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Amyl and The Sniffers turned a last-minute cancellation into an unforgettable night for Melbourne’s live-music community on Friday, after their free all-ages show at Federation Square was shut down minutes before they were due to take the stage.
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The Aussie rockers, who had been set for a triumphant hometown performance, redirected their entire AU$5,000 performance fee to seven local venues — a gesture that quickly grew into a AU$35,000 bar tab shared across some of the city’s most beloved rooms.
According to ABC Australia, the gig was halted after multiple breaches of the security barrier raised concerns about crowd safety. The Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation said the decision “wasn’t made lightly,” citing risks to the audience, staff, and the band. Fans watching the livestream were stunned as the plug was pulled just eight minutes before showtime.
Rather than let the night end there, frontwoman Amy Taylor posted a video explaining the cancellation before announcing the band would give the money back to local venues that helped launch their career.
“Have a drink on us,” Taylor said in the video posted to social media over the weekend, which has since clocked more than 1 million views. “Just have some fun tonight.”
Tabs were immediately placed at local haunts The Tote, The Curtin, The Old Bar, Labour in Vain, Hell’s Kitchen, Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar, and Cherry Bar, where fans flocked from across the city after the news spread on social media. Several venues reported packed rooms, lines down the street, and tabs running dry within hours.
The moment arrives during one of the biggest years of the band’s career. Their 2024 album Cartoon Darkness debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and later landed in the U.K. top 10. It also collected major honors at the 2025 AIR Awards, including Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Punk Album or EP. The band is up for multiple ARIA Awards this year — including Album of the Year and Best Group — marking a new peak in their national profile.
Their international momentum has accelerated, too. Amyl and The Sniffers earned a Grammy nomination earlier in 2025 and are nominated at the Brit Awards for International Group of the Year. They also joined AC/DC for a run of Australian stadium dates in November, cementing a milestone for a band that cut its teeth in the same small rooms they helped support on Friday night.
Friday’s bar-tab blowout underscored the deep roots Amyl and The Sniffers maintain in Melbourne’s grassroots scene, even as their profile accelerates worldwide. For many fans who raced between venues to claim a drink, the night became an instant chapter in the city’s music mythology — a chaotic, communal celebration born from a disappointment that could have easily overshadowed a landmark homecoming.
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Megan Moroney cracks the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a third time, as “6 Months Later” rises 11-10 on the ranking dated Nov. 22, up 6% to 18.3 million in audience Nov. 7-13, according to Luminate.
The track, which Moroney co-wrote with Rob Hatch, David Mescon and Ben Williams, brings the Georgian back to the Country Airplay top 10 just shy of, well, six months later, after her “Am I Okay?” hit No. 2 in June. She first reached tier with her debut entry, “Tennessee Orange” (No. 4, June 2023).
Dating to her first week in the Country Airplay top 10 in May 2023, Moroney ties Ella Langley for the second-most top 10s among women. Only Lainey Wilson has more in that span, with five. Six other women have notched one each in that stretch: Priscilla Block (“You, Me & Whiskey,” with Justin Moore); Ashley Cooke (“Your Place”); Dasha (“Austin”); Jessie Murph (“High Road,” with Koe Wetzel); Carly Pearce (“We Don’t Fight Anymore,” with Chris Stapleton); and Carrie Underwood (“I’m Gonna Love You,” with Cody Johnson).
Meanwhile, Moroney’s “Beautiful Things” picks up traction further down the latest list, climbing 39-37 (3.2 million, up 15%). Both “6 Months Later” and “Beautiful Things” will appear on Cloud 9, her third studio album, due Feb. 20.
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Cody Johnson & The Rockin’ CJB arrive at No. 57 on Country Airplay with a cover of The Chicks’ “Travelin’ Soldier” (1.2 million). The song, written and first recorded by Bruce Robison, has been part of Johnson’s live set for several years; he initially recorded it during a 2020 livestream before it became a frequent crowd request, prompting a new studio version released Nov. 7, just ahead of Veterans Day (Nov. 11).
The Chicks’ version of the song topped Country Airplay for a week in March 2003, becoming their sixth and most recent leader (a run halted soon after when, as since dissected in-depth, the group’s Natalie Maines spoke out against then-U.S. president George W. Bush).
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Trending on Billboard Tony Yayo isn’t entertaining the thought of taking on Memphis Bleek in a potential Verzuz battle, as the G-Unit rapper doesn’t even think it would make for a fair fight. Yayo stopped by VLADTV for an interview on Thursday, and DJ Vlad asked him about who would win in a Verzuz between […]
Trending on Billboard Tyler, the Creator announced on Friday (Nov. 14) that he will be postponing his 11th annual Camp Flog Gnaw festival this weekend due to inclement weather in Los Angeles, California. The LA Times reported on Friday that an “incoming atmospheric rain storm” is headed to Los Angeles County this weekend that will […]
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Taylor Swift possesses the key to another No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. She adds her record-extending 14th leader on the list as “The Fate of Ophelia” leaps three spots to the top of the Nov. 22-dated ranking.
Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry and Rihanna share the second-most Pop Airplay No. 1s, 11 each.
Here’s a recap of Swift’s 14 No. 1s on Pop Airplay, which measures songs’ weekly plays, as tabulated by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate, on more than 150 U.S. mainstream top 40 radio stations. (The chart began in October 1992.)
Title, Weeks at No. 1, Year(s):
“The Fate of Ophelia,” one (to date), 2025
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault],” one, 2024
“Cruel Summer,” 10, 2023
“Karma,” one, 2023
“Anti-Hero,” three, 2022-23
“Delicate,” one, 2018
“Look What You Made Me Do,” one, 2017
“Wildest Dreams,” two, 2015
“Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), five, 2015
“Style,” three, 2015
“Blank Space,” six, 2014-15
“Shake It Off,” two, 2014
“I Knew You Were Trouble.,” seven, 2013
“Love Story,” one, 2009
The coronation for “The Fate of Ophelia” marks the song’s latest achievement on Pop Airplay, after it debuted at No. 8 on the Oct. 18 chart, becoming the first title ever to arrive in the top 10. It reigns in its sixth week on the list, completing Swift’s quickest rise to No. 1 since “Bad Blood” led in its fifth frame in 2015.
“The Fate of Ophelia” is from Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl. The set and song have topped the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively, for five weeks running, encompassing their entire runs on the rankings so far.
Plus, the album’s “Opalite” ascends 25-20 on Pop Airplay for a new high.
“‘The Fate of Ophelia’ allowed her fans to peek in the window of her newfound happiness,” Nadine Santos, Music Choice vp of programming and artist relations, tells Billboard; Music Choice’s Pop Airplay reporter Today’s Hits is playing both of Swift’s love songs on the current chart. “With her witty and creative approach to her song lyrics, it’s the Taylor we have all been waiting to hear.”
All charts dated Nov. 22 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Trending on Billboard Drake has responded to an old rumor that a T.I. associated once urinated on the Canadian rapper. The incident in question became a talking point back in 2015 after Meek Mill claimed in his diss track “Wanna Know” that Drizzy, “let Tip’s homie piss on [him] in a movie theater.” The rumor […]
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The SAG Awards, which were first presented in 1995, are changing their name to The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA. The move gets away from the word “sag” and also brings AFTRA, which merged with the Screen Actors Guild in 2012, into the name of the award.
Jon Brockett, the showrunner and executive producer of the award show’s telecast, and JoBeth Williams, the actress and chair of SAG-AFTRA’s Awards Committee, announced the news on Friday (Nov. 14).
“The Actor” is the name of the award that is presented on the show. This brings the name of the award into the name of the show, just as Oscars are presented on The Oscars.
In a joint statement, Brockett and Williams, said: “The show’s name is now The Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA, but the foundation remains the same: it’s actors honoring actors. The statuette has always been called The Actor, and we’re simply aligning the show’s title with the name of the award itself and the union behind it.
“After the merger between SAG and AFTRA, we continued to refer to the show as the SAG Awards. Now, with the new name of the show — The Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA — we’re finally able to fully recognize that merger and align it with the name of our statuette, The Actor.
“To help ease the transition for reps at studio and network, FYC campaign materials will continue using Screen Actors Guild Awards through this season’s pre-nomination voting period ending on Jan. 5, 2026. Moving forward, post-nominations, we will be advising everyone to use The Actor Awards.”
The SAG Awards aired on NBC from 1995-97, but then moved to basic cable for many years, where they aired on TNT and TBS. They moved to Netflix in 2023, first via YouTube and then on the streamer directly. The show’s 32nd edition is set for March 1. The show celebrates performances both in film and on television.
The show has been presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in all four of its outings. There was no show in 2021, amid the pandemic. The show has had a no-host format through most of its history, but has had a host the last two years — Idris Elba in 2024 show and Kristen Bell earlier this year.
SAG-AFTRA is the world’s largest acting union, with 160,000 members.
