Ireland, Canada, California and so many more musical stops en route this week

Published August 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM CDT

Eleanor McEvoy achieved star status in Ireland in 1992 when her own song "Only A Woman's Heart" inspired the title for, and appeared on, the "A Woman's Heart" anthology album. It has since gone on to become the best selling album in Irish history. "A Woman's Heart" stayed in the Top 10 for over a year and still remains in the Irish charts to this day

The Canadian group Metric began life as a new-wave-inspired act but have since captured arena-sized crowds with their outsized yet still bleedingly human songs