Hey, it’s Jess. 👋
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Last week we celebrated Do615’s 13th birthday. And honestly, what better way to celebrate becoming a teenager than staying out late on a school night, eating way too many cupcakes, and jumping onstage pretending you’re a rockstar? It ended up being one of the most fun nights I’ve had in Nashville. People really brought the energy, and I finally got to meet a lot of you in real life. Check out the epic recap here.

Some of you have been using Do615 or other DoStuff markets for years, even as you’ve moved from city to city. I met Kim, who has been a user for countless years and a DoMORE member for more than five. If you’re not familiar, DoMORE is our monthly subscription program where we send you a “ticket drop” every month with a list of events you can choose from. You get two tickets, so you can bring a date, impress a coworker, or take a friend along. It truly pays for itself after your first use.

And if you don’t want to take my word for it, take Kim’s. I overheard her talking about how much she loves DoMORE and immediately asked, “Wait… can I record you?” She said yes, and it absolutely made my night.

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC NEWS & TOURS 🎤

(Lots to cover this week!)
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Golden Globes drop their 2026 nominations
The Golden Globes rolled out the full list of 2026 nominees, setting up a messy awards-season showdown across film, TV, and the music categories like Best Original Song and Best Original Score. The ceremony lands January 11, so expect a month of heated discourse and “how did THAT get snubbed?” threads.

Bright Eyes are throwing an emo birthday party for your twenties
Bright Eyes are celebrating the 21st anniversary of I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn with three big shows next year, playing both albums in full at Red Rocks, the Hollywood Bowl, and Forest Hills Stadium. Prepare to cry about your life choices in very picturesque venues.

TikTok just crowned KATSEYE its Global Artist of the Year
TikTok’s 2025 Year in Music report named HYBE x Geffen girl group KATSEYE as its Global Artist of the Year, after racking up over 30 billion views and millions of video creations. Their tracks “Gnarly” and “Gabriela” fueled massive trends and even picked up Grammy nominations along the way.

Rosé of BLACKPINK makes Grammys history
Rosé scored a historic Grammys nod as the first K-pop idol to be nominated as a lead artist in one of the general field “Big Four” categories, stepping outside group status into true solo-star territory. It is a big milestone for both BLACKPINK fans and K-pop’s crossover into U.S. awards culture.

Olivia Rodrigo & Jacob Collier drop a cozy Christmas surprise
Olivia Rodrigo and Jacob Collier teamed up for an a cappella cover of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” stripping things down to layered harmonies and holiday-movie-credits energy. It is basically a sonic warm blanket for people who grew up on choir concerts and sad holiday piano.

Machine Gun Kelly & Halsey reunite onstage and get emotional
At a recent show, MGK shocked fans by bringing Halsey out for a surprise duet, then took a moment to praise her for “fighting every day” through illness. Fans got nostalgia, catharsis, and a reminder that their chemistry still hits live.

Elvis is coming back to theaters with EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
Baz Luhrmann’s concert-style Elvis film is getting a full theatrical run: EPiC will hit IMAX screens for a one-week special engagement starting February 20, 2026, then roll out worldwide February 27. It is built from rare archival footage of his Vegas era, designed to feel like you are at a maximalist Presley show without leaving your seat.

Lainey Wilson jumps on Aerosmith & Yungblud’s “Wild Woman”
Because genres are made to be shattered, a new version of “Wild Woman” just arrived, now featuring Lainey Wilson alongside Aerosmith and Yungblud. The track adds Wilson’s country grit on top of the rock chaos, inspired in part by her earlier onstage duet with Steven Tyler at Jam For Janie.

Dua Lipa keeps turning her tour stops into local love letters
On the Radical Optimism Tour, Dua Lipa has been honoring each city by covering beloved local songs and sometimes performing in the local language, from “Highway to Hell” in Australia to Spanish classics and tributes like Shakira’s “Antología” in Colombia. The surprise-song tradition has basically turned each tour date into its own mini-festival of regional bangers.

Recent Tour Announcements

• Rosalía – Lux Tour 2026
  Rosalía is hitting arenas across Europe, North and South America in 2026 behind Lux, with multi-night runs in Madrid and Barcelona plus stops from Lyon and London to Miami, New York, São Paulo, and San Juan.
  
• Khalid – It’s Always Summer Somewhere Tour
  Khalid returns to the road for the first time in six years with a 2026 run that hits U.S. amphitheaters like Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, performing songs from across his catalog with support from Lauv.
  
• Lily Allen – Lily Allen Performs West End Girl
  Lily is bringing her divorce-anthem album West End Girl to North America in spring 2026, performing it front to back in major cities including Chicago, Toronto, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
  
• The Maine – 2026 Headline Tour
  The Maine have a new run of 2026 U.S. dates lined up, with shows in markets like Houston, Austin, Dallas and beyond as they continue their steady, fan-cult favorite grind.
  
• Avenged Sevenfold & Good Charlotte – 2026 Co-Headlining Tour
  Two Warped-Tour-core staples are teaming up for a full arena run across North America in 2026, with both bands doing full sets and plenty of shared nostalgia for The Stage and Youth Authority eras.
  
• Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, 2026 U.S. Leg
  Dylan is extending his never-ending tour yet again, adding a spring 2026 U.S. leg that runs from Omaha to Abilene, hitting theaters, civic centers, and historic rooms all over the country.
  
• Trisha Yearwood – The Mirror Tour: An Intimate Acoustic Evening
  To celebrate the deluxe edition of The Mirror, Trisha is doing an acoustic theater tour in 2026, with storyteller-style sets and a small-band lineup that moves through California, Colorado, the Midwest, and the East Coast.
  
• Hunter Hayes – The Evergreen Tour
  Hunter Hayes is heading out on his Evergreen Tour across North America in support of his upcoming album Evergreen, starting in late March with club and theater dates plus support from BLÜ EYES on select shows.
  
• Il Volo – 2026 U.S. World Tour Dates
  Italian trio Il Volo added a 10-city U.S. leg to their world tour for April and May 2026, including Denver, multiple California shows, Texas stops, Detroit, Columbus, and a finale at the Rosemont Theatre near Chicago.
  
• Megan Moroney – The Cloud 9 Tour
  Megan is leveling up to arenas with a 43-date international Cloud 9 Tour in 2026, supporting her upcoming album of the same name and hitting major cities across North America and Europe from Columbus to London and Oslo.
  
• Reik – 2026 U.S. and Latin American Tour
  Mexican pop trio Reik announced a 2026 run spanning U.S. cities like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Texas markets, plus shows in Mexico, including Monterrey and Guadalajara, built around their album Panorama.
  
• Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunt Tour 2026
  Tyler Childers is taking his new album Snipe Hunter on the road with a spring-through-fall tour that includes big spots like Wrigley Field, Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion, and amphitheaters around the U.S., plus a few festival hits.
  
• Rilo Kiley – 2026 Reunion Tour
  Following their first reunion shows in 17 years, Rilo Kiley are keeping the party going with a 2026 tour that hits select North American cities, then heads to Europe for dates including London and Primavera Sound.
  
• St. Lucia – Fata Morgana Tour 2026
  St. Lucia have early 2026 U.S. dates in support of their two-part album Fata Morgana, with a run that stretches from mid-March through May and keeps things firmly in synth-dreamland.
  
• Forrest Frank – The Jesus Generation Tour
  Forrest Frank announced a 2026 arena tour across the U.S. called The Jesus Generation Tour, bringing his viral faith-pop to bigger rooms with special guests and plenty of TikTok-ready sing-alongs.

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THIS WEEK IN RANDOM, BUT AWESOME, EVENTS  ✨

The Great Fruitcake Toss

Only in America could an entire event be built around launching unwanted holiday desserts through the air, and honestly it is kind of perfect. The Great Fruitcake Toss is an annual tradition in several towns where people gather to catapult, slingshot, or simply hurl fruitcakes as far as physics (and good judgment) allow. Competitors show up with homemade contraptions, decorated cakes, and questionable strategies, and the results range from surprisingly athletic to completely chaotic. There are distance challenges, costume contests, flying fruitcake splatter zones, and absolutely zero expectations of behaving normally. If you are looking for a holiday tradition that is festive, absurd, and impossible to forget, this is the one.

That’s it for this week.

Thanks for being part of this community. You make all of this worth celebrating!

Jess ✨

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