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Colombian superstar Feid will join over 60 confirmed artists for the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week. Billboard announced on Wednesday (Sep. 18) that the singer — one of the most popular stars of the current urban music movement and one of the top finalists at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards with 11 entries — will participate in the panel “From Clubs to Stadiums” on Oct. 14.
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Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Billboard Latin Music Week will take place Oct. 14-18 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater. Tickets are available for purchase here.
Feid will be joined by his manager, Luis Villamizar, and Hans Schafer, Live Nation’s SVP of Global Touring. As Latin acts continue to dominate stadiums worldwide, the panel will offer insights into Feid’s rise to the top in this intimate conversation.
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Feid, a multi-platinum artist known for No. 1 hits on the Billboard Latin Airplay chart such as “Perro Negro” with Bad Bunny, “Luna” with Atl Jacob, “Yandel 150” with Yandel, and “Hey Mor” with Ozuna, just received four new Latin Grammy nominations this week, giving him a total of 13 in his career to date. Among the new noms are: best reggaeton performance (“Perro Negro”), best urban music album (Ferxxocalipsis), and best urban song for two tracks, “El Cielo” with Sky Rompiendo and Myke Towers, and “Luna.”
This comes amid a whirlwind year for the artist, whose FERXXOCALIPSIS World Tour sold out tickets in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and more. Last month, he kicked off the Latin American leg of stadium shows with two sold-out concerts in Mexico City, and it will continue through December, wrapping with three consecutive sold-out stadium gigs in his hometown of Medellín, Colombia. on Dec. 6-8.
Meanwhile, Feid has continued to release new music, including his single “SORRY 4 THIS MUCH” this summer, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart (his highest solo entry to date), as well as his joint album with Yandel, MANIFESTING 20-05, in April. He also performed “Luna” at the opening ceremony of the Copa América 2024 on June 20.
Feid joins a stellar lineup of previously announced participants for Billboard Latin Music Week, including: Alejandro Sanz, Bad Gyal, Belinda, Camila Fernández, Chiquis, DANNA, Danny Ocean, Dei V, Domelipa, Eden Muñoz, Eslabon Armado, Fat Joe, Gloria Estefan, J Balvin, JOP, Keityn, Kunno, Lele Pons, Leo Campana, Luis Alfonso, Lupita Infante, Majo Aguilar, Maria Becerra, Marko, Mau y Ricky, Mon Laferte, N.O.R.E., Omar Courtz, Paola Jara, Peso Pluma, Pipe Bueno, Sophia Talamas, Thalia, Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yandel, Yeison Jiménez, Yeri Mua, Yisin and Young Miko, as well as Zhamira Zambrano.
Billboard Latin Music Week will coincide with the Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will air on Telemundo. Latin Music Week tickets will not include access to the awards show this year. Instead, Billboard will host a special 35th-year anniversary celebration on the evening of Oct. 18, where INSIDER badge holders will receive exclusive invitations to this star-studded event.
For more information on Billboard Latin Music Week, updates on the schedule and more exciting announcements, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.
Dolly Parton has nothing but fondness for the world’s biggest country-dabbling pop stars: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
In a new interview with Variety published Tuesday (Sept. 17), the 78-year-old country legend gushed about both superstars as well as weighed in on the CMA Awards snubbing Bey’s Cowboy Carter this season. “Taylor Swift is amazing what she has done with her career,” she said of the “Anti-Hero” singer, who started out as a country artist before transitioning to pop in 2014. “I just admire her very much and how she’s handled her business, her personal life and what all she has meant to so many young people. [She’s] been a great inspiration.”
As for the “Texas Hold ‘Em” musician, Parton thinks Cowboy Carter — which featured a voice recording from the “9 to 5” artist as well as Bey’s cover of “Jolene” — is a “great album” that she was “fortunate” to be a part of. “[Beyoncé’s] a country girl in Texas and Louisiana, so she grew up with that base,” Parton said. “It wasn’t like she just appeared out of nowhere.”
Even so, Parton thinks that the CMAs — which angered fans Sept. 9 by failing to acknowledge Cowboy Carter in any of its 2024 categories — didn’t necessarily shut out the Destiny’s Child alum “on purpose.” “There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, ‘Well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that,’” Parton told the outlet. “I don’t think it was a matter of shutting out, like, doing that on purpose. I think it was just more of what the country charts and the country artists were doing, that do that all the time, not just a specialty album.”
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“But it was a wonderful album,” Parton added. “She can be very, very proud … I think everybody in country music welcomed her and thought that, that was good.”
The 10-time Grammy winner also added that she’s “open to anything” when it comes to performing “Jolene” with Beyoncé at some point in the future. And whether it’s the “Break My Soul” singer or Swift — or any of the newer female singers finding success, such as Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter — Parton says she’s “proud of all the gals.”
“I’m old enough to feel like their aunt or somebody that’s kind of looking down and saying, ‘Yay, you go!’” she added. “I think they’re all great in their own way.”
Just days after the future of the band was thrown into question following singer Perry Farrell‘s on-stage attack on guitarist Dave Navarro, Jane’s Addiction dropped a swoony new song on Wednesday morning (Sept. 18). The moody, ballad, “True Love,” fits firmly in the briefly reunited group’s signature dreamy ballad mode, with lyrics chronicling the first, exciting shoots of passion.
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“When I first felt true love/ I was very young,” Farrell sings over Navarro’s chiming, hypnotic guitar in the nearly four-minute track that taps into the group’s classic shamanic rock vibe. “I tried to describe it to my friends/ You’re floating over something that’s way over your head/ Wading in the waters of true love/ Basking in glory of true love.”
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The release comes three months after the group issued the charging “Imminent Redemption,” single, which marked the first new song from the original band lineup in nearly 35 years. It also comes in the shadow of an ugly scene last Friday in Boston when Farrell, 65, appeared agitated on stage before shoving Navarro and then punching his longtime bandmate in the chest in a shocking scene that led to the cancellation of the reunited lineup’s first tour in 14 years as well as the announcement of an indefinite hiatus.
At press time a spokesperson for the band had not returned Billboard‘s request for information on whether “True Love” was another one-off from the legendarily quarrelsome alt-rock group — which also features drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery — or another preview of a what would be their first new studio album in 34 years.
In the wake of incident in Boston, the band issued an apology to fans, followed by a statement from Navarro, Perkins and Avery citing what they deemed the “mental health difficulties” affecting Farrell, as well as a personal mea culpa from the singer, who called his behavior “inexcusable.” In addition, Navarro apologized to opening acts Love & Rockets and Crawlers on Tuesday, specifically calling out the former band made up of ex members of Bauhaus for the “terrible outcome” of the tour that launched in August and was slated to run through mid-October.
The two new songs appeared to presage a return to form for the 1990s alt-rock group who released two classic studio albums during their short late 1980s-early 1990s run, 1988’s Nothing’s Shocking and 1990’s Ritual de lo Habitual. Jane’s broke up following a farewell tour as part of 1991’s first Lollapalooza festival, with Avery long acting as a hold-out in subsequent reunion tour; he was replaced by Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Flea on a 1997 tour and Martyn LeNoble and Chris Chaney on subsequent outings. The original four members got back together for a 2008 world tour, though Avery split again in 2010 before the release of the band’s fourth studio album, The Great Escape Artist, before returning to the fold again in 2022.
Listen to “True Love” below.
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John David “JD” Souther, known for his work as an artist, songwriter and actor, and his collaborations with artists including the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, died peacefully at his home in New Mexico, according to a statement posted on his official website on Tuesday (Sept. 17). Souther was 78.
Souther forged a friendship with the Eagles’ Glenn Frey and would collaborate as a writer on many of the Eagles’ biggest hits, including “New Kid in Town,” “James Dean,” “Doolin-Dalton” and “Best of My Love.” Souther also co-wrote the Eagles’ 1979 hit “Heartache Tonight” alongside Frey, Bob Seger and Don Henley, and co-wrote Henley’s 1989 hit song “The Heart of the Matter.” Souther also wrote songs including Bonnie Raitt’s “Run Like a Thief,” and Ronstadt’s “Faithless Love” and “White Rhythm and Blues.” Souther and Ronstadt also collaborated together on songs including “Prisoner in Disguise” and “Hearts Against the Wind,” which was featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta.
In the process, Souther became one of the foremost musical architects in the 1970s country-rock scene. Souther was born in Detroit and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He began recording with a local group in Texas known as The Cinders; the group would release a single on Warner Bros. as John David and the Cinders.
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Souther made his self-titled debut in 1972, and then teamed with Chris Hillman and Richie Furay to release the album The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Souther followed with the 1976 solo album Black Rose, which included a collaboration with Ronstadt, “If You Have Crying Eyes.”
Souther’s most well-known solo hit came in 1979 with “You’re Only Lonely,” which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1981, Souther nearly notched another top 10 on that chart, as his collaboration with James Taylor, “Her Town Too,” reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2015, he released his final album, Tenderness, telling Billboard at the time, “I wanted simple melodies and really beautiful arrangements. I wanted a really nice landscape for these stories to play out in. I just wanted to drive a little more gently; Mario Andretti once said the ideal is to win the race at the slowest speed, meaning you protect the equipment. It’s smooth. Winning a race is about power, but it’s also about being smooth…I think I sang this album better than I’ve sung any album before,” he says. “I’m not singing licks and trying to do fancy things. I’m just singing the melody; it seems to tell the story better. I didn’t have to strain. It didn’t tempt me to sing a bunch of licks or to oversing or sing too loud. Linda Ronstadt always tells me to pronounce the words, and she’s right. It makes a big difference. It gives the song more truth.”
As an actor, Souther appeared in movies including My Girl 2, Deadline and Postcards From the Edge, and in television series including Thirtysomething, Purgatory and a recurring role on Nashville.
Souther was honored with one of songwriting’s highest honors, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 2013.
“It’s been said that JD Souther could have been a major artist if he had kept more of those beautiful, introspective songs he wrote for himself,” Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a statement. “He had the aching tenor voice, the good looks that got him TV acting jobs. But he was happy to co-write ‘New Kid in Town’ and ‘Best of My Love’ with his friends the Eagles and give ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ to Linda Ronstadt. He wasn’t a star of country-rock, but he was crucial to its enduring power.”
Souther had been set to launch a new tour with Karla Bonoff on Sept. 24 in Phoenix. Souther is survived by two sisters, his former wife and her daughter, as well as his dogs Layla and Bob, as well as many colleagues within the music community.
Donations in Souther’s honor can be made to the Best Friends Animal Society.
Linkin Park stormed back onto late-night on Tuesday (Sept. 17) with the TV debut of their intense single “The Emptiness Machine,” marking their first Tonight Show performance with new singer Emily Armstrong. The song from the band’s upcoming first album in seven years, From Zero (Nov. 15), blasted off with singer/guitarist Mike Shinoda on the mic on a set that looked like an ice station on a frozen planet thanks to moodily lit plastic draping surrounding them.
With new drummer Colin Brittain keeping the steady beat, Shinoda urgently sang the song’s pleading chorus, “I let you cut me open/ Just to watch me bleed/ Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be/ Don’t know why I’m holding what I won’t receive/ Falling for the promise of the emptiness machine.”
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While the performance exploded into a driving dual-guitar grind, Armstrong took center stage and unleashed her howling vocal attack as the stage flickered with colored effects. Trading vocals with Shinoda, Armstrong gripped the mic with both hands, screaming out the chorus amid the strobing lights.
“The Emptiness Machine” debuts at No. 21 on this week’s Hot 100 (dated Sept. 21), marking the nu-metal group’s highest-peaking Hot 100 song in 15 years; their previous highest placement on the chart was the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack single “New Divide,” which reached No. 9 in 2009.
Shinoda also sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss the “euphoric” feeling the band had after the rebooted lineup’s debut performance at the Kia Forum in their native Los Angeles on Sept. 11, which marked the kick-off of their first tour since the death of singer Chester Bennington in 2017. “To be this many years in and to feel, like that genuine adrenaline and excitement and happiness was… there’s nothing like it, man,” said Shinoda of the first date of a six-show arena tune-up for what is expected to be a much larger 2025 tour.
Shinoda also had to laugh at Fallon cueing up an embarrassing video from the comeback L.A. show in which the singer had a major malfunction while performing “Remember the Name” from his side band, Fort Minor. Right after Shinoda sang the line about “50% pain,” he ran into the mic stand and bonked his head.
He also talked about what it’s felt like to put the band back together after the tragic loss of his longtime friend and bandmate Bennington.
“I think the important thing for us is that we never set out to, like, ‘Let’s bring the band back’ or ‘Let’s find a singer,’” Shinoda said of the surprise announcement earlier this month that former Dead Sara vocalist Armstrong would be taking her place on stage next to him for the band’s new iteration. “That was never our intention or our goal… It was almost like this new record… we wrote it, we came up with the music while we were creating the new band. When we started the music we didn’t have a band and it just came together while the music came together.”
Watch Linkin Park on the Tonight Show below.
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The already mega-watt Coke Studio 2024 lineup is adding even more star power to its artist roster with the addition of Usher and Tyla.
The R&B icon and South African phenom join a roster that already includes South Korean DJ/producer Peggy Gou, K-pop powerhouse NewJeans and Colombian star Karol G. As part of Coke Studio, Usher and Tyla will each contribute new music and live experiences, with details on both facets forthcoming.
As part of the partnership, Usher will play in The Coca-Cola Company’s home base of Atlanta as part of his current Past Present Future tour, and Tyla will perform in her native Johannesburg, South Africa, with these shows, both in October, featuring the live debut of each artist’s song produced for Coke Studio.
“Being part of this year’s Coke Studio lineup is both an honor and an opportunity to engage with my fans through the power of music,” Usher says in a statement. “Partnering with Coca-Cola to bring these experiences to life is exciting, and I can’t wait for fans to join us in the magic we’re crafting together.”
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“I’m excited to perform in my hometown of Johannesburg as part of the Coke Studio platform,” adds Tyla. “It’s a privilege to bring these vibrant moments to life and share the joy and energy with music lovers across the world.”
The 2024 edition of Coca-Cola’s longstanding global Coke Studio program features music created by superstar artists in collaboration with Coke itself. Promoted and distributed by those artists’ labels, the music is supported by label partner Universal Music Group (UMG), which is assisting with promotional and playlist strategy. The project includes the already released “Find the Way” by Peggy Gou and the “How Sweet” videos by NewJeans.
Karol G’s Coke Studio contribution, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” reached the No. 1 global top music video on YouTube, with over 225 million views. Released in June, the song spent nine weeks No. 1 spot on Hot Latin Songs this past summer.
Coke Studio is Coca-Cola’s biggest global music program of 2024, with the songs from each involved artist set to be used in the brand’s marketing in more than 150 countries — roughly 75% of the world.
“We’re thrilled to welcome two of our favorite artists, Usher and Tyla, to our incredible 2024 lineup,” Josh Burke, the Coca-Cola Company’s global head of music and culture marketing, said in a statement. “This year Coke Studio offers unparalleled access to exclusive content and experiences that can’t be found anywhere else. We’ve partnered with both Usher and Tyla to create something special for their fans, and we’re sure that they will love what we have in store for the rest of 2024.”
Just days after calling off their reunion tour and going on an indefinite hiatus following Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell‘s on-stage attack of Dave Navarro, the band’s guitarist issued an apology to the tour’s opening acts.
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“I would like to personally apologize to Love & Rockets and Crawlers and their crews for such a terrible outcome of what started off as an incredibly magical tour,” Navarro said of the two bands that were opening for Jane’s on the alt-rock group’s reunion tour before it melted down into chaos on Friday night in Boston during a show in which Farrell pushed, then punched Navarro near the end of the headliner’s set.
“Love & Rockets are heroes of mine and I am so grateful I had the opportunity to perform on the same stage as them for as long as I did. It has truly been an honor!” Navarro said in a since-expired Instagram Story on Tuesday (Sept. 17) according to Brooklyn Vegan.
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Love & Rockets — the beloved indie rock band formed by former Bauhaus members singer/guitarist Daniel Ash, bassist/singer David J and drummer Kevin Haskins in 1985 — who had reunited to hit the road with Jane’s, also issued a statement on the scotched tour. “We would have loved to have completed the rest of the dates on the tour with Jane’s Addiction but unfortunately the matter is out of our hands,” they wrote on Instagram. “Information regarding refunds will follow shortly.”
Following the shocking incident, Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery issued a joint statement on Instagram on Monday morning apologizing to fans for the disturbing scene and cancellation of the rest of the band’s U.S. tour. “Due to a continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to discontinue the current US tour,” the trio wrote.
“Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative. We hope that he will find the help he needs,” they added. “We deeply regret that we are not able to come through for all our fans who have already bought tickets. We can see no solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance on a nightly basis.”
Farrell, 65, apologized to his bandmates on Monday in a statement first shared with Billboard. “This weekend has been incredibly difficult and after having the time and space to reflect, it is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navarro, fans, family and friends for my actions during Friday’s show,” Farrell said of the punch-up during the show at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion near the end of a performance of “Ocean Size.”
“Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation,” Farrell added. In fan video of the moment, an agitated Farrell is seen lunging at Navarro and throwing a shoulder into his bandmate, then punching the shocked-looking guitarist in the chest before the men are separated and Farrell is dragged off stage.
A day after the onstage meltdown, Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, issued a statement in which she tried to provide context and background on what precipitated the incident. “Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit,” she wrote on Instagram. “Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.”
She also said that after the punch, bassist Avery “put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times … Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour — he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried. Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.”
Avery has been an on-and-off presence in the band’s lineup over the past 25 years, re-joining and leaving the band several times before returning in 2022 and taking part in what was slated to be the reunited band’s first North American tour featuring all four original members in 14 years. The outing launched in early August and was scheduled to run through mid-October.
Zayn Malik is hitting the road. The former One Direction singer and solo star made another one of his patented silent walk-on appearances on The Tonight Show on Tuesday (Sept. 17), in which he strolled onto the set during host Jimmy Fallon’s post-monologue desk time to make a very special announcement.
In keeping with his previous no words pop-in earlier this year when he strolled onto set in March with a coffee mug in hand and cued up his then-new ballad “What I Am” on Fallon’s laptop before handing him a note announcing his fourth solo album, Room Under the Stairs, last night’s appearance was short on words but big on news.
Wearing a black leather jacket and missing the voluminous beard that has been covering his face lately, Zayn, 31, again with a white coffee mug in hand, casually walked out to screams from the studio audience and handed Fallon a note. “Zayn! Zayn, what are you…,” Fallon said in mock surprise at the unexpected (but clearly planned) visit.
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Malik smiled and waved at the crowd before cueing up his Room Under the Stairs single “Stardust” on Fallon’s computer. He then walked to the front of the desk, swapped out Fallon’s black coffee mug for his own white Z-branded one, waved to the crowd and walked off stage.
“Hey Jimmy, great to see you, mate,” Fallon read the note left behind by the English singer in what sounded like an Australian accent via Liverpool that eventually downshifted into his regular voice. “I’m going on my first-ever tour this autumn. So maybe when you’re done picking apples with your buds, you can come check out my Stairway to the Sky tour across the U.S. and UK.”
While at press time the dates had not yet been revealed, the note said the official announcement was coming Wednesday morning (Sept. 18).
Hours before, the singer also teased the outing with a cryptic 24-second black and white video captioned “Tomorrow” in which he schlepped an old timey antenna to the top of a hill, twirled the dials on a reel-to-reel tape machine and pulled out a walkie talkie as a voice intoned, “I know it took a while, but we’re here.”
When he does hit the road, Zayn will have four solo albums of material to choose from, from his 2016 debut, Mind of Mine, to 2018’s Icarus Falls, 2021’s Nobody Is Listening and this year’s Room Under the Stairs.
This story will be updated when the dates are officially announced.
Check out the Tonight Show walk-on and preview video below.
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Father John Misty has announced a run of dates in the U.K. for April 2025.
The dates come following the news of his upcoming sixth studio album Mahashmashana, set for release on November 22 via Sub Pop and Bella Union (UK & Europe).
Father John Misty – real name Josh Tillman – will perform in Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton and London, with the final show to be held at the capital’s historic Royal Albert Hall on April 14. See the full tour dates below; tickets go on sale on September 27.
Misty also shared a new song “Screamland” which features Low’s Alan Spearhawk on guitar. The album was produced by Tillman and Drew Erickson, with executive production from frequent collaborator Jonathan Wilson. Watch the music video below.
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The news follows the release of Misty’s Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl earlier this summer, a collection of back catalogue songs including “Real Love Baby”, his biggest hit on streaming.
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The collection also included “I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All”, an eight-minute jazz-influenced song that will also appear on Mahashmashana.
Misty last released a studio album in 2022 with Chloë and The Next 20th Century which landed at No.2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart and at No.28 on the Billboard 200.
The Los Angeles-based musician is currently on tour supporting country star Kacey Musgraves in the US. Earlier this year, he was a special guest of Lana Del Rey at her headline appearance at London’s Hyde Park.
Father John 2025 U.K. & Europe Tour Dates:
3 April – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway4 April – Fållan, Stockholm, Sweden5 April – Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark6 April – Huxley’s, Berlin, Germany8 April – La Cigale, Paris, France9 April – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium10 April – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands12 April – Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK13 April – O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK14 April – Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK15 April – Royal Albert Hall London, UK
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Father John Misty’s official website.
Richard Goodall might’ve saved the best to last, as the 55-year-old singer competed in the finals of America’s Got Talent.
The season 19 fan-favorite, Goodall stood and delivered a cover of Journey’s 1983 song “Faithfully,” a Billboard Hot 100 hit lifted from the Rock Hall-inducted band’s album Frontiers.
Wearing an all-black ensemble, with a black flat-cap, Goodall belted out the ballad, with support from a full band — and nailed all the high-notes.
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As his performance came to a close, Goodall was saluted with a standing ovation from the entire room, including the four judges.
During the semifinals, Goodall punched on with another ‘80s rock classic — Survivor‘s “Eye of the Tiger,” the theme from Rocky III.
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By day, Goodall is a shy school janitor. “I’ve been singing in the halls for 23 years,” he said during the semis. “I know how lucky I am to be here and it’s not wasted on me.” Those words and his performances (which have included Michael Bolton’s “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”) have endeared him to millions.
Goodall is one of 10 finalists, facing off against dance troupes AIRFOOTWORKS and Brent Street, acrobatic group Hakuna Matata Acrobats, comedian Learnmore Jonasi, quick change artist Solange Kardinaly, dog act Roni Sagi & Rhythm, aerial duo Sebastián & Sonia, drone group Sky Elements and fellow singer Dee Dee Simon.
Four of the finalists earned a Golden Buzzer during the quarter-final: AIRFOOTWORKS (Howie Mandel), Hakuna Matata Acrobats (Sofia Vergara), Sebastián & Sonia (imon Cowell) and Dee Dee Simon (Heidi Klum). The other six contenders were selected following last week’s semi.
Now, America votes. The winner will be announced during the finale on Sept. 24, featuring a line-up of special guests including Simone Biles, Michael Bublé, Neal Schon and members of Journey, Steve Aoki,, Gabriel Iglesias, Andra Day, Detroit Youth Choir and more.
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