Music News for January 11, 2026

Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Dead at 78

• Today’s Headlines

• Spotify confirms they’re no longer running ICE-recruitment ads

• Pat Smear to miss a few Foos gigs after “smashing the sh*t out of his left foot”

• Judas Priest’s Rob Halford celebrates 40 years of sobriety: “I’m grateful for the person I became”

• Tiësto ends CLUBLIFE radio show after 18 years

• Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist with The Cure, dies aged 65

• Police end criminal probe into Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance

• Wayne Coyne shares statement on Steven Drozd’s exit from The Flaming Lips: “what he told everyone was a lie”

• The Flaming Lips share drummer’s statement on Steven Drozd’s departure

• Rosalía’s LUX is the music critics’ album of the year for 2025

• Dry Cleaning tell us about their favorite albums of 2025

• Wiz Khalifa sentenced to nine months in a Romanian prison for weed possession – Report

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• New Albums and EPs

• Iron & Wine announce new album ‘Hen’s Teeth’ with heartfelt single ‘In Your Ocean’

• Listen to Sault’s new album Chapter 1

• Sis and the Lower Wisdom release new album Saints and Aliens via Native Cat Recordings

• Morrissey returns with new album Make-Up Is a Lie

• The Black Crowes announce new album A Pound Of Feathers

• 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: The Bloody Beetroots

• Robyn announces new album Sexistential, drops two songs

• They Might Be Giants announce new EP Eyeball, tease upcoming tour

• Buck Meek shares details of poignant new album The Mirror

• Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album We Are Together Again

• Kneecap promise new album incoming for 2026

• Nick Cave, Warren Ellis share The Death Of Bunny Munro soundtrack

• Theo Bleak documents grief and memory on Bargaining

• Hardwell releases Hardwell & Friends Vol.4

• PUP announce live album, documentary, and zine

• Tourist unleashes new album Music Is Invisible

• New Tracks

• Armin van Buuren shares new single, ‘Sun Shines On Me’, with Glockenbach: Listen

• Bruno Mars has released a new single, ‘I Just Might’, from his fourth solo album

• Sunnan set sail with cinematic new single ‘Sail (Lady In Waiting)’ ahead of 2026 album

• Tessa Rose Jackson continues album rollout with ‘Built To Collide’

• Thistle Sifter immersive themselves in instrumental post-rock on new single ‘Ghost Acres’

• VIAL unleash ‘Never Been Better’ as first look at new album Hellhound

• Father John Misty drops live set favorite ‘The Old Law’

• Maria BC introduce ‘Marathon’ as title track single from upcoming LP

• Triples push past self-doubt on new single ‘Gonna Be Good’

• Debbie Sings lands a high-energy blow with new single ‘Sucker Punch’

• Dewey drifts through late-night Paris on their new single ‘City Has Come To Crash’

• Total Fucking Darkness drop ‘Horizontal Rain’ to kick off 2026

• Big Special returns with gritty new single ‘SLUGLIFE’ after North American tour

• Cate Le Bon and St. Vincent reunite for ‘Always the Same’

• Puscifer – “ImpetuoUs’

• Large shares expansive new single ‘Worth Repeating’ ahead of debut album

• Alice Costelloe releases ‘How Can I’ as final preview of debut album

• Flip Top Head unveil ‘Porcelain Plugs’ ahead of Trilateral Machine EP

• Heavenly returns with punk-fired joy on ‘Excuse Me’

• Pullman shares ‘Bray’ as final preview of new album III

• Katie Tupper steps forward on ‘Safe Ground’ ahead of debut album Greyhound

• Sametime step into a new chapter with ‘Is This The End?’

• The Cribs share un-soaked video for final album preview ‘Never The Same’

• A$AP Rocky Drops Psychedelic New Song “Punk Rocky”: Stream

• Dry Cleaning – ‘Joy’

• Hit-Boy shares new ‘Crow Bars’ freestyle inspired by ‘idiots’ breaking into his studio

• Peter Gabriel announces new song and album

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 25 Best Albums of 2025

• 2025 Music Year End Lists (Updated)

• 25 best songs of 2025

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: HEALTH, This Is Lorelei, and Nas & DJ Premier

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 12/22/2025: Panda Bear, Kali Uchis, Sleaford Mods, Theo Bleak, and more!

• New and notable album releases (2026)

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• Festival Updates

• Gov Ball 2026 lineup: Lorde, Baby Keem, Kali Uchis, and more

• A$AP Rocky, Lorde, and Stray Kids to headline 2026 Governors Ball Festival

• Tomorrowland Thailand officially announced for December 2026

• Rockaway Beach 2026 – Festival review

• Wilco sets lineup for 2026 Solid Sound Fest

• Ultra Music Festival confirms debut New Zealand edition for 2026

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Lords of Acid announce spring 2026 US tour

• Geese to perform on Saturday Night Live

• Armand Hammer announce North American Mercy tour

• The Cure presents live concert film The Show Of A Lost World

• Ye announces concert in Italy, his first in Europe since 2014

• Tiny Desk Radio: boygenius, Helado Negro, Coldplay