A Welsh teenager planned to attack fans at the first show of Oasis’ comeback tour on July 4, but he was caught by British authorities and has since admitted to a criminal charge.

The Times reports that a 17-year-old from South Wales — kept anonymous because he’s a minor — was accused by U.K. prosecutors last month of plotting to attack the opening night of the much-awaited Oasis reunion tour in Cardiff.

The teenager had also allegedly been planning to target a dance school near his home, inspired by the deadly knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, England, last year.

According to the Times, the Welsh teenager researched how to obtain large knives and had a note saved to his phone called “places to attack.” He also allegedly sent Snapchat messages praising the Southport killer, Axel Rudakubana, and told his school guidance counselor at a June 21 meeting that he wanted to commit a “Rudakubana-style attack.”

The teenager’s guidance counselor and a Snapchat user both reported him to the police, leading to the criminal case.

The 17-year-old pled guilty to a single charge of possessing a document useful for terrorism, admitting that he had a copy of an al-Qaeda training manual on his phone. He appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 21, and a judge ordered a psychiatric examination of the teen before sentencing.

The opening night of Oasis’ 41-date Live ’25 tour, the band’s first tour since 2009, ultimately went forward without issue at Cardiff’s 74,000-capacity Principality Stadium on July 4.

The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service and reps for Oasis did not return requests for comment on Wednesday (July 16).

The 50th anniversary of Los Horóscopos de Durango, the iconic Mexican regional music band founded by Armando Terrazas, brought his daughters Marisol and Vicky to pause their respective solo careers for the first time in four years to celebrate the milestone with an extensive tour.

Formed in 1975, Los Horóscopos de Durango began in the grupero genre but didn’t explode in popularity until 2003 with the addition of Marisol and Vicky’s female voices, reaching their peak during the pasito duranguense movement. Over nearly two decades, the sisters earned many Billboard hits including “Dos Locos,” “No Me Dejes con las Ganas” and “Si La Quieres.”

“My dad had the desire to celebrate the 50 years since last year, but everyone had taken their own path,” Vicky tells Billboard Español. “At the beginning of 2025, we thought all the work and all his dreams achieved through our dreams needed to be celebrated.”

She adds: “The fans were another reason we decided to do this project.”

Under the name “La Gira de Oro: Antes Muertas Que Sencillas” (like one of their biggest hits), Los Horóscopos de Durango kicks off a series of 30+ shows in the United States and Mexico this week, starting Friday (July 18) with the first of two dates in Los Angeles. Stops include Phoenix, El Paso, Las Vegas, San Jose, Dallas and, of course, Chicago, where the musical movement was born.

In Mexico, the response to the tour announcement couldn’t have been better. Their Aug. 23 performance at Arena Ciudad de México sold out in less than a month, leading to the addition of over 20 dates in the country for the remainder of the year and the first quarter of 2026, including a March 18 show at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. (For the full calendar, click here.)

In addition to pasito duranguense, Los Horóscopos de Durango has a vast repertoire of songs featuring banda and mariachi, elements that won’t be missing in their approximately three-hour show. “We’ve paid attention to every detail, the costumes — it all feels like a fairy tale,” says Marisol.

Both sisters spoke extensively with Billboard about the tour, their upcoming plans, and this significant and unexpected moment in their careers.

What motivated you to reunite?

Vicky: My dad had the desire to celebrate the 50 years since last year, but everyone had taken their own path. At the beginning of 2025, we thought all the work and all his dreams achieved through our dreams needed to be celebrated. This wasn’t just about returning for the sake of it — there were very big reasons. Plus, having our father present made this even more important.

Did you feel you needed time apart to focus on your individual pursuits?

Vicky: Exactly. In many ways, we each wanted to explore our solo careers and focus on personal matters. But that didn’t mean we weren’t seeing each other — we’ve always been very close, and now we’re fully focused on this reunion.

What did you think of your fans selling out your first shows?

Marisol: It was something very beautiful and unexpected. We know our fans love us, we see it on social media and streaming platforms, even without releasing anything new. Seeing the Los Angeles show sell out quickly and the Arena Ciudad de México sell out in less than a month has been so exciting for us. The fans were another reason we decided to do this project.

Vicky, now that you’re a mom, how does that change your routine?

Vicky: Fortunately, this tour is very well-structured. We have highly professional teams in both the U.S. and Mexico, so they’ve organized everything to allow me to be with my son while also focusing on this project. For me, having my son with me at the first show is very important because the day before is his birthday, and the day after the first show is my birthday.

Are you nervous about returning to the stage despite your many years of experience?

Vicky: More than ever. Marisol even had some throat issues for a few days, and the doctor told her it was due to stress. It’s a mix of nerves and excitement because we’ve been out of this work rhythm for a while. We want it to start already so we can believe what’s happening.

Aside from the repertoire, what other details have excited you about preparing for the show?

Marisol: We’ve taken care of all the details, from the show’s repertoire, which will last between two and a half to three hours, to the costumes. We’ll be wearing outfits by designers from both the U.S. and Mexico, depending on the country. It all feels like a fairy tale.

Any plans to record new music?

Vicky: For now, we’re not planning to record anything new, just collaborations. We’ve been invited to several, and we’ll reveal them little by little. That also makes us very happy.

Will you have guest performers during the tour?

Vicky: Yes, we want to invite several. For the Arena Ciudad de México, we’ve already confirmed Chuy Lizárraga, Carolina Ross, and Jhonny Caz from Grupo Firme.

You’re both outstanding women in Mexican regional music. What does it mean to return to the spotlight?

Marisol: It’s an honor to be part of the history of regional Mexican music and to be back. We’ll also be heading to South America next year, to countries where we have many fans but haven’t visited before.

The same day that members of Jane’s Addiction sued their frontman Perry Farrell for allegedly attacking guitarist Dave Navarro onstage last year, the singer hit back with his own lawsuit, claiming he was actually the victim in the viral scuffle after years of “bullying” by his bandmates.

The legal battle began the morning of Wednesday (July 16), when Farrell was sued for allegedly punching Navarro mid-set at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion in September. The guitarist, alongside Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins, claimed this assault cost them millions by forcing the cancellation of the rest of their reunion tour and derailing plans for a new album.

Farrell is now returning fire with his own lawsuit against Navarro, Perkins and Avery. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles court, Farrell says his bandmates actually assaulted him onstage in Boston after he complained about Navarro playing too loudly during the song “Ocean Size.”

“Farrell reacted by body-checking Navarro,” the complaint reads. “Farrell did not throw any punches, but simply wanted to alert Navarro that he had to stop playing so loud. The video evidence is clear that the first altercation onstage during the Boston show was hardly one-sided, and in fact, what followed was an inappropriate violent escalation by Navarro and Avery that was disproportionate to Farrell’s minor body check of Navarro.”

According to the Farrell lawsuit, Navarro “aggressively” put his arm into Farrell’s neck, followed by Avery putting Farrell in a headlock and “punching him repeatedly in the kidneys and stomach” while still onstage. The fight then continued backstage, where Farrell says Navarro “menacingly charged” at both him and his wife.

Farrell says that the alleged assault was the culmination of a “years-long bullying campaign” in which his bandmates have tried to “undermine” him onstage by playing so loudly that he can’t hear himself or sing in tune. This has forced Farrell to turn up his in-ear monitors to hear himself, the lawsuit says, causing him significant eardrum damage and advanced hearing loss.

According to the lawsuit, Farrell wanted to keep touring after this incident and fulfill the band’s contractual obligations. But he says Navarro, Perkins and Avery unliterally canceled the rest of the tour and made him the “scapegoat” by falsely blaming the decision on Farrell’s nonexistent “mental health difficulties.”

“Plaintiffs are informed, believe and on these bases allege that defendants made their false and defamatory statements regarding Perry Farrell’s mental health in a spurious effort both to change the narrative about the events of the band’s last show, but also as a part of a disingenuous effort to secure insurance coverage for their own irresponsible cancellation of the tour,” the lawsuit says.

Farrell is suing his bandmates for assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract. He’s seeking unspecified monetary damages for the financial fallout from the tour’s cancellation, as well as for physical and emotional harm.

The singer’s attorney, Miles Cooley, said in a statement on Wednesday that the September incident was “devastating” for Farrell.

“Despite this continued bullying perpetuated by Navarro, Perry’s dedication to Jane’s Addiction and the preservation of its positive impact on the music industry remains unshaken,” said Cooley. “He is actively exploring ways to address the situation and ensure accountability.”

Reps for Navarro, Perkins and Avery did not immediately return a request for comment on Farrell’s complaint. In announcing their assault lawsuit against Farrell earlier in the day, the band members’ attorney Christopher Frost said, “Dave, Eric and Stephen never wanted it to come to this. But they have been wronged, want the accurate story told, and they deserve a resolution.”

A person who was present when the mainstage caught fire at Tomorrowland 2025 on Wednesday (July 16) describes the scene as one of “disbelief.”

Kay Soesbergen works for a company that does catering for festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium, where Tomorrowland happens in the town of Boom. He tells Billboard he was working in a vending area of the festival’s camping area, called DreamVille, when he saw someone filming in the direction of the mainstage, located across the site.

“I looked [in that direction] and saw a really big [cloud] of smoke coming from the festival area,” Soesbergen tells Billboard. “That’s kind of when we were like, ‘Okay, something is wrong.’ But then the fireworks start going off, and then we knew it was really wrong. Then I got a call from one of my supervisors who told me that it was the mainstage on fire.”

As Soesbergen describes it, and as heard in widely shared videos of the fire as it burned, the sound of fireworks could be heard going off as the fire consumed the stage and everything on it, burning the massive structure down to its scaffolding.

Soesbergen says that at this point, he and his colleagues were instructed to gather in a holding area for food and beverage supplies while firefighters put out the blaze, which Soesbergen estimates took approximately two to three hours. He says he and other staff stayed there until approximately 8:30 p.m. local time, after a festival press conference and a staff briefing on next steps. At that point, he was allowed to leave the site.

He adds that the mood on site shifted after he and other vendors saw firefighters refilling their water near the vending area, and “we kind of saw [among them] that they had the situation under control, so we got a little bit more relaxed.”

During the press conference, Tomorrowland’s longtime spokeswoman Debby Wilmsen said that the plan is for the festival to go on as scheduled starting Friday (July 18), but that it will be without the mainstage this weekend as well as the second weekend of Tomorrowland, scheduled for July 25-27.

“Our production team will now do everything to make something beautiful out of it,” Wilmsen said during the press conference, as reported by Belgian outlet GVA. “We’ll have to make some changes, but the intention is for all the big artists to perform. We hope to be able to provide more clarity on this on Thursday.”

Wilmsen also said that cancellation is not a consideration for organizers, although “if tomorrow it turns out that the site is not safe and we receive instruction from the authorities, we will follow them. Safety is always the priority.”

There’s very little precedent guiding how Tomorrowland officials should move forward. Festivals have been afflicted by all kinds of terrible weather incidents, from torrential downpours and lightning strikes to tornadoes, wind storms and even a small earthquake at this year’s Coachella festival. But never before has a fire hit a festival’s main stage a day before the festival started.

The cause of the Tomorrowland fire is not yet known, but the public prosecutor’s office in Antwerp, Belgium, has launched an investigation. No one was injured in the blaze, and Tomorrowland still plans to open its DreamVille camping area to attendees on Thursday (July 18). Tomorrowland reports typically hosting 400,000 people across its two weekends.

But for organizers and fans, the loss of the mainstage is a crushing blow. Changing designs each year, the mainstage is the festival’s primary showpiece, with the fantastically designed structure hosting sets from the biggest artists on the lineup and drawing crowds that can swell to more than 100,000. At the press conference, Wilmsen noted that this year’s stage had been in the works for the last two years. On social media, some attendees are already requesting refunds, given that Tomorrowland 2025 will be without what is arguably one of its primary attractions.

“The Tomorrowland mainstage is a project on its own. It’s something that’s super special, and not only the people working for Tomorrowland, but everybody around the globe who loves it and looks forward to the reveal of the Tomorrowland mainstage and what’s going to happen there,” says Soesbergen.” So there was a lot of disbelief that this was the situation. The first hour and a half [of the situation] was really about disbelief.”

This story is developing.