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De La Soul announced plans for a New York City concert at the top of 2025, and they’re taking an atypical approach to ticketing options for the show. The Grammy-winning crew has employed a “Choose-What-You-Pay” model for fans looking to purchase tickets to the Jan. 17 show at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. According to

Beabadoobee is on track to secure her first-ever U.K. Official Chart No. 1 album with This Is How Tomorrow Moves. The Filipino-English artist, whose real name is Bea Kristi, has already made an impact with her previous releases—Fake It Flowers (No. 8 in 2020) and Beatopia (No. 4 in 2022). Now, her third album, crafted

08/12/2024 Billboard pays tribute to the executives, songwriters, managers, producers, promoters, radio hosts and more who passed on this year. 08/12/2024 Yngwie Malmsteen and Dick Asher pose together backstage in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Nov. 2, 1986. Gary Gershoff/Getty Images There’s no way around it. The music industry, with all its boundless nooks and

The Red Hot Chili Peppers wrapped their multi-year, multi-continent tour with the biggest business of their multi-decade career. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Unlimited Love Tour sold 3.4 million tickets over 86 shows. Among rock tours, it finishes as the third best-selling trek this decade, only behind Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres

Kim Loaiza and Codiciado’s “QuesoXTE” has topped this week’s new music Latin poll. In a poll published on Friday (Aug. 9) — in support of the weekly New Music Latin roundup and playlist, curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — music fans voted for the Mexican artists first collaborative effort as their favorite

Streaming platform Disney+ announced on social media that it partnered with Austria’s ORF to broadcast Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) on television for free Saturday night (Aug. 10), one of three evenings that Swift was supposed to perform live in Vienna. The Vienna Eras Tour dates, scheduled for Aug. 9, 10 and 11,

Travis Scott was released from French police custody without a charge after his arrest at a Paris hotel following an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Saturday (Aug. 10). In a statement, the Paris prosecutor’s office said, “the police custody order for Travis Scott has been lifted and all proceedings (against him) were

During a chaotic week for stock markets around the world, Universal Music Group (UMG) shares rose 3.3% to 22.15 euros ($24.20), enough to make the Amsterdam-listed company the top-performing music stock of the week. Stocks were hammered on Monday (Aug. 5) as markets reacted to a disappointing U.S. jobs report the prior Friday (Aug. 2),

A new lawsuit claims that Pitbull’s 2021 dance hit “I Feel Good” was copied from an earlier track that was created more than 15 years earlier. In a case filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, a company called All Surface Publishing alleged that Pitbull’s song – which spent 27 weeks on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs

Yung Miami is breaking her silence on allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse against ex-boyfriend Diddy, reviving her REVOLT series Caresha Please on Thursday night (Aug. 8) for a sit-down interview with friend and fellow rapper Saucy Santana. Santana directly asked the City Girls rapper (born Caresha Brownlee) whether Diddy (real name: Sean Combs) had

Samantha liked that attending Electric Forest took some planning – that it wasn’t one of those festivals that a person just attended on a whim. “You can’t just buy tickets the night before and decide you’re going the next day – it’s more complicated than that. There’s camping, there’s travel, there’s making sure all of

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As one of the most influential stars in the world, Taylor Swift has many Americans on the edges of their seats as they wait to see whether the 14-time Grammy winner will endorse Kamala Harris‘ 2024 campaign for president.  And though she has yet to come forward with her support, some fans think Swift may

A celebratory tour from Lauryn Hill and The Fugees scheduled to take place throughout the summer and fall has been canceled, according to Variety. Per the publication, ticket holders received messages from Live Nation on Tuesday (Aug. 6) that reads, “Your event has been canceled. A refund will be on its way to your account soon.”

The image of the legendary singer Celia Cruz is now depicted on a U.S. quarter. Widely known as the Queen of Salsa, the late Cuban artist was chosen along with four other exemplary women from history to be featured on the U.S. quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program this year. She also makes history as

From a 2018 visit at the Oval Office to a 2022 Mar-A-Lago dinner, Ye — formerly Kanye West — and Donald Trump have been linked quite a bit over the years. With 92 days and counting until Election Day, Trump’s campaigning made a stop by Adin Ross’ Kick stream on Monday afternoon (Aug. 5) with

LONDON — “We live to fight another day,” says a weary but cautiously optimistic Oliver Jones, looking back on this year’s Deer Shed Festival, which featured headline performances from bands The Coral, Bombay Bicycle Club and rising Irish singer CMAT, and took place under crystal blue skies July 26-29 in Baldersby Park, Yorkshire. “I don’t

Adele didn’t let her live show get in the way of watching the 2024 Summer Olympics. During her concert in Munich on Saturday (Aug. 3), the 36-year-old British songstress paused her performance to watch the women’s 100-meter final in Paris, as seen in a fan-captured clip posted on the X (formerly Twitter) account for NBC

Grupo Firme made La Última Peda Tour’s Austin concert especially unforgettable with surprise guest Demi Lovato, whom they welcomed on stage for the live debut of “Chula.” Lovato joined Grupo Firme on stage Friday night (Aug. 2) at their arena show at the Texas capital’s Moody Center, arriving to cheers and screams from the crowd.