Bush — NPR Tiny Desk, Washington D.C., 2026

Bush, the British alternative rock band led by Gavin Rossdale, sets up behind the desk for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series in this live full concert, published on April 2, 2026. First known in the mid-1990s through the album Sixteen Stone, the post-grunge quintet delivers a stripped-down four-song set, reworked far from the saturation of the studio originals. The performance opens with “Machinehead”, slowed and reshaped, followed by “Glycerine”, a ballad reduced to piano and guitar and carried by an a cappella vocal moment. Next come “Out of This World”, from 2001’s Golden State, and “I Beat Loneliness”, the title track of the band’s 2025 album. This live set shows how Bush revisits its catalogue in an intimate acoustic format, with Rossdale’s recognizable voice pushed to the front. The context is that of a still-active band marking roughly three decades since its debut record while touring behind new material. The Tiny Desk series, filmed at NPR’s offices in Washington D.C., favors close-up listening that highlights the rethought arrangements of these four songs, making the video a concise document of Bush in 2026.