🎵 Welcome back to Fans With Benefits — your weekly dispatch from the frontlines of music, where legends collide, genres blur, and tour buses never sleep.

This week, Turnstile’s new album Never Enough stirs the pit with a full-blown identity crisis, while Dolly Parton and Mötley Crüe team up for a surprisingly sweet cause. On the road radar: Maroon 5 returns to their roots, Burna Boy goes 360, and the Jonas Brothers throw a stadium-sized anniversary party with Marshmello on the decks. Plus, Vegas glitters with Dolly’s return, and the Opry keeps the legacy alive.

From backstage revelations to blockbuster routes—here’s what’s turning it up. 🎶

• Turnstile’s Crossover Crossfire

• Dolly Parton & Mötley Crüe Drop $250K

• 10+ Events

  • Cage the Elephant

  • Maroon 5

  • Dolly Parton

  • Jonas Brothers

  • Burna Boy

Stay sharp, stay loud—this is what’s next. 🎧

🤘 Backstage Pass

“Never Enough”: Turnstile’s Crossover Crossfire

Turnstile’s fourth album, Never Enough, places the Baltimore hardcore outfit at a crossroads—straddling their gritty origins and a glossy pop-upscale future. Tracked with Rick Rubin in L.A.’s Mansion, produced alongside Charli XCX co-signs and Coachella hype, the record melds breakdowns with synths and disco drums with punk screams. Guest spots from Hayley Williams and Dev Hynes deepen the sonic palette—but leave hardcore purists crying “sell-out.” 🎤🏡🎧

Critics are split: fans hear reheated Glow On, while others applaud its arena-ready ambition. Songs like “I Care” pulse with Floydian hooks; “Dull” balances breakdowns against A.G. Cook’s crystalline synths; and the nearly seven-minute “Look Out for Me” attempts a genre-spanning epic. But despite flashes of brilliance, Never Enough often feels tautologically trapped—too polished for the pit, too pit-heavy for pop. 🎸💔🌈

With bigger stages ahead, the real question looms: is this a breakthrough or a breakdown? 🤷‍♂️🚪🔥

🫶 Artists Doing Good

Dolly Parton & Mötley Crüe Drop $250K for Covenant House with “Home Sweet Home” Remix

What happens when country royalty and glam metal gods collide? Pure charity gold. In an unexpected but oddly perfect pairing, Dolly Parton has joined forces with Mötley Crüe for a reimagined version of their 1985 power ballad “Home Sweet Home.” This new take doesn’t just hit the nostalgia nerve—it hits the heartstrings, too, with proceeds benefiting Covenant House, a nonprofit providing shelter and support for youth facing homelessness. Parton called the studio collab “an honor and a joy,” while the Crüe called it a “career high”—a big statement from a band that’s survived spandex, stadiums, and several cycles of scandal. The track will appear on From the Beginning, their upcoming singles collection dropping September 12, which also kicks off their new Las Vegas residency. 🎸💖

The Covenant House connection doesn’t stop there: through Fandiem, fans can enter to win a trip to meet Tom Morello backstage in Toronto—including VIP tickets, a signed ‘Soul Power’ Stratocaster, dinner, hotel, and more. Proceeds from that sweepstakes also go to Covenant House, making this a banner season for music with heart. From glam rock to guitar gods, artists are showing that loud can also mean generous. 🎤🌍

📢 Sound Off

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🎶 Event Radar

Cage the Elephant – Fall 2025 Headlining Tour

Alt-rock firestarters Cage the Elephant are back on the road this October with a fresh wave of headlining shows—and select support dates for the Oasis North American reunion. Known for their no-holds-barred energy and genre-fluid sound, expect a chaotic swirl of Neon Pill deep cuts, crowd-surfing anthems, and frontman Matt Shultz giving the word "unhinged" its best PR in years. This fall, the pit's back in session.

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Maroon 5 – Love Is Like Tour

Maroon 5 is hitting the road—and hitting reset. To celebrate the release of their upcoming album Love Is Like (out August 15 via Interscope), the band has announced a 23-date North American tour, kicking off July 11 in Endicott, NY, and wrapping November 25 in Detroit. Frontman Adam Levine describes the new project as a return to their roots: “We’ve gone back to what we used to do… producing the music organically.”

Alongside their throwback mindset, the band dropped “All Night,” a bouncy new single teased with a boom-box–powered city-hopping video. Expect a setlist that mixes new material—including their BLACKPINK collab “Priceless”—with the fan-favorite hits that made them pop-rock mainstays. With stops in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, and more, the Love Is Like Tour promises a sleek, arena-ready blend of heart, hooks, and high production.

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Dolly Parton – Live in Las Vegas Residency

For the first time in 32 years, Dolly Parton is bringing rhinestones back to the Strip. The country music icon will headline a six-show residency, Dolly: Live in Las Vegas, this December at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The run—scheduled for December 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 13—coincides with the National Finals Rodeo, making it a must-stop for rodeo-goers and country fans alike.

Parton hasn’t toured in nearly a decade, and this residency promises a celebration of her seven-decade career, with hits, stories, and sparkle. VIP packages include photo ops, an onstage tour, and exclusive access to Dolly’s Rhinestone Lounge. As she put it: “To say I’m excited would be an understatement.”

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Jonas Brothers – JONAS20: Living the Dream Tour (with Marshmello on Select Dates)

The Jonas Brothers are marking 20 years in the game with their biggest tour yet—and they’re bringing some serious heat. The JONAS20: Living the Dream stadium tour spans 43 massive dates, but the real headline? Marshmello joins them for 10 special shows, including major cities like LA, Chicago, Toronto, and NYC.

This isn’t just a guest slot—it’s a full-on stadium experience, fusing the Jonas Brothers’ arena-pop nostalgia with Marshmello’s beat-heavy spectacle. Fans can expect reimagined versions of their collabs, cross-genre surprises, and a high-gloss production tailor-made for massive crowds.

Also along for the ride: The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls (rotating across dates), making this tour a time machine for every flavor of millennial and Gen Z fandom.

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Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness Tour

Burna Boy returns to North America this fall in support of his upcoming album No Sign of Weakness (out July 10), and he’s not holding back. The Nigerian global sensation kicks things off November 12 at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, then rolls through arenas across the U.S. and Canada—all equipped with a custom 360-degree stage setup for a fully immersive fan experience (Red Rocks excluded).

The tour follows a string of high-profile singles—“Bundle by Bundle,” “Update,” “Sweet Love,” and “TaTaTa”—and will showcase Burna's genre-bending Afrofusion sound, wrapped in stadium-level production. With two nights in Toronto and stops in NYC, LA, Houston, and more, this is Burna at full power, showing no signs of slowing down.

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• Reneé Rapp – Bite Me Tour – Broadway belter turned pop phenom Reneé Rapp is going big with her 16-city Bite Me tour this fall. Armed with a new album (out August 1) and razor-sharp emotion, she’s hitting Red Rocks, MSG, and the Kia Forum with raw vocals and Gen Z heartbreak anthems. Big feelings. Bigger stages. Get tickets here

• Grand Ole Opry – Opry 100 Honors Series – Country’s legacy gets its spotlight. The Opry’s centennial series continues with tribute shows for Porter Wagoner, Bill Monroe, and Minnie Pearl & Roy Acuff. Expect legends like Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and Marty Stuart in rotation. Tradition never sounded so good. Get tickets here

• AFI – North America Tour 2025 – Darkwave punks AFI are back to haunt stages across the U.S. this fall. Expect post-hardcore classics, cryptic new material, and a live show dripping in theatrical mood and black eyeliner. Emo kids and goths, your time is now. Get tickets here

• Erykah Badu & The Alchemist – Abi & Alan Tour – Neo-soul mystic meets hip-hop wizard. Erykah Badu and The Alchemist are teaming up for a 10-city run of mind-bending beats, experimental jazz, and cosmic grooves. A genre-bending journey that sounds like nothing else on the road. Get tickets here

• Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine Tour – Two icons, one tour. Brandy and Monica are reuniting for the first time ever with a 24-date co-headliner loaded with nostalgia, vocal power, and real-grown energy. R&B heads, this is the moment. Get tickets here

🎤 Mic Drop

Stevie Nicks: “Landslide” in Five Minutes

Stevie Nicks wrote “Landslide” in just five minutes while snowed in near Aspen, reflecting on her father’s health, her uncertain career, and a fraying relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. What started as a private reckoning became one of Fleetwood Mac’s most timeless emotional touchstones. Read more here.

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That’s a wrap for this week! Until next time, catch you in the pit—or next week’s email. 🎵🔥 

Signing off,

The Fandiem Team