Author: Lars Brandle

Shady’s back…at No. 1 in the U.K. Eminem glides to the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (via Interscope), published Friday, July 19. The Rap God’s latest LP chalks up 45,000 combined units in the chart week, according to the Official Charts Company, drawing him level […]

Kylie Minogue’s brilliant year keeps sparkling with “My Oh My”, her new collaboration with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo. Produced by Steve Mac (Calvin Harris, Little Mix, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, P!nk), “My Oh My” dropped in the small hours of Thursday morning via BMG, following teases earlier in the week. A sophisticated and polished […]

More than 20 years after its release, The Killers’ “Mr Brightside” continues to break records and collect awards. The American alternative rock act was this week presented with two Guinness World Records, for its extraordinary chart success in the United Kingdom. With a total of 416 weeks — and counting — on the Official U.K. […]

Lady Gaga bid a tearful farewell to her landmark Jazz & Piano concerts at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live Theater inside Park MGM on Saturday, July 6. Throughout the two-hour performance, Gaga hinted at an eventual return to the Strip, gave a shout-out to her dad and boyfriend in attendance, and praised her jazz mentor, Tony […]

Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons, Billboard senior editor Lyndsey Havens and VibeLab co-founder Lutz Leichsenring join the second wave of speakers locked-in for Bigsound 2024, Australia’s annual conference and showcase extravaganza. Also confirmed to this year’s lineup is Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd and Live Nation’s Kamran Haq, senior national promoter at the concerts giant […]

First Glastonbury Festival, now Dua Lipa has her sights set on Wembley Stadium. Fresh from playing the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury over the weekend, the “One Kiss” singer announces a date at Wembley Stadium next summer for what will be her biggest headlining concert in her homeland. Lipa is booked to play the 90,000-capacity venue […]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse press pause on their Love Earth trek, following illness among the touring party. The show will stop for the foreseeable future to allow bandmates to recover from illness, explains a post on Young’s official website, the Neil Young Archives The Love Earth Tour, their first trek together in a decade, […]

Forget the summer of Sabrina Carpenter. The U.S. pop star is also warming-up Australia’s chart through the southern winter. Carpenter scores her second leader in less than two months as “Please Please Please” (Island/Universal) lifts 4-1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, for its first stint at the top. Her first leader, the platinum-certified “Espresso,” holds […]

Kevin Costner has poured cold water all over those rumors of a romance with Jewel. The Yellowstone star stopped by SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday (June 18) to promote his new movie Horizon: An American Saga – and break his silence on that dating chatter. He’s not hooked up, not in in love […]

Coldplay announced the release date for their 10th studio album on Monday morning (June 17). Produced by Max Martin, Moon Music will arrive Oct. 4, and is led-off by LP’s first single, “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” which, as previously reported, drops this Friday (June 21). Chris Martin and the band gave fans a taste of things to come […]