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May 8, 2026 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft, a 3-D concert film directed by Eilish and James Cameron, opens in theaters. Shot at four of her Manchester concerts, it includes behind-the-scenes footage where we see Eilish stored away in a box to make her entrance, and footage of the "puppy room" where she and her crew can relax with some rescue dogs.
May 6, 2026 After reuniting to play Coachella two years earlier, No Doubt kick off an 18-night residency at the Spere in Las Vegas, making Gwen Stefani the first woman to headline there. The setlist covers 21 songs from 1992-2003, most from their 1995 landmark album Tragic Kingdom.
May 4, 2026 Page Six reports on Blue Dot Fever, a contagion of artists cancelling tours because of poor ticket sales (empty seats show up as blue dots on Ticketmaster). Those affected include Post Malone, Meghan Trainor and Zayn Malik. In this age of high post-pandemic ticket prices and rising inflation, many fans are opting out of these shows.
May 3, 2026 After spreading on TikTok, "Angels Above Me," an unauthorized AI-generated remix of a 2019 track of the same name by Stick Figure, goes to #1 on iTunes charts across Europe. It's an early example of an AI track of unclear origin circumventing legalities to bootleg a hit song without the artist's knowledge.
April 19, 2026 Traffic founding guitarist Dave Mason dies at 79. He wrote "Feelin' Alright" for the group, and as a solo artist had a hit with "We Just Disagree."
April 17, 2026 Nine Inch Nails and German electronic-music producer Alex Ridha (known professionally as Boys Noize) release a collaborative album titled Nine Inch Noize. The 12-track collection features various remixes, including versions of older Nine Inch Nails songs, a tune by the Trent Reznor side project How To Destroy Angels, and a cover of British synth-pop duo Soft Cell's "Memorabilia."
April 17, 2026 Madonna makes a surprise appearance during Sabrina Carpenter's headlining set at Coachella, rising from the stage to perform "Vogue" and "Like a Prayer" alongside Carpenter and debut "Bring Your Love," the lead single from her upcoming Confessions II album. Madonna's first appearance at the festival was 20 years earlier in 2006 when she prepared to launch her Confessions Tour.
April 10, 2026 On the final day of their mission to the moon, the Artemis II crew wake up to "Free" by the Zac Brown Band. Brown relays a message to the astronauts, saying he hopes the song "helps start your day with the right kind of lift."
March 27, 2026 Raye drops her second album, This Music May Contain Hope. The 17 tracks are divided into four "seasons" representing the emotional stages that inspired them. The lead single, "Where Is My Husband!," is a #1 hit in her native UK and helps her break through in America.
March 27, 2026 Robyn releases her ninth studio album, Sexistential. The single "Talk To Me" marks a reunion between Sweden's former teen-pop sensation and Max Martin, who produced her debut album in 1995 before becoming a prolific hitmaker for other teen acts of the '90s, including Britney Spears.
March 24, 2026 Miley Cyrus revisits Hannah Montana for a Disney+ 20th anniversary special. Former cast members, along with stars like Selena Gomez and Chappell Roan, join Cyrus in sharing memories of the show, which ran from 2006 to 2011 and starred Cyrus as a schoolgirl who was secretly a rock star. Cyrus debuts a new song on the special called "Younger You," written in the form of a letter from her younger self.
March 24, 2026 Megan Thee Stallion makes her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, playing the ringleader Zidler in an eight-week run where she does a "curtain-call" medley of her hits at the end of every performance.
March 21, 2026 With all seven members having completed their mandatory military service, BTS play a free reunion concert in Seoul to promote their new album, ARIRANG, and launch their first tour since 2019. With about 250,000 in attendance it sets a record for the largest public concert in South Korean history. It also draws over 18 million viewers on Netflix, where it's livestreamed.
March 20, 2026 BTS release their comeback album, ARIRANG, their first since 2022, when they started their mandatory South Korean military service. They're still a very big deal, but they now have lots of competition from K-pop acts like Stray Kids, Blackpink, and the animated superheroines Huntr/x of Kpop Demon Hunters.
March 19, 2026 Airbnb reports on the rise of concert tourism (also known as "groupie getaways"), a Gen Z trend where fans plan trips around major tour stops and festivals, often sharing accommodations to save money and make new musically compatible friends.
March 18, 2026 A jury rules for Afroman in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven police officers involved in a raid on his home in 2022. The raid turned up nothing illegal, and Afroman used footage from his security system to mock the officers in videos like "Lemon Pound Cake," which shows one of them eying the dessert while searching for contraband. The verdict is a win for free speech and parody protection.
March 6, 2026 Harry Styles releases his fourth album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., with the #1 lead single "Aperture." The album title is a mantra for Styles. "It's unhealthy to disco all the time, so loving and moving through your life with love, and then taking a break every now and again to have some fun is a really good way to approach your life," he says.
February 27, 2026 Gorillaz release their ninth album, The Mountain. Inspired by Indian music and the belief that death is a transition to the afterlife, it features some former collaborators who have made their transitions, including Dennis Hopper, whose voice is the first one heard on the album. (Hopper, who died in 2010, recorded narration for the 2005 Gorillaz song "Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head.")
February 27, 2026 Bruno Mars releases The Romantic, his first solo album since 24K Magic 10 years earlier. The first single is the banger "I Just Might," which debuted at #1; the rest of the album is filled with songs that explore what happens when you lead with your heart, going all-in on romance.
February 21, 2026 In the wake of his Super Bowl halftime show performance, Bad Bunny's "DtMF" (sung in Spanish) hits #1 in America. It's the first predominantly foreign-language to top the chart since "Despacito" in 2017.
February 20, 2026 Mumford & Sons release their sixth studio album, Prizefighter. Produced by The National guitarist Aaron Dessner, the album boasts several collaborations with artists like Hozier on "Rubber Band Man" and Gracie Abrams on "Badlands."
February 14, 2026 "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley tops the Hot 100, Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, making her the first woman to top all three of those charts at the same time.
February 8, 2026 At the Super Bowl, Charlie Puth sings the national anthem, which he calls "the hardest song ever written." The arrangement, with a choir and orchestra, is a tribute to Whitney Houston, his fellow New Jersey native who delivered the most famous Super Bowl national anthem in 1991.
February 8, 2026 Bad Bunny headlines the Super Bowl halftime show, bringing a set full of Spanish-language songs to that stage for the first time. His performance is a tribute to his native Puerto Rico, with a real-life wedding and subsequent celebration. Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin perform as special guests, with Gaga's "Die With A Smile" the only song sung in English.
February 8, 2026 Providing an alternative to Bad Bunny's Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime show, Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett play the "All-American Halftime Show" to a streaming audience. It's billed as a celebration of "faith, family, and freedom."
February 7, 2026 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dies at 47 after a battle with cancer. Their song "When I'm Gone" is an epitaph of sorts. He told Songfacts: "It's asking a question, just please love me when I'm gone. And not just like when I'm dead and gone."
February 6, 2026 The K-pop concert film Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience is released in theaters, offering an alternative to teenage girls with no interest in the Super Bowl. It tops the global box office that week, becoming one of the few concert films to do so.
February 4, 2026 Sabrina Carpenter is the guest star on a Muppet Show special that reunites Kermit and the gang to celebrate their 50th anniversary. She performs "Manchild" to some of the more dimwitted monsters, and has beef (or would it be pork?) with Miss Piggy.
February 1, 2026 A week before his Super Bowl performance, Bad Bunny becomes the first Spanish-language artist to win the Grammy for Album Of The Year when Debí Tirar Más Fotos takes the prize. Kendrick Lamar picks up five trophies (including Record Of The Year for "Luther") to become the most-awarded rapper in Grammy history with 27.
January 16, 2026 "So Sick" superstar Ne-Yo offers details of his polyamorous lifestyle during an appearance on Sherri, where he tells the host he has three girlfriends. When Sherri says it sounds like a lot of work, Ne-Yo replies, "I've never been afraid of hard work."
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