Road Work: Def Leppard, Goose, Madi Diaz, Mitch Rowland

* Def Leppard is returning to Las Vegas for a third residency, following previous runs in 2013 and 2019. The long-running U.K. rock band will be back in action for 12 shows on Feb. 3-28. 2026 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace; tickets go on sale to the general public on July 25.

“Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard,” says frontman Joe Elliott. “There’s no place on earth where you can have the likes of Adele, U2 and the Eagles all playing sold out shows on the same night. We’re really looking forward to coming back for our third Vegas residency and to do a run at the iconic Colosseum at Caesars Palace is such an honor given the giants that have blessed that stage.”

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Def Leppard’s summer North American tour visits Saratoga Springs, N.Y., tomorrow (July 22).

* Goose will celebrate the holidays with its 12th annual Goosemas celebration on Dec. 12-13 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. A variety of upgraded ticket and travel packages can be obtained here.

The jam band upstarts will be on the road from now until the weather turns, including an appearance on Friday at the Newport Folk Festival and a one-off opening slot for Dave Matthews Band on Aug. 31 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. Goose will also hold its second Viva El Gonzo destination festival on May 7-9, 2026, in San José del Cabo, Mexico.

* Madi Diaz will support her upcoming album, Fatal Optimist, with a fall North American tour getting underway Oct. 11 in Nashville. Co-produced with Zach Bryan collaborator Gabe Wax, Fatal Optimist will be released the day prior on ANTI-. Lead single “Feel Something” is out now.

“‘Feel Something’ is about the deep yearning and desire to connect,” says Diaz, who earned two Grammy nominations for her 2024 release Weird Faith. “It’s the moment when you’re trying to call in the love that was lost. It’s the first single off the album because it has the sense of urgency and panic that I felt at that first moment I noticed I was alone in my relationship.”

Before the album release and tour, Diaz will play shows in Maine, Alberta and New York, including an opening slot for Caamp on Sept. 12 at Radio City Music Hall.

* Grammy-winning Harry Styles collaborator Mitch Rowland will play clubs in Los Angeles and New York in honor of his upcoming album, Whistling Pie, which arrives on Sept. 12 through Styles’ Erskine Records/Giant Music. The artist will visit the Troubadour on Sept. 13 and Baby’s All Right on Sept. 15, with seven U.K. dates to follow in late October. Click here for tickets.

As with Rowland’s 2023 debut, Come June, the new 13-track album was produced with Rob Schnapf, who is best known for his work with the late Elliott Smith and Beck. It was largely recorded nearby Rowland’s remote English countryside home at the Welsh studio Rockfield, where Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was once put to tape.

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