Charlie Puth is heading to Australia and New Zealand this November on his Whatever’s Clever! World Tour.
Live Nation confirmed the six-date run on Tuesday, with general on-sale tickets available from Thursday, April 23 at 1 p.m. local time.
The tour opens Nov. 5 at Spark Arena in Auckland before moving to Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Nov. 7, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Nov. 10, Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Nov. 13, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Nov. 15, and RAC Arena in Perth on Nov. 17.
Puth will be backed by a full live band across all dates.
“I feel like I’ve worked and waited my entire career to put this sort of live show on for you all,” Puth said in a statement. “We have worked so hard to bring you the sort of top-level musicianship and arrangements that you all deserve in a live show, and I am beyond excited to bring my music and this incredible band and show to some of the most iconic rooms in the world. It’s going to be fun!”
The tour supports Whatever’s Clever!, Puth’s fourth studio album, which is out now. The run follows a strong start to 2026 for the multi-platinum artist, who performed at the Super Bowl in San Francisco in February. An artist presale begins Monday, April 20 at noon local time at charlieputh.com, with Vodafone and Mastercard presales also running from Tuesday, April 21.
Puth has built one of pop’s more consistent chart resumes over the past decade. His highest-charting solo single remains “Attention,” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017, while “We Don’t Talk Anymore” featuring Selena Gomez reached No. 9. His co-written and co-produced track “Stay” for The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber topped the Billboard Hot 100 and reigned atop the Billboard Global 200 for 11 weeks in 2021. To date, Puth has amassed over 35 billion career streams, nine multi-platinum singles and four Grammy nominations.
Tickets for all dates are available via charlieputh.com, livenation.com.au and livenation.co.nz.
Justin Bieber‘s Coachella headline debut was a family affair.
Hailey Bieber shared a behind-the-scenes Instagram carousel on Monday documenting the family’s weekend at the festival — including a standout detail: a “Bieberchella” temporary tattoo on 19-month-old son Jack Blues Bieber’s forearm.
“Such a special weekend,” Hailey captioned the post. “Nobody will ever know even an ounce of what it’s taken to get here. So grateful for this beautiful life. SO proud. Let’s do it all again!!!!”
The carousel opens with a photo of Hailey alongside Justin who is holding Jack — dressed, notably, in baby Birkenstocks. Videos in the post show Hailey dancing during soundcheck as Justin ran “Favorite Girl,” and the pair holding Jack while he dances along to Justin rehearsing “FIRST PLACE.” The “Bieberchella” temp tattoo stamped on Jack’s arm closes out the slideshow.
Hailey was in the crowd for Justin’s headlining set on Saturday, April 11 — his debut as a solo headline act at the festival.
During “Everything Hallelujah,” the Coachella livestream camera caught her in the audience as Justin sang the lyric “Hailey, babe, hallelujah.” She blew him a kiss onstage as the crowd erupted. Their son got his own moment too, with Justin delivering the next line: “Baby Jack, hallelujah.”
The weekend was a full family affair across the festival grounds. Justin’s SKYLRK brand installed a 10,000-square-foot Oasis space and an in-demand merch shop on-site, while Hailey’s Rhode returned to Coachella with a “Rhode World” pop-up — arriving days after she and Justin collaborated on the brand’s new hydrocolloid pimple patches.
While the Biebers have never shown Jack’s face publicly, they have shared glimpses of their son since his birth in August 2024. He appeared in promotional images for Justin’s Grammy-nominated album SWAG, shot by Renell Medrano.
Last Halloween, Hailey shared a photo of Jack in the purple hoodie and white jacket Justin wore during his My World Tour. Earlier this month, Hailey posted a carousel of Jack playing with Rhode pimple stickers and watching Justin’s 2011 “Never Say Never” documentary on his dad’s lap.
Justin returns to the Coachella Main Stage to headline weekend two on Saturday, April 18.
His Swag two-part album earned four Grammy nominations following its release last year, with the first album debuting at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums and Streaming Songs charts (dated July 26). Swag II debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 upon its September 2025 release.
The second time proved to be the charm for Billy Idol at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and he couldn’t be happier about it.
The veteran punk/New Wave icon – who turned a sneer into a signature style and notched four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including one chart-topper — is one of eight acts to be inducted in the performers category at the Rock Hall’s annual induction ceremony, taking place Nov. 14 in Los Angeles. Idol performed as part of Ozzy Osbourne’s induction as a solo artist during the 2024 event in Cleveland and was nominated for the first time last year.
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“It’s really exciting,” Idol tells Billboard via Zoom from his home in Los Angeles. He and guitarist Steve Stevens, who will be inducted alongside Idol, performed “Rebel Yell” as part of Monday (April 13) night’s American Idol episode that revealed the inductees. “I can’t believe it. It’s incredible. It’s just fantastic to think that something I was doing for the sheer love of the scene we were in back in the ‘70s, the punk rock scene. We were doing it for the love. We had no idea it was going to explode and lead to me doing this for 50 years. So it’s all really incredible and something I just couldn’t have imagined when I was starting out.”
Idol, who learned of the induction a few days before the announcement, adds that he “got quite emotional just telling Steve Stevens a few minutes ago.” And having to wait a year from his first nomination only makes getting in that much sweeter.
“Certainly being part of Ozzy’s induction…that really showed me what the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is about, really,” he explains. “It’s about other artists joining together, and you’re getting respect from your peers, which is really pretty incredible. So many of my heroes, going back to the ‘50s — Bo Diddley and Elvis (Presley) and Buddy Holly, Little Richard, even Eddie Cochran…. That’s pretty incredible that other people think you should be in something like this.
“It’s just been fantastic, being part of this musical revolution we really believed in and to be pushing the culture along. It’s been really fun, and a dream come true. And then this is just icing on the cake, just … wow, what an honor! I almost can’t put it into words. To be able to have your peers vote you in and that, it’s pretty special.”
Idol received 601,000 votes on this year’s Rock Hall fan ballot, more than twice as many as he got in 2025. “That’s the other thing,” he notes. “You get a chance to really thank your fans in person. That’s really special. They helped to put you where you are, stuck with you through thick and thin. Just to get a chance to really thank them is a fantastic moment. I’m looking forward to it, really.”
Idol hasn’t given much thought yet to what November ceremony will entail but says “we’re in a really good place to perform” there. He was on the road last year to support his 2025 album Dream Into It and will head out again in July, with U.S. dates running into late September as well as a five-night residency at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas starting Aug. 28. The documentary film Billy Idol Should Be Dead, meanwhile, is streaming on Hulu.
“We’re on a roll now,” he says, “my band and I and Steve, so I know we’re gonna bring it, bring out the whole thing — the whole attitude and everything. It’s a perfect moment for us to be inducted. We are still at the top of my game.”
In addition, Idol says he’s planning to start working on his next album in June, hoping for release in 2027 but acknowledging that “you never really know how long it’s gonna take you before you start.” Nevertheless, Idol adds that “there’s a bit of a direction we might go in. The last album was very rock ‘n’ roll; I think we’re going to put an element of dance back into this next album. But you never know where it’s going. You plan, but there’s a lot of things you just have to find out when you’re doing it and start seeing songs and see what you have.”
It’s been a good week for the Ed Sullivan estate and those associated with it.
Within a six-day period, the 2025 Netflix documentary Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan received nominations for Emmy and Peabody Awards, and on Monday (April 13) night, it was revealed that the legendary late TV host will receive the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame‘s 2026 Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers, making him one of a handful of broadcasters to be so honored.
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The ceremony takes place Nov. 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
“We’re thrilled,” Margo Precht-Speciale, Sullivan’s granddaughter and producer of Sunday Best, tells Billboard via Zoom along with Andrew and Josh Solt, whose SOFA Entertainment Inc. acquired rights to The Ed Sullivan Show from the family in 1990. “More than anything my grandfather was a man driven by a genuine love of talent, and he brought that love to the American public on his show every Sunday night. Millions of people would watch and the next day discuss who they saw on his show. People would buy records. It had a tremendous impact on the American culture at the time, and also today.”
Airing from 1948 (known as The Toast of the Town until 1955) to 1971 on CBS — with an inaugural episode that featured W.C. Handy, aka the Father of the Blues — the Sullivan Show averaged 40 million viewers each Sunday night. Over the course of its 1,068 episodes, it hosted 74 future Rock Hall inductees among its more than 10,000 performances — the most famous, of course, being the Beatles performance on Feb. 9, 1964, for which a reported 73 million viewers (and 60 percent of all television sets in the country) tuned in to watch. Prior to that, Elvis Presley’s Sept. 9, 1956 appearance attracted 60 million viewers (82.6 percent of the television audience).
The Harlem-born Sullivan — who passed away during 1974, appropriately on a Sunday night, at the age of 73 — was also known for his diversity and inclusivity. He deflected threatened advertiser boycotts and network concerns to book a broad variety of acts regardless of color or gender, ranging from Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Nat “King” Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and many more. He also had a tight relationship with Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr. and featured many of the company’s acts, and Sullivan fought to have Harry Belafonte on the show after network executives tried to ban the singer due to his political activism. All of that made Sullivan a significant, if subtle, advocate during the American Civil Rights movement.
“He was so open to all kinds of music,” notes SOFA’s Andrew Solt. “He loved rhythm & blues, and he loved the blues. If you were on Sullivan on Sunday night, on Monday you were selling records. And the families at home were loving it; (Sullivan) made a show for all the generations, kids and grandparents. He wanted to unify the family.”
Sullivan’s openness extended to country, jazz, gospel Broadway and other genres, making him a trusted and impactful influencer well before the Internet came into being. And after the Beatles’ success the show featured provocative counterculture artists such as the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, the Young Rascals and Sly and the Family Stone. The Doors were famously banned from future shows after reneging on a pre-telecast agreement to change the lyrics to “Light My Fire” — “higher” was the offending word — during the group’s Sept. 17, 1967 appearance.
“So many of the names on his show, nobody knew them when they appeared, and now they’re household names,” says Precht-Speciale, whose late father Bob Precht produced the Sullivan Show from 1960-71. “He had a great instinct, and he knew what people would genuinely like, and he just had such joy bringing it to everybody’s living room on those Sunday nights.” SOFA’s Josh Solt adds that, “I’ve heard people say it was the greatest collection of talent ever to appear on a single stage which is incredible to think about…. His eye for talent, as Margo said, was second to none. He’s such a pivotal person in American history by televising all these great artists, in their prime.”
The Rock Hall honor is something Precht-Speciale and the Solts say they’ve hoped for over the years but did not campaign for it and they were surprised by the news. They’re confident that Sunday Best, as well as SOFA’s efforts, helped push the selection; since the latter entered into a global digital rights agreement with UMe in 2020, The Ed Sullivan Show channel on YouTube has surpassed more than a million subscribers, with more than three billion streams. In addition to the musical performances SOFA has also established new audiences for early Muppets appearances and for Topo Gigio, the mouse puppet Sullivan would famously kiss goodnight at the end of episodes. The company has also worked on other documentaries and well as museum exhibitions and other avenues to expose the archive.
“We’ve just been trying to preserve Ed Sullivan’s legacy and showcase it and bring it to the masses…and connect with younger generations who might not have watched the show but know the acts or know these different viral moments we’ve had,” explains Josh Solt. “It’s such a reference point for history. We’ve uploaded so many iconic moments; we’re now going deeper with some hidden gems, as we like to call them. We want to continue that connection with the culture.”
The theater where The Ed Sullivan Show was broadcast from 1953-1971 was opened during 1927 as Hammerstein’s Theatre but was rechristened with his name in 1967. After Sullivan it was also home to the Merv Griffin Show, Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, Late Show with David Letterman and, currently, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The latter is preparing for its final show on May 21, and Precht-Speciale says there’s symmetry between her grandfather’s pursuit and what Colbert has done there since 2015.
“Stephen Colbert and my grandfather both used their platforms at the Ed Sullivan Theater for something bigger,” she explains. “For my grandfather it was booking artists who weren’t getting other opportunities. He used that spotlight to open doors. For Colbert it’s calling out power with humor; he uses his wit to challenge the status quote and make people think. There’s been many parallels between the two, the connection obviously being the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Other broadcasters who have received the Rock Hall’s Ertegun Award include Alan Freed, Dick Clark, Tom Donahue, Don Kirshner and Don Cornelius. This year’s Rock Hall induction ceremony will not air live, as it has in recent years, but will be filmed for broadcast during December on ABC and Disney+.
Though its absence from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been criticized from many quarters, Iron Maiden is pleased that the number of its beast has finally come up for induction.
The heavy metal stalwart was previously nominated in 2021 and 2023 and has been near the top of most lists of Rock Hall snubs over the years. Now it’s one of eight acts in the performer category that will be inducted during the shrine’s annual ceremony on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles. The group — which formed in 1975 in London — also received 395,000 votes in the fan vote.
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In a statement following Monday night’s announcement on American Idol, longtime Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood said, “We’d like to thank the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for including us (and former members who were all part of our story) in the 2026 roll call of inductees. Iron Maiden have always been about our relationship with our fans above anything else, including awards and industry accolades. However, having said that, it’s always nice to be recognised and honoured for any achievements within the music industry too!”
Smallwood added that, “It also seems appropriate for the band to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year as we continue our 50th anniversary celebrations with our Run For Your Lives World Tour visiting the Americas and beyond. We would also like to congratulate our fellow 2026 inductees and extend our gratitude as ever to our fans for their loyalty, perseverance and support for over 50 years now! See you all, somewhere on tour.”
The tour, which focuses on material from Iron Maiden’s first nine albums, launched last May in Europe and picks up again on May 23 in Greece, with dates through November in Europe, North and South America, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Additionally, a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, opens in theaters worldwide on May 7. The group has said it’s planning a break for 2027.
Guitarist Adrian Smith recently told Billboard in an interview about the film that Iron Maiden’s long history of road work is as integral to the band’s connection with fans as its body of 17 studio albums. “It’s always been a touring band — tour, tour, tour, tour,” Smith notes. “Obviously there were albums in between that, but the philosophy was, ‘Let’s do this the hard way,’ I guess. We were never gonna get massive hit records — and I’m not criticizing people who did. What I’m saying is … we took the music to the people. I think in the long run people remember that, and it’s a very honest way to build up a following. We’re getting the payback for that now. It’s like a celebration, the band and the audience, ‘Look what we’ve done together!’ There’s always been that connection.”
As Smallwood notes, the Rock Hall induction will honor past members such as the late Paul Di’Anno and Clive Burr, as well as ‘90s frontman Blaze Bayley and longtime drummer Nicko McBrain, who retired from touring after 2024 due to health issues. The constant throughout has been bassist Steve Harris, who’s shepherded Maiden through myriad personnel changes and musical trends that have not always been kind to metal bands.
“He’s the driving force behind the band; he always has been and probably always will be,” Smith acknowledged. “We’re part of it. We’re contributors. But Steve is who’s really kept this alive.”
There’s no word yet on what Maiden might have planned for the ceremony. Frontman Bruce Dickinson, who’s in his second stint with the band, has been outspoken in the past about his disdain for the Rock Hall, labeling it “an utter, complete load of bollocks” while speaking to fans in 2018. He’s also said he feels Maiden deserves to be inducted, however.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s new Class of 2026 was announced on American Idol on Monday night (Apr. 13), and as always, the list of inducted artists — as well as the list of artists still left on the outside looking in — makes for a fascinating look at where the Rock Hall voting bloc’s priorities currently lie.
The eight artists who are to be inducted as performers this year are Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan — with Collins now a two-time inductee, having previously been entered as a member of prog-rock reverse-supergroup Genesis. Meanwhile, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, Queen Latifah and MC Lyte will also be entered via the early influence award, along with Linda Creed, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin as music excellence award honorees and Ed Sullivan as the Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient.
Meanwhile, nominated for 2026 but not inducted are New Edition, P!nk, INXS, The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Shakira, Lauryn Hill, Melissa Etheridge and Mariah Carey. While Oasis, Iron Maiden and Joy Division/New Order all get in on their third nomination this year, Carey is left as one of just a dozen artists who have been nominated for the Rock Hall at least three times but still have not been inducted as a performer.
What do the list of inductees and snubs tell us about what the Rock Hall is thinking in 2026? Here are five quick takeaways we had following the Monday announcement.
“Con profunda tristeza despedimos al querido Felipe Staiti, un talento inmenso de nuestra tierra y pieza fundamental de la historia del rock mendocino. La cultura de Mendoza pierde a uno de sus guitarristas más brillantes e irreemplazables. Recordaremos para siempre tu música. ¡Hasta siempre, Felipe!“, escribió Diego Gareca, secretario de Cultura mendocino, en sus redes sociales.
Así anunció la muerte de Felipe Staiti, guitarrista y fundador de los Enanitos Verdes, a los 64 años. El músico estaba internado en el Hospital Italiano de la provincia de Mendoza y falleció el lunes por la tarde, tras sufrir complicaciones de salud.
A finales de 2024, tras concluir la gira latinoamericana por el 40° aniversario del álbum debut de la banda, Felipe Staiti enfrentó un grave cuadro de salud. Según detalló el diario Los Andes, una infección bacteriana contraída en México, agravada por su celiaquía, le provocó una deshidratación severa. Debido a esto, el músico permaneció internado durante un mes en el Hospital Italiano de Mendoza.
En aquel entonces, el guitarrista describió su crisis como un “reseteo” físico total: perdió 15 kilos y sufrió secuelas en su musculatura vocal, lo que obligó a la banda a cancelar presentaciones en festivales como Santiago Rocks en Chile y diversas fechas en Colombia y Perú. Este duro proceso coincidió con un rol histórico para Staiti, quien tras la muerte de Marciano Cantero en septiembre de 2022, quedó como el único integrante fundador de Enanitos Verdes. Así, además de atravesar el duelo por su compañero, debió asumir el desafío de liderar el grupo y convertirse en su voz principal.
Enanitos Verdes alcanzó recientemente un récord sin precedentes para el rock nacional. A fines de marzo, su hit “Lamento Boliviano” superó las mil millones de reproducciones en Spotify, marcando un hito para la música argentina en las plataformas de streaming.
“Todo arrancó en mi casa. Con Marciano nos empezamos a juntar en mi habitación, él con su bajo y yo con mi guitarra”, le contó Felipe Staiti al periodista de Rolling Stone Oscar Jalil sobre los inicios de los Enanitos Verdes y el comienzo de una alianza compositiva con Marciano Cantero para la nota Nuestra vida en 20 canciones. “En ese momento, el único elemento era la ilusión, porque no había ninguna realidad, solamente las ganas de tocar”. Escribía Jalil: “La casa familiar de los Staiti aún espera por una placa que indique el punto cero de una de las historias más relevantes del rock latinoamericano: ubicada en el número 213 de la calle Gutenberg, en la zona oeste de Mendoza Capital, el lugar parece otro eslabón secreto de una larga lista de logros poco reconocidos fronteras adentro para la banda que junto a Soda Stereo, Virus y Zas lideró la conquista del continente en la década del 80. Pero a diferencia de sus pares, los Enanitos Verdes nunca detuvieron su motor: giras interminables, plena actividad discográfica y ventas que superan los cuatro millones de discos vendidos son solo algunas de las razones para trazar una merecida reparación histórica o, al menos, recuperar un glosario de perfecta caligrafía pop”.
Sobre el hit, decía Marciano Cantero: “La historia del rock mendocino tiene muchas bandas que hicieron que todo sucediera, y Alcohol Etílico es una de ellas. Los Enanitos Verdes fuimos muy fans, y en un momento Sergio Embrioni, que fue parte de nuestra banda, también fue miembro de Alcohol Etílico. Nos relacionamos de varias maneras, y de hecho tocamos juntos muchas veces. De todas sus canciones, siempre nos encantó “Lamento boliviano”. La tocábamos en las pruebas de sonido y, por lo general, alguien que estaba escuchando, ajeno a la banda, nos decía: “Qué buena que está esa canción”. Con ese espíritu, decidimos grabarla y darle una oportunidad. Me acuerdo de que Los Chaskis se hicieron cargo de la parte de sikus y flautas andinas. Habíamos grabado un demo en el que Felipe tocó un solo muy bonito. Le sugerí que volviera a tocar lo mismo para el registro definitivo. Estábamos en Los Ángeles, entonces alquiló una Fender Stratocaster de los 60: la guitarra y el equipo venían directamente de la casa de Jeff Beck, que había sido el último en utilizar esa viola. Felipe grabó el solo en lo que demoró en tocarlo y quedó una pieza de música maravillosa… La canción dice mucho más de lo que uno se imagina. Intenta sintetizar el sentir de los latinoamericanos”.
Por su parte, Staiti completaba: “Este es un verdadero emblema del rock mendocino. Alcohol Etílico era una banda que no tuvo popularidad, pero sí grandes canciones. El ‘Lamento’ es el fiel reflejo de esas composiciones que, una vez descubiertas, trascienden a su autor para transformarse en himnos que le pertenecen a la gente. Hice algunas actuaciones con esta banda de amigos de la adolescencia y cada vez que tocábamos el ‘Lamento’ sentía que merecía otra oportunidad. Ya había sido grabada por Alcohol Etílico sin pena ni gloria. Llegó el momento de grabar Big bang y la hicimos. Los resultados aún son visibles. Es la canción más versionada de nuestro repertorio”.
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“Tiene el mejor lápiz que escuché en la vida, es una bestia de la música”, dijo Duki a fines de marzo de 2025, durante uno de sus conciertos en el Antel Arena de Montevideo. Se refería a Zeballos, el ascendente rapero uruguayo que acaba de lanzar “Malparido”, un auspicioso feat con el emblema del trap argentino. “Siempre es muy lindo recibir palabras así, sobre todo de alguien cuya trayectoria he seguido tanto y que conoce la suficiente música y raperos como para no decirlo a la ligera”, le dice Zeballos a Rolling Stone desde Montevideo. “Ya luego tuvimos tiempo de charlar y mostrarnos un tremendo respeto mutuo. Además no solo me nombró a mí sino también a otros raperos de la escena uruguaya muy importantes como Mili Milanss y eso habla de lo involucrado que sigue con todo lo que pasa en la movida”.
“Malparido” es una suerte de track oculto (o bonus track) de Amor fiado, el nuevo álbum de Zeballos, que se lanzó el 19 de marzo. “Es un proyecto distinto a todo lo que habíamos hecho antes. Le metimos muchísimo laburo para que llegue a ser lo que es hoy”dice el rapero charrúa. “El año pasado fuimos un tiempo a Los Ángeles, donde estuve trabajando con Christian Rich, que han laburado con gente como Drake, Mac Miller y A$AP Rocky, entre otros. Con ellos terminamos de encontrar el sonido que nació en España durante un viaje de unos meses que hice por allá. En el caso de ‘Malparido’, en Madrid había trabajado el beat con Andrés Yuma, un productor muy talentoso que ha hecho muchas canciones con gente muy grossa como Rels B. Con Duki nos veníamos hablando hacía tiempo y coincidimos en Buenos Aires este verano. El álbum ya estaba casi cerrado, con colaboraciones de personas que admiro hace mucho, pero esta junta le terminó de dar a Amor fiado el sonido de alto impacto y de alta calidad que buscábamos. Fue un tremendo broche para un álbum muy especial”.
La colaboración ocurrió en el mes de febrero, en Buenos Aires. “Desde hace mucho tiempo que veníamos hablando de juntarnos y finalmente coincidimos. Estuvimos en el estudio con Yesan que es un fenómeno también, escuchando un poco de lo que había hecho ya para Amor fiado y cuando escuchó ‘Malparido” él supo ver que era la canción para meterse. Creo que aprendemos algo de todas las personas que vemos en ese contexto de grabación, cada artista tiene sus mañas y su impronta a la hora de hacerlo”, expresa Zeballos sobre esa experiencia. “Algo que sin dudas compartimos y que quizás sea lo más importante, para mantener el hambre en esto, es un amor y un respeto tremendo por lo que hacemos”.
Duki ocupa un lugar destacado en la banda de sonido de la vida de Zeballos, pero él le otorga un vajor generacional. “Más que solo en la mía creo que a día de hoy es innegable que es alguien que hace muchos años, ininterrumpidamente, se hace presente en la vida de la gran mayoría de la gente que conozco”, afirma el artista uruguayo sobre su colega.
Zeballos sabe que está frente a un mojón en su carrera. “Es una colaboración importante y la vivo como parte de un proceso más grande. Siento que es un logro, sí, pero también que se conecta directamente con todo lo que venimos construyendo”, argumenta. “En el camino previo a Amor fiado hubo cruces muy distintos, como con Wesley Schultz o con Natos y Waor, y siento que cada uno de esos encuentros fue sumando desde un lugar diferente y también consolidando mi búsqueda que tiene mucho de experimentar y de concretar cosas que a veces parecen imposibles”.
Más allá de la colaboración con Duki, Zeballos participó en “La distancia”, un tema incluído en Esto tampoco soy yo, el primer disco como solista de su compatriota Juan Campodónico. “Juan es alguien a quien respeto mucho, no solo por su trayectoria y lo que representa para la música uruguaya sino por la forma en la que la entiende. Fue un cruce interesante porque logramos combinar nuestras formas de hacer arte, que es algo que siempre caracterizó su proceso creativo. Él tiene una manera muy particular de construir, más desde lo conceptual, y eso te lleva a pensar la canción desde otro lugar. Me encanta salirme de lo que esperan que haga y esta fue una oportunidad excepcional para hacerlo”, celebra.
Amor fiado es un escalón importante en su carrera, con presentaciones agendadas en el Microestadio de Ferro en Buenos Aires, el 13 de junio (entradas acá), y en el Antel Arena de Montevideo, el 20 del mismo mes (entradas acá). “La verdad es queme agarra en un momento donde tengo más claro quién soy y tengo la madurez para identificar qué quiero decir y cómo hacerlo. Con los shows, lo que más me interesa es poder llevar todo eso al vivo. Venimos laburando mucho en cómo traducir el álbum al escenario, en que sea una experiencia que vaya más allá de las canciones. Tanto Ferro como el Antel Arena son desafíos grandes. En el caso del Antel, tiene un valor especial porque lo siento como un logro colectivo, por lo que implica para el género y para la escena local. Y en Argentina también es un show muy importante para mí. Hace tiempo que no hago un show propio en Buenos Aires —el último fue en 2024 en el Estadio Obras, que estuvo explotado—, así que volver con este proyecto me genera mucha emoción… Lo vivo con mucha responsabilidad, pero también con muchas ganas.
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Apparently Ben Marshall’s impression of Jack Harlow on Saturday Night Live over the weekend was so convincing, it even tricked the rapper’s family.
On Monday (April 13), Harlow took to his Instagram Stories to reveal that his aunt sent him a text message saying she was “proud of me for going on SNL and addressing everything.”
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The “everything” Harlow’s aunt was referencing? The controversy around his most recent album, last month’s Monica, for which Harlow told The New York Times that he consciously “got Blacker” with his sound. “I love Black music,” he told the Times. “I love the sound of Black music. And, of course, I’m hyper-aware of the politics of today, that safer landing spot that a lot of my white contemporaries have found.”
SNL poked fun at the situation during a segment on Weekend Update that saw Marshall — wearing the exact outfit Harlow wore to December’s Marty Supreme film premiere — invoking some of the funniest nicknames social media had given the artist in the wake of the controversy, including “LL Cool Whip,” “D’Anglo,” “Jay-ZZ Top” and “Lil Wayne’s World.”
In his Monday post, Harlow marveled at the fact that someone so close to him could be fooled by the over-the-top impression. “My aunt that I am related to actually thought that was me,” Harlow wrote over a picture of himself with his hair in a black bonnet, looking in disbelief.
Next up for Harlow: The Monica Tour, kicking off Aug. 4 at the Brooklyn Paramount in New York and wrapping Sept. 21 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California.
Watch the Weekend Update segment and see Harlow’s response below.
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The road to WrestleMania has finally hit its end destination. After a year of surprises, upsets and championship title changes, the WWE is gearing up for an epic conclusion to the 2026 season at WrestleMania 42. Taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on April 18 and 19, wrestling fans will be eating good with thirteen matches scheduled for the weekend including world title matches finally set.
After the results of Elimination Chamber, Raw superstars CM Punk and Stephanie Vaquer will defend their belts against Romans Reigns and Liv Morgan, who’s looking for “trouble” in her latest music video, while SmackDown stars Cody Rhodes and Jade Cargill will face “Legend Killer” Randy Orton and Rhea Ripley.
If you’re a wrestling fan who want’s to experience WWE’s tentpole event live, last-minute tickets to WrestleMania 42 are still available online.
How to Buy WrestleMania 42 Tickets, At a Glance
- Dates: April 18 & 19
- Location: Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV
- General Sale: Ticketmaster
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From CM Punk and Roman Reigns running back their WrestleMania 41 main event, this time without Seth Rollins, to an unstoppable force (Oba Femi) meeting an immovable object (Brock Lesnar) in the ring, to women heavyweights Rhea and Jade going toe-to-toe, there so many grand moments taking place in Vegas.
One aspect fans love about WrestleMania are the surprise cameos. After Travis Scott’s viral moments last year, could we see another musical guest step into the ring? Will Bad Bunny make an epic return? iShowSpeed is the latest influencer to hop in the ring alongside colleague Logan Paul to take on LA Knight and the Usos. KSI is famously known to cameo in Pauls PPV fights, so we won’t be surprise if more content creators make their way on the WrestleMania stage this year.
If you want to experience WrestleMania 42 live, we’ve compiled a ticketing guide to shop the best seats, affordable prices and discounts for WWE’s tentpole event. Take a look below at all the confirmed matches for WrestleMania 42 as well.
Where to Buy WrestleMania 42 Tickets Online
Looking for cheap seats to see WrestleMania 42 live? Here’s where to find last-minute tickets still available and on sale online for both two day passes as well as separate day one (April 18) and day two (April 19) tickets.
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WWE WrestleMania 42 Match Lineup
Here’s a list of all confirmed matches for WWE WrestleMania 42 so far.
Night One (April 18):
- Unsanctioned match: Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre
- iShowSpeed, Logan Paul and Austin Theory vs. LA Knight, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso
- Gunther vs. Seth Rollins
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship fatal four-way match: Nia Jax and Lash Legend (c) vs. The Bella Twins vs. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair vs. Lyra Valkyria and Bayley
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship match: AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch
- Women’s World Championship match: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan
- Undisputed WWE Championship match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton
Night Two (April 19)
- Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar
- Intercontinental Championship ladder match: Penta (c) vs. Je’Von Evans vs. JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio
- Demon Finn Bálor vs. Dominik Mysterio
- United States Championship match: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams
- WWE Women’s Championship match: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
- World Heavyweight Championship match: CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns