Music

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Country music’s biggest festival, Stagecoach, is back for 2026, and tickets are going fast. This year’s headliners — Cody Johnson, Lainey […]

SYDNEY — Australia’s federal government has passed the Copyright Amendment Bill, a piece of legislation that introduces for the first time an “orphan works” scheme, which should provide greater legal certainty when working with copyright material where the owner is unknown or unlocatable. The Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 amends the Copyright Act 1968, and delivers two […]

A federal judge has once again dismissed a lawsuit against Showtime that claimed George & Tammy — a TV series about country music legends George Jones and Tammy Wynette — unfairly turned her late husband into “the villain.” The case, filed in 2024, alleged that the Showtime series conveyed a “negative and disparaging portrayal” of […]

American Idol made history on Monday (March 30) when host Ryan Seacrest announced that no elimination would take place at the end of the season’s first live show — the first time in the competition’s history that a result could not be delivered on the night. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “We will […]

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. If you aren’t familiar, on-ear headphones are styles that feature earcups that rest directly on the ear cartilage, rather than over […]

When Kevin Lyman launched Vans Warped Tour in 1995, he made a decision that confused a lot of people in the industry: no headliners. Every artist on the bill listed alphabetically, given equal billing, equal space on the poster. Three decades later, with Warped returning for its biggest edition yet — five two-day U.S. festivals […]

HADES, the new album from Melanie Martinez, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll. Fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 27) on Billboard, choosing the alt-pop artist’s latest LP as their favorite new release of the week. HADES leads the pack in a week that also saw new music releases streaming in from Conan Gray, RAYE, […]

Weezer staged an acoustic rooftop concert in Venice Beach on Friday as part of a week of fan events tied to the announcement of their ‘The Gathering’ arena tour and upcoming new single. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Rivers Cuomo and company set up atop the Hinano Cafe for a five-song acoustic set […]

Fred again.. has shared his historic b2b set with Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter, with the complete performance now streaming on YouTube. Watch the show below. The last show of Fred’s already incredible USB002 tour, the Feb. 27 set at London’s Alexandra Palace marked Bangalter’s second public performance in 20 years, with the first one happening […]

Inkabee has made his triple j Like A Version debut, covering the Black Eyed Peas‘ 2003 hit “Where Is the Love?” — becoming one of the youngest artists to ever perform in the studio. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The Noongar Wongi rapper from Boorloo (Perth), still a teenager, delivered a full-band take […]