Goo Goo Dolls reveal new live version of their global hit "Iris"
Following a transcendent performance at California's Stagecoach Music Festival, Goo Goo Dolls release the live performance of their global hit Iris.
Since going viral on TikTok, the 4x Grammy nominated track is now Certified Diamond and has accumulated over 5 billion streams to date worldwide, amassing over a billion streams in 2025 alone. The track continues to reach new audiences around the world and has been covered by the likes of Taylor Swift, Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers, yet again proving the timelessness and staying power of Goo Goo Dolls’ catalogue. You can listen to Iris live from the Stagecoach festival HERE, or watch the entire festival performance below:
Most recently, the Song Of The Summer became the 9th most-streamed song worldwide on Spotify’s Daily Chart - yet another chart position peak for the iconic track nearly 30 years after release.
Recently the band released their “Summer Anthem” EP via Warner Records. Consisting of 7 tracks including Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes) and Nothing Lasts Forever, “Summer Anthem” is a precise, hard-hitting project, featuring the type of vivid lyricism that’s led the band to becoming one of the most influential alternative rock groups of all time.
“Summer Anthem” Tracklist
Ocean
Nothing Lasts Forever
Slightly Broken
Misery
Such A Mystery
Run All Night
Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)
On September 12, the band wrapped up their massively successful sold-out Summer Anthem Tour with Dashboard Confessional, which sold over 300,000 tickets. The extensive run of tour dates brought the band to nearly 50 iconic venues coast-to-coast. The band will also perform two nights of music with special guest Marc Roberge of O.A.R. at New York’s Beacon Theatre on November 9 and November 10 to benefit Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation. Since partnering with the nonprofit in 2021, the band has been selling signed guitars at their shows to raise funds in order to support healing and educational services for youth affected by violence. Tickets can be purchased on their website HERE.
Formed by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac in Buffalo, NY during 1986, Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the group has garnered 4x GRAMMY-nominations and nearly a dozen platinum and gold singles combined and seized a page in the history books by achieving 15 #1 and Top 10 hits. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.”
So far, “A Boy Named Goo” (1995) is 2x Certified Platinum, “Dizzy Up The Girl” (1998) 5x Certified Platinum and “Gutterflower” (2002) and “Let Love” In (2006) are both Certified Gold. In addition, “Something for the Rest of Us” (2010) and “Magnetic” (2013) are both in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200.
