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■ Stray Cats
Stray Cats is an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa, New York. The group had numerous hit singles in the UK, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. including “Stray Cat Strut”, “(She’s) Sexy + 17”, “Look at That Cadillac”, “I Won’t Stand in Your Way”, “Bring It Back Again”, and “Rock This Town”, which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has listed as one of the songs that shaped rock and roll.

Stray Cats

Last November, The Stray Cats reunion tour was cancelled due to singer and guitarist Brian Setzer’s health issues. Well, it looks like their make-up dates are coming in 2026. This cat’s got nine lives.

Tour Dates

July 24 Las Vegas, NV
July 25 Phoenix, AZ
July 26 Del Mar, CA
July 28 Highland, CA
July 29 Highland, CA
July 31 Santa Rosa, CA
**August 1 Saratoga, CA
August 2 Wheatland, CA
August 4 Sandy, UT
August 5 Colorado Springs, CO
August 7 Tulsa, OK
August 8 Kansas City, MO
August 10 Huber Heights, OH
August 11 Interlochen, MI
August 12 Northfield, OH
August 14 Westbury, NY
August 15 Atlantic City, NJ
August 16 Morristown, NJ
**venue announce + on sale TBD

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■ Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American girl group and dance ensemble, founded in Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a neo-burlesque troupe. At the suggestion of Jimmy Iovine, Antin decided to take the troupe mainstream as a pop group. Antin negotiated a record deal with Interscope Geffen A&M Records in 2003 turning the group into a music franchise comprising Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton and Kimberly Wyatt. Their debut, a promotional cover of “Sway” was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Shall We Dance?

Pussycat Dolls

Grammy Award-winner Mýa was announced as a special guest on the long-awaited The Pussycat Dolls’ PCD Forever World Tour (celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut record).

Tour Dates

Jun 5 — Palm Desert, CA — Acrisure Arena
Jun 9 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Jun 10 — Chula Vista, CA — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Jun 12 — Mountain View, CA — Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jun 13 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
Jun 15 — West Valley City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Jun 18 — Kansas City, MO — Morton Amphitheater
Jun 19 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Jun 21 — Milwaukee, WI — North Stage at Summerfest Grounds
Jun 23 — St. Louis, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Jun 25 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
Jun 27 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center
Jun 28 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
Jun 30 — Grand Rapids, MI — Acrisure Amphitheater
Jul 1 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
Jul 3 — Toronto, ON — RBC Amphitheatre
Jul 6 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre
Jul 8 — Syracuse, NY — Empower Federal Credit Union Amp at Lakeview
Jul 10 — Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
Jul 11 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
Jul 12 — Uncasville, CT — Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul 14 — Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Jul 15 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul 16 — Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live
Jul 19 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
Jul 22 — Charlotte, NC — Truliant Amphitheater
Jul 24 — West Palm Beach, FL — iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Jul 25 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Jul 26 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 29 — Nashville, TN — Ascend Amphitheater
Jul 31 — The Woodlands, TX — The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 1 — Dallas, TX — Dos Equis Pavilion
*Mýa joins on all North American dates with Lil’ Kim

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■ Fantastic Cat
The Wu-Tang of Indie folk music, Fantastic Cat consists of Anthony D’Amato, Brian Dunne, Don DiLego, and Mike Montali. Lacking a name before their first recording session, the four asked a waitress at a local New York City bar what they should call themselves. Without hesitation, she replied, “Fantastic Cat,” and the name stuck

Fantastic Cat

Fantastic Cat’s meowest album Cat Out of Hell album is out now on Missing Piece Records. Of course, that also means there will be a promotional tour to promote the record.

Tour Dates

April 17 – Washington, D.C. @ The Hamilton
April 18 – Baltimore, MD @ The 8×10
April 19 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
April 21 – Charlotte, NC @ The Evening Muse
April 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
April 23 – Nashville, TN @ Row One
April 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ HiFi
April 25 – Chicago, IL @ Garcia’s
April 26 – Appleton, WI @ Gibson Music Hall
April 28 – Columbus, OH @ Natalie’s Grandview
April 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Funhouse at Mr Smalls
June 5 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (Early Show)
June 5 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (Late Show)

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■ Moby
Moby is an American musician, songwriter and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be “among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom”

Moby

Vegetarian and animal lover Moby announced that he will donate 100% of his profits from his performances at Coachella to a selection of leading animal rights organizations: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Mercy For Animals, The Humane League, and Direct Action Everywhere. Of course, for those following Moby, this is not shocking news, a few years ago we wrote that Moby donated to Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay & Neuter Center in Los Angeles and the dude has “Animal Rights” tattooed on his arm in very large letters.

Moby comments:

My main job in life is working as an animal rights activist, and to that end my hope is to use the revenue and attention from my Coachella show to draw attention to, and financially support, animal rights organizations.

Tour Dates

April 17 – Indio, CA – Coachella
June 26 – Odense, Denmark – Tinderbox Festival
June 29 – Istanbul, Turkey – Zorlu Performing Arts Center
July 1 – Athens, Greece – Release Athens
July 3 – Luxembourg – Neimenster
July 5 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
July 7 – Sevilla, Spain – Icónica Santalucia Sevilla Fest
July 8 – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival
July 10 – Eisenstadt, Austria – Butterfly Dance
July 11 – Weert, The Netherlands – Bospop Festival
July 12 – Stuttgart, Germany – Stuttgart Jazz Open Festival
July 14 – Modena, Italy – Modena Jazz Open Festival
July 17 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colors of Ostrava
July 19 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – PhillGood Festival
July 21 – Belgrade, Serbia – Donji grad Kalemegdan Fortress
July 23 – Pula, Croatia – Pula Arena
July 26 – Brighton, England – On The Beach
July 30 – Tbilisi, Georgia – Rustavi International Motorpark
August 1 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Park
August 4 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresija Summer Stage
August 6 – Tartu, Estonia – Lauluväljak
August 8 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Kalnų Park
August 11 – Dresden, Germany – Filmnächte am Elbufer
August 13 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
August 15 – London, England – Old Royal Naval College
August 18 – Bonn, Germany – Kunst!Rasen
August 21 – Dublin, Ireland – Irish Museum of Modern Art Kilmainham
August 23 – Chateau-Gontier, France – V and B Fest

Submarine Cat Records

Submarine Cat Records just released transatlantic indie duo Prima Queen’s new single “Crumb” on April 15, 2026. Details courtesy of London’s Super Cat PR.

The duo (Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden) revealed:

‘Crumb’ is about when you are in a state of limerence for someone and all you have of them is a tiny little bread crumb they left you (but you like that crumb a lot). So you cling on to that little freckle of hope for dear life, dreaming that one day it could become a bagel, or a baguette, or a sexy little sourdough boule.

Tour Dates

9 JUN – 100 Club, London (UK)
25 JUL – Lazydays Festival, Essex (UK)
12 AUG – The Boileroom, Guildford (UK)
13 AUG – Crystal Palace Park, London (w/ Bastille and The Wombats) (UK)
30 AUG – Shambala Festival, Northamptonshire (UK)
12 SEP – Escape To The City Festival, St Albans (UK)
2 OCT – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells (UK)
3 OCT – Night Currents Festival, Portsmouth (UK)

Mew-Mew

As someone who recently just adopted an unwanted Turkish Van Kitten, I can tell you that she’s a handful. Mew-mew does three things well:

(1) She will wreck and destroy everything in her path when she’s awake.

(2) She is an alarm clock and she’ll remind me when I need to wake up, when I need to feed her. She’s training me.

(3) She can sleep anywhere. At any time.

I’ve raised other cats in my life, but this is probably the first cat that is so unafraid of other humans. She’s also not afraid of water, and will remain calm if I need to give her a bath.

No matter what I’m doing, Mew-mew (when she’s not being a menace) will sit on my lap or nearby and purr like there’s no tomorrow. I love my cat, polydactyl and all. If you don’t have an animal in your life, and if your house or apartment will allow it, please consider adopting a dog or cat.

Hello Kitty x Tile

A few years ago, I went all-in on Apple AirTags. They’re these little tracking devices that you can put in your car or wallet or keys. It’s not as accurate as you think. However, if you’re nearby, you can play a sound from the AirTags and that helps. The sound is not that loud, so you really need to be nearby.

Anyway, they work fine, I think it sucks that I have to replace the battery every year. It’s gotten so bad that sometimes I’ll just forget (it’s not everyday you lose an item). My one big complaint is that the AirTags are SO BORING and it doesn’t work on Android phones.

Tile, the AirTags alternative, works on both iPhone and Android… and with these Hello Kitty official licensed designs, they totally look cool! If Sanrio is not your thing, they do offer in a variety of colors, not just Apple White.

At the moment, these are on sale for $35 for a two-pack (a small pebble and slate card). They’ll be perfect for wallet and keys, and they’ll look cool on your keychain.

Please note that the wallet cards’ battery are not replaceable, so it’ll be dead in three years’ time, according to Life360. There is a QR Code that someone can scan to locate who the card belongs to, if it comes to that.