Chris Brown & Usher Extend R&B Tour With More Stadium Shows: ‘The Love Has Been Unreal’

With Chris Brown and Usher's R&B Tour continuing to fill North American stadiums, Live Nation announced an eight-show extension for the trek on Monday (Aug. 17).

PITBULL ANNOUNCES 14TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘PITCOIN’

Pitbull is so back. The artist born Armando Christian Pérez is releasing his 14th studio album, titled Pitcoin

FLEETWOOD MAC’S ‘GREATEST HITS’ REACHES EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS, HITTING NEW PEAK ON ALBUM CHARTS

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits, first released in 1988, reaches the top 10 on Billboard’s 35-year-old Top Album Sales chart for the first time, following its expanded reissue.

THE CHICKS ANNOUNCE ‘TAKING THE LONG WAY’ 20TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE FEATURING DEMOS, BONUS TRACKS

The Chicks are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2006 album Taking the Long Way. The trio’s seventh album, the last one to employ their original stage name, The Dixie Chicks, was originally released on May 23, 2006, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Charlie Puth: Tiny Desk Concert

Charlie Puth walked into the Tiny Desk and turned it into a jazz club. Known for crafting some of the biggest pop records of the last decade, Puth approaches the Desk less like a hitmaker and more like a bandleader, reimagining familiar songs with fresh arrangements that spotlight the musicianship at his core. With effortless precision — and plenty of spontaneity — he guides his band through each song, shaping dynamics in real time like a professor leading a masterclass.

SMASHING PUMPKINS ROLL OUT WEEK OF ‘PUMPKINPALOOZA’ EVENTS IN LEAD-UP TO FIRST LOLLAPALOOZA HEADLINING SLOT IN 32 YEARS

As it turns out, you can go home again, but in the case of the Smashing Pumpkins, it might just take 32 years to do it. The Chicago-bred indie rock heroes are gearing up to celebrate their first headlining slot at Lollapalooza in more than three decades with a rare underplay show, pop-ups and other events leading up to Friday night’s (July 31) main stage performance on the Bud Light stage at the festival that’s been held on the lakefront of their beloved hometown since 2005.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN HONORED WITH NEW ACLU AWARD

Springsteen played "Streets of Minneapolis" Friday (July 24) after receiving the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science and Sports.

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SHAKIRA BRINGS OUT TYLA, ED SHEERAN & BURNA BOY AT HER FIRST SHOW POST FIFA WORLD CUP IN NEW YO

Fresh from her historic performance at the first FIFA World Cup halftime show on Sunday (July 19), Shakira kept the party going Monday (July 20) at the Barclays Center, where she brought the stadium energy to the Brooklyn arena for a stellar night that included Tyla, Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy as surprise guests.

MADONNA, SHAKIRA, BTS & MORE TAKE OVER FIFA’S FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP FINAL HALFTIME SHOW

The 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show did exactly what FIFA hoped and exactly what soccer purists feared: It turned the most sacred match in the sport into an 11-and-a-half-minute pop fever dream.

THE KILLERS TO HEADLINE INAUGURAL OCEAN WAY FESTIVAL IN SANTA MONICA

The Killers and Olivia Dean will headline the inaugural Ocean Way Festival on Sept. 26-27. The first major music festival on Santa Monica Beach will be produced by Coachella and Stagecoach promoter Golden voice, with tickets going on sale to the general public beginning on July 23, following a presale on July 22 for Santa Monica residents.

PITBULL SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD WITH LARGEST GATHERING OF BALD CAPS AT BST HYDE PARK SHOW: ‘WE DID IT BALDIES! DALE!’

What began as a quirky, silly homage to Pitbull's famously bald head turned into a world record on Friday night (July 10) when Mr. Worldwide made good on his vow to host the largest-ever gathering of people wearing bald caps. And, true to his word, Pitbull set a Guinness World Record during his headlining set at BST Hyde Park, when thousands of his fans showed up in their signature Pit drag of bald caps, aviator shades, white shirts, black ties and fake beards, an homage to his look in the “Back in Time” video from Men in Black 3.

MADONNA ACHIEVES 10TH NO. 1 ALBUM ON BILLBOARD 200 WITH ‘CONFESSIONS II’

Madonna earns her 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her new studio album, CONFESSIONS II, debuts atop the list dated July 18. With the arrival, the Queen of Pop gets her first No. 1 album of the 2020s and becomes the first act with a No. 1 album in the 2020s to have also topped the chart in three other decades.

Eminem joins Jay-Z on stage at Yankee Stadium to perform 'Renegade'

The "Renegade" pair was back at it again on Saturday night, as Eminem joined Jay-Z on stage during Jay's performance at Yankee Stadium in New York, where he was celebrating the 25th anniversary of his hit album "The Blueprint."

Eminem hit the stage alongside Jay to perform "Renegade," their collaboration from the 2001 album.

JONAS BROTHERS ADD THIRD CONCERT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOLLOWING ‘UNREAL’ DEMAND

Three is the magic number for Jonas Brothers’ New York fans.

The sibling trio add a third show at Madison Square Garden — home of the NBA champion Knicks — following “overwhelming demand” during the initial presale, reps say.

BTS MAKES EMOTIONAL RETURN TO LONDON AFTER 7-YEAR WAIT: BEST MOMENTS

It’s been seven years since global K-pop titans BTS performed in the U.K. The septet last looked out over the iconic red seats of Wembley Stadium back in 2019, but on Monday (July 6) — with a whole pandemic and a septet of staggered mandatory military enlistments behind us — they traversed the capital to arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where they’re performing two dates as part of their massive Arirang World Tour.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS CERTIFIES HARRY STYLES’ WEMBLEY STADIUM RUN AS VENUE’S LONGEST RESIDENCY EVER

Harry Styles has a handful of Guinness World Records with his former mates in One Direction, but on Saturday (July 4), the “Aperture” singer achieved a massive milestone in his solo career when his historic residency run at London’s Wembley Stadium was recognized by the Guinness team for a unique honor.

STEVIE NICKS PERFORMS AT TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE’S WEDDING AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Stevie Nicks brought a legendary touch to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding.

BTS KICKS OFF EUROPEAN LEG OF ARIRANG TOUR WITH HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT IN SPAIN: ‘LET’S GO CRAZY!’

Madrid was the starting point for the European leg of the BTS ARIRANG World Tour, but it also marked the end of a long wait for thousands of Spanish fans. More than 66,000 people, according to sources from Atlético de Madrid, attended the group’s first of two shows at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Friday (June 26).

SHAKIRA & BURNA BOY KICK UP LATEST OFFICIAL WORLD CUP HIT ON HOT 100 WITH ‘DAI DAI’

Goal! Shakira and Burna Boy debut on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated June 27) with “Dai Dai (FIFA World Cup Official Song 2026).” The song starts at No. 75 on the strength of 3.9 million official streams (up 47% week over week), 6 million airplay audience impressions (up 27%) and 2,000 sold (up 47%) in the United States June 12-18, according to Luminate.

MADONNA, SABRINA CARPENTER & A SURPRISE GUEST ARE QUEENS OF THE NIGHTCLUB IN ‘BRING YOUR LOVE’ VIDEO

Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter bring their love for dancing to the club in their new music video, which shows the two women coming together as queens of the night while joined by a special guest.

SHAKIRA DANCES WITH TIGERS & DEBUTS ‘DAI DAI’ AT 2026 U.S. TOUR KICK-OFF

Shakira is back on the road, with the superstar kicking off the new United States leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour with a bang on Saturday (June 13) and Sunday (June 14) in Los Angeles.

Harry Styles Grabs Wembley Stadium Crown as Historic Run Begins: 7 Best Moments

Recently, when Harry Styles was asked what he would consider his most iconic fashion moment, the answer was definitive: a red loveheart jumpsuit paired with a plain white tee, worn at Wembley Stadium, London in June 2022. It was a surprisingly functional ‘fit for a man otherwise known for flamboyant looks, but his answer revealed much more than just what he likes to pick off the rails.

WU-TANG CLAN BRING THE RUCKUS FOR NBA FINALS HALFTIME PERFORMANCE AT MSG

Wu-Tang Clan sparked the Knicks for a second-half comeback that is etched in the history books, as the home team overturned the biggest deficit in NBA playoffs history. Down at one stage by 29 points, the Knicks recorded a 107-106 win against the traveling Spurs are now one win away from the championship.

Cometh the hour, cometh the Wu-Tang Clan.

RUSH LAUNCHES FIFTY SOMETHING TOUR WITH POIGNANT, CAREER-SPANNING SHOW: FIVE BEST MOMENTS

There was a bittersweet quality to the first show of Rush's Fifty Something Tour, which began on Sunday (June 7) at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, the same place the legendary Canadian rock outfit concluded its last tour in 2015. While elements of these two performances were of course similar, including some overlap in the setlists, this time around the group is without a key element: its late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, who died of brain cancer in January of 2020.