THE STROKES SET SUMMER TOUR IN SUPPORT OF ‘REALITY AWAITS’

Fresh off The Strokes’ main stage set at Coachella, the band has announced a summer tour in support of their upcoming album Reality Awaits.

The trek revolves around the Strokes’ previously announced gigs at festivals like Outside Lands, Sea.Hear.Now, Shaky Knees, and Bonnaroo, where the Reality Awaits the World Tour will begin on June 12.

BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ SCORES THIRD WEEK AT NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD 200

BTS' ARIRANG captures a third consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200(dated April 18), as the set earned 124,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending April 9 (down 34%), according to Luminate. The album debuted atop the chart dated April 4.

SABRINA CARPENTER TURNS COACHELLA INTO ‘SABRINAWOOD’ WITH SUPERSTAR-CALIBER HEADLINE PERFORMANCE: RECAP AND BEST MOMENTS

“I can’t believe I’m headlining Coachella!” Sabrina Carpenter proclaimed partway through her performance doing exactly that on Friday night (Apr. 10) of the festival’s first weekend. “I mean… I can a little bit. But it sounds nicer to say that.”

BRUNO MARS KICKS OFF THE ROMANTIC TOUR IN LAS VEGAS & RECEIVES KEY TO THE STRIP ON ‘BRUNO MARS DAY’

The pop supernova lived up to his billing as the King of Las Vegas entertainment as he ran through his plethora of smash hits within a 25-track setlist which included five songs with his Silk Sonic running mate, Anderson . Paak, who joined him midway through the show.

If there’s one thing Sin City knows how to do, it’s throw a party. Friday was an all-day celebration for Bruno Mars ahead of his Romantic Tour launch.

KEHLANI TEAMS UP WITH MISSY ELLIOTT FOR AALIYAH-TRIBUTING ‘BACK AND FORTH’ SINGLE

Kehlani and Missy Elliott aren’t afraid to indulge in a little “Back and Forth” on the “Folded” singer’s sensual new single. The track from Kehlani’s upcoming self-titled album due out on April 24 is the latest preview of the two-time Grammy winner’s fifth album, the follow-up to 2024’s Crash.

SABRINA CARPENTER, MARGARET QUALLEY & MADELYN CLINE MAKE GRAND THEFT LARCENY LOOK CHIC IN ‘HOUSE TOUR’ VIDEO

When Sabrina Carpenter offers to give you a house tour, that doesn’t necessarily mean the house is hers. In the pop star’s new music video for Man’s Best Friend track “House Tour,” she and costars Margaret Qualley and Madelyn Cline break into a stranger’s mansion and drive off with all of their stuff — but not before having a big party just for the hell of it.

U2 Unwraps ‘Easter Lily’ EP: Stream It Now

It’s Easter and U2 is sharing the goodies.

The legendary Irish rock band’s latest release is Easter Lily EP (via Island Records), a six-pack of new recordings that drops today (April 3), Good Friday. Easter Lily closely follows the release last month of the Days of Ash EP, timed to arrive on Ash Wednesday.

Shakira Announces ‘Intimate’ U.S. 2026 ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ Tour Dates

Shakira has announced a special limited run of U.S. dates on her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" world tour, in what is described as “giving fans a rare chance to see her electrifying production up close in more intimate arena settings” this summer, following the singer’s massive global stadium tour last year.recent p

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S TOUR KICKOFF IN MINNEAPOLIS: FIERY SPEECHES, A PRINCE COVER & MORE BEST MOMENTS

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened their Land of Hopes and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis on Tuesday (March 31), it was bound to be an emotionally charged night.

Rush Performs for the First Time With Drummer Anika Nilles in Surprise Appearance at Canada’s Juno Awards

In a full-circle moment that effectively launched the band's 50th-ish anniversary tour, Rush performed in public with new drummer, Anika Nilles, for the first time at Canada’s Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday night.

BTS EARNS 7TH NO. 1 ALBUM ON BILLBOARD 200 WITH ‘ARIRANG’

BTS’ ARIRANG debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 4), scoring the reunited pop group its seventh leader. The set opens with 641,000 equivalent album units earned — the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014. Of that sum, 532,000 are in pure album sales (purchases of physical and digital albums), landing BTS the biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade.

THE KILLERS TO HEADLINE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL KICK OFF SHOW: ‘WE SAID YES WITHOUT HESITATION’

The Killers will headline the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show presented by Pepsi, Billboard U.K. can exclusively reveal.

The performance will take place just minutes ahead of the final’s kick off at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30.

Sublime Announce Details of First New Album in 30 Years, ‘Until The Sun Explodes,’ Drop Emotional Title Track

Sublime are gearing up to release their first new album in 30 years. On Wednesday (March 25) the ska punk trio featuring original members drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson and now fronted by Jakob Nowell — son of late frontman Bradley Nowell — revealed that they’ve completed work on Until the Sun Explodes.

IVE Is Bringing <SHOW WHAT I AM> World Tour to North America & More of Asia: ‘We Can’t Wait’

IVE is expanding its world tour, with the girl group exclusively announcing via Billboard on Wednesday (March 25) that the <SHOW WHAT I AM> world tour will now include a slew of dates in North America and additional performances in Asia.

Kesha Announces 2026 The Freedom World Tour: ‘We Have Survived. Now We Get To Be Free’

Kesha just wrapped the final U.K. dates of her cheekily titled T–s Out tour. And though she’s just days removed from winding down that nearly one-year outing, on Monday morning (March 23) the “Joyride” singer announced her next major road trip, The Freedom Tour.

Wu-Tang Clan Headed Back to North America For Summer 2026 Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber Tour Dates

Wu-Tang Clan are giving fans another chance to see them one last time. On Monday morning (March 23) the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hip-hop collective announced another run of North American shows on their ongoing farewell tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chapter.

Zara Larsson’s & PinkPatheress ‘Stateside’ Skates to No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, glides a spot to No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The song has grown in prominence since Alysa Liu skated to it in her exhibition performance at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics Feb. 21, two days after she became the women’s figure skating champion, winning the first gold medal in the event for the United States in 24 years.

BTS’ New Album ‘ARIRANG’ Breaks Multiple Spotify Records Following Release

BTS' long-awaited comeback album is off to a blockbuster start on streaming platforms.

Shakira Reveals the Dates & Venue for Her Spain Residency

Shakira will take her historic world tour this fall to Madrid, and she will do so in a special way. The Spanish superstar will offer a three-night residency at the Shakira Stadium, a temporary 4.2-acre (185,000-square-meter) venue that will integrate cinema, gastronomy, literature and exhibitions curated by the artist herself under the title Es Latina.

METALLICA & AMERICAN RED CROSS CELEBRATE 25,000 LIFESAVING BLOOD DONATIONS THROUGH BAND’S FOUNDATION: ‘TRULY MONUMENTAL’

Metallica and the American Red Cross are celebrating a major milestone. More than a year after the metal icons joined forces with the organization via their All Within My Hands foundation to help save lives through blood donation, the Red Cross announced on Wednesday (March 18) that since its launch in April 2025 more than 25,000 blood donations have been collected across the U.S. as part of their Red Cross x Metallica collaboration.

MADONNA TEASES RETURN TO ACTING ON VENICE SET OF ‘THE STUDIO’ SEASON 2: ‘THE ITALIAN JOB’

Madonna is back in the studio — just not the music one.

This week, the pop legend was spotted in Venice on the set of the Apple TV original series The Studio. The 13-time Emmy-winning comedy series was co-created by Seth Rogen, who also plays the lead character. The show follows Matt Remick (Rogen), a newly appointed head of a failing film production company, as he tries to revive the business while remaining true to his own hopes and dreams for the industry.

KEHLANI REVEALS SELF-TITLED ALBUM WILL ARRIVE THIS SPRING

Kehlani officially announced the release of their highly-anticipated studio album, Kehlani, which is set to arrive April 24 via Atlantic Records.

On Tuesday, the singer took to Instagram to reveal the self-titled project, noting that its release will coincide with their 31st birthday, marking a full-circle moment in their life and career.

‘SNL’: WATCH HARRY STYLES PERFORM ‘DANCE NO MORE,’ ‘COMING UP ROSES’

Saturday Night Live host and musical guest Harry Styles performed two songs from his new album, Kiss All the Time, Disco, Ocassionally.

Styles, who launched the 12-track album t a show in Manchester, England last week, opened with “Dance No More.”

The English singer wrote or co-wrote all the songs on his fourth studio album, which Rolling Stone‘s Joe Levy called “delightfully strange, often lovely, and consistently fascinating.” Kid Harpoon, a frequent Styles collaborator, produced it with Tyler Johnson. Additional tracks include “Arpeture” and “American Girls.”

DILJIT DOSANJH ANNOUNCES NEW COLLAB WITH SIA AND DAVID GUETTA, “RANJHA”

Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh has teamed up with pop singer Sia and EDM producer David Guetta for a new international collaboration called “Ranjha.”

A snippet of the track was first played publicly on Tuesday (March 10) inside a classroom at Toronto Metropolitan University, where students attending a course dedicated to global star Dosanjh heard an early preview of the song before it drops publicly this Friday (March 13).