Metallica and the American Red Cross are opening a blood donation pop-up in Las Vegas on Sept. 28, timed to the band’s upcoming residency, according to the announcement. The site, sponsored by Delta Air Lines, will run at Fashion Show Las Vegas through March 19, 2027, and offer donors a backstage-style experience, including a chance to sit at a replica of drummer Lars Ulrich’s kit and enter a drawing to win a TAMA-built kit modeled on the one used during the WorldWired Tour.

Donors will also receive a limited-edition T-shirt designed by Squindo while supplies last, and can visit a Delta-branded lounge after giving blood, per the release. The initiative builds on a partnership that began in April 2025 during the U.S. leg of Metallica’s M72 Tour, when the band and Red Cross held blood drives at select stops under the Give Where You Live campaign.

According to the companies, that earlier collaboration collected more than 25,000 donations in the U.S. and roughly 93,000 worldwide as the effort expanded to overseas tour dates. Metallica’s philanthropic arm, All Within My Hands, is also involved in organizing the new Vegas experience.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Steve Martin, nastylittleman.com.

Singer-songwriter Alisan Porter has released her fifth studio album, PORTER, out now on streaming platforms. The ten-track project was recorded live at Chaplin Recording with longtime collaborator Drew McKeon and producer Sam Barsh, blending live instrumentation with electronic production elements.

According to the announcement, the album marks what Porter calls her “Perimenopop” era, with songs addressing motherhood, aging, reinvention and loss. The label describes the record as her most personal work to date, structured around themes the singer refers to as “The Ten Commandments of PORTER.”

The focus track, “Love Bomber,” arrives with an accompanying music video. Porter has released four previous studio albums over her career.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Pop singer-songwriter Thomas Day has announced a new EP, “my bad,” due October 9 on Arista Records. He also released the project’s first single, “human nature,” along with an accompanying video.

According to the announcement, the five-song EP explores the vulnerability of early adulthood and young love, and was written almost entirely by Day himself. The label describes it as a creative turning point in which the artist leaned into his own instincts rather than external expectations. Day said the new single reflects “a fear of losing something special with someone for something temporary.”

The release follows Day’s 2025 EP “kids,” whose single “she got a thing about her” has drawn more than 32 million Spotify streams, according to the announcement. Day previously toured as a headliner and in support of acts including Joshua Bassett, The Driver Era and Nessa Barrett. He is set to headline a show in Salt Lake City on October 8 and perform at Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 11.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Kelsey Hession, aristarecordings.com.

Rising pop artist MARIS has released her new EP MOSH★PIT, along with a music video for focus track “Nothing To Do.” The project was produced with Dylan Bauld and, according to the announcement, has already surpassed 3 million Spotify streams.

MARIS will support the release with MOSH★PIT The Tour, a headline run across North America that opens October 1 at Portland’s Polaris Hall and closes November 14 at The Echo in Los Angeles. Several dates, including two shows at New York’s Mercury Lounge and stops in Charlotte, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Denver and Chicago, have sold out, according to the announcement.

The Los Angeles-based, Montana-born singer-songwriter has previously performed at Boston Calling and collaborated with Caroline Kingsbury on “Give Me A Sign,” which the label says was included on Spotify’s Best Pop Songs of 2025 list. She has also toured with acts including The Wrecks, Maude Latour, A R I Z O N A and Anna of the North.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Gorillaz began their Mountain Tour of North America on Sept. 17 in Orlando, produced by Live Nation, with 22 arena dates across the U.S. and Canada plus a headlining slot at Shaky Knees festival. The run includes a Madison Square Garden show on Sept. 29 that the promoter says is sold out, and wraps with a Halloween show in Seattle before the band continues on to South America and dates in India in January 2027.

Little Simz is supporting on most U.S. and Canadian dates, with Deltron 3030 appearing on all shows and Trueno joining select stops. The tour follows Gorillaz’s album “The Mountain,” released Feb. 27 on the band’s own KONG label, which the group says led to its first appearance on Saturday Night Live.

To coincide with the tour, Gorillaz is presenting a limited engagement of its House of Kong exhibition at the Agger Fish Building in Brooklyn, running through Sept. 28, ahead of the band’s Madison Square Garden date. The exhibition previously ran in Los Angeles last spring.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Maya Sarin, LiveNation.com.

Composer Peter Melnick has released a new single, “Helpless,” the latest preview of his debut album, due in 2027. The song was produced and mixed by Joseph E-Shine, with arrangements and conducting by David Campbell, horns and winds by Steven Becknell, Alan Kaplan and Brad Moller, and lead vocals from New York-based artist Aubrey Haddard.

According to the announcement, Melnick wrote the song early in his first marriage while telling himself he was simply crafting a fictional story about a doomed relationship. He has said the track marks a personal shift after decades composing for film, television and musical theater, moving his own songwriting to the forefront for the first time.

Melnick is a Drama Desk-nominated musical theater composer currently adapting “Snow in August” for Broadway with lyricist Mindi Dickstein and librettist Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. His film and television scoring credits include “L.A. Story,” “The Only Thrill” and “Convicts,” and he is the grandson of composer Richard Rodgers and son of film producer Daniel Melnick.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Teenage punk trio Yee Loi will support Wendy James and Transvision Vamp next month on the band’s first UK and Ireland tour since 1991, according to the announcement from Outside Organisation.

The sibling group has drawn attention from Kerrang! and MTV and received radio play from Craig Charles and Shaun Keaveny, per the announcement. The band recently traveled to the United States to write and record with CJ Ramone and has released its third single, “Social Suicide.”

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Ewan Welford, outsideorganisation.com.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Bird (Janie Price) has released a new single, “The Lady Who Reads The Cards,” out now on streaming platforms. The song was co-written with longtime collaborator Jeroen Swinnen, who has previously written for Chiara Dubey and Stan Van Samang, and features bassist Darryl Jones, known for his work with the Rolling Stones and Miles Davis. It was recorded across Nashville, Texas and London.

According to the announcement, the track was inspired by a tarot card reading Bird had during a trip to New Orleans for the Folk Alliance Conference earlier this year. The label describes the single as blending foot-stomping country rhythms with atmospheric string arrangements and layered vocals, and says it marks the start of a new musical chapter ahead of a project to be announced early next year.

The single follows Bird’s most recent album, “Held Here Together,” released in June 2026, which included co-writes with Andy Dunlop of Travis, Ally McErlaine of Texas and Hal Lindes of Dire Straits. Bird has released six albums to date and also works as a filmmaker; her documentary “You Found A Friend In Elvis” has screened at several film festivals, including the Lighthouse International Film Festival.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Songwriter David Worby has released two new singles, “Living Large In A Small Town” performed by Breaking Eight and “Hard Hats” performed by Matt Wynn, continuing the rollout of his collaborative EP Worby & Friends ahead of its October release. The songs follow the Sept. 4 release of “Hope” featuring The Bennett Hall Band.”Living Large In A Small Town,” written by Worby with Amanda Martin and Zac Wrixon, is a lighthearted take on small-town life, while “Hard Hats,” written by Worby with Mark Narmore and Alyssa Trahan, explores the anxieties and responsibilities of fatherhood.

The EP pairs Worby’s songwriting with a range of artists including Hunter Jordan, Ava Paige and Alyssa Trahan, with Worby serving as songwriter and co-executive producer alongside Michael August. Simon Reid and Suzanne Worby produced the project.

According to the announcement, Worby will donate one dollar for each stream of a Worby & Friends track, up to a total of $100,000, split evenly between the Gary Sinise Foundation and Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Worby, an attorney known for his advocacy on behalf of Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers after the Sept. 11 attacks, has more than 25 country music cuts to his name; Worby & Friends is his first project released under his own creative direction.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Christy Walker-Watkins, 3on.e2ma.net.