026).

About SWEAR
SWEAR (Swear To God) is the studio of artist and creative director Stephen Gallagher. SWEAR creates physical and digital interventions across a broad range of creative disciplines, from deeply immersive and provocative artworks and installations to world-class live shows. In 2007, Gallagher co-founded radical, artist-led design studio, Block9. The studio is world-renowned for the creation of large-scale, multi-disciplinary, temporary artworks and performance spaces, which combine the visual arts with music, theatre and politics. 

Gallagher’s installations and live show designs often comprise interwoven layers of music, lighting, video, sound design, and sculpted, immersive environments. He frequently works with other musical and visual artists, composers, choreographers and filmmakers.Stephen Gallagher has been the Creative Director for Gorillaz live shows since 2018, collaborating with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett to bring the world of Gorillaz to life. For more information, visit swear.studio

ITALIAN COMPOSER DANIELE LUPPI ANNOUNCES

WILMA, AN HOMAGE TO THE LOST SOUNDS OF 1970s ITALIAN CINEMA
OUT OCTOBER 9

FIRST STUNNING SINGLE “TO SOME DEGREE” ft. MICHAEL KIWANUKA
OUT NOW

Acclaimed Italian composer Daniele Luppi’s love for – and devotion to – vintage Italian films and their music scores comes to life on his new album Wilma, a golden-hued collection of compositions with vocal contributions from the incomparable Mercury Prize-winning Michael Kiwanuka and critics’ darling Orion Sun. Enrobed in a warm analog production and embellished by Luppi’s contemporary instrumentation, subtle effects and blending, Wilma combines timeless arrangements with modern flourishes, ultimately creating a transportive cinematic soundscape.

Wilma will be released on October 9 via Verve/slowplay and is available for pre-order now at https://danieleluppi.lnk.to/Wilma.

It was like a dream come true when a synchronistic opportunity dropped into Luppi’s lap: unprecedented access to a vintage library of thousands of already-recorded compositions originally put together by some of Italy’s top session players of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s — the Italian equivalent of The Wrecking Crew. Daniele had a brilliant revelation: What if he could find some forgotten, unpolished jewels in this vast repository of largely never-used music score goodness, then supply embellishments, editing them all together, mixing them into timeless songs that could speak to all eras?

In this case, for Wilma – the first volume of what will be Luppi’s unique, experimental trilogy – there are cues and tracks culled from a myriad assortment of 1970s scores from obscure Italian feature films, commercials, short subjects, documentaries and industrial films, a few of which were partially utilized at the time and many more rescued from cold storage, where they’d awaited the right simpatico fit with some filmmaker’s project or marketing director’s TV commercial.

Daniele explains, “As far as my role? The closest I can relate to is a film documentarian. There are many parallels as I was working with existing footage which are the vintage  tracks. And I am adding new faces, which are my singers, plus writing a script which are  my lyrics. Then I do some editing and ‘color correction,’ which is the audio work I’ve done, the synths (for the gearheads: exclusively a 1984 Yamaha DX7 with stock  presets) and live drums overdub I played, then the mixing (done only with a Lexicon  PCM70) etc. The difference, though, is – unlike a documentarian – I created a totally  new original story with the found material.”

The announcement of Wilma is accompanied by the release of the yearning spaghetti western inspired track, “To Some Degree ft. Michael Kiwanuka.” The inviting slow burn is Kiwanuka at his best, delivering lyrics that lay his heart open wide with haunting clarity. Listen HERE.

On working with Michael Kiwanuka Daniele reflects, “I was drawn to Michael Kiwanuka’s profound sense of humanity. It’s there in every lyric he sings and every performance he gives. His artistic perspective and the way he communicates it are incredibly rare.”

That “sense of humanity” is integral to the overarching theme of Wilma, namely the universal love saga we all dream about, that we hope and pray for — though the album also delves deep into the idiosyncrasies of ‘modern love.’

To bring Wilma to fruition, Daniele enlisted the truly unique talents of Kiwanuka and Orion Sun, who split time singing on the album and contributed to the songwriting. The songs also feature lyrical contributions from Daniele’s trusted poetic confidant, GRAMMY Award-winning Zimbabwean-American singer, songwriter and producer, Shungudzo (Jessie Ware, Angelique Kidjo). Daniele’s unconventional approach to casting the album’s vocalists was rooted in something closer to voice casting for film than a traditional feature selection. The decision wasn’t based solely on vocal timbre, but also on each artist’s body of work— the themes they explore in their songwriting and the emotional character of their  performances throughout their catalogs.

The album’s striking cover art is a reproduction of a publicity still of the actress Edith Scob (Eyes Without A Face) taken by avant-garde Spanish photographer Antonio Gálvez on the set of legendary surrealist master Luis Bunuel’s 1969 satire on religious dogma, The Milky Way.

The complete tracklist for Wilma is:

1. Blame Games ft. Michael Kiwanuka
2. Thoughts & Words ft. Orion Sun
3. Reverie #1
4. Fallin’ Dreams ft. Michael Kiwanuka
5. So Low ft. Orion Sun
6. Reverie #2
7. To Some Degree ft. Michael Kiwanuka
8. Anxiety ft. Orion Sun
9. Reverie #3
10. You Could Be The Sun, I Could Be The Moon ft. Orion Sun, Michael Kiwanuka

MIKE D
THANK YOU
DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW

“MAKE IT STOP” OUT NOW

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS AUGUST 30

“Thank You is refreshingly inventive… To have the aim and drive to create something this new and far afield deserves applause… He’s Mike D and he gets respect.” — ASSOCIATED PRESS

Following months of anticipation punctuated by multiple critically acclaimed single releases and incendiary live shows “embodied with the punk energy that led to his band’s early breakthrough” (ROLLING STONE), Thank You, the eagerly awaited debut album from Mike D 5D, is released today, August 28, via Capitol Records.

Featuring “Make It Stop,” the arrival of Thank You has been advanced by “Crypto”—“a searing, lo-fi blast of analog synthesizer noise and smashed industrial beats” (THE NEW YORK TIMES), the “genre-defying banger” (GLIDE) “Switch Up,” “the classic, bombastic, boisterously energetic” (OKAYPLAYER) “What We Got,” and the “buzzy, pensive, breakbeat-powered wall of acid rock” (RELIX) that is “True Colors.” The album is comprised of 13 servings of sonically inventive post-electronic grooves and hypnotic hooks that find Mike D’s unmistakable voice leading the listener through an aural playground that defies categorization.

Additionally, the Mike D 5D touring band — featuring Mike’s sons Skyler and Davis Diamond, Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe and Milo Ruscha — will return to North American stages with a sold out show at August 30 at Boston’s Royale — just two days after Thank You’s release — kicking off an itinerary featuring sold out stops in Santa Cruz CA, Washington DC and Asheville NC, headline dates from Los Angeles, Chicago and New York to the Pacific Northwest, Canada and beyond, an appearance at the Portola Music Festival in San Francisco and many more. See below for a full list of dates, cities and venues, and stay tuned tohttps://miked5d.com/ for further updates.

MIKE D 5D
North America 2026

August 28 — Rockaway Beach, NY – Rockaway Ocean Club (Release Party)
August 30 — Boston MA – Royale (SOLD OUT)
September 1 —  Washington DC — 930 Club (SOLD OUT)
September 2 — Baltimore MD — The Sound Garden (In-Store Performance)
September 3 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel (SOLD OUT)
September 5 —  Atlanta GA – The Eastern
September 9 — Queens NY — Knockdown Center
September 20 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory (SOLD OUT)
September 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater (SOLD OUT)
September 25 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst (SOLD OUT)
September 26 – San Francisco, CA – Portola Music Festival 2026
September 28 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox (SOLD OUT)
September 30 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre (SOLD OUT)
October 1 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
October 16 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
October 17 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
October 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer (SOLD OUT)
October 20 – Toronto, ON – History
October 26 — Glasgow, UK — TV Studio (SOLD OUT)
October 27 — Manchester, UK — Albert Hall (SOLD OUT)
October 28 — London, UK — Shepherds Bush Empire
October 30 — Amsterdam, NL — Melkweg (SOLD OUT)
October 31 — Lille, FR — L’Aeronef
November 1 — Cologne, DE — Carlswerk Victoria
November 3 — Lausanne, CH — Docks
November 4 — Lyon, FR — Transbordeur
November 5 — Brussels, BE — Ancienne Belgique

Photo Credit: Dan Lowe