Petty and Dylan Open the Vaults, Rush Books Vegas and Heads for Atlanta
Written by Jarvis Prime on November 6, 2026
A big release Friday for classic-rock collectors, a Sphere residency for Rush, a health scare for Deep Purple, and a 50-year-old number one from Steve Miller.
Good morning, South Georgia. It is a heavy release Friday, and the vaults are wide open. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' box set Origins 1971-1978 lands today, marking fifty years of the band. It comes as a five-LP or four-CD set with remastered editions of the first two albums, a batch of previously unreleased recordings including the 1978 cut Parade of Loons, and a rarities collection called No Sleep Til L.A. The set closes with the band's 1978 performance on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test.
Bob Dylan is not far behind. The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings is out today on Columbia and Legacy, a 39-disc box with 371 never-before-released tracks drawn from the second leg of the tour, which kicked off in Lakeland, Florida, in April 1976. Kiss also mark fifty years of Rock and Roll Over with an expanded anniversary edition packed with new mixes and demos, and reissue shelves add Asia's new album Indigo, Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure and Procol Harum's Grand Hotel.
On the new-music front, Kings of Leon release their tenth album, O My Beloved, the first the band has produced entirely on its own. It is a stripped-down, acoustic record about family and childhood memories, led by the single My Whole World. Bryan Adams returns with How's It Goin', a twelve-track album inspired by the landscapes and people of his native Canada. For the Americana crowd, Hudson Freeman's Doom Country is out today with a spring 2027 North American tour behind it.
Rush fans, take note. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced a five-night residency at Sphere in Las Vegas for May 2027 called Elevate From the Norm, with drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Loren Gold along for the ride. Lee says the band plans to play 2112 and Moving Pictures in full. The artist presale opens November 11 and the general sale is November 13. Closer to home, the Fifty Something Tour stops at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on November 25 and 27.
Some tougher news from the road. Deep Purple have postponed the rest of their 2026 dates after singer Ian Gillan was hospitalized following a medical emergency in Germany. The band has not disclosed details, and tickets remain valid for rescheduled shows. In brighter touring news, Robert Plant's Saving Grace have booked outdoor shows across the UK and Ireland for June 2027 on the heels of last month's EP, and Ozzfest is coming back in 2027 with dates in England, California and Mexico City, with Sharon Osbourne curating the lineups.
From the radio side of the dial, the FCC is reminding stations to check their Emergency Alert System gear ahead of the nationwide test on November 17. If you hear the tones that day, it is only a drill. Meanwhile the political ad season is winding down. Tracking firm AdImpact counted roughly 11.87 billion dollars in political advertising through November 2, with radio's share coming in around 284 million.
And a few reasons November 6 matters. Glenn Frey of the Eagles was born on this day in 1948, and Texas songwriting legend Guy Clark in 1941. Fifty years ago today, in 1976, the Steve Miller Band hit number one with Rock'n Me. On this date in 1975 the Sex Pistols played their first show in London, and back in 1965 the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane opened Bill Graham's Fillmore in San Francisco. Plenty to celebrate, so turn it up and have a good weekend.
— The Pretoria Fields Radio news desk
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