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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/chappell-roan-noah-kahan-2026-rose-bowl-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Noah Kahan welcomed Chappell Roan for a surprise performance during his sold-out headlining show at Rose Bowl Stadium. The Pasadena, California, show on Saturday (Aug. 15) marked the singer-songwriter’s biggest headlining performance to date, drawing more than 56,000 fans to the famed venue as part of his The Great…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bryan-adams-pat-benatar-detroit-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Early during his concert Saturday night (Aug. 15) in Detroit, Bryan Adams spoke about having “the pleasure” of having Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo supporting him on tour since last October, but noted that he’d “never had them on stage — before tonight.” And because, as Adams told the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Never-Before-Seen-Photos-Madonna-Celebrate-68-Birthday-Sonic-Editions-1.png?w=720″] All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. To celebrate her 68th birthday on Aug. 16, Madonna is getting 17 prints from limited-edition photography company Sonic…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/stylus/107007-earth_wind_fire_jazz_festival_617_409.jpg?w=617″] Trending on Billboard Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris has been placed in a medically induced coma following what his family has described as a critical medical emergency earlier this month. Explore Earth Wind and Fire See latest videos, charts and news Paris, 58, was hospitalized on Aug. 6, shortly before…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P1025H01-e1786843540396.jpg?w=1024″] ‘Violent Fairy Pop Core’ reads the block-capitals slogan emblazoned across Ariana Grande’s new, hardcore-inspired merch line. It appears to be the singer’s personal embodiment of the sound and aesthetic of her latest LP, Petal, which arrived last month (July 29) and feels like a distillation of the music itself: equally ethereal and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/stellar-gospel-music-awards-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Lisa Knowles-Smith and Darrel Walls were the big winners at the 2026 Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which were taped live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday (Aug. 15). Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin hosted the show. Knowles-Smith, 42, won five awards, four of them for the hit album Revival:…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/nct127-kcon-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Los Angeles officially belongs to K-pop this weekend with KCON LA 2026, but the city has been deep in K-pop all week. This year’s KCON festival officially opened Friday (Aug. 14) at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena. Under the theme “Walk in SOUL CITY,” a play on the South…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/selena-gomez-may-6-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Accusations that Selena Gomez duped investors into putting $1.2 million into mental health startup Wondermind are baseless, the star’s lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, says after Gomez was named in a lawsuit filed Thursday (Aug. 13). Rosengart will be filing a motion to dismiss claims made in the suit. Related…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/samantha-barks-oliver-tompsett-greatest-showman-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The Greatest Showman is heading to London’s West End. On Friday (Aug. 14), Disney Theatrical Group announced that the stage adaptation of the hit 2017 film will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in spring 2027. The announcement follows the production’s sold-out world premiere run earlier this year at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/kristen-bell-josh-gad-idina-menzel-frozen-3-d23-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Frozen 3 is officially underway, and excitement is already snowballing over the franchise’s new music. The third installment of Disney’s blockbuster franchise was announced Friday (Aug. 14) at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California, where stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad reunited onstage to…