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Tina Arena was forced to pause her Melbourne concert on Friday (May 10) after a physical altercation broke out near the front of the stage at the Palais Theatre, prompting security to intervene and the singer to directly address the crowd.
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The incident took place during Arena’s Don’t Ask Again 30th Anniversary Tour, where she was performing material from across her decades-long career. According to reports from 7News and the Herald Sun, the disruption began when a man and a woman began shouting at each other, with the woman reportedly punching and kicking audience members around her.
Arena halted the show immediately after noticing the commotion. “Darling, you need to leave the show,” she told the disruptive concertgoer before addressing the rest of the audience.
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“Ladies and gentlemen, if we could please just have some calm in this hall, I would really, really appreciate it,” she said. “I’ve never experienced anything like this in 50 years.”
The concert paused as venue security escorted the parties involved out of the venue. Witnesses said the woman resisted, at one point reportedly throwing herself to the ground and yelling at guards not to touch her. Arena remained onstage, refusing to resume the show until the situation was fully handled.
“If there’s something that needs to be discussed, please do it outside. I won’t commence the show until this is the case,” she told the crowd.
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford described the moment as “startling” during a segment on Australian breakfast show Sunrise, adding, “It’s not what you expect at a Tina Arena concert. But she stayed composed and was resolute in getting control of the room.”
The disruption came just one night after another unexpected moment on Arena’s tour. During her Thursday (May 9) performance at the same venue, the singer paused mid-show to reprimand audience members for leaving to use the restroom.
“Back in my day, you wouldn’t leave to go to the toilet unless you were sh—ing your pants,” Arena said from the stage, drawing gasps and laughs from the crowd.
Arena is currently touring nationally to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her 1994 breakthrough album Don’t Ask, which was certified 10-times Platinum in Australia and included hits such as Billboard Top 50 single “Chains,” “Sorrento Moon (I Remember),” and “Wasn’t It Good.” The tour continues this week with shows across Queensland.
Arena has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2015.
The full lineup for Olivia Rodrigo’s headline show at London’s BST Hyde Park series has been announced.
The huge outdoor gig will take place in the capital on June 27, two days before the pop phenomenon’s much-anticipated Glastonbury headline slot. She will be joined by special guests Girl In Red and The Last Dinner Party, who were confirmed for the gig last November.
Today (May 13), eight more support acts have been added to the bill: Flowerovlove, Caity Baser, Between Friends, Florence Road, Katie Gregson-Macleod, Ruti, Aziya and Déyyess.
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Irish band Florence Road came to prominence on TikTok last year, where they shared covers of contemporary pop songs including their takes on Rodrigo’s “Obsessed” and “Making The Bed.” In April, the four-piece released an acoustic ballad entitled “Anxiety,” which was produced by Dan Nigro, known for his work with Rodrigo and Chappell Roan.
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Baser has enjoyed a flurry of activity in recent months. Following the release of her single “Watch That Girl (She’s Gonna Say It),” the Southampton-raised musician has completed a tour of intimate venues across the U.K. and dropped another new track, “Running From Myself.”
Singer-songwriter Gregson-Macleod is eyeing up the release of her EP Love Me Too Well, I’ll Retire Early EP in July, which will arrive via Matt Maltese’s Last Recordings On Earth label. Aziya has drip-fed a slew of singles throughout 2025, the most recent being the grungy “Diamonds,” which dropped in April.
The BST Hyde Park shows have a history of supporting emerging acts, platforming newer names in the early stages of their career. Over the past few years, the likes of Sam Fender (Bob Dylan and Neil Young, 2019), The Last Dinner Party (The Rolling Stones, 2022) and Elmiene (SZA, 2024) have performed at the festival before going on to break into the mainstream.
The other headliners for BST Hyde Park 2025 are: Zach Bryan (June 28 and 29) Noah Kahan (July 4), Sabrina Carpenter (July 5, 6), Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts (July 11), Stevie Wonder (July 12) and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (July 13). Remaining tickets can be found here.
Rodrigo unveiled her second LP Guts in 2023, which she has supported with extensive global touring. In April, she performed the largest show of her career to date at a sold-out Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, which holds a capacity of 65,000 fans.
We caught up with KATSEYE at Wango Tango and they shared their reaction to the public’s response to “GNARLY,” teasing new music coming soon, handling fame and more.
What do you think of “GNARLY”? Let us know in the comments!
Tetris Kelly:
Hanging out with KATSEYE at Wango Tango. How are you doing, ladies?
KATSEYE:
I’m good!
All right, you know what I gotta start talking about right now: “GNARLY.” I mean, you guys, I feel like you did something. You got the Internet a little bit shook right now. So how was it to put the song out and see everything that happened once it was out in the world?
It was definitely a gag for everybody. And this is like what we felt the moment that we first heard the song. So we were so happy when we saw everybody’s reactions, especially after our first performance. We just got back from Korea doing all this promotion. So we’re excited because today is our first performance here in the U.S. So we’re here to gag.
Yeah, no. And, I mean, that’s what it did. Because I love seeing people, like, watch the performance and be like, Oh, the girls that get it, clearly get it, you know what I mean? So how was it just like, get the choreography and see that that was what changed everybody’s opinion about the song.
I mean, it looks amazing.
She’s like the choreography is good. She’s like gang, gang, gang.
No, literally, like we’re shaking ass. We’re having fun. And I feel like the crowd really, like, just saw us being confident and selling it. And so we’re just super excited. And we 100% stand behind the song. We love it, and we mostly love performing it. So we’re really excited.
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Meghan Trainor talks about how “Mind Reader” with Mimi Webb came to life, how she’d love to work with KATSEYE, her fitness journey & more at Wango Tango.
Would you want a Meghan Trainor x KATSEYE collab? Let us know in the comments below!
Tetris Kelly:
‘Nah nah nah gnarly, everything’s gnarly.’ I love that you know that song, and love it already.
Meghan Trainor:
I love it. I’ve seen it 100 times.
At first I didn’t get it, and then I got it.
The ones that get it, get it. That’s how I get it.
Work with KATSEYE. I feel like that is two of my faves together. That’s something we should make happen.
Yeah, except like, how do I perform next to them yo? They’re the best dancers I’ve ever seen.
You got the moves. I think you can keep up.
Hi, I love you.
I love you, too. Speaking of collaborations-
Do you like the dress?
The dress looks amazing. I love the pink. Bringing it to Wango Tango. New song, Mimi Webb.
Do you like it?
I do love it. Tell me about the song and how it was to work with her.
She’s on my label, and so they called me and were like, would you ever work with Mimi Webb? And I was like, I love Mimi Webb. The biggest Mimi Webb fan there is, is my husband, Daryl [Sabara]. So he was like, “Please work with her.” And then we met, we fell in love. And then I wrote this chorus the night before because I wanted Daryl to be able to read my mind.
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Host Drew Afualo gives flowers to Billboard‘s Women in Music 2025 presenters and honorees, including aespa, Ángela Aguilar, Doechii and more. She also asks them who they give their flowers to, shares fun facts, and so much more!
Who do you give your flowers to? Let us know in the comments below!
Drew Afualo:
Hey y’all it’s Drew Afualo and I am back, yet again, hosting, but this time for 2025 Billboard Women in Music Awards and we are backstage. I am inside the belly of the beast team. Here I’m talking to all of the award winners, the presenters, the performers, everyone and anyone and I’m going to be falling in love with many tonight, and I will catch you in a little. Bye! Here we are again, backstage with the iconic, the legendary Ángela Aguilar. Honored to have you, queen. How are you feeling tonight?
Ángela Aguilar:
I’m so happy. No more nerves. Tequila hit and the speech was good. I feel good.
Period. I could hear the mariachis in the air.
I know!
Stunning and gorgeous. And when they walked out, I said, ‘Period, period, period,’ as they were walking past. ‘Yes, thank you. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Work, it, work, it.’ Love that. I think you’re stunning and amazing. So actually, first I want to ask you, how does it feel celebrating other women in music tonight?
It feels amazing. You know, I’m very happy to be here, because my mom has always been behind the scenes, and she was always my momager, she was like, helping me since I was very little with like my dress and stuff,
That’s cute.
And they’re honoring her tonight as well.
Oh my gosh, how amazing.
The first awards ceremony that they honor me and my mom, and she deserves it more than I do.
Oh my gosh, that’s so sweet and amazing. What a milestone. Incredible. So for some fun things, I actually am going to give you some flowers tonight.
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All Swiftie eyes will be turned toward the 2025 American Music Awards later this month, as fans are absolutely convinced that Taylor Swift is planning to announce something major at this year’s ceremony.
There are several reasons for the detective-like fanbase’s latest hunch. Two of the biggest ones tie back to the pop superstar’s online store, which fans noticed now covertly spells out “AMAs” via the first letters of each word in a prominent four-option menu: Apparel, Music, Accessories and Sale.
Additionally, Swift’s site currently has exactly 12 items up for sale at 26% off, which fans have pointed out as two significant numbers. First, the 14-time Grammy winner’s last album — the 17-week Billboard 200-topping Tortured Poets Department — was her 11th studio LP, meaning her next project would be her 12th. Second, the date of the 2025 AMAs is May 26.
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That, of course, isn’t all. Taylor Nation recently reshared a fan’s post on X about voting for Swift at this year’s AMAs (she’s nominated in six categories in 2025) and wrote, “And our town, it looks so sMall from wAy up here.”
“Screamed, ‘vote for the chairman’ at the night sky!” Swift’s team added in the May 6 post.
On the surface, those lines appear to be a simple play on a lyric from Swift’s track “thanK you aIMee.” But you also might notice the randomly capitalized letters in the sentence; put them together, and what do they spell? “AMAs.”
With all of that in mind, Swifties are sure the “Fortnight” singer has something special planned for the 2025 awards. The repetition of the number 12 in her potential Easter eggs has a lot of people thinking that an announcement pertaining to her next proper album is in the cards, but some are holding out hope that she’ll actually reveal something about her long-anticipated Reputation or Taylor Swift re-records.
“Her store spelling out AMAS, 12 items on sale for 26% (the amas are on the 26th), TN capitalizing a caption to spell out AMAS…. guys… THESE ARE EASTER EGGS,” one fan wrote on X.
Another person added, “i think this enough reasonable clown material.”
If Swift does unveil something album-related at the AMAs, it would be far from the first time she’s used an award show for that purpose. It was at the 2022 VMAs that she announced Midnights, and while accepting best pop vocal album for that same LP at the 2024 Grammys, she announced Tortured Poets.
The Eras headliner also has a special history with the AMAs in particular. In 2019, she was declared the show’s second-ever artist of the decade, performing a medley of her biggest hits before accepting the honor on stage. She’s also the most-decorated artist in AMAs history, boasting 40 awards in her collection total.
Airing live on Memorial Day, or May 26, the AMAs will be available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. The upcoming show comes after Swift was recently spotted out and about with boyfriend Travis Kelce for the first time in months, dining at a Philadelphia restaurant on Mother’s Day (May 11) after mostly lying low following the conclusion of the Eras Tour in December.
See what Swifties are saying about the possibility of a big AMAs announcement below.
🚨| Taylor Swift’s official store currently features 12 items at 26% off in her store. —The site also spells “AMAs”, and the AMAs will take place on the 26th of this month. pic.twitter.com/qKxwDbXUnv— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdating) May 12, 2025
the 12 stones in taylor’s earrings at the grammys, 12D’s in her instagram caption, her store spelling out AMAS, 12 items on sale for 26% (the amas are on the 26th), TN capitalizing a caption to spell out AMAS…. guys… THESE ARE EASTER EGGS— kaia! (@kaiamal13) May 12, 2025
first tayppearance in forever, website spells out “AMAS”, the taylor nation countdown, i think this enough reasonable clown material pic.twitter.com/GzTsQyRuqv— 𝙎𝙚𝙩𝙝⸆⸉ (@t4n00kl1ng) May 12, 2025
Taylor’s website spells out AMASAMAS are on 5/26 …5 + 2 + 6 =13 🤡what also happened on 5/26/23the karma mv…what if the 2 on the coffee cup meant 2 years from that date? which is also the AMAs…🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/sidWI9eo2M— g (taylor’s version) – heard idsb miami n2 🐍🖤 (@readyforittv13) May 12, 2025
Taylor Swift gave us three different Easter eggs for May 26th. Apparently we will have something at the 2025 AMAs. pic.twitter.com/s0yXLh35Zn— Taylor Swift Charts (@TChartSwift) May 12, 2025
i think i’m clowning for rep (taylor’s version) for the amas cause the first time she announced something at an award show was midnights and at metlife n1 we got rep and midnights surprise songs and the 1 part of the karma mv that was very rep coded— lily (taylor’s version) HEARD YOYOK (@lilys_garden13) May 12, 2025
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. A week earlier, the song became the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the chart.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a 17th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. The ballad first hit No. 1 on the list last September.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“Ordinary” leads the Global 200 with 65.9 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) and 11,000 sold (down 9%) worldwide May 2-8.
The entire Global 200’s top five holds in place from a week earlier: “Die With a Smile” at No. 2, after 18 weeks at No. 1 beginning last September (second only to the 19 weeks at No. 1 for Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” since the chart began); ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” at No. 3, after 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” at No. 4, following three weeks at No. 1 last August; and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” at No. 5, after it logged seven weeks on top in February-April 2024.
“Die With a Smile” adds a 17th week at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S., with 64.8 million streams (down 3%) and 3,000 sold (down 5%) outside the U.S. The song holds the second-longest rule in the chart’s archives:
19 weeks at No. 1, “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars (2024-25)
17 weeks, “Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (2024-25)
14 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey (2021-25)
13 weeks, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus (2023)
13 weeks, “As It Was,” Harry Styles (2022)
“Ordinary” rises 3-2 for a new Global Excl. U.S. best; “APT.” drops 2-3; JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” keeps at No. 4, after hitting No. 3; and “Birds of a Feather” repeats at No. 5, following three weeks at No. 1 last August.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated May 17, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 13. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
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