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Charli XCX shared advice she would give her younger self. The singer talks about the importance of being yourself, trusting your gut, and more backstage at 2024 Billboard’s Women In Music. Charli XCX: Some advice to my younger self would be to follow your gut instinct on everything that you think is cool. And also, […]
Billboard has more than 200 different weekly charts, encompassing numerous genres and formats.
While established artists often compete for a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking, which track the most popular songs and albums of the week, respectively, up-and-coming talents typically start off on genre-specific lists.
Here’s a look at 10 artists who appear on surveys for the first time on the March 16, 2024-dated charts.
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Dasha
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The up-and-coming singer-songwriter reaches Billboard’s charts for the first time with her breakthrough viral hit “Austin.” The song, released in November on Version III, debuts at No. 31 on Hot Country Songs with 4 million official U.S. streams (up 28%) and 1,000 downloads sold (up 79%) in the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate. She also rises 43-29 in her second week on the Emerging Artists chart.
The song appears on Dasha’s new eight-track LP What Happens Now?, released Feb. 16. Before that, she released Dirty Blonde in January 2023, via Quadio Records.
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Dasha is based in Nashville, via San Luis Obispo, Calif. Gains for “Austin” have been sparked by TikTok, where she boasts over 400,000 followers. Seemingly boosted by the rising wave behind Beyonce’s country crossover smash “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the song soundtracks a line-dance trend started by the artist. To date, the song has been featured in over 200,000 videos on the platform. Last week, Billboard reported that in the tracking week ending Feb. 15, in which Beyoncé released “Texas Hold ‘Em” midway through, “Austin” vaulted from 82,000 official on-demand streams the week before to over 830,000—up 916%. The next week (ending Feb. 22), the song grew 182% to 2.3 million.
Yard Act
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The rock group, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, is officially a Billboard-charting act for the first time thanks to its sophomore LP Where’s My Utopia? Released March 1 on Zen F.C./Island Records UK/Republic Records, the set debuts at No. 23 on the Tastemaker Albums chart (which ranks the week’s top-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores).
The band preceded Utopia with its 2022 debut The Overload, which reached No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. The group spoke to Billboard at SXSW in 2022 following the LP’s release and chart debut. “We put ourselves through the ringer that week because we got informed that we had a shot at a No. 1 album against Years & Years on their third album,” vocalist James Smith said. “He’s a sort of national treasure in the U.K., Olly Alexander, and rightly so, so we were the underdogs and we thought we’d give him a run for his money. We ended up at No. 2 and Meat Loaf threatened us with his passing, too. Hog passed us, but we kept Meat Loaf at bay, which was good. It was just funny. We didn’t expect to be getting a high charting album and then it all just started running off, and so it’s just loads of fun for us.”
Yard Act comprises Smith (vocals), Sam Shipstone (guitar), Ryan Needham (bass) and Jay Russell (drums).
Ole 60
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The six-piece reaches Billboard’s charts for the first time with its debut four-track project Three Twenty Four: The EP. Released in August 2023, the set debuts at No. 25 on Heatseekers Albums (which ranks the most-popular albums of the week by new or developing acts) with 3,000 equivalent album units earned.
Ole 60, from Kentucky, released the EP via Grey Area/Red Door. Its single “Smoke & A Light” has recently gone viral on TikTok, as many creators have used the song to soundtrack their experiences of being cheated on in relationships. The song has been featured in over 10,000 clips on the platform to date and generated 2 million streams March 1-7, up 15%. The week before (Feb. 23-29), it surged from 808,000 streams to 1.7 million, a 115% gain.
The virality of the track helped Ole 60 sign with UTA for worldwide representation. The band comprises Colby Clark, Jarrett Davis, Dustin “Catfish” Fuqua, Ryan Laslie, Aden Wood and Jacob Ty Young. The group is slated to support Dylan Gossett on his No Better Time Tour, as well as Charles Wesley Godwin.
Will Moseley
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The Hazelhurst, Ga., native arrives on Billboard’s charts with his breakthrough song “Gone for Good.” The track debuts at No. 13 on Country Digital Song Sales with 2,000 downloads sold in its first week of release, while Moseley himself opens at No. 49 on Emerging Artists.
Moseley performed his original track for his audition on ABC’s American Idol, which aired March 3. In a spotlight video on the episode, he described his upbringing and playing college football at Maryville College in Tennessee. “Football was a way of life,” he said. “It was eat, sleep, breathe, wake up, repeat. I loved it.” In the clip, he says he suffered three concussions in two seasons, forcing him to cut his football career short. The pivot inspired him to learn guitar. “It’s been a blessing in disguise,” he said.
His audition impressed judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, and his subsequent performance earned him a golden ticket to the next round. “We knew from the very first note,” Perry said of his performance.
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The Philadelphia-based rock group lands on Billboard’s charts for the first time with its third LP, Playing Favorites. The set, released March 1 on Third Man Records, debuts at No. 17 on Tastemakers Albums. The set is Sheer Mag’s first release on Third Man. The group released two previous albums, Need To Feel Your Love (2017) and A Distant Call (2019), along with three EPs.
The band comprises Tina Halladay, Matt Palmer and Hart and Kyle Seely. The North American leg of its headlining tour kicks off March 29 in Washington, D.C. The act also has a string of European tour dates lined up in August.
Charlotte Cardin
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The Canadian singer-songwriter is already a seasoned hitmaker in her home country, but she notches her first U.S. chart hit thanks to “Confetti.” The song, released on Atlantic Records, debuts at No. 34 on Adult Pop Airplay (up 170% in spins). The song appears on Cardin’s second full-length, 99 Nights, released last August.
Cardin, who records music in both English and French, has notched numerous chart hits in Canada. She has tallied 13 entries on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100—“Confetti” became her first top 10, reaching No. 10 last September. She has also charted 10 songs on Canada AC, six on Canada Hot 100 Airplay, four on Canada Top 40 and two on Canada Rock.
Cardin has won four Juno Awards, including artist of the year in 2022. She boasts six nominations—the most among all acts—at the upcoming ceremony, to be held March 24: artist and songwriter of the year; the Juno Fan Choice Award; album and pop album of the year, for 99 Nights; and single of the year, for “Confetti.”
Cardin, from Mount Royal, Quebec, has been releasing music since 2013. Before 99 Nights, she released her first full-length, Phoenix, in 2021.
Kitchen Dwellers
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The Montana quartet arrives on Billboard’s charts with is new studio album, Seven Devils. The set, released March 1 on No Coincidence Records, doesn’t just become the band’s first chart entry, but it’s also its first No. 1, as it launches atop the Bluegrass Albums chart with 1,000 copies sold in its opening week. The band, whose music blends elements of bluegrass, folk and rock, also starts at No. 32 on Emerging Artists.
Kitchen Dwellers comprise Torrin Daniels (banjo), Max Davies (acoustic guitar), Joe Funk (upright bass) and Shawn Swain (mandolin). The band has released three other albums—Ghost in a Bottle (2017), Muir Maid (2019) and Wise River (2022)—along with several live LPs. The group has a run of North American tour dates lined up through September.
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The high-profile group scores not just its first overall Billboard chart entry, but its first No. 1, as its debut LP Deep Sea Vents debuts at No. 1 on the Classical Crossover Albums chart. The group released the set via Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers.
BrhyM is a new collaboration between Bruce Hornsby and American chamber ensemble yMusic, which comprises Hideaki Aomori (clarinets), Gabriel Cabeza (cello), CJ Camerieri (trumpet), Rob Moose (violin), Nadia Sirota (viola) and Alex Sopp (flute).
Hornsby has a longstanding history on Billboard’s surveys. He has charted nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including his 1986 No. 1 “The Way It Is,” as well as two other top 10s (all with the Range). Plus, he has logged 10 albums on the Billboard 200, all since 1986; he and the Range won the best new artist Grammy Award in 1987. Over his career, the Virginia native has traversed numerous styles, leading to appearances on Billboard’s Americana/folk, bluegrass, country and rock charts, among others. With Deep Sea Vents, he earns his first No. 1 since Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby topped Bluegrass Albums for 15 weeks in 2007.
As for yMusic, the collective has charted four sets on Classical Albums since 2014, including the No. 1 So There, with Ben Folds, in 2015.
BrhyM has a string of North American tour dates that run through April. Hornsby has even more dates, with The Noisemakers, scheduled through October.
Autone
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The Sydney-based DJ/producer (real name: Brett Austin) is scaling Billboard’s charts for the first time thanks to his collaboration with Dannii Minogue, “Thinking ‘Bout Us.” The track, released Feb. 2 on Central Station Records, debuted at No. 36 on the March 9-dated Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart and rises to No. 31 on the latest list (up 25% in spins).
Autone has previously collaborated with Jolyon Petch, WasteLand, Amanda Wilson and Kelvin Wood. He is also a member of DJ duo Oxford Hustlers.
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The duo arrives on Billboard’s rankings with its breakout single “Mi Fortuna.” The song, released in September on Garmex Music, debuts at No. 25 on Tropical Airplay (up 3,933% in audience). Do2 comprises brothers Jose Juan and Mario Lora. The pair has released over two dozen songs on streaming services, all since 2018.
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HarbourView Equity Partners, the Newark, NJ-based investment firm that has acquired rights to music by Wiz Khalifa and Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, among many others, raised approximately $500 million through an asset-backed securitization [ABS], the company announced Wednesday.
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The private ABS, backed by royalties generated by its music catalog, was led by global investment firm KKR. Investment accounts advised by Kuvare Asset Management also participated. Guggenheim Securities was the structuring advisor, and Guggenheim Securities and Barclays acted as co-placement agents.
“We are grateful to KKR for working with us to deliver a flexible and innovative financing structure that will support HarbourView in expanding its reach,” HarbourView founder and CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares said in a statement. “This capital will allow us to further our mission of investing in assets and companies driven by premier intellectual property while striving to ensure that creators are appropriately valued for their contributions to the world.”
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“This transaction is a testament to the scale and versatility of our High-Grade Asset-Based Finance [ABF] strategy, which is a fast-growing segment of our private credit business,” Avi Korn and Chris Mellia, co-heads of U.S. ABF at KKR, said in a statement. KKR’s ABF segment has amassed approximately $48 billion in assets under management since 2016. “Music IP is one of many areas where we see opportunity and we are pleased to finance a scaled and high-quality portfolio in this space.”
Founded in 2021, HarbourView launched with $1 billion of financial backing from investment giant Apollo Global Management. The company increased its buying power in December by increasing its credit facility by $100 million to $300 million. To date, it has acquired over 50 catalogs — including Brad Paisley, Jeremih, Nelly, Luis Fonsi and Eslabon Armado — and has $1.6 billion in regulatory managed assets.
The ABS will give HarbourView additional ammunition to pursue music rights. When a music company raises money through an ABS, it sells debt that will be repaid by royalties from its music catalog. A large music catalog filled with established songs provides to type of diversified, predictable income that’s attractive to investors. Music companies often prefer an ABS because it tends to have a higher loan-to-value ratio than traditional debt. That means the music company can raise more funding from a specific portfolio through an ABS than a bank would be willing to lend against the same assets.
A handful of companies have raised enormous sums of money through music royalties ABS deals in the past two years. In 2021, Lyric and Northleaf launched a $304 million ABS backed by 52,000 assets in Spirit Music Group’s portfolio. In 2022, Concord did a $1.8 billion ABS and Chord Music Partners, a venture of KKR and Dundee Music Partners, raised $733 million. Most recently, Kobalt raised $267 million in February through a security backed by publishing royalties from a 5,000-song catalog.
The growth of the music streaming market has helped create the current climate for music-backed ABS deals — and should result in more deals in the future. A large music catalog’s streaming royalties makes music assets “more suitable” for securitization, ratings agency S&P Global wrote in February. “The uptick in global music industry revenue over the last several years, and the desire of market players to diversify funding sources suggests that we may continue to see more of these types of transactions in the coming years.”
Crowded House and Angus & Julia Stone are the performers booked for the 2024 Rolling Stone Australia Awards, to be presented March 26 at The Ivy in central Sydney.A household name in these parts, Crowded House has enjoyed No. 1s in Australia, the U.K. and a belated leader in the U.S. last year when “Don’t Dream It’s Over” appears at the summit of Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, following its sync in the 14th episode of Magnum P.I.’s fifth season.The song was the Australian band’s top-performing song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2 in April 1987.
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Formed out of the embers of New Zealand alternative-rock favorites Split Enz, Crowded House are members of the ARIA Hall of Fame, inducted back in 2016 in recognition of a career which has yielded more than 15 million album sales, 13 ARIA Awards, a BRIT Award, and an MTV VMA.
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The Neil Finn-led folk-rock act is prepping the release of Gravity Stairs on May 31, their eighth studio LP, and first through a new, global deal with BMG. Four of those previous seven studio album have hit No. 1 on the ARIA Chart. The Australian/NZ act recently headlined the first Melbourne edition of Global Citizen Nights.
Also performing on the night is sibling folk and indie duo Angus & Julia Stone, whose sixth studio album Cape Forestier is due out May 10, also through BMG. Angus could double-up on the night; he’s nominated in the best record category for his Dope Lemon project’s fourth studio LP Kimosabè.The Stones enjoyed a major breakthrough back in 2010 with their self-titled sophomore album, which peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, dominated at the ARIA Awards, and housed the modern classic “Big Jet Plane.”
“With this year’s awards taking place at our new home of Ivy in Sydney, we wanted to really step up our performer lineup in 2024,” comments Poppy Reid, editor-in-chief at Rolling Stone Australia publisher The Brag Media, part of the Vinyl Group.
“I’m looking forward to hearing Angus & Julia Stone’s incredible vocal harmonies ringing through the venue. Of course, it’s also an absolute privilege to reveal that Crowded House will also take the stage at the awards, and we all can’t wait to hear these genuine icons of our industry.”
As previously reported, Troye Sivan and Kylie Minogue are among the big artists in the hunt for RS Australia Awards. Almost nominated for multiple categories are Dom Dolla, Peach PRC, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers, The Teskey Brothers and Fisher.
The Ivy Sydney will host the ceremony, with winners in five categories announced on the night: best record, best single, best new artist, Rolling Stone Global Award and the Reader’s Choice Award.Former triple j breakfast presenter, now “Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast” podcaster Alex Dyson returns as host.
Now entering its fourth year, the awards welcome multiple new and returning sponsors this year, with headline partner Shure back for 2024, alongside American Apparel, JMC Academy and Largo Brewing.
MAX is totally stupid in love, and Le Sserafim’s Huh Yunjin is helping him spread the word.
The pop singer, songwriter and actor (real name: Max Schneider) teams up with the K-pop icon on “Stupid in Love,” the opening track on his new album Love In Stereo.
The fresh cut is bursting with pop vitality, and, since the stroke of midnight, is accompanied with an official music video that follows Max on his travels from Los Angeles, CA to Seoul, South Korea where the pair get down to moving and grooving for the cameras.
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“Stupid in Love” came about in a moment of serendipity. Max made his own luck; he was visiting South Korea to work with a producer on music for BTS, when one of the lads suggested the idea of a collaboration with Le Sserafim.
He showed up to a meeting, “and they gave me this gift, which is a really beautiful thing in Korea — a lot of times you give your gift as an album and write a letter,” he tells People. “Yunjin wrote me a letter, and it was like, ‘I hope we get to meet and work together,’” he recounts. “It was really endearing, so I extended my trip to see her live.” The connections run deeper than a love of pop music; both artists were raised in New York.
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Le Sserafim is hot right now. The South Korean pop group became a Billboard Hot 100-charting act for the first time this year, thanks to the single, “Easy,” debuting at No. 99.
The group’s five-track EP of the same name bowed at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. Also, Easy started at No. 2 on both the World Albums and Top Album Sales charts, while the title track roared to No. 6 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, marking the group’s second, and top charting, top 10 effort.
Max enjoyed a breakthrough with his tender pop hit “Lights Down Low” featuring gnash, which peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart back in 2016. The New Yorker has also collaborated with the likes of BTS and bandmate Suga, Hayley Kiyoko, Noah Cyrus and Chromeo, many of whom assisted on his 2020 project, Colour Vision.
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Anthony “Baby Gap” Walker, a member of the long-running sibling R&B/funk act The Gap Band, has reportedly died at 60.
TMZ, which broke the news, claims the artist died from “complications from a neck surgery.”
Walker had been performing with the group GapX, comprised of former Gap Band members. “The Band will miss our friend, brother, and band mate Anthony ‘Baby Gap’ Walker,” reads a post from GapX. “Gone too soon. We will never forget you!!!”
Formed in 1967 by brothers Ronnie, Charlie and Robert in Tulsa, Okla., The Gap Band scored a series of Billboard R&B hits over a 40-year career during which they released 15 albums and such beloved singles such as “Shake,” “I Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head),” “Early in the Morning,” “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” and one of their highest-charting single, 1982’s No. 31 Hot 100 funk number “You Dropped a Bomb on Me.”
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The bros originally named their group the Greenwood Archer Pine Street Band, for the three streets in the Black part of Tulsa that were attacked by a white mob during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The full-length debut, Magicians Holiday, arrived in 1974, but they had to wait until 1979 for a breakthrough with their self-titled album, which featured R&B hits “Shake” and “I’m in Love.” Also that year, the group had their first platinum album with Gap Band III, which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the singles “Humpin’” and “Burn Rubber.”
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It was at this time when Wilson joined the group, for which he contributed as a performer, songwriter dancer and choreographer for 23 years.
Anthony joined forces with Charlie Wilson and bandmate Billy Young on the 1985 project Billy & Baby Gap, and, over time, he collaborated with the likes of Rick James and George Clinton.
Though the Gap Band’s chart success began to wane by the late 1980s and 1990s, their funky songs gained a robust second life during that period when they were heavily sampled and covered by everyone from Snoop Dogg, Nas and Ice Cube to Tyler, the Creator and Mary J. Blige.
Robert Wilson died of a heart attack in 2010, Ronnie died following a stroke in 2021.
Nacho and Maffio each score a career milestone on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “No Es Normal,” with Venesti, reaches No. 1 on the March 16-dated ranking. With the new ruler, Nacho and Maffio achieve their first chart-topper since their maiden chart visits in 2017 and 2012, respectively. Venesti attains his second No. 1.
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“No Es Normal” rolls into the top spot, from No. 5 a week ago, thanks to a 21% gain in audience impressions, to 9.64 million, earned in the U.S. during the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.
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“Normal” was released Aug. 31, 2023, through AP Global and reaches the top slot on the overall Latin Airplay ranking in its 16th week on the chart. The song is one of 14 tracks from Venesti’s De La Nada album released Sept. 28, 2023.
With “Normal,” both Nacho and Maffio check into the penthouse for the first time. While Nacho surpassed the No. 3-peaking “Bailame” (November 2017), his best ranking thus far, Maffio bests his highest-charting entry to date, “No Tengo Dinero,” which reached No. 29 in Oct. 2013.
Venesti, meanwhile, captures his second No. 1 on Latin Airplay, and first through a collaboration. He previously ruled unaccompanied by any other act for one week with “Umaye” last October.
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Beyond its Latin Airplay command, “Normal” remains steady atop Latin Pop Airplay for a ninth week in charge. The song reached the pinnacle on the Latin pop radio ranking on the Jan. 13-dated tally when it earned the tripartite team-up their first No. 1 there.
Notably, out of the three, Nacho is the only act to have reached the top 10 on Latin Pop Airplay before “Normal.” He nearly missed the No. 1 slot when “Bailame” reached No. 2 in 2017. In between, the Venezuelan secured a second top 10 through another collab, the No. 7-peaking “Déjalo,” with Manuel Turizo in 2019.
Further, with nine weeks in charge on Latin Pop Airplay, “Normal” becomes the longest-leading song in 2024 so far.
Kylie Minogue’s golden year continues with a headlining spot at Splendour in the Grass 2024, Australia’s famous mid-winter camping festival.
The pop superstar will headline the first night of Splendour, slated for Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21, at Ngarindjin / North Byron Parklands. U.S. hip-hop star Future is the Saturday night headliner, and Canadian alt-rock heroes Arcade Fire top the bill on the third and final night.
Kylie has been spinning around since the release last year of Tension, her 16th studio album. Tension blasted to No. 1 in Australia and the U.K. where it became her ninth leader, and its hit “Padam Padam” cracked the U.K. top 10.
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The party never stopped. Her Las Vegas residency, the More Than Just a Residency show at Voltaire at the Venetian, has been extended through May; she collected her second Grammy Award last month, and the BRITs Global Icon award at the 2024 BRIT Awards in England; she recently signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for live representation in the U.S. and Canada and acting roles worldwide; and last week, she was celebrated with the Icon Award at the Billboard Women in Music event and, separately, joined Madonna on stage during the Queen of Pop’s five-night stand at the Kia Forum.
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Also on the bill for this year’s Splendour is Girl In Red, Yeat, Turnstile, G Flip, The Last Dinner Party, Tash Sultana, Fontaines D.C. and many more.
Established in 2001 and held each year in Byron Bay, a dreamy beach town on the most easterly tip of Australia, Splendour is a destination event. It hasn’t been all-dreamy for organizers Secret Sounds in recent years. The popular event was announced, then shelved several times during the pandemic. Then, in 2022, extreme weather conditions wrecked the first day of Splendour 2022, contributing to softer-than-usual ticket sales for the 2023 edition.
Tickets for Splendour 2024 go on sale from Thursday, March 21 via moshtix.com.au, with the SITG members pre-sale opening March 14. Single day tickets are priced at A$179 (plus fees), three-day tickets are $399 (plus fees), camping tickets cost $159 (plus fees) and the premium “VIP Village VIP” three-day ticket is A$599 (plus fees).
Cardi B took the stage and Madonna’s daughter Estere struck a pose as the Queen of Pop completed the west coast swing of her Celebration Tour on Monday night (March 11).
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Madonna tapped Cardi as her latest celebrity guest judge for the “Vogue” dance-off, a fun spot in her show’s step-back-in-time format.
There was no beating Estere, who, aged just 11, danced her way to a perfect score of 10. The youngster has something of a head-start; Estere cut shapes last October on opening night of Madonna’s Celebration Tour at the O2 Arena in London, for a routine to her mom’s 1990 dance anthem.
Fan-captured footage shows the latest diva moment in all its glory.
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Before tonight, Madonna had enlisted the services of Eric Andre, Terri Joe, Ali Wong and Alexa Demie as judges for the “Vogue” spot.
Katy Perry, Paris Jackson, Rosie O’Donnell, Corey Feldman, and Erika Jayne were all in attendance tonight as Madonna completed her five-night stand at the Kia Forum in Inglewood.
The iconic singer’s trek is a career-spanning look back on her hits, personal struggles, pop culture impact and enduring influence.
On night one of her L.A. stretch, the 65-year-old superstar revealed that the severe bacterial infection she suffered in June 2023 –which led to her hospitalization and the postponement of her current run— at one point made it nearly impossible for her to move around.
Then, pop planets collided last week when Madonna joined forces with Kylie Minogue on stage for a duet of Kylie’s “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” and a cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” a party favorite with the LGBT+ community.
On another night, Madonna was quick to apologize when she accidentally called out a fan in a wheelchair for sitting during her performance.
Next stop on the Celebration Tour — Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms this Wednesday night (March 13).