The Vintage Series: Wearing the History of American Live Music

Not every collection needs a new tour or a new release to earn a spot in the shop. The Vintage Series leans the other way entirely, digging into the venues, labels, and eras that built American live music culture in the first place. Think legendary arenas, iconic festival runs, and the kind of concertwear silhouettes that only get better with age.

A few names anchor the collection: Philadelphia’s own Spectrum, the venue that defined a generation of Northeast concertgoing; the Valley Forge Music Fair, a touring institution in its own right; and a deep run of Grateful Dead pieces built around specific, storied moments, including the Stanford “Dead 1988” shows and the Watkins Glen Raceway run, one of the biggest gatherings in live music history.

These aren’t costume-y reprints. The cuts and construction lean into the actual concertwear look of the era, so they read as lived-in rather than manufactured nostalgia. If any of these names mean something to you, or you’re just partial to the raglan-sleeve, road-worn look of vintage touring merch, this is the collection to dig through.

This Week in Music, Movies, and Everything Else Worth Talking About

Music

Linkin Park’s Comeback Story Is Headed to Theaters

Linkin Park is closing out the summer with a new documentary rather than a new tour leg. “Unshatter,” directed by the band’s Joe Hahn, opens in theaters worldwide on September 30, tracing the group’s path from their return in 2022 through the making of “From Zero” and a pair of packed live shows in São Paulo. A companion live album, “Unshatter (Live From São Paulo),” lands five days earlier on September 25, giving longtime fans a full-catalog set with co-vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, both now well into their second year with the band.

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Awards Season

Taylor Swift Is One Win Away From VMA History

The 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations are out, and Taylor Swift landed nine nods, including Video of the Year and Artist of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia.” She’s currently tied with Beyoncé for the most VMA wins in history at 30, which means a single win at the September 27 ceremony would make her the outright record holder. Madonna actually leads the field this year with 11 nominations of her own, so it’s shaping up to be a real showdown between two generations of pop royalty.

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Live Music

Oasis 2027 Rumors Keep Getting Louder

Nothing’s confirmed, but Noel Gallagher isn’t exactly putting the rumors to rest either. In a radio chat this week, he pointed out there’s no major football tournament next summer, so the band has “got to do something.” Speculation has centered on a possible return to Knebworth and an extended homecoming stand at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, following up on last year’s sold-out “Live ’25” reunion run that wrapped in São Paulo this past November. Take it as early smoke rather than a confirmed fire for now.

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Film

Beetlejuice 3 Is Officially Brewing

Warner Bros. has confirmed a third Beetlejuice film is in active development, building on “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s” massive $451 million worldwide haul back in 2024. Details are still thin, and Tim Burton has been cagey in interviews about whether he’s even attached, while star Jenna Ortega has said flatly she won’t sign on without him behind the camera. No script, cast, or release date locked in yet, so consider this one still simmering in the Netherworld.

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Television

The Rings of Power Gears Up for Season 3

Middle-earth fans got a fresh trailer at Comic-Con, and now the wait is almost over. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 3 premieres on Prime Video November 11 with an unusual rollout: four episodes drop together, two more follow a week later, and a two-episode finale closes it out on November 25. The story picks up five years after the fall of Eregion, with Sauron’s armies overrunning most of Middle-earth and only a handful of strongholds, including Khazad-dûm and Rivendell, still holding the line.

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AC/DC Is Cruising Through American Stadiums, and Tonight It’s South Bend’s Turn to Get Thunderstruck

Tonight, roughly 60,000 fans will pack into Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, for a band that first plugged in more than fifty years ago and still shows no sign of unplugging. AC/DC brings its Power Up World Tour to “The House That Rockne Built” this evening, September 4, with The Pretty Reckless opening, and doors set to open around 6 p.m. ahead of a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. It is one more stop on a run that has already crossed Europe, Australia, the UK, and South America since launching in Germany back in May 2024, and it is nowhere near finished.

The current North American leg picked back up on July 11 in Charlotte and has been steadily working its way through NFL and MLB stadiums ever since, hitting cities like San Antonio, Denver, Vancouver, Santa Clara, Edmonton, and Atlanta along the way. After tonight’s stop in South Bend, the tour heads to St. Louis on September 8, then Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg before crossing back into the U.S. for a pair of marquee closing shows: MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on September 25, and Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on September 29, which is set to close out the tour’s North American run entirely.

The band’s lineup for this run pairs the two names most fans associate with AC/DC’s classic era, guitarist Angus Young and vocalist Brian Johnson, alongside rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, with bassist Chris Chaney and drummer Matt Laug rounding out the touring band. Together they’ve been delivering a set that leans heavily on the catalog everyone shows up for, while still making room for cuts from 2020’s “Power Up,” the album that gave this whole tour its name.

What South Bend Can Expect Tonight

Fans who’ve caught the tour earlier this summer describe a show built for a stadium: full pyrotechnics, a giant inflatable set piece for one of the encore numbers, and a setlist that has stayed remarkably consistent from city to city all summer long. Openers The Pretty Reckless have been on the bill for every North American date, giving early arrivals a strong warmup act before the headliners take over.

Fifty years in and they’re still filling stadiums with the same handful of chords that started it all.

A Tour That Just Keeps Rolling

What makes this run notable isn’t just the size of the crowds, it’s the stamina behind it. The Power Up World Tour has now stretched across six legs and roughly ninety shows since 2024, working its way through Europe, Australia, the UK, and a South American run earlier this year before three Mexico City dates in April set up the current U.S. and Canada leg. Very few bands from AC/DC’s era are still capable of headlining stadiums at this pace, and the ticket demand this summer suggests the appetite for it hasn’t slowed down one bit.

With just a handful of dates left before the Philadelphia finale on September 29, this stretch of shows has the feel of a victory lap for a band that’s been doing this since 1973. Whether you’re catching the show in South Bend tonight or just watching the tour roll through your city’s stadium on the schedule, it’s a rare chance to see a genuine rock institution still operating at full volume.

Gearing up for tonight’s show or just riding the wave of Power Up Tour excitement from home? The AC/DC gear in our merch stand is a good place to start.

Power Up Your Collection

A few ways to bring the tour home before the encore ends.

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AC/DC T.N.T. Puzzle (120/252/500-Piece)

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