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Kacey Musgraves is officially on the road for her Middle of Nowhere tour this fall, bringing her seventh studio album to cities across the U.S.
The musician kicked off her Middle of Nowhere 2026 tour on Aug. 21 in Chicago at United Center before continuing with stops in Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, Phoenix and Los Angeles. The U.S. leg will conclude in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena on Oct. 27. Tickets to Musgraves’ remaining 2026 tour dates are still available online, including through Ticketmaster.
Musgraves scored the highest debut of her career with Middle of Nowhere, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 100,000 units in its first week. The album surpassed her 2024 release Deeper Well, which opened with 97,000 units. The tour features tracks from Middle of Nowhere, including “Dry Spell,” “Coyote” and “Loneliest Girl,” plus a particularly eye-catching stage prop: a giant disco ball shaped like human testicles that made its debut during the tour’s opening night in Chicago.
The sparkly set piece has since become one of the tour’s most talked-about moments, with Musgraves joking about it during her Sept. 1 show at Madison Square Garden. “My manager didn’t tell me no,” she quipped while performing “Rhinestoned.”
Below, we’ll be showing you where you can buy affordable tickets to Musgraves’ 2026 tour. We’ve also included promo codes to bump pricing down further.
General admission for Musgraves’ tour went on sale Friday, May 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. The site has a slew of tickets still available post-general sale, with pricing going for as low as $50.55 at some venues. The ticketing service offers a fan guarantee, which allows for cancellations, refunds or exchanges within 24 hours of booking. However, these options are subject to certain exclusions.
A great third-party option for buying Musgraves tickets is StubHub. With a quick look, we’ve seen tickets going for as low as $73. StubHub often has great deals on ticket sets, marking them down with deals for you and a friend up to 44% off.
For example, a set of tickets available for Musgraves’ Boston show retails for $130, down from $235. The site will mark specific venues with these deals, utilizing a “great value” badge so you won’t miss out on markdowns.
To help you plan your ticket-buying approach, StubHub will notify ticket buyers which venues are selling out fastest. The platform makes buying tickets easy with its “FanProtect Guarantee,” which protects purchases with authentic tickets and refund policies. Plus, if your event is canceled and not rescheduled, you will receive a credit worth 120% of the amount you paid, or the option of a cash refund.
More options for affordable ticketing to Musgraves’ tour can be found on SeatGeek. A quick click through the website reveals tickets for the singer’s tour going for as low as $60. To make ticketing even more affordable on SeatGeek, you can use promo code BILLBOARD10 at checkout to receive $10 off. The ticketing service features a buyer guarantee that ensures easy ticket purchases every time.
Another great option is Vivid Seats. At the time of publication, Musgraves‘ tickets are selling for as low as $59 at venues like the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The site has some of the lowest pricing we’ve seen on our search thus far, beyond Ticketmaster.
If you’re looking to make ticketing on Vivid Seats even more affordable, you can use our promo code BB30 to snag $30 off your purchase. The ticketing service offers a 100% buyer guarantee that vows your transaction will be secure, that your tickets will be delivered before your event, and that those tickets will be valid and authentic.
TicketNetwork is yet another option we’ve found that has pretty affordable ticketing to Musgraves’ tour. Pricing starts at $63 at some venues, a steal when compared to pricing via other ticketing sites. When you search for tickets on TicketNetwork, you can use our code BILLBOARD300 to save $300 off orders of $1,000 or more, or code BILLBOARD150 to save $150 off orders of $500 or higher.
Gametime is a third-party site with really great pricing on Musgraves’ tour. As we searched through the site, we found pricing starting in the $60 range for venues in Milwaukee, Brooklyn and Chicago to make shopping for the perfect ticket even easier, Gametime will notify you when certain venues and dates are discounted. You’ll see indicators on your search that will tell you which venues are in high demand, a helpful tool for preplanning your attack plan when purchasing tickets.
When purchasing tickets through Gametime, the ticketing site guarantees that buyers are protected in the event that their concert is unexpectedly canceled. Tickets will arrive on time at the most affordable price. If you do happen to find lower pricing elsewhere, Gametime will hook users up with 110% of the difference.
Billie Eilish will be surrounded by an all-star cast when she makes her feature film acting debut in director Sarah Polley’s anticipated adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel The Bell Jar. According to Variety, two-time Oscar winner Eilish will play the main character Esther Greenwood in the big screen version of Plath’s semi-autobiographical book about an aspiring writer juggling a magazine summer internship in New York as she struggles with anxiety and societal expectations on women of the 1950s.
The only novel written by Plath, who died by suicide a month after the book was released in the U.K., was first adapted for the screen in 1979, with several stalled attempts to reboot it for the cinema over the past two decades as vehicles for Julia Stiles and Dakota Fanning. Variety reported that production has wrapped on the movie that Polley (Women Talking) directed from her own screenplay.
In addition to Eilish, the cast will reportedly feature Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan playing Esther’s mother, Mrs. Greenwood, as well as Danielle Deadwyler (P-Valley) playing Esther’s psychiatrist, Dr. Nolan, The Studio‘s Ike Barinholtz as wealthy N.Y. radio host Lenny, Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie as blind date from hell Marco and Dylan Hawco (Youngblood) as Esther’s first boyfriend, Buddy Willard.
The cast for the Focus Features film will also include Lily Taylor (To the Bone) as Jay Cee, the editor of Ladies’ Day magazine, where Esther is hired as an intern, Ella Beatty (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) as old friend Joan and Maggie Kuntz (The Gilded Age) as Doreen, a fellow intern and Esther’s best friend in N.Y.
Though the adaptation marks Eilish’s first movie role, she has dabbled in acting before. In 2023 she made her acting debut in an episode of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ Amazon Prime limited series Swarm. She also has two Oscars on the shelf already, both for Best Original Song, first in 2022 for the James Bond theme song “No Time to Die” and again in 2024 for the Barbie movie ballad “What Was I Made For?”
No release date has been announced for the film yet.
Travis Garland brought out something dangerous for his quarterfinals appearance on America’s Got Talent.
NBC’s talent quest is hurtling towards the pointy end of season 21. For the latest live round, which aired Tuesday night (Sept. 8), the axe swung and seven out of 10 hopefuls were eliminated from the competition.
With everything at stake, Garland pumped it up with a fiery cover of Ariana Grande‘s “Dangerous Woman,” a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2016. Looking confident, and sounding very much on-point, Garland’s version was soulful and stripped down to its drawers, a clever tactic that showcased the depth and range of his vocals.
Mel B went first, and she spoke right from the heart. “Wow, wow, wow, wowza, wow, wow, wow. Oh my god, I’ve said it to you before… you can sing,” she enthused. No, the Spice Girl wouldn’t have chosen that particular song, “but you made it your own. You killed it. Your trills, your everything,” she noted. “Oh. My. God.”
Guest judge Heidi Klum is a fan, too. “I loved everything about you,” the German model acknowledged. “You have an amazing voice, you have great stage presence.” Klum then broke the fourth wall by staring down the camera and telling viewers, “vote for him.”
Sofía Vergara was convinced the singer could go all the way. “Your voice is definitely one of the best voices in this competition. It’s flawless, it’s spectacular,” she remarked. “I think you could have picked any song and it was going to sound amazing. That was breathtaking.”
Howie Mandel went last. “I really truly believe that in season 21, out of any solo singing act, you are by far the best. Your control, your range.” Mandel also looked down the lens and told fans at home to cast their votes.
With all that glowing praise from the judging panel, would Garland cruise through to the semis? Of course he did. He’s joined by comedian and singer Cesar Dias (with a ridiculous performance of “Unchained Melody”) and illusionists Young & Strange, while dance act Unitree Robots advances to the finals after earing Vergara’s Golden Buzzer.
Hailing from Lubbock, TX, Garland’s voice is familiar to superfans of Dancing With the Stars, where he’s mostly behind the scenes as a live vocalist. He shimmied onto the AGT stage during the auditions in July, and made an impact with Aerosmith’s 1970s classic “Dream On.”
Watch Garland’s latest performance and the results of quarterfinals 4 below.
Watching Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger, Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders)’s exhilarating portrait of Oasis’ long-awaited return, the Gallagher brothers remain perfectly-calibrated opposites: Liam, instinctive and gloriously unpredictable; Noel, dry, watchful and incapable of resisting a good put-down.
But one of the great pleasures of the reunion documentary, opening in cinemas this week (Sept. 9), is seeing how much affection now exists beneath all the familiar friction. Throughout, Noel is genuinely enthralled by Liam’s presence — at one point declaring that Liam putting a tambourine on his head during last year’s Live ‘25 Tour as “the coolest f—ing thing in the world” and describing him simply as “delightful” to be around. Liam, meanwhile, is relentless in trying to make his elder sibling laugh at any given moment.
It’s surreal viewing, to put it lightly. After 16 years apart, the brothers returned to the stage last summer for 41 shows, taking Oasis across the world and into stadiums filled with both lifelong devotees and a striking new generation of fans. Knight’s film follows the journey from the tense first rehearsals — including one dramatic scene in which Liam disappears from the room before the last chord of “Champagne Supernova” rolls out — through to the gigs themselves, capturing the band as they lead enormous crowds in singing their hearts out. Along the way, the film shows how the reunion took on a different character in each city, shaped by the fans’ reactions and rituals, while making clear that Oasis no longer belongs to just the generation that grew up with them in the 1990s.
The joy of seeing the band back together is also inseparable from the knowledge of how spectacularly things fell apart the first time in 2009. As the documentary reminds us, Oasis’ final show ended before it began, with the band pulling out of Paris’ Rock en Seine festival after a backstage altercation between Liam and Noel, who walked away from the band that night. Knight, alongside filmmakers Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, who directed 2016’s Oasis: Supersonic, get unprecedented access to the brothers as they prepare to return to the stage, allowing their individual accounts of the split (“It was disgraceful,” Noel says at one point) — and their feelings about each other now — to gradually emerge.
What follows is a collection of moments that bring the reality of such a high-stakes reunion into focus: Liam explaining that he treated the songs with “respect” by giving up drinking and smoking before the shows; the striking evidence of just how good his voice sounds; and Noel, visibly overwhelmed on opening night in Cardiff, saying he nearly needed a “time out” to exhale and take in what is happening.
Here are five standout scenes from Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger.
Ciara is expecting her fifth child. The singer announced her pregnancy on Sunday (Sept. 6) in an Instagram post that she captioned, “One more person to love.”
Baby No. 5, whose name has yet to be revealed, will be Ciara’s fourth kid with her husband, former NFL star Russell Wilson; the couple wed in 2016. Ciara welcomed her eldest child with previous partner Future in 2014.
Ciara’s family update on Sunday included a sweet reel that shows her adding a tiny onesie on a clothesline. In the video, she grins as the camera reveals her baby bump and her hand forms the number five.
A still image then shows Ciara posing with the clothesline, which holds five shirts (including the onesie). The names of each of Ciara’s first four children — Future, Sienna, Win and Amora — each adorn a shirt, while the onesie is blank, leaving baby’s name a surprise.
Russell joins his wife in the next clip, smiling, while another slide shows an adorable member of the family playing photographer.
Ciara hit the road on Missy Elliott’s tour, which also featured Busta Rhymes and Timbaland, in 2024, and performed at several live events in 2025, when she also released her eighth studio album, CICi.
Just a few weeks ago, she was on the mid-August lineup of BitterSweet Festival in Poznań, Poland. Fan footage from her performance shows she wore biker shorts topped with an oversized, loose-fitting tunic that would’ve concealed any sign of a growing belly.
See Ciara’s pregnancy announcement on Instagram.
The Gallagher brothers of Oasis brought some rock star energy to a sleepy, and sweaty, Venice Film Festival Saturday (Sept. 5), where the documentary about their reunion tour made its world premiere. And like true rock stars, after giving a few waves for photographers on the Lido docks, they skipped the whole “news conference” bit.
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, is part concert film and part exploration of the contentious relationship between Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher, whose long-held feud led to Oasis disbanding in 2009 in spectacularly theatrical fashion after a backstage altercation moments before they were due on stage in Paris.
Noel infamously said his brother is “the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
Liam told the Guardian in 2018 that his brother “did me out, mate, he threw me under the (expletive) bus, and I won’t forget that. He split the band up and it meant the world to me. Just to further his career.”
The band was founded in working-class Manchester, England, in 1991, and became one of the most popular British acts of the 1990s, hitting No. 1 with their debut album Definitely Maybe in 1994. Their 1995 follow up, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? became one of the U.K.’s bestselling albums of all time.
The film looks at the phenomenon of Oasis and the prickly personalities behind the hit songs, most of which were written by the elder Gallagher brother, Noel, from “Wonderwall” to “Live Forever.” It includes never-before-seen rehearsals (where everyone tenses as Liam walks in) and what was, then at least, their first joint interview in 25 years.
In 2025, the brothers ended a 16-year hiatus with a reunion tour that kicked off in Cardiff, Wales to an ecstatic, all-ages crowd of more than 60,000. Many worried that like in Paris in 2009, it might not actually happen. But the show went on, with former Oasis members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer on guitar, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Joey Waronker.
The Associated Press wrote at the time that songs like “Supersonic” and “Roll With It,” “sounded as thunderous as ever and sparked mass sing-alongs.”
Steven Knight, who is credited as the writer of the documentary, said he and Noel wanted to explore the question of why the music endured, not just with fans who experienced it in the ’90s but with the next generation as well that culminated in such intense demand for reunion tour tickets.
Filmmakers Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace spoke to the brothers separately before the rehearsals had started, and then together while the tour was in full swing, to reflect the true progression of the relationship.
“We set out to make a film about the reconciliation of two brothers, infamous for their volatile relationship, but we also wanted to make a film about the power of music and the way Oasis’ songs have continued to have a life of their own, as the band lay dormant for 15 years,” the filmmakers said in their directors’ statement. “The documentary, like the reunion and the tour, took on a life of its own.”
The filmmakers said their goal was to make their cameras and presence invisible to the band during rehearsals. At the concerts, they wanted to make the audience feel like they were there as well. The film also focuses on various fans from around the world.
“Sometimes you might just bump into someone with a dog called Bonehead and that becomes part of the story,” Southern said.
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger will be in theaters shortly after the festival. Disney is giving Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger an IMAX release on Sept. 11, and it’s expected to arrive on the Disney+ streaming service later this year.
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With all of the excitement and fun during the summer of 2026, it’s time to take a break to celebrate the end of the season — especially with the beginning of the fall a few weeks away.
For shoppers, the Labor Day weekend also offers up a chance to save some money online, with Halloween, Black Friday in November and Christmas down the line. With economic worries continuing, retail analysts say shoppers are searching for marked down prices and deals with inflation looming and budgets shrinking.
However, retailers across the internet, like Amazon, Best Buy, Coach Outlet, Dick’s Sporting Goods and others, are boasting deep discounts during Labor Day weekend on all sorts of items, including the latest fashions, footwear, tech, kitchenware, bedroom essentials and more. The holiday isn’t just for cheap mattresses anymore.
In fact, ShopBillboard found the best deals online from different retails from A to Z.
For Labor Day weekend, Abercrombie & Fitch is offering up to 40% off apparel for men and women, while the retailer is also offering an additional 20% off list prices on all clearance items. And, orders over $99 can get for free shipping.
Although Amazon just had Prime Day back in June, the retail giant is having another big sale event with up to 45% off list prices for Labor Day. We found vacuum cleaners on sale for up to 40% off, while Beats by Dre headphones are 45% off retail. Plus, select mattresses are marked down by up to 38% off list price. All weekend long, you’ll find deals on fall essentials, end of summer wears, back-to-school tech and much more.
Although Best Buy has great deals on tech for Labor Day with savings up to 45% off, the retailer has massive discounts on home appliances from brands, like Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, Bosch and others.
Shoppers can save up to 70% off select styles for Labor Day, while Coach Outlet is offering an an extra 20% off in savings.
For Labor Day, Dick’s Sporting Goods has its annual “Epic Shoe Sale,” which offers up to 30% off select sneaker styles and brands, like Adidas, Nike, On Running and others. Additionally, you can take up to 60% off select clearance items. And, some of the other best deals on the Dick’s website right now: You can get up to 20% off select Under Armour gear.
Throughout Labor Day weekend, Everlane is offering up to 70% select summer styles for men and women, while shoppers can get an additional 20% off styles too.
With the upcoming 2026 NFL season, starting on Sept. 9, fans can get up to 50% off NFL jerseys and gear for Labor Day weekend on Fanatics. Gear starts as low as just $1.99 for car decals.
First off, you can get 15% off just for signing up for Gap’s email newsletter. And for Labor Day, shoppers can get up to 60% off clearance items with an addition 50% off select items. Styles start at just $9.
From wrist leaches to living room sectionals, you can save up to 60% from Huckberry for Labor Day. Additionally, you can get a 10% off coupon, if you sign up for the retailer’s newsletter.
It might be time to upgrade your home decor. IKEA has a few key deals sitewide during Labor Day. Throughout the holiday weekend, shoppers can save up to 40% off select HEMNES bathroom furniture and fixtures, as well as up to 20% off select TROFAST system storage solutions.
Sign up for Journeys free rewards program to get $10 off your first purchase $75+ and get free shipping. But for Labor Day, shoppers can get up to 78% select shoe styles, including retail exclusives, like the Vans Old Skool Floral Embroidery Skate Shoe for women.
At Kohl’s, shoppers get get up to whopping 85% off all clearance items, including men’s and women’s clothing, home essentials, small appliances, beauty, toys and others, throughout Labor Day weekend. Plus, shoppers can also get an extra 50% off select items.
At Lee’s Warehouse, you can get up to 50% select styles, along with 20% off if you sign up for the retailer’s email newsletter. Shoppers can get free shipping too with orders over $25.
Expiring at the end of the day on Monday, Sept. 7, shoppers can get up to 70% off sitewide for Labor Day. This includes new arrivals and fall fashion essentials, as well as clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry, home goods, furniture and other catagories.
With an extra 25% select clearance items, Nordstrom Rack has thousands upon thousands of styles on sale right now, including new markdowns on designer brands like Good American, ASTR the Label, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, Cole Haan, Longchamp, Coach and others. There’s also discounts on jewelry too.
Old Navy’s Labor Day sale offers up to 70% off most items sitewide, including up to 40% off new arrivals for fall. It’s a good time to stock up on basics, while shoppers can get an extra 10% off purchases when signing up for text alerts.
Over at PacSun, shoppers can get up to 50% off select items in all categories sitewide. Plus, the retailer is offering free shipping on most orders. Meanwhile, shoppers can also get up to 70% off all clearance items.
QVC’s “End-of-Summer” sale is going on now with discounts on select items for up to 50% list and bundle prices. The sale event even includes an additional marked down of up to 50% off clearances items. At QVC, you can save big on fashion, tech, home essentials, patio items and more.
At REI, it’s time for the retailer’s “Late Summer” sale on men’s and women’s wear, camping essentials, recreation equipment and more with savings up to 50% off list prices. And, if you’re a member of the retailer’s reward program, you can get an additional 20% off one REI Outlet item.
Shop these awesome Labor Day deals with Skechers. Through the holiday weekend, shoppers can save up to 40% on select styles sitewide.
Target has deals on all sorts of items and categories for Labor Day with up to 35% off kitchen items, up to 30% off sports apparel, and up to 20% off organization and storage. Order online and pick it up for free at your nearest Target store location.
At Urban Outfitters, you can take an extra 40% off all sales items and styles when you purchase online.
For activewear, Vuori has a Labor Day sale where shoppers can save up to 40% on select items across categories, such as leggings, joggers, tank tops, jackets, shorts and more.
Sign up for Walmart+ and get an entire year of Paramount+ or Peacock for free, a savings up to $109 per year. You can try the subscription service for as little as $1 for one month or use, or $98 per year. Learn more about Walmart+ here.
Over at Yeti, you can save up to 30% off select drinkware and accessories for Labor Day, including mugs, bottles, backpacks, coolers, jugs and more.
Zara’s Labor Day sale marks down men’s and women’s clothes, shoes and fashions by up to 40% off list prices.
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KATSEYE fans are bringing the “Flame” to the Wildworld tour, one lightstick at a time. The band kicked off their tour in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 1, 2026, before bringing the tour to the U.K. The group will continue across Europe before heading to North America, with their first show scheduled for Oct. 13 in Miami, Florida.
For fans attending these shows, the official KATSEYE lightstick is an essential concert accessory. So far, the group has released just one official lightstick, which debuted in 2025 and includes a lightstick, strap, dust bag, six official photocards and an oh-so helpful instruction manual. Known as the Eyelighter, the lightstick features a hexagonal star design inspired by each KATSEYE member and can sync with specific songs during live concerts and synchronized events.
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The KATSEYE official lightstick combines a clear globe featuring the group’s signature cat-eye-inspired emblem with a sleek white handle. It offers color-changing effects, Bluetooth connectivity and concert synchronization, making it a fun way for fans to actually be part of the show.
Some venues may play instructions on the big screen before the show starts to help fans set up their light sticks. However, it’s best to set everything up in advance in the app before you leave for the show.
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Some Little People sets are toys, while others become instant collector favorites, like Disney’s Frozen nine-figure set. The franchise behind the Billboard Hot 100 top five hit “Let It Go” teamed up with Fisher-Price on an Amazon-exclusive set featuring a carry-along castle case packed with nine characters: Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven, Grand Pabbie, Bulda, Pebble and Marshmallow. With more than a thousand purchased in the past month, the Frozen Little People set is one of many music-themed releases demonstrating the popularity of these tiny figures.
The official *NSYNC Little People Collector set, for instance, quickly became a standout music release, selling out almost immediately as ’90s nostalgia fueled demand. The Britney Spears Little People Collector set likewise drew attention, featuring four figures inspired by some of her most recognizable music-video looks. And as KPop Demon Hunters merch continues its commercial takeover, its Little People Collector sets have been flying off the shelves too. Beyond music, the Gilmore Girls Little People and Kansas City Chiefs Collector sets also sold out rapidly following their respective launches.
Each figure in this Frozen Little People set is sized for small hands, while the portable case opens into a castle-themed playset with a dedicated space for each character. A built-in handle makes the set easy to carry, and the format supports imaginative storytelling and fine-motor practice for children ages 18 months and up. Recent Amazon sales estimates also indicate strong demand, so collectors should act quickly while stocks last.
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Collectors and young Frozen fans can also add Elsa’s ice palace musical playset to the lineup.
This Amazon exclusive features Elsa and Olaf alongside a bed and chair accessory. The interactive palace incorporates lights and sounds, plus “Let It Go,” giving the collectible a musical component. One button reveals a staircase with lights and sounds, while another button expands the castle with a spinning snowflake feature. Designed for children ages 18 months to 5 years, the set combines pretend play with storytelling and fine-motor activities.
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Consider this MUNA’s latest extracurricular: starring in UGG’s back-to-school campaign. The indie-pop trio has teamed up with UGG for the footwear brand’s latest fall push, a partnership that feels particularly fitting for a band whose music and visual identity are rooted in self-expression. UGG chose the indie-pop trio because of their emotionally honest songwriting and distinct visual point of view, while MUNA was drawn to the partnership because the people behind it understood how to represent the band without compromising their identity.
The collaboration also builds on UGG’s work with the arts and LGBTQ+ organizations including Queer|Art, which supports LGBTQ+ artists, and Chicxs Rockerxs South East Los Angeles, which uses music, mentorship and social justice programs to support youth. “We appreciate the long-standing partnerships UGG has with important organizations,” the band said in a press release. “They are putting the arts at the center of their back-to-school campaign and encouraging younger folks to embrace whatever makes them feel most like themselves.”
On Tuesday night, UGG celebrated the partnership by throwing MUNA an intimate back-to-tour party in Los Angeles, where I caught up with Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin to talk about the brand collaboration, queer fashion and what they’re wearing when they hit the road. The band kicks off their Gets So Hot tour on Sept. 17, following the release of their latest album, Dancing on the Wall, which came out in May. And while the band has plenty to say about the “dark ’90s” vibes for the tour, there’s one thing they agree on: UGGs are the first thing they’re putting on when they get off stage.

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The back-to-school collection includes footwear for adults, kids and toddlers, along with clothing designed for the school season. The assortment features UGG staples like slip-ons, a new take on the classic mini boots, sneakers, plus cozy cardigans and retro-inspired letterman jackets.
For MUNA, agreeing to work with a major brand came down to whether the partnership would actually let them be themselves. “We immediately felt safe,” Maskin said. “And we knew that they weren’t gonna make us do anything that didn’t feel like it was true to MUNA.” There was another, considerably simpler reason to say yes: “We f*cking love UGGs.”

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The back-to-school campaign also allowed MUNA to look back at their own college days, where Gavin, Maskin and McPherson met while attending USC. Maskin remembers Gavin wearing high-heeled sneakers, saying, “She was so punk rock,” while Gavin said she loved her green undercut.
For Maskin, looking back on their college style also means reflecting on a time when they were still figuring out how they wanted to express themselves through clothes. “I do feel like some of the things that I wore was because I just felt kind of like a sense of shame,” they said. “Even though I still wore masculine stuff, I just feel like I didn’t feel at home in myself in clothes. And that took a long time — to be able to realize I can express myself and be safe in clothes. Which is the hardest thing to craft, especially when you’re that age.” Their advice? “You just gotta not give a f*ck.”

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Now that MUNA is getting ready to take Dancing On The Wall on the road, the band’s fashion is once again becoming part of the world they’re building around their music. “Style is really connected to our creative self-expression,” Gavin said. “The way I dress changes a ton based on what creative project we’re working on. It’s almost a way of getting into character.”
The trio is leaning into a dark ’90s-inspired aesthetic for their upcoming tour, taking cues from the era’s leather-heavy, rock-inspired styles. However, there’s one staple they’re not going without. As Maskin put it: “I’m ending in UGGs at the end of the night.”
Shop the full back-to-school collection at UGG.
Buy tickets to MUNA’s upcoming Gets So Hot tour.
Sophie Dunne is an e-commerce writer at Penske Media Corporation, writing across Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, WWD, and Footwear News. Originally from Ireland and based in Los Angeles, she previously worked at Static Media as a writer and editor, covering entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, and travel. Her bylines have appeared in Women’s Health, The List, Women.com, Islands, Grunge, WebMD, and more. Before beginning her writing career in 2019, Sophie lived in Dubai for four years working as an Emirates cabin crew member. Having traveled to 71 countries with the airline, she began writing for an LA-based publication as a travel writer during her final year. Sophie has a degree in Humanities from Carlow College, St. Patrick’s (now South East Technological University) in her native Ireland. She studied English, history, philosophy, and psychology. Sophie mostly reports on entertainment merchandise and celebrity brand partnerships.