all the noise that's fit to blog
Christmas came early this year as some of the biggest acts announced they will hit the road in 2026 to bring audiences around the world the music we all love.
Some of these announcements we blogged about the minute they were confirmed. The best way for you to get the info as fast as we write it is to bookmark this URL (https://www.setlist.fm/news/tour-dates) and refresh that bad boy a few times a day.
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What began as a humble all-ages live music venue in Anaheim, California in the late 1990s under the name Public Storage Coffee Lounge evolved into Chain Reaction, a go-to spot for emo and alternative music just behind the Orange Curtain.
The first show we have in our database there is AFI in 1998. Sadly on Friday the Chain will host its final show.
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At this time of the year we look forward by looking back.
Last week we listed which albums will hit their 20th anniversaries next year. Today we will peer back even further to records that will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2026.
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Is there anything better than going to a show, loving what you're hearing and seeing, singing along to your favorite songs, and then out of the blue the band announces someone else who you love... and they waltz on to the stage and together they make beautiful music together?
The surprise guest appearance is a fun part of live concerts we even have a category for it because we want to remember those moments forever.
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As we have done with Top Setlists of 2025 and Top 10 Festivals here are the Top Ten Tours of this year derived by how many setlist fans like you clicked on the sets of those tours.
If you think about it, this is the most democratic and reasonable way to determine popularity: by how much you click around and investigate the sets.
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Slash quietly pieced together a private, invitation-only show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on Thursday (12/11), amassing a supergroup billed as The Dirty Bats.
The Guns N' Roses guitar hero led the band and singers from Anthony Kiedis, Bruno Mars, Eddie Vedder, and Brandi Carlile through a litany of classic rock covers from Led Zeppelin to Queen to the Allman Brothers to Nirvana.
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Cover songs are a way for the audience to hear a new twist on an old chestnut, a way for a band to pay tribute to their idols, and a good way to bond with an audience on a song everyone is a fan of.
Here are some of the best covers of 2025, some of which came from unlikely artists.
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Each year we look forward by looking back and noticing which albums two decades ago will hit their anniversaries.
Sometimes artists will do something special like play those now-classic records in their entireties, which often surfaces songs they haven't performed live since the record debuted.
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As we presented last week with Top Setlists of 2025, based on how many setlists fans looked up, here are the Top Festivals of this year derived from the same calculation.
Which is really the most scientific metric, if you think about it.
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Portugal. The Man was joined by “Weird Al” Yankovic at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday (12/02) for a chaotic, funny, and surprisingly fierce one-two punch that closed with a Rage Against the Machine cover.
The 650 in attendance at the intimate venue had already seen quite a show where the first half was the band's excellent new album, SHISH, in its entirety, followed by a second set of more familiar bangers.
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Zac Brown gambled on himself on his Vegas residency at The Sphere, which has appeared to pay off thanks to sold out shows.
The most technological venue on the planet, known for its high-end sound and mind-blowing visuals, was a little too realistic for some who are now complaining that some of the "demonic" graphics sat with them in uncomfortable ways.
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“I can’t quite believe it. We’ve been a band for the last 15 years and I never thought this would happen," Ellie Rowsell proclaimed, basically pinching herself, on opening night of their two-night headlining run at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday (12/2).
"This is just the best day ever," she beamed, which may have been premature because the following day Rolling Stone called her group, Wolf Alice, Britain's Boldest Band in their five-star review.
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