Overview

• Living Colour performed their signature song on the October 2 episode of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! during a week of broadcasts from Brooklyn.
• First released in 1988 on the debut album Vivid, the track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and features audio excerpts from political speeches.
• “Cult of Personality” remains culturally visible through uses in Guitar Hero III and as CM Punk’s WWE entrance theme, with band performances at WrestleMania 29 and 41.
• The group is working on its first studio album since 2017, a timeline drummer Will Calhoun said in July they hope to complete by the end of the fall.
• Guitarist Vernon Reid releases his solo album Hoodoo Telemetry on October 3 via Artone / The Players Club Records, and the band has one remaining 2025 show on November 7 in Riviera Maya, Mexico.