Phish Announce New Year’s Eve Run at MSG, LimeWire Buys Fyre Festival
Sam Bush Joins Billy Strings at The Ryman
Relix Daily
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025
NEWS
Phish have formally announced plans to carry on their beloved year-end tradition with a New Year’s Eve celebration at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. This year’s series, staging from Dec. 28-31, will bring the band’s total count of MSG performances to 91, following a triumphant return in 2024 that celebrated 30 years since their 1994 debut at The Garden. Phish’s forthcoming staging will mark 18 New Year’s stands at the world’s most famous arena.
NEWS
In July, Fyre Festival’s resurrection came to an unceremonious conclusion with the sale of the festival’s brand all all its assets on eBay for $245,300. Today, Fyre’s formally anonymous buyer has been unmasked as LimeWire, the notorious peer-to-peer file-sharing platform.
Celebrate the Grateful Dead’s six-show run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY (February 1971) with a new series by Brian Steely. Each print reimagines the classic skeleton-and-roses motif in a crisp, architectural frame, available in six distinct screen-printed colorways that echo the era’s psychedelic palette.
RECAP
Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton, and Royal Masat were not finished at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium after they closed out a concert in the historic hall on Sunday, September 14. Having welcomed virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck, there was an unspoken expectation that night two would feature a similar flair when the acoustic collective retook the storied stage on Monday evening. Like the night prior, a master of the craft was waiting in the wings to liven the night with fingerpicked texture: three-time Grammy award-winning mandolinist Sam Bush.
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NEWS
Venerable songwriter and guitarist, known as a founding member of Traffic, with roots in Derek and the Dominoes, and mid-90s tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Dave Mason is retiring from touring after six decades on the road. The musician’s decision to step away from a rigorous travel and performance schedule is the result of ongoing health issues, which he shared across his social media platforms. The post, which can be read in full below, underscores the significance of Mason’s accolades and eternal mark on the music industry.
RECAP
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts revived their setlist during Friday’s concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. After coming off their previous gig in Bend, Ore., where the five-piece did not stick to the script, instead, they whispered on stage, planning their next move while the crowd responded to their previous entry, September 12’s performance was a return to form for the Love Earth Tour, co-opting the group’s trend of moving the pieces, and providing tour debuts.
WATCH
A new trailer for Deliver Me From Nowhere, the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White, has arrived. Premiered during the Emmy Awards broadcast, the film’s second look shifts from the musical focus of the first to center on White’s portrayal of Springsteen, and his relationship with his longtime manager Jon Landau, portrayed by Jeremy Strong. The intense scenes are soundtracked by Springsteen’s “Atlantic City.”
NEWS
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 2026 event. Returning to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on April 10-12 and 17-19, Goldenvoice’s venerable desert festival will feature more than 130 artists from across genres, led by headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G. Other top billings fro this year’s festival include David Byrne, The Strokes, Young Thug, The xx, Iggy Pop, Ethel Cain, Interpol, Alex G, Turnstile, Dijon, Laufey, Wet Leg, FKA Twigs, Clipse, Disclosure and Nine Inch Noize–likely a collaboration between Nine Inch Nails and the elsewhere-billed Boys Noize.
GALLERY
On Saturday, Sept. 13, Bender Jamboree 2025 came to a close with its fourth day of festivities. Around the four stages set up at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, the Sin City sensation wrapped up with sets from some of the biggest names in jam, bluegrass and everything in between, culminating in a third headline set from The String Cheese Incident.