IVE is expanding its world tour, with the girl group exclusively announcing via Billboard on Wednesday (March 25) that the <SHOW WHAT I AM> world tour will now include a slew of dates in North America and additional performances in Asia.
Kesha just wrapped the final U.K. dates of her cheekily titled T–s Out tour. And though she’s just days removed from winding down that nearly one-year outing, on Monday morning (March 23) the “Joyride” singer announced her next major road trip, The Freedom Tour.
Wu-Tang Clan are giving fans another chance to see them one last time. On Monday morning (March 23) the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hip-hop collective announced another run of North American shows on their ongoing farewell tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chapter.
PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, glides a spot to No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The song has grown in prominence since Alysa Liu skated to it in her exhibition performance at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics Feb. 21, two days after she became the women’s figure skating champion, winning the first gold medal in the event for the United States in 24 years.
BTS' long-awaited comeback album is off to a blockbuster start on streaming platforms.
Shakira will take her historic world tour this fall to Madrid, and she will do so in a special way. The Spanish superstar will offer a three-night residency at the Shakira Stadium, a temporary 4.2-acre (185,000-square-meter) venue that will integrate cinema, gastronomy, literature and exhibitions curated by the artist herself under the title Es Latina.
Metallica and the American Red Cross are celebrating a major milestone. More than a year after the metal icons joined forces with the organization via their All Within My Hands foundation to help save lives through blood donation, the Red Cross announced on Wednesday (March 18) that since its launch in April 2025 more than 25,000 blood donations have been collected across the U.S. as part of their Red Cross x Metallica collaboration.
Madonna is back in the studio — just not the music one.
This week, the pop legend was spotted in Venice on the set of the Apple TV original series The Studio. The 13-time Emmy-winning comedy series was co-created by Seth Rogen, who also plays the lead character. The show follows Matt Remick (Rogen), a newly appointed head of a failing film production company, as he tries to revive the business while remaining true to his own hopes and dreams for the industry.
Kehlani officially announced the release of their highly-anticipated studio album, Kehlani, which is set to arrive April 24 via Atlantic Records.
On Tuesday, the singer took to Instagram to reveal the self-titled project, noting that its release will coincide with their 31st birthday, marking a full-circle moment in their life and career.
Saturday Night Live host and musical guest Harry Styles performed two songs from his new album, Kiss All the Time, Disco, Ocassionally.
Styles, who launched the 12-track album t a show in Manchester, England last week, opened with “Dance No More.”
The English singer wrote or co-wrote all the songs on his fourth studio album, which Rolling Stone‘s Joe Levy called “delightfully strange, often lovely, and consistently fascinating.” Kid Harpoon, a frequent Styles collaborator, produced it with Tyler Johnson. Additional tracks include “Arpeture” and “American Girls.”
Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh has teamed up with pop singer Sia and EDM producer David Guetta for a new international collaboration called “Ranjha.”
A snippet of the track was first played publicly on Tuesday (March 10) inside a classroom at Toronto Metropolitan University, where students attending a course dedicated to global star Dosanjh heard an early preview of the song before it drops publicly this Friday (March 13).
Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress‘ “Stateside” is one of the top 10 songs over in the States, and after the Swedish pop star worked her entire career to make it happen, she couldn’t be happier to finally achieve that milestone.
Bruno Mars notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, and first in more than a decade, as The Romantic debuts atop the tally (dated March 14). The set launches with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending March 5, according to Luminate. Mars was last on top with his second full-length studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox, which climbed to No. 1 in March 2013 (nearly three months after it debuted). In turn, The Romantic is also Mars’ first No. 1-debuting album.
Metallica is coming to Las Vegas. After announcing an eight-show residency called Life Burns Faster at the popular Sphere venue, the legendary metal band is already adding more and more dates, including another six shows bringing the total up to 24 as of press time. Similar to the Eagles‘ or Backstreet Boys‘ Sphere residencies, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Metallica keeps extending its Vegas run as the year goes on.
If you live in the Phoenix area or plan to travel there for this year’s NCAA Women’s Final Four, make sure to go check out Kehlani perform as she headlines the Super Saturday Concert.
AT&T is the presenting sponsor of the 2026 Women’s Final Four Super Saturday Concert in Phoenix featuring Grammy-winning singer Kehlani as the headliner. To celebrate March Madness and the Women’s Final Four tournament, AT&T is hosting a free concert in Hance Park on Saturday, April 4. AT&T customers can enjoy expedited entry through the AT&T Fast Lane.
The titles of some of the next songs to hit the Billboard charts (probably) have been unveiled, with BTS sharing the tracklist for its new album, ARIRANG, on Tuesday (March 3).
Harry Styles is celebrating the release of his new album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” with a Netflix concert film. The pop star’s first show in nearly three years — taking place this Friday in Manchester, England — is being filmed and will be available to stream on Sunday, March 8 at 7 p.m. GMT/ 3 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. PT. The news follows Styles’ first-ever live performance of the era this past weekend at the BRIT Awards, where he showed off his choreography skills to the album’s lead single “Aperture.”
Shakira wrapped up the extensive Mexican leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour on Sunday (March 1) with a new record, gathering 400,000 people for a free concert at the Zócalo in Mexico City. It was the largest audience ever assembled in the country’s main public square, according to figures from the city’s government, and marked the Colombian superstar’s return there for the first time since her debut in 2007.
Fresh off performing at the Super Bowl and kick-starting her latest arena tour — including as top in Minneapolis last week that raised $600,000 for families affected by ICE operations in Minnesota — the high-profile honors keep coming for Brandi Carlile.
The Washington artist and activist has been name done of Time magazine's 2026 Women of the Year.
Nearly two weeks after Valentine’s Day, Bruno Mars plays the role of love doctor with the release of his anticipated album The Romantic, out on Friday (Feb. 27).
It’s the hitmaker’s first solo album since 2016, and The Romantic boasts nine tracks in total, including the Billboard Hot 100-topping single “I Just Might,” which marked his first debut and 10th overall entry at the summit. The track is still holding strong inside the top 10 at No. 6 on the Hot 100 at press time.
Goodbyes usually don’t last forever, but if you’re the Eagles, maybe they do.
On Wednesday (Feb. 25) the legendary rock outfit announced a third leg of their aptly named “The Long Goodbye” farewell tour. This new three-show run will hit three U.S. stadiums: Atlanta’s Truist Park on May 5, Nashville’s FirstBank Stadium at Vanderbilt University on May 9 and Arlington, Texas’ Globe Life Field on May 16. Special guest Tedeschi Trucks Band will join the band for all “Act III” shows.
After months of rumors, the news Metallica fans have been waiting for finally came on Wednesday morning (Feb. 25): the iconic metal band is coming to Las Vegas’ Sphere. Metallica is slated to debut its Life Burns Faster residency at the high-tech venue during an eight-show run in October that will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition they began with the 2023 launch of their M72 world tour.
The Strokes, Wu-Tang Clan, and more will head to Atlanta later this fall for the 2026 Shaky Knees Festival.
The three-day event is set to run Sept. 18 through 20 at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. The Strokes will headline night one on Friday; Twenty One Pilots will top the bill on Saturday; and Gorillaz will close out the festival on Sunday.
Every year, Billboard‘s Women in Music Awards celebrate women in the industry who made some of the biggest strides of the past 12 months — and that’s exactly why in 2026, Teyana Taylor, Tate McRae, Ella Langley, Kehlani, Laufey and Zara Larsson have all made the latest honorees list.
