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The Last Dinner Party Laura Marie Cieplik The Last Dinner Party’s next era is underway. On Thursday (July 17), the five-piece announced its second studio album, From the Pyre, and shared its jaunty, country-tinged lead single, “This Is the Killer Speaking.” The new LP will arrive on Oct. 17 via Island Records. The band debuted...

KAYTRANADA Hannah Sider Kaytranada and Justice are going on a co-headlining North American arena tour this fall. The 13-show run will launch on Oct. 17 in Vancouver, B.C., then hits arenas across the U.S. until it wraps in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 16. The run includes one currently unannounced show that’s blurred out on the...

Swedish House Mafia Alexander Wessely Swedish House Mafia will play a major standalone U.S. show on Sept. 11 when the group headlines New York City’s Arthur Ashe Stadium. The show will make the trio the first dance/electronic headliner at the 23,000-capacity venue located in Queens. The show marks a sort of comeback for the group,...

Prince was a musical legend, fashion icon and overall mystical being, but according to Nicole Scherzinger, he also wasn’t above crouching behind some greenery from time to time. While talking about the late superstar on the Thursday (July 17) episode of Hot Ones, the Broadway star recalled a hilarious memory of Prince — whom she...

Eminem and Hailie Jade Mathers attend the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Nov. 5, 2022 in Los Angeles. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Eminem‘s daughter, Hailie Jade, recently celebrated a motherhood milestone while paying tribute to her dad. In a...

A fire at the festival site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival, Wednesday 16 July 2025, in Boom. STRINGER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images Tomorrowland 2025 will open as scheduled on Friday (July 18) following a devastating July 16 fire that destroyed the festival’s mainstage. In a statement made on Thursday (July 17), organizers wrote that...

PLAVE (C)VLAST/Billboard Japan PLAVE’s “Kakurenbo” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released July 16. The Japan debut single by the five-member K-pop virtual idol group launched with 388,211 copies after being released on July 9, topping sales and coming in at No. 5 for radio airplay. Mrs. GREEN...

Nine Inch Nails John Crawford Nine Inch Nails has given fans something to believe in. The industrial rock juggernaut surprise dropped new song “As Alive As You Need Me to Be” on Thursday (July 17), and also announced that the Tron: Ares soundtrack will be arriving on Sept. 19 via Interscope Records. The dance-floor ready...

Colson Baker AKA Machine Gun Kelly and Pete Davidson attend the premiere of “Big Time Adolescence” at Metrograph on March 5, 2020 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Machine Gun Kelly‘s daughter Saga Blade is only three months old, but the “Cliché” singer doesn’t think it’s ever too early to line up A-list playdates...

Nicki Minaj and SZA Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Harry Durrant/Getty Images SZA has responded to Nicki Minaj‘s latest flurry of posts insulting her, with the R&B hitmaker claiming that the Queen of Rap — who recently said that the “music business wouldn’t even miss” SZA if she “vanished” — has previously asked to collaborate with her....

U-God and Method Man of Wu-Tang Clan perform at Scotiabank Arena on July 14, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images Several times throughout the evening, the Wu-Tang Clan’s longtime leader and producer RZA told the crowd that this show was not just a celebration of the Staten Island pioneering hip-hop group — nearing the end...

Lady Gaga performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2025 in Indio, Calif. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella We’re lucky Lady Gaga changed her mind about touring in 2025. Her headlining (and headline-making) Coachella performance and Singapore dates were initially intended...

Fred Again.. Theo Batterham Fred again.. is keeping his “Victory Lap” series alive with another high-energy entry. The electronic producer and DJ has unveiled “Victory Lap Three,” adding rising Desi hip-hop artist Hanumankind to a powerhouse lineup that already includes Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax and Denzel Curry. The latest remix follows a steady rollout of the series,...

Lady Gaga performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2025 in Indio, Calif. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella The Mayhem Ball has been unleashed. On Wednesday (July 16) night at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena (technically in Paradise, Nevada), Lady Gaga ushered...

Daft Punk at the Mayan, 1997 Courtesy of Daft Life The Mayan Theater, an iconic Los Angeles nightspot with 98 years of history, has announced it will permanently close its doors this September. News of the venue’s closure was shared earlier this week on social media by the Mayan’s team. “It is with heavy yet...

Billy Strings performs onstage at the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Benefit Gala for Grateful Dead held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Michael Buckner for Billboard Michigan bluegrass aficionado Billy Strings has showcased his diverse tastes and genre-shifting proficiency as part of a new collaboration...