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Singer with eyes closed sings into a microphone on a stage, with a drummer behind a kit and a piano on the left.
Editors’ Eighth Album Surface, Echo & Sound Was Set for 30 October on Play It Again Sam

Editors’ eighth studio album, Surface, Echo & Sound, was scheduled for 30 October 2026 on Play It Again Sam, with concert dates running from November 2026 to March 2027.

Singer with an acoustic guitar performing on stage, eyes closed, with metal scaffolding and a bright backdrop behind him.
Michael Kiwanuka’s Fudge Arrives Without Danger Mouse and Inflo, and After a Stroke

Michael Kiwanuka’s fifth album, Fudge, was released on 23 October 2026 with 12 tracks he produced himself. Salon says no one knows when Kiwanuka will tour again.

Staff prepare a red carpet printed with festival lettering outside the EX Theatre Roppongi entrance
What Runs at Tokyo’s 39th Film Festival, From Sukiyaki to Godzilla Minus Zero and Colony

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opens today with Zeze Takahisa’s Sukiyaki and runs to 4 November, with 14 gala screenings and 15 competition films.

Lit steps climb to the Singapore Indoor Stadium entrance at night, with people silhouetted at the top.
Kenshi Yonezu’s GHOST Tour Runs From Taipei in December to Amsterdam on 28 February

Kenshi Yonezu’s 2026–2027 GHOST world tour runs from Taipei in late December to Amsterdam in February 2027, with general ticket sales opening on 22 October.

Golden Oscar statues line a red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, with the Kodak Theatre sign on the building.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Receives Woman of Impact Award at InStyle Imagemaker Awards

InStyle’s third annual Imagemaker Awards in Los Angeles on 15 October 2026 honored stylists and beauty artists, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas received its Woman of Impact Award.

Cameron Winter singing at a microphone while playing a mint-green electric guitar on a dark stage.
How Cameron Winter’s Carnegie Hall concert became an album and a 35mm film

Partisan releases Cameron Winter’s Live at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 9, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s 35mm concert film begins its North American tour on Nov. 20.

Crowd of photographers and onlookers beside a red carpet, with large film posters on the wall behind
Rome film festival opens 13 October with Genovese’s Il rumore delle cose nuove

Rome’s 21st festival runs 13 to 25 October, opening with Paolo Genovese’s Il rumore delle cose nuove and with an industry award for producer Tessa Ross planned for the same evening.

Javier Bardem in a black tuxedo and bow tie, smiling in front of photographers on a festival red carpet.
Sorrentino to present Javier Bardem’s Lifetime Achievement Award at Rome festival

Rome’s 21st Festa del Cinema runs 13 to 25 October, with Javier Bardem receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award before a screening of El Ser Querido.

Alex Warren, the Southern California-raised pop singer-songwriter, in a portrait photo
Alex Warren’s Hard Road to “Ordinary”

Behind the soaring love songs is a life marked by loss, instability and resilience. His story explains why his music hits so hard.

Ella Langley, the Alabama country singer-songwriter behind "Be Her," in a portrait photo
“Be Her”: Ella Langley’s Quietest Single Makes One of Her Loudest Statements

Out today, the song does the opposite of what a follow-up hit usually does.