Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo revealed Thursday night (Nov. 4) that they’re starring in a movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked. The two stars shared Instagram pictures from a tearful video call where they learned they’d be starring as the witches from the Land of Oz. Grande will portray Elphaba the Wicked Witch […]

LiveOne, the music media company that changed its name from LiveXLive in September, should prepare to go to trial with a former investor who claims he was defrauded of millions of dollars in cash and equity by company chairman and chief executive Rob Ellin or renew mediation and settle the three-year-old lawsuit outside of court. That’s according to

Bleachers released a new EP on Thursday (Nov. 4) titled Live at Electric Lady — a collection of songs from the Jack Antonoff-fronted band that features live takes of their Billboard 200-charting album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, recorded at the historic Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The new EP features a

After weeks of teasing, Charli XCX released “New Shapes,” her new song featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, on Thursday (Nov. 4). The synth-heavy song sees Charli, Christine and Polachek lamenting their inability to truly let their significant others in, instead pushing them away, rejecting true love and embracing freedom. “New Shapes” marks Charli’s second

Coming out to your parents can be one of the most emotionally gratifying things a person can do — and one lucky fan got some help from pop superstar Harry Styles to make her moment even more special. During the Milwaukee stop Wednesday for his Love On Tour, Styles spotted a fan holding up a sign

You know that cliché of Latins always being surrounded by music and dance? Turns out there’s more than ample evidence to back it up. According to data culled from the IFPI’s recently released “Engaging With Music” report, which dug deep into the music consumption habits of 43,000 people in 21 countries, Latin American countries are

With music fans returning to concerts and festivals, and buying concert tickets for a surge of 2022 concerts, Live Nation’s earnings began the long road to recovery in the third quarter. Revenue increased over 13-fold to $2.7 billion from the prior-year period, and adjusted operating income rose from a $319.2 million loss to a $305.7

Billboard has recently recapped a series of 2021 tours that made their millions in 2019, with dates that went on sale before COVID and then were postponed to this summer and fall. Here, we see the Jonas Brothers back on the road with one of the first true post-pandemic stage shows. The JoBros announced the

If there’s anyone who knows firsthand that life can completely change in just one year, it’s Derrick Milano. The last time Billboard caught up with the multifaceted artist last year, he was a hopeful rising star who did most of his work behind the scenes for other artists through songwriting, curation, and everything in between.

Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd launch at No. 2 on Billboard’s multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated Nov. 6) with “Moth to a Flame.” The collab begins with 12.9 million U.S. streams, 1.7 million radio audience impressions and 3,800 downloads in the week ending Oct. 28, according to MRC Data. The debut is the