The Foo Fighters just wrapped a run of North American stadium gigs on their Take Cover tour and, in classic Foo fashion, no downtime is good time. So they’ve just agreed to hop onto another massive tour for one night only for a gig that will fulfill a childhood dream for band leader Dave Grohl. The band announced on Thursday (Aug. 20) that they will be special guests at their heroes AC/DC‘s Sept. 8 show at the 67,000-capacity The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis.
Drake's ICEMAN scores a fourth No. 1 on Billboard‘s Rhythmic Airplay chart as the set’s “Shabang” crowns the list dated Aug. 22. With its ascent, the album becomes just the fifth project — including another by Drake — to launch at least four leaders on the radio ranking.
Madonna, who stole the show at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 with a jaw-dropping performance of “Like a Virgin,” is the leading nominee for the 2026 VMAs with 11 nods. It’s the first time Madonna has been the leading nominee since 1998, the year she won video of the year for the first time with “Ray of Light.” She was also the leading nominee in 1990, the year she was nominated for the top award with “Vogue.” In both of those years, she had nine nominations. This year’s tally of 11 nods represents a personal best for the legendary star.
The Jonas Brothers really are taking it all over again.
After selling out their headlining shows at Madison Square Garden, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas announced Monday (Aug. 17) that their Burning Up Tour All Over Again will officially expand into a 45-city North American tour this fall. What started as a special revival of one of the band’s most iconic eras is now becoming a full-fledged arena run.
Pitbull is so back. The artist born Armando Christian Pérez is releasing his 14th studio album, titled Pitcoin
Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits, first released in 1988, reaches the top 10 on Billboard’s 35-year-old Top Album Sales chart for the first time, following its expanded reissue.
The Chicks are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2006 album Taking the Long Way. The trio’s seventh album, the last one to employ their original stage name, The Dixie Chicks, was originally released on May 23, 2006, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Charlie Puth walked into the Tiny Desk and turned it into a jazz club. Known for crafting some of the biggest pop records of the last decade, Puth approaches the Desk less like a hitmaker and more like a bandleader, reimagining familiar songs with fresh arrangements that spotlight the musicianship at his core. With effortless precision — and plenty of spontaneity — he guides his band through each song, shaping dynamics in real time like a professor leading a masterclass.
As it turns out, you can go home again, but in the case of the Smashing Pumpkins, it might just take 32 years to do it. The Chicago-bred indie rock heroes are gearing up to celebrate their first headlining slot at Lollapalooza in more than three decades with a rare underplay show, pop-ups and other events leading up to Friday night’s (July 31) main stage performance on the Bud Light stage at the festival that’s been held on the lakefront of their beloved hometown since 2005.
Springsteen played "Streets of Minneapolis" Friday (July 24) after receiving the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science and Sports.
Fresh from her historic performance at the first FIFA World Cup halftime show on Sunday (July 19), Shakira kept the party going Monday (July 20) at the Barclays Center, where she brought the stadium energy to the Brooklyn arena for a stellar night that included Tyla, Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy as surprise guests.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show did exactly what FIFA hoped and exactly what soccer purists feared: It turned the most sacred match in the sport into an 11-and-a-half-minute pop fever dream.
The Killers and Olivia Dean will headline the inaugural Ocean Way Festival on Sept. 26-27. The first major music festival on Santa Monica Beach will be produced by Coachella and Stagecoach promoter Golden voice, with tickets going on sale to the general public beginning on July 23, following a presale on July 22 for Santa Monica residents.
What began as a quirky, silly homage to Pitbull's famously bald head turned into a world record on Friday night (July 10) when Mr. Worldwide made good on his vow to host the largest-ever gathering of people wearing bald caps. And, true to his word, Pitbull set a Guinness World Record during his headlining set at BST Hyde Park, when thousands of his fans showed up in their signature Pit drag of bald caps, aviator shades, white shirts, black ties and fake beards, an homage to his look in the “Back in Time” video from Men in Black 3.
Madonna earns her 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her new studio album, CONFESSIONS II, debuts atop the list dated July 18. With the arrival, the Queen of Pop gets her first No. 1 album of the 2020s and becomes the first act with a No. 1 album in the 2020s to have also topped the chart in three other decades.
The "Renegade" pair was back at it again on Saturday night, as Eminem joined Jay-Z on stage during Jay's performance at Yankee Stadium in New York, where he was celebrating the 25th anniversary of his hit album "The Blueprint."
Eminem hit the stage alongside Jay to perform "Renegade," their collaboration from the 2001 album.
Three is the magic number for Jonas Brothers’ New York fans.
The sibling trio add a third show at Madison Square Garden — home of the NBA champion Knicks — following “overwhelming demand” during the initial presale, reps say.
It’s been seven years since global K-pop titans BTS performed in the U.K. The septet last looked out over the iconic red seats of Wembley Stadium back in 2019, but on Monday (July 6) — with a whole pandemic and a septet of staggered mandatory military enlistments behind us — they traversed the capital to arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where they’re performing two dates as part of their massive Arirang World Tour.
Harry Styles has a handful of Guinness World Records with his former mates in One Direction, but on Saturday (July 4), the “Aperture” singer achieved a massive milestone in his solo career when his historic residency run at London’s Wembley Stadium was recognized by the Guinness team for a unique honor.
Stevie Nicks brought a legendary touch to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding.
Madrid was the starting point for the European leg of the BTS ARIRANG World Tour, but it also marked the end of a long wait for thousands of Spanish fans. More than 66,000 people, according to sources from Atlético de Madrid, attended the group’s first of two shows at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Friday (June 26).
Goal! Shakira and Burna Boy debut on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated June 27) with “Dai Dai (FIFA World Cup Official Song 2026).” The song starts at No. 75 on the strength of 3.9 million official streams (up 47% week over week), 6 million airplay audience impressions (up 27%) and 2,000 sold (up 47%) in the United States June 12-18, according to Luminate.
Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter bring their love for dancing to the club in their new music video, which shows the two women coming together as queens of the night while joined by a special guest.
