Bono and The Edge of U2 perform during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
U2’s Bono and The Edge were among the performers at the grand opening of President Barack Obama’s Obama Presidential Center Thursday in Chicago.
Bono and The Edge followed a speech by former first lady Michelle Obama, performing “City of Blinding Lights,” joined by producer Jacknife Lee.
Bono started riffing toward the end of the song, singing about performing in front of “46, 42 and 43,” a reference to Presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who were all in attendance for the opening. He then added “44 and family” for the Obamas, whose daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama, were also there.
Bono ended the song by singing “Michelle ma belle,” the lyric from The Beatles song "Michelle."
Other performers included Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, The Roots and Tems.
The Neighbourhood on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes)
The Neighbourhood has premiered the video for "Planet," a track off the band's latest album, 2025's (((((ultraSOUND))))).
The clip might trigger anyone with entomophobia, or the fear of insects, as it includes close-up shots of ants, cockroaches and a praying mantis.
If you can stomach that, you can watch the "Planet" video on YouTube.
(((((ultraSOUND))))) marked the fifth Neighbourhood album and their first in five years. A deluxe version, dubbed (((((ultraSOUND)))))+, dropped in February.
The Neighbourhood will launch a U.S. headlining tour in October.
The Pearl Jam frontman recorded the track in collaboration with the organization Guitars Over Guns, which provides musical instruments and instruction to young people from vulnerable communities.
Vedder debuted "Better Believe" alongside Guitars Over Guns students Thursday at the opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Following the performance, the studio version officially debuted on digital outlets.
All of Vedder's royalties will be donated to Guitars Over Guns.
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem performs at Hurricane Festival 2024 at Eichenring on June 21, 2024 in Scheessel, Germany. (Gregor Fischer/Getty Images)
The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon has announced a U.S. solo tour.
The headlining trek launches Sept. 10 in New York City and wraps up Oct. 13 in Philadelphia. It will feature Fallon backed by his solo band, The Painkillers.
Presales begin June 23, and tickets go on sale to the general public on June 26. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit BrianFallon.net.
Fallon will be touring in support of his upcoming solo album, Not Bad for New Jersey, which is due out Sept. 10.
The most recent Gaslight Anthem album is 2023's History Books.
Role Model performs at Museum of Modern Art on June 03, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MoMA)
Role Model has announced a U.S. tour.
The headlining outing kicks off Sept. 9 in Bend, Oregon, and will wrap up Oct. 18 in Berkeley, California.
Presales begin June 24 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on June 26 at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit HeyRoleModel.com.
Role Model will be touring in support of his upcoming album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass, which is due out Aug. 7. Lead single "High Hopes 3000" is out now.
Chuck Timely & The Hourglass follows 2024's Kansas Anymore. The deluxe version spawned Role Model's breakout hit, "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out."
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy is featured on a new song from the band Tiny Habits.
The track is called "Anything He Was" and includes vocals from Healy. Tiny Habits describe it as a song about "a specific loneliness brought on by someone else's discontent."
"Anything He Was" will appear on the upcoming Tiny Habits album, Keepers, due out Aug. 28.
Healy previously linked up with Tiny Habits to perform a cover of the James Taylor song "Carolina in My Mind."
As for Healy's main gig, The 1975 has been relatively quiet since wrapping their Still… At Their Very Best tour in 2024, though they did return to the live stage to headline Glastonbury in 2025.
Sleep Theory "Bye Bye Bye" single artwork. (Epitaph)
Sleep Theory is doing this tonight, and by "this," we mean cover *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye."
The "Stuck in My Head" rockers have long included a rendition of the boy band classic in their live set, and have now recorded an official studio version.
The track adds heavy guitar riffs while keeping the sugary vocal harmonies and would certainly be a fitting soundtrack to Deadpool brutally murdering countless members of the Time Variance Authority.
You can watch the video for Sleep Theory's "Bye Bye Bye" cover streaming now on YouTube.
The cover follows Sleep Theory's 2025 debut album, Afterglow. The record's current single, "Words Are Worthless," hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and is currently climbing the Alternative Airplay chart.
Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's performs during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 23, 2022 in Indio, California. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Coachella)
Hey there, Delilah, what's it like on a Southwest Airlines flight? Well, the Plain White T's can tell you.
The band recently boarded a Southwest flight and performed their signature hit, "Hey There Delilah," while in the air as part of the airline's Live at 35 program, which invites musicians to serenade the cabin while cruising at 35,000 feet.
The in-air set actually marked the second Plain White T's performance on a Southwest flight — they were also among the first bands to play Live at 35 upon its original launch 15 years ago.
"We've played a lot of venues over time, and I speak for all of us when I say there is nothing like hearing a plane full of people singing along with your music at 35,000 feet," says frontman Tom Higgenson in a statement. "We had the opportunity to perform inflight with Southwest over a decade ago, and while that can feel like it was a million years ago, not much has changed. We loved making history with Southwest and their welcoming team."
You can catch the Plain White T's performing on land during their ongoing U.S. tour with Yellowcard.
Dale Crover 'Get Yer Ba-Ba's Out' EP artwork. (Joyful Noise Recordings)
Melvins drummer and onetime Nirvana member Dale Crover has released a cover of the Neil Young song "Harvest Moon," coming full circle on a moment over 30 years in the making.
You see, Crover played a younger version of Young in the video for the original "Harvest Moon," the title track off the folk rock legend's 1992 album. According to Crover's label, Joyful Noise Recordings, he also "crashed Neil's car on set" during the video shoot.
Crover has now put his spin on "Harvest Moon" for an EP titled Get Yer Ba-Ba's Out. His version is also a mash-up with the Melvins song "The Bit."
The "Harvest Moon" cover is out now. Get Yer Ba-Ba's Out will be released Sept. 4.
'Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks' key art. (NBCUniversal)
Noah Kahan is set to perform on NBC's Macy's 4th of July Fireworks special.
The lineup also includes Post Malone, Salt-N-Pepa, Bebe Rexha, Shaboozey and Blake Shelton, alongside a fireworks display from New York City.
"This year's broadcast will be especially meaningful as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America and the 50th anniversary of Macy's 4th of July Fireworks," says NBC and Peacock executive Jen Neal in a statement. "This beloved live event creates a shared moment for viewers across the country while showcasing the powerful reach of both NBC and Peacock."
Following his Fourth of July performance, Kahan's tour will resume with four sold-out shows at Boston's Fenway Park.
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks will air Independence Day starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and will stream live on Peacock.
Linkin Park attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has shared more details about the band's upcoming documentary, Unshatter.
The "Numb" outfit first announced the project, which is directed by band member Joe Hahn, earlier in June alongside a teaser trailer.
Speaking with the BBC, Shinoda says that the idea for a Linkin Park film has long been in the works, dating back to before frontman Chester Bennington's death in 2017.
"[Hahn] always wanted to do something that kind of, like, explained our universe to people," Shinoda says.
Explaining that universe became that much more emotional following Bennington's passing. Unshatter, Shinoda says, follows the band members as they "pick up the pieces" and make the decision to relaunch Linkin Park with a new singer, Emily Armstrong.
"More info will come out soon," Shinoda says of Unshatter. "We're very excited about it, really proud of Joe."
Linkin Park released their first album with Armstrong, From Zero, in 2024. They're currently on tour in Europe.
Shinedown's Brent Smith performs on 'American Idol.' (Disney/Eric McCandless)
Shinedown has premiered the video for "Safe and Sound," a track off the band's new album, EI8HT.
The clip features three different dance troupes interpreting the song in their own styles in an effort to "inspire and motivate others to break the norms and offer a different perspective with rock music."
"Incorporating dance into a track such as 'Safe and Sound' isn't something that many have seen before.. and that was the objective! To be epically original!" says choreographer David Matthew Rodriguez. "Rock music is filled with so much passion and emotion. With 'Safe and Sound,' our goal was to translate those words into strong, unapologetically confident movement."
If you ever wondered what it would look like if Shinedown had boy band-style backup dancers, you can watch the "Safe and Sound" video streaming now on YouTube.
EI8HT, the aptly titled eighth Shinedown album, dropped in May. It also includes the singles "Dance, Kid, Dance," "Three Six Five," "Searchlight" and "Killing Fields."
Shinedown's U.S. tour in support of EI8HT will resume in July.
Faith No More performs on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon')
Faith No More bassist Bill Gould has confirmed the band's reunion.
"We're gonna do it," Gould tells the Rock Talk podcast. "We're gonna play."
Gould's comments come after the Faith No More Instagram posted an image Tuesday of the band's logo alongside the year 2027.
"Our music is very physical, and a big concern is, like, pretty soon we're not gonna be able to do this the way we wrote it," Gould says. "We wrote it as 20-year-olds, and it's always been very physical it has to be that way."
"We all kind of decided, like, we think we can do it," he continues. "We could do for a few more years, and we can do it the right way, so we're gonna give it a go."
Faith No More hasn't performed live since 2016. They were set to return to the live stage in 2021, but their dates were canceled due to frontman Mike Patton's mental health. Patton later shared that he'd been diagnosed with the anxiety disorder agoraphobia.
Since then, the band members have made comments suggesting that Faith No More was done for good. Drummer Mike Bordin said in a 2025 interview that he felt Patton, who'd returned to touring with the band Mr. Bungle after the Faith No More cancelation, demonstrated he was "unwilling to do shows with us." Meanwhile, keyboardist Roddy Bottum responded to a question about a potential FNM reunion in a separate 2025 interview, saying, "I don't think anyone’s sort of up for it at this point."
While we wait for Faith No More to announce the dates of their live return, you can catch Patton performing select FNM songs on tour with AVTT/PTTN, his collaboration with the folk band The Avett Brothers.
While Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind, not everyone will get to attend Eddie Vedder's 2026 Ohana Festival — three-day tickets are already sold out. However, here's your chance to win a VIP experience to the festival.
Pearl Jam has announced a raffle offering two three-day VIP Ohana 2026 passes, along with round-trip travel to Los Angeles and four-night hotel stay. The winner will also receive a limited-edition poster signed by the PJ members, artist lounge passes, a backstage tour and even surfing lessons.
The raffle is being hosted by the platform Fandiem, and you can enter by donating to Pearl Jam's Vitalogy Foundation. It'll be open through Sept. 4.
Ohana 2026 takes place Sept. 25-27 in Dana Point, California. Along with headlining sets from Pearl Jam and Vedder, the bill includes Bad Religion, Fontaines D.C., Alabama Shakes, Rilo Kiley, The Format and Billy Idol.
Pearl Jam's performance is set to mark the debut of their new drummer. Matt Cameron, who manned the PJ kit for 27 years, announced his departure from the band in 2025.
The band ME., featuring former Taking Back Sunday members Mark O'Connell and Eddie Reyes, has released a new song called "Grown Man."
"The song isn't just about love. It's about trust," O'Connell says of "Grown Man." "It's about second chances. It's about finding someone who believes in you when you've forgotten how to believe in yourself."
You can watch the "Grown Man" lyric video streaming on YouTube.
"Grown Man" will appear on the debut ME. album, titled All Good Things, due out July 24. The record also includes the previously released song "Special."
"We are not the same guys we were 25 years ago," Reyes says. "ME. is about growth. It's about creating something new."
Reyes, a founding member of Taking Back Sunday, parted ways with the band in 2018. O'Connell had drummed in TBS since 2000 before announcing his departure in early 2025.
Taking Back Sunday's most recent album is 2023's 152.
Former President Barack Obama on April 18, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Angelina Katsanis - Pool/Getty Images)
Former President Barack Obama has confirmed the performance lineup for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
In a post on Instagram that included a video of a proposed group chat with all the performers, Obama reveals that Bruce Springsteen, U2’s Bono and The Edge, and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder are among those confirmed for the event.
Other performers include Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Common, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Marc Anthony, The Roots and Tems.
In the video, Obama texts, “Thanks again for performing at the Grand Opening!” Springsteen replies, “Is this really happening??” And Vedder adds, “So it’s official then?”
Michelle Obama later chimes in “Thank you all for agreeing to perform!" Bono and The Edge text, “It’s an honor to stand with you!”
The Obama Presidential Center opens Friday in Chicago. The opening ceremony will take place Thursday starting at 11 a.m. CT and will stream live online.
"Freakin' Out" single artwork. (Severance Records/Big Loud Rock)
Dexter and the Moonrocks are surely "Freakin' Out" at their latest chart success.
The band's viral single has rocketed to #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. It's their second leader on the ranking, having previously conquered it in 2024 with the song "Sad in Carolina."
"Freakin' Out," which premiered in March, is also the first Dexter and the Moonrocks song to appear on the all-genre Hot 100, where it currently sits in the top 40.
Dexter and the Moonrocks are currently on a U.S. tour and have live dates scheduled into mid-December.
Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman speaks onstage at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on May 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
The Vans Warped Tour will return to Washington, D.C., in 2027.
The long-running festival, which went on hiatus in 2019 before being revived in 2025, will once again be held at DC's Festival Grounds at RFK Campus on June 19 and 20.
Tickets will go on sale Friday at noon ET. For all ticket info, visit VansWarpedTourDC.com.
The 2026 Warped DC festival took place over the weekend and featured performances by Jimmy Eat World, Rise Against, The Used and Coheed and Cambria, among many others.
Other upcoming Warped stops for 2026 include Long Beach, California, July 25-26; Montreal Aug. 21-22; Mexico City Sept. 12-13; and Orlando, Florida, Nov. 14-15.
Mike Patton of Faith No More performs 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on May 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon')
If you want it all, all being a Faith No More reunion, then it appears you might actually be able to have it.
The long-dormant "Epic" rockers, who haven't performed live since 2016, have fans speculating about a possible comeback after a posting an image to Instagram featuring the year 2027 and the FNM logo superimposed over a photo of a crowd.
Faith No More had been set to return to the live stage in 2021 for a run of shows that were later canceled due to frontman Mike Patton dealing with mental health issues. In a 2022 Rolling Stone interview, Patton shared that he'd been diagnosed with the anxiety disorder agoraphobia.
While Patton returned to the road with his project Mr. Bungle, Faith No More stayed inactive. In the Rolling Stone piece, Patton said the tour cancellation led to "broken feelings on both sides," and keyboardist Roddy Bottum said in 2024 that the band was on "semi permanent hiatus."
In separate 2025 interviews, drummer Mike Bordin said he felt Patton demonstrated that he was "unwilling to do shows with us," while Bottum said he doesn't "think anyone's sort of up for [a reunion] at this point."
We'll see if this new teaser means that the Faith No More members have changed their minds. In the meantime, Patton has been playing select Faith No More songs on tour with AVTT/PTTN, his collaboration with the folk band The Avett Brothers.
Johnny Marr has announced a new album called The Age of Everything.
The fifth solo effort from the former Smiths guitarist is due out Oct. 2. It's the follow-up to 2022's Fever Dreams Pts 1-4.
"This is the record that's been the most cathartic," Marr says in a statement. "The title came to me early in the process and became an inescapable idea. It seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling. It's all encompassing, but it's not necessarily a negative statement."
He adds, "There's a sense of overwhelm in the culture brought about by technology, but looking at it with a different light, there could also be a sense of possibility."
The album's first single is called "Spin" and is out now.
Here's the track list for The Age of Everything:
"Spin" "Beyond the Rain" "It's Time" "How Come" "Ophelia" "That Feeling" "In and Out of Love" "Just Once More" "Fire with Fire" "All in a Life"
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