Month: July 2024

While there was plenty to celebrate at the 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Christians took issue with one particular section of the extravaganza. In one moment of the hours-long parade, famed DJ Barbara Butch performed alongside a large group of drag queens (including Nicky Doll, the host of Drag Race France) […]

Though it definitely made for a soggy journey down the Seine, the steady rain in Paris during Friday night’s lavish opening ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Olympics did not deter Lady Gaga from stealing the show early in the four-hour spectacle. And while Gaga’s eye-popping take on Zizi Jeanmaire’s “Mon […]

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. George Strait is raising a glass to his upcoming 31st studio album, Cowboys & Dreamers, and […]

This week’s crop of new country music finds Post Malone continuing his winning collaborative ways with a new track with Luke Combs, while Wyatt Flores and The Castellows also team up for the new track “Sober Sundays.” Furthermore, Jordan Davis trades in his signature sentimental tunes for a dusting of […]

Public relations company Sacks & Co is entering the management space with SacksCo Creative, an agency that will represent creative professionals. Among its first clients are Imogene Strauss, who spearheaded Charli XCX’s instantly iconic Brat album cover, and Molly Hawkins, Harry Styles’ longtime creative director.  Other clients include creative directors Dannah Gottlieb, […]

Rita Ora was forced to cancel her planned appearance at the Campus Fesztivál in Hungary over the weekend due to a doctor’s order to rest. The “Praising You” singer revealed to fans on Saturday (July 27) that she would be unable to perform at the event that night due to […]

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” has been inescapable this year: Only two songs, Benson Boone‘s “Beautiful Things” and Zach Bryan‘s “I Remember Everything,” amassed more on-demand audio streams in the first six months of 2024 in the U.S., according to Luminate. Swims’ breakout single has also been embraced by five different […]

In a campaign his new rival has taken to calling “weird,” former President Donald Trump raised eyebrows — and some alarm — over the weekend when he promised a group of conservative Christian followers that if he’s elected to a second term they will never have to go to the […]

Surely you didn’t think Lady Gaga would fly all the way over to Paris for just one Summer Olympics performance? After the singer lit up the Sienne on Friday night when she wowed the rain-drenched crowd along the banks of the river and all those watching from the dry comfort […]

Martin Phillipps, frontman of the Chills, one of the outstanding acts signed to the Flying Nun Records roster, died on the weekend at the age of 61. The singer, songwriter and guitarist passed at his home in Dunedin, on New Zealand’s south island, confirms a statement issued by Flying Nun […]