The music nerds at In Spite Magazine count down their favorite concerts of 2025, featuring Mille Manders and the Shut Up, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Teenage Bottlerocket, Iggy Pop, Levity presents LASERSHIP, My Bloody Valentine, Philthy Dronez, and so much more.

Billy Idol and Joan Jett turn a Berkeley landmark into punk’s latest palace.

John Greenwood gears up for Billy Idol’s Nice Day to Tour Again with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and fills us in on Idol’s new album, Dream Into It, and the documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.