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Since scoring a pair of left-field slow jam hits in duets with H.E.R. (“Best Part”) and Kali Uchis (“Get You”) six years ago, Daniel Caesar has sidestepped the quest for the male R&B throne and has instead opted to focus on further developing his dedicated community of fans — one that has grown to the size of a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night (Oct. 17).

The Grammy winner has come a long way since those controversial comments on race relations and the subsequent backlash, but a sobering, apologetic self-reflection and a string of major career moves kept the Caesar train chugging. In the time since “Best Part” emerged as Freudian’s breakout hit, Caesar found Billboard Hot 100 success as a songwriter for fellow Canadians Justin Bieber (“Peaches,” No. 1 — also with Caesar as a featured artist) and Shawn Mendes (“Monster,” No. 8), launched another acclaimed Grammy-nominated studio effort in Case Study 01, and released collaborations with Common, Brandy, FKA twigs and Omar Apollo.

On Tuesday night, the acclaimed singer-songwriter took over one of the world’s most iconic venues to perform the biggest show of his career thus far. His Superpowers World Tour — a global trek in support of his major label debut album, Never Enough, a stunningly introspective slice of R&B that peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 — is a terrific showcase of musical dexterity.

On the latest stop of his Superpowers Tour, Caesar tore through his lush discography, showcasing impressive vocal endurance and an intriguing yet entrancing approach to staging. Before he hit the stage, however, Grammy-nominated pop&B lothario Omar Apollo sparkled with an energetic set that dripped with sensuality and playfulness. Evoking Michael Jackson one second and Mick Jagger the next, Apollo swaggered through renditions of hits like “Evergreen,” “Tamagotchi” and “3 Boys.” Between a heartfelt tribute to Mexico (“En El Olvido”) and a hilarious streak of frankness — after he flubbed a riff, he quipped, “Oop, my fault!” before seamlessly executing an even harder falsetto riff — Apollo seemed incredibly comfortable in front of the packed arena.

Caesar began his set enclosed in translucent drapery, with a guest appearance from Mustafa the Poet — the pair performed their “Toronto 2014” collaboration — adding to the enigmatic tone of the night. Once he hit “Cyanide,” the drapes fell, revealing a close-up of a humbled Caesar, ready and excited to delight the crowd with a slew of songs off Never Enough, as well as some fan-favorites (“Entropy”) and a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Not one for much banter, Caesar instead channeled his appreciation into a series of moving vocal performances that cast his greatest love songs in the context of the love story between him and his fans.

Here are the five best moments of Daniel Caesar’s Superpowers World Tour at Madison Square Garden:

Caesar in the Shadows

It was all handshakes and hugs at London’s The TwentyTwo Hotel that sealed the deal on Post Malone opening Fontainebleau Las Vegas‘ BleauLive Theater on Dec. 30 and 31.
Fontainebleau Development president Brett Mufson and creative director Peter Arnell were on a design trip to London for the new $3.7 billion resort when they had a chance encounter with Malone and his manager Electric Feel CEO Austin Rosen.

“We had been talking about getting with Post because Rosen is family to us,” Mufson says. [Rosen’s father Andrew is friends with Fontainebleau CEO Jeff Soffer.] “It was serendipitous. We were staying at The TwentyTwo and [Rosen] called and said he was there as well. ‘Where are you?’ ‘Downstairs? Rosen said ‘come to the back room’ and he was sitting there with Post.”

“I asked, ‘Are we going to do this deal or what?’ And we shook hands,” Mufson says. “Austin, Peter and I cut the deal and Post [who went outside to smoke] came back in and we all hugged.” 

Malone will perform two consecutive history-making nights at the resort’s 3,800-seat BleauLive Theater — its debut on-sale event. This booking transports the 70-year-old icon’s long entertainment legacy from Miami Beach to the Las Vegas Strip. Over the years, the original location has hosted everyone from the Rat Pack and Elvis to Usher, Mariah Carey and Bad Bunny.

Rendering of the Fontainebleau resort in Las Vegas.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas

“New Year’s Eve is iconic in this city and I’m excited to ring in 2024 as the first headliner at Fontainebleau Las Vegas,” says Malone, whose fifth album Austin debuted in August at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. In June, the 10-time GRAMMY nominee received the Songwriters Hall of Fame “Hal Davis Starlight Award.”

“The brand is rooted in nostalgia around our entertainment history. But how do we look at that with a contemporary point of view?” Mufson says. “Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. — who are those performers of this era? Post is one of them; he’s a modern-day music genius.”

Don’t expect big-name multi-year residencies at BleauLive like its neighbor Resorts World (with Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood). “We will do two to six shows or two to eight shows,” Mufson says of the limited-engagement strategy. “That’s the right thing to dip our toe in.” He shares they are close to signing more than a half-dozen acts that will be announced soon. 

Fedor Banuchi, Fontainebleau senior vp of entertainment and special events, characterizes the talent lineup as “genre agnostic” running the gamut from country and latin to pop, comedy and legends.

Located on the second-floor above the casino, the 90,000 square-foot three-level multipurpose BleauLive serves as the entertainment hub of the new resort, hosting concerts and fights on the weekends, and meetings and car shows midweek. The Live Nation-backed theater has a capacity of 3,800 with a GA floor. VIP sections have lounge seating with couches and bottle service. Top tiers can be closed to shrink capacity to 1,500. The stage is festival size, featuring a 65′ x 18′ center video wall, dual 16′ x 9′ side walls and Elation Lighting.

“Live Nation helped us significantly on the design of the theater to be able to differentiate ourselves from our competitors,” Mufson says. Live Nation also owns 51 percent of David Grutman‘s Groot Hospitality, which will open Liv Nightclub and Beach as well as Papi Steak and Komodo restaurants at the new casino. 

He adds, “Audiences want a hyper personalized experience…. [with] storytelling. They want to hear why the artist wrote the song, where they were in their lives. I think our room sets up for that very nicely.”

Rendering of the BleauLive theater at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleau resort.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas

BleauLive is the first theater to showcase a permanent install of the Meyer Panther sound system, which Metallica and Ed Sheeran debuted on their 2023 tours.

In a town filled with the world’s top-grossing stadium and theaters in every size, it’s all about the shiny new toy.

“Las Vegas is probably the most competitive market in the world for talent,” Banuchi says. “This theater will represent the newest, best place for an artist who wants to be associated with a luxury brand. Post is an arena — borderline stadium act — and in this size venue he will bring exactly the energy we want.”

“It’s not the biggest theater in town but it will definitely have a great live experience,” Soffer adds. “Entertainment drives people to the resort. It’s the environment we build  — it has a meaning and a purpose.”

Its closest neighbors are the AEG Presents’ Encore Theater at Wynn and Resorts World Theatre. The nearest Live Nation theaters are at Venetian and Sphere, which Soffer thinks “is great for the city and brings more people in to see acts in a unique environment. It’s an advantage for all of us.”

Ahead of New Year’s Eve, the 3,644-room Fontainebleau will finally open on Dec. 13 with a star-studded party, invite-only production by Colin Cowie. It’s quite the coming out celebration for the 67-story building, which took nearly two decades to complete. Soffer acquired the land on which the tallest occupiable structure in the state of Nevada sits in 2000, broke ground in 2007 and topped off in 2008. The following year, banks collapsed, funding dried up, lawsuits were filed and construction stopped for 12 years as the Fontainebleau stood 70 percent complete. Several owners came and went before Soffer and Fontainebleau Development, in partnership with Koch Real Estate Investments, reacquired the property in 2021. 

Tickets for Malone’s show go on sale Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. and start at $150. A New Year’s Eve package, starting at $4,500, includes a two-night stay in a room or suite, a pair of first-row tickets to Post’s show at BleauLive Theater on either night, in addition to a $250 food and beverage credit.

Kanye West and his team are working to produce a concert in Italy to promote the rapper’s upcoming collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, Billboard has learned. West, who now goes by Ye, is scheduled to perform the new album alongside Ty Dolla $ign at an undisclosed location in Italy on Oct. 27, with tickets […]

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Madonna’s wildly anticipated new tour opens in London at the O2 Arena on Saturday (Oct. 14) night. The Celebration Tour covers four decades of classics from the Queen of Pop’s culture-shifting career. Originally set to kick off July 15 in Vancouver, B.C., the tour’s start was postponed after a “serious bacterial infection” put Madonna in […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — Mushroom Group will celebrate its half-century next month with a special all-star concert, its lineup representing the music company’s indie spirit and broad church roster.

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Jimmy Barnes, Amy Shark, The Temper Trap, Vika & Linda, DMA’S, Paul Kelly, Ross Wilson, Kate Ceberano, Missy Higgins and many others are confirmed for Mushroom 50, set for Sunday, Nov. 26 at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

Mushroom 50 will be an “incredible once-in-a-lifetime night,” comments Matt Gudinski, CEO of Mushroom Group, a commemoration of 50 years “of great Mushroom music and Australian talent.”

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The independent music juggernaut was launched by the late Michael Gudinski back in 1972 Mushroom Records, when the entrepreneur was just 20.

With MG, the brash, inspirational leader at the helm, Mushroom shaped Australia’s music culture like no other brand. Today, the group is a two-dozen-strong collection of affiliates active in every conceivable area of the music and entertainment industries, from touring to booking agencies, publishing, merch and marketing services, venues, exhibition and events production, neighboring rights, branding, labels, talent management and more.

Matt Gudinski is now the leader, following the passing of his father Michael in 2021.

“The Mushroom family is determined to bring together a special evening for all involved,” he comments. “With more than 20 artists performing as part of the event, this will be a true celebration of Australian music and a showcase our thriving local music scene and its history. I know my late father would be very proud of what we are putting together.”

On the night, performers will hit a mix of originals and classic songs from across the Mushroom catalog, including “Working Class Man,” “Holy Grail,” “Sweet Disposition,” “Riptide,” “Hoops,” “It’s Only the Beginning,” “Before Too Long,” and “Living In The 70s.”

Mushroom 50 is the culmination of a months-long program of releases and activities, which have included limited-edition merchandise and frontline artist covers of classic Mushroom songs.

The milestone anniversary was also celebrated with the release of Ego, the feature length documentary on MG, a larger-than-life character whose death was mourned by many of the giants he worked with, from Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl and his bestie, Ed Sheeran.

Mushroom Group hasn’t missed a chance to celebrate its big moments. In 1983, Mushroom hosted its 10th birthday bash, with the Mushroom Evolution Concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Then, in 1998, the Mushroom 25 Live concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a concert that, at the time, entered the history books as the largest ever ticketed concert in Australian music history, with 73,000 in the stadium. Mushroom Group still holds the record, thanks to Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour earlier in the year, when the Brit played to 105,000 on one evening, then topped it with 109,500. Frontier Touring, a division of Mushroom Group, produced that tour.

From every ticket sold to Mushroom 50, A$2 will go towards Support Act’s Ausmusic T-Shirt Day campaign.

The Telstra Plus presale starts Friday, Oct. 13, ahead of the Frontier Touring members presale on Monday, Oct. 16. The general public on sale begins Wednesday, Oct. 18.

For more visit mushroom50.com. Mushroom 50 Live is in partnership with ALWAYS LIVE and Telstra.

British indie band Dry Cleaning, New York punk rockers Bodega, and Swedish alternative act Waterbaby lead the first round of showcasing artists tapped for the South by Southwest Music Festival 2024.
Organizers today (Oct. 11) announce 149 new and established acts, all invited to perform at the 38th annual edition of SXSW, set for March 11-16 in Austin, Texas.

Other performers confirmed for the six-night showcase program include cumgirl8 (New York), Desire (Los Angeles), Faux Real (Los Angeles), Georgia Gets By (Nelson, New Zealand), Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville, TX), greek (Martinsville, VA), Hermanos Gutierrez (Zurich, Switzerland), Hinds (Madrid, Spain), Lo Moon (L.A.), Omar S (Detroit, MI), Rawayana (Caracas, Venezuela), Reality Club (Jakarta, Indonesia), Red Axes (Tel Aviv, Israel), and Viji (London).

The performance spots are curated by SXSW programmers in collaboration with record labels, booking agencies, export offices, management and PR firms, publishers, media outlets, lifestyle brands and festivals.

To be considered for inclusion as a showcasing artist, apply here through Friday, Oct. 27.

SXSW 2024 is sponsored by Porsche, C4 Energy, and The Austin Chronicle. The SXSW Schedule will launch online Oct. 31, providing a complete rundown of 2024 programming.

Today’s first-wave announcement comes just days out from the start of the inaugural SXSW Sydney, marking the event’s first foray outside of the United States. Set to roll out from Oct. 15-22, 2023, SXSW Sydney is a collaboration with TEG, The NSW Government and Destination NSW, and will be the brand’s official Asia Pacific leg.

SXSW signed a “lifeline” deal with P-MRC, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and MRC, the companies announced in April 2021, making P-MRC a stakeholder and long-term partner with the Austin festival. P-MRC is the parent company of Billboard.

The first round of SXSW 2024 artists invited to perform include:

Aleighcia Scott (Cardiff UK-WALES)alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE)Ariel & The Culture (Dallas TX)Arielle Soucy (Montreal CANADA)ASHY (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)ÄTNA (Berlin GERMANY)Azahriah (Budapest HUNGARY)BALTHVS (Bogotá COLOMBIA)Bathe Alone (Atlanta GA)Bay Ledges (Portland ME)Beharie (Sandnes NORWAY)Benét (Brooklyn NY)Birthday Girl (Brooklyn NY)Bisa Kdei (Accra GHANA)Blood (Philadelphia PA)BODEGA (New York NY)Boogey The Beat (Winnipeg CANADA)Candeleros (Madrid SPAIN)C.Diab (Vancouver CANADA)Cecilia Castleman (Franklin TN)CHAII (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)Chiedu Oraka (Hull UK-ENGLAND)Coach Party (Newport UK-ENGLAND)Cool Sounds (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)Cosmo Pyke (London UK-ENGLAND)cumgirl8 (New York NY)DENDÊ & BAND (Salvador BRAZIL)Desire (Los Angeles CA)Dry Cleaning (London UK-ENGLAND)Dylan Gossett (Austin TX)Ebi Soda (London UK-ENGLAND)Edan Archer (Gainesville FL)El Combo Oscuro (Austin TX)Elijah Johnston (Atlanta GA)Faux Real (Los Angeles CA)Fieh (Toten NORWAY)Fire EX. (Kaohsiung TAIWAN)fuvk (Austin TX)Georgia Gets By (Nelson NEW ZEALAND)Gia Ford (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville TX)Girl and Girl (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)Glare (Mcallen TX)Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)Godcaster (Brooklyn NY)greek (Martinsville VA)Half Dream (Austin TX)Heffner (Athens GA)Hello Mary (Brooklyn NY)Hermanos Gutierrez (Zurich SWITZERLAND)Hinds (Madrid SPAIN)Holiday Ghosts (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)HONESTY (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)Horse Jumper of Love (Boston MA)Hot Garbage (Toronto CANADA)HotWax (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)Housekeys (Fort Worth TX)Housewife (Toronto CANADA)iogi (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)Jazzbois (Budapest HUNGARY)Joe King Carrasco (Austin TX)Kam Franklin (Houston TX)Karl Vento (Gothenburg SWEDEN)Kassa Overall (Seattle WA)Kelz (Westminster CA)Kibi James (Atlanta GA)Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)Kyra (London UK-ENGLAND)La Sécurité (Montreal CANADA)Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA)The Life (New York NY)Lika Nova (Bogotá COLOMBIA)Lip Critic (New York NY)Little Mazarn (Austin TX)Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA)Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA)Lord Friday The 13th (Austin TX)Los Premios (Valencia SPAIN)Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys (Berlin GERMANY)Luge (Toronto CANADA)Malice K (New York NY)Mama Duke (Austin TX)Mamalarky (Atlanta GA)Marem Ladson (Galicia SPAIN)Maria Chiara Argirò (Rome ITALY)Maura Weaver (Cincinnati OH)Mei Semones (Brooklyn NY)Middle Sattre (Austin TX)Miller Campbell (Bigfork MT)Mim Jensen (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)Minimal Schlager (Berlin GERMANY)Miss Kaninna (Bruny Island AUSTRALIA)Modern Woman (London UK-ENGLAND)Mong Tong (Taipei TAIWAN)Moritz Simon Geist (Dresden GERMANY)mui zyu (London UK-ENGLAND)Nabihah Iqbal (London UK-ENGLAND)Neptune’s Core (Chicago IL)NEWDAD (Galway IRELAND)OH HE DEAD (Washington DC)Omar S (Detroit MI)orbit (Achim GERMANY)ORION (Providence RI)Otto Aday (Ferndale UK-WALES)Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)Pauli The PSM (London UK-ENGLAND)Peach Luffe (Toronto CANADA)Pehuenche (Xalapa MEXICO)PHILMON LEE (Atlanta GA)Phony (Los Angeles CA)The Pink Stones (Athens GA)Pons (Brooklyn NY)porij (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)Psymon Spine (Brooklyn NY)Rawayana (Caracas VENEZUELA)Reality Club (Jakarta INDONESIA)Red Axes (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)Reilly Downes (Bandera TX)Richard Spaven (London UK-ENGLAND)Sam Tudor (Gavin Lake CANADA)Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)Sarah Morrison (Tallahassee FL)semiwestern (Rockwall TX)Sen Morimoto (Chicago IL)Shelf Lives (London UK-ENGLAND)The Silver Lines (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)Smut (Chicago IL)Sorry Girls (Montreal CANADA)Spencer Thomas (Athens GA)Spyres (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)Subsonic Eye (Singapore SINGAPORE)Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)TAUK (Oyster Bay NY)Teethe (Dallas TX)Telula (New York NY)They Are Gutting A Body Of Water (Philadelphia PA)Tomato Flower (Baltimore MD)Tough On Fridays (Georgetown TX)Tramhaus (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)Uma (Barcelona SPAIN)Usted Señalemelo (Mendoza ARGENTINA)Viji (London UK-ENGLAND)waterbaby (Stockholm SWEDEN)West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)Winona Fighter (Nashville TN)Winona Forever (Vancouver CANADA)Wolves of Glendale (Glendale CA)zzzahara (Los Angeles CA)

Following a Grammy win for her Billboard Hot 100-topping Sam Smith collab “Unholy” earlier this year (not to mention a Billboard Women in Music honor), Kim Petras is on the road with her Feed the Beast Tour. It kicked off Sept. 27 in Austin and has worked its way up the east coast since then, […]

Jung Kook is preparing to hit the stage solo. On Monday (Oct. 9), BIGHIT Music announced that the BTS vocalist will put on a concert following the release of his debut solo album, Golden, next month. “We are excited to announce Jung Kook’s ‘Golden’ Live on Stage with the fans on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, […]

Before Olivia Rodrigo takes her latest album GUTS on tour, she’ll play the project in full at a one-off concert Monday night (Oct. 9) at LA’s Theatre at the Ace Hotel. The concert is exclusively for American Express card holders as part of their Member Week. According to AmEx, concertgoers will be immersed in the […]