Amanda Hatfield

After playing their first NYC show in 13 years at the venue on Thursday night, Sunny Day Real Estate returned for round two on Friday, and once again, they sounded fantastic.

As in previous years, there’s also an 11-date Jingle Ball tour, with varying lineups featuring Jack Harlow, Black Eyed Peas, Khalid, and more.

Having recently released their first album in a decade, The Mars Volta are on their reunion tour now, which stopped in NYC on Thursday night for the first of two shows at Terminal 5.

Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, Failure, A Perfect Circle, etc) will fill in for Navarro as he continues to be sidelined with long Covid.

The house appears onscreen as the Hawkins, Indiana home of Will, Jonathan, and Joyce Byers, and plans for it to become a Stranger Things-themed Airbnb are in the works.

The vibes, as they say, were immaculate.

S.G. Goodman released her fantastic sophomore album in June, and she’s been on her first ever headlining tour supporting it.

Phish will close out 2022 at Madison Square Garden for their annual New Year’s Eve run.

Arooj will be out on the road through November, with dates in North America and Europe.

Patti Smith will close out the year, and celebrate her 76th birthday, in NYC in December.