Ahead of the release of her new album Daughter From Hell, Gracie Abrams has announced an expansive tour that will see her headlining arenas in North America, the U.K. and Europe.

The North American leg of the Look at My Life Tour begins in Denver, Colorado, on Dec. 2 and is currently set to wrap up on March following four shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Her schedule also includes four shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Holly Humberstone, Charlotte Lawrence, Bella Kay, Jensen McRae, Del Water Gap and The Japanese House will join as opening acts.

Gracie will then travel to Europe and the U.K. starting April 8; that leg ends in Barcelona on May 28.

Fans can now sign up for the presale at LiveNation.com, which begins June 2 at 9 a.m. local time. A Capitol One cardholder presale starts June 3, and tickets go on sale to the general public June 5 at 9 a.m. local time at shop.gracieabrams.com.

Gracie's new album arrives July 17. It features the new single "Hit the Wall."

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Olivia Rodrigo has recently been wearing babydoll dresses, which are a callback to outfits worn by female artists in the '90s alternative rock scene, including Hole's Courtney Love or Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna. Speaking to the New York Times Popcast, she says the criticism that she's gotten for wearing them is both upsetting and "disturbing."

When asked about the topic, Olivia said, "That’s been making me so upset. Not even for me. ...People can say whatever they want. What’s really disturbing is I feel like I actually wear — I have worn — outfits that are maybe revealing onstage. Like, I've been onstage in a sparkly bra and little shorts...which is my right. That's fine. I felt cool and comfortable in that."

"And like, that wasn't inappropriate? But me fully covered up in a dress that people deem to be, like, childlike, was inappropriate?" she questioned.

"I just think it just shows how we just really normalize pedophilia in our culture,” Olivia continued. “And also it’s just, like, this rhetoric that we’re fed as girls since we’re so little, which is, 'Don’t wear that because then a man is going to sexualize your body and it’s your fault.’ Like, it’s so weird.”

She went on to say that she didn't think she "looked sexy" in the babydoll dresses at all, noting, "I was like, 'This is so cool. I feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love, all these people who are my heroes, and I felt cool and comfortable in it."

She added, “I just think if we start dressing in a way that’s like, ‘I don’t want some f****** freak to think that I am sexy like a baby’ or some crazy thing like that, I think it’s losing the plot a little bit."

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When they're not doing music stuff as Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas also act. But just because they're famous doesn't mean they get every part they go up for. In the latest episode of the brothers' podcast, Hey Jonas!, Joe recalls the time he blew an audition for an Emmy-winning Apple TV series.

Explaining why being early doesn't always work out, Joe told a story about auditioning for The Morning Show; specifically, for the role of a news anchor who'd be a love interest for one of the show's stars, Jennifer Aniston. Joe showed up early, so they put him in a private room. But that meant that while he was waiting his turn, he could hear all the other actors auditioning "clear as day" and got intimidated.

"These guys were crushing it," Joe recalled. "I didn't bring headphones so I'm just like literally sitting in silence, reading the lines ... and I go in and I just, like, crash and burn." It seems he made the mistake of saying he didn't need a script, then proceeded to forget all his lines. 

When Nick asked him if that was his "worst" audition, Joe mentioned that something similar happened when he tried out for the part of Fiyero in the Wicked movies.

"There were, like, incredible theater vocalists I could hear, clear as day," Joe recalled. He didn't get that part either.

Nick then shared that he blew an audition when he met with the director, and asked him who was directing the movie. And Kevin Jonas revealed that when they were younger, he was told to his face, "I can clearly tell you don't have any acting experience."

Good thing they'll always have music to fall back on.

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Ariana Grande has announced that the video for her new single, "hate that i made you love me," will be out Monday at 11 a.m. ET. She's posted a snippet of her riding in the back seat of a car, driven by a desperate-looking guy. Just as the video ends, we hear her sing one word of the song: "I."  The song itself drops Friday.

In other Ariana Grande news, her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo tells Variety that during the seemingly endless press tours for the two films, “I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends. But that’s also because people don’t know me very well. If I’m a friend, then I’m a friend." According to Cynthia, she and Ari still text "almost every day."

For the eighth time in 11 years, Ed Sheeran is the most-played artist across radio, TV and public places in the U.K. According to PPL, which licenses the use of recorded music in that country, Ed's songs are played an average of 574 times per day, or 24 times per hour.

In her song "Adult Size Medium," Hilary Duff sings, "Was it a sip of wine or Aperol?" So it's not surprising that the orange apéritif is now an official sponsor of her upcoming lucky me tour. That means there will be Aperol Spritz Day Club pre-show experiences at select tour venues, bars and restaurants in cities Hilary visits. Plus, fans in select cities who are 21 and over can enter to win tickets to the show by registering at aperolsharethemoment.com.

BLACKPINK's dance video for "How You Like That" has hit 2 billion views; it's their third video to hit that milestone, following "Kill This Love” and “DDU-DU DDU-DU.”

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Madonna wrote on Instagram Wednesday of her new album, "Confessions II is a love letter to dance music and to all the spaces and communities that create it or enjoy it. The dance floor isn’t about a specific space or building, it’s wherever we gather to dance, celebrate and connect." But in the same post, she recommends that when listening to the album, people not gather together.

To promote the album, Madonna has teamed with Bilt.com, which helps members earn rewards based on their monthly housing payments. In a video to promote the partnership, Madonna is asked to describe the "ideal way" fans should listen to Confessions II. 

"By yourself, with nobody around and no distractions, from start to finish," she replies. "That's the most respectful way to listen to the album."

As part of her Bilt partnership, Madonna is offering Bilt members a version of the album with exclusive artwork. But perhaps the most interesting aspect of the partnership is that Bilt is paying one month of studio rent for every musician who is currently leasing space at The Music Building, a rehearsal space in midtown Manhattan where Madonna lived when she was a struggling artist with no money.

She says in a statement, "As much as I struggled when I showed up here with nothing, I look back very fondly on this time in my life. The creativity, diversity and community of artists all supporting each other while having the freedom to experiment is something I would have never experienced in another place.”

Members will also have a chance to win rent payments of up to $2,500.

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Pitbull announced in February that he's going to try to set a Guinness World Record during his July 10 show at London's Hyde Park for the most people wearing bald caps in one place. But now, he's asking for fans to help him pull off the singular feat.

Pitbull's Instagram page and the page for the festival at which he'll be performing, BST Hyde Park, posted a request for volunteers on Wednesday. "In case you missed it, we’re going for a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title with Mr Worldwide, @pitbull and we need a squad of legendary volunteers to help make it official," reads the post.

"Your mission (should you choose to accept it): Count the shiny-headed Bald-es in the crowd and help us make history. Ticket holders and non-ticket holders are welcome to sign up."

"What are we looking for: Legends who can count. That’s literally it," the post continues. "What’s in it for you? 
Witness a sea of bald caps in Hyde Park. Once the counting is complete, stay and enjoy Pitbull’s headline show. Be part of history."

You can sign up now to volunteer.

As for why he's doing this, Pitbull noticed in recent years that people of both sexes have been dressing up like him at his concerts, wearing suits and bald caps. After a U.K. radio station proposed that he try to go for the record, Pitbull and his team signed off on the attempt.

Speaking to The New York Times last June about why they were wearing bald caps, one fan said, “We have adult money, and this is what this generation is choosing to spend it on."

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In Vermont, it's the season of the tix. Specifically, tickets that can't be sold for an exorbitant amount above their face value.

The governor of Noah Kahan's home state of Vermont has signed bill H.512 into law, which caps the amount for which a ticket can be resold on the secondary market at 110 percent of its original price. The bill, which Kahan testified in support of, makes Vermont the only U.S. state to put a cap on secondary market ticket sales.

"What's happening in Vermont is the first step toward what we believe is going to be a trend that continues," Kahan's manager, Drew Simmons, tells The Boston Globe. "I think it is foundational to shifting the economic landscape to be a healthier place for artists."

Arguing against the bill, Brian Berry, who represents secondary market sites including StubHub and SeatGeek as the executive director of the Ticket Policy Forum, tells the Globe, "We are fundamentally opposed to arbitrary price caps."

"We think this will not solve for concerns about higher cost tickets because people can sell them elsewhere," Berry says.

Kahan will launch a U.S. tour in June in support of his new album, The Great Divide.

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You never know when Taylor Swift will see your Taylor Swift-centric content. That's what parents in Ohio experienced after a TikTok video featuring their young daughter and one of their neighbors went viral.

In the TikTok, an 8-year-old girl named Madeline hears her musician neighbor playing guitar on his porch. She writes him a note on a paper airplane requesting that he play a Taylor Swift song and throws it into his yard. After the girl's stepfather alerts the neighbor, Ethan Hayes, to the request, he plays "Love Story" as the little girl sings along while watching from her window.

The video quickly racked up millions of views — including one from Taylor.

As People reports, Taylor sent Madeline a guitar and a handwritten note, in which she told Madeline that she "brought the biggest smile to my face" with her request. She added, "I'm sending you your own guitar in case you ever want to learn too!"

Meanwhile, Taylor's team contacted Ethan and told him a gift was headed his way, as well.

“They're like, 'Hey, Taylor saw your video. We want to send you something. Don't tell anyone until it gets there,'" Ethan told People. "I was expecting maybe a signed poster or something. And then she sent us guitars, which is insane.”

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Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean released his solo EP Hi, My Name Is Alex on Nov. 27, his daughter's birthday, and his album My Name Is Alexander James on Jan. 9, which is his birthday. Now he's chosen another special day to reveal details of his upcoming solo tour.

"I'm so excited about my upcoming solo tour, I had to give you a sneak peek of some of the dates," he wrote on Instagram. "Tickets are on sale now! The full tour to be announced on Father’s Day, June 21st."

The dates he's revealed so far are Oct. 20 in Brooklyn, New York; Oct. 24 in Montclair, New Jersey; Oct. 25 in Huntington, New York; and Nov. 6 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 

"We are just getting started," he wrote on the post. "A few cities... A few nights... Only the beginning."

Based on those dates, it appears as though AJ is going to wait for Backstreet to finish all their live obligations for 2026 before hitting the road solo. They're scheduled to return to Sphere Las Vegas on July 16. After they finish there on Aug. 29, they'll take a brief break before heading to Germany for their residency in Dusseldorf, which runs from Sept. 25 through Oct. 7.

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JoJo was all set to take over the starring role in the Broadway musical CHESS from Lea Michele next month — until the show was canceled.

Despite being nominated for five Tony Awards, the show — with music and lyrics by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus — will now close on June 21. The "Leave (Get Out)" singer was supposed to make her debut as Florence Vassy on June 23. It would have been her second stint on Broadway, following an appearance in Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

When the closing date was announced on Instagram, the account @broadwayworks commented that it hoped JoJo might be able to swap in "as the alternate for these last few weeks or something," adding, "she deserves some shows!!" 

JoJo replied, "was supposed to start first day of rehearsals TODAY. so bummed. all my love to the company."

Fans chimed in, with some saying they had purchased tickets specifically to see her and others offering condolences to her. "you were robbed sis," one wrote.

JoJo is best known for her hits "Leave (Get Out) and "Too Little Too Late," as well as her million-selling 2004 debut album JoJo. In 2024, she published her New York Times bestselling memoir, Over the Influence.

JoJo is also featured on Jonas Brothers' live album Friends From Your Hometown, which documents the night she joined them onstage during their Greetings From Your Hometown tour.

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Lady Gaga's MAYHEM Ball tour out-earned everyone else for the first half of the year.

That's according to Billboard Boxscore, which tracks concert earnings. In the publication's midyear Top Tours chart — which covers Oct. 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026 — Gaga ranked #1, taking in just over $236 million and selling 1.2 million tickets. 

According to Billboard, that's the biggest midyear gross in the history of Boxscore, which dates back to 1991. The previous record was held by U2, who grabbed just under $231 million from their shows at Sphere Las Vegas two years ago. But as the publication notes, U2 earned that much because their Sphere tickets averaged around $370. Gaga's tour, meanwhile, had 52 stops, offering more shows for a lower price of around $200 per ticket.

During the midyear period, Gaga performed in the U.K., Europe, Australia, Japan and the U.S. 

The tour, which ran from July 2025 to April 2026, concluded with an overall gross of around $363 million, making it one of the 10 biggest tours ever by a female artist.

Instead of a standard concert film, though, Gaga recently released an Apple Music film documenting a special one-night-only performance in LA. During the show, she performed songs from her MAYHEM album in a completely different way than she did on the tour.

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Fergie unexpectedly showing up at the American Music Awards to accept an award with her Black Eyed Peas bandmates has fans of 2000s pop in their feelings — and begging for a reunion.

Fergie officially left BEP in 2018, and since then, the group has carried on with singer J. Rey Soul in her place. Will.i.am, Taboo and Apl.de.ap remained friendly with Fergie, but the group's appearance as a quartet on the AMAs was the first time they'd been publicly seen together in years.

After the group's 2010 single "Rock That Body" won the best throwback song award on Monday night, the group posted footage of the moment, alongside the caption, "From 2010 to 2026, the energy never stopped. It’s crazy to see how this song keeps moving through time, from the era it came out to a whole new generation rocking with it today." 

In the comments, fans called for Fergie to rejoin the group. "FERGIE, PLEASE COME BACK TO THE BEP. WE ALL NEED THIS!!!" wrote one. "WE NEED FERGIE BACK TO BEP," wrote another.

"My heart is melting seeing u all together again," read a third comment. "Come back and rock that body, Fergie Ferg!" a fourth fan wrote.

On Fergie's Instagram account, another fan penned, "This four together could make the world a happier place again."

Other comments included, "PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM TOGETHER OMFG," "We need them back," and "Who else waiting for the announcement of WORLD TOUR in Fergie’s speech."

When Fergie initially left the group, will.i.am said she wanted to focus on being a mother to her son, Axl Jack Duhamel, who she shares with her ex-husband, Josh Duhamel. She shouted out Axl in her acceptance speech Monday night.

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Miley Cyrus has many pets, including dogs, cats and horses, but she just added a new one to her menagerie. According to Wags and Walks, a nonprofit animal rescue group, Miley adopted a 20-year-old tortoise named Teru from them. "When we heard that @mileycyrus was hoping to adopt a tortoise, we knew we had to help make the connection happen. After a little coordination, the stars aligned, and Teru officially found his forever home with Miley," the charity wrote on Instagram, sharing photos of Miley feeding her new pet.

Olivia Rodrigo has already released two videos for songs from her upcoming album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, but she's apparently filmed another one. She was photographed during the shoot standing on a New York City street while surrounded by dancers in pink tutus. 

Ariana Grande is releasing her new single, "hate that I made you love me," on Friday, and so far all we've heard from it are some electronic bleeps and bloops. But on Tuesday she shared what seems to be a lyric from the song. She posted a photo of herself and captioned it, "cause i barely tried."

KATSEYE's performance at the American Music Awards gave fans a preview of what to expect on their upcoming WILDWORLD TOUR, but it may be hard to get tickets. The trek, which will see the group playing in the U.K., Europe and North America, sold out in just 48 hours. Shows were added in London, New York, LA and Mexico City, but those have also sold out. The tour launches Sept. 1 in Dublin, Ireland.

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The dates for the Kehlani World Tour have been announced, with 33 stops currently on the schedule. 

The tour kicks off on Aug. 6 at The Armory in Minneapolis, before moving on to Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Atlanta and other cities across North America. It wraps Oct. 3 with a hometown show in San Francisco.

As previously reported, Kehlani will be joined on the road by special guests Durand Bernarr, Isaia Huron, The Artist and Waseel. An artist presale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, followed by additional presales taking place throughout the week. Tickets then go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time at kehlaniworldtour.com.

As part of the singer's partnership with PLUS1, a nonprofit that helps "leading artists, events, and brands in helping to unlock funding and build visibility," $1 per ticket will benefit The Kehlani Fund by Live Nation.

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Bruno Mars is giving fans a look at his current The Romantic tour.

He's released a live video performance of his single "Risk It All," which was filmed on tour. Since it's the first song in his set, the video shows the curtain rising to reveal Bruno standing alone onstage, with a huge sign reading "The Romantic" hanging above him. As he sings the song, a video animation of a stained glass window appears behind him. 

After he hits a long note, he says, "Ladies and gentlemen, The Hooligans." The lights come up and another curtain opens to reveal his band and a full horn section, who join him for a bit. As the song ends, the lights go down again, the curtain closes and Bruno is standing alone onstage once again.

While Bruno didn't attend Monday's American Music Awards, he ended up winning three trophies: best male R&B artist, best R&B song for "I Just Might" and best R&B album for The Romantic. The tour continues Wednesday in Toronto, Canada.

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Olivia Rodrigo has revealed the track list for her new album, and she's divided the album thematically into two sections that reflect the dichotomy of its title, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

The first section is called "girl so in love," and the second one is "you seem pretty sad." The first single, "drop dead," is in the first section, while the second single, "the cure," is in the second one.

The first section also includes songs called "stupid song," "honeybee," "maggots for brains," "u + me = <3," "my way" and "purple." 

The second section's tracks include "begged," which Olivia debuted on Saturday Night Live, along with "what's wrong with me," "less," "expectations" and "cigarette smoke."

"only 3 weeks till the album is yours!!! i can’t wait for you guys to hear these songs," Olivia wrote on Instagram.

Meanwhile, the Spotify Billions Club concert Olivia recently filmed in Barcelona, Spain, will drop on the streaming platform on Wednesday. You can get a sneak peek in a video posted on Instagram.

Liv has a total of nine songs that have each racked up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify. According to Setlist.fm, she played most of them at the show and a handful of others, including "drop dead," "bad idea, right?" and "get him back!"

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Post Malone and Selena Gomez have had their own OREO flavors, and now BTS is the latest act to team up with the iconic cookie for a signature flavor. 

The group helped create the limited-edition flavor, with cream filling inspired by a popular Korean street food called hotteok: a warm, brown sugar-stuffed pancake. The outside of the cookie is purple, which is BTS' signature color.

Each cookie features one of 13 different embossed designs, including the names of the band members, a picture of a BTS light stick and, according to a press release, "three cookies that form a special message to BTS fans."

The group says in a statement, "For OREO to be the first snacking brand we've collaborated with globally is a huge honor. We ate them as kids, we eat them in the studio, and now OREO is helping us share a taste of home with the world."

The cookies will be available for presale starting June 1 at OREO.com/UnwrapTheCollab, where you can also get a look at them. They'll start hitting shelves on June 8 and will only be available for a limited time. 

Also starting on June 8, fans can scan the QR code on the cookie packages, or visit OREOBTS.com to write a digital letter to BTS, in a campaign to create "the world's largest love letter" to the group. Fans who submit letters have a chance to win exclusive prizes.

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Demi Lovato and her husband, Jordan "Jutes" Lutes, celebrated their first anniversary on Monday, but they were apart, because both of them are currently on tour: Jutes was performing in Amsterdam, while Demi was performing in Houston.

Still, the couple made time to create sweet Instagram posts for each other, featuring many photos of their wedding day.  "1 year married to the one i love the most, my best friend and my favorite human @jutesmusic," Demi wrote. "365 days ago i stood across from u reciting my vows, thinking it wasn’t possible to love u anymore than i already do, but here we r a year later, and somehow i love u even more than that."

Demi went on to say that it's been the best year of her life, and listed some of the couple's favorite activities, like, "leaving parties early to go get taco bell together" and "doing goofy s*** trying to out-weird each other."

"these r memories i cherish and cannot wait to make more of. i love u so much.. happy anniversary baby!!" she concluded. In the comments, Jordan wrote, "I will never ever know how I ended up with someone as special as u. My favorite human and my whole universe. I love u so much baby."

In his own post, Jordan added, "You’re SO clearly my soulmate and the best friend I’ve ever had. Can’t wait to see you and devour your face. I love you beyond words baby."

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Alex Warren and country superstar Luke Combs released a live duet version of Alex's hit "Ordinary" last year, recorded at Lollapalooza. On Monday night, the two reunited onstage to perform the song again.

On Alex's Instagram Story, footage shows the two singing the song during the encore of Alex's show at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, the first North American date of his current tour. Alex captioned the video, "HUGE thank you to Luke Combs for letting me sing your song :)."

Of course, "Ordinary" is Alex's song, but his comment likely referred to something Luke posted earlier this year. In February, the "Fast Car" singer performed a solo version of "Ordinary" at a show in Athens, Georgia, and wrote, "Didn’t have @alexwarren with me this time but hopefully I did Ordinary justice." Alex replied in the comments, "ITS YOUR SONG NOW LUKE."

Alex's show also featured two unreleased songs: "Passenger," which he's been teasing online, and "Same Stars."

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Paul McCartney thinks Taylor Swift's global fame is similar to the level of superstardom he once experienced with The Beatles — though he wouldn't presume to give her any advice about it.

While appearing on BBC Radio 2, McCartney was asked how he perceives Taylor's fame compared to that of his former group, and whether he'd offer advice to her or any other current pop superstars. "Absolutely, yeah," the Beatles legend responded. "And you do see the parallel, y'know, like the fame and the amount of fame and the worldwide fame that Taylor Swift has and that we had. But I don't think she needs any advice, [to] tell you the truth!"

"If she asked for it, I definitely would," McCartney, 83, continued. "Because I'm like the older brother to that generation, y'know. Or, more like the grandad, actually."

McCartney also shared that he recently met many of today's female pop stars at a party thrown by his wife, Nancy Shevell, and daughter, designer Stella McCartney, whom he said are "very good at getting cool people to a party." Guests included Taylor, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish.

"I ended up chatting to them all," he said, adding, "They're really cool people. They're very good. So basically to answer your question, I like their voices. If they needed any advice, yeah, I would be happy to give it, but I don't think they do."

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