Graham Nash has announced new fall tour dates, including stops at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick; the Academy of Music in Northampton, Massachusetts; and the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York, among others.

The Fall trek will kick off on September 12 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and conclude on October 9 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

The newly added shows follow Nash’s current summer tour, which includes select co-headlining dates with Emmylou Harris and a special appearance with the Avett Brothers at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Nash will be joined onstage by Todd Caldwell on keyboards and vocals, Adam Minkoff on bass, drums, guitars, and vocals, and Zach Djanikian on guitars, mandolin, drums, and vocals, as they perform favorites spanning Nash’s more than 60-year career.

Nash’s first studio album of new material in seven years, Now, was released in 2023.

Tour Dates:

Sept. 12 — Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music
Sept. 13 — Lowell, MA @ Boarding House Park
Sept. 15 — Portsmouth, NH @ Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
Sept. 17 — Stowe, VT @ Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
Sept. 19 — Fredricton, NB @ Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival 2026
Sept. 20 — Waterville, ME @ Waterville Opera House
Sept. 23 — Geneva, NY @ Smith Opera House
Sept. 24 — Bethlehem, PA @ Zoellner Arts Center
Sept. 26 — Troy, NY @ Troy Saving Bank Music Hall
Sept. 27 — Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sept. 28 — Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sept. 30 — Torrington, CT @ Warner Theatre
Oct. 2 — Morristown, NJ @ Mayo PAC
Oct. 3 — Wilmington, DE @ The Playhouse of Rodney Square
Oct. 6 — Lexington, KY @ The Kentucky Theatre
Oct. 8 — Mount Vernon, OH @ Memorial Theater
Oct. 9 — Shippensburg, PA @ Luhrs Center

Source: RTT Music News

Former Santana singer Alex Ligertwood passed away at his home in Santa Monica, California, on April 30th. He was 79.

The Scottish musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the Latin rock band, died just two weeks after his last show.

“It’s with great sadness and heartache to announce the passing of my sweet dear Alex Ligertwood, my husband of 25 years, we knew each other for 36 years,” his wife, Shawn Brogan, wrote on Facebook in a post announcing the news.

“Alex passed peacefully in his sleep with his doggy Bobo by his side yesterday. Alex was loved by so many. If you knew him, you loved him. He touched so many with his extraordinary voice. He was all heart and soul. His favorite thing in life was to make music, sing, and to share his gift with us. He performed his last show just two weeks ago. I’m grateful for that. He did it his way, on his terms, till the end. I will always love you, my sweet Alex. Rest in peace. Soar and sing with the angels, my love. Please keep me & his family, Lynn & Stewart Locke, Alex, Jenny, Kali, Merci & Marilo in your prayers,” she added.

Ligertwood is best known as a lead vocalist for Santana, with five different stints from 1979 to 1994, which included the US Festival in 1982 and Live Aid in 1985.

He is credited as lead vocalist on Santana songs such as “All I Ever Wanted,” “You Know That I Love You,” “Winning” and “Hold On.” He also has co-writing credits for Santana songs including “Brightest Star,” “E Papa Re,” “Make Somebody Happy,” “Somewhere in Heaven” and “The Nile.”

He additionally performed with the Jeff Beck Group and Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express.

Source: RTT Music News

Peter Gabriel recently released a new song, “Won’t Stand Down,” the fifth track from his upcoming 11th studio album, o/i.

“It’s really a song to encourage some sort of activism,” Gabriel said of the politically charged single and added that he originally wanted to create music for The Elders.org – the organization founded by Nelson Mandela that sees independent global leaders fight for justice, human rights and a more sustainable planet.

“That’s something which I wanted to talk about, write about and encourage, because it’s pretty dark out there in lots of places and I think we need people who can just nudge both us and our leaders and keep alive some basic values of justice, compassion and democracy – a hope that can help us start envisioning a just, peaceful and fairer world,” Gabriel added.

Gabriel also recalled how he believes people “generally respond much better” towards messages of hope and positivity, rather than being “bombarded and scared by negative ones,” and therefore wanted to bring that lighter feeling to his new music.

For the “Bright Side” version of “Won’t Stand Down,” he was inspired by Marvin Gaye and the “Cuban element to his song ‘Sexual Healing,'” which brought energy and movement to the song.

“A million mothers looking forward/ They’re all looking out ahead/ In the haze they can make out a planet/ Alive, or was it dead?,” Gabriel sings in the ethereal, invigorating first verse. “Moving out in so many directions/ This is not the way we want to live/ It’s not the way it has to be.”

It gradually builds towards the euphoric-yet-tranquil chorus: “But we won’t stand down/ Until there’s something better showing on the ground.”

Source: RTT Music News

British rock icons Def Leppard have revealed plans to release two new editions of Greatest Hits, featuring the band’s “biggest songs from their illustrious career.”

The newly mastered set is being made available on 1LP, and across 2 formats: Standard black vinyl and special edition blood red marbled vinyl featuring exclusive 2026 tour edition artwork. The new editions are due out on June 12 and are available to pre-order here.

Meanwhile, Def Leppard are set to tour the U.K. and Europe in June and July 2026. The tour features special guests Extreme and includes a headline show at the iconic The O2 in London and the band’s first show in Paris, France, in nearly 30 years.

Def Leppard Greatest Hits Tracklist:

Side One:

1. Pour Some Sugar on Me
2. Hysteria
3. Photograph
4. Love Bites
5. Animal

Side Two:

1. Rock Of Ages
2. When Love and Hate Collide
3. Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
4. Foolin’
5. Armageddon It

Source: RTT Music News