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30 May 2025

Benson Boone Announces Fall 2025 U.K. and Ireland Arena Tour Dates

Benson Boone has announced a run of arena dates in the U.K. and Ireland later this fall. 

The U.S. star’s run will kick off at Belfast’s SSE Arena on Oct. 23, before heading to Dublin’s 3Arena, the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, the Utilita Arena in Birmingham and closing with a two-night stand at London’s O2 Arena on Nov. 3 and 4.

The “Beautiful Things” star will then continue on to mainland Europe for a string of arena dates in major cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, Oslo and close the run at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. See the full run of shows below.

A fan presale for the show begins on June 3 at 10 a.m. BST, with a public sale beginning on June 5 at the same time. Tickets will be available here. 

Boone’s shows in the U.K. and Ireland will be his first since his dates at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in November 2024. On June 15, Boone will perform at Wembley Stadium as part of Capital FM’s Summertime Ball; the following week on June 20, he will release his second studio LP, American Heart, on Night Street and Warner Records.

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At this week’s American Music Awards, Boone gave his new single “Mystical Magical” an airing and performed one of his signature on-stage backflips during the song. Boone was up for his first American Music Award for new artist of the year, but lost out to Gracie Abrams in a crowded field that also included Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and Tommy Richman.

Boone has had considerable success in the U.K. with his single “Beautiful Things,” which hit No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart in 2024.

Benson Boone U.K. and Europe 2025 tour dates

  • Oct. 23: Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena
  • Oct. 24: Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
  • Oct. 27: Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
  • Oct. 30: Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
  • Nov. 1: Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
  • Nov. 3: London, UK @ The O2
  • Nov. 4: London, UK @ The O2
  • Nov. 7: Köln, DE @ Lanxess Arena
  • Nov. 8: Antwerpen, BE @ Sportpaleis
  • Nov. 10: Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
  • Nov. 13: Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
  • Nov. 15: Kopenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
  • Nov. 17: Oslo, NO @ Unity Arena
  • Nov. 18: Stockholm, SE @ Avicii Arena

30 May 2025

Morgan Wallen Earns Second Week at No. 1 on ARIA Albums Chart

Morgan Wallen holds firm at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week with I’m the Problem. The album has also topped charts in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and parts of Europe.

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Wallen was also the last male country artist to reach No. 1 in Australia, spending two weeks on top in 2023 with One Thing at a Time. Before that, Keith Urban topped the chart in 2020 with The Speed of Now Part 1.

Kisschasy re-enter at No. 28 with Hymns for the Nonbeliever following its vinyl reissue. The album originally peaked at No. 5 in 2007. Australian punk band Private Function debut at No. 43 with ¯_(ツ)_/¯, which includes a limited-edition scratch-and-sniff vinyl inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop fragrance. The band previously reached No. 9 with Whose Line Is It Anyway? and No. 11 with 370HSSV 0773H.

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Pitbull’s Greatest Hits makes a surprise return to the Top 10, jumping from No. 16 to No. 9 — its highest position since its 2017 release. The timing follows his recent announcement as part of the 2025 Fridayz Live tour alongside Mariah Carey, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Jon, Eve, Jordin Sparks and more. Pitbull’s top-charting album in Australia remains Planet Pit, which reached No. 5 in 2011.

On the ARIA Singles Chart, Alex Warren scores a tenth consecutive week at No. 1 with “Ordinary,” joining an elite group of just 30 tracks to ever spend 10 or more weeks at the top, including Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” (24 weeks), ABBA’s “Mamma Mia,” Daddy Cool’s “Eagle Rock” and Jack Harlow’s “Lovin’ On Me.”

Sombr continues his rise on the chart, holding both No. 2 with “Undressed” and No. 3 with “Back to Friends.” Warren also claims the highest new entry of the week as “Bloodline,” his duet with Jelly Roll, debuts at No. 16, marking Jelly Roll’s first-ever ARIA Singles Chart appearance.

Kisschasy also dominate the Vinyl Albums Chart, landing at No. 1 with Hymns for the Nonbeliever and No. 5 with United Paper People. Private Function land at No. 2 on the vinyl chart with ¯_(ツ)_/¯, followed by Billie Eilish and Sleep Token.

30 May 2025

The Amity Affliction Cover Turnstile’s ‘Holiday’ for ‘Like a Version’

Australian metalcore outfit The Amity Affliction have shared their rendition of Turnstile’s “Holiday” as part of their recent appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j.

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Formed in the Queensland city of Gympie in 2003, The Amity Affliction have been staples of triple j’s heavy music rotation over the years but have remained absent from the station’s Like a Version studio until 2025.

As part of their debut appearance on the segment, the group launched into their performance with an original, performing the recently-released “All That I Remember.” Officially arriving on Wednesday (May 28), the track is the band’s first to feature Jonny Reeves on clean vocals, with the American singer joining the group following the exit of the band’s last remaining founding member, Ahren Stringer.

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Turning their attention towards the cover portion, The Amity Affliction were uncharacteristically joined by strings and keyboards as they delivered a high-energy rendition of Turnstile’s “Holiday.” The track was originally issued as the fifth and final single of the Baltimore outfit’s 2021 album Glow On, which became their most successful record to date, hitting No. 30 on the Billboard 200.

“[We] went through a list of songs that we thought would go over well and nothing really kind of hit us the right way,” explained drummer Joe Longobardi in a post-performance interview. “Then we were on the bus somewhere and somebody just said ‘Why don’t we cover Turnstile’”And it kind of got silent for a second.

“It was weird enough that we all went, ‘Oh I think that would work,’” adds vocalist Joel Birch. “It’s our roots, I guess, and [Turnstile are] a band using those roots to do this brand new thing, which is really cool and we like it.”

Since forming in 2003, The Amity Affliction have released a total of eight albums, with four of their records – beginning with 2012’s Chasing Ghosts – consecutively charting atop the ARIA charts. The group’s fourth album, 2014’s Let the Ocean Take Me, became their first to reach the Billboard 200, reaching No. 31. Follow-up record This Could Be Heartbreak would peak at No. 26 upon its release in 2016, while their next two albums – 2018’s Misery and 2020’s Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them – would reach No. 70 and No. 60, respectively.

Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.

View The Amity Affliction’s cover of Turnstile’s ‘Holiday’ below.

29 May 2025

Mariah Carey Celebrates 20 Years of ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’: Stream It Now

Just over 20 years since its release, Mariah Carey has revisited her chart-topping tenth album, unveiling The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition).

Released April 12, 2005, The Emancipation of Mimi marked a pivotal comeback moment in her career. Spending two weeks atop the Billboard 200, the project won three Grammys and spawned one of the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits of all time, the 14-week leader “We Belong Together.”

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One day shy of the record’s 20th birthday, Carey announced its anniversary reissue, with dozens of bonus tracks, remixes and collaborations set to appear on the package. 

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“I’m really happy to celebrate ‘Mimi’s Emancipation’ with this special anniversary re-release,” Carey said in a statement at the time. “While working on this edition, I got to relive all the memories from this pivotal moment in my personal and professional life.”

Indeed, the anniversary edition of the album is a walk down memory lane for all Carey fans, with the first half of the record featuring its original 14 tracks, along with an additional five bonus cuts. Almost identical to its 2020 vinyl reissue, the first disc is completed with the addition of “Don’t Forget About Us,” “Sprung,” “Secret Love,” the Jermaine Dupri-featuring “Makin’ It Last All Night (What It Do),” and an additional remix of “We Belong Together.”

The second disc serves as a veritable treasure trove of material for diehard fans, launching with the long-awaited official release of “When I Feel It,” which was reportedly left off the original release due to sample clearance issues. 

Remixes from the likes of Solange, Kaytranada, David Morales, and Scott Storch are also included, along with a cappella renditions of “Shake It Off,” “Circles,” and “Joy Ride,” while her 2024 American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special performance of “We Belong Together” closes the package.

“This album has some of my biggest hits to date, as well as some personal favorites that are very special to me,” Carey added of the new reissue. “Forgotten gems, unreleased bonus tracks and different remixes with incredible collaborators — all of these and more are now available in one place for the first time ever!”

Listen to Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) below.

29 May 2025

Miley Cyrus’ New Album ‘Something Beautiful’ This Way Comes: Stream It Now

Miley Cyrus‘ latest work of art is finally here, with the pop star dropping her new album Something Beautiful first thing Friday (May 30).

Featuring 13 tracks, the project — described by Cyrus as a “one-of-a-kind pop opera fueled by fantasy” — was led by singles “Prelude,” “Something Beautiful,” “End of the World” and “More to Lose.” On “Walk of Fame,” the Hannah Montana alum teamed up with Alabama Shakes guitarist Brittany Howard, and for “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved,” supermodel Naomi Campbell guested.

Something Beautiful is also accompanied by a film, which will premiere in theaters for one night only on June 12 in the United States and Canada, followed by another single-day screening internationally on June 27. Cyrus had long teased that she wanted to make a visual album prior to the project’s release, revealing back in November that her vision was to take inspiration from Pink Floyd’s The Wall — just “with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.”

The new record marks the “Flowers” singer’s first LP since 2023’s Endless Summer Vacation, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. But while performing old tracks and playing new songs from Something Beautiful at an intimate Chateau Marmont show in Los Angeles Wednesday (May 28), Cyrus revealed that she’s already thinking about her next album.

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“My next album is about to be extremely experimental, so have fun with that,” she told the crowd of superfans gathered in the room, noting that Something Beautiful is “just the appetizer.”

Listen to Cyrus’ Something Beautiful below.

29 May 2025

ZZ Top’s Frank Beard Returns to Band Following Health-Inspired Leave of Absence

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has announced his return to the band, more than two months after unspecified “health issues” necessitated a leave of absence.

Beard’s return was announced via a statement from the group’s management, noting that the drummer will return to his rightful place behind the kit this weekend, and will “see the tour through to its completion in October.”

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“We’re happy that Frank is back with Elwood [Francis, bassist] and yours truly, BFG,” vocalist and guitarist Billy Gibbons explained. “We missed him and are looking forward to turning it up and rocking out with him as has been the case for the last few hundred or so decades. His complete recovery is cause for celebration and that’s just what we intend to do on an open-ended basis. Welcome back, pardner!”

Beard himself was far more concise, simply telling fans, “It’s good to be back. See you out there.”

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The 75-year-old drummer’s leave of absence was announced on March 15, with a social media post from the group explaining that Beard had “temporarily stepped away from the current tour to attend a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.”

During Beard’s time away from the band, “longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer” John Douglas stepped in. Douglas had previously served as Beard’s replacement during a Paris performance in October 2002 when he underwent an emergency appendectomy.

Though no specifics were revealed at the time, ZZ Top’s recent statement has detailed that Beard was suffering from foot and ankle issues which have since been resolved. 

ZZ Top are set to return to the stage on Saturday (June 1) to resume the North American leg of their ongoing Elevation tour, which currently features 51 dates between June and October.

Beard has been the drummer of ZZ Top since 1969, when he took over from co-founder Dan Mitchell. Alongside Gibbons, Mitchell and bassist Lanier Greig had founded the band that same year. 

Following Grieg’s replacement by Billy Ethridge, Dusty Hill assumed the role of bassist in 1970, with their lineup remaining unchanged for 51 years until Hill’s death at 72 in 2021. Elwood Francis has since served as the group’s bassist.

The group have not released a studio album since 2012’s La Futura, though Gibbons has claimed a new record featuring contributions from the late Hill is in the works.

29 May 2025

Beéle Wins Big at 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards: Complete Winners List

Beéle was the top winner at the 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards that aired on Thursday, May 29 from Medellín, Colombia on TeleMedellín and the LosHeat app.

The Colombian breakout star and this month’s Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise took home four of seven of his nominations including best urban artist and best collaboration for “La Plena” with W Sound and Ovy on the Drums.

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Popularly known as Premios Heat, other winners at this year’s event included Kapo as best new artist; Elena Rose as composer of the year; Karol G as best female artist; and Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS as album of the year; to name a few.

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Founded by Colombian music executive and Billboard Latin Power Player Diana Montes, Premios Heat was previously celebrated on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This is the first time the event takes place in Colombia.

See the complete 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards winners list below:

Best Male Artist
Feid 

Best Female Artist
Karol G 

Best Duo or Group 
Chyno & Nacho 

Best Rock Artist 
Mar Rendón  

Best Pop Artist 
Elena Rose  

Best Urban Artist
Beéle 

Best Tropical Artist
Eddy Herrera 

Best Salsa Artist 
Yiyo Sarante 

Best Southern Region Artist
Anitta 

Best Andean Region Artist   
Beéle 

Best Northern Region Artist
Jay Wheeler 

Best New Artist 
Kapo 

Musical Promise
Miguel Bueno 

Influencer of the Year
Calle y Poché 

Best Regional Artist
Jessi Uribe 

Best Dominican Urban Artist
Yailin La Más Viral 

Best Music Video
“Si antes te hubiera conocido” – Karol G 

Best Collaboration
“La Plena” – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On  The Drums  

Best Video Content Platform
Alofoke Media 

DJ of the Year
DJ Adoni 

Song of the Year
“Si antes te hubiera conocido” – Karol G  

Producer of the Year
Ovy On The Drums 

Director of the Year 
Evaluna Montaner  

Album of the Year
DeBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS – Bad Bunny 

Best Viral Song
“La Plena” – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On  The Drums 

Composer of the Year
Elena Rose 

Best Song for Videogames, Series or Movies
“Cuéntame” De Me Atrevo a Amarte – Majo Aguilar, Alex Fernández 

Fandom of the Year
Team Chivirikas – Yailin La Más Viral 

Best Religious Song
“Tiempos Buenos” – Farruko, Madiel Lara 

29 May 2025

A Documentary About BLACKPINK’s LISA Is in Production

A documentary about pop superstar LISA is currently in production.

The film was announced Thursday (May 29) during a Los Angeles event previewing forthcoming projects by Sony Music Vision.

Created in partnership with LLOUD CO./RCA Records and Tremolo Productions, the film will follow a year in the life of LISA, as she takes time away from BLACKPINK to pursue her own solo career.

The doc is being directed by Sue Kim, whose recent work includes A24’s award-winning documentary The Last of the Sea Women and the Netflix documentary short The Speed Cubers, which was nominated for Critics Choice and Peabody awards and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. Kim was also an executive producer on the docuseries K-Pop Idols.

“Following LISA on this transformative and thrilling year has been a true honor and a cinematic gift,” Kim says in a statement. “There have been so many moments on her journey that I think will surprise people and give a glimpse into her world that no one’s ever seen before. I’m excited for viewers to watch the film and witness this extraordinary moment in her life.”  

“This has been such an incredible year, and I’m so lucky to have the opportunity to capture these special moments on film and share the experience with my fans,” LISA adds. “Working with Sue Kim has been such a joy. We’ve been all around the world together and I know this is just the beginning of many more exciting things to come.”  

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Thursday’s event debuted clips of the LISA film, including her 2025 debut solo performance at Coachella and her at home in Thailand. During a conversation about the doc, Kim revealed that the film will focus on showing the superstar in her offstage moments.

The event also included previews of forthcoming documentaries on Barbra Streisand, Oasis and Elvis Presley, with director Baz Luhrman taking part in a conversation on the Elvis doc, the follow-up to his 2022 feature film ELVIS.

The new documentary is called EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Speaking on the film, Luhrmann said that “During the making of ELVIS, we went on a search for rumored unseen footage from the iconic 1970s concert films Elvis: That’s The Way It Is and Elvis on Tour. My initial thought was that we may be able to restore the unused footage (if we could find it) and use it in our Elvis feature, starring Austin Butler.

“I had researchers go into the Warners Bros. film vaults buried in underground salt mines and, to the astonishment of all, we uncovered 68 boxes of film negative, as well as unseen 8mm footage,” the acclaimed director continues. “It has taken two years to restore the footage to a quality that it has never been projected at previously, while the team had to meticulously claw back sound from the many, unconventional sources that were also unearthed. One of the great finds has been unheard recordings of Elvis talking about his life and his music. It was this that gave the inspiration for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.

Luhrman adds that the film is “not specifically a documentary, nor a concert film: Elvis takes the audience through the journey of his life, weaving never-before-seen footage with iconic performances that have never been presented in this way, from the 1970 Vegas show, on tour in 1972 and even precious moments of the 1957 ‘gold jacket; performance in Hawaii. Most importantly, Elvis will sing and tell you about his life in first person, through both classic and contemporary musical prisms.”  

See a preview of this new footage below.

29 May 2025

HarbourView Buys Part of Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins’ Catalog

HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired part of Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins‘ royalty catalog, the Newark, N.J.-based entertainment company said on Thursday (May 29).

The deal was facilitated by Chapter Two, a Stockholm-based tech company that gathers royalty data for catalog buyers and sellers to forecast future income and speed up the due diligence process. With backing from Swedish House Mafia‘s DJ Axwell and Sebastian Knutsson, one of the founders of the mobile phone gaming company King, Chapter Two has also facilitated acquisition deals for music rights to tracks by Lil Nas X and BTS.

Jerkins, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame earlier this year, is known for co-writing and producing Destiny’s Child‘s “Say My Name,” which won a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 2000, and producing Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” which won the Record of the Year Grammy in 2014. His list of hit songs also includes “Telephone” by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, “Déjà Vu” by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, Brandy and Monica‘s “The Boy is Mine,” Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me, and H.E.R.’s “Hard Place.”

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Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and HarbourView did not specify which songs were included in the acquisition.

Led by Sherrese Clarke and launched in 2021, HarbourView has acquired some 75 catalogs comprising 41,000 songs from artists like T-Pain, Luis Fonsi, Kane Brown and Wiz Khalifa. As of Dec. 31, HarbourView, which also has stakes in production companies MACRO and Mucho Mas Media, had $2.67 billion in regulatory assets under management.

HarbourView’s legal counsel for the deal was Fox Rothschild, while Jerkins was represented by Pamela L. Klein of Rossi Baldivia Klein Fine & Spector, P.C.

29 May 2025

Kelly Clarkson Totally Nails the Ultimate Karaoke Ballad ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ for Kellyoke

In her seventh season of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop-star host finally covered Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” — a song that many consider to be the ultimate karaoke ballad — for her popular Kellyoke segment.

Clarkson stayed true to the 1983 original for her two-minute cover on Thursday’s (May 29) episode, getting a boost from backup singer (and the daytime talk show’s vocal director) Jessi Collins on the essential “turn around” interjections.

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” — written by late composer, lyricist and record producer Jim Steinman — was a four-week No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for Tyler and was nominated at the 1984 Grammys for best female pop vocal performance.

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In the Billboard staff’s list of the 100 Best Karaoke Songs of All Time, “Eclipse” stands alone as the only solo ballad in the top 10, sitting at No. 9. (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born duet “Shallow” is the only other ballad in the top 10.) As Billboard‘s Jason Lipshutz wrote for the list, “If your karaoke night ends with ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ it’s been a good night.”

Tyler’s enduring hit returned to national prominence back in August 2017 following a total solar eclipse that passed across the United States, breaking onto Billboard‘s Digital Song Sales chart for the first time with 31,000 digital downloads sold — up 546 percent from the previous week. To capitalize on the song’s surge in popularity, Tyler performed “Eclipse” on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Aug. 21, 2017, in the Caribbean Sea, with the Joe Jonas-fronted DNCE as her backing band.

Watch Clarkson’s Kellyoke cover of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” below: