Taking Back Sunday Unveil ‘Louder Now’ 20th Anniversary Reissue

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Taking Back Sunday will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their popular album ‘Louder Now’ with a newly expanded edition.

The New York rock band’s third studio record reaches the milestone later this year. Craft Recordings will issue the anniversary version on October 16, with advance orders available here.

Alongside the initial collection of songs, including ‘MakeDamnSure’, ‘Twenty-Twenty Surgery’ and ‘Liar (It Takes One To Know One)’, the release will include two additional tracks called ‘Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)’ and ‘Sleep’.

Both bonus songs will appear on a special 7 inch record packaged with the vinyl version and will also feature on the deluxe CD. Available LP designs include Silver Screen, a limited clear and glitter variant sold through the online shop, an exclusive burgundy Craft Recordings edition and several others.

 

The announcement arrived today, August 5, during one of Taking Back Sunday’s busiest touring years. The band has appeared at all five returning Vans Warped Tour events and performed a series of concerts alongside Bayside.

Their upcoming schedule includes appearances at Louder Than Life, Shaky Knees and other festivals. They will perform their third album from beginning to end at Riot Fest, followed by a major headline concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre that will also feature ‘Louder Now’ in full.

Adam Lazzara, John Nolan and Shaun Cooper have asked guitarist and singer Fred Mascherino to rejoin them for these performances. Mascherino was part of the Taking Back Sunday lineup during the creation of ‘Louder Now’.

“Our record ‘Louder Now’ represents a huge milestone for me, and to know it has made an impact on so many other people’s lives as well is something I still struggle to get my head around,” said frontman Lazzara.

 

“To have the opportunity to celebrate that record with both John Nolan and Fred Mascherino on stage together, along with Shaun Cooper, is incredible to me. The songs sound stronger than I can ever remember live, and I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to share that with everyone.”

The group’s full concert schedule appears below, with tickets available here.

Taking Back Sunday’s 2026 tour dates are:

AUGUST
8 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
21 -22 – Montreal, QC – Vans Warped Tour Montréal

SEPTEMBER
5 – Royal Oak, MI – Arts Beats & Eats
12 -13 – Mexico City, Mexico – Vans Warped Tour Mexico City
16 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle*
18 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
19 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
20 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
23 – Wallingford, CT – The Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre*
24 – Wantagh, NY – Bay Stage at Northwell at Jones Beach Theatre*
25 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena*
26 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium Outdoors*
27 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount*
29 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbour Live at Terminal B*
30 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe*

OCTOBER
2 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club*
3 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom*
4 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre*
6 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union*
8 – Tacoma, WA – Dune Peninsula*
10 – Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheatre*
11 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park*
13 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Centre*
14 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
16 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre*
17 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Resort & Casino*
18 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theatre at Palms Casino Resort*
NOVEMBER
14–15 – Orlando, FL – Vans Warped Tour

* Headline dates with Thrice and Saves The Day

Taking Back Sunday released ‘Keep Going’ in 2023, while Lazzara and Nolan also spoke about their album ‘152’.

“There’s something a little more shiny to this record, but it’s still rough around the edges just because it’s us,” the singer said. “I always thought we were just a loud rock’n’roll band, but there’s so much more to it than that, especially when you listen to ‘152’.”

Lazzara explained that his musical outlook changed after he became more open to styles such as pop. “When I was younger, I wouldn’t even listen to Led Zeppelin because it wasn’t punk enough. It was so dumb,” he added. “As time has gone on, I’ve realised, it doesn’t matter where the music has come from or who’s doing it. Good is good. You can’t mess with Harry Styles’ last album [‘Harry’s House’].”

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Charli XCX debuts complete ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ headline set at Lollapalooza 2026

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Charli XCX has performed her first complete ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ headline concert at Lollapalooza 2026. The set featured two live debuts and saw women’s underwear fall across the audience during ‘Guess’. Watch footage and view the full setlist below.

The packed Lollapalooza performance happened on Friday evening, July 31, when Charli joined The Smashing Pumpkins as one of the leading acts at the 2026 Chicago festival.

Before the appearance, the singer delivered an intimate Lollapalooza warmup concert in Nashville. During that show, she performed several tracks from ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ live for the first time, including ‘Magic Metal Montana’, ‘Card Declined’ and ‘2007’.

At the festival, Charli presented her first complete concert since the album arrived last month. She began the performance with ‘Rock Music’, ‘Yeah’ and the popular ‘Brat’ track ‘Apple’.

Other selections from ‘Brat’ included ‘Guess’, ‘Von Dutch’, ‘360’, ‘365’ and ‘Club Classics’. She also performed newer material such as ‘Wink Wink’, ‘Card Declined’, ‘Pink Diamond’ and ‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’. During ‘Guess’, Charli referenced the music video featuring Billie Eilish by showering the audience with women’s underwear.

 

 

 

Near the conclusion, Charli delivered consecutive performances of ‘2007’, ‘Camera’, ‘party 4 u’, ‘Playboy Bunny’ and ‘SS26’. Earlier in the concert, she gave ‘House’ and ‘Dying For You’ their first live performances. Both songs appear on her soundtrack for the recent Wuthering Heights remake.

Neither soundtrack track had previously been performed in concert. ‘House’ featured John Cale’s spoken audio through the venue speakers, while heavy rain created a dramatic atmosphere as Charli sang the emotional chorus.

Charli appeared in custom stage outfits created by James Walker, Jing Hé and other designers throughout the show. Certain tracks received simple performances with limited lighting, while others featured pyrotechnics, numerous dancers and ambitious production.

She finished the concert by presenting the first complete performance of ‘No One Lasts Forever’, accompanied by David Cronenberg’s closing audio through the speakers. See additional footage and the entire setlist below.

 

 

Charli XCX’s Lollapalooza setlist was:

‘Rock Music’
‘Yeah’
‘Apple’
‘Wink Wink’
‘Card Declined’
‘Track 10’
‘Girl, so confusing’
‘pink diamond’
‘House’ (Live debut)
‘Dying for You’ (Live debut)
‘Club classics’
‘365’
‘360’
‘Sympathy is a knife’
‘Von dutch’
‘Guess’
‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’
‘2007’
‘Camera’
‘party 4 u’
‘Playboy Bunny’
‘SS26’
‘No One Lasts Forever’ (Live debut of full song)

Before her Chicago and Nashville appearances, Charli introduced several new tracks during a special Brooklyn concert last month. She performed ‘Playboy Bunny’, ‘Wink Wink’, ‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’, ‘Camera’ and ‘SS26’, before delivering a similar selection in London soon afterwards.

 

Earlier in the week, she also appeared unexpectedly at Lollapalooza during Lorde’s performance. The pair reunited for ‘Girl, So Confusing’, their successful collaboration from the 2024 ‘Brat’ remix album.

Charli will travel back to the UK later this month for her first headline appearances at Reading & Leeds festivals. A North American arena tour will follow in September. Any remaining tickets can be found here.

Awarding ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ four stars, NME called the record a “celebration of art – and its capacity to let you transcend your bounds for something new – feels urgent and timeless”.

Charli has also released a companion movie and a collection of additional tracks. Elsewhere, she named her five favourite Charli XCX songs, highlighting the “ultimate party song” alongside another track that leaves her feeling “very sentimental”.

 
 

 

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