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Beyoncé expanded her 2025 Cowboy Carter tour on Monday morning (Feb. 10). The Cowboy Carter & the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour in support of Queen Bey’s Grammy-winning Cowboy Carter album initially just announced the handful of cities she’ll be visiting, which include Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas.
She then revealed the venues and first round of dates last week, with the latest update providing details on newly added extra shows in some of the key cities. The addition of the five fresh stadium dates brings the total number of nights at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to six, with third nights now booked in Chicago at Soldier Field, Paris at Stade de France and Atlanta at Mercedes Benz Stadium.

There will be a series of pre-sales ahead of the tour’s general on-sale (Feb. 14 at 12 p.m. local here), including a Beyhive pre-sale beginning on Tuesday (Feb. 11) at 12 p.m. local time through Wednesday (Feb. 12) at 11 a.m. local time. The on-sales for the two new London shows will kick off on Tuesday at 2 p.m. local through Wednesday at 1 p.m. local time; click here for more information.

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Fans who previously signed up for the artist pre-sale will have access beginning on Thursday (Feb. 13) at 12 p.m. local until 10 p.m. local that day. Also, check out additional information on a U.S. Citi pre-sale, a U.S. Verizon Up pre-sale and a U.K. and France Mastercard pre-sale.

Check out the full list of Cowboy Carter tour dates below (new shows in bold).

April 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

May 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

May 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

May 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

May 15 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field

May 17 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field

May 18 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field

May 22 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium

May 24 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium

May 25 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium

May 28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium

June 5 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 7 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 10 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 12 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 14 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 16 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

June 19 – Paris, France @ Stade de France

June 21 – Paris, France @ Stade de France

June 22 – Paris, France @ Stade de France

June 28 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium

June 29 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium

July 4 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium

July 7 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium

July 10 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium

July 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium

July 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes Benz Stadium

Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by every person at the 2025 Super Bowl, with the pop star receiving boos from some members of the crowd when her image appeared on the Caesars Superdome jumbotron Sunday (Feb. 9). But Serena Williams and Flavor Flav both have her back.
In videos taken at the big game in New Orleans — where the Kansas City Chiefs went on to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles 22-40 — Swift sits next to “Karma” collaborator Ice Spice and surveys the crowd when her face is projected on the big screens. A choir of “boos” then erupts from parts of the stadium, likely from fans of that night’s winners, who knew she was there to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce, tight end for the opposing team.

In the moment, the 14-time Grammy winner simply gave a side-eye and a resigned laugh, but Williams — who later joined Kendrick Lamar on the field during halftime for a brief-but-iconic cameo — was quick to come to Swift’s defense. “I love you @taylorswift13 dont listen to those booo!!” the tennis champ posted on X.

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The Public Enemy rapper — the self-proclaimed “King Swiftie” — also quickly showed support for the “Fortnight” singer online. “Eagles fans will boo anyone,,, remember when they booed and attacked Santa Claus,??? SANTA CLAUS,!!!” he wrote on Bluesky, sharing a Wikipedia link describing a famous 1968 incident wherein Philadelphia football fans pelted the star of that year’s Christmas parade with snowballs.

“The only person who might bring more spirit and joy to people than Taylor Swift,,, and of course your boy Flavor Flav,” he added. “Just Shake It Off.”

Williams and Flav were just two of countless Swifties who spoke up for Swift on social media after the booing at the Superdome. And, as many fans pointed out, it’s not as if the “Anti-Hero” musician is lacking in applause from the people of New Orleans, who showed up in droves to see her for three nights straight when she brought her Eras Tour to that exact stadium in October.

One person, however, who definitely didn’t have kind things to say online after the incident was President Donald Trump, who also attended the game Sunday. “The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” he wrote on Truth Social. “She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!”

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Spanish hitmaker Quevedo is set to return to Latin America with his Buenas Noches Tour, his first trek there in two years.   His most ambitious tour in Latin America to date, the “Gran Vía” singer will launch his 14-date stint in Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes on April 23. He will then take his […]

Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show was full of memorable moments — and Billboard wants to know which one is your favorite. There certainly are a lot to choose from, with the Compton rapper demonstrating his prowess with 13 straight minutes of back-to-back hits and all-star cameos from collaborators and friends. After the show […]

Despite taking the stage for what is traditionally the most-viewed television event of the year on Sunday night (Feb. 9), SZA said she wasn’t nervous before joining Kendrick Lamar for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. “THANK YOU @kendricklamar for consistently putting the world on your back . At all times . Thank you for […]

Though becoming a stadium artist was a huge bucket list moment for Travis Scott in 2023, achieving such a feat with his children in attendance during his SoFi performance in L.A., a performance that was a part of his Circus Maximus Tour, was the real cherry on top. In his latest cover story with Billboard, […]

After making headlines with her critical acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammys, Chappell Roan is doubling down on helping up-and-coming artists earn a livable wage and affordable healthcare.
In a series of posts to Instagram Stories on Sunday night (Feb. 9), Roan continued the conversation about her speech, and called on music industry’s power players to invest more financial support into their artists. “Sharing my personal experience at the Grammys wasn’t meant to be a crowdfunded bandaid but a call to action to the leaders of the industry to step up, help us make a real change and protect their investments in a sustainable way,” she wrote.

The “Pink Pony Club” singer also continued to indirectly call out former music industry executive Jeff Rabhan, who criticized the singer’s speech in a blistering op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter. Rabhan referred to Roan’s call for change “wildly misinformed” and claimed that the singer was both “too green and too uninformed to be the agent of change she aspires to be today.”

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“My mind will not be changed about artists deserving more than what’s standard in the industry,” she wrote. “Random dudes are allowed to criticize my Grammy speech, but they best put their money where their mouth is, otherwise MOVE out the way.”

Roan and Rabhan previously traded public messages, with Roan calling for Rabhan to match her $25,000 donation to funding developing artists. Rabhan, in turn, replied that Roan should “stop dumpster diving” by criticizing his criticism, and instead should “act like the agent of change you say you want to be,” pointing out that the singer’s donation came after his critique.

In her posts, Roan also revealed the charity she was sharing her money with — Backline, a nonprofit that “connects music industry professionals and their families with mental health and wellness resources.” Specifically, Roan pointed to a fundraising initiative from the organization that is “supporting accessibility of health care for artists.”

However, Roan told her fans that she did not expect them to donate to these efforts — instead she pointed out that industry executives should feel compelled to donate to the organization. “Fans, y’all don’t have to donate a damn penny,” she wrote. “This is one of many opportunities for the industry powers to show up for artists. There is much more work to be done.”

For anyone questioning whether or not Roan herself shared such a donation, the “Hot to Go” singer concluded her posts with a screenshot of a confirmation email from Backline confirming her donation of $25,000 to their fundraiser. “Here,” she added.

Among those who shared their support for Roan were Noah Kahan and Charli XCX, both of whom pledged to match the singer’s $25,000 donation before her latest posts, with both artists posting since-expired posts to their Instagram Stories. “I’m inspired by you,” Kahan said of the singer. “Happy to get the ball rolling. Money where my mouth is.”

Ye appeared to sign off from X on Sunday (Dec. 9) following a days long spree during which he posted dozens of antisemitic, misogynistic and homophobic messages, culminating with the rapper sharing a string of uncensored clips from pornographic movies.
According to KTLA, West signed off with a final post on Sunday night — just a few hours after appearing in a cryptic ad promoting his Yeezy shoe brand during Super Bowl LIX — writing, “I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate [X owner] Elon [Musk] for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board.” At press time it did not appear as if Musk had responded to West shutting down his account and it was unclear if the move was West’s choice or if the account had been suspended by X; a spokesperson for West had not returned Billboard’s request for comment at press time.

The sign-off came after West posted another shot at frequent target Taylor Swift, who attended the game to support boyfriend Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “If its about the culture… why are we letting Taylor Swift be seen on TV singing a song about taking a Black man down and accusing of things that can take a Black man down for life,” West, 47, wrote in one of his all-caps missives.

He then lashed out at Lamar, issuing the latest in a four-day deluge of antisemitic slurs. “Kendrick is being used by these white people and Jews and so am I,” Ye wrote. In prior days, West had also expressed his support for disgraced Bad Boy Records boss Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently in jail without bail awaiting a May trial on racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution charges.

“@realDonaldTrump please free my brother Puff,” wrote Ye of the formerly high-flying rap mogul who is also facing dozens of lawsuits from men and women who claim he sexually and physically assaulted them and forced or coerced them into sexual activity over the past 25+ years, accusations Combs has denied.

Ye’s comments also included repeated attacks on the Jewish people via stereotypes and antisemitic language, jokes about the disabled, homophobic slurs and a double-down on his praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (“I love Hitler”) and the statement “I’m a Nazi.”

The hate-filled posts drew alarm from the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, who said in a statement that it was, “Another egregious display of antisemitism, racism and misogyny from Ye on his X account this morning. Just a few years ago, ADL found that 30 antisemitic indents nationwide were tied to Kanye’s 2022 antisemitic rants. We condemn this dangerous behavior and need to call it what it is: a flagrant and unequivocal display of hate.”

Ye also referenced Twitter/X owner and unofficial White House advisor Elon Musk’s repeated use of a Nazi-like salute at an inauguration event for Donald Trump last month, which was widely criticized; while not disavowing directly that the gesture was similar to the Nazi salute, Musk responded to critics at the time by saying they “need better dirty tricks.” “Elon stole my Nazi swag at the inauguration… yooo my guy get your own third rale,” Ye wrote on Friday, adding, “I can say Jew as much as I want. I can say Hitler as much as I want.”

Ye was kicked off X (then still known as Twitter) in October 2022 for antisemitic posts, then briefly reinstated in November of that year and re-suspended in November after he posted an image of a swastika intertwined with a Jewish star. Musk reinstated West’s account eight months later.

The manic posting spree, which at times found West firing off dozens of all-caps tweets per hour, prompted former Friends star David Schwimmer to ask Musk on Saturday to ban Ye from the platform. “This is so 2022. We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk,” the Jewish actor, 58, wrote on Instagram. “Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.”

Following Schwimmer’s comments, Ye posted on X that Musk had unfollowed him. “Elon unfollowed me so I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be on twitter / X If I’m taken off go to,” he wrote. Last week, Ye’s hate posts were amplified by white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who wrote “we’re back” in response to one of the rapper’s tweets, in which he wrote, “all you pleeeeease come at me… that’s who we spot the k–ns… let these white people and Jewish people tell you what to do and say.”

Ye’s barrage of hate speech was capped on Sunday by a string of posts featuring scenes from uncensored porn films, as well as some that appeared to target singer Cassie, who dated Combs for a decade. Cassie alleged in a since-settled lawsuit that she suffered years of rape and repeated physical abuse at Combs’ hands, including allegations that he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he watched; Diddy has denied those, and dozens of other allegations of abuse.

“When I [sic] man truly loves a woman he may express it in rage I empathize with both sides,” West wrote in the since deleted tweet alongside an image of Diddy and Cassie screenshotted from a video of Combs assaulting the singer in a hotel hallway. He doubled down on the misogynistic comments by appearing to downplay the seriousness of Cassie’s charges of intimate partner violence.

“Hey, question if someone were to beat up their girlfriend in public, would that be considered domestic violence, or is that outdoor violence, or is it just public indecency? … I’m just asking for a friend,” Ye wrote. The rapper was also reportedly selling a sweatshirt on his Yeezy site similar to the one Cassie was wearing in the widely seen 2016 assault video that he was calling “The Love Hoodie,” in seeming reference to Combs’ nickname “Love.”

At press time, however, it appeared that the only item for sale in the Yeezy store was a white t-shirt featuring a swastika.

Rema announced on Monday (Feb. 10) that he’ll be embarking on the Heis World Tour this spring. The 23-date jaunt will begin on April 11 at the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, includes his debut performance at both weekends of Coachella, and stops by major international arenas such as London’s O2 Arena and […]

Donald Trump became the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl on Sunday (Feb. 9), when he watched two quarters of the Philadelphia Eagles’ dismantling of the Kansas City Chiefs on their way to a decisive 40-22 victory. The second termer also became the first commander in chief to post a nasty taunt of […]