Billy Strings Sits in with Primus, Goose Announce Fall Tour
Trey Anastasio Revives Acoustic Rarities, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Expand Live Itinerary
Relix Daily
June 01, 2026
June 1, 2026
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Billy Strings returned to the stage on Sunday evening by way of a guest slot during the multi-act Claypool Gold tour stop in Meadow Brook Amphitheatre in Rochester Hills, Mich. The night’s unexpected guest and regional frequenter resumed his live history with pal and musical mentor Les Claypool after previously busting his leg while attempting a skate trick backstage at the John Paul Jones Arena appearance in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, April 18. Sunday’s appearance included collaborative takes on a pair of classic songs.
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Indie groove masters Goose have unveiled the full details of their official Fall Tour. The ensemble, known for extemporizing select songs and choice covers, will open the seasonal run over two nights at The Midland in Kansas City, Mo., kicking off a tight series of multi-night stays in select cities throughout November. Word of their extended live itinerary arrives after a sold-out doubleheader in Amsterdam amid the European leg of their current tour, and their Cologne, Germany, follow-up, where they busted out “Take Me On” for the first time since Oct. 26, 2024.
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Trey Anastasio’s acoustic tour continued over the weekend with two nights at Missoula, Mont.’s Wilma Theatre. While every live performance from the Phish frontman holds to a high standard of originality, the acoustic format always offers him the flexibility to show off his wide-ranging catalog. With the third and fourth performances on the independent run, Anastasio continued to expand the run’s repertoire with more solo and duet arrangements with pianist Jeff Tanski, interspersed with a few proper surprises.
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Joe Russo’s Almost Dead have expanded its fall itinerary. The East Coast-based Grateful Dead tribute act has tacked on a series of appearances, slated to begin on Thursday, September 24. While the venue and location have not been confirmed, the band has issued a save-the-date ahead of their two-night return to The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York.
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The celestial rollout for Peter Gabriel’s o/i continues today with “A Hard Lesson,” the sixth single from his 11th studio album. Like 2023’s i/o, which brought Gabriel back to the studio for his first new release in 21 years, the icon’s new project has been slowly unfolding with the lunar calendar since January, with “Dark-Side” and “Bright-Side” mixes by Tchad Blake and Mark ‘Spike’ Stent landing on the full moon and new moon of each month. Gabriel says the latest preview, after “Been Undone,” “Put the Bucket Down” and “What Lies Ahead,” “Till Your Mind Is Shining” and “Won’t Stand Down,” is the oldest song on the project.
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Previously, on Thursday, May 28, The String Cheese Incident kicked off their lengthy Just Keep Spinning Tour at Stable Hall in San Antonio, Texas. The band kept momentum as they twirled into the weekend, commencing a pattern that lingered on night one’s debut of new material and the ensuing display of first-time plays during their Lone Star State follow-ups.
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The LA Philharmonic has shared the final artist lineup for its upcoming concert series celebrating the music of Wes Anderson’s films. Set to stage at the Hollywood Bowl from July 10-12, the esteemed chamber orchestra will bolster their symphonic arrangements of the scores and soundtracks from Anderson’s films with a stacked guest list of 21 celebrated musicians and Bill Murray.
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The Maybe It Was the Roses Music Festival is currently underway in Ventura, Calif. Sunday’s lineup includes the debut of Dead Aces, which will draw together a number of musicians who shared the stage with Bob Weir over the years, including: Alphonso Johnson, Aron Magner, Dave Ellis, John Molo, Mark Karan and Reed Mathis. Magner will also perform with two additional projects: SPAGA (featuring special guest Ellis) and Deadtronica.
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Phoebe Bridgers has announced a “pop-up show” at New York’s Madison Square Garden this Thursday, June 4. Presented by TIDAL, the tickets will be reasonably priced at $1, $5, $10 and $20 and will and benefit the Community Justice Exchange’s Immigration Bond Freedom Fund, which works to release people from immigration detention while their cases are processed. Bridgers, who headlined MSG in 2023 as a member of boygenius, has been staging intimate pop-up shows throughout the country recently, where she has been testing out new material. These have been her first shows under her name since 2023.
