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Louis Tomlinson has all but confirmed a return to Australia, telling fans that tour dates Down Under are not only coming, but they’re also inevitable. The singer teased the plans during an interview on The Smallzy Show on Friday (Jan. 23), after host Smallzy pointed out that Tomlinson has already announced tour dates across the […]

Sir Rod Stewart is firing back at Donald Trump. On Friday (Jan. 23), the 81-year-old rock legend criticized the president in a video shared on social media after Trump suggested that NATO troops avoided the front lines during the war in Afghanistan. “I may just be a humble rock star, I’m also a Knight of […]

Australian hip-hop heavyweights Hilltop Hoods have reclaimed a long-held triple j Hottest 100 record from Billie Eilish. The achievement adds another milestone to the Adelaide group’s decades-long relationship with the countdown, where they have consistently ranked among the most enduring acts in the poll’s history. Hilltop Hoods have been fixtures of the Hottest 100 since […]

When Paris Hilton was 19, an intimate video of her was made public without her consent. Now, she’s using the pain of that experience to fuel her as she works to get the Defiance Act passed in Congress. On Thursday (Jan. 22), the DJ spoke at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., alongside […]

Yungblud’s recent tour of Australia has produced the sweetest of halo effects, as his album Idols (via Capitol/Universal) belatedly blasts to No. 1. On the latest ARIA Albums Chart, published Friday, Jan. 23, Idols lifts 12-1, for its first stint at the top of the leaderboard. Idols had previously peaked at No. 4, following its […]

The Eagles continue to fly high, as Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 becomes the first album to be certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, marking 40 million units moved since the set’s 1976 release and remaining the RIAA‘s biggest album in terms of U.S. sales and streams. The greatest-hits set — which […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — The year 2025 was a record-breaking one for Untitled Group, which posted more than 800,000 tickets sold, a new high on its 10th anniversary. That’s up from a then-record 630,000 tickets shifted across its events and tours in 2024, and 500,000 tickets sold in 2023. Related The independent Melbourne-based concerts, festivals and events […]

With just one off-the-cuff joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in 2024, Kyle Gass completely uprooted Tenacious D’s career path, and the musician says in a new Rolling Stone article that he’s felt “terrible” about it ever since. In the Q&A published Wednesday (Jan. 21), Gass opened up about the long-term regret he’s […]

Ruel is the winner of the 2025 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, snagging the lucrative contest for his release “The Suburbs.” Written by the Australian singer and songwriter (full name: Ruel Vincent Van Dijk) alongside Mark Landon (M-Phazes), Elias Danielson, Chelsea Lena and Fran Hall, and produced by M-Phazes and Danielson, “The Suburbs” was recognized for its “emotional clarity, […]

Fans of the K-pop supergroup BTS in Mexico raised their voices, calling for transparency in the ticket sales for the three concerts the South Korean group will hold this spring at the GNP Seguros Stadium. Their pleas reached Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference on Monday (Jan. 19), where the Federal Consumer Protection Agency […]