Steve Winwood Joins Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule Announce New Year’s Eve Plans
Billy Strings Welcomes Béla Fleck in Nashville
Relix Daily
September 15, 2025
September 15, 2025
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The wait is finally over. Three long weeks after Phish finished off their incredible summer tour with a three-night grand finale at SPAC, the legendary jamband has returned to the road for one last late-season leg, packing eight Southeast stops into a nine-day sprint. The Vermont quartet’s tour encore began on Friday with a highly anticipated set at Louisville, Ky.’s Bourbon & Beyond Festival, which, despite strong odds, went far beyond typical festival fare with an impressive mix of hits and curveballs, like a 22-minute “Chalk Dust Torture” and bassist Mike Gordon’s sit-in with Guster. That smoky, sweet, full-bodied palate cleanser primed the band and its fans for two nights at Birmingham, Ala.’s newly opened Coca-Cola Amphitheater on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14.
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The Tedeschi Trucks Band traveled to Connecticut to wrap up the current leg of their Live in ’25 Tour over the weekend. The first two shows took place at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport. Steve Winwood was also on the bill for these dates, while routing through the East Coast with his own group.
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Last night, Billy Strings united with bluegrass veteran Béla Fleck at The Mother Church of Country Music in Nashville for a series of songs during the concert’s first half. The team-up arrived amid the latest stop on Strings’ trio tour with Bryan Sutton and bassist Royal Masat, after the ensemble turned in their final night on the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts stage in Boone, N.C., where they made a habit out of dusting off material that had previously been left idle.
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Acclaimed music journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and he offers a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been written about the rise of the Grateful Dead, but this final chapter of the band's history has never before been explored in detail. Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary and finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group revered by so many.
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On Friday, September 12, Umphrey’s McGee took their ongoing Cruising Altitude Tour to Bellevue, Colo.’s Mishawaka Amphitheatre. During the two-set display, the ensemble made a clear and decisive move to cover Spinal Tap’s “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight,” for the first time since March 23, 2018. Not only did the track’s arrival represent a bust-out, but it also bolstered a knowing connection to the release date of the original band’s new album, The End Continues, and the theatrical arrival of the new mockumentary, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.
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Gov’t Mule have announced their plans for a 2025 New Year’s Run, carrying on a beloved tradition and concluding a triumphant year of touring. Keeping with the custom that the iconic Warren Haynes-fronted Southern jam and electric blues outfit first launched in 2002, Gov’t Mule will unite with their fans to ring in 2026 with three shows in the Empire State. The series will begin on Dec. 28 at Schenectady, N.Y.’s Proctors Theatre, then continue with back-to-back stands at New York City’s storied Beacon Theatre, the year-end celebration’s longtime home, on Dec. 30 and 31.
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Widespread Panic have outlined its plans for New Year’s Eve. The band, which has just wrapped up two nights at the Allianz Amphitheater in Richmond, Va., will perform three concerts at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, beginning on Monday, December 29, and running through Wednesday, December 31.
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On Friday, September 14, Goose returned stateside after turning in a set of songs at Canada’s Harvest Music Festival. During their follow-up, the band took the Waterfront Park stage in jam mecca, Burlington, Vt., where their latest recruit, drummer Cotter Ellis, welcomed some hometown friends to the stage, singer Kat Wright, as well as Bob Wagner on guitar, and Josh Weinstein on bass, for a cover of The Wood Brothers’ Ways Not to Lose cut, “Atlas.”
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Last night, Phish returned to Kentucky for the first since 1996 to headline the annual Bourbon & Behind music festival. The four-day event, which takes place on the grounds of the Kentucky Expo Center, also marked Phish’s Louisville stop since 1994.