Rock legends ZZ Top have extended their 2026 The Big One! Tour by adding nearly two dozen new dates for this summer.

The newly announced concerts are scheduled for August and September. The new dates begin on August 4 in Chula Vista, California, and include stops in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Maine and Connecticut. The new dates wrap on September 18 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Special guests include Cheap Trick and George Thorogood & The Destroyers on select dates.

Tickets for the new dates are on sale now at zztop.com/tour.

“It’s true that we’ve been spending a lot of time on the road, and the more we’re out there, the better it feels,” Billy F Gibbons noted in a press release announcing the new shows.

“It’s a good time for us and for the generations of fans who appreciate what we do,” he added. “We’ve been at it for quite a while – something like five decades – and it seems we’re getting good at it, so there’s no reason to slow things down. Let’s rock!”

ZZ Top launched the first leg of The Big One! Tour in March. In addition to their U.S. dates, they are heading to Europe in June and July and Mexico and South America in November.

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Universal Music Enterprises has announced a vinyl and digital reissue of Don Henley’s six-time platinum solo album The End Of The Innocence, due June 5th.

The album is newly remastered from the original analog tapes and will be available as a 2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl for the very first time. The remastered audio will also be available on the same date for streaming and digital download.

The End of the Innocence, Henley’s third solo studio album, was released on June 27, 1989, on Geffen Records, and was his last release on that label. It was also his last solo album before reforming the Eagles and it would be eleven years before he released another solo project, 2000’s Inside Job.

The End of the Innocence debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 and went on to become his best-selling solo album.

Featuring hits like the title track, which Henley wrote with Bruce Hornsby, “I Will Not Go Quietly,” which features Axl Rose, “The Last Worthless Evening,” “The Heart of the Matter” and “New York Minute,” The End Of Innocence has been certified six-times platinum.

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Bruce Springsteen joined John Densmore to perform a cover of The Doors’ “Light My Fire” at the American Music Honors event held at Monmouth University over the weekend.

American Music Honors is an annual event organized by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center.

Springsteen joined the Doors drummer Densmore, Steve Van Zandt, and the Disciples of Soul house band to perform the song.

“There is no one in the room in danger of filling Jim Morrison’s leather pants tonight,” Springsteen joked after joining the band on stage. He reassured the audience that the bad “will do what we can” before delivering the soaring rendition.

“Light My Fire,” written by guitarist Robby Krieger, was released in 1967. The song spent three weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

Densmore said via The Asbury Park Press that his connection to Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa dates back nearly six decades.

“The Doors played in Asbury Park and guess who was in the audience — the Boss! Hey, if our music helped Bruce shout out his bride, I’m hip,” he said. “It apparently worked. They’ve been together quite a while. You know, so long that maybe Patti’s the Boss.”

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The City of Minneapolis and Paisley Park will celebrate Prince’s life and legacy with community sing-along at the Prince Celebration Block Party.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alongside civic leaders and representatives from Paisley Park, announced details for the large-scale participatory music event, which will be a one-time-only signature addition to the annual Prince Celebration Block Party on June 6.

“In Minneapolis, we don’t just remember Prince – we feel him in the streets, in the music, in who we are,” said Frey. “So, this June, we’re turning downtown into a citywide choir, a full-on celebration, and yes, a dance party too. Whether you can hit every note or just love his songs, this sing-along is about honoring a legacy that still brings this city together every day. Trust me – you’re going to want to be part of this.”

The two-hour sing-along will be a free, all-ages outdoor event near the downtown Prince mural on the day before what would have been the Prince’s 68th birthday.

Led by acclaimed musical director Sanford Moore of Moore By Four and a Minneapolis-based mass choir of 100 vocalists, the crowd will be guided through a selection of Prince’s greatest hits, including “Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry,” and “Sometimes it Snows in April.”

The Sing-Along represents the City of Minneapolis’ contribution to memorialize the 10-year anniversary year of Prince’s death and his birthday (June 7) as part of the Prince Celebration. The goal is to have up to 15,000 people singing arm-in-arm to Prince’s beloved music, possibly even setting a record for the most uploaded social stories in one place.

The multi-day Prince Celebration is an annual gathering of devoted Prince fans from around the world presented by Paisley Park. This year’s major five-day event, a “10th Anniversary Celebration of Life,” will take place during June 3 – 7.

Source: RTT Music News