Power to the People

Bruce Springsteen

Lauded by Rolling Stone as “the embodiment of rock & roll,” with more than 140 million records sold around the globe and more than 70 million in the United States, Bruce Springsteen is one of the world’s best-selling artists. Long recognized as an incomparable live performer, he has won 20 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and a Special Tony Award. In 1999, Springsteen was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013 he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian award, by President Barack Obama in 2016. In 2023, Springsteen was honored by President Joe Biden at the White House with the 2021 National Medal of Arts.

Foo Fighters

For 30 years and counting, no other band continues to carry the torch for rock & roll like Foo Fighters. Throughout the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ steady ascent to their indisputable status as the last great American rock band, they’ve raised stadiums, arenas and festival fields of voices in song with anthems like “This Is A Call,” “Everlong,” “Monkey Wrench,” “My Hero,” “Learn To Fly,” “All My Life,” “Times Like These,” “Best Of You,” “The Pretender,” “Walk,” “These Days,” “The Sky Is A Neighborhood,” “No Son of Mine,” “Rescued,” “Under You” and more. Foo Fighters’ 15-GRAMMY-Award-winning 12-album catalogue includes the band’s eponymous 1995 debut, The Colour and the Shape, There Is Nothing Left To Lose, One By One, In Your Honor, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, Wasting Light, Sonic Highways, Concrete and Gold, Medicine at Midnight, But Here We Are, and 2026’s “high-energy return” (Associated Press) Your Favorite Toy – which was preceded by the “back-to-basics garage-rock delivered in a welter of noisy guitars” (The New York Times) of its title track, as well as opening salvo “Caught in the Echo,” the blistering “Of All People,” and dynamic closer “Asking for a Friend.” Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffe and Ilan Rubin will bring dozens of these songs to life nightly when they take their marathon live shows to stages all over the world throughout 2026.

Dave Matthews

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dave Matthews became a naturalized American citizen in 1980. His family moved frequently during his childhood, spending time in the U.S. and England, in addition to South Africa. Dave and his family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1986 where he formed Dave Matthews Band in 1991. Dave Matthews Band’s infectious and distinctive sound garnered lots of early attention and a die-hard loyal fan base, catapulting the band into one of the most successful touring acts of the past two decades. Named as a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador in 2019, Dave Matthews Band has a long history of reducing their environmental footprint, going back to their first shows in 1991. The band’s Bama Works Fund, along with Matthews’ Horton Foundation, have raised more than $65 million dollars for a wide variety of humanitarian and environmental initiatives. Dave Matthews Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in October 2024.

Tom Morello

Joan Baez

Jack Black

Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys proudly remain Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions. Since 1996, the boys have created the kind of music that’s meant to be chanted at last call, in packed arenas, and during the fourth quarter, third period, or ninth inning of a comeback rally. Their celebrated discography includes four consecutive Billboard top 10 album debuts (Turn Up That Dial, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory, Signed and Sealed in Blood, Going Out In Style), along with 2005’s Certified-Gold album The Warrior’s Code featuring the double platinum classic “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.” Whether you caught a legendary gig at The Rathskeller (The Rat) under Kenmore Square, found the band by taking the T to Newbury Comics to cop Do Or Die in ’98, discovered them in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award winning The Departed, or saw ‘em throw down at Coachella (or one of hundreds of other festivals), you’ve become a part of their extended family. Dropkick Murphys’ music has generated half-a-billion streams, they’ve quietly moved 8 million-plus units worldwide and the band has sold out gigs on multiple continents. Dropkick Murphys’ official charity, The Claddagh Fund, has raised millions to support non-profit organizations that are focused on children, veterans and addiction recovery. In 2020, the band was one of the first to embrace streaming performances, starting with their Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick’s Day virtual performance. It was followed by their landmark Streaming Outta Fenway livestream, which drew more than 5.9 million viewers and held the #3 spot on Pollstar’s “Top 2020 Live Streams” chart. Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Stream 2021…Still Locked Down, was #1 on Pollstar’s Livestream chart for the week ending March 22, 2021, logging over 1 million views. Dropkick Murphys returned in 2022 with their first-ever all-acoustic album, This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Dummy Luck Music / Play It Again Sam), and seated theater tour. This Machine Still Kills Fascists–and their follow-up album Okemah Rising–breathe musical life into mostly unpublished lyrics by the legendary Woody Guthrie, curated for the band by Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie. Dropkick Murphys’ new album For The People rises to its moment: an expression of humanity at a time of relentless dehumanization, a promise of hope in an era fueled by fear-mongering, a declaration of solidarity in an age of disunion, a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues who seek to divide us for their own power and profit.

Cypress Hill

Killer Mike

Atlanta’s favorite son Killer Mike gets recognized as many things — a rapper, an advocate for the disenfranchised, an entrepreneur, a Bernie Sanders whisperer, and for his widely lauded advocacy work on political and social causes — which yielded him Billboard’s inaugural 2020 Change Maker Award. Most recently his critically lauded 2023 album MICHAEL earned him three Grammy Awards (Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song & Performance for “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS”) for its complex portrait of Black southern masculinity. The honors marked his first awards from the Academy since taking home the Grammy for Best Rap Performance Duo or Group for his 2001 collaboration with Outkast, “The Whole World.”

While Killer Mike has been an active solo artist for over 20 years, releasing numerous studio projects while also collaborating with some of the biggest names in hip-hop (including Outkast, Jay-Z, Big Boi, T.I., Black Thought, and more), he is also widely renowned as half of the popular hip-hop super duo, Run The Jewels, with whom he has released four studio albums alongside his partner in rhyme EL-P. Their most recent, 2020’s RTJ4, soared to the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and was met with widespread critical acclaim, landing at #1 on NME’s The Best 50 Albums of 2020 list. Named the 2020 Spin Magazine Artist of the Year, Run The Jewels have won eleven Libera Awards, including the 2021 A2IM Humanitarian Award, took home four Clio Awards, including two Gold-winning Music Marketing campaigns, and received a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song.

In addition to his success as a musician, Killer Mike has gained wide recognition beyond the industry. He has acted in several films, including Baby Driver, Idlewild, and ATL and showed up TV cameos on Ozark and Billions. He also provided voiceover for the 2021 Netflix film America: The Motion Picture and is the host of multiple series including the Emmy Award winning PBS show Love & Respect with Killer Mike, Facebook’s Roll’N with Killer Mike, and Netflix’s Trigger Warning with Killer Mike, while also turning in regular speaking appearances on Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Real Time with Bill Maher.

Serj Tankian

A singer, poet, songwriter, visual artist, film producer, activist, and composer; Serj Tankian has always created music as an outlet to express his thoughts and feelings with a level of passion and consciousness that few in today’s world of music can rival. An Armenian born in Lebanon and re-rooted in Los Angeles, Tankian was introduced to the melding of cultures, ideas, and ideals from a very young age. The principles learned from this integration and adaptation have led to his understanding of the oneness of all things and have since maneuvered and transfigured into the music and art that he lives to create. As the lead singer and songwriter for System Of A Down, Serj has released five studio albums, winning a GRAMMY Award in 2006 for “B.Y.O.B.” and selling over 40 million albums worldwide.

Despite this success, Serj has never grown complacent with his art, always striving to open up new channels of sound and arrangement to articulate his artistic expressions. He has released multiple albums of solo material, beginning with 2007’s chart-topping hard rock album Elect The Dead. His sophomore solo album Imperfect Harmonies was released in 2010, followed by Harakiri in 2012. 2013 saw two distinct releases from Serj, the first being the critically acclaimed Orca Symphony No. 1, released in June of that year, followed up with the very unique Jazz-Iz Christ one month later. Throughout 2021, Tankian released a treasure trove of new music beginning with his critically acclaimed rock EP Elasticity. Cool Gardens Poetry Suite came next, which was an amalgam of cinematic music and Serj’s recital of his own poetry. This was followed up by a two-part collection of instrumental music dubbed Cinematique Series: Illuminate and Cinematique Series: Violent Violins. 2021 was capped with Live in Edmonton, a raucous live performance Tankian and his backing band The F.C.C. recorded shortly after the release of Elect The Dead. Live at Leeds, another concert performance recording was released in April of 2022 followed by 5 song EP Perplex Cities in October of the same year. Tankian’s most recent releases came with hard rocking EP Foundations in September of 2024 and his latest LP aptly titled Covers, Collaborations & Collages in October of 2025.

Over the past few years, his time spent in the recording studio has been focused on creating musical scores and compositions for film and video game projects. Serj recently lent his vocals to a modern-day cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s rock classic “Godzilla” for the blockbuster Michael Dougherty film Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. In 2022, Serj also lent his vocals for critically acclaimed video game Metal:Hellsinger on the epic track “No Tomorrow”. He also recorded a modern version of the Armenian folk song “Sari Siroun Yar” along with the Authentic Light Orchestra for the film The Promise, directed by Terry George and starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac. Serj was also brought on by Survival Pictures, the producers of the film, to serve as an Executive Music Consultant. 

Among his most recent cinematic works include music for critically acclaimed Netflix Original series Madoff: The Monster Of Wall Street and Crime Scene – The Texas Killing Fields, both productions created by Oscar nominated director Joe Berlinger.  Serj also composed music for the second season of Zac Efron’s Down To Earth series. He also composed the full musical score for award winning documentary I Am Not Alone directed by Garin Hovannisian and Live Nation Productions film Truth To Power, which chronicles Serj’s own journey through the crossroads of music and activism. In 2017, he composed music for Emmy nominated Intent To Destroy, a gripping film directed by award winning documentarian Joe Berlinger. That same year he created an intense score for the epic Russian action film Furious – The Legend of Kolovrat, followed by his 2018 musical score for award winning film Spitak, directed by Alexander Kott. Additionally, Tankian composed the full musical score for independent films 1915 and The Last Inhabitant, an original composition for Ilya Naishuller’s Hardcore Henry and video game musical scores for Midnight Star and its sequel, Renegade, which were created by one of the chief architects of the famed Halo game franchise. 

Serj’s resume also includes the formation of a record label, Serjical Strike Records (established in 2001), which has released albums from many critically acclaimed artists, including Fair To Midland, Buckethead and Death By Stereo. 

Along with fellow musician Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Serj co-founded the non-profit organization Axis Of Justice in 2002, which strives to bring together musicians, music fans and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice. He has also dabbled in the world of broadcasting as co-host of the Axis Of Justice Radio Network, which can be heard via Sirius Satellite Radio and KPFK in Los Angeles. With a mission of spreading diversity and understanding through music, poetry and activism, Serj Tankian will continue to surprise and enlighten those who listen to his music and hear his words.

In recent years, Tankian has split his time between holding a mic and a paintbrush, having feverishly created over 100 pieces of art since 2013. His journey into the world of fine art began with his Disarming Time Musical Paintings, which were exhibited at Project Gallery in Los Angeles. Since then, he has had multiple exhibitions at galleries in both the United States and New Zealand. In 2015, his artwork was exhibited at the grand opening of New Museum Los Gatos in Northern California as part of a group exhibit that ran from May through September of that year. Most recently, Serj’s artwork was exhibited at the Armenian Museum of America with his well received “Art Of Disruption” installation, which ran from September of 2025 through May of 2026.

Brittany Howard

Brittany Howard is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, and one of the most distinctive voices in modern American music. Best known as the frontwoman of Alabama Shakes, Howard has helped reshape contemporary rock and soul through her fearless songwriting, genre-defying sound, and electrifying performances.

Formed in Athens, Alabama, Alabama Shakes rose to prominence with their 2012 debut Boys & Girls, which earned critical acclaim and multiple Grammy nominations. Their 2015 sophomore album, Sound & Color, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won four Grammy Awards, including Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance. Howard’s towering vocals and emotional intensity became central to the band’s identity, drawing comparisons to classic soul and rock icons while remaining entirely her own.

Howard’s solo debut, Jaime (2019), marked a bold new chapter. Named after her late sister, the album was intimate, experimental, and deeply personal, blending soul, funk, psychedelic rock, jazz, and hip-hop. The album earned widespread acclaim and won Howard a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for “Stay High,” cementing her reputation as an artist unafraid to take creative risks.

She continued that evolution with her second solo album, What Now (2024), a record that leans into groove, rhythm, and introspection while expanding her sonic ambitions. Featuring funk-forward arrangements, electronic textures, and sharp lyrical reflections on change, uncertainty, and self-definition, What Now captures Howard in a moment of artistic freedom and confidence. 

Beyond her recordings, Howard is a celebrated collaborator, soundtrack contributor, and cultural force, known for her authenticity and boundary-pushing artistry. Whether leading Alabama Shakes or charting her own solo path, Brittany Howard continues to shape the future of American music with power, vulnerability, and soul.

After an eight-year absence, Alabama Shakes made their return in 2025 touring North America. 2026will see another year of international touring as well as the release of the band’s highly anticipated third album.

Taylor Momsen

Taylor Monsen is the lead singer from record-breaking rock band The Pretty Reckless, whose incomparable and commanding vocals move seamlessly between raw power and haunting vulnerability. Known for their electrifying live performances, the band has toured the world with legends including AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, and Soundgarden. Since their debut Light Me Up, they’ve earned global acclaim with hits including “Heaven Knows” and made history as the first female-fronted band to score eight No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. Their latest album, Death by Rock and Roll, is a visceral exploration of life, loss, and the enduring spirit of rock. In 2025, they released their holiday EP Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas, led by a reimagined version of Momsen’s iconic song “Where Are You Christmas?”. Next, the band will release their forthcoming fifth studio album DEAR GOD and will support the album with a headlining world tour. Marking the beginning of a new creative chapter, DEARGOD embraces vulnerability, intensity and artistic freedom, inviting listeners into one of the band’s most raw and uncompromising records yet. The album’s release is preceded by its lead single “For I Am Death,” which saw the band repeat their record of earning four consecutive number ones on Billboard’s mainstream rock chart.

The Linda Lindas

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Innovator, Motivator, Philanthropist, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels changed music and made history when he broke down cultural barriers with his legendary band Run-DMC. Fifty million record sales and over a billion streams later, he continues to inspire & impact the world…

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels is a legendary music icon who first impacted the world more than 40 years ago when RUN DMC made their recording debut “It’s Like That/ Sucker MCs” (Profile Records) From the first rap group to grace the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine to the first to appear on MTV, DMC helped changed music, culture, fashion, language and made American history. It would be hard to overstate his influence on popular culture.

Fifty million+ physical record sales and over a billion song streams later, DMC still continues to create, inspire and motivate. In 2009, as a founding member of Run DMC, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2016 he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy given to “performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.”

His label King of Rock Entertainment just released his latest single “She Gets Me High” featuring Sebastian Bach, Mick Mars, Duff McKagan and Travis Barker. (LISTEN) with a new EP and vinyl album on the way. (LISTEN) His cookie company Darryl Makes Cookies featuring his favorite cookies (chocolate chip and a seasonal holiday sugar cookie called ‘Christmas In Hollis’) and his comics and graphic novels from Darryl Makes Comics continue to delight fans.

In addition to his cookies and comics, Darryl has released two children’s book in in his Young DMC publishing series; “Darryl’s Dream” (KORE/Random House/2023) and most recently “Darryl’s Christmas in Hollis (Blue Balloon Books). He is also the co-author of two critically acclaimed books: his memoir entitled, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide (2016/Harpers/Amistad) giving him another platform to talk about his past struggles with depression and helping those, especially men of color, remove the shame of asking for help and his autobiography, “King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with Run- DMC” (2001/ Out of Print)

In 2006 Darryl released the hit single “Just like Me” featuring Sarah McLachlan; a song he wrote after discovering he was adopted. The song spoke to his newrevelation and began his journey down another life path, in search of his birth mother. While his search struggle was captured in the 2007 Emmy Winning VH1 documentary DMC: My Adoption Journey, the process gave DMC tremendous insight and purpose, prompting him to become an advocate for adoption and children in foster care. In 2006 he co-founded the Felix Organization with Hollywood casting agent Sheila Jaffe- a nonprofit that works to provide inspiring opportunities and new experiences to enrich the lives of children who are growing in the foster care system. http://www.thefelixorganization.org

In between his work as a musical artist and producer, published author and speaker, philanthropist and advocate, McDaniels finds time to talk with school kids across the country about respect, responsibility, and self-awareness. One of his many memorable engagements included an invitation in 2015 by former President Barack Obama to speak at the White House to a group of young men about fatherhood.

Darryl has also appeared before Congress and various State legislatures in support of adoptees and foster children, worked with former First Lady Michelle Obama on part of her “Get Fit” Campaign, was a featured speaker at the 2016 Kennedy Forum #Young Minds Matter event on Mental Health, and was a featured speaker at the 2017 SXSW Music Festival and 2017 Kennedy Center Honors to name a few.

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels serves on the Board of Directors of The Garden of Dreams Foundation, a non-profit charity that works closely with all areas of The Madison Square Garden Company, including the Knicks, Rangers, Liberty, MSG Entertainment and MSG Media, to make dreams come true for children facing obstacles. He has partnered with Uwill, the leading mental health and wellness solution supporting 3 million students at 400 schools, as a mental health advocate is a member of Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock Artist Council, and isan Advisory Board Member for Hip Hop Public Health, an organization whose mission “is to foster positive health behavior change through the transformative power of hip- hop music.”

Matt Cameron

Matt Cameron, Soundgarden’s drummer since 1986 and former member of Pearl Jam, is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.  In addition to his two Grammy Awards with Soundgarden, he is included in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time”.

grandson

Already an artist admired for both his searing social commentary (see the breakthrough hit ‘Blood // Water’) and heart-breaking true life stories (the fan memorial ‘Heather’), grandson is going darker, harder and more uncompromising than ever before as he prepares to release his third full-length album ‘INERTIA’. ‘INERTIA’ is the sound of grandson becoming lean and ferocious. The overarching theme is a clamour for what he calls a “growing need for class solidarity that can be achieved by seeing that across any political spectrum, people stand to benefit from the consolidation of power in the hands of the many against the few.” That concept is set to music which pumps the heart before engaging the mind: colossal heavyweight riffs, raging, blood-vessel busting raps, soaring hooks, and the philosophy that music that fights for social justice should sound like a rallying cry.

For grandson the inspiration that “really resparked my sense of purpose as an artist” was two-fold. On one hand there was the broader cultural context of the new political landscape: “the celebritization of billionaires and the rise of dark money behind politics,” plus everything that accompanied it, from the assault on queer rights to the unmasking of modern fascism and misogyny preying on masculinity to the undermining of the Palestinian solidarity movement. He felt disenchanted by the left, too. For years he had towed the party line, teaming up with Headcount, organizing thousands of voter registrations, only to watch the same corruption, insider trading, lobbying and anti working class agenda run rampant. Watching social issues get weaponized to advance corporate agendas around the world- directly impacting the communities that championed his music and resisted fiercely alongside him- refocused his efforts as a writer and social commentator to let the personal storytelling take a back seat and let the anger flow.

His second motivation was for his fans. Having played approximately 150 shows since his morbid and deeply personal 2023 album ‘I Love You, I’m Trying’ he recognized that audiences ultimately come to grandson to find an outlet for catharsis and anger- to find community and channel their pain and hopelessness into something meaningful. This became interwoven with his own personal circumstances. Moving on from his 6 years with Fueled By Ramen, abandoning the Major label bloated corporate boardroom and legal department for the lean and fan oriented path of an independent distribution model, while overcoming personal mental health challenges through a break from touring, a refocusing on therapy and dealing with issues of substance abuse gave him newfound clarity in the studio. He admits to struggling to meet the old demands of industry executives seeking to round his edges, pair him with family friendly collaborations and direct him from rock and roll into alternative pop, but those were thenecessary conditions for him to finally go his own way and make something dark and original and singular in the rock space. Above all he wants fans and critics to listen to this record for what it is: the seminal work of a rising star coming into their own, abandoning expectation and embracing the moment.

The mission, therefore, was to create a maximalist sound from a minimalist set-up. In contrast to the vast array of collaborators on his previous two albums, the majority of ‘INERTIA’ was co-written with a couple good friends in a couple weeks in their home studio- in come friends No Love and Maxwell Urasky, with additional writing from his touring guitarist Leo Varella. He also immersed himself in a months long study of bands with a history of taking big messages to big audiences (Rage Against The Machine, System of a Down, Green Day) alongside those who have kept visceral rock music a stadium-scaled concern (Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Turnstile, Queens of the Stone Age). To produce and mix the songs with him he turned to Mike Crossey (The 1975, 21 Pilots, Arctic Monkeys, LANY, etc), who mentored grandson in getting the most out of a simple and organic live instrument approach to rock production, with plenty experience taking bands to the next level of their career.

The first product of these sessions, however, might initially suggest that grandson has stayed in his lane, as the soft vocals and flittery synths of the opening moments of ‘BRAINROT’ but then arena-sized riffs grind, punchy hip-hop rhythms hit hard, and grandson’s flow is uncompromisingly to the point. So by the time the final breakdown ends with larynx-shredding ferocity, it leaves the audience craving more. Its message is simple: our collective apathy has been strategically cultivated. “That’s exactly it.” he concurs. “Your inability to hold many things in mind at once is purposely weaponized to prevent growing solidarity or consciousness for the modern justice movement. Welcome to the hell we’re living in. The best weapon you can arm yourself with is a book and a microphone, so you can understand historical context and the ways in which this is all cyclical.” The idea of history repeating itself emerges in another new song, ‘SELF IMMOLATION’, which was inspired by Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. in protest. “He was awoken to the atrocities being committed, and it was extremely moving to see him take up the ultimate sacrifice just to be heard,” notes grandson. “It was also absurd to see the police arriving with their guns raised at somebody that has lit themselves on fire. It’s symbolic of the way we only listen with violence and of our inability to understand people that are hurting, how people who victimize are ultimately victims themselves .”grandson’s ambition for ‘INERTIA’ was to pack it full of songs that demanded a place on future setlists. As such it’s an album that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go, defined by full-throttle blasters such as the anti-AI ‘AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY ROBOT’ and ‘BELLS OF WAR’. Then there’s the punchy rap-rock groove of ‘YOU MADE ME THIS WAY’ which addresses his desire to understand people’s motivations rather than simply vilifying them, and ‘LITTLE WHITE LIES’ which targets those who “piggyback on religious, fundamental principles and bastardize them to promote their exclusionary radical agendas.” It also introduces a guest verse from UK cohorts Bob Vylan on ‘WHO’S THE ENEMY’. He credits their willingness to speak “with integrity and purpose”, respecting them as both artists and kindred spirits.

And there are big plans for when grandson takes these songs on the road. He has already been playing huge shows with Linkin Park, including their first comeback gig, and shared the stage for performances of their hit song One Step Closer for thousands. He’s also confirmed for a prestigious Left Field Tent headline spot at this summer’s Glastonbury. “It’s a huge honour to be on a curated stage that brings forth activists, artist,s and poets. I’ll be sure to bring the most pissed off version of myself!” While ‘INERTIA’ feeds from that anger, its title comes from a more considered place. The title comes from a conversation he had with his father, who noted how many people embark upon a journey in life and unquestioningly stick to it. “They make life choices of great consequences out of blindly following a path that they didn’t even realise they were walking. For me, writing this album and making this heavy band sound has been a slow, inevitable pull from such a path. There’s also an inevitability to this systemic collapse, this unsustainability in how we are living our lives.” ‘INERTIA’ is a different path to walk that will ignite mosh pits while provoking further examination of its themes, and one in which American politics is the context to connect with a broader, progressive international audience. “So many people are fighting for different things,” he concludes. “I believe that finding connection with one another, through music or otherwise, and making collective demands for a brighter, better future, can lead us to a more holistic way of living, thinking, and consuming. It all starts with a cathartic release of energy. Meet you in the pit.”

The Neighborhood Kids

Tom Morello’s “new favorite band,” The Neighborhood Kids, are a San Diego based hip hop group using music as a tool for resistance, healing, and community building. Led by vocalists Amon and Verde, with DJ JG on turntables and a full live band behind them, TNK blends sharp lyricism, live instrumentation, and revolutionary storytelling into a sound rooted in hip hop, culture, and collective liberation.
Recently named 2026 San Diego Music Award winners, The Neighborhood Kids are building momentum around their new album, VOICE TO THE REVOLUTION, a project that carries their message of people powered resistance, immigrant justice, and community care.
In fall 2025, The Neighborhood Kids joined Tom Morello on tour, bringing their full band show to new audiences and continuing to prove that music can be both a powerful live experience and a call to action. With every performance, TNK turns the stage into a gathering place for truth, movement, and collective power.