WEEKLY ENCORE: Your Must-Read Setlist

Here's a look at this week's top headlines.

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Relix Daily
January 10, 2026

January 10, 2026

NEWS

Widespread Panic shared an update on lead guitarist Jimmy Herring. The musician will step away from his post in order to temporarily focus on his health, following a return of the illness that plagued him and caused a 2024 performance hiatus. The band noted that Herring’s prognosis is positive, and with the right care, he will be able to return to the stage in the near future. Filling in for Herring is guitarist Nick Johnson, who previously joined the band for sit-ins during their New Year’s Eve run in Atlanta.

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In the winter of 1970, Neil Young and Crazy Horse were a relatively new band. After consummating its musical direction in 1968, the ensemble forged into the shag and bell-bottoms decade with a litany of songs that would endure as classics. In the bandleader’s latest move to excavate his live repertoire, Young has shared an early performance with Crazy Horse, a 16-song set played on Feb. 25, 1970, at Cincinnati’s Music Hall.

NEWS

Just days before hitting the road again with their first tour of 2026, Los Lobos have announced a new series of live dates for the spring. From March 27 to May 17, the celebrated five-decade Chicano rock outfit will make 10 stops in the West Coast, Southeast and Mountain regions. These new additions will arrive shortly after the band’s winter tour, extending a live itinerary that’s quickly filling out for the new year.

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Billy Strings has been hailed as the future of bluegrass, transcending tradition and genre with his high velocity, flat-picking guitar technique and intense, confessional songwriting. HOME is undoubtedly the Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist’s bravest excursion thus far, reshaping bluegrass into his own exceptional form, completely rewiring the aesthetic with elements of punk, country, folk rock, and genuine psychedelic exploration to fashion something altogether original and all his own.

NEWS

Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., has received a pair of Jerry Garcia tribute guitars on loan from the Grateful Guitars Foundation. The instruments pay tribute to the Grateful Dead guitarist’s musical legacy and cultural significance in the jamband community.

RECAP

Last night, A Concert for Altadena took place at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif. The charity event was built around music performed by Dawes & Friends and served as a response to the 2025 Eaton Fire, which caused widespread devastation in Altadena, Calif., leveling homes, businesses, and a way of life for residents of the Los Angeles County community. The performance buzzed from start to finish through the arrival of top-tier talent: Stephen Stills, Eric Krasno, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Judith Hill, Lucius, and more, performing classics and at times odes to the community.

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David Byrne is on a tear. After the release of his ninth solo studio album Who Is The Sky?, which arrived to widespread acclaim in September, the Talking Heads frontman crossed the country with his dazzling high-concept live show, and along the way shared the Brian Eno co-written single “T-Shirt.” Now, just before kicking off a three-month tour of Europe and Oceania, he’s released a cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License.” Good for him.

NEWS

Greenwich Town Party has unveiled the artist lineup for its 2026 festival. Returning to Greenwich, Conn.’s Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on May 23, the storied community-forward event’s 15th anniversary preservation will welcome three top-tier acts, with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, John Fogerty and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band committed for the main stage.