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El presentador lleva casi tres décadas al frente de ‘Saber y ganar’, pero sigue viviendo lejos del ruido de las redes sociales. El presentador ha explicado por qué no tiene perfiles propios y cómo afronta la fama, los memes y la pregunta que siempre le persigue: cuándo se jubilará.
El cantante Pipe Bueno habló de uno de los periodos más complejos que ha atravesado en su vida personal durante una conversación con el actor Juan Pablo Raba para el pódcast Los hombres sí lloran.
El artista recordó cómo una combinación de dificultades profesionales, cambios personales e inseguridades terminó llevándolo a una etapa marcada por el consumo excesivo de alcohol y otras sustancias. Según explicó, la situación llegó a afectar su relación con Luisa Fernanda W y la convivencia con sus hijos.
La crisis ocurrió mientras la familia se encontraba viviendo en México, país al que Pipe Bueno llegó en medio de nuevos proyectos profesionales. Sin embargo, algunos de sus planes no avanzaron como esperaba y esto comenzó a afectar la confianza que tenía en su carrera.
Después de 18 años de trayectoria, el cantante aseguró que empezó a experimentar una inseguridad que hasta entonces no había sentido de la misma manera.
“Estaba inseguro como nunca antes me había sentido”, reconoció.
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El consumo comenzó a hacer parte de su rutina
En medio de esa situación, el alcohol pasó de estar presente en momentos sociales a convertirse en una práctica habitual. El propio artista explicó que empezó a consumir incluso durante actividades cotidianas.
“De pronto, en una mañana, antes del desayuno me estaba tomando un café, pero le echaba dos copas de ron”, contó.
Con el paso del tiempo, el consumo se extendió a otras sustancias y, de acuerdo con su testimonio, terminó utilizándolas para evitar enfrentarse a emociones que no sabía cómo manejar.
“Si no estaba borracho, estaba drogado”, afirmó entre lágrimas.
El cantante también describió la manera en que ese comportamiento se fue convirtiendo en un ciclo relacionado con diferentes estados de ánimo.
“Si estaba contento, bebía; si estaba aburrido, bebía… Llega uno a una montaña rusa entre licor y excesos”, confesó.
Sobre la forma en que intentaba enfrentar lo que estaba sintiendo, añadió:
“La manera de gestionarlas era estar siempre en un estado alterado de conciencia”.
El momento que cambió la situación en su familia
La situación también comenzó a tener consecuencias dentro de su hogar. En uno de los episodios más difíciles, Luisa Fernanda W salió de la vivienda junto a sus hijos, Máximo y Domenic, y se trasladó a un hotel.
Pipe Bueno relató que al despertar y darse cuenta de que su pareja y sus hijos ya no estaban en casa comprendió la dimensión del problema que estaba atravesando.
Ese episodio representó un punto de quiebre para el cantante. Después de reencontrarse con su familia, le pidió a Luisa una nueva oportunidad y entendió que debía demostrar con acciones que estaba dispuesto a cambiar.
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“Comienzo a hacerme cargo de mí, a ser responsable de mi persona”, afirmó.
A partir de entonces, decidió buscar acompañamiento profesional y comenzó un proceso para trabajar en los aspectos personales que habían contribuido a esa etapa.
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Luisa Fernanda W contó cómo vivió la crisis
Tras la publicación de la entrevista, Luisa Fernanda W también se refirió a lo ocurrido mediante sus redes sociales.
La creadora de contenido reconoció que la relación atravesó momentos en los que sus sentimientos cambiaron y que la situación no fue sencilla para ninguno de los dos.
“Hubo momentos en los que me desenamoré. Decirlo así puede sonar fuerte, pero es real. También me volví a enamorar… porque hubo un momento en el que miré a los ojos a Pipe y le dije: ‘No estás solo, te voy a apoyar’”.
Su decisión de permanecer junto al cantante estuvo acompañada de límites y de la necesidad de que él asumiera directamente la responsabilidad por su proceso.
Luisa también señaló que, pese a contar con independencia económica y profesional, decidió acompañarlo durante esa etapa debido a la importancia que tenía para ella su familia. En este proceso, ambos encontraron además apoyo en la espiritualidad.
Luisa Fernanda W asegura que «fue Dios» el que le mostró que Pipe Bueno se estaba oliendo hasta la sal de los huevos del desayuno…
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Una nueva etapa para el cantante
Pipe Bueno aseguró que actualmente lleva varios meses sobrio y que el proceso también le permitió reencontrarse con aspectos de su vida que había dejado de lado.
Durante aquella etapa, incluso llegó a sentirse desconectado de su música y de la actividad profesional que había desarrollado durante años. Posteriormente, esa experiencia personal terminó influyendo en la creación de ‘Aquí estoy yo’, una producción que representa parte de la nueva etapa que atraviesa.
El cantante decidió contar públicamente lo ocurrido para hablar no solo de los excesos, sino también de la dificultad que tuvo para reconocer que necesitaba ayuda.
Su testimonio en Los hombres sí lloran estuvo acompañado de momentos de emoción, especialmente al recordar las consecuencias que su comportamiento tuvo en su familia.
Actualmente, según lo relatado en la entrevista, Bueno continúa enfocado en mantenerse sobrio, trabajar en sí mismo y recuperar el equilibrio que había perdido durante aquella etapa.
La historia también dejó expuesta una crisis que durante un tiempo permaneció en el ámbito privado de la pareja y que finalmente llegó a un punto en el que ambos tuvieron que tomar decisiones sobre el futuro de su familia.
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has revealed that he is once again fighting cancer. In an interview with El Salvadorian station YSKL, the 63-year-old musician discussed his philosophy for keeping a positive, hopeful attitude after revealing in 2013 that he was battle Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which he said returned in 2015 and yet again recently.
“There’s only been one time that I felt it was gonna kill me,” Campbell said of his diagnosis. “In the winter of 2023, I got really scared about what was happening and the pace at which it was happening. And I realized at that point that I had to do a donor transplant. It was my only hope to survive … I did that in January of ’25 .… Unfortunately, it didn’t stick. So the cancer has returned, and I’m continuing treatments to manage it.”
Campbell said he plans to try another transplant within the next few years with a different donor to see if that will stick, but in the meantime, he is going to keep performing with the “Rock of Ages” band as well as his side project, the Last in Line, and racing rally cars, a lifelong obsession. “I love cars and I love driving,” he said. “And as a child, I thought, ‘If I don’t play guitar for a living, I’m gonna be a race-car driver.’ So I’m very, very, very fortunate and blessed that I get to do both.”
The key, Campbell told the station, is to keep “moving forward” and stay busy. “And I do think that that’s what helped me, even when I was at a really low ebb with cancer treatment. The fact that I could still continue to work, that gives me something to live for, something that you enjoy, that you’re passionate about, that you can wake up in the morning and look forward to,” he explained. “I think that deflects, that takes away from focusing too much on cancer.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system and is highly treatable and often curable by using chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
Campbell, who logged time in Ronnie James Dio’s band, Dio, as well as Whitesnake and the British new wave metal band Sweet Savage, joined Def Leppard in 1992 following the death of founding guitarist Steve Clark.
He observed that some people who get a diagnosis focus just on the cancer and nothing else, while he has been determined to keep living his life “as much as possible. In fact, even more so. After getting a cancer diagnosis, it amplifies that desire to tick all the boxes, to do the things you wanna do. But I also consider myself very fortunate because I caught my cancer early. So, it’s always been more about managing my cancer.”
Concluding with a message that “life is for the living,” Campbell, who was forced to miss some 2024 and 2025 shows due to health issues, said he just encourages everyone to keep an eye on their health. “And if you are unfortunate enough to get a cancer diagnosis to overcome the fear,” he said. “Fear is inevitable when you’re first told those words. But once you get over that, you gotta realize just how to manage it and how to deal with it as best as possible, and just don’t give in.”
Def Leppard are slated to play the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla. on Oct. 15, followed by dates in Mexico and Central and South America in October and November.
Phoebe Bridgers finds herself at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with Lost Weekend, her first leader in Australia, while KATSEYE roars to the summit on the national singles chart with “Animal.”
Lost Weekend opens atop the latest chart, published Friday, Aug. 21, besting the No. 12 peak position for the U.S. singer, songwriter and guitarist’s sophomore album from 2020, Punisher, and the No. 3 for 2023’s The Record, her recording with indie rock “supergroup” Boygenius.
Also new to the ARIA Chart is Peking Duk’s Paradise, at No. 6. Paradise is the first studio album from the ARIA Award-winning Canberra EDM duo, formed by childhood mates Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. That entry beats the No. 12 peak for the Duk’s Reprisal EP from 2018.
British act Jungle shines on the new all-genres chart with Sunshine, new at No. 9, for a new career high. Jungle has now collected three top 20 entries, including 2014’s Jungle (No. 20) and 2021’s Loving In Stereo (No. 10).
Brisbane, Queensland singer and songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke returns to the chart with The Kiss And The Abyss, her sixth studio album. It’s new at No. 11. Miller-Heidke competed for Australia in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with “Zero Gravity” and is currently a coach and judge on The Voice Australia.
Goth-rocker Marilyn Manson sees his new album, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2, open its account at No. 13. It’s Marilyn Manson’s 13th studio album, 10 of which have reached the top 20, with two going all the way to No. 1 (Mechanical Animals in 1998 and We Are Chaos in 2020).
Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson bows on the ARIA Chart with his second solo album, 10Charlie, new at No. 18. As part of the ARIA Award winning rock act band, he has nine top 10 appearances on the tally. Jamieson was recently in the news for having to cancel his PJ Air solo tour of his native Australia after an onstage mishap which resulted in a fracture to his spine.
Meanwhile, Melbourne’s Grace Cummings scores a No. 23 debut with Bloodhorse!, for her first appearance on the ARIA Chart.
Prolific Aussie prog-rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard makes a top 40 splash with Alien Metal. It’s new at No. 26. According to ARIA, King Gizz, as they’ve affectionately known here, has notched more than 25 top 50 entries across studio and live albums and EPs.
In a busy cycle for new album releases, Sydney punk rock band The Hard-Ons’ collaboration with U.S. punk rock singer Jerry A (Hards-Ons/Jerry A at No. 35), Irish pop-rock act The Script (The User’s Guide to Being Human at No. 42) and Australian indie folk and roots duo Sunday Lemonade (The Forest To The Sea at No. 43) make an impression.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, KATSEYE snag their first No. 1 as “Animal” leaps 13-1. Co-written by Ed Sheeran, KATSEYE performed the track last week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, ahead of the release of their third EP Wild. Until now, the girl group’s best performing track was “Pinky Up,” which topped out at No. 19 earlier in 2026, and was performed live to fans in these parts on a whirlwind promo trip to Australia in May.
Finally, Tame Impala bags a second top 10 this year as “Loser” improves 11-7, thanks to its placement in the hit MCU film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Tame Impala’s “Dracula” peaked at No. 4 and sits at No. 17 this week. Both tracks are lifted from Deadbeat, the fifth studio album from Kevin Parker’s psychedelic pop project, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart.
For the past decade, DMA’S have lived the dream. The Australian alternative rock band has amassed an enviable fanbase in the United Kingdom, their spiritual home. They’ve landed spots on the biggest stages. Awards have come their way, including an ARIA for best group in 2023.
One thing, however, is strangely missing. A No. 1.
The trio has got ever-so-close, on multiple occasions. Their most recent album, 2023’s How Many Dreams, opened and peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart, and No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. Its predecessor, 2020’s The Glow, also peaked at No. 2 in Australia, and No. 4 in the United Kingdom.
With their self-titled fifth album, a fresh start. DMA’S arrived Friday, Aug. 21, the product of recording sessions at the band’s own studio, and released through Wonderlick and Sony Music, their first through a major label machine.
Bandmates Johnny Took (acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Matt Mason (lead guitar) and Tommy O’Dell (lead vocals) recorded the collection in their studio in Sydney’s Glebe, a space that was established by rock’n’roll legend Col Joye, and hosted sessions with David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and the Bee Gees. The DMA’S found the studio on Facebook Marketplace, buying it from Australian Music Prize winners Hermitude.
The LP was largely self-produced, with contributions from Lach Bostock of Mansionair, Norwegian duo Jimi Somewhere and two-times Grammy Award nominee Styalz Fuego.
“We did try with a producer overseas and it didn’t work out,” Mason tells Billboard over a Zoom. “We tried a few things out. It didn’t work. It solidified what were thinking, should we do it ourselves? F— it, let’s just go home. We’ve got our own studio now. We produce music for other bands. It’s album five. We know what we want, you know? Let’s just do it ourselves.”
DMA’S is the sound of a band that knows what they want. It’s an album with big songs, style and swagger, born from Britpop, raised in Australia. The trio boast an impressive following in both countries, but no Britpop frontman had the lungs of O’Dell, who shows off his natural talents on the singles “My Baby’s Place,” “Heatin Park” and “Killing Time,” and across the new album’s 11 tracks.
The sessions were “basically free because it’s our studio,” Mason says. “You’re the one creating the deadlines, you can go on forever. It did take a long time because it’s just up to you. At least we can say that we love it. It’s my favorite album that we’ve done.”
Recording the album took roughly a year to complete. “It did take quite a bit longer than usual. Just because we had the luxury of just spending as long as we can,” Mason admits. “You have this unlimited sort of potential to just experiment as long as you can and to have that luxury was like something that we haven’t done before. Some records I can look back on and say, f—, I wish I could’ve switched in an extra day or two for that. Yeah. But this album was completely happy with every single segment of it.”
Some of the songs geminated at the beginning of their career. “My Baby’s Place” and “One & Only” borrow from recordings which the band members retrieved from a rusty old PC.
Since the release of Hill’s End, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, DMA’S have amassed over 535 million streams. Breakthroughs, they can come from the least-expected avenues. In Australia, it was the band’s 2016 cover of Cher’s ‘90s dance hit “Believe” that got the ball rolling. Their version came out on top of triple j’s inaugural Hottest 100 “Live A Version” countdown in 2023.
In the U.K., a 2016 appearance on the now-defunct Sky Sports show Soccer AM, where they performed “Delete,” was an early goal. Mason remembers the experience for several reasons. “People liked the song. But the comments on YouTube, people were like, ‘why are their shoes so dirty?’” It was the first of several appearances. The bandmates are soccer tragics, a love affair that has spawned a merch collaboration with Sydney FC, featuring a jersey, jacket, scarf and wall flag.
Conversation shifts to that elusive No. 1. “I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a part of it,” Mason tells Billboard, referring to their new major label route. Each of the band’s previous studio albums were released through I Oh You, part of the Mushroom Group. All crashed the ARIA top 10.
When the band’s contract came up, “we were kind of looking around, you know, what’s going to be our next move? I was thinking, I don’t know if we’re going to be able to find another family or another team that feels like that. Sometimes you just think like that would be impossible to find. A group of people who would be so accommodating and, you know, we’ve found it,” he says. “We’ve just made the right decision.”
The U.K. beckons, where the band has already made five return trips this year. There, DMA’S played 10 Hills End anniversary shows in February, with multiple dates sold out, including two at the O2 Brixton Academy. From September, DMA’S will play regional parts of Australia, performing sets at triple j’s One Night Stand in Griffith, Yours and Owls Festival in Wollongong the following month, and will end the year at Spilt Milk in Canberra, the Gold Coast, Geelong and Perth.
“I feel like this has been a busy year for us,” Mason considers. “There are a few places we really want to go back to. Italy, we have a decent fan base there and we just love it. Japan would be great. The United States, yep. I’d love to. Maybe next year.” Regular, long-haul travel “is f—ed,” he says with a laugh, “but there’s a beauty to be able to travel to the other side of the world and have that appreciation.”
Stream DMA’S below.