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Lainey Wilson got a little help from her friend for her Thanksgiving halftime show at the Cowboys vs. Giants game, enlisting Jelly Roll to perform their hit duet “Save Me.” The duet — which topped Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart for two weeks last year — was part of Wilson’s five-song set at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which kicked off with “Heart Like a Truck.” Wilson sauntered onto the field […]

Kylie Minogue brought a ray of sunshine to the rainy 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. On Thursday morning (Nov. 28), the Aussie pop icon lit up the 98th annual New York City event with a vibrant performance of a three-song medley featuring “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” “Slow” and “Padam Padam.” Watch a fan-captured clip of the performance on X (formerly Twitter). Dressed in a sleek black and […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — The 2024 Music Victoria Awards were targeted by “unknown assailant/s” who manipulated several of the publicly-voted categories, organizers have confirmed. Late Wednesday, Nov. 27, Music Victoria, the trade body that produces the annual ceremony, announced the breach by way of a social media post, and a lengthier explanation on its official website. Music Victoria’s reps reveal they had “recently become aware of unusual activity within the third-party […]

Tame Imapala mastermind Kevin Parker has further diversified his role within the music industry, this time launching a new musical “ideas machine”. Dubbed Orchid, the new device is less of an instrument and more of a digital polysynthesizer designed for musicians and producers to explore new ideas. Per a press release, the way Orchid works is “by employing a unique chord logic system, combined with a multitude of ways to […]

La Joaqui goes ‘Behind the Photo’ and shares a cute moment of her friendship with Cazzu, what the process was like recording “TU PATRONA” and more! La Joaqui: Hi everyone, I’m Joaqui and I’m here with Billboard for the ‘Behind the Photo.’ What a look that day, sometimes I treat myself badly. I love this photo because I’m sure you didn’t even know it, but this is when Kenia Os […]

The Weeknd announced Wednesday (Nov. 27) that he will perform a one-night-only show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 25, to celebrate the release of his sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, which he announced earlier will drop the day before the show via XO and Republic Records. According to the press release, the concert will feature never-before-seen production, and the stage will take over the entire […]

It looks like Brat Summer will roll well into 2025: Charli XCX has been announced as a headliner at another U.K. festival, this time heading up the bill at Manchester’s Parklife Festival (June 14-15), the largest city festival in Europe. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The British star leads the announcement for the Heaton Park festival, which includes other electronic names […]

U.K. groups Hot Chip and Sleaford Mods have combine their vastly-different musical styles to craft two songs as part of a benefit single for the War Child charity. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The two tracks – titled “Nom Nom Nom” and “Cat Burglar” – were recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and have been pressed to 7″ vinyl, packaged with […]

J. Cole played a couple unreleased songs he recorded with Kendrick Lamar on episode four of his “audio series” podcast Inevitable. The songs, “Shock the World” and “Temptation” are from 2010 around the time both flirted with recording a joint album together. Cole went into detail about those early collaborations. According to Cole, the two previously met during a XXL Freshman cover shoot that featured both the North Carolina rapper […]