The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a new 30th anniversary reissue of “The Aeroplane Flies High.” The effort will be available as a five-LP set on December 18. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
Here’s the track listing:
LP 1 – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”:
01. “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
02. “…Said Sadly”
03. “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
04. “Clones (We’re All)”
05. “A Night Like This”
06. “Destination Unknown”
07. “Dreaming”
LP 2 – “1979”:
01. “1979”
02. “Ugly”
03. “The Boy”
04. “Cherry”
05. “Believe”
06. “Set The Ray To Jerry”
LP 3 – “Zero”:
01. “Zero”
02. “God”
03. “Mouths Of Babes”
04. “Tribute To Johnny:
05. “Marquis In Spades”
06. “Pennies”
07. “Pastichio Medley”
My Chemical Romance will continue their 20th anniversary celebration for “The Black Parade” through a new partnership with Hot Topic. The collaboration will extend throughout the month.
More details were shared in a press release:
“Hot Topic and My Chemical Romance are extending their decades-long history to celebrate The Black Parade (20th Anniversary), arriving October 23 on Reprise Records. Few artists are as closely connected to Hot Topic as My Chemical Romance – as MCR grew into one of the most influential rock bands of its generation, Hot Topic became a destination where fans could discover the band, express their connection to its music and find merchandise inspired by its evolving visual world. It is only fitting that Hot Topic and MCR come back together to celebrate two decades of a monumental work that has since been RIAA-certified 4x Platinum, ranked among Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and inspired fans and artists across generations and genres.
From October 1 through October 31, the Hot Topic Ovation Hollywood location will be completely transformed into an immersive My Chemical Romance pop-up. The first-of-its-kind takeover will transport fans into the theatrical world of The Black Parade and incorporate Keposhka – the fictional alphabet created for the band’s tour and the world of Draag – throughout the experience. The pop-up features exclusive merchandise, limited-edition giveaways and photo opportunities – including with His Grand Immortal Dictator’s throne from the fictional world of Draag. The monthlong celebration coincides with the finale of My Chemical Romance’s acclaimed The Black Parade 2026 Tour, concluding with an unprecedented five nights at the Hollywood Bowl on October 21, 23, 24, 30 and 31 – making them the first band to perform five consecutive shows at the historic venue.
Hot Topic stores nationwide will join the celebration with My Chemical Romance storefront artwork, expanded merchandise assortments and a limited-run anniversary shopping bag featuring Keposhka lettering. On October 23, all Hot Topic stores will host a listening party marking the album’s official 20th anniversary, while U.S. stores will release the My Chemical Romance The Black Parade 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Tan & Black Galaxy) Double Vinyl LP – Hot Topic Exclusive.
‘My Chemical Romance has been part of Hot Topic’s fabric—and the lives of our customers—for more than two decades,’ said Andrea Lewis, Hot Topic Vice President of Marketing. ‘With the incredible community that has grown around the band, this celebration feels like a full-circle moment. We’re honored to celebrate 20 years of The Black Parade and give fans across our stores new ways to experience the world MCR has created.’
The Ovation Hollywood Takeover
Inspired by the theatrical world of MCR’s The Black Parade 2026 Tour, the Ovation Hollywood takeover will incorporate Keposhka—the fictional alphabet created for the band’s tour and the world of Draag—throughout the experience.
Fans visiting the Hollywood location can experience:
A full-store environment inspired by My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade and the world of Draag
Exclusive MCR merchandise and collectibles
A photo opportunity featuring His Grand Immortal Dictator’s throne from Draag
The Hot Topic-exclusive The Black Parade 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Tan & Black Galaxy double vinyl LP
Limited-edition Keposhka alphabet beads with qualifying purchases, while supplies last
An exclusive commemorative slip mat with qualifying MCR vinyl purchases, while supplies last
A limited-run anniversary shopping bag featuring Keposhka lettering
Special merch drops throughout October
Extended store hours until 1:00 a.m. on all five Hollywood Bowl concert nights
Beginning October 1, guests making qualifying apparel or accessory purchases will receive a limited-edition set of beads featuring characters from the Keposhka alphabet, while supplies last.
Customers purchasing MCR vinyl will also receive an exclusive commemorative slip mat, while supplies last. Together, the special merchandise, packaging and giveaways will extend the tour’s immersive world-building from the stage to the store.
The Celebration Continues Across Hot Topic Stores
Throughout October, Hot Topic stores across the chain will celebrate The Black Parade with:
Storefront window clings featuring 1 of 3 pieces of MCR 20th anniversary artwork by James Jean, the original The Black Parade cover artist
Expanded My Chemical Romance merchandise assortments
A limited-run anniversary shopping bag featuring Keposhka lettering, while supplies last
An all-store listening party on Friday, October 23
The October 23 release of the My Chemical Romance The Black Parade 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Tan & Black Galaxy) Double Vinyl LP – Hot Topic Exclusive
The October 23 listening party will bring fans together at Hot Topic stores to hear The Black Parade and celebrate the album’s enduring impact 20 years after its original release. The Hot Topic-exclusive Tan & Black Galaxy double vinyl LP is available for preorder now at HotTopic.com. Additional listening-party details will be shared through Hot Topic’s official channels and participating stores.
Hot Topic Ovation Hollywood Takeover October 1–31, 2026
Hot Topic Ovation Hollywood, Level 3 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Regular Hours
Sunday–Thursday: 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Friday–Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
Extended Hollywood Bowl Show-Night Hours
Wednesday, October 21: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.
Friday, October 23: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.
Saturday, October 24: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.
Friday, October 30: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.
Saturday, October 31: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.
The full takeover experience is exclusive to Hot Topic Ovation Hollywood. Chainwide merchandise and promotional elements may vary by location. Merchandise, promotional gifts and limited-run shopping bags are available only while supplies last. Purchase requirements may apply. Event details are subject to change or cancellation without notice.”
Wounded Touch have premiered a new video for their new song “Scarlet Psalm.” The track appears on their newly released EP “They Promised Eden, Vol. 2.”
Vocalist Nick Holland commented:
“Volume 2, in contrast to its counterpart that released earlier in the year, maintains its cynical nature but with an aggressive optimism in both sound and subject. We admittedly hadn’t had the full thing mapped out or written when volume 1 dropped but the response to it had us in the studio almost immediately with a frenetic energy we hadn’t experienced since we were teens. ‘Scarlet Psalm‘ is the bridge between the band’s sound we started with and where we’ve arrived today, carried by lyrics about the righteousness of martyrdom. All our mistakes we’ve made in the past and up to this point, and the chance we were still given by Ferret coalesces with the song’s final redemptive line. “Let me make this right.”
He also added:
“The marriage of “They Promised Eden” Volume 1 and 2 as a singular release is like looking at a single photo of a living thing mid metamorphosis. The first half is where the band took its sharp turn and swung for the fences with an angry, violent recklessness in sound and design. And the second half is a sonic reflection of that choice and of our trajectory.
We’d only had a portion of a song and a half written when we signed to Ferret following Volume 1 and we didn’t know if we should continue on our path or deviate, but we ultimately chose to maintain with the confidence of our writing and as a nod to the earlier years as a band, include a re-recording of ‘Sleep a Cicada Would Envy‘ which seemed to still match the overall bleak, machine like tone. Though it’s a collection of ultimately two separate releases, it still feels like a singular release in concept and the pieces had always been intended to fit together that way.”
Greta Van Fleet have announced a 2027 world tour. Arc De Soleil, The Kooks, Larkin Poe, Portugal. The Man, Edgehill, Luna Li, Sana Sana Musica, Sun Room, and Friko will open on select dates.
Tour Dates:
02/03 Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena *
02/05 Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena *
02/06 Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena *
02/09 Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena *
02/10 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena *
02/12 Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena *
02/13 Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center *
02/15 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center *
02/17 Green Bay, WI – Resch Center *
02/19 Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center *
02/20 Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena *
03/02 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena ^
03/03 Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena ^
03/05 Boston, MA – TD Garden ^
03/06 Albany, NY – MVP Arena ^
03/08 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center ^
03/10 Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena ^
03/12 Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center ^
03/13 Knoxville, TN – Food City Center ^
03/15 Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena ^
03/16 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center ^
03/19 Anaheim, CA – Honda Center #
03/20 Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center #
03/22 Reno, NV – Reno Events Center #
03/24 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena #
03/25 Portland, OR – Moda Center #
03/27 Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena #
03/29 Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center #
03/30 Denver, CO – Ball Arena #
05/15 Munich, DE – Olympiahalle ‡
05/16 Milan, IT – Unipol Forum ‡
05/18 Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena ‡
05/19 Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena ‡
05/21 Berlin, DE – Uber Arena ‡
05/22 Prague, CZ – O2 Arena ‡
05/24 Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome ‡
05/25 Brussels, BE – Forest National ‡
05/27 Paris, FR – Adidas Arena ‡
05/28 London, UK – O2 Arena ‡
05/30 Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena ‡
06/01 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live ‡
06/02 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro ‡
06/04 Dublin, IE – 3Arena ‡
07/05 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena +
07/07 Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place +
07/08 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome +
07/10 Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre +
07/13 Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center +
07/14 St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena +
07/16 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena +
07/17 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center +
07/20 Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center °
07/21 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion °
07/23 Hershey, PA – Giant Center °
07/24 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena °
07/26 Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion °
07/28 Laval, QC – Place Bell °
07/29 Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre °
07/31 Grand Rapids, MI – Acrisure Amphitheater °
* = w/ Arc De Soleil and Edgehill
^ = w/ The Kooks and Luna Li
# = w/ The Kooks and Sana Sana Musica
‡ = w/ Larkin Poe
+ = w/ Portugal. The Man and Sun Room
° = w/ Portugal. The Man and Friko
Sullivan King has remixed the title track of I Prevail’s latest album “Violent Nature.” You can check out the updated take on the song below. I Prevail said the following about the single:
“‘Violent Nature‘ was already one of the most aggressive songs we’d ever created. Sullivan King took it into a new universe with a bold arrangement and a festival-sized EDM assault. It has all the weight of the original, plus the drop-heavy adrenaline you didn’t know you needed. This track is exactly where modern metal and EDM collide.”
Molly Hatchet have premiered a new song titled “Once A Gambler.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Lost Horizon,” which will be released on November 27. Guitarist Bobby Ingram commented:
“Win or lose, playing the game, living your life at high speed. Gambling that the winner takes it all. Once a gambling man, always a gambling man with every aspect of life. Always thinking you are ready to bet it all, having a fierce attitude with no regrets. Living every day with the positive attitude of betting everything. Even if losing it didn’t matter. The next day you were back at sitting down and gambling to win as much as you can. Never looking back, always looking forward and betting on your life’s winning to live another day and start it all over again but in another town when the winnings were good.”
Thrown are streaming the title track of their new album “Unwanted.” You can check that out below. The record will be released on November 6.
In other news, the band have also postponed their shows in Asbury Park, NJ and Allentown, PA due to visa issues. The group commented:
“Due to unforeseen visa delays within the touring party, our shows in Asbury Park and Allentown have been rescheduled. All tickets remain valid for the new dates. We are really sorry for the inconvenience and are doing everything we can to make it in time for the show in Norwalk on Saturday.”
Tour Dates:
With Norma Jean, BOLTCUTTER, and HALF ME:
10/03 Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall
10/04 Worcester, MA – Palladium
10/06 Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
10/07 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/08 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
10/09 Kansas City, MO – The Truman
10/11 Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest (no HALF ME)
10/13 Jacksonville, FL – Albatross
10/14 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
10/16 Greenville, SC – The Radio Room
10/17 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
10/18 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall
10/19 Asbury Park, NJ – House Of Independents
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will be releasing a new album, titled “Flying Blind,” on February 26. A video for the effort’s title track can be found below. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
Slash commented on the album:
“It’s a really fun, kind of spontaneous rock ‘n’ roll record,” says Slash of “Flying Blind”. “It’s very straightforward and down-to-earth and raw.”
He also discussed the single:
“Created in the studio while we were standing there in pre-production, a riff came to me and started developing. I had nothing of that song prior to those guys coming in, and then we started up a night of rehearsal and played that riff. It came together really quickly. As for it being the first single, you never know what the first single is going to be until you’ve recorded it. When I started thinking about it, ‘Flying Blind’ just seemed to have the right kind of melodic sensibilities and a hook to make it single material.”
Kennedy added:
“I really enjoyed putting a melody to this song. The way the chord progression starts in the beginning had a nice flow to it. The lyric is about how sometimes people try to take shortcuts and try to find the easy way to achieve happiness or enlightenment.”
“Flying Blind” Track Listing:
01. “Avarice and Greed”
02. “Good Time Girl”
03. “Thrill Seeker”
04. “One of Your Kind”
05. “Flying Blind”
06. “Looking for a Miracle”
07. “Sweet Kill”
08. “Here in Babylon”
09. “Living the Dream”
10. “(Don’t) Thread the Needle”
11. “Rev My Heart”
12. “Stem the Flow”
Tour Dates:
04/02 Santiago, Chile – Teatro Caupolican
04/04 Mendoza, Argentina – Arena Maipú
04/06 Cordoba, Argentina – Plaza de la Música
04/07 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena
04/10 Florianópolis, Brazil – Arena Opus
04/11 Curitiba, Brazil – Live Curitiba
04/13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Fundição Progresso
04/14 São Paulo, Brazil – Espaço Unimed
04/23 Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
04/24 Rohnert Park, CA – Graton Resort & Casino
04/26 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
04/27 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
04/29 Del Mar, CA – The Sound
05/01 Albuquerque, NM – Route 66 Casino
05/02 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
05/04 Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre
05/05 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
05/07 Windsor, ON – Caesars Windsor
05/08 Niagara Falls, ON – OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
05/10 Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues
05/12 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
05/17 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
05/19 St. Louis, MO – The Factory
05/21 Norman, OK – Riverwind Casino
05/22 Tulsa, OK – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
06/07 Munich, Germany – Zenith
06/09 Warsaw, Poland – Letnia Scena Progresji
06/10 Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
06/12 Milan, Italy – Carroponte
06/13 Rome, Italy – Rock In Roma
06/17 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain – Azkena Rock Festival
06/23 Stockholm, Sweden – Grona Lund
06/28 Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
06/30 Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Castle
07/01 Scarborough, UK – Scarborough Open Air Theatre
07/03 Dublin, Ireland – Trinity College
07/04 Belfast, UK – Custom House Square
07/06 Halifax, UK – Piece Hall
07/07 London, UK – Eventim Apollo
07/09 Weert, Netherlands – Bospop
07/11 Vizovice, Czech Republic – Masters of Rock
07/12 Zagreb, Croatia – SRC Salata
07/14 Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Park
07/16 Belgrade, Serbia – Luka Beograd
07/18 Athens, Greece – Lycabettus Theatre
07/22 Istanbul, Turkey – Bonus Parkorman
07/25 Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Hills Of Rock
07/26 Ghimbav, Romania – Rockstadt Extreme Festival
Huntsmen have called it quits. The band made the decision to “focus on new personal journeys.”
The group commented:
“To all our friends, families, and fans,
After much reflection, we have made the mutual decision to bring our time together as a band to a close. We are incredibly proud of the music we made, the stages we shared, and the memories we built together. We have simply reached a point where it is time for each of us to step away and focus on new personal journeys and next chapters.
We want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported us along this way; whether you bought vinyl, streamed our tracks, came out to a show, or bought a shirt. Your energy and belief in us meant everything.
Thank you for being such an unforgettable part of our story.
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