Pearl Jam have booked their first gig since the departure of longtime drummer Matt Cameron last summer after 27 years behind the kit. The band will take the stage with an as-yet-unannounced time keeper at this year’s Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Calif., which will take place from Sept. 25-27.
The 10th anniversary edition of the event founded by PJ singer Eddie Vedder will feature performances by PJ and Eddie Vedder and Friends, as well as Mexican rock legends Maná, Tyler Childers, Alabama Shakes, Fontaines D.C., Billy Idol, Pixies, Rilo Kiley, Jon Batiste, Bad Religion, Courtney Barnett, the reunited Sugar and more.
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More than 30 bands will take to the three stages on Doheny State Beach, including Midnight Generation, Otoboke Beaver, Men I Trust, Stephen Wilson Jr., The Front Bottoms, Alice Pheobe Lou, Marlon Funaki, Ellery Harper, The Format, Tom Odell, Ecca Vandal, Horsegirl, Villanelle and more.
Pearl Jam announced last July that Cameron was stepping away after more than a quarter century with the group. In a statement, former Soundgarden drummer Cameron wrote, “After 27 fantastic years, I have taken my final steps down the drum riser for the mighty Pearl Jam. Much love and respect to Jeff [Ament], Ed [Vedder], Mike [McCready] and Stone [Gossard] for inviting me into the band in 1998 and for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime, filled with friendships, artistry, challenges and laughter. I am forever grateful to the crew, staff and fans the world over. It’s been an incredible journey. More to follow. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.”
Check out the full lineup for the 2026 Ohana Festival below.
Olivia Rodrigo kicked off El Clásico with a concert to remember for her biggest fans — and featuring her biggest hits.
On the slope of Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona, Teatre Grec was completely transformed for Rodrigo’s very own Spotify Billions Club Live concert. Upon arrival, guests were greeted not only to a picturesque outdoor amphitheater reminiscent of Ancient Greece, but also lush landscapes completely decked out to celebrate her achievements both on the streaming platform and in honor of her new partnership with FC Barcelona ahead of the big match. On the grounds outside of the bowl were merch stands for the football collab, access to free food and drinks and even a major photo moment with all nine of Rodrigo’s Billions Club plaques.
Beyond the atmosphere, the show itself was absolutely electric. Following similar sets by Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus and more, Rodrigo performed almost all her songs with over a billion streams on Spotify, plus a few others, that all had the crowd singing their hearts out. The free show was reserved for about 1,500 of the most devoted Livies, with invites going out to her top fans in the area “selected through their listening on Spotify,” according to an early press release.
It all went down just two days before rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will go head-to-head at the recently-renovated Spotify Camp Nou, where Barça could be crowned league champions if they take home the win. There, FCB players will also be wearing an exclusive version of their iconic blaugrana jersey with Rodrigo’s logo in place of Spotify’s.
A celebration of Rodrigo’s biggest hits almost feels too soon, considering her big break was barely five years ago. But it was a night well-deserved, with the pop star giving it her all and the crowd giving back just as much.
Check out our roundup of the biggest moments below.
Dua Lipa crashed Tame Impala‘s London show on Thursday night, joining Kevin Parker onstage at the O2 Arena for an unannounced two-song set that sent the crowd into a frenzy.
Lipa appeared mid-set with no introduction during Tame Impala’s performance of “After Thought,” their 2025 collaboration, walking onstage and immediately launching into the song’s chorus. When the track ended, Parker officially welcomed his “good friend” to the stage.
“Let’s play a song that we made together!” he announced, before the pair broke into Lipa’s 2024 hit “Houdini” — the funk-inspired single Parker produced for her third studio album Radical Optimism, on which Parker worked on several tracks as producer.
Thursday’s appearance is the latest in a series of mutual stage invasions between the two artists. In 2024, Lipa brought Parker out for her headlining set at Glastonbury Festival, where the pair performed “Houdini” and Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better.”
During her 2025 Radical Optimism tour, Lipa also invited Parker to join her onstage in Melbourne, Australia. At her Sydney show at Qudos Bank Arena, Lipa told the crowd: “I made most of Radical Optimism with this person and he’s one of my favourite artists. He’s inspired me a lot. I manifested and dreamt about working with him one day and then I managed to make one of my favourite albums with him.”
Lipa and Parker first began working together in mid-2022. Lipa has said she “was so nervous because I’m just such a fan of Kevin’s” when the pair first started collaborating.
“Houdini” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release in 2024 and served as the lead single from Radical Optimism, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The album earned Lipa a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. Tame Impala are currently on a world tour in support of their 2023 album The Slow Rush (Collector’s Edition).
Back when Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving global tour was announced last summer, a month before the album’s release itself, you’d be forgiven for thinking some of the venue choices were punchy. Prior to this run, Dean’s biggest show in the capital had been at London’s 3,500 capacity Eventim Apollo, and debut album Messy topped out at No. 4. Now it’s six sold-out nights at the O2 Arena to a combined 120,000 fans. Now? It feels like she could have done six more, judging by the clamor for tickets at this U.K. run before the tour goes global.
The Art of Loving looks set to be one of the U.K.’s defining albums this century. Since its release it has scarcely left the top five of the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and has earned eight weeks at the summit. The LP has collected the best album prize at the BRITs — and Dean herself won best new artist at the Grammys, a rare feat for a British artist. Expect it to pick up an album of the year nod at next year’s ceremony and be a favorite to win.
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Beyond the commercial heft, Dean’s The Art of Loving was built for broad appeal. The LP deftly glides between pop smashes (“Man I Need”), soul-infused groovers (“Baby Steps”) and intimate R&B (“A Couple Minutes”). The album’s visual aesthetics — and Dean herself — are leading its own inimitable style; the amount of polka dot skirts and floating dresses, Dean’s signature style, worn by fans give viral math-rock duo Angine de Poitrine a run for their money.
Now she’s bringing all of those sounds and visual references to life with a powerhouse show, one that’ll be one of 2026’s most sought-after tickets. These were the best moments from Dean’s Saturday night (May 2) showcase at London’s O2 Arena.
Guns N’ Roses returned to the stage on Thursday night (April 30), putting on a career-spanning show that was as comprehensive as it was satisfying to some of the most hardcore fans that showed up to celebrate the group’s 40-plus-year career.
After a global 2025 tour that took the iconic rock band from Korea to Mexico, they kicked off their 2026 dates at the Hard Rock Live club in Hollywood, California, playing to a crowd that was raucous and eager to see the group play the States for the first time in three years, since the fall of 2023 tour wrapped with two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
And the group came out on fire, running through a quick opening stretch of songs from their game-changing 1987 album Appetite For Destruction — the project that launched them into superstardom — before going deeper into their catalog, playing both lesser-known cuts and some newer tracks, including more new songs like “The General” and “Perhaps.” But it was the old stalwarts — show opener “Welcome to the Jungle” and show closer “Paradise City” among them — that got fans truly rocking and off their feet, while lead guitarist Slash showed off the chops that have made him rightfully considered one of the greatest players who has ever picked up the instrument.
While the band gears up for the rest of their tour — so far, they have two more dates in Florida in May, before more fully hitting the road in July — their tune-up ahead of F1 Miami this weekend in south Florida proved to be a mesmerizing one for their legions of fans who have been there from the beginning. Here is the set list from that first show of their 2026 run.
Breakout folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam will make their debut trip to Australia and New Zealand later this year, announcing a four-date run across the region as part of their Down Under Tour 2026.
The Montana-based pair — comprised of Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross — will kick off the tour on Oct. 28 at The Tuning Fork in Auckland, before heading to Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Oct. 31, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Nov. 4 and Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on Nov. 7.
The dates mark the duo’s first performances in both territories, arriving on the heels of a sold-out U.S. tour that has helped expand their audience beyond their home market.
Tickets for the shows will go on sale May 1, following a Live Nation presale beginning April 30.
Buffalo Traffic Jam have steadily built momentum over the past year, driven by a run of independently released material and growing streaming numbers. Their latest project, Take Me Home, has generated more than 8 million streams across platforms, adding to a catalog that includes early singles “Rescue Me” and “Forgot Your Roots.”
Formed in Bozeman, Montana, the duo first connected as students at Montana State University before developing a sound rooted in traditional folk instrumentation and harmony-driven songwriting. Their recent rise has been fueled by touring, including festival appearances at Under the Big Sky and Redwest Fest, as well as support slots alongside country singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett.
The upcoming tour places Buffalo Traffic Jam within a growing wave of U.S. folk and country-adjacent acts finding traction in Australia, where audiences have increasingly embraced stripped-back, narrative-driven songwriting alongside mainstream country imports.
While still early in their international rollout, the Down Under dates represent a key step in the duo’s expansion beyond North America, offering a first look at their live show for audiences in the region.
Buffalo Traffic Jam — Down Under Tour 2026
Oct. 28 — Auckland, NZ @ The Tuning Fork
Oct. 31 — Sydney, AU @ Metro Theatre
Nov. 4 — Brisbane, AU @ Fortitude Music Hall
Nov. 7 — Melbourne, AU @ Northcote Theatre
Sometimes you just want a well-paced, hit-packed pop show — it’s really not that deep! At her sold-out Madison Square Garden show in New York City on Friday (April 24), Demi Lovato absolutely understood the assignment.
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The Grammy-nominated pop sensation delivered a dance-pop spectacle built around her most recent album, last October’s It’s Not That Deep. A carefree, no-frills dance record — as its title suggests — Demi’s latest LP became her ninth to reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 (No. 9), spawning the Hot Dance/Pop Songs top 15 hits “Fast” (No. 8) and “Here All Night” (No. 13). Executive produced by Zhone, It’s Not That Deep heralded yet another new chapter in Lovato’s career, yet last night still felt decidedly full-circle.
After breaking through with Disney Channel pop-rock anthems and becoming a top 40 mainstay with hits like “Heart Attack” and “Give Your Heart a Break,” Demi veered into soul-pop (2017’s Tell Me You Love Me) and rock (2022’s Holy Fvck), tying each era together with redemptive ballads and an endlessly resilient voice. Her musical evolution has always reflected the hills and valleys of her personal life, and her fans, particularly the OG early Gen Z Lovatics who grew up with her, have stuck beside her through it all. That context made Lovato’s Madison Square Garden stop a particularly triumphant show, but, perhaps more impressively, she didn’t coast on that nostalgia.
To be clear, this is truly the It’s Not That Deep Tour; the album’s songs make up the bulk of the setlist, with Demi fully committing to the post-Brat aesthetic in her industrial set design, flashy lights and use of behind-the-stage steadicam shots. Between sensual, club-evoking choreographer and rave-leaning mixes of the album cuts (and her previous dance bops), the It’s Not That Deep tour is two hours of standard pop fun. Of course, it’s not a Demi Lovato show without a few jaw-dropping vocal showcases, and she granted New York City just that with particularly impassioned renditions of beloved ballads like “Stone Cold” and “Skyscaper.”
Assisted by Adéla, as well as surprise appearances by husband Jutes and Jojo Levesque, Lovato made her Madison Square Garden headlining debut a night to remember.
Here are the five best moments from Demi Lovato’s It’s Not That Deep Tour stop in New York City.
xaviersobased is heading to Australia for the first time, with the New York rapper-producer announcing a three-date run this June as part of his Riverside Tour.
The dates kick off at The Princess Theatre in Brisbane on June 3, followed by Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on June 4, before wrapping at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on June 7 as part of Vivid LIVE. Tickets went on sale April 24.
The shows mark a milestone moment for the rapper, who has built a fast-growing audience online before translating that momentum into touring. Over the past few years, xaviersobased has emerged as part of a new wave of internet-led rap acts, with his music gaining traction across platforms like SoundCloud and TikTok.
That momentum accelerated with the release of his debut album Xavier earlier this year. The project earned Best New Music from Pitchfork, which described it as “a cult rap record with big ambition,” pointing to the artist’s evolving sound and approach.
Before that release, he had already built a steady catalog through a run of mixtapes, including Keep It Goin Xav and with 2, helping establish his presence within underground rap circles. His work blends elements of trap, rage and experimental hip-hop, often shifting styles from track to track.
Touring has also played a role in that rise. In 2025, xaviersobased completed a national run and appeared alongside artists including Yung Lean and Bladee, expanding his reach beyond the U.S. market.
The upcoming Australian dates will feature support from ksuuvi and Backend and arrive as part of the wider Riverside Tour 2.0. His inclusion on the Vivid LIVE lineup also places him alongside a broader mix of international and local acts appearing across the Sydney program.
xaviersobased Australia Tour Dates:
June 3 — Brisbane, The Princess Theatre
June 4 — Melbourne, Northcote Theatre
June 7 — Sydney, Metro Theatre (Vivid LIVE)
Charlie Puth is back on the road.
Following the release of his fourth studio album, Whatever’s Clever!, earlier this year, the singer/songwriter and prodigious producer kicked off his trek in support of the project with a career-spanning show in San Diego, California, on Wednesday night (April 22).
Taking the stage at the city’s Viejas Arena, Puth opened the show with a banger about giving yourself grace from his new album — track 2, “Beat Yourself Up” — before immediately going back and forth between older hits and Whatever’s Clever! tracks. The set included his 12-week Billboard Hot 100-topping smash with Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again,” along with catalog jewels such as “Attention,” “How Long” and “We Don’t Talk Anymore.”
Whatever’s Clever! dropped in late March, opening at No. 46 on the Billboard 200. He’s said that the project forced him “to take a closer look at myself” and “sing about things I normally wouldn’t sing about” so that his audience could finally get a chance to know him on a personal level.
With his tour’s opening night now in the books, the Grammy-nominated artist will next stop through arenas and theaters in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, New York City, Boston and more major North American cities in the coming weeks. Then, in June, he’ll head overseas for a European leg, wrapping the trek in the fall with a few shows in Asia, New Zealand and Australia.
If you’re planning on catching a show or just want to see which tracks made the cut, check out Puth’s setlist on the first night of his Whatever’s Clever! Tour — featuring which albums each song comes from — below.
Sabrina Carpenter‘s Coachella weekend two headlining set on Friday night became one of the festival’s most memorable moments in recent history, when Madonna crashed the stage for a show-stopping surprise appearance.
The Queen of Pop emerged during Carpenter’s performance of “Juno” — at the song’s iconic pose moment — as the track cut into Madonna’s “Vogue” medley, with the two pop stars performing the 1990 classic together to a frenzy from the crowd.
The pair then appeared to perform an unreleased track together, widely believed to be from Confessions II, Madonna’s long-awaited sequel to her 2005 dance landmark Confessions on a Dance Floor, due July 3 via Warner Records.
Before closing out with “Like a Prayer,” Madonna addressed the crowd directly, tying the moment to a personal Coachella milestone.
“20 years ago today I performed at Coachella — I was at the dance tent,” she said from the stage. “It was the first time I performed Confessions from the dancefloor. Same boots, same corsets… it’s like a full circle moment.”
She then noted the astrological significance of the evening: “I also want to point out it’s the new moon of Taurus. Seven planets lined up in Aries… avoid confrontations. In all circumstances — for the rest of the month — let’s try to get along, let’s try to be together, let’s try to avoid disagreements.” Carpenter, for her part, leaned into the moment: “She’s pointing to me because I’m a Taurus.”
Madonna’s 2006 Coachella performance served as a warm-up for the launch of her Confessions Tour, which went on to gross over $194 million from 60 shows and became the highest-grossing tour by a female artist at that time.
Her return to the same stage two decades later, performing the same era’s music ahead of its sequel, gave Friday night’s appearance a rare sense of full-circle weight that the crowd felt viscerally.
The appearance made for a considerably more musically star-studded set than Carpenter’s weekend one showing, where guest appearances were limited to actors Susan Sarandon, Will Ferrell and Sam Elliott.
The surprise appearance comes after Madonna confirmed that Confessions II will bring the Queen of Pop back to the dance floor this summer, as well as the release of her first full taste of new music, “I Feel So Free.”
The weekend, Actress Geena Davis also joined for a spoken word monologue — mirroring Sarandon’s cameo from the prior weekend — while Terry Crews appeared mid-set to poke fun at his iconic role in White Chicks and lightly sing “A Thousand Miles.”
Carpenter’s Coachella headline run concludes her blockbuster run behind her 2024 album Short n’ Sweet, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and produced the top five Hot 100 hit “Espresso.” Madonna, meanwhile, heads toward the July release of Confessions II — one of the most anticipated pop albums of the year.