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Singers Rachel Platten and Judith Hill, bassist Rhonda Smith and guitarist Sophie Burrell are the first honorees announced for the 14th annual She Rocks Awards, which will take place on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. during NAMM. The awards are presented by the Women‘s International Music Network. Platten is best-known for the anthemic “Fight Song,” which she co-wrote with Dave Bassett. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2015. Platten received a Daytime Emmy Award for a live performance of the song on Good Morning America. Her follow-up single, “Stand by You,” also made the top 40 on the Hot 100. Hill is a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Josh Groban. In 2009, she was chosen as Jackson’s duet partner for “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” during rehearsals for his planned This Is It concert residency. After Jackson’s death that June, she, along with other This Is It cast members, performed at Jackson’s memorial service. In 2014, she was featured in the Oscar-winning film 20 Feet From Stardom. The following year, she and her co-stars Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer won a Grammy for best music film for their work in the film. Smith is a bassist, born in Canada, who has collaborated with Prince, Jeff Beck and Chaka Khan, among others. She first worked with Prince on his Emancipation album in 1996. She went on to record and tour with the legendary musician for almost 10 years. Burrell is a rising guitar and social media star. More honorees will be announced soon. The show is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are helping No. 15 ring in his 30th. As seen in a photo shared by Kane Brown, the newly engaged couple recently stepped out in Kansas City for Patrick Mahomes’ birthday celebration, posing together at a party held at the two Chiefs players’ new 1587 Prime restaurant. In the snap posted to Instagram on Monday (Sept. 15), the pop superstar looks elegant in a matching plaid skirt and vest, which she paired with a Chanel choker. She stands with one arm wrapped lovingly around her pal Brittany Mahomes, a beaming Kelce leaning in with his arm around his fiancée on her other side. Patrick grins at the camera from behind the 14-time Grammy winner, while Brown and his wife, musician Katelyn Jae, stand toward the left. “happy birthday Pat,” the country singer wrote, adding in reference to Swift and the tight end’s August engagement announcement, “& congrats TT.” “thanks for hosting us Britt,” Brown also wrote, tagging 1587 Prime — the Kansas City steakhouse opened by the quarterback and Kelce this month. In a separate video shared by Brown, Mahomes — whose actual birthday is on Wednesday (Sept. 17) — blows out his cake candles while the group sings to him and Brittany claps at his side. Swift has been good friends with the Mahomeses since she first started dating Kelce in 2023, oftentimes sharing a box suite at Arrowhead Stadium with Brittany as they cheer on their significant others during home games. In September last year, the foursome attended the U.S. Open together. “I just know Taylor better now and I feel like I’ve built a great friendship with her,” Patrick said in February. “And my wife and Taylor have a built a friendship as well. It’s just cool to see how football can bring people together from every aspect of life.” The group also recently stepped out together at a University of Cincinnati football game, which just so happened to be Swift and Kelce’s first public outing since announcing their plans to get married with an internet-shattering post on Instagram in August. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” they wrote at the time. The Eras Tour headliner attended her first Chiefs game of the year shortly afterward, though her presence at Arrowhead on Sunday (Sept. 14) for the match-up against the Philadelphia Eagles was kept much more lowkey than her past appearances at games, according to reports. Source link

On the heels of releasing her Hearts Sold Separately album, Mariah The Scientist is hitting the road for a global trek in support of the LP. Mariah announced plans for the Hearts Sold Separately Tour on Monday (Sept. 15), which will find her kicking off the 36-city run in Europe at the top of 2026. Explore See latest videos, charts and news A pre-sale for Verizon customers started on Tuesday (Sept. 16), while the general public tickets will be on sale on Friday (Sept. 19) at 10 a.m. local show time on Live Nation. The Hearts Sold Separately tour will begin with a shortened European run of shows, which starts in Paris on Jan. 12, before heading to Manchester, Birmingham, London and the Netherlands. The singer returns to the U.S. just in time for Valentine’s Day with a show in Miami Beach on Feb. 13. Mariah continues to build on the success of her 40-date To Be Eaten Alive Tour in 2024 with larger venues on tap for 2026. She’s slated to hit markets like Virginia Beach, Nashville, Philly, Washington, D.C., New York City, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Denver, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Dallas and the trek wraps up in her hometown of Atlanta on April 10. Mariah’s Hearts Sold Separately album arrived in August when her fourth studio album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200. The project was paced by lead single “Burning Blue,” which notched Mariah’s highest-charting hit of her career at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mariah The Scientist Hearts Sold Separately Tour dates: Courtesy Photo Jan. 12: Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel Jan. 14: Manchester, U.K. @ Manchester Academy Jan. 15: Birmingham, U.K. @ O2 Academy Birmingham Jan. 17: London, U.K. @ O2 Academy Brixton Jan. 20: Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg – Ronda Feb. 13: Miami Beach, Fla. @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater Feb. 16: Lake Buena Vista, Fla. @ House of Blues Orlando Feb. 18: Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium Feb. 20: Virginia Beach, Va. @ The Dome Feb. 21: Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem Feb. 24: Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark Feb. 25: New Haven, Conn. @ College Street Music Hall Feb. 27: New York, N.Y. @ Radio City Music Hall Feb. 28: Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway March 3: Montreal, QC @ MTELUS March 5: Toronto, Ontario @ HISTORY March 8: Cincinnati, Ohio @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center March 10: Detroit, Mich. @ Fox Theatre March 11: Chicago, Ill. @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom March 14: Minneapolis, Minn. @ Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus March 15: Chesterfield, Mo. @ The Factory March 18: Denver, Colo. @ Fillmore Auditorium March 19: Salt Lake City, Utah @ The Union Event Center March 21: Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox SoDo March 22: Portland, Ore. @ Crystal Ballroom March 24: San Francisco, Calif. @ The Masonic March 26: Anaheim, Calif. @ House of Blues Anaheim March 28: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium March 31: Las Vegas, Nev. @ Brooklyn Bowl April 1: Phoenix, Ariz. @ Arizona Financial Theatre April 3: Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater April 4: Houston, Texas @ Bayou Music Center April 5: Dallas, Texas @ South Side Ballroom April 7: New Orleans, La. @ The Fillmore April 8: Birmingham, Ala. @ Avondale Brewing Company April 10: Atlanta, Ga. @ Coca-Cola Roxy Source link

“It’s kind of like being in a long-term relationship,” Jonathan Groff muses of portraying the late Bobby Darin in the Tony-nominated musical Just in Time. “Is this working? Is this not working? Should we continue what’s happening here? My love, admiration, respect and passion for Bobby continues to deepen. The way that he lived the 37 years of his life, he’s a never-ending source of inspiration.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news Hot off his Tony win for Merrily We Roll Along in 2024, Groff returned to Broadway in April as the Grammy-winning, Billboard Hot 100-topping pop chameleon behind hits like “Mack the Knife,” “Beyond the Sea” and “Dream Lover.” While the show has found a home at the Circle in the Square Theatre for the past six months, the germ of this project began to take shape much earlier, in 2017, born out of a kinship Groff felt with the late singer. “He just innately had a real old-school showbiz thing that I personally relate to,” Groff explains Billboard. You might have to squint, but similarities exist: Like Darin, Groff is a student of the Great American Songbook – and living proof that in the right hands and in the right setting, old songs can be as electric today as they’ve ever been. Like Darin, Groff enjoyed a mainstream breakthrough singing featherweight pop to a youth audience (was Glee his “Splish Splash?”) before quickly demonstrating he could do so much more to the wider world. And like Darin, who played to cross-generational crowds during his lifetime, Groff is packing seats with everyone from kids (some wearing “I love Jesse St. James” shirts) to fellow Millennials to 80-year-olds who caught the real Darin onstage when they were young. Darin was both a songwriter and an interpreter, which means the musical palette of Just in Time is expansive. There’s a world of difference between the novelty rock of “Splish Splash” and the swinging, murderous “Mack the Knife,” but it’s all sonically unified thanks to a tight, expert band of pros led by music supervisor and arranger Andrew Resnick, who ensures that Just in Time feels less like Broadway and more like a Las Vegas residency from the Rat Pack era. “There’s no electronics — we wanted it to feel like no matter what, a live band was playing,” Resnick says. Working with director Alex Timbers, Resnick – who has been with the project since its 2017 genesis at the 92nd Street Y – helped determine which songs would be deployed as storytelling devices and which ones as jaw-dropping showcases. “Mack the Knife,” the Brecht/Weill tune from 1928’s The Threepenny Opera that Darin took to the top of the Hot 100 for nine weeks in 1959, is decidedly the latter: “66 years later, it swings just as hard,” Resnick says. “Andrew really is one of those music directors that listens to your voice and shapes an arrangement to your talents and your vibes specifically,” says Gracie Lawrence, who earned a Tony nom for her portrayal of Connie Francis in the show (she recently left the production to focus on her sibling-duo band Lawrence). To that end, Resnick added a key change moment for Lawrence in Francis’ signature hit, “Who’s Sorry Now.” “I think it was such a smart story idea to have a show-stopping moment in Connie’s first scene, so that we leave feeling like we’ve established that she’s an important person musically to Bobby and vice versa. Andrew and Alex’s choices were so story driven, it doesn’t feel superfluous,” Lawrence says. Prior to Francis’ death on July 16 at 87, the pop legend – the last living person to be portrayed in this musical — sent Lawrence and Groff signed photographs as gifts on the show’s opening night (April 26). Lawrence said the first show after her death was “all the more real,” and a reminder that “we have such a responsibility to do right by these people and share their intense love of performing. It made me reflect on how lucky I am to have this job.” Groff and Lawrence aren’t the only ones portraying old-school icons. Erika Henningsen took on the role of cinema legend Sandra Dee, who was married to Darin from 1960-67, for the musical (her run with the show wrapped just last week). Intent on delivering a performance that didn’t “become scenery or just a plot line, but a fully fleshed woman,” Henningsen focused on “the true woman inside the very girlish doll the studios made her out to be,” she says. “I come out and look like a cupcake… but want people to know the Sandra who become an adult much sooner than most people do.” Erika Henningsen and Gracie Lawrence pose at the opening night after party for the new Bobby Darin musical “Just in Time” on Broadway at Guastavino’s on April 23, 2025 in New York City. Bruce Glikas/WireImage Having grown up listening to Groff on the Spring Awakening cast album, Henningsen is thrilled to be immortalized alongside him on the Just in Time cast album (out now on Atlantic — Darin’s longtime label, fittingly). She hopes this cast album serves as a “beautiful gateway drug” to the era and the “grit that Bobby Darin has on his recordings.” The grit and gusto that Groff brought to the cast album was hard-earned. He went into the studio the week after the 2025 Tony Awards, “bone-tired” on a Sunday night after doing his eighth show of the week. Not that you’d know from listening to the recording. “There was something really magical in the air from the first downbeat that sustained through the all the next day on Monday. It didn’t feel stressful. It didn’t feel tired,” Groff says wonderingly. (“Even one of the A&R people at Atlantic was like, I’ve never seen a session be that stress free,” Resnick said separately.) “Bobby had such a relationship with his band members through the years, and I’ve never had a relationship with a

When the 2026 Grammy nominations are announced on Friday, Nov. 7, three rap albums could be in the running for album of the year for only the second time in Grammy history. If Kendrick Lamar’s GNX; Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia; and Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out all make the final cut, this will be the first time that three rap albums were nominated in the same year since 2019, when Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, Drake’s Scorpion and the Black Panther soundtrack were nominated. (Lamar was nominated as a featured artist, producer and songwriter on Black Panther.) There have been two rap nominees on four occasions, which we list below. If GNX is nominated, Lamar will become the first rapper to land five album of the year nods as a lead artist, pulling ahead of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who has received four. Lamar would also become the first solo artist – from any genre – to be nominated for album of the year with five consecutive studio albums. (Donald Fagen also achieved that feat, but only if you combine two solo album and three albums he recorded as half of Steely Dan.) Lamar is a 22-time Grammy winner. Tyler, The Creator has yet to be nominated in a marquee Grammy category, but he won best rap album with his two albums preceding Chromakopia: Igor and Call Me If You Get Lost. Clipse’s only Grammy nod to date was for best rap/sung collaboration as a featured artist on Justin Timberlake’s “Like I Love You” in 2003. (Clipse’s Pusha T has received five additional Grammy nods.) Coincidentally, both Lamar and Tyler, the Creator are featured on Clipse’s album, along with such other past Grammy winners as John Legend, The Dream, Pharrell Williams and Nas. Pharrell, the sole producer of the Clipse album, is a three-time winner of the Grammy for producer of the year, non-classical – twice on his own and once as half of The Neptunes. The other two albums that have a strong chance at album of the year nods also feature multiple past Grammy winners. Lamar’s album features SZA and Roddy Ricch. Tyler, The Creator’s self-produced album features Daniel Caeasar, Lil Wayne and Doecchi. Tyler, The Creator released two albums in the eligibility period for the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which runs from Aug. 31, 2024 to Aug. 30, 2025 — Chromakopia (released on Oct. 28, 2024) and Don’t Touch the Glass (July 21, 2025). Only one of them can be nominated for album of the year, according to Recording Academy rules.) Several other rap albums could conceivably make the album of the year finals. They include Central Cee’s Can’t Rush Greatness, Party Next Door & Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4U, Playboi Carti’s Music and Lil Baby’s WHAM. The Recording Academy’s ongoing efforts to diversify its membership make it seem entirely possible that three rap albums could be nominated this year. On Oct. 3, 2024, the academy revealed that 66% of the Grammy voting body at that point had joined since the academy introduced its new membership model in June 2019. Under that model, the academy invites large new member classes to join each year, with an eye on boosting the numbers of women, people of color and people under 40 in the academy. On July 7, the academy announced that it had extended membership invitations to nearly 3,600 additional music professionals spanning, in its words, “diverse backgrounds, genres and disciplines.” According to the academy, this year’s class of invitees is 49% women, 56% people of color and 60% under the age of 40. That 3,600 total includes about 2,600 who are being invited to join as voting members and about 1,000 who are being invited to join as non-voting professional members. To put that 3,600 figure into perspective, the Academy reported last year that it has 16,000+ total members, of which 13,000+ were voting members. Two notes: It has become easier to have multiple album of the year candidates from any one genre in recent years as the Grammys have expanded the number of nominees in each of the Big Four categories. The Grammys generally had five nominees for album of the year each year through the 2018 ceremony. The number jumped to eight in 2019 and then to 10 in 2022, before (mercifully) dropping back to eight in 2024. Also, I’m adhering to Grammy classifications of the albums in question — where they competed in that year’s Grammy process. They classified Lil Nas X’s two album of the year nominees, 7 and Montero, as pop; Doja Cat’s Planet Her and Post Malone’s Beerbongs and Bentleys also as pop; and Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You as urban contemporary. Here’s a complete list of all the times that multiple rap albums received Grammy nominations for album of the year in the same year. The years shown are the years of the Grammy ceremony. We also show you who won the award each year. 2003 Rap nominees: Eminem’s The Eminem Show, Nelly’s Nellyville The winner: Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me 2004 Rap nominees: Missy Elliott’s Under Construction, OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The winner: OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 2014 Rap nominees: Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s The Heist The winner: Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories 2018 Rap nominees: Jay-Z’s 4:44, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN The winner: Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic 2019 Rap nominees: Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, Drake’s Scorpion, Black Panther soundtrack The winner: Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour Source link

Over the past five years, regional Mexican music has once again caught fire within our industry, thanks to a new generation of Mexican and Mexican American hitmakers who’ve taken the historic genre into the future. Artists like Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera, Natanael Cano and Fuerza Regida have struck the perfect balance between honoring tradition and embracing the decades-old genre’s experimental essence, catapulting música mexicana to global popularity. But those artists didn’t reach the summit on their own. Far from it. They may be the new generation and the face of the genre today, but the foundations of regional Mexican – an umbrella term comprising banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño, mariachi and more subgenres – lead back decades, to pioneering greats like Pedro Infante, Vicente Fernández, Lucha Villa, Antonio Aguilar, Chalino Sánchez and Los Tigres del Norte. Latin’s growth in the first six months of the year has been largely fueled by regional Mexican music – the subgenre with the second highest growth rate in terms of volume, behind only alt rock – according to Luminate’s midyear report. So, given regional Mexican music’s ever-growing popularity today, it’s only fitting that we give you our staff’s picks for the 75 Best Regional Mexican Acts of All Time, saluting the pioneers for laying the groundwork while acknowledging some of those that represent the eclectic new class. For this list, Billboard staffers agreed on the following criteria: vocal prowess, body of work, career longevity, industry achievements, Billboard chart accomplishments, game-changing influence and enduring generational/cultural impact. While it was taken into consideration, songwriting was not a major deciding factor. Furthermore, música mexicana is comprised by legendary singers, but groups and bands are a major part of the genre’s narrative and fabric, which is why we decided to include those bands who’ve made and continue to make strides in the genre. (Editor’s note: Artists from the subgenre son jarocho were not included, for the purpose of tightening the list.) We ask that you keep in mind that this is a carefully curated, thoughtfully assembled list – believe us when we say this has been a back-and-forth, months-long discussion, with heated conversations. And we understand you may or may not agree with the names included or left out, or the positioning of those included. However, we firmly believe every name on this list is deserving of the honor. We look forward to hearing our readers’ feedback, and to the cultural discussions this list will ignite. At the end of the day, this is all about celebrating regional Mexican music: the genre’s past, present and future. Another thing: You’ll notice that many from the new generation of música mexicana artists are not included in this big list. As we said above, longevity and a sizable body of work matter in this particular selection. Rest assured, we’re working on a separate list for members of the new generation, who we think will eventually join the ranks of GOATs.  Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, and launching on Mexican Independence Day, below find Nos. 75-61 on the list. Billboard will be unveiling a new round every week until the final 15. 75. Los Panchos This legendary trio, founded in 1944 by Mexicans Alfredo Gil and Chucho Navarro, and Puerto Rican Hernando Avilés in New York, achieved worldwide fame by integrating vocal harmonies and guitar, an instrument that became central to their sound. Los Panchos’ initial repertoire was based on Mexican ranchera songs, huapango and son huasteco. The group’s interpretive style quickly took the entire continent by storm and helped popularize the bolero internationally, with its fusion of classic bolero and Latin music influences. Los Panchos’ catalog consists of more than 200 albums, and the artists the trio collaborated with include Eydie Gormé, Julio Iglesias, Pedro Infante, Lucho Gatica, Johnny Albino and María Martha Serra Lima, becoming an emblem of the musical romanticism of that era in Mexico. — NATALIA CANO 74. Chuy Lizárraga One of the most potent voices in banda music, Lizárraga was part of regional Mexican powerhouses La Adictiva and La Original Banda El Limón before embarking on a solo career in 2005. His versatility and powerful vocal range has powered love songs that he performs with pathos, rancheras that reflect his love for horses and the rancho, and witty songs that he imbues with his distinctive good humor and mischievousness. — TERE AGUILERA 73. Priscila y Sus Balas de Plata Priscila Camacho and her band burst onto the norteño music scene in the mid-1990s, captivating fans of the genre with the modern, fresh image projected by its vocalist and leader, who would eventually be dubbed “The Princess of the Accordion.” The product of a family of musicians — she and her siblings Tirzo and Úrsula Sol are the children of famous composer Tirzo Paiz — her style oscillated between Tex-Mex and pop norteño fusion. The band disbanded in 2011 after the singer married Gustavo Ángel, co-founder of Los Temerarios. The vocalist then took a new direction with her musical project, and now performs Catholic music. — N.C. 72. Ángela Aguilar Image Credit: Romain Maurice/Getty Images There’s no doubt that Ángela was born to perform. The daughter of Pepe Aguilar and granddaughter of the legendary Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, the 21-year-old star oozes talent with her vibrant falsetto, which powers mariachi songs like “La Llorona,” “Qué Agonía” and “Ahí Donde Me Ven.” The youngest of the Aguilar dynasty, Ángela has already made a name for herself onstage — where she effortlessly sings while riding a horse (a nod to her grandparents) — and on the charts. So far, she’s landed three No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart and four top 10 hits on Latin Airplay, including her first No. 1 on that chart, “Por El Contrario,” with Leonardo Aguilar and Becky G. Her latest album, Nadie Se Va Como Llegó, saw Ángela take on the role of producer, committing to opening doors to other female producers in the genre. — GRISELDA FLORES 71. Grupo Límite Image Credit: Joe Raedle/Newsmakers Led by the fierce Alicia Villarreal — a cultural

Ariana Grande has unveiled the final batch of shows on her 2026 Eternal Sunshine Tour, adding five extra nights to her upcoming run in London and confirming that no other dates are coming for this trek. Sharing the news Tuesday morning (Sept. 16) via an updated tour poster on Instagram Stories, the pop star wrote, “All of the dates for our mini (not so anymore) tour are now announced.” “i love you,” she added to fans. The additional shows will take place next year at the O2 Arena on Aug. 24, 27, 28 and 31, with one final night to close out the tour on Sept. 1. They will follow Grande’s previously announced performances at the venue on Aug. 15, 16, 19, 20 and 23. The Grammy winner’s announcement comes shortly after she added extra shows to her already established stops next summer in Oakland and Los Angeles, Calif., Austin, Texas, Sunrise, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., New York, Boston, Montreal and Chicago. When she finally hits the road in 2026, it will mark her first time touring since 2019’s Sweetener World Tour. Though the Eternal Sunshine Tour will be far smaller than Grande’s last trek, which spanned 10 months with nearly 100 dates, the Wicked star has expressed that winding down the scale of her touring output has been necessary to redefining her relationship to performing in a healthy way. “Very silly of you all to assume that just because i have my hands full with many things that i plan to abandon singing & music … !!!” she wrote on Instagram in July after some fans vocalized disappointment that Grande may never tour again in order to focus on acting projects. She added at the time, “It may not look exactly like it did before but i much prefer how it looks in my head … so i’m working on a plan to sing for you all next year. even if it’s just for a little.” The next month, Grande unveiled the first round of Eternal Sunshine dates, excitedly telling fans, “See you next year.” When tickets to those shows went on sale and fans struggled to purchase seats snatched up by resellers, however, the vocalist expressed her frustration on her Story. “i’ve been on the phone every second of my free time fighting for a solution,” she wrote at the time. “i hear you and hopefully, we will be able to get more of these tickets into your hands instead of theirs. it’s not right.” See Grande’s full Eternal Sunshine Tour course — including the newly added London dates — below. Source link

Cardi B is hitting the road next year. The “Imaginary Playerz” rapper announced her 2026 Little Miss Drama tour on Tuesday morning (Sept. 16) during her stint co-hosting Today with Jenna & Friends. After host Jenna Bush Hager requested a drum roll, Cardi — dressed in a morning chat appropriate lavender floor-length dress — shouted, “I’ll be headed to 30 cities across North America. Cardi B’s going on tour,” pumping her arms and letting out a whoop as she shared the news about her first-ever headlining arena tour. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The outing is slated to kick off on Feb. 11 in Palm Desert, Calif. and take Cardi to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Sacramento, San Francisco, Phoenix, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, Newark, Toronto, Boston, Hartford, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C, Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. and Sunrise, Fla. before winding down on April 17 in Atlanta. “After the whole album run I’m going straight to rehearsal,” she told Bush Hager of her plans to get ready for her first major tour since 2016 and her first all-arena solo outing. “Every single day! I’m going to be working out — I hate working out, but I gotta do it,” she added with an eye roll. At press time no support acts have been announced. The tour will support Cardi’s long-awaited “spicy” sophomore studio album, Am I the Drama?, which is due out on Friday (Sept. 19). On Monday, the rapper revealed that the LP will feature eight guest artists: Cash Cobain, Janet Jackson, Kehlani, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion, Selena Gomez, Summer Walker and Tyla. So far, she’s released two singles from the collection, the Hot 100 top 10 “Outside” and the Jay Z-sampling “Imaginary Playerz. “It’s spark, it’s tears, it’s fun, it’s outside!” Cardi teased about the album on Today. Tickets for the tour will first be available through Citi and Verizon pre-sales. A Cardi B Artist pre-sale will kick off on Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. local time, with fans encouraged to sign up by Sunday (Sept.) 21 at 10 p.m. PT; click here for details on tickets. Check out the tour poster for the Little Miss Drama tour and the full list of dates and venues below. Cardi B Little Miss Drama tour Courtesy Photo Cardi B 2026 Little Miss Drama tour dates: Feb. 11: Palm Desert, Calif. @ Acrisure Arena Feb. 13: Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena Feb. 15: Los Angeles, Calif @ Kia Forum Feb. 19: Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center Feb. 21: Vancouver, B.C. @ Rogers Arena Feb. 22: Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena Feb. 25: Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center Feb. 27: San Francisco, Calif. @ Chase Center March 1: Phoenix, Ariz. @ PHX Arena March 4: Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center March 6: Austin, Texas @ Moody Center March 7: Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center March 9: Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena March 12: Minneapolis, Minn. @ Target Center March 14: Indianapolis, Ind. @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse March 15: Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena March 17: Kansas City, Mo. @ T-Mobile Center March 19: Cincinnati, Ohio @ Heritage Bank Center March 21: Chicago, Ill. @ United Center March 25: New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden March 28: Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center March 30: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Apr. 2: Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden Apr. 3: Hartford, Conn. @ PeoplesBank Arena Apr. 4: Baltimore, Md. @ CFG Bank Arena Apr. 7: Philadelphia, Pa. @ Xfinity Mobile Arena Apr. 8: Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena Apr. 11: Raleigh, N.C. @ Lenovo Center Apr. 12: Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center Apr. 14: Sunrise, Fla. @ Amerant Bank Arena Apr. 17: Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena Source link

Laura Pausini will be recognized with the Billboard Icon Award at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Billboard and Telemundo announced on Tuesday (Sept. 16) in a press release. The Italian superstar will also perform during the ceremony, which will be broadcast live from Miami on Thursday, Oct. 23. The Billboard Icon Award honors artists whose careers have not only remained relevant over the years, but also also those who have established themselves as some of the most distinguished artists in their genres, celebrated globally for achieving both musical and commercial success. With over 75 million records sold and 6 billion digital streams throughout her more than 30-year career, Pausini is the most internationally recognized Italian voice and a global pop icon. Among other recent achievements, last November she earned her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with a version of her 1990s hit “Se Fue” featuring Rauw Alejandro. In 2023, she was honored as the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year. Her latest release is a take of Gianluca Grignani’s classic “Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos,” the first single of her upcoming covers album Yo Canto 2, while she recently announced a new world tour for 2026. Additionally, Pausini will participate in Billboard Latin Music Week in a highly anticipated “Icon Q&A” session. “What excites me most is that this recognition comes in a year when, even before knowing I would receive it, I had already decided to release a tribute album to the great singer-songwriters of Spain and Latin America,” Pausini said in a press release. “For the first time, I’m singing and arranging songs that are not my own or in my style, but that I interpret with my own signature, as a tribute to that emblematic repertoire of our music. And then this news arrives, just as I think: all my voice and all my heart belong to Latin music. It feels like a spark, like love at first sight… a true gift.” Broadcasted live from the James L. Knight Center in Miami, the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards will air on Telemundo on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. ET. Fans will also be able to watch the show live via the Telemundo app, Peacock, and Telemundo Internacional across Latin America and the Caribbean. Tickets to attend the event will be available soon. This year, Bad Bunny leads the list of finalists with a record-breaking 27 entries, followed by Fuerza Regida with 15 mentions and Rauw Alejandro with 14. Leading the female artists is Karol G with 10 mentions, matching those of rising regional Mexican artist Tito Double P who also has 10, while Peso Pluma is a nine-time finalist. Produced by Telemundo and MBS Special Events, the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards coincide with Billboard Latin Music Week, which returns to Miami Beach Oct. 20-24 with a roster of star speakers also including Kali Uchis, Daddy Yankee, Xavi, Ozuna and many more. Get your tickets today for the Billboard Latin Music Week 2025 here. Source link

Starting a new gig is always a bit nerve-wracking. But imagine walking into the office in front of 900 people who are freaking out to see how the “new guy” is going to do his job. That was the situation drummer Ilan Rubin faced on Saturday night (Sept. 13) when he made his live debut as the new Foo Fighters timekeeper at a way-underplay, all-ages gig at the 900-capacity Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Rubin, who, until recently, was the live drummer for Nine Inch Nails, joined the band for their first live show of 2025, taking over for studio and live veteran Josh Freese, who kept the seat warm for two years following the death of beloved Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022; in an unusual bit of rock portal transfer action, Freese is now keeping time in NIN. While Rubin didn’t say much in advance of the show, he took to Instagram on Monday (Sept. 15) to rave about his new gig. “Last night with @foofighters could not have been a better time,” Rubin wrote in the post that featured some pics from the sweaty, tight-quarters concert that was way more intimate than the arenas and stadiums the Foos are used to. “After keeping my head down for a couple wild months and throwing myself into the material, that first show was such an incredible release of energy.” In addition to live shots, the carousel also featured a snap of the band’s new lineup, with Rubin pictured hanging out backstage with singer/guitarist Dave Grohl, guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett, bassist Nate Mendel and keyboard player Rami Jaffee. “I’ve been taken aback by all the positivity and support, and I just wanted to say thanks! Excited for all the volume and sweat that lies ahead,” Rubin added. During the show, Grohl introduced the band’s drummer to the crowd by saying, “Everybody else has said it, I finally get the opportunity to say, ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome, the most badass motherf–ker, Ilan Rubin, is playing drums in the Foo Fighters. It’s official.” The Foos also officially invited Rubin into the fold in an Instagram carousel featuring pics from their first show together with the caption, “THAT WAS FUN!!! Welcome @ilanrubin.” The band played another club show on Monday night at the Observatory in Santa Ana, Calif. The Foos released their 11th studio album, But Here We Are album in 2023, a year after Hawkins’ shock death, and in July they celebrated their 30th anniversary with the new single, “Today’s Song.” The band that’s been off the road since September 2024 is set to return to the stage with upcoming shows in Indonesia (Oct. 2), Singapore (Oct. 4), Japan (Oct. 7, 8, 10) and Mexico City (Nov. 14). Source link