Music News for September 29, 2025

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• Today’s Headlines

• Bad Bunny to Play 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show

• New Butthole Surfers documentary cements the psych-punk heroes’ experimental legacy

• The Black Crowes, REM, and Hootie & the Blowfish members launch rock supergroup Howl Owl Howl

• New Rolling Stones podcast launched – first episode includes Andrew Loog Oldham interview

• Foxing to go on hiatus after final 2025 shows

• Yungblud’s authenticity, success + connection with rock legends – Interview

• One dead, two injured in fatal stabbing outside Phish concert

• Kneecap banned from Canada

• Portishead reunite in studio for performance of ‘Roads’ shown at Together for Palestine Benefit

• Morrissey cancels shows after ‘credible’ death threat emerges

• Bad Bunny skipped touring the states. Will other performers follow suit?

• Massive Attack leave Spotify, join 100s of artists in “No Music For Genocide” campaign

• Calvin Harris accuses financial advisor of stealing $22.5 million for real estate project

• Ed Sheeran talks about his new album Play

• At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle

• Pussy Riot members sentenced to 13 years in prison over Putin anti-war protests

• Soundgarden unlikely to release final album before Rock Hall induction, drummer says

• Mark David Chapman, man who killed John Lennon, denied parole for 14th time

• Perry Farrell says Dave Navarro has “unclean hands” in response to Jane’s Addiction lawsuit

• Spotify adds lossless audio for premium users

• Fontaines DC, CMAT, Sam Fender, Wolf Alice and more shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize

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• New Albums and EPs

• Big Thief already made another new album and “it’s not what you expect”

• Souvenir marks the arrival of Sueño Púrpura in Peru’s shoegaze scene

• Jonny Greenwood releases soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie One Battle After Another: Listen

• Funeral Lakes confront western myths on new EP Mountains Turned to Dust

• Robyn’s first new album in seven years appears imminent

• Portugal. The Man announce new album SHISH, share 2 new songs

• Jay Electronica floods fans with four new projects

• Wednesday’s Bleeds might be the rock album of the year

• KennyHoopla – conditions of an orphan// EP

• Hot Chip – Joy In Repetition (Domino)

• Black Veil Brides’ new album is ‘done’: ‘It’s fully mixed’ and ‘it’s going into mastering’

• Total Wife find new depths on their album Come Back Down

• Lawn showcase chemistry on new album God Made The Highway

• Scarlet Rae balances vulnerability and strength on No Heavy Goodbyes

• Nine Inch Nails share TRON: Ares soundtrack in full

• Miley Cyrus dropping deluxe edition of Something Beautiful featuring two new songs with rock legends

• Maruja channels raw emotion and urgency on debut album Pain to Power

• New Tracks

• Kid Cudi shares ‘Goodbye for Now Song,’ tells fans he’s going to ‘focus on my other dreams’

• Circa Waves unveil homesick anthem ‘Old Balloons’ from upcoming album Death and Love Pt.2

• Weston Estate unveils new single ‘Cool Girl’

• TRAITRS return with darkwave intensity on new single ‘Burn In Heaven’

• Nep shares ‘Florida Girl’ single ahead of debut album Noelle

• Moon Panda release new album Dumb Luck and share latest single ‘Space Elevator’

• The Dharma Chain release new single ‘See Through’ ahead of 2026 album

• Joybomb explores relationship angst on ‘Stigmata Palms’

• The Noisy releases country-influenced single ‘Nightshade’ ahead of deluxe album

• Monster Machine unleashes thunderous new single ‘Losing My Mind’

• Tame Impala shares new single ‘Dracula’

• FKA twigs details Eusexua Afterglow, shares ‘Cheap Hotel’

• Glassio releases shimmering new single ‘Al Pacino’ featuring Loren Berí

• Kit Sebastian unveils ‘Certain Things You Can’t Explain’ single and video

• Courting releases ‘Rollback Freestyle’ with RXKNephew / announce deluxe album

• Skorts announce debut album Incompletement / release soaring single ‘Burden’

• Retail Drugs shares ‘Anti-Lonely’ ahead of Factory Reset release

• Joyer drops ‘Glare of the Beer Can’ ahead of album and tour

• runo plum shares new single ‘Halfway Up The Lawn’ ahead of debut album patching

• Oasis release thrilling ‘Morning Glory (Unplugged)’ ahead of 30th anniversary deluxe edition of sophomore album

• Indigo De Souza teams up with tour mate Mothé for new single ‘Serious’

• runo plum shares new single ‘Halfway Up The Lawn’ ahead of debut album patching

• Home Counties share love letter to flat roof pubs on new single ‘Meet Me In The Flat Roof’

• Alice Costelloe delivers aching new single ‘If I Could Reach You’

• The Wytches share title-track ‘Talking Machine’ ahead of new album

• ashnymph share dark and psychedelic new single ‘Mr Invisible’

• Agnostic Front shares new song ‘Way Of War’ from upcoming Echoes In Eternity album

• ‘candytrip’ showcases bbreathrr’s lush dreampop textures

• St. Panther announces Strange World EP and releases title track featuring Rae Khalil

• Sub Focus links with IRAH and Fireboy DML on new single ‘Original Don’

• Lewis Capaldi unveils soul-stirring new single ‘Something In The Heavens’

• Lucy Kruger and The Lost Boys unveil new single ‘Anchor’ and announce sixth album Pale Bloom

• Pretty Inside return with fiery new single ‘The Person That I Hate’

• Raye has shared her new single ‘Where Is My Husband!’ and announced a 2026 headline tour that includes multiple nights at The O2

• The Streets share new track, ‘Utopia’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• The music that influenced Alexei Shishkin’s Good Times

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Nine Inch Nails, Kieran Hebden & William Tyler, and Frog

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 9/22/2025: Gorillaz, bar italia, Pool Girl, Sleaford Mods, Thundercat, Samia, The Streets, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• The Cure announces first UK date for 2026 headlining Isle of Wight festival

• Stagecoach 2026 lineup: Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, Journey, BigXthaPlug & more play country Coachella

• Glastonbury confirms dates for 2027

• Primavera Sound Barcelona announces 2026 headlines, including The Cure, Doja Cat, Gorillas, The XX

• The Cure announce new festival show for next summer

• Watch: Slayer performs at 2025 Louder Than Life festival

• CBGB Music Festival announces set times

• Coachella 2026 lineup (Sabrina Carpenter, NIN/Boys Noize, Turnstile, The Strokes, The xx, more

• Calvin Harris has been confirmed as the first headliner for Creamfields 2026, marking 20 years at Daresbury

• Tomorrowland Winter 2026 details announced

• Two people die after falling ill at Belfast’s Emerge Festival, investigations launched

• Self Esteem brings tightly choreographed, NSFW headline show to End of the Road

• Lollapalooza 2026 South America lineups (Tyler the Creator, Chappell Roan, Deftones, Turnstile, more)

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Doja Cat announces Tour Ma Vie World Tour

• NEWS: Super Furry Animals reunite after a decade for SUPACABRA tour & Love Kraft Reissue

• Ghost announces January/February 2026 North American tour

• Zach Bryan breaks U.S. concert attendance record

• Watch Alex G soothe the Jimmy Kimmel studio audience with ‘Oranges’

• Watch YUNGBLUD perform Zombie on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Ghost cancel show last-minute due to Tobias Forge having food poisoning

• Health announce 2026 tour with Carpenter Brut & Desire

• My Chemical Romance announce 2026 Black Parade tour w/ Iggy Pop, Modest Mouse, Mars Volta, more

• Barry Manilow announces farewell performances in 9 U.S. states

• Watch Dua Lipa play Chic’s ‘Le Freak’ with Nile Rodgers in Madison Square Garden

• D4vd cancels tour after investigators identify body in Tesla registered to him as missing teenage girl

• Iron Maiden announce first 2026 tour dates

• Foo Fighters’ new drummer Ilan Rubin makes live debut: Photos

• Watch Clipse make history as first rappers to perform at the Vatican

• Tool’s Adam Jones and Danny Carey perform at Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match in Las Vegas: Watch

• Nick Cave announces exclusive “homecoming” show in Brighton