Article Contributed by Big Hassle Media
Published on 2026-06-16
Goose is excited to announce a surprise SummerStage in Central Park performance. Fresh off their two-night run at Madison Square Garden on June 19 and 20, the band will keep their new-album celebration going with a special June 21 show at SummerStage. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, June 17, at 10 AM ET. GA Tickets will be $40 to celebrate SummerStage's 40th anniversary.
This announcement follows last week’s release of Goose’s genre-bending sixth studio album, BIG MODERN! (No Coincidence Records). BIG MODERN! is Goose’s third full-length studio release in just over a year—a trio of records with a throughline that charts the band’s musical and personal evolutions. Unlike the last two records, which included tracks spanning Goose’s musical career, the world of BIG MODERN! is an offering rooted firmly in the moment. A project born out of the band’s newfound creative and collaborative freedom.
The record opens up a new, future-facing era for the band, introducing 15 tracks that showcase the group’s musical versatility and range. BIG MODERN! weaves effortlessly through heartland rock piano ballads, accented orchestral jazz interludes, and 80’s-influenced high-octane synth rock. BIG MODERN! highlights the musical evolution of the four-piece, built on the back of Goose’s improvisational prowess. The album beckons listeners with high-energy pop grooves and searing guitar riffs. These highs are punctuated by their musical counterparts. BIG MODERN!’s genre-bending orchestration moves between haunting, driving distortion and gorgeous choral harmonies.
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“Initially, there was no idea of writing an album around BIG MODERN! with a thematic throughline,” says Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda. But initial concepts, first hatched in the writing of 2025’s Everything Must Go, opened the door to a fresh world. “Ideas kept unraveling in real time as we were working on it. It was so organic we just kept following the thread.” What began then, almost plaintively, in Everything Must Go gave way to the boisterous doomscroll touchstone of BIG MODERN!
Among many highlights of BIG MODERN! is the propulsive new single, “Good Times // End Times,” available everywhere now. An anthem for an apocalypse that never quite arrives, the upbeat rocker is elusive, constantly shapeshifting between the peaks and valleys of experience before dissolving into choruses of uncertainty, propelled by a doomsday-clock metronome. An official music video directed by Will Thresher premieres today on YouTube.
“Thematically, it’s at the heart of this strange duality we’ve been exploring,” says Mitarotonda. “Intense beauty and deep gratitude right alongside real horrors. Moments of ecstasy that butt up against inner darkness and dread. And it’s all happening in this environment that blurs the lines. How much of what you see and feel is real and your own, and how much is this amplified projection coming from a million other inputs? It was fun to immerse in that musically, riding in the buoyancy of this experience we’re all having, until those flashes of questioning and doubt inevitably seep up to the surface.”
WATCH “GOOD TIMES // END TIMES” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
BIG MODERN! also includes such intoxicating new tracks as “Torero” and the rapturous “Good2B,” both available everywhere now. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “groovy and discombobulated…a vintage Goose jam,” “Good2B” is shaping up as an early summer sensation, leaping this week to #6 at Triple A radio outlets nationwide – the #2 biggest gainer behind only The Rolling Stones on the current Mediabase chart.
As part of the festivities surrounding the new album and MSG run, the New Earth Project presents the BIG MODERN! Experience + Pop-Up Shop will be taking place June 18 - 20 at The Drop House, 12 East 14th Street in New York City. At the pop-up, fans will be able to explore exclusive merchandise, MSG event items, limited-edition posters, the launch of Goose’s TED TRACKS live vinyl store, and an interactive BIG MODERN! experience featuring collaborations with Chris Benchetler, Marq Spusta, David Welker, Thundershout, Converse, Dawn Dunning, Lewy Jones, Juliana Bernstein, Michael Nuchereno, Yerba Madre, and more. Click HERE for pop-up store times and more information.
GOOSE – LIVE 2026
JUNE
16 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome
19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
21 - New York, NY - SummerStage in Central Park
23 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
24 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
26 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
27 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
28 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
30 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
JULY
1 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
2 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
3 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC ‡
4 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC §
AUGUST
13 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
15 – Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater
16 – Reno, NV – The Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort
18 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
19 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater Δ
21 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater Δ
22 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater ‖
24 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
27 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
28 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Civic Center *
SEPTEMBER
24 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond †
NOVEMBER
3 – Kansas City, MO — The Midland Theatre
4 – Kansas City, MO — The Midland Theatre
6 – Milwaukee, WI — Miller High Life Theatre
7 – Milwaukee, WI — Miller High Life Theatre
8 – Milwaukee, WI — Miller High Life Theatre
10 – Nashville, TN — The Truth
11 – Nashville, TN — The Truth
13 – Uncasville, CT — Mohegan Sun Arena
14 – Uncasville, CT — Mohegan Sun Arena
15 – Portland, ME — Cross Insurance Arena
18 – Charlottesville, VA — John Paul Jones Arena
19 – Pittsburgh. PA — Citizens Live at The Wylie
20 – Pittsburgh. PA — Citizens Live at The Wylie
21 – Rochester, NY — Blue Cross Arena
JANUARY 2027
20-23 – Riviera Maya, MX – Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: 10 Years on the Beach †
† Festival Appearance
^ w/ Special Guest Julian Lage
‡ w/ Special Guests The Disco Biscuits
§ w/Special Guests moe.
Δ w/ Special Guests Greensky Bluegrass
‖ w/ Special Guests Buffalo Traffic Jam
* w/ Special Guests Theoretical Blonde
