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Benson Boone has offered up a cover of Sam Fender‘s “Seventeen Going Under” at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival after the U.K. artist was forced to pull out of the event. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fender had been scheduled to headline the July 15 edition of the event, performing on a bill that also included Boone and Mark Ambor. However, he announced […]

Billy McFarland‘s doomed effort to revive Fyre Fest has finally come to an end with the sale of the failed festival brand on eBay earlier today. McFarland sold the rights to the troubled brand, including its IP, brand trademarks and social media assets, on eBay on Tuesday (July 15) for $245,300. Bids were collected for over one week, with more than 175 bids made by 42 bidders before the final bid […]

Grammy and International Bluegrass Music Awards winners Trey Hensley and Rob Ickes, who have performed together as an acoustic duo for more than a decade, are taking a hiatus from their musical partnership at the end of 2025. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After honoring their touring commitments through the end of the year, Hensley will pivot to focusing on his […]

If the immersive, state-of-the-art entertainment venue Sphere didn’t already exist, Zac Brown would have had to invent it. “I’ve been wanting to do a spectacle for a couple years,” he tells Billboard. “I’ve been planning to figure out how to do something where the production and the fan experience is just on [another] level. And then in my planning for doing that, I heard about the Sphere and toured the […]

Stevie Wonder has used an appearance at a recent concert to address the longstanding conspiracy theory that he isn’t actually blind. Wonder – who has been performing since the age of 11 and scored his first Hot 100 chart-topper with “Fingertips” at 13 – has long been noted for his status as a blind man, having lost his vision weeks after his birth. However, his prolific output and tireless work […]

Bad Bunny has always known how to throw a party, and his historic residency “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” in his beloved Puerto Rico is undoubtedly a very special one for him. The Latin superstar kicked off his 30-date run at the Coliseo de Puerto José Miguel Agrelot, also known as El Choli, on July 11, offering “a three-hour masterclass in culture, history and music,” as Billboard journalist Isabela […]

Consultant and veteran music executive Mark Dinerstein has joined forces with investors JPB Partners to purchase Nashville music venue Marathon Live from founder Josh Billue. Dinerstein will serve as chief executive for the new organization while Billue has announce plans to remain at the company and serve as Chief Development Officer. Marathon Live will include six venues in total — besides Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, Marathon also owns The Truman […]

Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has teased big happenings in the near future, seeming to confirm a new record with his latest social media update. Taking to Instagram on Saturday (July 13), Parker uploaded a series of images which captured his last few months. Captioned with the phrase “Been busy,” the collection showed pictures depicting Parker with friends and family, behind-the-scenes shots of the promotional video for his Orchid musical […]

Just about 52 miles from Manhattan, a quartet of global superstars teamed up as Doja Cat, Tems, J Balvin and Coldplay performed from the upper deck of MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with a view of the Big Apple skyline at their back. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Produced by Global Citizen and curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, FIFA debuted its first-ever […]