BTS’s ‘Comeback Live’ Special Drew 18.4 Million Views on Netflix
BTS’s livestreamed comeback concert captured 18.4 million global viewers on Netflix, the streaming giant reports. The one-hour show was beamed out from the superstar boyband’s performance Saturday (March 21) in their native Seoul, South Korea, an event that marked the first time all seven members had performed together since October 2022. Some 100,000 members of […]
Lionel Richie Left Speechless by Keyla Richardson’s ‘American Idol’ Performance
Keyla Richardson stopped the show on Monday’s American Idol with a performance of The Beatles‘ “With a Little Help From My Friends” that left judge Lionel Richie declaring it the greatest he had ever witnessed on the show. The 29-year-old single mother and music teacher from Pensacola, Fla., dedicated the performance to the people God […]
Ocean Alley Wrap Biggest Headline Tour of Their Career With Over 80,000 Tickets Sold
Ocean Alley have wrapped the biggest headline tour of their career, selling more than 80,000 tickets across 11 shows in Australia and New Zealand, with their fifth studio album Love Balloon returning to No. 1 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart in the same week. The run — which spanned January through March — saw […]
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE Set Australian Tour Dates Ahead of Joint Album Release
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE have announced a run of Australian and New Zealand headline shows in May, alongside their previously announced joint appearance at Sydney’s Vivid LIVE festival. The tour takes in Auckland’s Studio The Venue on May 22, Melbourne’s The Timber Yard on May 23, and Brisbane’s The Tivoli on May 27. The Sydney […]
Ashnikko Has a ‘Slumber Party’ With Princess Nokia & Crowns a ‘Smoochie Girl’ at LA’s Shrine Auditorium: See the Full Setlist
When Ashnikko opened her performance at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Friday (March 20) with “Working B—h,” she let the crowd know exactly what she would be doing for her entire nearly two-hour-long performance: working. Los Angeles was the second stop on the 30-year-old alt-pop singer and rapper’s Smoochies world tour, supporting her […]
Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’: Can You Spot Whether the Lyric Is About Texas or Tennessee?
Fans of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” can’t get enough of the song, which breaks another record this week on the Billboard charts. The tune marks its fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the most weeks spent at the pinnacle by a woman that also reached No. 1 on the […]
PayPal Makes One-Time Exception to Help Bluesfest Ticket Holders Recoup Costs
PayPal has announced a special refund exception for ticket holders who purchased passes to the now-cancelled Byron Bay Bluesfest 2026 using the platform. The online payment company, which was one of Bluesfest’s principal non-bank payment channels, said on Monday it would temporarily relax its standard refund policies in the wake of the festival’s sudden collapse. […]
Barry Manilow Announces First New Studio Album of Mostly New Material in Nearly 15 Years
Barry Manilow is set to release a new studio album, What a Time, on June 5 – his first album of mostly new material in nearly 15 years. Primarily produced by Manilow and longtime collaborator Michael Lloyd, What a Time is Manilow’s 33rd studio album and his first mostly original LP since 2011’s 15 Minutes, […]
‘Gutted’: Parkway Drive Speak Out After Former Associate Pleads Guilty
Australian hardcore band Parkway Drive have condemned the actions of a former merchandise manager after he pleaded guilty to a historical child sex offence in a New South Wales court last week. Jed Daniel Gordon, 44, appeared in Byron Bay Local Court and pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl — an […]
In Her Solo Era, Jennie Debuts ‘Dracula’ Live at First Solo China Show
The “Blinks” unofficially passed their bi-ping-bong light sticks to the “Rubies” on Sunday night (March 22) at the Complex Live music festival at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. Closing out two days of concerts surrounding the third annual ComplexCon Hong Kong fashion and pop-culture exhibition and marketplace, K-pop superstar Jennie united both sides of her fandom under […]