Month: August 2025
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The Last Dinner Party withdrew from their scheduled performance at Victorious Festival on Saturday (Aug. 23) in protest of an incident involving fellow band the Mary Wallopers, whose set was cut short after they showed support for Palestine. The British indie rock-pop group announced their decision on social media Saturday morning, referencing the previous day’s […]
When Chappell Roan made her U.K. live debut in June 2023, she played the 600-cap London venue The Garage. Now, a little more than two years later, she’s headlining one of the country’s most beloved festivals. Roan’s ascent has been so stratospheric that when she stepped on stage at Reading Festival on Friday (Aug. 22), […]
From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Maria Becerra’s Acting Debut Argentine singer-songwriter Maria Becerra has made acting debut on Netflix’s new series En El Barro, the spin-off of the series El […]
Dorothy Gale famously said that “there’s no place like home.” But Lady Gaga put it a bit more succinctly on Friday (Aug. 22) night: “I’M HOME, NEW YORK CITY!!“ Mother Monster touched down in New York City on Friday for her first live performance there in just over three years since she took MetLife Stadium […]
Gains by some live entertainment stocks and solid performances by multi-sector companies were overshadowed this week by German concert promoter CTS Eventim’s double-digit decline and a more modest single-digit drop from Spotify. CTS Eventim shares fell 16.6% to 81.20 euros ($95.18) this week following Thursday’s mid-year results that showed a sharp decrease in adjusted EBITDA […]
Ice-T has opened up about the losses of his close friends Coolio and actor Michael K. Williams, who passed away in 2022 and 2021, respectively, due to drug overdoses. “I don’t do drugs, but I never expected it,” Ice-T told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Friday (Aug. 22). “When it hit Coolio and it […]
Morgan Wallen banks his 21st top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Aug. 30) as “I Got Better” hops three spots to No. 10. It increased by 18% to 16 million audience impressions Aug. 15-21, according to Luminate. Related Morgan Wallen & ‘I’m the Problem’ Won’t Be Submitted for 2026 Grammy Awards Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m […]
New Ghostface! Sequels to classic albums almost always fall short of their predecessor, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when Ghost announced that he was planning on revisiting Supreme Clientele, the best album in his extensive catalog and one of the best rap albums in the history of the genre. And while part […]
Tom Grennan has scored his third U.K. No. 1, with new LP Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be debuting at the summit on Aug. 22. The singer-songwriter first appeared on the Official Albums Chart in 2018 with Lighting Matches, which peaked at No. 7. Its successors Evering Road (2021) […]
Since founding Good Company MGMT in 2019, Maytav Koter has grown her boutique songwriter and producer management firm into a powerhouse of hitmakers. “I wanted to champion the creatives behind the scenes – the songwriters and producers who are the heartbeat of the industry,” she says of what drew her to a career as a […]
