Gen X: Last News

Blues Traveler just announced a nationwide co-headlining tour with Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors that will send the throwback trio to venues all over the U.S. from July through September.That includes a stop at Atlantic City’s Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort on Saturday, July 19.Prior to the summer run, John Popper and Blues Traveler will swing into Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre for a show all by their lonesome on Thursday, May 29.“Getting to play with dear old friends like Gin Blossoms and the Spin Doctors is one of the great benefits of a touring career that spans almost four decades now,” Popper, 57, shared in a statement.

Morrissey just announced he’s going on a 12-concert North American tour this April and May.As of now, the former The Smiths frontman does not have a Tri-state area show in the books. The closest he’ll get to New York or New Jersey are his last three gigs on the short run in Atlanta (May 14), St.

Nine Inch Nails just hammered out a few new dates.Due to overwhelming demand, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers announced they will now play second shows at Chicago’s United Center (Aug. 20), Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (Sept.

Simple Minds announced they’re striking out on a huge North American tour in honor of the 40th anniversary of their seminal album “Once Upon A Time” that spawned the hits “Alive and Kicking” “All The Things She Said” and “Sanctify Yourself” along with “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” which has been retroactively added to a remastered bonus disc.This nationwide trek, the group’s first proper U.S. run since 2018, includes stops at Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Wednesday, June 11 and Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater on Friday, June 13.They won’t be going it alone either.The Scottish synth-pop icons will be joined by ’80s legends Soft Cell and Modern English at all shows.“Hindsight is a glorious thing!” frontman Jim Kerr said.

Nine Inch Nails are returning to New York.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees just announced their international ‘Peel It Back Tour’ that will send them to arenas all over North America and Europe from June through September.Near the end of the run, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ industrial group are scheduled to headline Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Tuesday, Sept. 2.This gig will be NIN’s first in the five borough’s since 2018’s ‘Cold and Black and Infinite’ run where they played a pair of gigs at both NYC’s Radio City Music Hall and Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre.Most recently, Reznor and Ross embarked on a brief amphitheater tour in 2022 in support of their 2020 albums “Ghosts V: Together” and “Ghosts VI: Locusts.” Since then, the duo has not released any music — other than a 2021 single — under the NIN banner.

Billy Idol left his seminal punk band Generation X and struck out on his own as a solo artist in New York City.44 years and countless hits later, the iconic rocker is finally headlining Madison Square Garden.Idol, 69, just announced his 2025 ‘It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again’ tour with special guest Joan Jett and The Blackhearts that will send the pair to arenas, amphitheaters and music pavilions all over North America from April through September.That includes MSG, which he’ll bring “White Wedding,” “Dancing With Myself,” “Rebel Yell,” “Eyes Without A Face,” “Mony Mony” and so many more classics to on Wednesday, Aug. 20.He’ll also drop into Saratoga Springs’ Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Aug.

Creed is celebrating the ‘Summer of ’99.’Starting in July, the “Arms Wide Open” group will travel all over North America with special guests 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Big Wreck and Mammoth WVH joining them on select dates.Along the way, Scott Stapp and co. will stop in at Syracuse’s Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater on Friday, July 11, Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Saturday, July 12 and Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater on Tuesday, July 15.These newly-announced concerts are an extension of the band’s 2024 ‘Summer of ’99 Tour,’ which they’ve brought back due to “popular demand,” according to their Instagram tour announcement.Prior to the summer tour, Creed will also headline a two-night residency at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars on Dec.

Duran Duran just announced a seven-concert tour that will send them arenas and casinos all over the Northeast this fall.That includes stops at Verona, NY’s Turning Stone Resort Casino on Wednesday, Oct. 23, Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino Event Center on Saturday, Oct.

I’ll admit that, at first, I thought the memes flying around social media during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak were hilarious. An eye-roll from Ethan Hawke or a shrug from Winona Ryder was the perfect way to encapsulate how Gen X was meeting this moment.