From what she's reading, to favorite lip products and perfume, the country hitmaker tells us what she's bringing on tour this summer.
The newly announced run kicks off in Canberra on Oct. 22.
The Sept. 26 show will also feature Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Margo Price, and Jesse Welles
Board members Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and more will headline the event.
The star performed "Bodega Baddie" and "Bodak Yellow" during the hard-hitting set
The event announcement comes following Horan's revelation that he'll be returning to Australia in early 2027.
Once she wrapped up her 3-minute-plus set, Cardi settled into courtside seats underneath the basket with 4-year-old son Wave.
The iconic group will perform in the country's main public square as part of the FIFA Fan Fest on Thursday.
The event will bring together the three cities hosting the first match for each host country on June 10.
The star athlete and FANTASTICS member talk to Billboard Japan ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Yeezy celebrated his 49th birthday on Monday (June 8) with a show in Amsterdam.
Although the biopic was released in theaters in late April, Michael has already earned a very impressive box office of $898 million worldwide.
But will it work? Apple presentations are not the must see TV they were in the Steve Jobs era, if for no other reason than the lack of…one more thing… But those presentations were live, ever since Covid, Apple prerecords, which eliminates mistakes, but sucks the life out of the presentation.
Toy giant MGA wants to block any debate over how “OMG” ended up in its doll line’s name, but the judge signaled Monday he'll allow it
In the acclaimed revival of “Brigadoon” now playing at Pasadena Playhouse, Tyne Daly is by far the marquee name, as the “Cagney & Lacey” star appears as the Widow Lundie, a role that got a gender switch from the character’s original incarnation as a Mr. Lundie.
Two former top antitrust attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice who were central to its case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster had strong words for the department following its abrupt settlement with the company just one week after the trial — which saw the DOJ and over 30 states accusing...
Last month, Spotify hosted PURE FLOWERS LIVE, a special event celebrating the release of LE SSERAFIM’s second studio album, ‘PUREFLOW’, pt. 1. Held at the Seosomun Shrine History Museum in Seoul, the show gave 300 of the K-Pop group’s top fans a chance to experience the new songs live before the...
Cage the Elephant, Mod Sun, New Translations, and more Nashville-based alt bands descended on Broadway for the anti-CMA Fest
The AI boom may not be a technology story at all—it may be a forecasting story. As trillions flow into data centers, power infrastructure, and transmission lines, the real risk is not whether AI works, but whether demand arrives before the capital structure collapses.
1 Klaus Meine is intelligent and articulate. So if you listen to the “Wind of Change” podcast, and I recommend that you do, they eventually confront Klaus Meine regarding the CIA’s theoretical participation in the creation of the Scorpions song.
Plus fireside chat recognizing 250 years of American music, special performance of songs from FROZEN by Caroline Bowman (Elsa in North American Touring Production) and surprise appearance by Mickey Mouse in patriotic attire WASHINGTON, DC – Accolades continued for the newly-minted RIAA Honors’...
Ariana Grande has earned her 10th single to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as “Hate That I Made You Love Me” bows atop the chart. The song marks her eighth debut at No. 1 on the singles chart and ties her with Taylor Swift for the most among women. Grande produced and […]
The deal was announced on Monday (June 8) at UMGC's inaugural China Summit in Beijing. Source
The decision reopens the question of how much of the material that Udio has designated confidential will stay off the public docket. Source
What, you think any old liquid-cooled bodysuit would be acceptable to pair with such a fashionable outer layer?
New agreement with Zhang and his Planet Culture label extends across music, live business and strategic development. Source
Review: 'Wonka' — A Shockingly Good Modern Musical My low expectations for Paul King's 2023 film were blown out of the water I think that you ...
Monica Corton, a music publishing veteran and the founder of Go To Eleven Entertainment, talks about AI — and to the industry’s one great hope for deciding who actually gets paid when machines make music… Source
Orbital broadband biz will miss its July 30 deadline to have 1,616 spacecraft in place
Warp is looking for a social-first creative to join our team in London, helping bring our Artists’ stories to life across digital platforms. You’ll be a creative all rounder and […] The post is from Music Ally.
Following a sold-out acoustic show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden last Thursday and a tour announcement the next day, Phoebe Bridgers has added more dates to “The Lost Tour” for 2026.
The Grammy winner was killed in a stabbing in East London on June 5, with an investigation still ongoing
Joining Charli XCX on the fall tour will be singer-songwriter underscores, with tour stops in Brooklyn, Washington DC, Austin and Los Angeles
UK-based startup Cantilever has raised £250k of pre-seed funding from a group of 20 independent labels and individuals from those companies.
The American Federation of Musicians claim the two companies licensed recordings made by its members to Suno and Udio without crediting the musicians. Source
The Paris Commitment urges governments, tech firms and cultural industries to ensure human creators remain protected and fairly remunerated in the AI era. Source
US-based musicians’ union the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has launched a lawsuit against UMG and WMG over their AI deals.
Charli xcx is going back on tour this fall to promote her upcoming seventh studio album, “Music, Fashion, Film.” The 12-date North American arena tour kicks off in Philadelphia, Penn. on Sept. 11 and includes two nights at both Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
The podcast starring modern Native and Indigenous artists including The Halluci Nation, THRONE, Raye Zaragoza, Shawnee Kish, Aysanabee, Fawn Wood, and more premieres June 22
News follows UMG's recent rejection of a $64 billion takeover bid from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Source
Spotify has already begun adding footage from live events, including a Dua Lipa show in Mexico City, Bloomberg reported. Source
Guns N’ Roses will return to India for two concerts in November, touching down in Bengaluru and Guwahati as part of the Asia leg of their ongoing world tour. The shows, produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, will take place at Nice Grounds in Bengaluru on Nov.
Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.
The victor of the next season of “The Voice” already has a major gig booked. Whoever wins Season 30 of the NBC singing competition will get to perform on the main stage at the Governors Ball music festival in 2027, thanks to a partnership between Live Nation Studios, the festival and “The Voice.”...
London’s Roundhouse venue in Camden is well known for its concerts, but its work as a youth-arts charity is just as key of its business.
Suno argued that granting the labels' request would deny the company a timely ruling on whether training its AI model on copyrighted music is fair use. Source
Acting in games – voice but also motion-capture and likeness – is a growing opportunity for actors. Tupac Shakur included, despite being dead.
Universal Music Group agreed to divest (sell) Downtown Music subsidiary Curve Royalty Systems. Now we know the buyers.
Two of the companies working on the infrastructure of digital music-marketing have announced a partnership: Feature·fm and SonoSuite.
The British music industry is mourning one of its most important pillars. Kanya King CBE, founder and CEO of the MOBO awards, died last week.
International artist Samuel has released “Samuelito,” a four-track album merging Latin rhythm, reggaeton energy, and the performance-driven aesthetic he developed during his career in Korea.
The reworked Moulin Rouge musical number also featured Lea Michele, Dylan Mulvaney, June Squibb, and Shoshana Bean
At Spotify, our commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community is year-round. Through GLOW, our global music program, we celebrate and amplify the contributions of queer creators—because when artists are free to be themselves, more voices are heard, more stories are told, and culture moves forward.
Parachord is a one-person hobby project. I build all of it for fun and love: the desktop app, the Android app, the iOS app (I just started) and Achordion, the companion website to it all. All of it is open-source, none of it earns money, and I pay for all...
The performance comes two days after Dylan broke out the Basement Tapes super obscurity “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby” for the first time since recording it 59 yers ago
One hates to prioritize one artform over another… really, one does. But after seeing Ariana Grande’s opening show on her “Eternal Sunshine Tour” at the Oakland Arena Saturday night, it is tempting to want to send the multi-hyphenate talent a message, if you had the means to get one through, and it...
It was anything but June gloom when the Gotham Television Awards kicked off the month in New York City. Winners and honorees included Chase Infiniti, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kerry Washington, “I Love LA” and “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.” In London, Variety launched its London...
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1 So I’m listening to this podcast episode about Doc McGhee’s 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival and I’m getting extremely frustrated. Because the narrator was leaving out the most salient point, that Doc was doing this as a give back to the government for not going to jail on smuggling charges.
RIAA Honors’ Artist of a Lifetime Tallies the Most Albums in Gold & Platinum History at 200M, And Stands as the Only Artist to Ever Earn 10 Diamond Album Certifications WASHINGTON, DC – The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) partnered with the National Archives Foundation to present...
As mainstream rap shows signs of slowing, the search for hip-hop's next leaders has intensified. The answer may not come from where the industry has typically looked.
Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viable More than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their work in the European Union since 2021, according to new research.
Universal Music Group has been making a number of moves in south-east Asia recently. The latest is a partnership with S1 in Thailand.
News publishers take fight over copyright of embedded content to Fifth Circuit — The Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments this week in a dispute between a local news publisher and an online news aggregator over alleged public display of news articles on the aggregator’s app.
Thai pop has been quickly gaining worldwide momentum, thanks to fandom culture as a growth driver. With an expected T-pop label collective revenue of Bt11 bil (£250 mil) for 2026 and 13Bt (£295 mil) projected for 2029, the genre has been upsurging, recovering from pandemic levels with the help of...
After a round of testing with selected users, Threads has launched a music stickers feature which allows creators to include 30-second song clips in both posts and replies through streaming services.
In mid-May, Amazon Prime Video launched the first season of their new show Off Campus, which instantly became a global hit. The series reached 36 mil viewers in its first 12 days, becoming the platform’s third biggest debut series ever.
Our latest Sandbox explores the under-16 youth social media bans, first introduced by Australia this past December. A growing number of countries have followed suit, with Indonesia, Brazil, and, as of June 1, Malaysia all now requiring social media platforms to implement similar age verification...
Taco Bell has been supporting hungry artists on tour for 20 years now via its ‘Feed The Beat’ initiative, which began in 2006.
Event’s Fifth Edition Highlights Unifying Power of Music, in Partnership with Billboard WASHINGTON, DC – Common ground can be hard to find in DC, but music often changes that tune.
K-pop has had a banner year, with the genre earning multiple Grammy nominations,along with the massive success of Kpop Demon Hunters . As K-pop’s dedicated fans dominate the global stage, they are often seen as the definition of “superfans”, with artists and labels chasing similar levels of fa...
On this week’s podcast episode, Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, takes us through his journey with the band and beyond.
The infrastructure of entertainment consumption has never felt more feudalistic. Distribution, discovery, and monetisation increasingly operate through a small number of platforms that shape how audiences find, consume, and pay for content. Source
The rise of generative AI in music raises significant legal and logistical challenges for music supervisors, including issues of authorship, rights management, and increased piracy risks, complicating traditional licensing processes.