Widespread Panic Open Mexico Event with Nick Johnson, Newport Folk Festival Shares 2026 Dates
Songwriters Hall of Fame Reveals 2026 Inductees
Relix Daily
January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
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On Tuesday evening, Widespread Panic took the stage at the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico, for the first in a series of four concerts scheduled during their destination event. Their Jan. 20 performance was the group’s first full gig with guitarist Nick Johnson, who is currently filling in for the venerable Jimmy Herring, as the longtime member “undergoes another round of treatment to reinforce the healing process after being diagnosed with throat cancer,” according to the band’s Jan. 8 update.
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The Newport Festivals Foundation has officially announced the dates and ticket launch for this year’s 67th annual Newport Folk Festival.
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the 55th annual class of inductees. This year’s lineup includes nine venerable performers and non-performing songwriters, headlined by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss, Kenny Loggins and Taylor Swift, who will become the youngest woman ever inducted into the hall. The honorees will be enshrined at the 2026 Awards Gala, set to stage at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11.
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Neil Young’s unparalleled catalog of original music will receive a lift from fellow musicians during this year’s imminent Americana Pre-Grammy Salute, benefiting MusicCares. This year’s gathering will arrive midweek, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, the evening before Music’s Biggest Night, at West Hollywood’s renowned Troubadour venue.
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In his four decades on the forefront of funk-metal and avant-rock, Les Claypool’s music has seen many mutations in scattered projects. This summer, those loose ends will come together with Claypool Gold, uniting Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and the Fearless Frog Brigade to share the stage simultaneously on an unprecedented tour. From May 20 to July 4, the bassist and bandleader will lead his storied ensemble on a 30-stop trek across the country, promising a “mind-melting musical experience” and “fluid show featuring wildly different setlists and surprises.”
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Bruce Hornsby has unveiled an extensive list of tour dates that support the April 3, 2026, arrival of new album, Indigo Park, via Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers. On the road, the three-time Grammy Award winner will take his six-piece band, The Noisemakers, through a series of two dozen stops, beginning on April 9 at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati.
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Flight of the Conchords will reunite after eight years apart for a performance at the 2026 Netflix is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles. Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie’s revival of their musical comedy project at the biennial comedy festival’s third presentation will be the duo’s first show since July 2018, when they taped their HBO special and Sub Pop double album Flight of the Conchords: Live in London from the Eventim Apollo.
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Courtney Barnett has announced her long-awaited fourth studio album, Creature of Habit. Out on March 27 via Mom+Pop Music, the Australian indie forerunner’s follow-up to 2022’s Things Take Time, Take Time manifests a torrent of questions about her life and future into ten tracks that boldly advance her sound. To preview the project, she’s shared the second single, “Site Unseen,” featuring Waxahatchee, as well as details on a spring and summer US tour.
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Green River Festival has unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2026 event. Returning to Greenfield, Mass.'s Franklin County Fairgrounds from June 19-21, the local favorite festival’s 40th anniversary staging unites a dream team of premier acts in indie-rock, folk, global music and more. Charlie Crockett, Spoon and Geese will headline the three-day camping event.