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2026 Summer Festival Guide Once music festival season gets started each year, the rest of the summer can be a blur. You know there are tons of festivals of all shapes and sizes going on across the country—you remember seeing all those lineups trickle out earlier this year—but with so many options at your disposal, it can be hard to keep your schedule straight.That’s why we’ve compiled this big list of 2026 summer music festivals, which chronologically lays out th

Stephen Colbert with musical guests Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Jon Batiste during the May 21, 2026, series finale of "The Late Show" (photo: Scott Kowalchyk / CBS Broadcasting Inc.). Stephen Colbert closed out The Late Show last night (May 21) the same way he spent much of the past decade reshaping it: with sentiment, political catharsis, celebrity chaos and one genuinely historic musical sendoff courtesy of Paul McCartney. The former Beatle appeared during Colbert

Ed Sheeran (photo: Petros Studio). Ed Sheeran is parting ways with Warner Music Group after a 15-year run that saw him become one of the most commercially dominant artists of the modern era. In lengthy statements released to the media and via his social media platforms, Sheeran reflected on his long relationship with Asylum/Warner exec Ed Howard and the early days of their partnership. “I met Ed Howard from Asylum Records at a show in Notting Hill when I was 18 and I ended up crashi

Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horowitz and Michael 'Mike D' Diamond with New York City Council Member Christopher Marte at the unveiling of "Beastie Boys Square" (photo: Adam Gray / AFP via Getty Images). Mike D’s unexpected solo era keeps getting more and more interesting. Two weeks after releasing the loose, genre-blurring “Switch Up,” his first official solo music outside the Beastie Boys universe, the rapper has returned with another new track, “What We Got,” which

Stella Lefty (photo: Jack Balaban) Stella Lefty’s ascent from internet buzz to full-blown breakout is translating at the box office. The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter sold out her first North American headline tour within minutes this week, forcing the addition of second nights at New York’s Webster Hall and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre after demand crashed presales almost instantly.According to data released by Lefty’s team, more than 15,000 fans entered the

Simon Joyner. (Credit: Sara Adkisson) Last year, Simon Joyner released a 7-inch with a cover of a Bob Dylan song and a Lou Reed cut, from John Wesley Harding and The Velvet Underground, respectively. It was a casual, off-the-cuff affair, made quickly to offset tour expenses, but it must have sparked something within the Omaha singer-songwriter, as he later expanded it into an EP of Dylan/Reed interpretations. And now, Tough Love, Joyner’s 19th studio album, can be seen as an atte

J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis) of Dinosaur Jr. in June 1994 in New York City. (Credit: Catherine McGann/Getty Images) Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Dinosaur Jr.’s seventh album Hand It Over is one of those great records that just landed at the wrong time. The band’s last two albums had both spun off Top 5 hits on alternative radio at a moment when J Mascis’s fuzzed-out indie rock

Lou Graham. (Credit: Krishta Abruzzini) Name  Lou GrammMore from Spin: Ed Sheeran Parts Ways With Warner Music Mike D’s ‘Got’ Another New Song Stella Lefty Levels Up For Fall Tour Best known for  Being the original voice of Foreigner and a songwriter behind many top 40 hits.Current city  Sarasota, FL.Really want to be in  Palermo, Italy, where I’d like to be pounding some dough for a fresh pizza.Ex

Who’s Your Chief Entertainment Officer? Gap is becoming one of the most interesting brand case studies in America right now.After taking a very public hit from the fallout of their Kanye partnership, the 57-year-old apparel company could have played it safe. Instead, it leaned harder into culture. There’s a lot marketers can learn from this moment.More from Spin: Wild Belle Offer Their Behind-the-Scenes Guide to Surviving Festival Season Under Richard Dickson, Gap is

Pearl Jam in Vancouver in May 2024 (photo: Geoff Whitman). Pearl Jam has indeed chosen its new drummer, but the band is not making any grand reveals ahead of what will be its first show with Matt Cameron’s replacement on Sept. 27 at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana festival in Dana Point, Ca. Former Soundgarden member Cameron exited Pearl Jam amicably in July 2025 after a 27-year-run.“I love the mystery of it all. It’s so exciting,” guitarist Stone Gossard said of Pear

Chad Smith and Andrew Watt at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd annual Academy Awards viewing party on March 10, 2024 in West Hollywood, Ca. (photo: Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation). Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith will be behind the kit tonight (May 15) to back Paul McCartney for one of his Saturday Night Live performances, SPIN has learned. He’ll fill in for Abe Laboriel Jr., who has drummed with McCartney since October 2001 and whose a

Hum on May 15, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (photo: Jonathan Cohen). Beloved Illinois rock band Hum played its first show since 2019 last night (May 15) at New York’s Brooklyn Paramount as part of the annual Slide Away festival, offering the live debuts of three songs from its 2020 comeback album Inlet in front of a sold-out, refreshingly multi-generational audience. For the uninitiated, the Champaign, Il., quartet is largely remembered for its 1995 alternative rock hit “Star

Stephen Colbert and Bruce Springsteen (photo: CBS). Stephen Colbert will be surrounded by boldface names for the final week of his CBS Late Show tapings next week, including two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and a three-time Oscar-winner. On Monday (May 18), the evening will be devoted to “The Worst of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” which is described as “not a clip show.” The following night, David Byrne and Colbert will offer a yet-to-be-detailed &#822

Bad Skin Is Ready To Conquer the World Fueled by punk attitude, vibrant riffs, and unrelenting energy, the Montreal foursome Bad Skin is something to behold when they take the stage with hot pink attitude and platform boots.With big personalities, a commanding stage presence, and songs in multiple languages, Bad Skin’s ability to win over crowds isn’t hard to understand. As a road tested and ambitious international touring act, they’ve played throughout in the U.K., Sw

The Strokes in 2023 (photo: Kristy Sparow / Getty Images). The Strokes have announced that guitarist Nick Valensi is taking a “temporary break” from the band’s “scheduled tour,” the first public recognition of his absence from recent live performances as well as laser-enhanced appearance earlier this week on CBS‘ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. No further reason was given.Valensi is being replaced by ex-Longwave leader Steve Schlitz, whose band wa

Liam Howlett of The Prodigy at the 2024 edition of the U.K.'s Reading Festival (photo: Simone Joyner / Getty Images). U.K. electronic outfit the Prodigy will play its first show in New York since 2009 when it descends upon Under the K Bridge Park on Sept. 25 — the day before the previously announced CBGB Festival at the same venue. Brutalismus 3000, Sextile and Lip Critic will open; Click here for tickets.Best known for its 1997 album The Fat of the Land, which spawned the hi

Jeff Parker EVA IVtet (photo: Sam Lee) “Where’s Jeff?” The question weighed heavily at Tortoise’s live shows over the past year, during which his integral contribution to the Chicago instrumental legends’ heady sound was often missed. Indeed, it seems the L.A.-based guitarist is focusing on his solo career and plentiful side hustles with, among others, Meshell Ndegeocello, Makaya McCraven and (checks notes…) Flea. Bittersweet news, but hold your tears: outside of Tortoise, Parker

(photo: Ashley Osborn) Beartooth is entering a new era — and a notably more collaborative one. The Ohio metalcore mainstays’ sixth album, Pure Ecstasy, due Aug. 28 through Fearless Records, marks both the band’s label debut and what frontman Caleb Shomo describes as its most emotionally exposed work yet. Alongside the announcement, Beartooth shared the crushing title track, a whiplash-inducing opener built around what Shomo jokingly called “the dumbest heaviest chugs we

New York Listening Tour My mother always told me, “With one behind, you can’t sit on the whole world,” and I really took it to heart. She was memorialized this weekend in The New York Times (skip to 9:10 for my tribute to her and my grandmother).But since I’ve been back in New York, I’m feeling a global energy. It truly is the capital of the world across all disciplines. More from Spin: Chad Smith Drumming With Paul McCartney On ‘SNL’

Toadies. (Credit: Steven Visneau) Name  Mark Reznicek (some people call me Rez)Best Known For  Being the drummer for the Toadies since 1991. I was also the drummer for Eleven Hundred Springs, the long-running North Texas country band from 2002 to 2008, while the Toadies were broken up/on hiatus. Some people might also know me as the co-creator/co-author of the graphic novel Buzzkill, originally published by Dark Horse Comics, but now published and dist