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Trending on Billboard Reneé Rapp has been criss-crossing North America for the past month on her headlining Bite Me tour. But over the weekend, the singer and former Sex Lives of College Girls star had to pump the brakes on the final two planned gigs on the outing on doctor’s orders. Explore See latest videos, […]
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The Jonas Brothers have gotten used to being pelted with the expected waves of love and affection during their run of stadiums and arenas this year on their Jonas20: Greetings From Your Hometown tour. But those definitely weren’t just gleeful shouts of “Joe!” after the sibling trio took the field on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the middle of game two of the World Series at Toronto’s Rogers Centre to perform the song “I Can’t Lose” from this year’s Greetings From Your Hometown LP.
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In fact, the mid-game performance break at a point when the score was tied 1-1 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as part of the annual Stand Up To Cancer tribute kind of ticked off a lot of fans who feared it was messing with the game flow and may have actually been thinking “Noooo!!!”
“If the Jays lose it’s entirely on that weird Jonas Brothers performance in the middle of the game,” one incensed fan wrote on X, with another adding, “I’m trying to watch the World Series and they doing a damn Jonas Brothers concert after the 5th inning.”
Joe Jonas heard you and the singer had the perfect response to the chorus of concern in the comments on a Major League Baseball post featuring a still pic and a video of the siblings posing on the field with the caption, “SPEECHLESS, OVER THE EDGE, JUST BREATHLESS.” Joe seemed to humorously sympathize with the confusion, commenting, “Why these guys?“
Self-deprecation aside, there were plenty of fans there to support him, with a number commenting on his comment, with one writing, “@joejonas Because they are the boys with the most beautiful soul in the world” and another adding, “@joejonas cause they’re awesome.”
MLB has been hosting the Stand Up to Cancer tribute since 2009 in which people in attendance at games hold up placards honoring those who’ve been impacted by cancer. The JoBros dedicated “I Can’t Lose” — which was the official anthem of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball coverage, with a video in support of the charity airing during July’s MLB All-Star game — to “everyone standing up to cancer.” Joe also kicked off the performance by holding up a placard for their dad, Kevin Jonas Sr., who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2017.
The band’s 20th anniversary tour continues on Monday night with the second of two shows at Orlando’s Kia Center.
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LE SSERAFIM’s new collaboration with BTS’ j-hope has topped this week’s new music poll.
In a poll published Friday (Oct. 24) by Billboard, music fans chose the powerhouse team-up’s “Spaghetti” as their favorite new release of the week.
“Spaghetti” earned 77% of the vote, beating out new projects from Demi Lovato (It’s Not That Deep), Megan Thee Stallion (“LOVER GIRL”), Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska ’82), Daniel Caesar (Son of Spergy), Leon Thomas (Pholks), and more.
The track serves as the lead single from LE SSERAFIM’s eight-track HYBE compilation of the same name and marks j-hope’s first-ever feature on a K-pop girl group song.
Earlier in the week, the song was teased through a YouTube video titled “The Kick,” featuring j-hope in a Matrix-inspired outfit and shades, surrounded by flashing strobe lights. The clip ends with a snippet of LE SSERAFIM members — KIM CHAEWON, SAKURA, HUH YUNJIN, KAZUHA, and HONG EUNCHAE — delivering the line “eat it up.”
Speaking with Billboard Philippines, LE SSERAFIM shared insights into the making of “Spaghetti.” The song “expresses LE SSERAFIM’s charm that you just can’t get away from, like spaghetti that’s stuck in your teeth,” SAKURA said. “The part where we sing ‘eat it up’ over and over is the highlight, and since each of us members delivers it in our own styles, it adds even more playfulness to the song.”
LE SSERAFIM have been on a hot streak this year. In March, the group’s album HOT debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, marking their fifth top 10 entry and second chart-topper after 2024’s Crazy.
Placing second in this week’s poll was Lovato’s new album, It’s Not That Deep, which secured 7% of the vote.
Check out the full results of this week’s poll below, and visit Billboard’s Friday Music Guide for more must-hear new releases.
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Since Pinkpantheress first snuck into cool kids’ playlists with 2021’s “Break It Off” — and truly exploded into the world of mainstream pop with 2023’s Ice Spice-assisted “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” — the British singer-songwriter has consistently offered an incisive reflection of Gen Z’s Internet-driven, hyper-self-aware, irony-anchored humor and culture. Her bite-sized tracks helped her become one of TikTok’s earliest favorites, but her witty, honest lyricism and infectious self-produced records that blend drum and bass, garage, and alternative pop helped her transcend the volatile social media app.
On Friday night (Oct. 24), just a week after dropping her inventive Fancy Some More remix project, Pinkpantheress delivered the strongest, most fully-realized show of her career at the launch of the North American leg of her An Evening With… Pinkpantheress Tour. Kicking off her two-night residency at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre with “Stateside,” Pinkpantheress spent her set hitting all of her marks across a tri-staired platform flanked by her hilarious DJ on one end and her terrific drummer on the other. Over the course of a little over an hour, she played her entire Fancy That mixtape, which hit No. 4 on the Dance Albums earlier this year, as well as catalog highlights like “Just for Me,” “I Must Apologise,” “Another Life” and “Mosquito.”
Marking her third headlining trek in as many years, this latest tour seizes every opportunity to flaunt Pinkpantheress’ growth onstage. Not only is she visibly more comfortable — her facial expressions, banter, and sass were dialed up considerably on Friday night — but she and her creative team have also truly figured out how to streamline her aesthetics when translating her music to a live setting. Part of why Pinkpantheress has proven to be one of the most alluring new pop stars of the decade is because of its cozy DIY energy; to bring that to a 3,250-capacity venue, she enlisted the Pinkettes, the adorable faux girl group she forms during the show with her two backup dancers, both of whom donned their best Pinkpantheress-inspired garb. With The Pinkettes helping fill the stage and giving Pinkpantheress co-stars to bounce off of, the show felt much more visually complete than last year’s Capable of Love Tour.
Of course, Pink’s signature 2009 JCPenney-evoking remained paramount to the show’s visual identity, helping present her as a soft antithesis to the ultra-glamorous glitz of some of her contemporaries. Pink finds the sparkle in both the mundane and the profound, which is why she can seamlessly shift from a kitschy flip of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet (“Romeo”) to referencing nice Internet memes during her banter intermission. That intermission also proved strikingly candid, with Pink giving a heartfelt speech about her growth in confidence and comfort onstage over the past four years. “I don’t know if anyone was there for those [early shows], but I was shuffling [around],” she said. “I’m 24 now, and I started when I was 19… to be showing this newfound confidence in front of people is really exciting.”
From her Lalaloopsy-esque styling and classic jazz choreography to a surprise Zohran Mamdani appearance, here are the five best moments of Pinkpantheress’ latest tour.
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Trending on Billboard Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter made a rare live appearance during a surprise DJ set with Fred again.. in Paris. On Saturday (Oct. 25), the duo went B2B at Paris’ Centre Pompidou as part of Because Beaubourg, a two-day celebration marking the 20th anniversary of French record label Because Music. They were joined […]
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Snoop Dogg is celebrating his time with the No Limit crew.
The veteran hip-hop star made a surprise appearance on Saturday (Oct. 25) to show support for his former record label during its battle against Cash Money Records at ComplexCon in Las Vegas.
The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper hit the stage to perform C-Murder’s classic “Down 4 My N****z,” sending the crowd at the Las Vegas Convention Center into a frenzy.
After leaving Death Row Records, Snoop joined Master P’s No Limit Records in 1998, releasing three albums — No Limit: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998), No Limit Top Dogg (1999) and Tha Last Meal (2000) — during his brief time at the label.
Saturday’s Verzuz showdown celebrated two of Louisiana’s most iconic rap labels. No Limit’s lineup included Master P, Mia X and Silk the Shocker, while Cash Money brought heavy hitters like Juvenile, B.G., Mannie Fresh and Birdman.
Fans were treated to performances of legendary tracks including “400 Degreez,” “I’m Still Fly,” “Bling Bling,” “Break Em Off Something,” “How U Do That There,” “Slow Motion,” “Project Chick,” “Bout It Bout It,” “Real Big,” and “Make Em Say Unh,” according to Complex.
In early October, Complex announced a partnership with Verzuz to relaunch the music battle series at ComplexCon. “Rather than talking so much, we just want to get to the action,” Verzuz co-founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a joint statement.
Verzuz was launched in March 2020 by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz as a creative outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform was sold to Triller Network in March 2021 but had been largely dormant for nearly three years. Its most recent battles before ComplexCon included Cypress Hill vs. Onyx; 8Ball & MJG vs. UGK; Omarion vs. Mario; and Luny Tunes vs. DJ Nelson.
Watch Snoop’s surprise appearance at the No Limit-Cash Money Verzuz battle on Instagram here, and see more photos from the event here.
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It’s official: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are dating.
Months after first being spotted together, the pop superstar, 41, and the former Canadian prime minister, 53, made their first public appearance as a couple on Saturday (Oct. 25).
Perry and Trudeau celebrated the singer’s 41st birthday with a date night at Crazy Horse Paris, according to TMZ. Photos from the evening show the couple leaving the theater, hand in hand and smiling.
Their relationship confirmation comes about two weeks after Perry jokingly addressed the dating rumors during her London concert on Oct. 13. While performing, she noticed a fan’s sign that read, “Katy Perry, will you marry me?”
“You heard I was single? That’s interesting,” Perry said. “You know you really should have asked me about 48 hours ago.”
She added playfully, “He’s just a little too late…,” hinting that she was already off the market.&
Before that moment, photos had surfaced of Perry and Trudeau kissing on a yacht, following earlier sightings of them dining together in Canada shortly after Trudeau attended Perry’s July concert in Montreal. The politician was even spotted singing along to “Firework” during her Lifetimes Tour stop at the Bell Centre.
Perry’s new romance comes a few months after her split from actor Orlando Bloom in early July. The couple dated on and off for nearly nine years and share a daughter, Daisy Dove.
“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” their representatives said in a statement to Billboard at the time. “They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect.”
Trudeau also went through a public separation in August 2023, announcing his split from wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, with whom he shares three children.
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The Jonas Brothers’ performance at the 2025 World Series left some viewers scratching their heads.
On Saturday (Oct. 24), the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers faced off in game two of the World Series at Toronto’s Rogers Centre.
By the fifth inning, the score was tied 1–1 when the game paused for the annual Stand Up To Cancer tribute. Players left the field as the stadium’s giant screens lit up, and fans, athletes, and broadcasters held signs bearing the names of loved ones impacted by cancer.
Most viewers expected play to resume immediately after the emotional moment. But instead, some baseball fans were caught off guard when the Jonas Brothers appeared onstage to perform “I Can’t Lose,” from the New Jersey trio’s 2025 album, Greetings From Your Hometown.
“If the Jays lose it’s entirely on that weird Jonas Brothers performance in the middle of the game,” one person wrote on X. Another added, “I’m trying to watch the World Series and they doing a damn Jonas Brothers concert after the 5th inning.”
The social media commentary didn’t stop there. Many fans expressed frustration over what they viewed as an ill-timed interruption.
“A Jonas Brothers concert in the middle of a World Series pitcher’s duel??” one fan wrote. Another joked, “’Thank you for honoring those fighting cancer. Here’s the Jonas Brothers.’ was not on my bingo card for this World Series.”
Some even credited the brief break with shifting the game’s momentum, joking that it gave the Dodgers an edge as they went on to defeat the Blue Jays 5–1.
“Where were you when the Jonas Brothers saved the Dodgers’ season,” one commenter quipped.
Prior to Saturday’s game, the Jonas Brothers — who serve as Stand Up To Cancer ambassadors — shared their gratitude for being part of the event.
“We’re proud to celebrate our partnership with Mastercard in support of Stand Up to Cancer during such a meaningful moment at the World Series with a performance of ‘I Can’t Lose’ in tribute to this powerful campaign,” the siblings said in a statement. “As lifelong baseball fans, it’s special to be part of a moment where music and purpose come together.”
During the opening game of the 2025 World Series, MLB featured another musical moment, with Pharrell and the Voices of Fire choir performing a two-song set from their Ophaním album. Voices of Fire also delivered both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems before the first pitch.
Watch the Jonas’ Brothers 2025 World Series performance here.
The pop star was at the top of her game, performing tracks from all three of her studio albums.
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George Clooney is looking back at one of the more surreal moments from his early Hollywood days — getting personally scolded by the legendary Frank Sinatra.
While attending the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Jay Kelly on Thursday (Oct. 23), the actor recalled his brushes with legendary artists like Sinatra and Tony Bennett during a time when he was trying to get a foothold in the industry.
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“I remember being on the road […] I was my Aunt Rosemary’s driver when she was singing,” Clooney told People. “And I hadn’t known her much when I was young because I lived in Kentucky. She was the Hollywood aunt. So I came out to make a living and I was her driver.”
At the time, Clooney found himself in close proximity to giants of American music, including Bennett, Sinatra and more.
“I got to drive [her] and Tony Bennett, and all of these really wonderful singers around for a year,” he said. “I got a really good life lesson in success and failure, and handling it.”
One of the more unexpected encounters came courtesy of Sinatra himself, who wasn’t thrilled with a press boycott Clooney was involved in. “I remember he was mad at me once because I led this boycott about […] some press freedoms, and he called me because people thought he was sick and there were helicopters flying over his [home],” Clooney recalled. “And he called me going, ‘It’s not working what you’re doing!’”
Still, Clooney took the confrontation in stride. “He was great,” he added. “I got yelled at by Frank Sinatra!”
Clooney, who would go on to win Oscars for both acting and producing, said those formative experiences helped shape his approach to success — especially the importance of staying grounded.
“Most of my friends, we’ve been friends for 40 years. I slept on their couch when I was broke. And they’re always around when people are giving you too much credit,” he said. “They’re the first people to remind you that they’re full of crap.”
