Eddie Vedder did his part. The Pearl Jam frontman was in the house at Lumen Field on Monday night (July 6) for the anticipated 2026 FIFA World Cup match between the U.S. and Belgium. The Seattle native and his daughter Olivia got a little face time when the cameras swung to them during the game, but it was a crowd-hyping move the singer pulled off during a second-half hydration break that brought a roar from the sold-out stadium as the U.S.’s chances appeared to be dwindling.

With the U.S. down 3-1, the Fox cameras swung over to Vedder, 61, who promptly chugged his entire beer, with suds dripping down his face onto his shirt, before hoisting the can onto his head in a silly gesture that hyped up the crowd. Perfectly on cue, the stadium P.A. swelled with the sounds of PJ’s 1991 debut single, “Alive,” which, unfortunately, did not adequately describe the state of the American side, which seemed overmatched for much of the game and limped out of the round of 16 following a humbling 4-1 loss.

Vedder is better-known as a baseball fanatic — specifically his beloved Chicago Cubs — but his appearance at the World Cup game helped bring some joy to an otherwise rough night for the team whose prospects were slim at best against a Belgian side that had only given up four goals to date during their run to the round of 16.

There was hope that the return to the lineup of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun after his one-game suspension due to a red card in the previous game was put on hold thanks to a controversial phone call from President Trump to his friend, FIFA president Gianni Infantino might lift the U.S. to victory. Despite the howls of protest from non-U.S. soccer fanatics about the highly unusual decision, the Belgians had the last laugh, as Balogun was not much of a factor in the game.

Belgium celebrated by posting a pointed message on X after the match: “Overturn this.” They also took a little swing at Trump on their way off the pitch, with the Belgian side gathering at one end of the field to swivel their hips and pump their arms in a mocking tribute to Trump’s signature awkward “Trump Dance.”

Despite the crushing loss, Vedder appears to be enjoying a rare summer break, as Pearl Jam are not scheduled to play any shows until a Sept. 27 appearance at the singer’s Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Calif., which will be their first gig since the departure of longtime drummer Matt Cameron last summer.

Dave Grohl has heard plenty of great albums. But when asked to name a “perfect record,” one Pixies classic immediately came to mind.

In a new interview with BBC 6 Music, the Foo Fighters frontman named Pixies’ 1988 album Surfer Rosa as one of the records he considers perfect, praising its production, songwriting and vocal chemistry.

“I love that record so much for a lot of reasons,” Grohl said. “One, that it was produced by the almighty Steve Albini. And it was maybe the first album to become popular and showcase his incredible engineering sonic technique.”

Produced by Albini and released as Pixies’ debut studio album, Surfer Rosa became a defining alternative rock release, pairing jagged guitars, sharp dynamic shifts and surreal lyrics with the vocal interplay of Black Francis and Kim Deal.

Grohl pointed to that combination as part of what made the album so enduring for him.

“[Black Francis], the singer of the Pixies, was an amazing lyricist,” Grohl said. “His lyrics were just… they kind of teetered back and forth from abstract intellectual to things that just sounded so absurd and almost like dumb in a way.”

He continued, “His voice and Kim Deal, their two voices together, it was just such a wonderful blend. And it was unusual at the time. They really did sort of coin this specific dynamic and the simplicity of it was really powerful.”

Grohl’s admiration for Surfer Rosa is hardly surprising, given the Pixies’ widely acknowledged influence on the loud-quiet-loud dynamics that helped shape alternative rock in the late ’80s and ’90s. Nirvana, in which Grohl played drums, were among the bands often associated with that lineage, while Foo Fighters have carried elements of melodic noise and hard-charging guitar rock into their own catalog.

The Foo Fighters leader ended his praise with a simple measure of the album’s staying power.

“That record I’ve probably listened to 10,000 times, and I still love it,” Grohl said. “I could still listen to it every day.”

Grohl’s comments arrive as Foo Fighters continue their latest era behind Your Favorite Toy, the band’s 12th studio album. Released in April, the album followed 2023’s But Here We Are and marked the band’s first studio album with drummer Ilan Rubin.

Duffy has taken another step back into music with a secret London concert. The Welsh singer performed an intimate show at Hoxton Hall on Sunday (July 5), marking her first full concert in roughly 15 years.

The performance followed a fan ballot announced last month, with the venue kept under wraps until the day of the show.

The “Mercy” singer, born Aimée Anne Duffy, invited fans to apply for the small-capacity event in June, telling followers that she planned to perform new music.

“I’m doing a secret intimate gig in London on the 5th July, next month, and I would love nothing more than for some of you to attend,” she wrote at the time. “It’s only small capacity so we can only select a few, but really looking forward to it. I will sing some new songs.”

While a full set list has not been made public, one fan wrote on X that they were “front row” to hear Duffy perform “Warwick Avenue” live, adding, “That voice is insane!”

The London show comes as Duffy continues a gradual return to public life after years away from the spotlight. In May, she shared a photo from a recording studio on Instagram and wrote, “If only I could find the right words to explain how much I’ve missed you all. Working on coming back to you.”

Duffy rose to global prominence in 2008 with her debut album, Rockferry, and the breakout single “Mercy.” The album won best pop vocal album at the 2009 Grammy Awards, while Duffy was also nominated for best new artist and best female pop vocal performance for “Mercy.”

Her second album, Endlessly, followed in 2010, after which she largely stepped away from the music industry. In 2020, Duffy publicly shared that she had been drugged, kidnapped and sexually assaulted, later explaining that the trauma was the reason for her long absence from music and public life.

Earlier this year, Disney+ announced an upcoming Hulu Original documentary, which will follow the singer as she shares her story in depth. The project is produced out of the U.K. and will feature access to Duffy, along with interviews with friends, family and music industry figures.

Missy Higgins, The Teskey Brothers and ICEHOUSE will help launch The Point, a new Fuzzy-presented concert series at the Fleet Steps at Sydney’s Mrs Macquarie’s Point.

The spring series will take over the harbourside site across September, October and November, with Hot Dub On The Harbour and Harbourlife also part of the lineup. Performances will be staged on the Fleet Steps’ floating stage, placing the run of shows against one of Sydney’s most recognizable outdoor music backdrops.

ICEHOUSE will open the series on Wednesday, Sept. 30, with support from Little Quirks. Higgins follows on Thursday, Oct. 1, for what is billed as her only Sydney show of 2026, while The Teskey Brothers will perform on Friday, Oct. 2, with a 10th anniversary show for their debut album, Half Mile Harvest.

The Point continues in November with Hot Dub On The Harbour on Friday, Nov. 20, before Harbourlife returns to the site on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Fuzzy’s connection to the Fleet Steps dates back more than two decades, with Harbourlife first launching at the location in 2003. For the promoter, The Point also arrives as it approaches its 30-year milestone.

“We have been hosting shows at Fleet Steps since Harbourlife launched here in 2003 and the magic of this location has never worn off,” Fuzzy CEO Adelle Robinson said in a statement. “As Fuzzy approaches 30 years, launching The Point feels like the perfect way to mark that milestone, opening up this extraordinary setting to even more artists and audiences. We cannot wait for Sydney to experience what we have planned.”

For Higgins, the show adds another major date to what has been a busy period for the Australian singer-songwriter, following the continued success of her 2024 album The Second Act, which flew to No. 1 in Australia, and its accompanying national run.

“I’m really excited to be playing with my band at The Point Series in Sydney this October,” Higgins said. “It’s a spectacular setting at Fleet Steps and we’ll be performing on a huge floating stage right on Sydney Harbour. This is our only Sydney show for 2026 and it’s going to be very special.”

The Teskey Brothers’ appearance will mark 10 years since Half Mile Harvest, the Melbourne band’s 2017 debut that helped establish their soul, blues and roots sound with a wider audience.

Tickets for ICEHOUSE, Hot Dub On The Harbour and Harbourlife are on sale now. Tickets for Missy Higgins and The Teskey Brothers go on sale to the general public at 12 p.m. AEST on Thursday, July 16, with a Fuzzy presale beginning at 12 p.m. AEST on Wednesday, July 15.

The Point 2026 dates:
ICEHOUSE with Little Quirks — Wednesday, Sept. 30
Missy Higgins — Thursday, Oct. 1
The Teskey Brothers — Friday, Oct. 2
Hot Dub On The Harbour — Friday, Nov. 20
Harbourlife — Saturday, Nov. 21

Yungblud has received support from fellow musicians and celebrities after sharing an emotional post about online criticism, industry skepticism and accusations that he is an “industry plant.”

The British artist, born Dominic Harrison, opened up on social media after headlining Bludfest in Králové, Czechia, where he became visibly emotional onstage in front of thousands of fans. In a lengthy caption, he said he debated whether to share the clip because he did not want the moment to seem performative, but ultimately decided to post it because “this is what happened and it’s genuine.”

“To be truthful. Recently, I’ve been really struggling,” Yungblud wrote, adding that after leaving the stage feeling elated, he later had “a breakdown” alone in the shower.

He went on to describe the difficulty of processing major career moments in an era where artists are expected to move quickly from one milestone to the next. “Being an artist in this day and age is so strange because everything moves so quickly,” he wrote.

Yungblud also addressed the criticism that has followed him throughout his rise, writing that “the amount of hate and disbelief” from strangers online and “bitter musicians” had weighed on him. He said all he had tried to do over the past decade was “spread love, build something I believe in and unify people in a safe space.”

The rocker also referenced a recent Blunt Magazine article that pushed back on the “industry plant” discourse surrounding him, writing that he felt validated by the piece.

The musician ended the post by thanking his fan community and acknowledging that he needs time to process the pace of his career before moving into his next chapter.

“To all my beautiful community reading this I just want to let you know how lucky I feel to have you all,” he wrote. “What an honour it is to spend this life with you.”

The post drew supportive messages from across the rock and entertainment worlds. Slayer and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt rejected the “industry plant” label in the comments, writing that an industry plant “cannot do what you did at Back to the Beginning,” referring to Yungblud’s performance at last year’s Black Sabbath-linked event.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian also praised the performance, writing, “I stood side stage at BTTB and watched you breathe rarified air the way you elevated ‘Changes.’ You’ve earned it all Dom. Cheers brother.”

SZA offered a brief message of support, writing, “Rooting for you,” while actors Alyssa Milano and Charisma Carpenter were also among those responding. Milano praised Yungblud for allowing fans into his heart, while Carpenter said the post made her want to discover his music.

The moment comes on the back of a genuinely significant run for the artist born Dominic Harrison. His 2025 double album Idols debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200, while his collaborative EP with Aerosmith, One More Time, released in November, reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Albums chart, marking his first U.S. top 10.

Lauren Bennett has died at age 37, but her musical legacy will forever be cemented on the Billboard charts.

The singer scored hits across numerous chapters in her career, starting with her time in the Paradiso Girls. The group assembled by Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin debuted in 2009 with thesingle “Patron Tequila” featuring Eve and Lil’ Jon, which peaked at No. 3 on the Dance Club Songs chart and No. 27 on Rhythmic Airplay. The following year, “Who’s My Bitch?” would reach No. 28 on Dance Club Songs.

After Interscope dropped the Paradiso Girls in 2010, Bennett continued finding success as a soloist. Most notably, she guested on LMFAO’s inescapable earworm “Party Rock Anthem,” which spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011 — at that point becoming the third-longest-running hit on the chart’s summit ever — and closed out the year as No. 2 overall on the Hot 100. The track also topped Pop Airplay and reached No. 6 on Latin Airplay.

To date, “Party Rock Anthem” has 1 billion official on-demand streams and has sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S., according to Luminate. As of 2021, it was No. 7 on the Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs ranking.

Also as a soloist, Bennett scored a No. 21 entry on the now-defunct Dance Club chart in 2016 with her guest feature on Nick Martin’s “Reality.” But before that, she’d joined the group G.R.L. and appeared with her bandmates on Pitbull’s “Wild Wild Love,” which peaked at No. 15 on Pop Airplay and No. 30 on the Hot 100 in 2014. The quintet also reached No. 32 on Adult Pop Songs with “Ugly Heart.”

The musician’s death was announced by the surviving members of G.R.L. on Monday (July 6). In a post on Instagram, they wrote, “It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren.”

“Our hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us,” they continued, refraining from sharing Bennett’s cause of death. “We will forever cherish the love, laughter, and countless memories she gave us. Her beautiful spirit touched so many lives, and she will be deeply missed and forever loved.”

G.R.L. previously lost a member when Simone Battle died by suicide in 2014, shortly after which the group disbanded. Bennett is survived by her 6-year-old daughter, whom she shared with Kenny Wormald.

Zara Larsson has signed with RCA Records, a source confirmed withBillboard. The singer-songwriter was previously with Epic Records, her label home for more than a decade.

The signing was first reported by Hits Daily Double.

Larsson, a native of Sweden, has released a total of five studio albums, including her debut, 1, in 2014 when she was just 16. But she scored a major breakout beginning last fall, when her verse on the remix of PinkPantheress’ “Stateside” caught fire and eventually landed at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200.

Meanwhile, her 2016 single “Lush Life” went viral on TikTok, pushing the song back onto the Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 35. The renewed interest around the singer’s catalog pushed “Midnight Sun,” the title track from her 2025 album, into the upper reaches of the Hot 100, where it hit a new peak of No. 19 on the chart dated July 4. Last month, the song also landed at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart, where it has remained for 23 weeks.

In the wake of this burst of success, Larsson was named Billboard‘s Women in Music Breakthrough for 2026.

“I think this year cemented me as not only a girl with popular songs,” Larsson said in an April interview with Billboard, “but a girl worth talking about in pop culture.”

Larsson released the remix album Midnight Sun: Girls Trip in May.

RCA did not immediately respond to a request for comment/confirmation on the signing.

Madonna wants everyone to get up and dance, and that includes some of Hollywood’s biggest celebs.

In a new clip posted Monday (July 6), the pop icon took fans behind the scenes of her Confessions II short film, showing off how she got stars like Gwendoline Christie, Odessa A’zion and more to bust a groove on set to her new song “Danceteria.”

“This is a trip down memory lane,” Madge says at the beginning of the video before it cuts to a series of historic photos of Danceteria, the long-closed New York City nightclub after which she named one of the songs on her new album, Confessions II. The venue hosted countless wild nights in the early and mid-80s, which the hitmaker paid homage to in the “Danceteria” sequence of her film that dropped in June.

In the new clip, Madonna and her crew re-create the club’s vibes with a busy bathroom scene, in which she bumps into the Marty Supreme actress, who spills her drink, and gets caught hooking up with a guy in a stall by the Game of Thrones alum. “I’ve waited my whole life to do this,” Christie tells the BTS camera excitedly.

“I enjoyed your dancing, you were fabulous,” Christie tells Benedict Cumberbatch, who also appears in the Confessions II extended visual.

Before filming his flirtatious dance-floor rendezvous with the Queen of Pop, she hypes him up. “Are you ready to dance?” she asks, to which the British actor says, “Oh, yeah.”

Other big names in the sequence include Kate Moss, Honey Dijon and Shygirl, while Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Garner and more appear in other scenes of the Confessions II film. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor dropped Friday, marking Madonna’s first LP since 2019’s Billboard 200 topper Madame X.

Watch Madonna shoot the “Danceteria” portion as well as the full album film below.

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic have announced a special benefit concert to raise funds to help the affected communities by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela. 

Dubbed “A Concert for Venezuela,” the event will take place Aug. 23 at the Hollywood Bowl and feature full programing with special guests to be revealed soon. 

“Venezuela will always be my home, and every moment, my thoughts are with the families whose lives have been forever changed by this tragedy,” the renowned Venezuelan-born conductor said in a statement. “The suffering is immense, but so is the strength and resilience of our people. This concert at the Hollywood Bowl is an invitation to stand together and transform our compassion into action.” 

The forthcoming concert is in response to the devastating twin earthquakes—magnitude 7.2 and 7.5—that struck the South American country on June 24, causing the collapse of multiple buildings in La Guaira and Caracas, leaving more than 3,000 dead and over 17,000 homeless, at time of publishing, according to Reuters. 

Donations raised by “A Concert for Venezuela” — which will also mark Dudamel’s last performance as Music & Artistic Director of the LA Phil — will go to his Earthquake Recovery to Support Venezuelan Communities fund, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) fund.

“Through our partnerships, we can help ensure that urgent humanitarian aid reaches those who need it most, while at the same time working towards long-term recovery efforts,” Dudamel noted. “Every person who joins us and every contribution made is a reminder to the people of Venezuela that they are not alone. Together, through music, generosity, and hope, we will help our country heal and rebuild.”

“In moments of profound need, our responsibility as an institution extends beyond the stage,” Kim Noltemy, President and CEO of the LA Phi added. “We are grateful for the opportunity to provide direct financial support to relief efforts for communities in Venezuela with a $50,000 charitable donation and to stand alongside Gustavo in bringing this concert to life at the Bowl.”

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2026 has been a big year for concerts, from Rosalía‘s Global Lux tour, to Ariana Grande‘s Eternal Sunshine tour to Olivia Dean‘s first-ever headlining North American arena tour. If you’re itching for great live music to experience in the new year, there may be no place hotter than Las Vegas.

Some of music’s biggest stars, including the Backstreet Boys, continue to extend their Sphere residency with new dates. BLACKPINK’S Lisa, Jennifer Lopez, No Doubt, Zac Brown Band and Zayn Malik are also heading to Sin City in 2026, and The Eagles are back for one last run.

Regardless of whether you’re a fan of country, pop, R&B, hip-hop, alternative or other genres, Vegas has enough live entertainment for all kinds of music lovers to enjoy. And what better excuse to travel to Vegas than to see your favorite musician?

Because there are so many music tours, festivals and Las Vegas residencies on the roster for this year, keeping track of when and where to see your favorite artists live can be a bit overwhelming. To make your search easier, we’ve compiled a list of current Las Vegas residencies, where they’ll be taking place and, of course, where to buy tickets.

Keep scrolling to see a roundup of Las Vegas residencies to check out through the rest of 2026 and check back as we update this list with the latest concert and tour announcements.

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