Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Names 2026 Inductees, Grateful Guitars Foundation’s Annual Benefit Auction
Marco Benevento Previews New LP, Jeff Tweedy and Hayley Williams on ‘Colbert’
Relix Daily
April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2026 inductees. The institution’s class of 2026 features eight acts that diverge dramatically in their origins and styles, with Phil Collins (previously included as a member of Genesis), Oasis, the Wu-Tang Clan, Sade, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross, Billy Idol and a split entry for Joy Division and New Order joining the museum of elite musicians. These honored performers are joined by 10 more musicians and music professionals named by the hall’s board of directors for the Musical Influence, Musical Excellence and Ahmet Ertegun Awards.
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The Grateful Guitars Foundation has outlined the details of its annual benefit auction, slated to open on May 26, with a one-month bidding window ending on June 26. As a preview of what’s to come, this year’s marquee item has been revealed: A “Dire Wolf” Bass modeled after Jerry Garcia’s legendary Doug Irwin-built Wolf guitar, previously tested and signed by Oteil Burbridge during Grahame Lesh & Friends’ Unbroken Chain concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco on March 22, 2026. The forthcoming benefit will also aid Music Heals International.
Big Steve Parish kept everything – the laminates, the proof you were there. Now 30 framed pass sets, stage-played gear, and Wall of Sound artifacts are up for bid in Julien's “Treasures From The Golden Road” auction. A room-by-room chronicle of rock's greatest touring operation.
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Marco Benevento has announced the impending arrival of his new album and Big Crown Records debut. Titled Glera, the 14-track collection is due on July 24, 2026, and spotlights the artist’s acute musical perception, a keen awareness of the interplay among his titles as a virtuosic keyboardist, composer, bandleader, and weaver of patterns that flaunt rhythm and tone to inspire feeling. Ahead of the formal release, Benevento has turned over three new singles: “Houdini,” “Turandot” featuring Marianne Mirage, and “Frizzante.”
With driving drum grooves and intricately layered microtonal guitars, Klek and Khn de Poitrine conjure hypnotic sonic and visual vortices in Vol. I, their debut album. Vol. II is a dense, no-frills, high-impact record. The "Poitrine brothers" push their sound even further, with sharper dynamics, stranger structures, and a sense of humor that reveals itself only if you're paying attention. Album opener "Fabienk" sits among the 50 most Shazamed tracks worldwide.
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Jeff Tweedy Covers Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s “Ffuny Ffriends” with Hayley Williams and Chats Alongside Nick Offerman on The Late Show
On Monday evening, Jeff Tweedy returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The master lyricist, who has been on the road in support of his latest solo triple record, Twilight Override, arrived at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater and appeared alongside fellow program guest Nick Offerman for an interview segment, in addition to performing Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s “Ffuny Ffriends” with Hayley Williams and her band.
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Over the weekend, The Disco Biscuits hiked to Stratton, Vt. to headline the inaugural Gather Outdoors. Onstage at Stratton Mountain’s base, the livetronica pioneers led the ski, music & arts festival with three sets that ran the range of their artistic inclinations, comprising one straight-ahead show and a second that was split between their Powered Down acoustic format and TRACTORBEAM trance-oriented electronic side-project.
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moe.’s Born to Fly spring tour touched down in the Garden State on Saturday for a performance at Englewood, N.J.’s Bergen Performing Arts Center. Now deep into a non-stop 2026 live itinerary that will keep them busy through the end of the summer, the foundational jam outfit have built up enough momentum that near-nightly live surprises are to be expected. Still, Saturday took that formula further with the introduction of a new cover to their expansive three-and-a-half-decade repertoire, plus a bust-out.
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The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin’ McCourys will come together for a special offering at the famed Ryman Auditorium this summer. The upcoming occasion brings together three generations of bluegrass players, converging on a single stage to celebrate the familial instinct to share songs and spotlight collective talent. The event will take place on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
