Wilco‘s annual eclectic Solid Sound Festival has revealed the full line-up for the 2026 edition at the Mass Moca museum in North Adams, Mass., a three-day event (June 26-28) that will feature headlining sets from the hosts, as well as performances from the Breeders, Gang of Four, Billy Bragg, Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, Rich(ard) Dawson, S.G. Goodman, L’rain, Mini-Mekons (featuring Sally Timms and Jon Langford), Sharp Pins and Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet.

Most exciting for the host band’s longtime fans, next year’s festival will feature the first-ever live joint performance of Wilco and Bragg’s beloved two-volume set of Woody Guthrie songs on Friday night, dubbed “Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key: Wilco and Billy Bragg Perform the Songs of Mermaid Avenue.” The first volume, 1988’s Mermaid Avenue, featured the two acts collaborating to bring to life previously unheard lyrics written by folk icon Guthrie, which the unlikely pair turned into such beloved tracks as the gentle ballad “California Stars,” the rocking “Hoodoo Voodoo” and the moving “At My Window Sad and Lonely.”

A second album, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, was released in 2000 and featured a take on a 19th century gospel standard, “Blood of the Lamb,” as well the playful “My Flying Saucer,” swaying “Secret of the Sea” and the fiery “All You Fascists.” Both albums were critically acclaimed, but Wilco and Bragg never toured the collections.

As usual, Solid Sound will feature multiple headlining sets from Wilco and its band members in various independent and solo configurations, as well as Elizabeth Moen, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, George, Souled American, Autumn Defense, Living Hour, Setting, RESPIRA, Prewn, Official Claire, Expandards and more.

The event will also host comedian John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret, with sets from Jo Firestone, Demi Adejuyigbe and the Daily Show‘s Jordan Klepper, as well as poster silk screening demos with Ghost-Town and a screening of a new documentary about jazz pianist/producer Bob James from Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen.

In addition to folk, rock, jazz and experimental music, Solid Sound will also host yoga, nature hikes, pop-up record stores, children’s programming and access to the museum’s galleries, which feature work by Laurie Anderson, Louise Bourgeois, James Turrell and Sol LeWitt, among others.

Tickets for the 2026 Solid Sound can be found here. Check out the full lineup on the poster below.

A massive New Year’s Eve party planned for Sydney’s Bondi Beach has been canceled following the mass shooting last weekend.

Elrow XXL Bondi Beach was pitched as Sydney’s largest NYE party and the “soundtrack to farewell 2025,” featuring exclusive performances from HoneyLuv, Kölsch, TSHA, William Kiss and more, and a special countdown set from Patrick Topping.

Organizers expected 15,000 revelers to visit Australia’s most iconic shoreline, to see in the new year, the 25^th since Fuzzy opened for business.

However, following the tragic events that unfolded last Sunday, Dec. 14, organizers Fuzzy have scrapped the show.

“Our hearts are with everyone affected by the tragedy at Bondi Beach. What happened has deeply shaken our community and all who call this place home,” reads a statement from Fuzzy, the organizers of Field Day, Harbourlife and more.

“We have been working closely with Waverley Council over the past couple of days, focusing on compassion and care for Sydney’s Jewish community and all those impacted, allowing NSW Police to further progress their investigations.”

As a result, elrow Bondi Beach XXL and Locals Lawn Family Zone will not be going ahead.

All ticketholders have now been contacted via email and elrow Bondi Beach XXL ticketholders will receive an automatic full refund, processed back to their original payment method within seven business days.

“Our team includes many who live in and love Bondi. We built these events to reflect everything Bondi stands for: community, coming together, joy, connection and inclusivity. We know thousands from our community, Australia, and abroad were looking forward to seeing New Year’s Eve return to Bondi Beach for the first time in over a decade, but in Bondi we look out for each other, especially in moments of heartbreak,” reads the statement from Fuzzy, part of Superstruct Entertainment. “When the time is right, we will come back together with the same spirit of care, connection and joy that defines us.”

The country has been in a state of mourning following the attack, when two gunmen fired weapons at a Hanukkah celebration, in what would become Australia’s worst mass shooting since the Port Arthur massacre in the 1990s. The death toll has risen to 16, including one of the suspected gunmen, who was killed at the scene.

Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as an act of antisemitic terrorism and the New South Wales Parliament will be recalled in the week before Christmas to tighten gun and protest laws.

Role Model gets his skates on for the National Hockey League’s premier outdoor game.

The rising alternative-pop artist will headline the entertainment for the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic at loanDepot park in Miami, FL, set for Jan. 2, 2026.

On the day, two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will host the New York Rangers, with all the action televised live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and HBO Max in the United States, and on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

According to a statement from the league, Role Model will lead the first intermission, presented by Ticketmaster, with a performance from his hit sophomore album Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye).

Before that, he’ll open NHL on TNT’s live on-site coverage with a performance on the Verizon Stage at the 2026 Enterprise NHL PreGame, the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic gameday fan festival, which welcomes ticket holders for the annual NHL Winter Classic — the first to be played in Florida.

Role Model (real name: Tucker Pillsbury) enjoyed a breakthrough this year when he topped a songs-based Billboard chart for the first time, leading the Sept. 13-dated Adult Alternative Airplay tally with “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out,” housed by Kansas Anymore.

Earlier, in August, the Cape Elizabeth, Maine, “Sally” went to No. 1 on the Emerging Artists tally.

Following the March release of Kansas Anymore, Role Model signed with the Good World Management’s Brandon Creed and Dani Russin; opened on tour for Gracie Abrams; and celebrated two sold-out shows in Los Angeles, one of which saw Reneé Rapp join him on stage as a surprise guest during “Sally.”

He’ll make his acting debut in the Lena Dunham-directed Netflix romcom Good Sex, starring Mark Ruffalo and Natalie Portman, the release date for which hasn’t been announced.

The Winter Classic was established in 2008 as a regular-season outdoor game to celebrate the New Year, and has featured performances by the likes of Weezer, Chance The Rapper, The Smashing Pumpkins, Heart, the Black Keys and many others.

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As Australia processes the shock of Sunday’s mass shooting on Bondi Beach, John Williamson has used song to help heal the nation.

The ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted singer, songwriter and “bush music” legend sang “True Blue” for a full house at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, Dec. 17, in dedication to the victims of the massacre.

The powerful musical moment happened prior to day one of the third Test cricket match in the 2025-26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval.

Williamson later remarked that he “was so relieved and so honored” to perform the song in remembrance to those whose lives were lost.

Speaking with the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Williamson said he canceled his Christmas holiday plans on the Gold Coast to dash to the South Australian capital. “It’ll be one of the most memorable occasions for me in my career,” he tells the ABC. “I was sort of waking up this morning thinking, was it a dream? That’s how incredible it was for me.”

He added, “for me to perform it, I really had to be a professional and do the job that I had to do. I didn’t allow myself to be too emotional. I just wanted to make sure that I sang it strongly. Because I knew what I was doing (was so important).”

In a career spanning more than 50 years, the 80-year-old has sold more than 5 million albums and accumulated upwards of one billion streams. Over time, he has collected 28 Golden Guitar awards, four ARIA Awards, and on Australia Day 1992, was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues.” Williamson performed at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and in 2010 he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Since its release in 1982, “True Blue” song has become part of the fabric of Australian culture, and is regularly played at sporting events and ceremonies, including Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin’s public memorial service, where he performed it twice on acoustic guitar, and for the funeral of Williamson’s late “mate,” the broadcaster John Laws.

Williamson has, in the past, called “True Blue” a “song for all Australians.”

The country has been in a state of mourning following the attack, when two gunmen attacked a Hanukkah celebration. The death toll from the attack has risen to 16, including one of the suspected gunmen, who was killed at the scene.

Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as an act of antisemitic terrorism and the New South Wales Parliament will be recalled in the week before Christmas to tighten gun and protest laws.