Greta Van Fleet open the virtual gates to Palace For The People (via Republic Records), the Michigan rock band’s fourth studio album.
Palace arrived as the clock struck midnight, and houses 13 tracks including the previously-released single “Tear It Down,” plus cuts “Play Your Games” and “Saw You Stand,” which the group performed last month on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“As much as it is a Greta Van Fleet record and a rock ‘n’ roll record at its core, in its heart, it’sa very modern record,” remarks lead guitarist Jake Kiszka in a statement.
Hailing from Frankenmuth, GVF has notched five appearances on the Billboard 200, including three top 10s. Palace is the followup to 2023’s Starcatcher, which peaked at No. 8 on the all-genres Billboard albums survey and earned a Grammy nomination for best rock album — a category they won in 2019 with From The Fires.
The new collection was recorded in Tennessee in the spring of 2026, and co-produced by the band with Mike Elizondo (Turnstile, Eminem, Fiona Apple).
Following Starcatcher, “we took a break,” bassist and keyboardist Sam Kiszka told Billboard’s Katie Bain. “We couldn’t handle each other anymore. No, we definitely had to take some time off after all the, the wildness of the intense touring … of just this tour. Everything in moderation, right? But no, we’re back, and … we’re coming back full steam, and it’s a lot of fun.”
With all that steam, the group will embark on a 2027 North American and European headline jaunt, titled Into The Beginning Tour. Promoted by Live Nation, the 59-city outing gets underway Wednesday, Feb. 3 at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, GA and visits Chicago, Brooklyn, Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Toronto and other cities before wrapping-up in their home state on Saturday, July 31 at Grand Rapids’ Acrisure Amphitheater. Special guests on North American dates include Arc De Soleil, The Kooks, and Portugal. The Man.
“The function of the artist is to provide what the universe cannot,” explains frontman Josh Kiszka in statement, issued ahead of the new release. “We wanted to make a record that personifies adventure, passion, brutality, beauty, sex, and imagination, so that’s what we did. We played the ‘Palace of the People’ in London, and our music is a Palace for the People. When you’ve seen so much of the world, you realize there’s so much more of the world you have not seen. We’re starseekers. We’re simply taking the human experience and translating it into music.”
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Sheryl Crow’s new album is a pick you up. No lie.
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee returns with Pick You Up (via Old Green Barn Productions LLC), a seven-track collection produced by Crow and guitarist Jeff Trott and recorded at her Old Green Barn home studio.
On the new effort, which dropped at midnight, Crow can be found driving the bus. The “Freedom Bus,” to be sure. The politically-minded opening number features a guest vocal by Jesse Welles and was inspired by an 8th grade class field trip with her son that visited Arlington National Cemetery. The experience provided an epiphany.
“We had a tour guide who was inspired…and the stories were not only inspiring but humbling,” Crow recently told Billboard’s Gary Graff. “Everybody is trying to figure out what’s happening now. I don’t know that there’s anybody my age who doesn’t look at it and go, ‘It’s never been like this. It’s never been one side against another like it is now.’
“I do not take freedom lightly, because our freedom has been paid for in the lives of others throughout history, and that is something I wish we could all remember when we are interacting with each other.”
There’s interacting, and there’s picking a fight. “My whole feeling is just because you have the freedom of speech, it doesn’t give you permission to be an assh-le,” she continued. “You should care about a thoughtful dialogue. You should care about being able to disagree but still shake hands and hope for the best for everyone. We’ve lost that.”
Crow is coming off a busy couple months, during which she has performed a handful of concerts; was tapped to sing the National Anthem for the Sept. 3 football game at her alma mater, the University of Missouri, kicking off the 100th season of the school’s Memorial Stadium; she headlined America’s Tailgate On CBS; received BMI’s prestigious Troubadour Award; and spoke at AMERICANAFEST.
Across her career, Crow has accumulated 19 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including four top 10s. On the Billboard 200, she has racked up 13 appearances, including nine top 10s. The “All I Wanna Do” singer got the nod for the Rock Hall as part of the Class of 2023.
Pick You Up is Crow’s 13th studio album. Stream it in full below.
It’s official: Powderfinger are back.
The Australian rock juggernauts will reunite in 2027 for a run of concerts, their first in almost two decades.
The announcement was made Friday morning, Oct. 9, with a video featuring the five artists looking like the best of mates on a couch: Bernard Fanning (vocals), Ian Haug (guitars), Darren Middleton (guitars), John “JC” Collins (bass) and Jon Coghill (drums).
“Hello everyone, we’re Powderfinger. And we’ve got a little announcement to make to you today,” Fanning says at the top. “We always said that if we were going to get back together to do some shows, that you guys would be the first to know. And so, now you’re the first to know. We’re going to do some shows all around Australia from September next year.”
Middleton adds, “we’re going to build something pretty special just for you guys.”
Further details on the tour will be announced early Monday, Oct. 12, local time.
A potential reunion has been buzzing with Powderfinger fans in recent days, thanks to a cryptic teaser campaign which has pointed to “something extraordinary.” The worst case would’ve been a 30th anniversary reissue of 1996’s Double Allergic. The best case, a tour proper.
Today’s announcement is the best-case scenario.
Hailing from Brisbane, the 2032 Olympic City, the ‘Finger, as they’re affectionately known in these parts, was one of the elite bands of their era, earning the distinction of 18 total ARIA Awards, and closing out their career with five successive No. 1 albums, a run that started with 1998’s Internationalist.
The last of those chart leaders was 2009’s Golden Rule, the band’s seventh and final studio album. The following year, in 2010, Powderfinger called it a day and waved goodbye with a final, national Sunsets tour, shifting more than 200,000 tickets.
The bandmates never fell out, which meant hopes never faded to get the old band back together. Indeed, they briefly reunited in 2020 for “One Night Lonely,” a special virtual concert which raised more than A$500,000 for music industry charity Support Act and mental wellbeing support service Beyond Blue. For that special, the musicians recorded their spots independently, due to the social distancing rules of the time.
In August 2023, the lads gathered in their hometown for a fan-event and Q&A celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fifth album Vulture Street, and again the next year for Support Act’s Music in the House fundraiser in Sydney, where Powderfinger were saluted with the excellence in community award. No instruments were strummed or struck on the night.
The timing of the tour suggests the group might be shaking off the rust for their long-overdue ARIA Hall of Fame induction, an event typically presented in November at the annual ARIA Awards. Whether international dates, or even new music, will come from this special event, all of it will be revealed.
“You’ve been with us for a long time. Through the big nights, the quiet years, and everything in between, you kept the songs going,” reads a statement from the band, issued Friday morning. “So when we had something to say, we knew who needed to hear it first. We sat down together and recorded a little message just for you guys. Thank you for being here!”
Rosalía has already made the diverse album Kenan Thompson pitched to her.
In a new promo for this week’s Saturday Night Live, Thompson shares a series of ideas for things he should make to Shane Gillis — only to discover that the comedian and Rosalía have already done them.
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The promo begins with Gillis introducing himself as this week’s host alongside musical guest Rosalía. Thompson then jumps in with an idea for a character he wants to play on Gillis’ Netflix comedy Tires.
“I have some ideas for my next character next season in Tires,” Thompson tells Gillis.
“Oh, we already filmed it,” Gillis replies.
After Thompson insists that Gillis must not have seen what he filmed, the host eventually gives in.
“Dude, character development, the color schemes. Incredible,” Thompson says.
“It’s okay,” Gillis responds. “Okay, I didn’t see it.”
The back-and-forth sets up the promo’s running joke: Thompson keeps suggesting things that have already been done.
That becomes pretty hilarious when Rosalía comes into the conversation.
“What if I made an album that blends pop and classical music in 14 languages?” Thompson asks.
“That’s LUX, my album. I already made that. Sorry,” Rosalía responds matter-of-factly.
And she has a point. Rosalía’s fourth studio album LUX made a huge impact on the Billboard charts following its release, debuting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The album also debuted at No. 1 on five Billboard charts: Top Latin Albums, Classical Albums, Classical Crossover Albums and World Albums.
The project’s multilingual and classical influences are central to LUX. Rosalía recorded the album in 13 languages, while its expansive orchestral production helped the album cross over into Billboard‘s classical and classical crossover charts.
Rosalía is returning to Studio 8H as the musical guest for the second time. She previously appeared on SNL in March 2022 while promoting Motomami, performing “Chicken Teriyaki” and “La Fama.” She also made a cameo during Bad Bunny’s 2021 SNL performance of “La Noche de Anoche.” This time, Rosalía will join Gillis for the Oct. 10 episode.
Watch the full SNL promo below.
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The Goddess of Pop is not done telling her story. Cher: Part Two: The Memoir continues the account from Cher: Part One: The Memoir, which arrived on Nov. 19, 2024, and topped the charts before it even hit bookshelves. Born Cheryl Sarkisian in El Centro, California, the first volume covers the singer’s childhood, rise to fame and complicated marriage to Sonny Bono, with revelations about Bono’s financial control, infidelity and an admission that he had considered killing her.
Now, fans can look forward to the rest of Cher’s story, with the first book leaving off around 1980. Book Two is set for April 20, 2027, in hardcover, paperback, audiobook and ebook formats, and is available now for preorder. The cover has not yet been revealed, but it features the same color scheme as Volume One, making it a fitting companion piece for the collection. The book is listed at 480 pages, adding to the already considerable 432 pages delivered in the first tome. Clearly, the “Believe” singer has a lot more to say.
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Among the many striking revelations in Cher: Part One: The Memoir regarding Bono’s volatile behavior, the Oscar winner also recounted being pursued by Warren Beatty at 15 and helping Tina Turner navigate an abusive marriage to Ike Turner. The memoir is available in paperback, hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats, with the latter narrated by the author herself.
JENNIE and The Weeknd have finally taken “One of the Girls” from the studio to the stage.
The BLACKPINK star made a surprise appearance during The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn concert at Goyang Stadium in South Korea on Thursday (Oct. 8), joining him for the first-ever live performance of their 2023 collaboration from The Idol. Lily-Rose Depp, who is also featured on the track, was not part of the performance.
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The unexpected reunion came during the Korean stop of The Weeknd’s sprawling stadium tour, which is currently making its way through Asia on its final leg. The two-night Goyang engagement, which marked The Weeknd’s first return to South Korea since 2018, sold approximately 108,000 tickets across the Oct. 7 and 8 shows.
Released in 2023 as part of The Idol Episode 4 (Music From the HBO Original Series), “One of the Girls” has taken on a life of its own separate from the HBO series. Billboard previously reported that “One of the Girls” had joined the Spotify Billions Club, contributing to The Weeknd’s record-setting total of songs with at least 1 billion streams on the platform. The song also peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.
As for JENNIE, she’s had plenty to pat herself on the back for as well. The singer has been on a solo run since the release of her debut album Ruby in March 2025, which opened at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. It gave JENNIE her highest-charting solo album on the tally. She’s also been releasing music since then, including the Fallen Angel EP in August 2026. She hopped on a remix of Tame Impala‘s “Dracula,” which has become a major Billboard hit, so far peaking at No. 5 on the Hot 100.
The After Hours Til Dawn trek supports The Weeknd’s 2020 album After Hours, 2022’s Dawn FM and 2025’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, all of which claimed the first or second slots on the Billboard 200 upon their release. The tour itself, however, has been pretty legendary as well. This past August, Billboard Boxscore figures reported that The Weeknd grossed $124.4 million and sold 892,000 tickets across 16 shows during July.
View JENNIE’s surprise appearance at the South Korea show below.
Beatport, the digital download platform for DJs and the electronic music community, has secured a growth investment from Los Angeles-based investment firm Square Nine Capital. The sum of the investment is undisclosed.
A press release notes that “the investment refinances an existing credit facility,” effectively providing Beatport with the funds to pay off old loans while also providing them with new capital to, as the press release continues, “support Beatport’s strategic priorities and further strengthen its position at the center of the global electronic music ecosystem.”
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The release adds that this new funding will also provide Beatport “with additional flexibility to invest across its platform, products and broader ecosystem as the company expands its offerings for music creators around the world.”
The announcement tracks with previous Beatport news from April, when the company’s then-departing CEO Robb McDaniels told Billboard that the company plans to continue its expansion into the live events sector.
“Obviously, Beatport has been a digital company and the brand is extraordinarily well-known and the audience is massive,” McDaniels said at the time. “We’ve slowly but surely started seeing how that translates into IRL events. Because we’re a relatively small company, and the majority of our income comes from digital sales, we’ve been very careful about how much we extend ourselves into the physical realm. But starting in the pandemic with the online events we were doing, we’ve gotten more comfortable — from small pop-ups to larger stage takeovers and festivals. It’s all gone amazingly well, and the brand translates really well, so we’re going to continue leaning into that.”
Beatport’s search for a growth investor is also well-established, with the company years ago retaining an investment bank to explore strategic options for the company, including a potential sale by the company’s majority owner Axar Capital. No such sale was completed.
“We have tremendous respect for the team at Axar and what they have built in partnership with Beatport’s management team,” Square Nine leader Griffin Coakley says in a statement. “Our strategy is centered on partnering with high-quality companies backed by thoughtful sponsors, and we are excited to support Beatport as it continues to invest in its platform and build on its leadership position in electronic music.”
“We are excited to welcome Square Nine as a new capital partner to Beatport,” adds Matt Gralen, who rose to the CEO position this past spring. “Square Nine shares our conviction in Beatport’s leading position and strategic role, and we look forward to working together as we continue to invest in our platform and expand the ways we serve the global electronic music community.”
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After 16 years apart, Bitpop band Oasis came back together for one of the biggest world tours of 2025. Throughout the tour, directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace filmed just about everything with complete access to the band, as well as to previously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.
And after the new documentary premiered at the Venice Film Festival and a brief theatrical run in movie theaters around the world earlier this year, the concert film Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger makes its streaming debut this weekend.
Starting Friday (Oct. 9) at 3 a.m. ET/midnight PT, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is available to stream on Disney+.
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Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is streamable on Disney+ for subscribers only. In the meantime, watch the trailer for the documentary, below:
A German artist suing Ye (formerly Kanye West) for copyright infringement will be allowed to cite the rapper’s history of antisemitism and her own family’s ties to the Holocaust as the case moves forward.
A Thursday (Oct. 8) court order, obtained and first reported by Billboard, denied Ye’s motion to strike these references from the lawsuit filed in 2025 by German singer-songwriter Alice Merton. The case, currently set to go to trial early next year, claims Ye’s 2024 track “Gun to My Head” sampled Merton’s earlier song “Blindside” without permission.
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Merton alleges Ye included this sample on a digital deluxe version of Vultures 2 even though she had expressly denied his clearance request months earlier. Merton says she refused to grant the license for a key reason: as a direct descendant of Holocaust survivors, she did not want to be associated with Ye’s past antisemitic remarks.
Ye’s lawyers sought to remove the references to the Holocaust and antisemitism from the lawsuit, calling them “immaterial, impertinent and scandalous.” But Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha denied that motion on Thursday, finding that these details could indeed be relevant.
“The court finds that the allegations concerning Merton’s background or Ye’s alleged remarks are not unduly prejudicial and may have some bearing on the litigation, including potentially at trial to explain Plaintiffs’ rationale for denying Defendants’ use of Plaintiffs’ song,” wrote the judge.
Judge Aenlle-Rocha similarly refused Ye’s request to trim away the complaint’s references to his many prior copyright infringement lawsuits. The fully intact lawsuit will now move forward through the remaining evidence discovery process. A jury trial is set to begin in March unless a settlement is reached first.
One of Merton’s attorneys, Dylan Grimes, told Billboard on Thursday that his team is “very pleased with the court’s ruling,” adding, “We are glad the court has found [Ye’s] antisemitic statements to be relevant.”
Reps for Ye did not immediately return requests for comments on the court order Thursday.
Ye has been sued more than a dozen times over the years for allegedly using unlicensed samples and interpolations in his music. While the rapper has historically settled many of these claims, he took one to trial for the first time earlier this year. In May, a jury found Ye liable for infringing an instrumental track on an early version of his chart-topping 2021 album Donda.
Meanwhile, Ye’s career has been mired in controversy around his antisemitism since 2022. He issued a lengthy apology in the Wall Street Journal this past January for years of public hate speech, which included praise of Hitler and selling swastika T-shirts. Ye wrote in this apology, which preceded the release of his album Bully, that these controversial comments had stemmed from a 2002 car crash that caused severe brain damage and bipolar disorder.
“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment and meaningful change,” Ye wrote. “It does not excuse what I did, though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.”
Ye has since worked to mount a comeback, playing to huge crowds at an ongoing run of stadium shows this year. But the rapper’s past is still haunting him, and shows in the U.K. and Poland have been canceled due to government concerns about his previous antisemitic statements. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) also ran a public, though unsuccessful, campaign to stop Ye from performing at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium in June.
Austin-based artist management company Floating Leaf Entertainment, founded by Jeb Hurt, joined Red Light Management, bringing its roster — including breakout country star Koe Wetzel, Kolby Cooper and Fox & Vead — to the global firm. Under the deal, Floating Leaf artists will enjoy access to Red Light’s worldwide team across music, touring, brand partnerships and entertainment.
“This is about taking what we’ve built at Floating Leaf and giving it an even bigger runway,” said Hurt in a statement. “We’ve always been incredibly focused on the artist — who they are, what makes them different and how we can help build a career around that. Red Light has an incredible history of doing the same thing at a global level. To bring those philosophies together, with the people and resources they have behind them, is really exciting. I couldn’t be more proud of what our team and artists have accomplished to get us here, and I’m even more excited about what comes next.”
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“This isn’t about changing what Floating Leaf is,” Hurt added. “It’s about having more at our fingertips to serve the artists we believe in. We’ve got the opportunity to dream a little bigger, move a little faster and think globally about what’s possible. That’s a pretty exciting place to be.”
“Jeb has built something special at Floating Leaf,” said Ben Kline of Red Light. “He has an incredible instinct for artists and has earned the kind of trust that you can’t manufacture. Koe, Kolby, Fox & Vead and the rest of the roster are a reflection of that. We’re excited to bring the full breadth of Red Light to the table — our people, our relationships, our global reach and all of the opportunities that come with being part of this organization. There’s a lot of momentum around these artists, and we’re thrilled to be part of their careers.” — Chris Eggertsen
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