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Machine Gun Kelly Guest-Lectures at Harvard Business School By Billboard • September 2025 Machine Gun Kelly at Daily Front Row’s 12th Annual Fashion Media Awards, The Rainbow Room — September 12, 2025. Jason Mendez/Getty Images Colson Baker, professionally known as Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), has long moved between rap, emo-punk and pop — and he’s...

English Teacher perform at The Great Escape Garry Jones The Great Escape has confirmed an early wave of performers for its 2026 edition in Brighton, with acts spanning the U.K., Sweden and Nigeria among the first names announced. The festival returns to Brighton from May 13–16, 2026, showcasing hundreds of emerging artists from around the...

Bonnie Raitt Makes Her Concerts a Refuge, Not a Platform for Politics Photograph by Ken Friedman Bonnie Raitt — Ken Friedman Bonnie Raitt’s political views are well known, and she’s spoken candidly about her frustration with the developments in Washington over the past months. Still, as she continues touring behind her 2022 album Just Like...

Barbra Streisand Pays Tribute to Robert Redford Following His Death at 89 September 16, 2025 Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were (1973). — Columbia Pictures International/Getty Images Barbra Streisand has honored her longtime friend and celebrated co-star Robert Redford after the actor’s death at 89 on September 16, 2025. Within hours...

Keke Palmer and Sean Evans Share a Surprise On-Air Kiss on Hot Ones Appeared on Hot Ones — Monday, Sept. 15 Clip from Hot Ones featuring Keke Palmer and Sean Evans. Keke Palmer and host Sean Evans capped off their Hot Ones installment with a spontaneous kiss that quickly became the episode’s most talked-about moment....

Hooshmand Aghili, Cherished Voice of a Generation, Dies at 88 Hooshmand Aghili — Sept. 4, 2025 Hooshmand Aghili (center). Erin C Shimazu Photography / Courtesy Tahmasbi Family Hooshmand Aghili passed away on Sept. 4, 2025, at the age of 88. Surrounded by family, he left behind a lifetime of songs that became the soundtrack of...

Sabrina Carpenter at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025, UBS Arena — September 7, 2025. Christopher Polk / Billboard Sabrina Carpenter turned intention into reality this week: on Tuesday, September 16, Billboard confirmed the pop star as one of three headliners for Coachella 2026 — a milestone she had openly hoped to reach after her...

Billboard and Samsung TV Plus Debut BillboardTV, a 24/7 Music Channel September 16, 2025 BillboardTV on Samsung TV Plus Samsung TV Plus On September 16, 2025, Billboard partnered with Samsung TV Plus to launch BillboardTV — a continuously running streaming channel devoted to music culture, news and original programming. The channel will deliver round‑the‑clock updates...

Copa del Rave Returns to Los Angeles with SG Lewis and Industry All-Stars SG Lewis at Copa del Rave Courtesy of Infamous On October 9, 2025, the music community will swap turntables for cleats when Copa del Rave — the charity soccer tournament organized by members of the dance scene — returns to Los Angeles....

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Celebrate Patrick Mahomes’ 30th at 1587 Prime By Staff • September 15, 2025 Taylor Swift with Travis Kelce, Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes at the U.S. Open. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were among the guests who gathered in Kansas City as Patrick Mahomes marked his 30th...