Derek Riggs

Boston's Third Stage turns 40 on September 24, 2026, marking four decades since Tom Scholz and Brad Delp returned with the band's long-awaited third album and its only US number one single, "Amanda".

Alice Cooper's 1986 comeback album Constrictor turns 40, marking the point where the shock-rock pioneer returned from a three-year recording hiatus with Kane Roberts, a harder-edged sound and two songs that became closely linked to horror cinema, "He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)" and "Teenage Frankenstein".

Elvis Costello's 1986 reunion with The Attractions produced one of the most uncompromising records of his career, a tense, stripped-back album whose reputation has grown substantially in the four decades since its release.

Huey Lewis And The News reached the commercial peak of their 1980s run with Fore!, the 1986 album that produced five Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the No. 1 hits “Stuck With You” and “Jacob's Ladder”.

Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet turns 40 on August 18, 2026, marking the anniversary of the album that transformed the New Jersey band from a successful hard rock act into one of the biggest groups in the world.

John Farnham's landmark 1986 album Whispering Jack will mark its 40th anniversary with expanded 2CD and limited numbered 2LP editions, pairing the original album with the previously DVD-only Whispering Jack Live In Concert.

Dwight Yoakam's 1986 debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. turns 40 with its place in country music history firmly established, from its unlikely beginnings as a self-financed independent EP to its role in the rise of the New Traditionalist movement.