Tour news: Beth Gibbons / Cass McCombs, Protoje, Glastonbury, Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy, more

BETH GIBBONS / CASS MCCOMBS

Portishead singer Beth Gibbons starts her solo tour at the end of March at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival and she just announced that Bill Ryder-Jones will no longer be opening and that Cass McCombs will take his place. The tour hits NYC’s Beacon Theatre on April 1.

PROTOJE

Reggae star Protoje is on tour now and will hit North America starting April 4 in Tempe, AZ. and from there hits Miami, St. Petersburg, Atlanta, Asheville, Monterey, and more. Here’s the video for his new single “BIG 45.”

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is touring in support of his excellent, Nashville-made new album The Purple Bird, including May dates in Europe with Mess Esque and North American dates in late summer. 

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW

Black Moth Super Rainbow’s first album in seven years and will be out June 6 and they’ll be on tour in late summer and fall.

NEW FRIENDS FEST 2025

Toronto emo/screamo DIY festival New Friends Fest has a banger lineup every year and 2025 is no exception.

THE GOTOBEDS / SAVAK / SKULL PRACTITIONERS

Pittsburgh sardonic punks The Gotobeds release their first album in six years in May and have a few release shows on the East Coast with SAVAK and Skull Practioners.

LOS BITCHOS

London-based instrumental party band Los Bitchos will be crossing the Atlantic again this summer for a North American tour that kicks off at the Festival d’été de Quebec, and then hits cities across the US and Canada, including Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and more.

GLASTONBURY 2025

Glastonbury is one of the biggest music festivals in the world and this year’s lineup features is impressive as usual: