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Radio conglomerate Urban One is asking a court to throw out Brian McKnight’s defamation lawsuit over broadcasts on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and a North Carolina local station. A lawyer for the network says in a Friday (April 3) motion to dismiss that the R&B singer has no legally viable claims for defamation. The […]

This summer will be a particularly warm and fuzzy one: The Temper Trap will release Sungazer on July 10, and play tracks from it when they support Muse on a North American tour throughout that month and the next. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Sungazer (via Mushroom Music / Virgin Music Group) is […]

Testing new waters, Grupo Firme makes its mariachi debut with their latest single, “Cabrón y Medio,” premiering exclusively on Billboard today (April 2).  Co-produced by Joss Favela and Ricardo Orrantía, the Música Mexicana group steers away from its signature banda style that’s typically fast-paced, danceable and brass-heavy, and steps into the traditional mariachi realm powered […]

It’s that time of year when Australians turn off their alarms, load up on chocolate, and for many of us, pack for the roadtrip that is Bluesfest. Nix the journey, and forget packing for all-weather, because Bluesfest is wiped out, and not by mother nature. The beloved Easter long-weekend festival was meant to get underway […]

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 […]