DEFTONES – New North American Shows In 2027
13 November 2026
Rock Werchter, Belgium – 22 August 2026 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
2026 was a busy live year for nu-metal titans DEFTONES
and they will do a bit of the same next year in the US.
U2 – Irish Big Shots Have Their 16th Album ‘CARNIVAL DE LUZ’ Out
13 November 2026
Giant Irish rock/pop stars U2 have their new, 20th CD/LP,
their first in 9 years, baptized CARNIVAL DE LUZ out today.
Order info here.
It follows the band’s two surprising 6-track EPs,
Days Of Ash (February) and Easter Lily (April).
The 12-song record is produced by Jacklee Knife
and tackles themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom,
and endurance.
NME‘s verdict: “Brighter, poppier and still a little bit bombastic. On their 16th studio
album, the Irish legends sound more playful than preachy for the first time in a long
time. ‘Carnaval De Luz’ feels like a left turn, summoning a joy that both reinvigorates
their songwriting and serves as a riposte to an ever-bleaker global picture.”
TUTV: If you’re a band that crafted 4 golden masterpiece albums over the years
with Boy (1980), The Joshua Tree (1983), Achtung Baby (1991) and All That You Can’t
Leave Behind (2000), it’s hard to come up with a 4th diamond.
It hasn’t happened so far, and it doesn’t happen with Carnival De Luz either. Mind you,
this new record would be a splendid accomplishment for many (young) groups out there, but to Bono & Co’s high standards it’s just an OK album, nothing more, nothing less.
Half of the LP are zestful bangers (Go /La Reina / Silencio / Street Dreamers / The Mirror Maker with Rosalia / Can’t Stop Us Now), half are familiar-sounding slow ones/ballads (Glorify / Midnight Sunshine / If The World Is At War We Better Not Be / Torn with Dolly Parton) and the grand The Greatest Show On Earth) showing, for the umpteenth time, that Bono‘s melodramatic vocals and The Edge‘s rock guitar wizardry are still crucial to U2’s sound.
But I don’t find here timeless tunes such as I Will Follow, Pride, I Still Haven’t Found
What I’m Looking For, Where The Streets Have No Name, Vertigo, One, Elevation, and Grace, just to name a few of their many Jukebox hits. It’s hard to beat your own legacy when it’s that grandiose. To me, Carnival de Luz is a sort of runner-up to their best work, so all in all, it’s certainly not a stinker. I guess I expect too much from these imperishable Irishmen.
Score: 3/5
Singles.
– THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH –
– SILENCIO –
ALBUM
FRIDAY THE 13TH – DUNE 3
13 November 2026
I just discovered the brand new final trailer for DUNE: PART THREE. The final
installment of the trilogy of epic space opera movies, following, Part One (2021)
and Part Two (2024). And I think it’s a perfect fit for today, Friday The 13th
of November. Watch below.
Story: Part 3 is set nearly two decades after Paul Altreides seized control
of the Imperium. Now a ruthless Emperor, Paul must face the consequences
of his reign as old allies return, terrifying new threats emerge, and betrayal
lurks in every shadow.
Haunted by visions of Imperial collapse and the reappearance of his long-lost love,
Paul is drawn into a sweeping conspiracy, with Chani at the heart of its unfolding mystery. As rebellion brews and enemies close in, Paul must confront the true cost of power and the fate of those he loves the most.
The movie premieres in the US on 13 December 2026.
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL UK – 9/13 June 2027
PALAYE ROYALE – Los Angeles Glam Rockers’ 6th Album ‘AMSTERDAMAGE’ Slated For Release On 22 January 2027
13 November 2026
Band: PALAYE ROYALE
Who: Glam rockers from Los Angeles, featuring siblings Remington Leith
and Sebastian Danzig, who formed in 2008 under the name Kropp Circle.
New album: AMSTERDAMAGE
Their 6th. Out 22 Jan 2027.
Pre-order info here.
“Featuring 12 tracks, Amsterdamage delivers a refined, festival-ready rock sound
with strong retail appeal and a dynamic new chapter from one of modern rock’s
most distinctive acts.”
Check out lead single Lost In Translation.
MICK JAGGER About KEITH RICHARDS
13 November 2026
“Keith, he’d played The Beatles all the time. It’d drive me absolutely batty. He didn’t want to listen to anything else.
Keith wanted to write pop songs. We were undeniably a
blues band, but we know we had to be a pop band.“
The Beatles wrote this song, I Wanna Be Your Man, for The Rolling Stones in 1963.
The Stones released it as their 2nd single, and it peaked at #12 on the UK Charts.
Photo on top: Cover of Jagger’s solo album ‘The Boss’
Legendary 86-Year-Old Composer/Producer GIORGIO MORODER Will DJ At COACHELLA 2027
12 November 2026
No retirement so far for legendary Italian composer and
producer GIORGO MORODER. He will DJ at Coachella 2027.
Moroder: “Coachella, let’s turn the desert into a dance floor.”
He composed music for multiple classic movies such as The NeverEnding
Story, American Gigolo, Superman III, Midnight Express, and Scarface.
And he worked with an extensive cast of musical artists such as Donna Summer,
David Bowie, The Weeknd, Kylie Minogue, Irene Cara, Bonnie Tyler, Janet Jackson,
Melissa Manchester, Blondie, Japan, Sabrina Salerno, Berlin
and France Joli.
Co-written and produced by Moroder.
Produced by Mororder and featuring on the soundtrack
of 1980 movie American Gigolo starring Richard Gere.
(Image on top: Cover of his ‘I Wanna Rock You‘ album)
USA NAILS – Raging Londoners Hit Your Head Mercilessly With Nine Inch Nails Juggernaut ‘TWO GRIM CHOICES’
Daily electricity to charge your batteries
12 November 2026
Photo by Patrick Smith
Band: USA NAILS
Who: Seasoned noiseniks
from London.
Track: TWO GRIM CHOICES
The 2nd taster, following lead single The Lubricant Of Self-Hate
of their upcoming 5th CD/LP Routine Flesh. Out 12 Feb 2027.
Tracklist & pre-order info here.
New album artwork
Gareth Thomas (guitarist/co-vocalist) about the new single: “The lyrics are about
paranoia, anxiety and anti-depressants. To me, the way the track built and moved felt
like a panic attack, so I wrote the words to match.”
Video Clip “It was filmed at a venue in Charleroi in Belgium (Rockerill), that used to
be a steelworks and also in London in the subways underneath Waterloo. The buildings
that make up Rockerill are huge and impressively terrifying.
The sort of industrially dreamscaped agoraphobia that the setting induced fit
with the themes in the lyrics of TGC – fear, alienation, anxiety, isolation etc.”
TUTV: 20 seconds in with pugnacious bass/drum horsepower, schizo guitars
and splenetic vocals, US Nails start attacking your startled ears and hammering
your head on repeat with nine inch nails puissance.
This industrial rock shocker steams fast-forward with rampant rage.
There’s no choice here; you need to play this to the max to experience
this juggernaut to the max.
Pell-mell fury.
WATCH
STREAM
ERASURE – British Synth Pop Savants Will Lunch Their 20th Album March 2027
12 November 2026
Photo by Travis Shinn
English synth-pop celebs ERASURE, vocalist Andy Bell, and keyboardist/songwriter
Vince Clarke, who co-founded Depeche Mode back in 1980, have bagged their
20th full-length.
It’s titled Radio!! Radio!! and will be launched on March 12th, 2027.
Tracklist and press info here.
Andy Bell: “When you’re a songwriting partnership for so long, it’s very deep, kind of like a soul connection. You trust that person with your life, and because of the nature of songwriting, you just lay bare your soul. That becomes a sacred space.”
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