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Jehnny Beth, the leader of Savages, has announced her debut solo album. It’s called To Love Is to Live and it’s out May 8 via Caroline. Check out the album’s artwork and her new song “Flower” below. Jehnny Beth has also announced a tour. Find the tour dates here.

Black Belt Eagle Scout—the musical moniker of Katherine Paul—has announced a lengthy tour of North America and Europe. It kicks off later this month in Austin, Texas, and stops in Seattle, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Berlin, London, and more before wrapping up in Brussels on May 30.

KAYTRANADA has announced a North American tour in support of his new record BUBBA. The trek kicks off in San Francisco in April. Check out KAYTRANADA’s tour poster below and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

New York experimental quartet altopalo have announced their sophomore album. It’s called farawayfromeveryoneyouknow and it arrives April 24 via Samedi. Ahead of the new record, they’ve shared the new single “honey,” as well as a string of North American tour dates. Listen to Altopalo’s new song, which they call “a love song to Lexapro,” and find their tour dates and album art below.

Quasi has announced two legs of a new West Coast tour, kicking off with an April 23 show at Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret. The band previously had to cancel a 2019 tour after drummer Janet Weiss was in car accident that left her with a broken right leg and left collar bone.

My Chemical Romance have finally announced their full comeback tour. The new North American dates begin in Detroit on September 9. The band made the announcement in a video directed by Kris Mercado, featuring music composed by guitarist Ray Toro and keyboardist Jamie Muhoberac. The visual begins with a young man lacing his shoes and brewing a cup of coffee before playing with a ouija board. He then gets summoned into a realm filled with allusions and imagery from MCR’s history and discography.

Ty Segall, Charles Moothart, and Chad Ubovich’s band Fuzz is back. The band have announced a North American tour that takes place in May and June. Find those dates below.

Mount Eerie, aka Phil Elverum, has announced a North American tour. The seven dates take place in April and will feature Julie Doiron, with whom Elverum collaborated on last year’s Lost Wisdom pt. 2. Check out the dates below.

Atlanta’s Young Nudy has shared a new song called “No Go.” It arrives with a music video co-directed by Nudy and iNIGHTLYFE. Find that below.

Nandi Rose has announced a new Half Waif album: The Caretaker is out March 27 (via ANTI-). The LP marks Rose’s first release for the label.

Justin Bieber has announced his forthcoming album, Changes. The follow-up to 2015’s Purpose arrives February 14 via RBMG/Def Jam. He’s also shared his latest single “Get Me,” which features Kehlani. Check out Bieber’s forthcoming tour itinerary, as well as his new song, below.

Sparks have announced a new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. It’s out May 15 via BMG. The sibling duo of Ron and Russell Mael have also revealed a slew of European tour dates kicking off October 11 in Oslo, Norway and wrapping up October 27 in Dublin, Ireland. Find their full itinerary below along with an announcement video for the new LP.

Roger Waters has announced a North American tour. The trek, titled “Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill,” kicks off in Pittsburgh in July and is slated to wrap up October 3 in Dallas, Texas. Check out Waters’ schedule, and find a promo video, below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Stereolab have announced two legs of their spring 2020 tour. The first runs through Asia and Oceania in March, with the second traversing the U.S. in May.

Jackie Lynn is the alter ego of Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr. She released her self-titled debut under the moniker back in 2016. Now, Fohr has announced her second Jackie Lynn album, Jacqueline, which will be released on April 10 (via Drag City). Below, check out Fohr’s music video for lead single “Casino Queen,” which she co-directed with Krzys Piotrowski.

Weyes Blood has expanded her “A Lot Has Changed Tour.” Following February and March dates in Oceania, she will play U.S. shows in March and April, European shows in June, and then head back to the States for July and August concerts. Find her schedule at the Sub Pop site. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Vagabon has announced a number of headlining tour dates. They take place across North America this spring, beginning on March 31 in Philadelphia. Check out Vagabon’s schedule below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

(Sandy) Alex G has announced a new spate of North American tour dates. They take place this spring, following winter concerts in Europe and the United Kingdom. Check out (Sandy) Alex G’s schedule below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Waxahatchee is back. Katie Crutchfield has announced the new album Saint Cloud and she’s also shared the new song “Fire.” Listen below. Saint Cloud arrives on March 27 via Merge.

Stephen Malkmus has announced his third solo album, Traditional Techniques. The album, which comes out on March 6 via Matador, serves as a sort of counterpoint to last year’s electronic record Groove Denied. Below, check out Malkmus’ lead single “Xian Man.”

Alicia Keys has announced her new album. It’s called ALICIA, and it arrives March 20 via RCA. The album features the previously released single “Underdog.” Watch that track’s video below.

BTS have announced a world tour. The Map of the Soul Tour will take them across North America, South Korea, Europe, and Japan. Find the dates on their tour poster below, and find tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Bon Iver have announced a reissue of their 2009 Blood Bank EP. Out March 27 on vinyl and CD, as well as digitally, the EP is appended with live renditions of each track recorded, respectively, in Stockholm, Dallas, London, and Paris. Listen to the title track, recorded at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe on Halloween, 2018, below. The band has also announced new European dates—check those out below, too.

Bright Eyes have announced their first live performance in more than 9 years. Conor Oberst and co. will play a set at End of the Road festival in Dorset, England, this summer. The festival takes place September 3—6 at Larmer Tree Gardens. Check out the lineup announcement below.

London-based pop artist Rina Sawayama has announced her debut full-length, SAWAYAMA. The album comes out on April 17 via Dirty Hit. Along with the LP news, Sawayama has shared her new song “Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys).” Hear it below. Scroll down for the album cover, tracklist (which includes the single “STFU!”), and Sawayama’s upcoming tour schedule.

The 1975 are back with a new track. It’s called “Me & You Together Song.” Listen below. The band also recently revealed that the new album Notes on a Conditional Form will not be out on February 21 as planned. It’s now set to arrive on April 24 (via Dirty Hit/Interscope).

Snail Mail has announced a spring tour. The run of North American dates begin in Santa Barbara, California on April 9 and includes performances at Coachella and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival. Checkout the tour poster below.

Wavves have announced a tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album King of the Beach. The shows take place across North America in April and May. Check out Wavves’ poster below.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is joining Caribou on his upcoming tour of North America and Europe. Their shows together begin in March. Check out a poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Los Angeles producer TOKiMONSTA has announced her new album, Oasis Nocturno, and shared a trippy music video “Fried for the Night,” a new song with Atlanta duo EarthGang. Check it out below.

Melbourne rock trio Cable Ties have announced a new album. Jenny McKechnie, Shauna Boyle, and Nick Brown will release Far Enough on March 27 via Merge/Poison City. They’ve also shared a video for “Sandcastles” directed by Danny Cohen and announced a tour—find dates below. McKechnie discussed the new song in a statement.

Pearl Jam have announced their first studio album in over six years. It’s called Gigaton and it arrives March 27 (via Monkeywrench/Republic). Gigaton follows Pearl Jam’s 2013 album Lightning Bolt. Check out the album cover, which features Paul Nicklen’s photograph Ice Waterfall, below.

U.S. Girls, the project led by Meg Remy, have announced their new album Heavy Light. It’s out March 6 (via 4AD). The record is led by a new single called “Overtime,” which arrives with a music video directed, filmed, and edited by Remy. The visual, filmed at Deity Metallurgy, stars Andrea Nann (of Dreamwalker Dance Company) performing an interpretive dance. Watch below.

Florida singer-rapper Rod Wave has announced a U.S. tour in support of his new album Ghetto Gospel. He’ll hit the road in March. Check out Rod Wave’s tour poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Yves Tumor has announced a huge tour. The Yves Tumor and Its Band tour will begin with a show at Nashville’s Exit/In on March 3, kicking off a run that spans North America and Europe. In addition to performing music from their excellent 2018 album Safe In the Hands of Love, Yves Tumor will be “previewing new music,” as a press release notes. Find the full run of dates below and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Halsey is going on tour in support of her forthcoming record Manic. The North American trek is slated to begin in June. Joining Halsey at various stops on the tour are CHVRCHES, Omar Apollo, blackbear, and PVRIS. Check out Halsey’s tour poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)