Widespread Panic Debut Grateful Dead Cover, Goose Plot Summer Tour
New Interview with Derek Trucks
Relix Daily
January 26, 2026
January 26, 2026
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On Jan. 23, Widespread Panic took the stage for the finale of their 13th annual destination concert series, Panic en la Playa, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The Friday night appearance swelled with special moments during each of the program’s three segments: a first set arrival from mandolinist Sierra Hull, latter half contributions from Circle Around the Sun’s Adam MacDougall, and ultimately a nod to the late Bobby Weir during an encore debut of the Grateful Dead’s “Jack Straw.”
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Goose have announced an expansive Summer Tour. From June 13 to August 29, the ascendant indie-jam stars will make 27 stops across the East Coast, West Coast and Mountain regions, performing at some of the country’s most venerable venues and showcasing support from moe., The Disco Biscuits, Greensky Bluegrass, Julian Lage and Buffalo Traffic Jam.
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“This last year at Sun, Sand and Soul, the hang with Bonnie was incredible,” Derek Trucks states effusively, as he looks back on the second installment of the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s late-spring festival. Bonnie Raitt headlined the middle night, with TTB bookending the event, which took place on May 1-3, just a seastone’s throw from the water in Miramar Beach, Fla. “Bonnie came out to our show and then the next night, we came out to her show. Those are some of the highlights of the year for us, thinking back on the most joy we’ve had. It translates to the stage when people feel comfortable and want to be there. That’s when the collaborations go through the roof.”
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Warren Haynes has signed on to deliver two special engagements in New Orleans this spring. The first will take his self-titled outfit to the Orpheum Theater on Thursday, April 30, and is billed as the Warren Haynes Band’s Dreams & Songs Symphonic Experience [a concept that this group originated in 2019 with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra].
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On March 5, the Los Angeles Kings will face off against the New York Islanders when they host the NHL Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division members at the Crypto.com Arena. As a tie-dye feature of the match-up, the game has been dubbed LA Dead Night. Interested parties can purchase an official co-branded jersey that combines the team and band’s iconography into a one-of-a-kind piece.
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On Saturday night, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds took the stage for their third and final performance as part of the ninth annual Dave & Tim Riviera Maya destination concert event at Moon Palace in Cancún, Mexico. Their latest extended weekend appearance tallied 28 song entries, including a first-time cover of Pearl Jam’s “Breathe” by this specific pair and the debut of “Making It Great,” the new number sliced fiddler Jake Simpson’s four-song sit-in, which allowed for a final return after Matthew’s solitary delivery.
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Renée Fleming has withdrawn from scheduled performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The world-renowned soprano’s cancellation follows several other high-profile artists and ensembles who have distanced themselves from the cultural institution amid politicized changes from the Trump administration, most notably its controversial renaming as the Trump-Kennedy Center in December.
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Alabama Shakes have extended their 2026 live itinerary with seven new stagings. On top of 14 spring shows, a nine-show Europe tour in July and two bookings supporting Zach Bryan, the beloved roots rock outfit fronted by Brittney Howard will team up with Nathaniel Rateliff and Tedeschi Trucks Band for shared bills in May and August.
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On Jan. 15, Dogs in a Pile commenced its Winter Tour in Tucson, Ariz. The concert represented the group’s first live appearance since the death of Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist and cowboy of the cosmos, Bobby Weir, who passed away on Saturday, Jan. 10. The band paid tribute to Weir by opening with his Robert Hunter co-write, “Jack Straw.” The move kicked off a motif that has persisted during each live engagement, including their latest in Portland, Ore.