The 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival lineup has been announced and it will feature some big rock ‘n’ roll headliners. Next year, Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and the Black Keys are all scheduled to perform at the multi-day event that will take place at the New Orleans Fair Grounds April […]
I Promised The World have shared the second piece of their upcoming self-titled EP. After setting the Internet alight with the announcement of their signing to Rise Records, the perfect home for a band of their ilk, and the release of the brilliantly nostalgic ‘Bliss In 7 Languages’, the band are showcasing more of what […]
Pooh Shiesty isn’t fumbling his second chance. For 1,580 days, the 26-year-old Memphis rapper sat in prison, never really knowing if he’d be a free man again. He went in at 22 years old, the same month he was named a 2021 XXL Freshman. After pleading guilty in 2022, to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of violent and […]
Guitar greats Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will take their collaborative SachVai Band out for its first North American tour in 2026. The 40-date run begins April 1 in Seattle and concludes May 30 in Vienna, Virginia. The trek will be a continuation of the rockers’ 2025 Surfing With the Hydra Tour, which Satriani and […]
Kiss Receives Honor From President Donald Trump Just hours after Kiss was honored by U.S. President Donald Trump at the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, longtime guitarist Tommy Thayer spoke with LindellTV’s Cara Castronuova about the experience. Thayer said that the event was a major highlight of the year for everyone involved. He felt proud to […]
Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out has been one of the year’s biggest albums, not just in hip-hop, but across all genres. It’s year-end list season and Pusha T and Malice’s reunion hovers around the top of just about all of them. Perhaps as a victory lap, today (December 10), they shared a video for […]
Filmmaker Matt Zane recently announced he’d be working on a documentary about former Static-X frontman Wayne Static and his wife Tera Wray. Zane and Static had a long-standing friendship, with Zane directing all Static‘s solo videos and the cut of “Noise Revolution” featuring DMC. Zane originally announced his plans for a documentary in November 2025. […]
After a busy 2025 that saw him perform over 40 concerts, Elvis Costello has announced his first run of performances for 2026. The bespectacled rocker will take ‘Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello’ across the U.K. for a short string of shows in June and July. He’ll be backed by his long-running group […]
WATCH: Twenty One Pilots Release ‘RAWFEAR’ Live Video Skip to the content Twenty One Pilots have just released a live performance of ‘RAWFEAR’, taken from an intimate show in Los Angeles venue The Bellwether. The special show with LA radio station KROQ took place during the final week of their headline run across […]
Despite speculation that hip-hop may be in decline, several rappers have had remarkable years, with chart-topping singles and critically acclaimed projects. So, who will be crowned the MVP of 2025? XXL is inviting fans to cast their votes! We partnered with VAZA, the leading online monetized opinion market, to present the Most Valuable Rapper bracket. […]