Time, and having time on his hands due to the pandemic, let The Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger finally finish his memoir. Though Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with the Doors, publishes on Oct. 12 through Little, Brown, Krieger tells Billboard it’s been on the runway for quite a while. “I started […]

Writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez once famously called his novel 100 Years of Solititude a “350-page vallenato.” Colombia’s storytelling country music was born in the valleys of the country’s farm country. Traveling troubadours brought the news in song to isolated towns and ranches in the early 1900s. From those wandering origins, vallenato went on to travel the

Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg has spent much of her high school years warning the rest of us that the old guard won’t save us from near-certain global apocalypse due to rising seas and temperatures. Her message has long been: step aside and let the next generation fix the problem you ignored. Well, now drumming

More than two out of three music listeners are in favor of venues implementing COVID-19 safety protocols at concerts. According to a study conducted by research company MusicWatch, 67% of music listeners surveyed who attend live shows said they believe venues should enforce requirements related to masking, proof of vaccination or recent testing. The findings may come as a relief to many venue

The Latin Grammy nominations are out, and voting is in full swing. It’s time for Billboard’s Latin editors — Leila Cobo, Griselda Flores, Jessica Roiz, Ingrid Fajardo and chart director Pamela Bustios — to weigh in on this year’s nominees, including what hit the mark and what was missing. How would you describe this year’s

Saxophonist Carlos Sosa has been on the board of directors of the health services nonprofit SIMS Foundation for seven years, but it wasn’t until he performed at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, where a gunman killed 59 people and injured another 800, that he realized just how crucial the organization could be.

Ariana Grande announced a partnership with online therapy provider Better Help Sunday (Oct. 10) in honor of World Mental Health Day that includes a pledge to donate up to $5 million in free therapy. “I acknowledge that there are very real barriers when it comes to accessing mental health resources, and while this is only

Harry Crosby was 19 when his father, Bing, died in 1977. But when he goes to a shopping mall or party in December, there’s a strong chance he’ll hear his dad’s voice singing “White Christmas.” He and his family want to hear that voice more during the other 11 months, a desire that led to

HONG KONG — In April, a Chinese fan group dedicated to BTS member Jimin set out to give the K-pop star a special 26th birthday present: a customized commercial airplane. Through an account with 1.1 million followers on Weibo, China’s leading social media platform, the group says it crowdfunded over 1 million yuan ($155,000) in

Alanis Morissette had some hard news for her European fans over the weekend. Just days after wrapping up the Jagged Little Pill 25th anniversary tour in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl last week, the singer told her fans in Europe and the UK that she misses them terribly, but won’t be seeing them anytime soon.