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Tame Impala Returns to The Stage In Brooklyn: Every Song From Tour’s Opening Night

Ten days after dropping its latest album, ‘Deadbeat,’ the Australian psychedelic rock band staged its first proper concert since March 2023.


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Tame Impala returned earlier this month with its fifth studio album Deadbeat – and on Monday, Oct. 29 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the Australian psychedelic rock outfit returned to the stage with its first proper show since a headlining performance at Lollapalooza Brazil in March 2023.

But Tame Impala and its creative mastermind, Kevin Parker, have remained busy. After the arena run in support of Tame’s fourth album, February 2020’s The Slow Rush, was put on ice a couple shows in due to the pandemic, Parker and company returned to the road in late 2021, kicking off two years of heavy touring. Last year, Parker produced much of Dua Lipa’s third album, Radical Optimism, and he appeared on two Justice songs, one of which, “Neverender,” won a Grammy for best dance/electronic recording.

And, with Deadbeat, which continues the evolution of Tame’s original psych-rock sound toward more dance-oriented music, Parker notched another milestone: The set’s single “Dracula” became his first entry as lead artist on the Hot 100, and currently sits at No. 59 on the tally.

At Barclays Center on Monday, and backed by the colorful, elaborate production that has become Tame Impala’s calling card, the group honored its psychedelic history while running through much of Deadbeat for a career-spanning set that reaffirmed its bona fides as one of modern rock music’s biggest draws. To wit, the show was just the first of four Barclays Center gigs for Tame, before it moves on to gigs in Chicago, Austin and California next month.

Here’s a look at the setlist from Tame Impala’s return to the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Duran Duran Gear Up For Halloween With Fan Favorite Re-Recording

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Halloween is nearly upon us, but Duran Duran got there first with a shadowy re-recording.

Ahead of their winter North American tour dates, the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band swings into Fright Night with a re-imagined version of “Shadows on Your Side,” featuring original guitar parts from Andy Taylor.

The original, a punchy, polished cut from Duran Duran’s third studio album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, is overhauled as a club-ready tune with several unexpected changes in pace.

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Seven and the Ragged Tiger was released in 1983, and yielded the global hits “New Moon on Monday,” “Union of the Snake” and “The Reflex,” which gave Duran Duran the first of two No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 and Official U.K. Singles Chart. 

Seven And The Ragged Tiger is the only Duran Duran collection to lead the Official U.K. Albums Chart, and it proved to be the band’s final effort with its classic “Fab Five” lineup of Taylor/Taylor/Taylor/Rhodes/Le Bon, until Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor (the Taylors are unrelated) returned to the fold two decades later, for 2004’s Astronaut. Andy Taylor, who is battling stage 4 prostate cancer, has since departed from the band but has contributed to recent recordings.

Simon Le Bon and Co. will return to the United States for a run of dates in December 2025 and January 2026. As previously reported, the new wave legends have been in the studio together this year working on new material, including stints with longtime producer Nile Rodgers at Abbey Road in London.

The band has been on a Halloween kick since the 2023 release of Danse Macabre (via Tape Modern/BMG), a concept album gathering new compositions, reworked songs, and covers of songs by Billie Eilish, Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Siouxsie And The Banshees and more.

Danse Macabre peaked at No. 4 in the U.K. and spawned the Secret Oktober concert film, shot at the Encore Theatre at Wynn in Las Vegas. The Gavin Elder-directed flick is streaming on demand at StagePlayer+ until Nov. 3.

Earlier this year, the group struck a different type of collaboration by teaming up with Italian luxury perfume house Xerjoff on two unisex perfumes, NeoRio and Black Moonlight. The scents were, of course, created with Le Bon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes, along with bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor.

Stream “Shadows On Your Side” below.

North American Tour Dates
Dec. 30 -– Acrisure Arena, Thousand Palms, CA
Jan. 1 -– Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, NV
Jan. 2 -– Fontainebleau. Las Vagas, NV
Jan. 4 — Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA
Jan. 5 — PHX Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Jan. 8 — Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Jan. 9 — Thunder Valley Casino, Sacramento, CA

The Final Edition of Friendship Is Happening in 2026: See The Lineup

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Friendship will literally and figuratively sail on into the sunset in 2026, with organizer Gary Richards announcing that the next edition of the dance music cruise will be its last.

The event has dropped the 2026 lineup in tandem with the news, with scene luminaries including Bob Moses, Boys Noize, Polo & Pan, Mary Droppinz, Jason Bentley, Nina Las Vegas, Dita Von Teese, Mikey Lion, Justin and Christian Martin and Richards, who has long performed under his Destructo moniker, all on the bill.

See the complete lineup below, with additional names to be announced in the coming months.

“Friendship: The Final Transmission” will mark the fourth annual edition of Friendship and happens Jan. 18-22, 2026, aboard the Norwegian Joy, which can accommodate approximately 3,800 passengers in addition to crew. The voyage takes off from Miami, travels to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas then sails back to Miami. Tickets and cabin packages are on sale now.

Richards helped forge the rave cruise model when he launched Holy Ship in 2012, with the party at sea an extension of the HARD events brand he also founded. The group of people who returned annually for Holy Ship came to be known as “Shipfam,” with many of them finding their way to Friendship when it started in 2023.

“Almost fourteen years ago, I had a vision to create something different, special and out of this world,” Richards says in a statement. “As a result of that, the Shipfam was born, a reoccurring group of people who would meet annually to travel with us. Our voyagers became a family, one that has shared moments that surpass the test of time and that feel like they’ll echo forever. Maybe this is the last one… or maybe it’s just the beginning of something new as we embark on this final transmission.”

Leon Thomas Celebrates ‘Mutt’ Reaching Hot 100 Top 10: ‘Let This Be a Sign to Keep on Working & Chase Your Dreams!’

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“Take your time, what’s the rush?” The lyric from Leon Thomas‘ 2024 hit “Mutt” couldn’t be more fitting to describe the song’s yearlong journey to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, which it finally reaches this week.

To be exact, “Mutt” took 38 chart weeks to reach its current position at No. 10, marking the third-longest trip to the top 10 of the all-genre songs tally’s 67-year history. It’s also Thomas’ first top 10 hit as a recording artist and his fourth as a writer and producer, following Drake’s “In the Bible,” featuring Lil Durk and Givēon (No. 7, 2021) and “Love All,” featuring Jay-Z (No. 10, 2021) as well as SZA’s “Snooze” (No. 2, 2023).

“This would not have been possible without my PHOLKS, so thank you to every single one of you who has made this possible and let this be a sign to keep on working and chase your dreams!” Thomas wrote on Instagram Monday (Oct. 27) while sharing a custom graphic featuring him performing onstage with his guitar and our Hot 100 top 10 graphic for the chart dated Nov. 1.

The good news arrives three days after Thomas’ funk-focused seven-song EP PHOLKS. His headlining Mutts Don’t Heel Tour starts Thursday (Oct. 30) at Dallas’ House of Blues. The Breakthrough of the Year Award recipient at Billboard‘s 2025 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players will perform across the U.S., Europe and Australia before wrapping on April 19 at Perth’s Metro City.

See Thomas’ post here.

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Shakira & The Weeknd Join FIFA Global Citizen Education Board Ahead of 2026 World Cup With Ivanka Trump, Serena Williams & More Also Onboard

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Shakira and The Weeknd are two of several big names joining the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund’s Advisory Board ahead of next year’s World Cup, it was announced Monday (Oct. 27).

The Latin music superstar and Canadian hitmaker will work with fellow board members Ivanka Trump, Hugh Jackman, Gianni Infantino, Hugh Evans and Serena Williams — as well as other “leading figures across entertainment, sports, and business,” according to a release — in overseeing the fund’s efforts to make education more accessible around the world. They’ll draw on their own personal experiences and careers to provide guidance and ensure that the fund “achieves maximum impact” ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer.

The goal is to raise $100 million for education efforts, with Global Citizen aiming to service 100,000 children across 200+ communities worldwide. The first round of grantees will be announced in early 2026; to apply, visit globalcitizen.org/education-fund-apply.

News of the board’s A-list membership comes months after the March announcement that Coldplay’s Chris Martin will curate FIFA’s first-ever Super Bowl-style halftime show for the 2026 World Cup, taking place at the July 19 final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. “This will be a historic moment for the FIFA World Cup and a show befitting the biggest sporting event in the world,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said at the time.

A multifaceted charity organization, Global Citizen works to address critical issues such as climate change, poverty and inequality through campaigns, conferences and other awareness-raising events. This weekend, Global Citizen Festival: Amazônia will take place in Brazil, marking the first Global Citizen Fest in Latin America, where Martin is set to perform along with Anitta, Charlie Puth, Seu Jorge and more. The festival’s goal is to amplify the voices of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Amazon rainforest and raise $1 billion to protect, restore and rewild the Amazon rainforest.

Global Citizen’s partnership with FIFA comes at a time when 350 million children worldwide are currently not in school, the organization reports.


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50 Cent Jokes He’s Quitting G-Unit Because Tony Yayo Took Too Long to Diss Jim Jones: ‘I’ve Been Doing Some Soul Searching…’

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50 Cent joked that he’s leaving G-Unit because Tony Yayo is taking too long to diss Jim Jones and Memphis Bleek.

Over the weekend, 50 Cent hopped on Instagram to show fans a day in his life. In one clip, he cracked some jokes while aboard a private jet with Tony Yayo about leaving G-Unit.

“I’ve been doing some soul searching, and I think I want out the group, OK?” Fif told Yayo.

“If anything, you just kicking us out the group,” Yayo responded.

“Took too long to respond to Jimmy and Memphis Bleek,” 50 Cent continued. “I’m saying, n—as is talking mad sh–, though. You not even like that.”

The hilarious exchange comes after Memphis Bleek and Jim Jones criticized Tony Yayo for comments he made about Jay-Z and loyalty. “Tell hype man Yayo, let’s see his show,” Memphis Bleek said earlier in October alongside a picture of himself performing to a sold-out crowd in Tokyo. The tweet was an insinuated response to Yayo’s claims that 50 Cent supported him more than Hov ever supported Memphis Bleek.

Bleek responded in more detail to Yayo’s claim while on Drink Champs: “I seen something Tony Yayo said — Hov don’t look out for me like 50 look out for him. I just want to clear that up: Hov don’t have to. I’m chewing a lot on my own. If Hov look out, I’m telling you, I’ll be up there. So when y’all see me out here, that’s the Blizzo budget. I just want to let n—as know Hov don’t have to.”

Jim Jones then entered the chat after he sat down for a convo with Bleek as part of the series Artist 2 Artist.

“Yayo smoke hard coke,” Jones said. “You look like you need to be taken care of na, you look like you need to go to the dentist, you look like you need to brush your teeth. You look like you need hygiene na. You look like you need help. Tell your man 50 to send you an ounce or something. You might need two ounces, n—a.”

Check out 50 Cent’s comments below.

7 Easy DIY Costumes to Dress as Latin Music Stars on Halloween 2025

From Peso Pluma & Kenia Os on the red carpet to Rauw Alejandro in his Cosa Nuestra era, check out these simple Halloween costume ideas.


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Halloween is just around the corner, and for those last-minute shoppers, Billboard has you covered. We’ve curated a list of easy DIY costume ideas inspired by today’s hottest Latin music stars.

The list includes ideas for couples, such as Mexican darlings Peso Pluma and Kenia Os on the blue carpet at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, and also for best friends such as Argentina’s power duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, who are one of the top-nominated artists at the 2025 Latin Grammys.

For those who like to fly solo on Halloween, we’ve included fun ideas such as Karol G’s sexy-in-red outfit inspired by her performance at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. “Performing at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show has been a dream of mine since I can remember,” the Colombian artist previously told Billboard, saying she was excited to be celebrating “femininity while uplifting each other through two of my favorite things: music and fashion.”

There’s also a Cosa Nuestra-inspired costume for those Rauw Alejandro fanatics, reflecting the alter ego he constructed for his new era as Don Raúl, a suave Nuyorican hipster living in the Big Apple.

Moreover, our curated DIY list includes costume ideas influenced by Shakira and her wolf pack during her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour; Bad Bunny in his stellar movie role for Happy Gilmore 2; and Yailin La Más Viral during her Billboard Live performance earlier this year.

For the complete recommendations, check out the list below:

Former ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pros Say Taylor Swift Dancer Has ‘Absolutely No Business’ Being Cast on the Show

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Former Dancing With the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd didn’t dance around their feelings on the subject of Taylor Swift backup dancer Jan Ravnik being cast as a professional dancer on the show.

On a recent episode of Murgatroyd’s The Penthouse With Peta podcast, she and Chmerkovskiy — who both previously served as resident pros in past seasons of the competition series and have been married since 2017 — questioned Ravnik’s place on the program. After accompanying the pop superstar on her global Eras Tour for nearly two years, the Slovenian-born dancer joined the cast of DWTS as a coach in August.

“Jan has absolutely no business being a pro on Dancing With the Stars,” Chmerkovskiy said frankly. “There’s zero foundation, technique, quality, understanding of the partnership.”

“Bro, I’m getting emotional,” he continued, rejecting Murgatroyd’s claim that Ravnik should be given “grace” as it’s only his first season on the show. “It is absurd. It’s unreal how blind we have to be, and God forbid say what’s obviously there. He had no idea what the foxtrot is supposed to look like. How are you going to expect him to teach it and deliver that message in a format that is completely different?”

Billboard has reached out to DWTS producers for comment.

The podcast comes shortly after Ravnik advanced to the next round of DWTS with his celebrity partner, Jen Affleck of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, following their performance on a Wicked-themed episode of the show featuring guest judge Jon M. Chu. The duo scored 8’s across the board — but Murgatroyd said she thinks Affleck is at a disadvantage with the Eras Tour alum as her partner.

“I feel bad, because she’s not getting taught the basics that she needs to,” said the podcaster. “He’s a Taylor Swift dancer, it’s the obvious reason why he was hired — apart from that, he’s a lovely guy, he looks great, he’s a great dancer.”

Despite Ravnik’s positive qualities, Murgatroyd added: “Hiring a non-ballroom dancer to teach ballroom dancing to a celebrity as a job is outrageous.”

The 34th season of DWTS kicked off in mid-September. In addition to Affleck, Whitney Leavitt — also of Mormon Wives fame — as well as Alix Earle, Robert Irwin, Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony, Jordan Chiles, Hilaria Baldwin and Danielle Fishel were cast as the show’s latest flock of celebrity amateur dancers.

And despite still coming down from the high of Swift’s groundbreaking Eras trek, Ravnik expressed how excited he was to be joining DWTS as a pro following his casting announcement in August. “I traveled all around the world with Eras Tour, and now I’m coming to the ballroom stage for Dancing With the Stars,” he said at the time in video statement on Good Morning America. “Mirrorball never goes out of style, and we are ready to win it.”

See Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd’s full discussion about Ravnik on DWTS below.


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Freestyle Fellowship Rapper P.E.A.C.E. Has Died

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Freestyle Fellowship rapper P.E.A.C.E. has died. The West Coast hip-hop group confirmed the rapper’s death in a post to Instagram over the weekend.

“Rest well brother P.E.A.C.E You had a great heart and you were authentic,” the post reads. “One of West coast Hiphop royal treasures. You will be surely missed my friend.”

His age and cause of death are unknown.

P.E.A.C.E. (real name: Mtulazaji Davis) was born in Dallas but raised in Los Angeles. He met Myka 9, Aceyalone and Self Jupiter at the Good Life Café in L.A. and formed the pioneering alternative rap group Freestyle Fellowship in the late ’80s.

The group broke through, showcasing an underground conscious side of West Coast rap with its 1991 debut To Whom It May Concern…

They followed up with Innercity Griots in 1993. Delayed due to Self Jupiter’s incarceration, the group released Temptations in 2001 and 2002’s Shockadoom EP. They returned nearly a decade later with The Promise in 2011, which serves as Freestyle Fellowship’s final release.

There were no details revealed surrounding the cause of P.E.A.C.E.’s death. Fans and plenty of peers paid their condolences with heartfelt messages on social media.

“The heavenly cypher just elevated rest in P.E.A.C.E all love,” rapper Saul Williams commented.

Dilated Peoples member Rakaa added: “This is heavy. RIP P.E.A.C.E. You will always be remembered and celebrated as one of the best to ever touch a mic, an architect of style(s), and a creative force of nature. Thank you for the inspiration, motivation, and laughter, my brother. Love. Strength and guidance to your family, friends, and @freestylefellowship.”

Myka 9 paid tribute to his Fellowship group member. “P.E.A.C.E. is the illest emcee from the most infamous Freestyle Fellowship,” he wrote. “There will never be another. Peace P.E.A.C.E., rest in power & paradise.”

P.E.A.C.E. released a pair of solo albums in the early 2000s with Southern Fry’d Chicken (2000) and Megabite (2004).

He notched collaborations over the years, ranging from Diplo to Abstract Rude and Orko, and he made an appearance in Ava Duvernay’s This Is the Life documentary about Good Life Café.

Paris Hilton Honors ‘Queen’ Britney Spears with ‘Oops … I Did It Again’ Halloween Costume

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When it comes to pop stars with instantly recognizable looks, Britney Spears should always be in the conversation. Based on her first costume for this year’s Halloween festivities, it looks like Paris Hilton agrees.

On Monday (Oct. 27), several days before the actual Halloween holiday, Hilton shared pictures of her Britney-inspired costume on her official Instagram page. “Oops, I did it again,” she captioned the stunning 20-photo carousel. “Starting off #Halloweek by honoring my Queen [Britney Spears] #ThatsHot #IconsOnly.”

While there are several iconic Britney looks to choose from, Hilton selected the sleek red bodysuit from the pop icon’s classic “Oops… I Did It Again!” music video. Captured by photographer Brian Ziff, Hilton posed on a recreation of the music video set, faux Mars landscape and all. Her husband, Carter Reum, co-starred as her astronaut love interest, and the savvy businesswoman found a way to incorporate her own brands. In several slides, the “Stars Are Blind” singer flaunts her new Iconic eau de parfum.

Considering Hilton’s recent return to pop stardom, her Britney costume choice makes a lot of sense. Last year, Hilton unleashed Infinite Icon, her first full-length studio effort in 18 years since her debut album, Paris, arrived in 2006. Featuring collaborations with Megan Thee Stallion, Sia, Rina Sawayama, María Becerra and Meghan Trainor, Infinite Icon reached No. 38 on the Billboard 200 and No. 7 on Independent Albums.

An 18-track remix album followed a few moths later, and a documentary chronicling the album’s creation is currently slated for a worldwide theatrical release in early 2026. Last month (Sept. 7), Hilton attended the MTV Video Music Awards to present the song of the year Moonperson to ROSÉ for her Bruno Mars-assisted smash “APT.”

Check out Paris Hilton’s “Oops… I Did It Again!” Halloween costume on her Instagram.


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