Alternative names to keep on your radar
A listener-first rundown of current tour dates, festival stops, onsales, and artist updates from the approved alternative roster.
Here’s the latest pass through the alternative lane for listeners planning ahead. A few of these updates are big national plays, a few matter if you’re willing to make the drive, and several are the kind of artist moves worth knowing before the next ticket drop or release date sneaks up on you.
The Lumineers add to 2026 plans
The Lumineers have current North American 2026 dates posted for the Automatic World Tour, and the band’s official site also lays out presale instructions for added shows. The page notes artist presale access for newly added dates begins Tuesday, December 2, at 10 a.m. local time, with general public onsale set for Friday, December 5, at 10 a.m. local time for those specific additions.
For Upper Midwest listeners, this is the kind of page to keep bookmarked. It gives a clean read on what is on sale now versus what is still in presale, which makes planning a Chicago, Detroit, or broader regional run a lot easier.
Lorde still has no upcoming shows listed
Lorde’s official tour page currently says there are no upcoming events. That is the most confirmed read right now from her own site, even though separate presale pages remain online for past and international campaigns.
For listeners waiting on North American movement, the key point is simple: as of Monday, September 28, 2026, there is no active event listing on the main official tour page. That keeps this in watch-list territory, not road-trip territory.
Saint Motel has Austin dates on the board
Saint Motel’s official site shows a busy early October in Austin, including Austin City Music Festival on Sunday, October 4, 2026, an official ACL Nights show on Monday, October 5 at 5 p.m., and a second Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend appearance on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
That matters if you like catching a band in both festival and club-adjacent settings. The ACL Nights booking is the tighter play, and those shows usually move fast once festival traffic starts locking in plans.
Twenty One Pilots are part of the ACL picture
Saint Motel’s official festival listing for Austin City Limits Music Festival 2026 includes Twenty One Pilots on the same festival bill, which confirms the band is part of that event’s current landscape. The ACL support pages also show the festival’s 2026 information hub is active.
For listeners in Michigan and the Midwest, ACL is obviously a flight market, not a casual drive. Still, if you track festival appearances more than headline runs, this is a confirmed place where Tyler Joseph and company are in the mix.
Billie Eilish keeps the live era going on screen
Billie Eilish’s official store is currently pushing HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) on vinyl, tied to the concert film release HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D), which the store page says hit big screens on May 8, 2026.
That is not a new date announcement, but it is still live-cycle news that matters. If you missed the run in person, this is the clearest official sign that the tour era is still being extended through film and live audio product.
Coldplay has no dates currently scheduled
Coldplay’s official world tour page currently states that there are no dates scheduled. The site also invites fans to sign up to be first to hear about upcoming shows, but there are no confirmed U.S. stops posted right now.
That means there is nothing solid yet for West Michigan, Chicago, Detroit, or anywhere else in the States. For planning purposes, this is a wait-and-watch situation until the official tour page changes.
U2 shifts the focus to a new album
U2’s official site is leaning hard into album news right now, with Carnaval De Luz set to arrive on November 13, 2026. The band’s site also highlights recent singles and news posts, but the active tour archive does not show a newly announced 2026 U.S. run.
So the real update for listeners is not a ticket alert, it is a release-date alert. If a live move follows, it has not been formally posted on the current official tour pages yet.
The Killers have no current shows posted
The Killers’ official site says there are no shows currently available and offers an RSVP option for future tour announcements. That is the cleanest official update as of September 28, 2026.
If you were hoping for a regional casino, arena, or festival pickup in the Midwest, there is nothing confirmed on the board right now. Best move is to treat this as a notification signup moment, not a ticket-buying one.
OneRepublic still has tour infrastructure live
OneRepublic’s official site still carries a tour section alongside current music promotion, including the single Pay That Toll. The band’s main page and tour page remain active, even though the crawl available here does not surface a full visible routing list.
That puts OneRepublic in the category of active artist page, current release cycle, and watch-for-date specifics. It is worth checking directly before making any assumptions about nearby markets.
Hozier stays in release mode after the last U.S. run
Hozier’s official site is currently centered on Unreal Unearth: Unending and the collaboration Rubber Band Man with Mumford & Sons. The official past-dates page shows his last listed U.S. date in that feed was October 5, 2025, in Las Vegas, with no newer U.S. dates surfaced on the pages available here.
So the current actionable update is more about the music than a fresh U.S. onsale. If a new leg is coming, it is not yet plainly posted on the official tour materials surfaced in this search.
Glass Animals look to be between live cycles
Glass Animals’ official tour page currently reads more like a credits and wrap page for recent touring, including summer 2025 personnel details, and it says, “We’ll be back soon :)” There is also official store merch tied to the recent touring era.
That is not a formal date announcement, so it should not be treated like one. But it does suggest the band is between active on-sale legs rather than fully dark.
Bleachers have a new album date locked in
Bleachers’ official store says the new album everyone for ten minutes will be released on May 22, 2026. That gives fans a clear current anchor point, even if a matching new run of dates is not surfaced in the official pages available here.
For listeners, that is often how the next live chapter starts: release first, touring details after. Right now, the confirmed part is the album release date, not a fresh set of Midwest stops.
AJR’s official pages point to a 2026 summer tour
AJR’s official site has a live tour section, and the band’s official store includes a dedicated 2026 Summer Tour collection with tour-branded merch. That strongly supports an active 2026 touring cycle, even though the search results here do not expose the full city-by-city routing text.
That is useful if you are tracking the band’s current phase, but you would still want to confirm the exact market and ticket details directly on the band’s tour page before making plans.
The Head and the Heart are in anniversary-tour mode
The Head and the Heart’s official site is currently fronted by “the 15th anniversary tour,” and the band’s store is also carrying 2026 headline tour merchandise. The same official site is promoting Live at Neumos (2011) as out now.
That combination tells you this is an active touring and catalog-celebration season for the band. For Midwest listeners, this is one to keep checking because anniversary runs often land in strong theater markets.
Counting Crows already have 2026 shows in the books
Counting Crows’ official tour history page shows multiple 2026 performances, including Hollywood Bowl dates on August 7 and August 8, 2026, Stagecoach on April 24, 2026, Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 22, 2026, and Bourbon & Beyond in Louisville on September 24, 2026. Their upcoming shows page currently rolls ahead to a February 6, 2027 date in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The practical takeaway is that the band has remained active on major one-off and festival stages. Louisville and Indianapolis both sit closer to Midwest driving range than West Coast dates, so those are the ones regional listeners likely watched most closely this year.
Goo Goo Dolls have catalog and live news worth knowing
Goo Goo Dolls’ official site says the Dizzy Up the Girl anniversary edition is due October 2, 2026, and it also confirms the band’s 2026 Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas ran May 15, 16, 20, 22, and 23, 2026. Earlier official news also laid out Summer Tour 2026 onsale details, with public tickets having started December 12, 2025, at 10 a.m. local time.
So even if the Vegas run is already in the rearview, the band has stayed busy with both live activity and reissue news. For longtime alternative listeners in this part of the country, that anniversary release is the current date to circle.
Lollapalooza remains a major Midwest anchor
Lollapalooza’s official site confirms the 2026 festival ran July 30 through August 2, 2026, in Grant Park in Chicago, and its official aftershows page notes 2026 aftershow tickets went on sale Friday, May 29, 2026, at 10 a.m. Central. The lineup page was active this cycle, and the festival’s broader materials continue to reference Billie Eilish as part of its sustainability history, even though that note is not a 2026 booking confirmation by itself.
For Midwest listeners, Lolla is still one of the clearest annual hubs for approved-roster crossover potential. Chicago remains the easiest major-festival drive from a lot of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin listeners, especially when aftershows add smaller-room options.
Bonnaroo stayed active as a national destination
Bonnaroo’s official site confirms the 2026 edition ran June 11 through June 14, 2026, in Manchester, Tennessee, with the 2026 lineup page and ticket materials both active. The search results here do not cleanly expose which approved-roster acts played from the page text alone, so the festival itself is confirmed, but artist-specific mentions from your approved list are not added here without clearer official page text.
That still makes Bonnaroo part of the national planning picture for alternative fans who build trips around destination festivals rather than single-artist headliners.
ACL remains one of the clearest late-season festival plays
The Austin City Limits Festival support hub is active for 2026, and Saint Motel’s official page confirms October 4 and October 11 festival appearances, while also listing the October 5 ACL Nights booking. With Twenty One Pilots named on that same Saint Motel festival listing, ACL stands out as one of the clearer currently confirmed late-season U.S. festival homes for artists on this approved roster.
If you are the kind of listener who picks one fly-out festival a year, this one has the strongest current official-paper-trail value in the alternative lane right now.
Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Phoenix, CHVRCHES and others need a clean second check
Several approved artists including Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Phoenix, CHVRCHES, Foster the People, Matchbox Twenty, Milky Chance, X Ambassadors, Lord Huron, lovelytheband, FINNEAS, Snow Patrol, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Of Monsters and Men did not surface a reliable, current, official update in the search results I could confirm cleanly enough to include as a factual item here.
That does not mean nothing is happening. It means I am not going to guess for you. For those names, the right move is still the official artist page or verified promoter feed before you commit time or money.
Sources
The Lumineers Tour
Lorde Tour
Saint Motel Official Site
ACL Festival Help Center
Billie Eilish Store: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) VINYL
Coldplay Tour
U2 Official Site
The Killers Official Site
OneRepublic Official Site
Hozier Official Site
Hozier Past Dates
Glass Animals Tour
Bleachers Store: everyone for ten minutes
AJR Tour
The Head and the Heart Official Site
Counting Crows Tour History
Counting Crows Upcoming Shows
Goo Goo Dolls Official Site
Goo Goo Dolls 2026 Las Vegas Residency
Goo Goo Dolls Summer Tour 2026
Lollapalooza Official Site
Lollapalooza Aftershows
Bonnaroo Lineup
Bonnaroo Tickets