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Phish Expand “Tweezer Reprise” into Six-Part, Two-Set Exploration at Summer Tour Closer

Phish’s 2025 Summer Tour was an inexhaustible testament to their sustained courage and creativity. Through 23 stops across the country, the foundational jamband continued to embrace fresh challenges and perspectives, taking a left turn from previous 4.0 era runs with a renewed commitment to reinventing the classics and unfolding massive jams. The many unforgettable highlights they dosed out along the journey included record-breaking treatments of “Carini,” “Down with Disease,” “What’s Going Through Your Mind” and “Sand” and the full-set “Tweezer” medley that capped off their tour opening series in New Hampshire and has since been termed “Tweezerfest.”

READ MORE: Phish Push “Bathtub Gin” and “Chalk Dust Torture” Past 20 Minutes at SPAC Opener, Tease Black Sabbath’s “N.I.B.” During Night Two Follow-up

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Bob Dylan Returns to “Positively 4th Street” for First Time Since 2023, Offers Tour Debut of “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” in Alpharetta

On July 25, Bob Dylan resumed his role on Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Country Tour. The Minnesota-bred bard had previously participated in the Nelson-hosted early summer jaunt and rejoined the rotating lineup for its most recent pick-up of dates. During opening night, this past Friday, Dylan returned to a pair of beloved songs that had emerged as tour debuts, cementing the tracks’ placements within the musician’s setlist.

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The Brent Mydland Years: An Appreciation of the Grateful Dead in the 1980s

On July 26, 1990, Brent Mydland passed away. With the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary in mind, we look back on his contributions to the group, as well as the band’s music from this era with this piece that originally ran in our August 2005 issue. For more on Brent, you can also read our article on his unreleased solo record.

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Widespread Panic Wrap Asheville Run with Nightly Odes to Ozzy Osbourne and Guest Slots From John Keane, Debut “War Pigs” as Final Move

Widespread Panic returned to the ExploreAsheville.com Arena Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C., on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26, after opening up their three-night stand on Thursday, July 24, with help from their longtime producer/studio engineer, John Keane, and tour manager Steve Lopez sitting in on select numbers. Like the night one’s “Fairies Wear Boots” selection, the band not only maintained a similar trajectory across the calendar with recurring guest arrivals, but also made a habit of performing odes to the late Ozzy Osbourne at each stand, including a debut of “War Pigs,” which emerged as their final move of the three-part locational offering.

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Newport Folk Festival Highlights: Remi Wolf Welcomes Jeff Tweedy and John C. Reilly, Matt Berninger Performs Surprise Set, Josh Kaufman Leads Star-Studded Protest Finale and More

66 years after Newport Folk Festival’s debut, it remains one of the world’s most revered music festivals for its peerless history of advancing American music and its enduring role as a proving ground for today’s musical innovators. With this sustained acclaim, the festival has also earned a reputation for being packed with surprises every year as artists go all-out to make their mark on one of the world’s most important stages. Newport Folk Festival’s 2025 edition was no exception; after a thrilling Friday program that included collaborations between Kevin Morby with Waxahatchee, Goose with Kenny Loggins and Bleachers with a dream team including Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood and Rufus Wainwright, Saturday and Sunday brought a litany of further curveballs that will sustain fans until the festival’s return in 2026.

READ MORE: Newport Folk Festival Day One: Goose Team Up with Kenny Loggins, Kevin Morby Welcomes Nathaniel Rateliff, Bleachers Feature Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood, Rufus Wainwright and More

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Remove Music from Spotify

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have become the latest artists to pull their music off of Spotify. Following a precedent set by early critics Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu, who removed their catalogs from the platform last month and yesterday, respectively, King Gizzard attributed the move to an objection to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI-powered military software.

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Johnny Depp Joins Alice Cooper Band for Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Debut Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”

Heavy metal purveyor Alice Cooper paid tribute to his brother in sound, the late Ozzy Osbourne, on Friday, July 25, during his concert at The O2 Arena in London, with help from special guest Johnny Depp. The tribute occurred late in the frame, following a packed series of Alice Cooper Band originals, and took shape as a first-time cover.

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moe. Cover Black Sabbath’s “The Wizard” for First Time Since 2023 with Umphrey’s McGee

Over the weekend, the Great South Bay Music Festival played host to a slew of jam scene favorites during the July 24-27 gathering at Shorefront Park in Patchogue, N.Y. During Saturday, July 26’s schedule, Umphrey’s McGee sat in during moe.’s final delivery. The joint ensemble covered a piece from the Black Sabbath archive as an ode to the late Ozzy Osbourne.