Madonna, Gracie Abrams, John Legend and dozens more stars are calling for the immediate closure of an ICE Detention Center in Dilley, Texas, banding together to sign an open letter posted Monday (March 30) on Change.com.

In the plea — also endorsed by Billy Porter, Brandi Carlile, Darren Criss, the Indigo Girls, Kesha, King Princess, Lance Bass, MUNA, Sara Bareilles and others — the signatories begin by emphasizing, “No child should be locked in an immigration detention center.”

“We, the undersigned, call for the immediate closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) family detention center in Texas, and an end to the detention of children and families,” the statement continues. “Children held in immigration detention endure trauma, neglect and conditions that violate basic standards of health, safety, dignity and human rights.”

The letter goes on to stress “the harms of detaining children,” referencing court filings that “have included refusals to provide clean water, rotten food contaminated with worms, dangerous medical neglect, sleep deprivation, denial of legal counsel, the separation of children from their families, and retaliation against families protesting the inhumane conditions” as examples of mistreatment of detainees.

“Children belong in schools and on playgrounds, not in detention centers,” it adds. “We urge the federal government and CoreCivic to close the Dilley facility immediately, return children and families to the homes and communities they were taken from and to end child imprisonment now.”

Billboard has reached out to the DHS for comment.

The petition is currently open for anyone to sign, at press time boasting more than 4,000 signatures. The facility in Dilley has become a holding center for a majority of parents and children detained by ICE, according to NBC News. Across the board, the Trump administration is estimated to have taken more than 2,300 children into custody with their parents so far during his first year back in office.

The letter signed by various celebrities marks one of many ways some politically outspoken stars have spoken out against the actions of ICE since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidency, which has been marked by mass deportations and aggressive raids in immigrant communities. Last year, artists such as Tyler, the Creator and Olivia Rodrigo slammed ICE’s operation in Los Angeles, and in January, numerous A-listers condemned the agency’s presence in Minneapolis and the fatal shootings of two Minnesotans at the hands of ICE officers.

BBC Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills has been fired following allegations made over his personal conduct. Mills hosted Radio 2’s popular Breakfast Show, which reached 6.5 million listeners on a weekly basis and made it the U.K.’s most popular show in the slot.

The announcement was made by the U.K.’s public service broadcaster on Monday morning (March 30) with a spokesperson saying that “while we do not comment on matters relating to individuals we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted and has left the BBC“. Mills has not yet commented on the announcement.

Mills regularly hosted a number of high-profile interviews with recent appearances from Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Louis Tomlinson, Robbie Williams and more. He took the slot in 2025 following Zoe Ball’s departure and joined the Radio 2 schedule in 2022. 

In an email sent to staff, Lorna Clarke, the BBC’s director of music said: “I know that this news will be sudden and unexpected and therefore must come as a shock. Not least as so many of us have worked with Scott over a great many years, across a broad range of our programs on R1, 5Live, R2 and TV I felt it was important to share this news with you at the earliest opportunity.”

Mills joined the BBC in 1998 and held a number of roles at Radio 1, the BBC’s youth-focused radio station. In 2022, he departed the station after 24 years to replace Steve Wright.

Alongside the Breakfast Show, he appeared on a number of television shows for the BBC including music TV show The Pop Years and the corporation’s coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. Mills earned £355,000 – £359,999 ($469,000) according to the latest annual report, making him the 11th biggest paid star.

Mills was absent from Monday’s broadcast, with Gary Davies assuming broadcasting duties. Davies is set to appear for the remainder of the week.

Marquee Skydeck at Edge is officially set to reopen for its second season on May 1, bringing elevated nightlife back to one of New York City’s most iconic open-air venues, more than 1,100 feet above the ground. 

The venue, perched atop Edge — the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere at 1,131 feet — transforms the observation deck into a high-energy nightlife destination each summer. Operated by Tao Group Hospitality, Marquee Skydeck combines panoramic city views with high-energy DJ sets.

Last year, the 2025 season opened with a kickoff performance by Maceo Plex on May 31, preceded by a sneak peek set from Carlita on May 16. Events ran Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer, setting the stage for Marquee Skydeck as a seasonal staple in New York City’s nightlife scene.

This year’s 2026 season will feature performances from Benny Benassi, MK, Cassian, Gareth Emery, Kaz James, Layla Benitez and Hot Since 82, with additional artists expected to be announced. 

Edge, which opened in 2020, has become one of New York City’s most prominent observation destinations. The angular terrace extends 65 feet from the 100th floor of Hudson Yards and is surrounded by clear panoramic glass, giving visitors the sensation of floating above Manhattan while taking in its skyline views.

According to Andrew Lustgarten, executive chairman of Hudson Yards Experience, Marquee Skydeck is aimed at “the most discerning New Yorkers,” offering an after-hours experience unlike any other in the city. The 2026 season will run throughout the summer, with tickets and full event details to be released soon.

The Juno Awards may have had trouble attracting a-list young stars at Saturday night’s industry gala, but plenty of legends showed up for the broadcast on Sunday night (March 29) at TD Coliseum in Hamilton. The gala presented the bulk of trophies, with only four plaques handed out on the broadcast, plus a hall of fame induction for Nelly Furtado and a special lifetime achievement award for Joni Mitchell.

Pre-Junos, the greatest excitement around this year’s broadcast came with news that Mitchell would attend in person to accept her lifetime achievement award, with noted Canadian artists led by Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell on hand to pay tribute by performing such Mitchell classics as “Case Of You,” “Both Sides Now” and “Big Yellow Taxi.” The finale saw all the performers join in on the classic, including Nelly Furtado, Jully Black, The Beaches, Alessia Cara, Sofia Camara members of Arkells, Billy Talent and more. Then, Joni herself joined in for the final notes “and put up a parking lot” to major applause.

That segment closed out the two-hour show, living up to expectations. Mitchell was introduced by Prime Minister Mark Carney, and she was visibly touched by the honor. “I’m so glad to be back in Canada,” she said, praising Carney multiple times. “I live in the States, and we know what’s happening here.”

Rush Reunites

The broadcast kicked off with a bang, and a surprise one at that. With minimal intro, hard rock global superstars Rush made their first-ever Junos appearance, delivering a high-octane version of “Finding My Way,” the first song on their first album. It was the first Rush performance since 2015 and the 2020 death of drummer Neil Peart, ahead of their upcoming stadium tour.

In the media room after, singer Geddy Lee explained that “choosing a song was impossible, so we asked management to choose one.” They settled on the first song on their first album, from 1974. Guitarist/founding member Alex Lifeson joked that he hopes he survives the upcoming global Rush tour.

“It is 85 shows, more than we’ve done in a long time. It’ll be exhausting, but we’ll come out stronger.” Both Rush members praised their recently recruited new drummer, Anika Nilles, and, referencing late drummer/lyricist Peart, Lee noted “music is still a part of us. Music lives beyond tragedy.”

The Beaches, Daniel Caesar and Cameron Whitcomb Win Big Awards

After appearing at the podium at Saturday’s gala as winners in the rock album of the year category, Toronto rock quartet The Beaches returned to the winner’s circle for the prestigious group of the year category. This marks the third straight year they have won this award, a rare and highly impressive feat. On the broadcast, they chose to play a powerful ballad, backed by strings, and then hopped back on stage to accept their Juno. In a short acceptance speech, the group stressed “there is no better feeling than coming home.”

Two other winners from last night also got to shine by both performing on the broadcast and accepting another Juno. At the Awards Gala, young B.C. country singer-songwriter Cameron Whitcomb took home the trophy for country album of the year, for The Hard Way, and tonight he was victorious as breakthrough artist or group of the year. Whitcomb has earned that title in rapid fashion, and he is now back in the charts with a brand new single, “You And Me.”

In his acceptance speech he noted that “I still don’t know why I’m blessed with this opportunity, but I won’t squander it. I’ll stay sober.” To the press later, he added this advice: “Don’t drink, don’t do drugs, stay low-key.”

Daniel Caesar was the winner in the coveted songwriter of the year category last night, but was not in attendance to accept. He did show up to both perform and collect a special international achievement award, recognizing the strides he has made in global markets. His 2025 album, Son of Spergy, became his third top 10 album on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. He has made multiple appearances on influential NPR performance series Tiny Desk, and appeared on the cover of Billboard and Billboard Canada last year.

Helping induct Caesar with the international achievement award was fellow R&B star Mustafa, who referenced “the infinite brotherhood we cultivated, he from Oshawa, me from Regent Park.” Mustafa noted “you hear a stillness in his songs, and he took that stillness to a global stage.” Accompanied by his own guitar and subtle backing vocals, Caesar delivered a typically soulful ballad.”

Caesar also collected the Juno for contemporary R&B recording of the year for Son of Spergy, one of just four trophies handed out during the broadcast. When he accepted this Juno, Caesar brought up his dad, the titular Spergy.

Joni Mitchell Speaks & Sings

When talking to the media at the conclusion of the gala, McLachlan was clearly excited about paying tribute to Joni Mitchell, a crucial inspiration, at tonight’s show. “I idolized her and I dissected her music,” said McLachlan. “Joni had asked me to create a medley around her songs for the tribute. She showed up at rehearsals today, and that was the first time she’d heard it.”

Another major surprise was a video tribute to Nelly Furtado by one of Canada’s biggest stars, Drake. The rapper praised the influence he took from her, imagining as a kid that he could have the same heights and Billboard hits that she did. He tipped his hat to her making strides as a woman in music, and said “the men in this industry do not make it easy.” He joked that her influence was so vast that he even broke his Junos boycott, staying away since he hosted the show in 2011 but was shut out of all his awards.

A cast of Juno Award-winning artists gathered to pay tribute to Furtado, who was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the event. Those performing included Alessia Cara, Lido Pimienta, Jully Black, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Desman and Tanya Tagaq, and they joined Furtado’s own band, led by musical director Herag Sanbalian, who curated the selection of her greatest hits.

In her acceptance speech, Furtado expressed her great pride in Canada. “I’m a product of the Canadian dream. I live and work here, I totally believe in Canada,” she stated. She also singled out the Canadian black music community: “They embraced me so much early in my career.”

Majid Jordan also presented the fan choice award to bbno$, winning for the second year in a row. He made memorable headlines last year for his comments about Elon Musk, but was not there to accept this time around.

Here are all the winners from the Juno Awards broadcast:

JUNO FAN CHOICE

WINNER: bbno$ (Independent*Broke/CMG)

Cameron Whitcomb Atlantic/Warner

James Barker Band Universal

Josh Ross Core Entertainment/Universal

Justin Bieber Island/Def Jam/Universal

Karan Aujla Warner

Shawn Mendes Island/Universal

Shubh Independent

Tate McRae RCA/Sony

The Weeknd XO/Republic/Universal

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Cameron Whitcomb (Atlantic/Warner)

Goldie Boutilier Independent

Jade LeMac Warner

Jutes Position Music

MICO Wasted Years/Columbia/Sony

Noeline Hofmann La Honda/The Orchard

Sacha Sony

Saya Gray Dirty Hit/Virgin

Sofia Camara 21 Entertainment/Universal

yung kai BMG/Flood Division

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Arcade Fire Columbia/Sony

Mother Mother Warner

Peach Pit Columbia/Sony

WINNER: The Beaches (AWAL)

Three Days Grace RCA/Sony

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Set Me Free Adria Kain ArtHaus/Circle of 5ths/APG

Mirage Avenoir LISTEN TO THE KIDS/Santa Anna/Sony

WINNER: Son Of Spergy Daniel Caesar Hollace/Republic/Universal

PAID IN MEMORIES Jessie Reyez FMLY/Island’Universal

Life 2 Majid Jordan OVO/Sony

THERAPIST SadBoi LVRN/The Orchard

HADES, the new album from Melanie Martinez, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

Fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 27) on Billboard, choosing the alt-pop artist’s latest LP as their favorite new release of the week.

HADES leads the pack in a week that also saw new music releases streaming in from Conan Gray, RAYE, Charlie Puth, Miley Cyrus and more. At the poll’s closing time on Sunday, Martinez finished with 67% of the vote.

HADES was previewed by singles including “Possession” and “Disney Princess” ahead of its March 27 release.

In London, Martinez recently held a staged “Listening Chamber” event (directed by NIYADRE and produced by Bad Bones Films’ Laurence Warder and Daragh McCann) for the album; watch it in full in the video above.

“I started this album thinking I was writing a futuristic dystopia,” Martinez said in a statement about HADES, her fourth full-length studio album, upon its release via Warner Music this week. “But I realized I was just documenting the world we’re already living in. HADES is a cracked mirror. Beneath the rage, it’s a refusal to go numb – a call to feel, to see clearly, and to ask if we can still create something beautiful from the chaos we’ve been given.”

The 18-track collection is the follow-up to 2023’s Portals, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

Among the new releases trailing behind HADES are Conan Gray’s “The Best,” with 20% of the vote, and RAYE’s This Music May Contain Hope, with 7% of the vote. Charlie Puth and Miley Cyrus rounded out the results, placing in fourth and fifth.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Legendary West Coast house producer DJ Dan has died, a representative for the artist confirmed to Billboard on Sunday (March 29).

A cause of death has not yet been revealed. The artist’s exact age has also not been confirmed, although various reports put him in the 55-57 age range.

“It is with profound sorrow, deep admiration, and an enduring sense of gratitude and love that we announce the passing of Daniel Wherrett — known professionally to the world simply as DJ Dan — one of the most beloved, genre-defying, and genuinely influential pioneers in the history of American electronic music,” reads a statement provided to Billboard. “He leaves behind not just a discography, but a culture — a way of feeling music that touched millions of souls across four decades and five continents. He often said he felt his purpose in life was ‘to heal through music.’”

Ticket holders to DJ Dan’s scheduled Saturday (March 28) night performance at the club Dead Ringer in Reno, Nevada, report that DJ Dan did not show up to the event, with the promoter later posting a statement to Instagram saying that “unfortunately DJ Dan is unable to make it tonight.” A person close to DJ Dan tells Billboard that he had not been responding to text messages for two days prior to his death.

Born Dan Wherrett in Lacey, Washington, the producer initially moved to Seattle to study design, but was bewitched by the world of electronic music. He moved to Southern California in the early ’90s, a time when the city was a nexus for the burgeoning underground rave scene. In the mid-90s he moved to San Francisco, co-founding the city’s Funky Tekno Tribe collective and establishing himself as a crucial member of the West Coast underground electronica scene, touring the world and working across house, techno, breakbeat and beyond.

In 1998, DJ Dan recorded his first of three Essential Mixes for BBC Radio, with the last one recorded alongside the legendary Frankie Knuckles at Winter Music Conference 2007. Over the years he graced many DJ lists, with DJ Mag ranking him at No. 5 on its 2006 list of the world’s top 100 DJs.

Had three hits on Billboard‘s Dance Club Songs chart, including one No. 1: “That Phone Track” in 2004.
He also charted three albums on Billboard‘s Top Dance Albums chart, going as high as No. 11 in 2011 with In Stereo.

“Those who knew Dan personally knew a man who saw music in colors. Disco was orange;
techno was blue and brown; progressive sounds were a cool, deep blue,” continues the statement on his passing. “He described his DJ sets as ‘peaks and valleys of energy through color’ — and that synesthetic vision translated into something audiences felt in their bodies long before they understood it with their minds. He credited his inspiration to James Brown, his parents, and ‘all the underdogs who fought their way to success in life.’”

“Off the stage, he was a cook, a traveler, an obsessive record collector whose family bought him a new turntable every Christmas — not because it was tradition, but because it was the only gift he ever wanted. He was passionate about food, art, and the way disparate things could combine into something neither had been alone. That was his philosophy in the kitchen and on the dance floor alike: bring together things that traditionally shouldn’t go together, and find out what happens.”

“He leaves behind his music, his label, his mixes, and the countless thousands of dancers who found themselves — truly found themselves — in the middle of one of his sets. The world is quieter today. But press play on anything he touched, and you will hear exactly why we mourn him, and exactly why we are forever grateful he was here to inspire us.”