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Travis Scott will be part of Monday Night Raw when WWE makes its Netflix debut on Jan. 6 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles next year. Triple H — who serves as WWE’s Chief Content Officer — made the announcement when he joined La Flame on stage during his headlining set in Las Vegas […]
After visiting countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the United Kingdom with his Que Bueno Volver a Verte international tour this year, J Balvin will hit the road in 2025 with the North American leg of his Back to the Rayo tour.
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In support of his latest studio album, Rayo, the Colombian artist will kick off his U.S. tour on March 20 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and wrap at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on May 17. The 27-date trek will run across key cities including Miami, Atlanta, Chicago and Las Vegas, as well as dates in Montreal and Toronto in Canada.
“After that storm that fell on me, that earthquake, well here we are, stronger and more mature than before,” Balvin recently said during the Superstar Q&A at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week. “We have had so many No. 1s non-stop, for a long time. I felt like, I was laughing, ‘Why does all this happen to them, and nothing happens to me?’ And then, when it happened to me, I said: ‘Ah! OK, I wasn’t the exception, it happens to me too.’ And that learning served me a lot, it helped me to know who my friends are and who are not, to give myself more to my family, to my wife, to my closest friends, accompanying me at the time of darkness.”
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Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. local time on Nov. 20 for J Balvin’s Familia members, who can sign up at the musician’s website. General sales will go begin at 9 a.m. local time on Nov. 21 via Ticketmaster.
“Thank God that I can make music, not out of necessity, as we did before, but being able to do it from another point of view and from another situation,” Balvin continued of his new album, which is nominated for best música urbana album at the 2025 Grammys. “It allowed me to connect with that inner child and enjoy the music without caring if it sells or not, but what makes me happy.”
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There were plenty of highlights and unique moments at Tyler, the Creator‘s 10th Camp Flog Gnaw festival at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles over the weekend. But one of the biggest surprises occurred during Matt Champion’s set when BLACKPINK’s Jennie popped out to join him for a run through their collaboration, “Slow Motion.” Explore See […]
Texas can barely hold its excitement for Beyoncé‘s newly announced halftime-show performance at this year’s Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas Day — much less the rest of her fans across the world. As revealed late Sunday (Nov. 17) via a cinematic teaser — which showed off the superstar’s impressive football-catching skills — […]
Sir Rod Stewart has another run of North American shows in the works. The “Maggie May” singer announced the dates for his One Last Time 2025 tour on Monday morning (Nov. 18), which will make its U.S. debut in Austin, TX on March 7.
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After rolling the tour out across Europe and Asia earlier this year, the 79-year-old pop icon will play 20 amphitheaters and arenas in the spring and summer as part of an encore North American run of the tour, which will feature opening act Cheap Trick. The outing will bring Stewart to Lake Tahoe, NV, as well as Philadelphia, Toronto, Charlotte, NC, Birmingham, AL and Nashville before winding down on August 15 with a gig at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, MO.
A release announcing the tour promises an “unprecedented evening of iconic hits” including such fan favorites as “You Wear It Well,” “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” “Every Picture Tells a Story,” “Young Turks,” “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” and “Forever Young,” among others.
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Rod Stewart Fan Club members will have access to a presale beginning on Tuesday (Nov. 19) at 10 a.m. local time here. A series of additional presales will take place throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday (Nov. 22) at 10 a.m. local time. Citi cardmembers will also have access to a presale beginning on Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday (Nov. 21) at 10 p.m.; information is available here.
Stewart released his 33rd studio album, Swing Fever, last year, which he promoted with dates in Asia and Europe, as well as the final shows in his 13-year Las Vegas residency, Rod Stewart: The Hits. The singer will be back at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace from March-June 2025 for “The Encore Shows” run, which will mix Stewart’s biggest hits, with surprises from the Great American Songbook, swing tunes and deep cuts.
Check out the dates for Stewart’s 2025 North American summer tour below:
March 7 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX
June 14 — Lake Tahoe, NV @ Outdoor Arena at Harveys*^
June 15 — Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amp*^
July 8 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park
July 11 — Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
July 12 — Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann
July 15 — Saratoga Springs NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC
July 19 — Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 22 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
July 25 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena^
July 26 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
July 29 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
August 1 — Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
August 2 — Birmingham, AL @ Coca-Cola Amphitheater
August 5 — Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater
August 8 — Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
August 9 — Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
August 12 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 14 — Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
August 15 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
*Not A Live Nation Date | ^Cheap Trick not on these dates
Four of the five nominees for entertainer of the year – Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson – are set to perform on the 2024 CMA Awards, which will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday (Nov. 20). Of the nominees for entertainer of the year, only Morgan Wallen has not been announced as a performer on the broadcast.
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The show will be hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Wilson.
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Combs will perform “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” the opening track on Twisters: The Album. The song topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for two weeks in September and October. Jelly Roll will join Brooks & Dunn on a performance of their 2006 classic, “Believe.” The hit won both single and song of the year at the 2006 CMAs.
Stapleton will perform twice on the show. He will sing “What Am I Gonna Do,” the opening track from his album Higher. He will also team with Post Malone to perform their “California Sober” collaboration from Posty’s album F-1 Trillion LP. (For his part, Post will also perform “Yours,” the closing track from F-1 Trillion.)
Wilson will perform her single “4x4xU,” which is currently up to No. 21 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Her co-host, Bryan, will take the stage for “Love You, Miss You, Mean It,” which reached No. 2 on Country Airplay last month, becoming his 36th top 10 hit on that chart.
Shaboozey, a first-time nominee this year with two nods, will perform a medley of his breakthrough smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — which has logged 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — and his new single, “Highway.”
Performing together for the first time, Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims will offer a mash-up of Rhett’s “Somethin’ ’Bout a Woman,” from his new album About a Woman, and Swims’ “Lose Control,” a recent No. 1 hit on the Hot 100.
Dierks Bentley will be joined by Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes for a performance of Tom Petty’s 1976 classic, “American Girl.” Bentley performed the rock classic on this year’s Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration ofTom Petty.
There will also be a star-studded tribute in honor of George Strait, this year’s recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
This year’s CMAs will include performances of two of this year’s nominees for musical event of the year. Langley and Green will perform “you look like you love me,” which is currently No. 7 on the Country Airplay chart. Ballerini and Kahan will perform “Cowboys Cry Too,” which reached No. 27 on that chart in July.
Other performances set for the show include Moroney’s “Am I Okay?” Musgraves’ “The Architect” and Zimmerman’s “New to Country.”
Presenters on the show include a wide range of artists, actors and athletes. The Oak Ridge Boys will appear, just four months after the death of longtime member Joe Bonsall at age 76. Two nominees for new artist of the year, Nate Smith and Mitchell Tenpenny, are also set to present. Other country artists lined up to present include Clint Black, Jordan Davis, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch and Carly Pearce. Pop singer and entertainer Katharine McPhee will also be on hand to present during the show.
Actors set to take the stage include Jeff Bridges, Mark Collie, Don Johnson, Taylor Frankie Paul, Daniel Sunjata and Billy Bob Thornton. Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles and first baseman for the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman will also present.
Country Music’s Biggest Night is set to air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday from 8:00-11:00 p.m./ET. It will air on ABC be available for streaming the next day on Hulu.
The 58th Annual CMA Awards is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer. Alan Carter is the director and Jon Macks is the head writer.
Check out a complete list of performers and presenters below. If any additional names are announced, they will be added to this report.
Performers
Kelsea Ballerini
Dierks Bentley
Brooks & Dunn
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Riley Green
Sierra Hull
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Noah Kahan
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Ella Langley
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Post Malone
Thomas Rhett
Shaboozey
Chris Stapleton
Teddy Swims
Molly Tuttle
Lainey Wilson
Bailey Zimmerman
Presenters
Simone Biles
Clint Black
Jeff Bridges
Mark Collie
Jordan Davis
Freddie Freeman
Don Johnson
Jackson Laux
Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
Katharine McPhee
The Oak Ridge Boys
Taylor Frankie Paul
Carly Pearce
Caleb Pressley
Nate Smith
Daniel Sunjata
Mitchell Tenpenny
Billy Bob Thornton
The first trailer for the upcoming Beatles 64 documentary chronicling the band’s arrival on U.S. shores six decades ago captures the hysteria that greeted John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all those years ago.
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The nearly two-and-a-half-minute clip opens with black and white footage of the band doing bits on a train ride before cutting to footage of McCartney wailing on a cover of Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally.” The film directed by David Tedeschi (Personality Crisis: One Night Only) and produced by Martin Scorsese will premiere on Disney+ on Nov. 29.
The doc folds in footage shot by famed documentarians Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter), as well as new interviews with living members McCartney and Starr, as well as with Smokey Robinson, Motown founder Berry Gordy and the late Ronnie Spector. “We’re in America! America!,” Starr says enthusiastically to Scorsese at one point in describing the Beatles’ exuberance about making their trip across the Atlantic. Cue archival footage of Ringo raving about arriving in New York only to be told he’s actually in Washington, D.C.
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“It was like being in the eye of the hurricane. It was happening to us and it was hard to see,” Lennon says in voiceover in the film that includes footage of the band’s first American concert. The trip included, of course, the Fab Four’s historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, where more than 73 million people tuned in to what would be the big bang of Beatlemania in the U.S.
A synopsis of the film reads: “On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York City to unprecedented excitement and hysteria. From the instant they landed at Kennedy Airport, met by thousands of fans, Beatlemania swept New York and the entire country. Their thrilling debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show captivated more than 73 million viewers, the most watched television event of its time. Beatles ’64 presents the spectacle, but also tells a more intimate behind the scenes story, capturing the camaraderie of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as they experienced unimaginable fame.”
Director Tedeschi told Rolling Stone that the doc features more than 17 minutes of never-seen-before footage — mostly from the Maysles — with the music produced by Giles Martin. He said the movie covers the three week period the Beatles were in America, from their arrival in New York, where they stay four four or five days, before moving on to Washington and then Miami. The Washington show at D.C. Coliseum was the Beatles’ first-ever arena concert, with Tedeschi promising that the Martin-restored sound on the D.C. gig has made it sound “better than it ever has.”
“There’s footage from the Maysleses all the way through, but there’s other stuff. We had a great researcher who found a lot of local Miami footage from local archives — a lot of footage was buried, and he really had to go digging in order to find it. So that’s exciting,” the director said of the cleaned-up tape that was remastered by Peter Jackson’s WingNut Studios, which did the same for Jackson’s Get Back Beatles series.
In a fresh interview, McCartney notes that the Beatles’ visit came shortly after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, speculating that “maybe American needed something like the Beatles to be lifted out of sorrow.”
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER lands its seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart as The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY opens atop the tally with 95,500 copies sold in the United States in the week ending Nov. 14, according to Luminate. The pop group notched its first No. 1 on the chart in 2020 and has logged at least one new No. 1 in every year since. The only other act to do that is Taylor Swift.
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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, ILLIT’s I’ll Like You bows at No. 6 while Kep1er’s Tipi-Tap jumps 35-7 in its second week.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. All charts dated Nov. 14 will be posted to Billboard’s website on Nov. 19.
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The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 23 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized), eight digital download variants (seven were exclusive to the act’s official webstore; all included bonus tracks).
Tyler, The Creator’s chart-topping CHROMAKOPIA is a non-mover at No. 2 with 28,000 sold (down 37%). Chappell Roan’s former leader The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess rises 4-3 with 12,000 (up 9%). Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet steps 6-4 with nearly 12,000 (up 18%) and The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World falls 1-5 in its second week with nearly 12,000 (down 78%).
ILLIT lands its second top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales and its best sales week yet, as I’ll Like You bows at No. 6 with 10,500 copies sold. Its opening-week sales were aided by its availability across 14 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized). Kep1er’s first charting title, Tipi-Tap, soars 35-7 in its second week on the list with 9,000 sold (up 218%; the act’s best sales week). Its first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across eight CD variants (containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized).
Rounding out the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart is Charli XCX’s Brat (16-8 with 9,000 sold; up 82% a white-colored vinyl edition of the album became widely available), SEVENTEEN’s chart-topping SPILL THE FEELS (5-9 with nearly 9,000; down 16%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft (13-10 with 7,000; up 23%).
Katy Perry will play her first full U.K. tour in seven years on her upcoming Lifetimes arena tour. The slate will see her play five shows throughout the U.K. in Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham and London in October 2025.
Perry released her seventh studio album, 143, in September and the LP charted at No. 6 on both the Billboard 200 and the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, her lowest positions for over a decade.
The announcement says that the Lifetimes tour will be a “career-spanning run of live shows, including all the hits from across her multi-million selling albums.” Perry is due to launch the outing in Mexico next year, before heading to Australia for a string of shows and then additional Latin America dates next September. She will be performing at Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball at London’s O2 Arena on Dec. 8.
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Perry has also announced that £1 from every ticket sold on the tour’s U.K. leg will be donated to the Music Venue Trust, an organization that champions and supports grassroots music scenes and venues throughout the U.K. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. (GMT) on November 22 here.
Speaking on the donation, Perry said, “I’m proud to donate £1 from every ticket on the U.K. leg of The Lifetimes Tour to Music Venue Trust so that venues like Water Rats and Scala, where I played my first U.K. shows, can continue to usher in the next generation of music talent.”
Mark Davyd, CEO of the MVT, added, “We want to say a huge thank you to Katy and her team for stepping up to support grassroots music venues, artists and promoters. The contribution from these shows will keep venues open, get new and emerging artists out on tour, and enable promoters to bring the best in new music to our communities.”
Perry is the latest act to partner with the MVT to help support the future of grassroots music spaces. Earlier this year, Coldplay announced that 10% of all proceeds from their upcoming 10-night stand at Wembley Stadium in London next summer will be donated to the grassroots music scene.
Speaking to Billboard, Davyd said that “our door is very open to anyone” when it comes to donations. He added: “I want this to become the new normal – I don’t think that’s stupidly ambitious. There are lots and lots of examples of industries – all properly functioning industries – to reinvest to get future gains. As soon as you start talking about it as an investment program into research and development, I don’t think companies should be resistant to that but should be thinking, ‘that makes perfect sense.’”
Last week, the British government backed the idea of a voluntary levy on all stadium and arena tickets sold in the U.K. live music industry as “as soon as possible” to “safeguard the future of the grassroots music sector.”
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said in a report that, “We believe this would be the quickest and most effective mechanism for a small portion of revenues from the biggest shows to be invested in a sustainable grassroots sector.”
Katy Perry’s Lifetimes U.K. 2025 Tour Dates:
Oct. 7 – Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO HydroOct. 8 – Manchester, England @ AO ArenaOct. 10 – Sheffield, England @ Utilita ArenaOct. 11 – Birmingham, England @ Utilita ArenaOct. 13 – London, England @ The O2
Last week, supergroup Band Aid – organized by Sir Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure – announced that they would be releasing an “ultimate mix” of festive charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” for its 40th anniversary. The new release will feature vocals from across the four recorded versions from 1984, 1989, 2004 and 2014, including takes from Bono, George Michael, Harry Styles (as part of One Direction) and more.
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Ed Sheeran, who performed on the 2014 edition of the single alongside Coldplay, Sam Smith, Rita Ora and more, has since said that his vocals are being used without his permission on the latest remix.
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Writing on his Instagram Stories, Sheeran said, “My approval wasn’t sought on this new Band Aid 40 release,” Sheeran said. “Had I had the choice I would have respectfully declined the use of my vocals.”
He added: “A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed, eloquently explained by @fuseodg. This is just my personal stance, I’m hoping it’s a forward-looking one. Love to all x.”
Sheeran was quoting a post by Ghanian-English afrobeats musician Fuse ODG, who says he declined to take part in the Band Aid 30 version back in 2014. “I refused to participate in Band Aid because I recognised the harm initiatives like it inflict on Africa,” he wrote.
“While they may generate sympathy and donations, they perpetuate damaging stereotypes that stifle Africa’s economic growth, tourism, and investment, ultimately costing the continent trillions and destroying its dignity, pride and identity.”
He continued, “By showcasing dehumanizing imagery, these initiatives fuel pity rather than partnership, discouraging meaningful engagement. My mission has been to reclaim the narrative, empowering Africans to tell their own stories, redefine their identity and position Africa as a thriving hub for investment and tourism.”
“Today, the diaspora drives the largest funds back into the continent, not Band Aid or foreign aid providing that Africa’s solutions and progress lies in its own hands.”
The song was first released in 1984 following a report by the BBC into famine in Ethiopia, but has since been criticized as an example of white-savior narrative towards issues in Africa. Moky Makura, executive director of non-profit organization Africa No Filter writing in The Guardian that “[Live Aid’s] portrayal of Africa triggered the birth of a patronizing industry whose mission it was to ‘save Africa.’”
Over the weekend, Geldof responded to a report by New Zealand’s 1 News. “This little pop song has kept hundreds of thousands if not millions of people alive,” he said.
“In fact, just today Band Aid has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to help those running from the mass slaughter in Sudan and enough cash to feed a further 8,000 children in the same affected areas of Ethiopia as 1984.
“Those exhausted women who weren’t raped and killed and their panicked children and any male over 10 who survived the massacres and those 8,000 Tigrayan children will sleep safer, warmer and cared for tonight because of that miraculous little record.
“We wish that it were other but it isn’t. ‘Colonial tropes’, my arse.”
Billboard has contacted Band Aid for comment.
