Billy Strings Honors Late Mother in Lexington, Phish Kick Off Summer Tour

Pete Townshend Reflects on Zak Starkey’s Departure from The Who

Relix Daily
June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025

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Billy Strings Honors Late Mother with Heartfelt Message and Covers in Lexington

On Friday, June 20, Billy Strings took the stage at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., without his band or instrument. Head bowed, and microphone in hand, he addressed the audience, “I’m gonna do my best to make it through this. This is probably gonna be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. You know, how tonight’s gonna turn out is kind of up in the air. It all depends on how much strength I can muster and how much I can lean on you all.”

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Phish Wrap Summer Tour Kickoff Series with 42-Minute “Tweezer” Saga

Over the weekend, Phish officially kicked off their highly anticipated Summer Tour with a three-night stand at Manchester, N.H.’s SNHU arena. Following Friday’s tour opener, which brought a litany of reliably crowd-pleasing songs like a 13-minute “Wolfman’s Brother,” 14-minute “Theme From the Bottom,” 19-minute “Life Saving Gun” and an 18-minute “Twist,” as well as the first live performance of “The Old Home Place” since 2024, Saturday and Sunday kept the energy high with masterful and adventurous treatments of more longtime favorites.

READ MORE: Phish Kick Off Summer Tour in New Hampshire

Don't Miss Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs on 7/29!

Rock out with legendary guitarist Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs as they take over Washington D.C.’s Warner Theatre on Tuesday, July 29. Best known for his iconic work with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Campbell channels decades of rock legacy into an unforgettable live experience.

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Pete Townshend Reflects on Zak Starkey’s Departure from The Who: “It’s Been a Mess”

It’s been about a month since we last heard from The Who, whose prolonged and confounding split with three-decade drummer Zak Starkey continually casted the legendary band back into the headlines from mid-April to late May.

Nine artists capture the chaos and color.

Grateful Dead at The Capitol Theatre, 1970

The Grateful Dead first played The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on March 20, 1970. Just a few years into their evolution, the Dead's historic 1970 and 1971 shows at The Cap capture the early Dead magic, where they pushed the boundaries of music and imagination.

The Grateful Dead at The Capitol Theatre, 1970-1971, is an archival collection of 18 posters commemorating their 18 remarkable performances. The first nine prints reimagine the energy of 1970, with designs by Chuck Sperry, Todd Slater, Bailey Race, AJ Masthay, Dan Mumford, ZazzCorp, Drew Millward, Max Loeffler, and Richard Biffle.

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Dogs in a Pile Welcome Molly Tuttle on Grateful Dead Cover, Goose Bring Out Mikaela Davis on Last Day of Mountain Jam Festival

Sunday, the final day of entertainment, got underway in the early afternoon with a frame of music performed by harpist Mikaela Davis, who would later turn up during Goose’s final festival set to sit in on “Rosewood Heart” and Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.” Before the aforementioned sit-in, collaboration was on the minds of Dogs in a Pile, who had their own guest positioned and ready to step out and assist on a beloved Grateful Dead cover during their set.

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Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Join the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall

Taking up nearly 25 minutes of Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros’ 2 1/2 hour, 21 June concert with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, “Terrapin Station Suite” was the very essence of what rock ‘n’ roll/classical music hybrids should be.

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Kyle Hollingsworth Announces New Solo LP All We Are, Shares First Single

The String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth has announced the August 1, 2025, release of his new solo LP, All We Are, set to arrive via SCI Fidelity Records. Speaking to the scope of the record, Hollingsworth comments, “This album starts with my songwriting. I’m better able to express what I’m feeling at the moment, and I keep pushing myself to explore further.”

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The Devil Makes Three: Kindred Spirits

Early in 2025, on the final day of February, The Devil Makes Three released Spirits, the trio’s 10th album, and its first since 2018. In the seven years following the group’s previous LP, Chains Are Broken, they’ve endured personal tragedy, taken an extended, COVID induced recess from the road, welcomed an old friend into the fold and found a way to breathe new and compelling life into its rebellious old-time, acoustic-folk stylings. They then stirred all of this into a baker’s dozen of songs centered around grief and ghosts, darkness and the devil, politics and personal inventory, for what just may be the band’s best record yet.

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High Sierra Music Festival Confirms That the Event Will Take Place in 2025

Last week the producer of the High Sierra Music Festival expressed some concerns about viability of this year’s event. In an article that appeared in The Plumas Sun, titled “Record-low sales threaten High Sierra Festival,” Dave Margulies indicated, “It would just destroy me if we had to cancel.”

ALSO READ: Bonnarooo Will Issue 100% Ticket Refunds, “At This Time Will Not Be Announcing Future Dates”

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Behind the Velvet Rope of LadyLand’s Ultimate Pride Celebration

Next weekend, June 27 and 28, New York’s queer underground will commune beneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for LadyLand, the undisputed crown jewel of the city’s Pride month celebrations. Part festival, part rave and all glamour, the local favorite event’s return promises two nights of transcendent, liberative music and spectacle as the scene struts out for one last party.

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