Summer Of 1969 – August 15th – First Day Of Notorious WOODSTOCK Festival
15 August 2026
On 15 August 1969, the notorious and historic
WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FAIR kicked off
in Bethel, New York
Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills
Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis
Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family
Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood
Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker.
Woodstock offered the counterculture generation a respite amid the Vietnam War and unrest at home, and would become a defining moment of the era, as well as an iconic milestone in pop culture history.
The festival would be captured in a documentary
as well as a best-selling soundtrack to the film.
Danish Glamorous Danish Rockers ICEAGE Fly To The US In 2027
15 August 2026
Glamorous Danish indie rockers ICEAGE, fronted by charismatic frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt released their 6th full-length, named For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter last May.
TUTV said: “Iceage return with sonic panacherie and a sense of urgency, rockier and punkier than on predecessor Seek Shelter. Rønnenfelt is omnipresent, although obviously
in a feverish place of his own, torn from reality at times.”
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They’ll promote it in the US next year.
BAXTER HALL – Boston’s Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist Impassiones With His New Heartfelt Reflection ‘THE WORK’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
15 August 2026
Artist: BAXTER HALL
Who: Singer-songwriter based in Boston. He released
his debut album Somewhere In My Guitar in 2020.
Track: THE WORK
The title piece of his upcoming EP,
out September 18th.
Press info: “The storyline around “The Work,” and the EP overall, is one that is personal
to Hall while still being entirely relatable to others. Addressing family dynamics is nothing new for the rising artist.
A musical old soul who was raised in New England surrounded by multiple generations of professional classical musicians, experiencing the allure and magnetism of live music while his father performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops.”
Artwork
Hall about the song: “‘The Work’ is about my personal experience handling the emotions
of going no-contact with a parent. The feelings of loss and sadness that come with that decision, but also having your boundaries be stronger than your empathy and empowering yourself to break the cycle and not internalize and inherit toxic behavior.”
“This song came through very quickly and was one of the ‘easy writes. It was a very healing
and cathartic experience for me, and truthfully my first thought was it was not being some
big single to promote. It felt very personal and something I just sang to myself for a while.”
TUTV: This is singer-songwriting beauty, melancholia and heartfeltness. From acoustic
intimacy to rockin’ swagger. Many legendary songsmiths come to mind (Jeff Buckley, Gram Parsons and Nick Drake to name a few). Hall‘s sincere, Americana voice turns this mixed-emotions reflection into a graceful moment. Engrossing.
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LANA DEL REY About KURT COBAIN
15 August 2026
Smells like teen Lana spirit.
“When I was 11 I saw Kurt Cobain singing ‘Heartshaped Box’ on MTV and it really
stopped me dead in my tracks. I thought he was the most beautiful person I had
ever seen. Even at a young age I really related to his sadness.”
R.I.P.
WEEZER – Tour, Album And Movie
The indestructible nerd rockers WEEZER
will be very busy this and next year.
TOUR
ALBUM
The Los Angeles group will launch their 20th full-length, another self-titled
one (their 4th actually), decorated with symbols, think Led Zeppelin‘s 4th LP.
It’ll land next week, on August 21st.
SINGLE
MOVIE
A @Weezer movie is coming in 2027 https://t.co/gzPASq35v0
— NME (@NME) August 14, 2026
Summer Of 1976 – August 14th – NICK LOWE First Artist On STIFF RECORDS Today 50 Years Ago
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
14 August 2026
Funded by a £400 loan, the single So It Goes by
singer-songwriter legend NICK LOWE (aged 77 now)
became the first record released on te iconic British
label Stiff Records.
The label’s marketing and advertising was often provocative and witty billing itself as
“The World’s Most Flexible Record Label”. Other slogans were “We came. We saw. We left”,
and “If It Ain’t Stiff, It Ain’t Worth a Fuck“.
It was many artists’ first label: The Damned, Lene Lovich,
Wreckless Eric, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, and Devo.
ELASTICA – English 90s Pop-Punk Rockers Announce Deluxe Edition Of Their Smashing Debut LP
Another HEATWAVE All Over Europe
14 August 2026
Temperatures climb to 104 fahrenheit / 40 degrees all over Europe, including
here in my homeland of Belgium. 5 minutes in the sun and you’re barbecued.
Summer Of 1969 – August 15th – First Day Of Notorious WOODSTOCK Festival
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
15 August 2026
On 15 August 1969, the notorious WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL
at Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, kicked off.
Approximately 400,000 fans trekked to the three-day event to see acts like
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker,
The Who, Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane, among 25 others perform.
Billed as Three Days Of Peace & Music, the festival offered the counterculture
generation a respite, amid the Vietnam War and unrest at home, and would become
a defining moment of the era, as well as an iconic milestone in pop culture history.
The festival would be captured in a documentary
as well as a best-selling soundtrack to the film.