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If you want to be as curious as Blippi, then we’ve got the music video for you. The blue-and-orange-clad preschool favorite delivered his latest song “Curious Like Me” at the top of the month, and on Wednesday (Aug. 13) he dropped a brand-new music video for the song — the lead track from Friday’s Be Like Blippi EP — that takes him all across the United States to cross paths with country superstar Kane Brown, actor/singer Jordan Fisher and more friends who want to help Blippi on his journey of curiosity. The new video kicks off Be Like Blippi Week and arrives ahead of the new five-part YouTube series Blippi: The Ultimate Road Trip, which follows Blippi and his bestie Meekah as they visit iconic cities and landmarks (including Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry) and meet celebrity guests, including Brown, Fisher and Milk Bar CEO Christina Tosi. In addition to the music video, Billboard is also going behind the scenes of the making of the song with an exclusive Behind the Orange Glasses clip that follows Blippi recording in the studio and testing out instruments like a slide whistle, trombone, maracas and even wine glasses filled with water. “I ask a lot of questions,” Blippi says in the exclusive clip. “Some might say I’m… curious.” The lyrics of the song are a perfect match for the journey of discovery Blippi has been on since Stevin John originated the kid-friendly character in 2014. “If you wanna be curious with me/ Go ahead and grab your glasses just as fast as you can,” he sings to start the tune. “Gonna go explore I wanna find out more/ There’s so much to discover with one another/ We got so much to teach each other/ You can be anything/ We can do everything/ Anyone can be so curious, curious, curious like me.” In the video, Blippi wears his signature blue-and-orange striped hat with his orange glasses and suspenders, and many of his co-stars (kids and grown-ups too) try out his trademark look. Kane Brown no doubt has some Blippi fans in his house, considering he’s the dad to three kids between 1 and 5 years old with wife Katelyn: 5-year-old daughter Kingsley, 3-year-old daughter Kodi, and 1-year-old son Krewe. Watch the new music video below: Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

“Sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.” That phrase is written on a sign above the bathroom at the studio of all-star vocal coach Eric Vetro. The first time Addison Rae saw it at her own lesson there, the influencer-turned-singer did what she often does when she finds something compelling: She pulled out her phone and took a picture to save for later inspiration. “That’s a Miles Davis quote,” she tells me. “It is just the realest thing ever because not only does that apply as far as literal vocal warmups go — like, you could sound one way at the beginning of a lesson and another way at the end — but also just finding who you are takes a really long time.” Today, it’s hard to imagine Rae ever felt lost in search of her true self. The 24-year-old confidently struts into Casa Vega, a Mexican spot in Sherman Oaks, Calif., wearing a wide smile and a bright white tutu at noon sharp to meet me for lunch. This storied place has been intertwined with showbiz’s rich and famous since it opened in 1956 — films like Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Valley Girl were shot here; Dakota Fanning has a signature margarita on the bar menu; Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando and Cary Grant were once regulars; and, more surprisingly, The Chainsmokers have a bronze plaque nailed to the wall above our booth. Rae’s entrance makes it immediately clear that she knows she is not only bearing witness to the restaurant’s celebrity history — she is part of it. It’s easy to believe her. Read Addison Rae’s full Billboard cover story here. Image Credit: Lia Clay Rae wears an Intimissimi top, vintage skirt, and Vaquera necklace. Image Credit: Lia Clay Anderfjärd (left) wears a Women’s History Museum vintage top and Venus in Tokyo skirt. Kloser wears an Adidas top. Image Credit: Lia Clay Anderfjärd wears a Venus in Tokyo skirt. Image Credit: Lia Clay Luka Kloser Image Credit: Lia Clay From left: Luka Kloser, Addison Rae, and Elvira Anderfjärd. Image Credit: Lia Clay Rae wears a Lucky Brand Jeans top and jeans, Intimissimi bra and Agent Provocateur shoes. Image Credit: Lia Clay Anderfjärd wears an Intimissimi top and Charlot Abhors a Void vintage skirt. Image Credit: Lia Clay Luka Kloser Image Credit: Lia Clay Rae wears an Intimissimi top, vintage skirt, Agent Provocateur shoes, and Vaquera necklace. From left, Luka Kloser, Elvira Anderfjärd, and Addison Rae photographed by Lia Clay on July 22, 2025 at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles. Styling by Fern Cerezo. Hair by Bryce Scarlett at The Wall Group assisted by Farmer and Sydney Valentine. Rae Makeup by Nina Park at Kalpana assisted by Yukari Bush. AnderfjÄrd and Kloser Makeup by Shannon Pezzetta at A-Frame assisted by Nayari Navas. Manicures by Stephanie Stone at Forward Artists. Anderfjärd wears an Intimissimi top and Charlot Abhors a Void vintage skirt. Rae wears an Intimissimi top, vintage skirt, and Agent Provocateur shoes. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more. Explore See latest videos, charts and news This week, on the charts dated Aug. 16, Demi Lovato scores her first dance entry in five years, and David Guetta extends his record for the most No. 1s on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay survey. Check out the key movers below. Demi Lovato Fresh off her surprise appearance with Jonas Brothers at the trio’s show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday (Aug. 10), the star scores her first hit on Billboard’s dance charts in five years with her new single, “Fast.” Released Aug. 1 via DLG Recordings/Island/Republic, the tune debuts at No. 8 on Hot Dance/Pop Songs with 3.8 million official U.S. streams earned in its first week, according to Luminate. It’s her first career entry on the ranking, which launched in January. Still, Lovato has been a familiar face on Billboard’s other dance charts. She charted four songs on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, three of which reached the top five: “No Promises” (by Cheat Codes featuring Lovato, No. 2 peak in 2017), “Solo” (Clean Bandit featuring Lovato, No. 4 in 2018) and, most recently, “Ok Not to Be Ok” with Marshmello (No. 2 in 2020). She has also earned 14 songs on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, including four top 10s: “Cool for the Summer” (No. 10; 2015), “No Promises” (No. 2), “Sorry Not Sorry” (No. 5; 2017) and “Ok Not to Be Ok” (No. 9). David Guetta & Cedric Gervais David Guetta and Cedric Gervais score another No. 1 single with “A Better World.” The track, released via What a DJ/Warner Records, rises 3-1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with a 15% increase in plays among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours. Guetta achieves his record-extending 19th career No. 1 on the chart, and third this year, following “Forever Young” with Alphaville and Ava Max in January and “Beautiful People” with Sia in May. As for who’s behind Guetta, Calvin Harris has the second-most leaders, 17, followed by Rihanna (12), the Chainsmokers (10) and Ellie Goulding (eight). Here’s a recap of all 19 of Guetta’s No. 1s on Dance/Mix Show Airplay: “The World Is Mine,” feat. JD Davis, 2007 “Love Is Gonen,” with Chris Willis, 2007 “When Love Takes Over,” feat. Kelly Rowland, 2009 “Sexy Chick,” feat. Akon, 2009 “Gettin’ Over You,” with Chris Willis & feat. Fergie & LMFAO, 2010 “Without You,” feat. Usher, 2011 “Turn Me On,” feat. Nicki Minaj, 2012 “Stay (Don’t Go Away),” feat. Raye, 2019 “Let’s Love,” with Sia, 2020 “Bed,” with Joel Corry & Raye, 2021 “Heartbreak Anthem,” with Galantis & Little Mix, 2021 “I’m Good (Blue),” with Bebe Rexha, 2022 “Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” with Anne-Marie & Coi Leray, 2023 “I Don’t Wanna Wait,” with OneRepublic, 2024 “In the Dark,” with Armin van Buuren & feat. Aldae, 2024 “Never Going Home Tonight,” with Alesso & feat. Madison Love, 2024 “Forever Young,” with Alphaville & Ava Max, 2025 “Beautiful People,” with Sia, 2025 “A Better World,” with Cedric Gervais, 2025 As for Gervais, the French DJ notches his second No. 1 on the chart and first in 12 years. He first led with “Summertime Sadness,” with Lana Del Rey, in 2013. Before “A Better World” debuted in July, he had last appeared on the chart in July 2016 with “With You” featuring Jack Wilby (No. 17 peak). ILLENIUM & Norma Jean Martine ILLENIUM and Norma Jean Martine’s new collaboration, “Refuge,” is the top debut on this week’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, opening at No. 11 with 1 million streams in its first week of release. ILLENIUM collects his 62nd career entry — the sixth-most in the chart’s history, after David Guetta (96), Marshmello (76), Kygo (70), Skrillex (69) and the Chainsmokers (66). It’s the fourth and highest charting entry for Martine. Source link

“Sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.” That phrase is written on a sign above the bathroom at the studio of all-star vocal coach Eric Vetro. The first time Addison Rae saw it at her own lesson there, the influencer-turned-singer did what she often does when she finds something compelling: She pulled out her phone and took a picture to save for later inspiration. “That’s a Miles Davis quote,” she tells me. “It is just the realest thing ever because not only does that apply as far as literal vocal warmups go — like, you could sound one way at the beginning of a lesson and another way at the end — but also just finding who you are takes a really long time.” Today, it’s hard to imagine Rae ever felt lost in search of her true self. The 24-year-old confidently struts into Casa Vega, a Mexican spot in Sherman Oaks, Calif., wearing a wide smile and a bright white tutu at noon sharp to meet me for lunch. This storied place has been intertwined with showbiz’s rich and famous since it opened in 1956 — films like Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Valley Girl were shot here; Dakota Fanning has a signature margarita on the bar menu; Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando and Cary Grant were once regulars; and, more surprisingly, The Chainsmokers have a bronze plaque nailed to the wall above our booth. Rae’s entrance makes it immediately clear that she knows she is not only bearing witness to the restaurant’s celebrity history — she is part of it. It’s easy to believe her. Back in 2019, Louisiana-born Addison Rae Easterling was in the process of self-invention. She got her start on TikTok that year as a beautiful girl next door, dancing to popular songs in her bedroom. The hope was that, if she just made enough videos and got enough followers, she could break into the entertainment business and have a multihyphenate career as a singer, dancer and actor. Within a few years, it worked. Rae — along with many of her TikTok contemporaries like Lil Huddy, Nessa Barrett and Dixie D’Amelio — were quickly scouted by major labels, which approached them with offers of big, shiny contracts and songs to record by proven hit-makers. Rae did not grow up writing songs or playing musical instruments; all of her time was taken up by competitive dance. But she still seized her moment and, in early 2021, signed a deal with Sandlot Records, founded by chart-topping writer-producer Jacob Kash “JKash” Hindlin. By that March, she released her first single, “Obsessed.” Despite co-writing it with a who’s who of the writing/producing world, including Benny Blanco and Blake Slatkin, it was widely panned. Critics sneered at the cheeky dance-pop tune, claiming it was derivative and hollow (and that was nothing compared with the comments on social media). “Initially, I was pretty let down by myself in a lot of ways because I had such high expectations,” Rae says of her early releases. “But I love music so much, and it’s ingrained in my life. It didn’t make sense for me to ever stop making it.” Rae wears a Lucky Brand Jeans top and jeans, Intimissimi bra and Agent Provocateur shoes. Lia Clay Rae has always prided herself on her work ethic: At her TikTok peak around 2020, she was known for pushing herself to make seven or eight clips a day. And in the years following “Obsessed,” she took the time to hone her artistry, applying the same determined approach that fueled her short-form video output to her music. She studied performance clips from her favorite artists — Madonna, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, among others — and ramped up her own songwriting sessions. She also took more voice lessons and used Tumblr to assemble mood boards of colors, images, songs and videos. It was Rae’s way of articulating what she didn’t yet have the musical vocabulary for. After years of practice, releasing an EP (AR, which included “Obsessed”) and featuring on Charli xcx’s “Von Dutch” remix, Rae finally knew exactly what she wanted. Now she just had to find the partners who could translate it into a hit album. “I went into [Columbia Records] with a binder full of my references, and I was like, ‘This is the album I want to make,’ ” she recalls. Though the industry’s gold rush to sign every TikToker who could carry a tune was largely over by fall 2023, Columbia saw promise in Rae’s renewed vision and signed her. Then, in spring 2024, one of her many songwriting sessions brought her into contact with Los Angeles native Luka Kloser, 27, and Stockholm-born Elvira Anderfjärd, 26, a writer-producer duo reared by Swedish hit-maker Max Martin’s MXM Publishing. The two women immediately clicked with Rae and understood her vision, helping her transform it within just one session into her musical proof of concept: “Diet Pepsi,” a breathy synth-pop track about the ephemerality of young romance. Prior to meeting Rae, Kloser and Anderfjärd had already racked up impressive wins. Kloser worked on Ariana Grande’s “ordinary things” and Tate McRae’s “grave” as well as multiple projects with her own brother, who records as Kid Bloom; Anderfjärd has become a trusted collaborator for artists like Tove Lo and Katy Perry and remixed multiple rerecordings for Taylor Swift. Still, Anderfjärd says that working with Rae was an especially “lucky” experience for herself and Kloser, who are best friends as well as creative collaborators and have joined us for lunch at Casa Vega. “It’s so rare to get this kind of trust from an artist,” she says. Kloser adds: “I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such magic in a first session, for lack of a better word. I think it surprised us all.” “Diet Pepsi,” released in August 2024, served as a hard reset for Rae’s music career, gaining her new listeners and bringing back old ones who had counted her out. It became a critical

Puerto Rican singer/rapper Jhayco was taken into custody early Tuesday (Aug. 12) morning in Miami for alleged possession of cocaine and marijuana. The 32-year-old reggaeton artist born Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés — known for his billion-stream collaborations on hits like “Dákiti” with Bad Bunny and “No Me Conoce – Remix” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin — was apprehended during a traffic stop, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Rolling Stone. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The arrest took place around 3 a.m. after officers noticed a red two-door Corvette moving at just five miles per hour on Southwest 8th Street. The car reportedly remained stationary for over a minute before proceeding, prompting law enforcement to pull the singer over. When deputies approached the vehicle, they reportedly noted a “strong odor” of cannabis coming from inside and observed “white powder on his [Cortés’] pants and white powder on his nose,” according to the report. Further investigation revealed that the singer could not provide a valid driver’s license at the time of the stop. A search of Jhayco’s person and vehicle turned up “two pouches of cannabis with seven grams each, along with ‘clear baggies with suspect powder cocaine,’ that held two grams of the illegal substance, inside his pockets,” RS reports. The singer allegedly denied it was cocaine, insisting it was “tusi,” a drug often referred to as “pink cocaine.” Tusi is a party drug that typically contains a blend of ketamine, MDMA, and other psychoactive substances, but it is often misrepresented as cocaine. Jhayco was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 4:24 a.m., with a bond set at $3,000—$2,500 for the cocaine charge and $500 for marijuana possession under 20 grams. Court documents confirm that the bond has since been posted, and Jhayco was released shortly after. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

If you missed out on getting tickets for the Backstreet Boys‘ larger than life Into the Millennium Las Vegas residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas there is some good news. On Wednesday morning (Aug. 13), the boy band announced that due to demand they are extending their run at the iconic immersive venue, adding seven new shows in December and January 2026, including a New Year’s Eve gig. The fresh dates will take place on Dec. 26, 27, 28, 30 and 31, as well as Jan. 2 and 3. BSB are the first pop band to take up residence at the domed venue and according to a release, at the end of the 21 previously announced, sold-out gigs they will have performed in front of 350,000 fans. Tickets for the newly added dates will go on sale first via a Backstreet Boys Fan Club pre-sale beginning on Aug. 19 at 9 a.m. PT, followed by an artist pre-sale beginning on Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. PT; sign up for the artist pre-sale here through 7 p.m. PT on Aug. 17. A general on-sale will kick off on Aug. 22 at 9 a.m. PT here. U2 helped launch the venue in Sept. 2023, followed by Phish, Dead & Company, the Eagles, EDM artist Anyma and Kenny Chesney. BSB kicked off their 21-show run of Sphere gigs on July 11, with the current residency slated to wind down this Sunday (Aug. 17) before picking back up in December. According to a Billboard report on opening night, the eye-popping spectacle, “transported fans to outer space as a massive screen surrounded them with visuals of a spacecraft right before the band appeared on stage. The Backstreet Boys — Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson — launched into a night of hits with ‘Larger Than Life,’ which was the perfect description of the show they had created.” Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

As Oasis gear up to bring their Live ’25 reunion tour to North America with a show at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Aug. 24, the band announced the locations for the official fan stores on Wednesday morning (Aug. 13). Following the successful roll-out of the Oasis Live ’25 fan stores around the U.K. and Ireland for the inaugural run of shows, the locations and opening dates of shops in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York and Chicago have been revealed. Each store will feature exclusive brand collaborations and limited-edition items, including branded T-shirts, hoodies and jackets for men, women and children, accessories and more, including the recently announced Adidas Originals x Oasis collection. The Toronto shop will open on Aug. 21 at 468 Queen St. (open daily from 11 a.m. ET), while the Chicago store will launch Aug. 26 at 1421 N. Milwaukee Ave. (open daily from 10 a.m. CT). The New York location (in support of the two shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1) at 107 Grand St. will open on Aug. 23 (open daily from 10 a.m. ET) and the Los Angeles shop will launch on Aug. 20 at 6250 Hollywood Blvd. (open daily at 10 a.m. PT). The shops will stock exclusive T-shirts featuring album and single artwork graphics honoring the band’s killer debut and sophomore albums, Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, as well as ones commemorating beloved singles “Wonderwall” and “Supersonic.” There will also be exclusive tour edition colored vinyl of the band’s catalog and a Live ’25 print only available in the shops. While walk-ins are welcomed, fans can book a visit in advance to avoid lines. Following the seven North American stops, Oasis will move on to Mexico City, pop back to London for two more Wembley Stadium gigs and then wrap things up with shows in Asia, Australia/New Zealand and South America. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

Twenty One Pilots are ready for the world to hear their upcoming eighth studio album, Breach. In fact, they’re so excited about it that they’re planning a global listening event at record stores across the world a week before the LP’s release date (Sept. 12). The band announced the roster of indie record retailers that will host the album replays on Sept. 6 and 7, which will also include exclusive giveaways. According to a map posted by the band, the events are currently scheduled to take place in nearly every state in the U.S.; at press time there were no parties planned in Iowa, Arkansas, Hawaii or New Mexico, though the band said more locations will be announced soon. That means that fans in Arizona can pop into a local Zia Record in Tucson, or Grace Records in Gilbert, Run Out Groove Records in Burbank, Programme Skate & Sound in Fullerton or 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland (all in California), while Ohio residents can pop in to Republic of Athens Records in Athens, Magnolia Thunderpussy in Columbus or Toxic Beauty Records in Yellow Springs. In addition to multiple locations in each state, the sessions will also be held on Sept. 10 in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal in Canada, Sept. 11 in Mexico City, the Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria, Spain and Germany, Sept. 10 in Poland, Ireland and France and Sept. 6 across the U.K. Down Under Skeleton Clique members can pop into shops in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and Auckland on Sept. 10 and 11, while on Sept. 11 fans in Japan can log into a YouTube listening party and those in South Africa can pop into Surfarosa in Cape Town. Limited edition picture discs will be available at each location beginning while supplies last. So far, the duo has released the single “The Contract” from the album that will thematically continue the narrative arc that began with 2015’s Blurryface and continued on 2018’s Trench, 2021’s Scaled and Icy and 2024’s Clancy. 21P will kick off the Clancy Tour: Breach 2025 stadium/amphitheater run on Sept. 18 with a show at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium. Source link

Zoë Kravitz survived a potentially career-ending mushroom trip on the first season of The Studio, but she almost didn’t make it out of a stay at Taylor Swift‘s house without destroying the joint in a mad panic. The actress/director stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday night (Aug. 12) to share a hilariously harrowing story about the time her mom Lisa Bonet’s adorable pet snake almost caused an A-list incident. Kravitz said Swift had generously invited the mother-daughter duo to stay in her home during the evacuations caused by the L.A. wildfires in January. “My mom lives in Topanga Canyon, so I said, ‘No, that’s a dangerous place to be. Come [here].’ And my mom has a pet snake, and so she has her evacuation stuff; she came over with the snake,” Kravitz said. “We ended up having to stay there for maybe about two weeks, and Taylor has this very beautiful house. I think it’s from the ’30s, like it’s a beautiful house, something you want to preserve and take care of.” One way to take cover of such a jem is to not lose your reptile in it. But, as the pair were getting ready to leave on their last day and the Blink Twice director was packing up her things, Kravitz told her mom that she really wanted to “be a good house guest. I like to leave places better than I found them. I don’t want her [Swift] to even know we were here.’ So I was kind of going around and cleaning up, and I’m downstairs and she’s upstairs and my phone rings and it’s my mom.” Uh oh. It was Bonet and her voice was “super high,” which made Kravitz think something was amiss. “And she’s like, ‘I’m in a little bit of a pickle. Can you come upstairs?’” Kravitz said. That’s when she learned that Bonet’s pet snake, Orpheus, had found “this little hole in the corner” of the room to hide in. Turns out the snake crawled into a hole next to a banquette built into the wall and while Bonet was able to get a hold of the snake’s tail, “they’re all muscle, they’re very, very strong, so she’s holding the snake’s tail. We don’t know what to do.” Kravitz said she started to panic as the snake crawled further and further into the hole. “It’s like that scene in Jurassic Park when they’re in the car and the branches breaking every time they move,” Kravitz said. “I was panicking so much that my mom likes to say, ‘If I had both hands, I would have slapped you.’” They were saved by the house manager, who showed up with a crowbar to tear apart the banquette so they could reach the snake, adding that they were “ripping up the tile, we’re scratching the walls.” In the end, she said, “we completely destroyed Taylor’s bathroom, and there was just this moment where I was like, ‘either we destroy her bathroom or I have to tell her that there’s a snake somewhere in her house,’” explained Kravitz, with Meyers saying they were “both bad options.” They did end up destroying the bathroom, with Meyers holding up a pic of the aftermath, with cabinets torn apart and Bonet and Kravitz laying on the floor, head-to-head, holding on to the snake with all their might. Kravitz said she assured the house manager that she would pay for the damages, asking him to not say anything until was all fixed. “And I remember calling her [Swift] and saying, ‘Hey — also very high voice — I wanted to talk to you about something,’ and she was like, ‘Is it the fact that you almost lost a stake in our house and destroyed my bathroom?,’” Kravitz said. The story — which came on the same day that Swift announced her upcoming 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl —  prompted Meyers to joke that Orpheus is definitely “gonna get like three songs on the next album.” Watch Kravitz tell her snake tale below. Source link

Australia’s Good Things festival has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition, with the likes of Tool and Weezer topping the bill. The touring rock, metal and punk festival will return to Australian capital cities later this year, with performances scheduled for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from Dec. 5-7. Leading the charge this year are a pair of Los Angeles veterans, including prog-metal icons Tool, who return to the country for the first time since a headline tour in 2020; and alt-rock icons Weezer who last year celebrated the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut, colloquially known as The Blue Album. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The festival is largely populated by U.S. acts this year, including the likes of Garbage, All Time Low, Machine Head, Knocked Loose, and the All-American Rejects, who make their return to Australia for the first time in 16 years. Swedish hardcore outfit will return for their final dates in the country, while Make Them Suffer and a reunited Tonight Alive help shore up the local representation. James Reyne may be considered a slightly odd inclusion by the traditional crowd, with the former frontman of ARIA Hall of Famers Australian Crawl occupying the now-annual role of veteran Aussie act. International outfits such as Bad Nerves, Dead Poet Society and Wargasm join the lineup for their debut shows in the country, while local acts such as Civic, Inertia, Windwaker and Yours Truly also make up the lower end of the bill. The Good Things festival launched in Australia in 2018, arriving onto a scene which had been largely devoid of touring festivals catering to fans of heavier music since the demise of the Soundwave festival a few years earlier. Since its debut edition, the festival has hosted local and international headliners such as The Offspring, Parkway Drive, Bring Me The Horizon, Korn, and more. In 2024, the festival was to host the final Australian shows of Canadian punk outfit Sum 41, though were forced to cancel following singer Deryck Whibley’s diagnosis of pneumonia. Good Things Festival 2025 Dec. 5 – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, VICDec. 6 – Sydney Showground, Sydney, NSWDec. 7 – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane, QLD Source link