Kylie Minogue has been confirmed as the headline entertainment act for the 2026 AFL Grand Final at Melbourne’s MCG on September 26 — the first Australian artist to headline the event since 2021.
The AFL announced the deal on Sunday, with Minogue describing it as a homecoming. “The AFL grand final at Melbourne’s one and only, forever iconic MCG? Yes please!” she said in a statement. “As a Melburnian, I’m so excited to be coming home for the biggest day in the Aussie sporting calendar.”
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon confirmed the league had been chasing Minogue for some time.
“There is no better artist to headline the performance prior to our biggest game of the season,” Dillon said. “Our AFL team recently joined Kylie at the MCG for the grand final content shoot, and you could already feel the excitement for September building.”
Minogue is the first Australian to headline the grand final entertainment since a collection of local acts led the 2021 event at Optus Stadium in Perth, where the game was held due to COVID lockdowns in Melbourne. The league has leaned heavily on international acts in recent years — Snoop Dogg headlined in 2025, while KISS, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry and The Killers have all featured in the past decade.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue is one of the most decorated pop artists in Australian and British chart history. She has scored 11 No. 1 albums on the U.K. Official Albums Chart — drawing level with David Bowie, Eminem and Rod Stewart — and became the first female artist to score No. 1 U.K. singles across four consecutive decades when she topped the chart at Christmas 2025.
In Australia, she holds eight ARIA No. 1 albums and is the country’s highest-selling female artist, with more than 80 million albums sold worldwide. She has won two Grammy Awards and four Brit Awards across a career spanning 17 studio albums.
In the U.S., Minogue hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 twice — with “The Loco-Motion” (No. 3, 1988) and “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (No. 7, 2002) — and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with Fever (2001). Her 2023 single “Padam Padam” became a global viral phenomenon, reaching the top 10 in the U.K. and cementing a commercial and cultural resurgence that has continued with Tension II (2024) and her 2025 Christmas chart-topper.
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The second day of Tecate Pa’l Norte brought the spectacular launch of Guns N’ Roses’ world tour to Monterrey, Mexico, on Saturday (March 28) — featuring the live debut of their two new singles, “Nothin’” and “Atlas” — during a day characterized by a heavy dose of classic and alternative rock. Grupo Frontera also used the renowned festival to kick off their Triste Pero Bien C*brón Tour in grand style, with scheduled stops in multiple countries across Latin America and Europe.
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Other acts like Turnstile, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Kygo, Simple Plan, The Warning, Enjambre, Cypress Hill, Elena Rose, Lasso, Judeline, Luck Ra and El Bogueto also stood out during the festival’s second day of activities, held at Parque Fundidora in the border city near the United States.
Among the surprise acts was Mijares, who took the stage to delight attendees with his classic “Soldado del Amor.” Additionally, Paty Cantú surprised the audience with a special appearance, showcasing her rockier side alongside the powerful trio The Warning. Likewise, a standout moment was the collaboration between singer-songwriter Paloma Morphy and young huapango folk-rock musician Macario Martínez on the Entre Cheves y Compas stage.
The program continues Sunday (March 29) with headlining performance by The Killers, and appearances by Zoé, Halsey, Panteón Rococó, Omar Courtz, Cardenales de Nuevo León, Marky Ramone, Rusowsky and Yami Safdie, among others.
Below are five of our favorite moments from day two of Tecate Pa’l Norte 2026. For a summary of day one, with Tyler, The Creator, Deftones and more, click here.
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Legendary West Coast house producer DJ Dan has died, a representative for the artist confirmed to Billboard on Sunday (March 29).
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A cause of death has not yet been revealed. The artist’s exact age has also not been confirmed, although various reports put him in the 55-57 age range.
“It is with profound sorrow, deep admiration, and an enduring sense of gratitude and love that we announce the passing of Daniel Wherrett — known professionally to the world simply as DJ Dan — one of the most beloved, genre-defying, and genuinely influential pioneers in the history of American electronic music,” reads a statement provided to Billboard. “He leaves behind not just a discography, but a culture — a way of feeling music that touched millions of souls across four decades and five continents. He often said he felt his purpose in life was ‘to heal through music.’”
Ticket holders to DJ Dan’s scheduled Saturday (March 28) night performance at the club Dead Ringer in Reno, Nevada, report that DJ Dan did not show up to the event, with the promoter later posting a statement to Instagram saying that “unfortunately DJ Dan is unable to make it tonight.” A person close to DJ Dan tells Billboard that he had not been responding to text messages for two days prior to his death.
Born Dan Wherrett in Lacey, Washington, the producer initially moved to Seattle to study design, but was bewitched by the world of electronic music. He moved to Southern California in the early ’90s, a time when the city was a nexus for the burgeoning underground rave scene. In the mid-90s he moved to San Francisco, co-founding the city’s Funky Tekno Tribe collective and establishing himself as a crucial member of the West Coast underground electronica scene, touring the world and working across house, techno, breakbeat and beyond.
In 1998, DJ Dan recorded his first of three Essential Mixes for BBC Radio, with the last one recorded alongside the legendary Frankie Knuckles at Winter Music Conference 2007. Over the years he graced many DJ lists, with DJ Mag ranking him at No. 5 on its 2006 list of the world’s top 100 DJs.
Had three hits on Billboard‘s Dance Club Songs chart, including one No. 1: “That Phone Track” in 2004. He also charted three albums on Billboard‘s Top Dance Albums chart, going as high as No. 11 in 2011 with In Stereo.
“Those who knew Dan personally knew a man who saw music in colors. Disco was orange; techno was blue and brown; progressive sounds were a cool, deep blue,” continues the statement on his passing. “He described his DJ sets as ‘peaks and valleys of energy through color’ — and that synesthetic vision translated into something audiences felt in their bodies long before they understood it with their minds. He credited his inspiration to James Brown, his parents, and ‘all the underdogs who fought their way to success in life.’”
“Off the stage, he was a cook, a traveler, an obsessive record collector whose family bought him a new turntable every Christmas — not because it was tradition, but because it was the only gift he ever wanted. He was passionate about food, art, and the way disparate things could combine into something neither had been alone. That was his philosophy in the kitchen and on the dance floor alike: bring together things that traditionally shouldn’t go together, and find out what happens.”
“He leaves behind his music, his label, his mixes, and the countless thousands of dancers who found themselves — truly found themselves — in the middle of one of his sets. The world is quieter today. But press play on anything he touched, and you will hear exactly why we mourn him, and exactly why we are forever grateful he was here to inspire us.”
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HADES, the new album from Melanie Martinez, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.
Fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 27) on Billboard, choosing the alt-pop artist’s latest LP as their favorite new release of the week.
HADES leads the pack in a week that also saw new music releases streaming in from Conan Gray, RAYE, Charlie Puth, Miley Cyrus and more. At the poll’s closing time on Sunday, Martinez finished with 67% of the vote.
HADES was previewed by singles including “Possession” and “Disney Princess” ahead of its March 27 release.
In London, Martinez recently held a staged “Listening Chamber” event (directed by NIYADRE and produced by Bad Bones Films’ Laurence Warder and Daragh McCann) for the album; watch it in full in the video above.
“I started this album thinking I was writing a futuristic dystopia,” Martinez said in a statement about HADES, her fourth full-length studio album, upon its release via Warner Music this week. “But I realized I was just documenting the world we’re already living in. HADES is a cracked mirror. Beneath the rage, it’s a refusal to go numb – a call to feel, to see clearly, and to ask if we can still create something beautiful from the chaos we’ve been given.”
The 18-track collection is the follow-up to 2023’s Portals, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Among the new releases trailing behind HADES are Conan Gray’s “The Best,” with 20% of the vote, and RAYE’s This Music May Contain Hope, with 7% of the vote. Charlie Puth and Miley Cyrus rounded out the results, placing in fourth and fifth.
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BTS’ ARIRANG debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 4), scoring the reunited pop group their seventh leader. The set opens with 641,000 equivalent album units earned — the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014. Of that sum, 532,000 are in pure album sales (purchases of physical and digital albums), landing BTS the biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade.
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ARIRANG follows BTS’ previous No. 1s Proof (2022), BE (2020), MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 (2020), MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA (2019), Love Yourself ‘Answer’ (2018) and Love Yourself ‘Tear’ (2018).
Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart, Luke Combs captures his seventh top 10 set, as The Way I Am bows at No. 2.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new April 4, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 31. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of ARIRANG’s 641,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, pure album sales comprise 532,000 (the group’s biggest sales week ever; it debuts as BTS’ seventh No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 95,000 (equaling 99.10 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs, BTS’ biggest streaming week ever for an album; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise the remainder.
BTS claims the biggest week for an album by units earned since Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl debuted at No. 1 with an historic 4.002 million units on the Oct. 18, 2025-dated chart. BTS has the biggest week for any album by a group, by units, since the Billboard 200 began ranking by equivalent album units in December 2014.
By pure album sales (purchases of physical and digital download albums), BTS has the biggest sales week for any album since Showgirl started with 3.48 million copies sold. The last group to have a larger sales week was One Direction, with the debut week of Midnight Memories (547,000 sold, Dec. 14, 2013-dated chart).
ARIRANG’s first-week sales number was largely powered by physical sales (516,000) bolstered by its availability across 17 vinyl variants and nine CD editions, all of which have the same tracklist. (All contain collectible items such as photocards, stickers and posters.) Vinyl sales accounted for 208,000 — BTS’ best sales week on vinyl and the largest by a group in the modern era (since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991). It’s also the sixth-largest vinyl sales week for an album in the modern era; Taylor Swift has the top five. The biggest week for a vinyl set in the modern era was registered by the opening week of Showgirl, with 1.334 million.
ARIRANG’s release date of March 20 was announced on Jan. 1, though its title was not revealed until Jan. 16. The album was ushered in alongside the global live Netflix special BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG on March 21. The set’s lead single, “SWIM,” was released simultaneously with the album, and the track’s music video premiered the same day. Later in the release week, BTS performed on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on March 25 and 26.
Next month, the BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ will launch on April 9 in Goyang, South Korea, and arrive in the United States on April 25 in Tampa, Fla. The trek will continue through the U.S. and Mexico through May 28, before heading overseas. The tour returns to the U.S. on Aug. 1 and is set to wrap its U.S./Canada dates Sept. 6 in Inglewood, Calif.
Luke Combs collects his seventh top 10-charted album on the Billboard 200, as The Way I Am arrives at No. 2 with 101,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 76,000 (equaling 77.66 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 23,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the rest.
The album was preceded by seven charted hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, three of which reached the top 10: “Back in the Saddle,” “Sleepless in a Hotel” and “Be by You.” All three have also reached the top 10 on the Country Airplay chart, with “Back in the Saddle” topping the list for two weeks in November.
The Way I Am adds to Combs’ top 10 total on the Billboard 200, following Fathers & Sons (No. 6 peak in 2024), Gettin’ Old (No. 4, 2023), Growin’ Up (No. 2, 2022), What You See Is What You Get (No. 1, 2019), The Prequel (No. 4, 2019) and This One’s for You (No. 4, 2018).
ARIRANG and The Way I Am are the only debuts in the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200. Of the eight remaining titles in the top 10, just one is not a former No. 1 (Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving at No. 6).
Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem falls 2-3 (76,000 equivalent album units earned, up 4%), Harry Styles’ Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. slips 1-4 in its third week (64,000, down 35%) and Don Toliver’s Octane rounds out the top five, rising 6-5 (55,000, down 2%).
Dean’s The Art of Loving climbs 7-6 (54,000 equivalent album units, down 2%), Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS falls 5-7 (53,000, down 7%), Bruno Mars’ The Romantic is a non-mover at No. 8 (45,000, down 16%), Wallen’s One Thing at a Time rises 12-9 (38,000, up 7%) and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is steady at No. 10 (36,000, down 4%).
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
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Miami Music Week, a dance industry party marathon fueled by adrenaline, alcohol and passed apps, got an extra jolt of excitement with the Friday (March 27) announcement that Swedish House Mafia‘s Saturday night set on the Ultra Music Festival mainstage would feature a reunion with Eric Prydz.
The lore here is heavy, as Prydz was an original member of the founding Swedish House Mafia crew who famously decided not to join the group as it formed 2008, instead pursuing a solo career under his own name and as his aliases Pryda and Cyrez D. Both Prydz and Swedish House Mafia of course went on to become dance music superstars, helping define the sound and aesthetic of the progressive house and the EDM era itself.
The Saturday night set on the Ultra mainstage was the first performance by the original Swedish House lineup in 20 years, happening as part of a set billed as a “festival within a festival” that saw SHM’s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso (the only SHM members on the originally announced Ultra 2026 lineup) welcoming a rotation of friends onstage to each play a few songs.
Guests included U.K. garage producer MPH, Boys Noize dropping his Skrillex collab “Fine Day Afternoon,” Kelly Lee Owens playing her edit of Radiohead’s “Everything in Its Right Place,” Afrojack dropping songs including “Pon de Floor” (the 2009 Major Lazer track he co-produced), and Armand Van Helden dropping a few of his classics including “Bonkers” and “My My My.”
Then, the third member of SHM, Axwell, came onstage with Prydz, who was dressed in his standard outfit of a T-shirt and backwards baseball cap. (Prydz had also played his own solo set at Ultra on Friday night.) The four artists then played a 17-minute set featuring a few newer Swedish House Mafia tracks, a handful of Prydz classics and a few other EDM and post-EDM essentials.
Here’s the complete setlist from the Swedish House Mafia and Eric Prydz reunion.
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Guns N’ Roses are back on stage with a world tour that kicked off on Saturday (March 28) at the Tecate Pa’l Norte festival in Monterrey, Mexico. There, the veteran hard rock band led by Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan performed for the first time their two new singles “Nothin” and “Atlas” — a couple of lost gems from their 2008 album Chinese Democracy.
“It’s good to see you,” vocalist Axl Rose greeted the crowd in English at the Parque Fundidora in the border city, which had an estimated attendance of 100,000 people, according to the festival organizers. The American band’s performance, on the second day of the 14th edition of Tecate, opened with the 1987 classic “Welcome to the Jungle,” followed by a handful of songs that have captivated generations, such as “Mr. Brownstone” and “Bad Obsession.”
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“Muchas gracias,” Rose thanked in Spanish before performing his hit covers of “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney & Wings and “Slither” by Velvet Revolver. During the performance, the singer spoke few words to the audience.
The setlist, which lasted more than 90 minutes, also included “Chinese Democracy,” “Pretty Tied Up,” “It’s So Easy,” “Yesterdays” and “Double Talkin’ Jive.” Additionally, Rose presented a version of Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” as a tribute to the iconic, late musician Ozzy Osbourne, whom he surprisingly only got to meet last July during Sabbath’s final concert, “Back to the Beginning.”
Dressed in leather pants, a leather jacket and a black T-shirt, Rose seemed to make a greater effort to hit the high-pitched notes in some of the songs. Meanwhile, the mesmerizing riffs of guitarist Slash and the elegance of McKagan on bass captivated the audience. The current lineup of the Californian band also includes Richard Fortus as the second guitarist and Isaac Carpenter on drums. On Friday (March 27), a day before the tour began, the group announced on social media that keyboardist Melissa Reese would not participate in the tour due to “personal reasons.”
As Rose told the audience on Saturday, this was the first time they performed “Nothin’” live, a melancholic ballad reminiscent of GNR classics like “November Rain” and “Don’t Cry.” Meanwhile, “Atlas” — also debuted live on Saturday — is a straightforward rock track. These are the band’s latest independent releases, as they haven’t put out a new album since Chinese Democracy in 2008, a record that took almost 15 years to complete.
The show included a visual display on a pair of gigantic screens that featured robots with roses and guns, a clear nod to the band’s name, as well as elements from their classic album Appetite for Destruction, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year, and the Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II era.
Guns N’ Roses’ new world tour will include a series of concerts in North America during the summer, starting July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Carter-Finley Stadium. With over 60 dates scheduled, the trek will take the veteran band to South America before heading to Europe in early spring and summer.
Here’s the complete setlist from Guns N’ Roses’ inaugural show at Mexico’s festival Tecate Pal Norte.
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It was a big nightfor Tate McRae at the Juno Awards Gala in Hamilton, Ontario, Saturday night (Mar. 28). The singer won four awards, including many of the biggest ones, but she wasn’t there to celebrate.
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Now minted as a global pop phenomenon, McRae dominated the first night gala by winning in four major categories: single of the year (“Sports Car”), album of the year (So Close To What), artist of the year and pop album of the year. Along with such superstar nominees as Justin Bieber and The Weeknd, McRae was absent from the awards, presented at the Hamilton Convention Centre during a music industry dinner also streamed on CBC’s online channels.
All but four of the Junos up for grabs were handed out at the event, with tomorrow’s televised Juno Awards Broadcast from TD Coliseum seeing presentations in the categories of fan choice, breakthrough artist or group of the year, group of the year and contemporary R&B recording of the year.
Justin Bieber and The Weeknd are also absent from this year’s Junos. The latter was nominated for five awards this year, with four of them given out at the Saturday gala. If he won two, he would tie Anne Murray for most Junos of all time, but didn’t win any on this night. He remains second of all time with 22 wins.
R&B star Daniel Caesar won for songwriter of the year but was also not present to receive it. He will perform on the broadcast tomorrow night. Another notable winner on Saturday night included breakout artist Cameron Whitcomb, who won for country album of the year. He was not there either, but will also be a performer and nominee on Sunday night’s broadcast.
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Another notable multiple winner on the night was rising Indigenous singer-songwriter Aysanabee, who earned the awards for alternative album of the year, for Edge Of The Earth, and contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year.
In his speech for the latter category, Aysanabee said he promised himself if he won this category he would not submit again to make space for other artists. “So maybe you won’t see me again for a minute,” he said. “But I will still be coming for the white people awards,” he continued to laughter and applause.
A previous double Juno and a Latin Grammy winner, Alex Cuba is the first winner of a brand new category, Latin music recording of the year, for Indole. The category was implemented this year after an industry push to recognize the success of Latin artists in the country. A veteran of the Junos, he’s won two previous awards, in 2006 and 2008 for the then-named world music album of the year award. He also has four Latin Grammys. He now goes down in history as the first winner specifically for Latin music at the Junos.
Punjabi-Canadian stars Karan Aujla & Ikky won in the second year of the South Asian music recording of the year category for their collaboration, P-Pop Culture. Like Cuba, Aujla is a previous winner in a separate category, notably in the fan choice category in 2024, which showed the popularity of Punjabi music in Canada before the advent of the category. Aujla was unable to accept as he is on tour in India.
The Winners Share What Their Junos Mean To Them
Polaris Prize winner Debby Friday earned her first Juno, for dance recording of the year. She told the audience that her goal is “to tell the truth and make it beautiful.”
“I see the Junos as a Canadian royalty thing,” she said in a media conference after winning. “It brings a sense of acknowledgement from your industry that says ‘hey we’re listening.’”
One of three recipients of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award this year, Vinny Cinquemani reflected upon his four decades as one of Canada’s most important agents and told the media he is optimistic about the state of live music in Canada, despite challenges posed by the economy. The co-president of Paquin Artists Agency was treated to a video tribute including words from Canadian giants including Michael Bublé, Jann Arden and Simple Plan.
“I’ve worked with Bryan Adams since his first album and his tour last year was his biggest in Canada yet. It was so successful we’re planning a tour of secondary markets.” He didn’t pull his punches on one hot topic: marked-up ticket resales. “Scalping is horrible,” he said. “It is taking away from the musicians and the fans.”
The other two recipients were recent Executive of the Week, ArtHaus founder Sandy Pandya and the late Al Mair, the founder of Attic Records who was a pivotal figure in the implementation of Canadian Content regulations. Referencing Aysanabee’s earlier speech, Pandya joked that she was happy to “take the white man’s award and give it to the women!” She gave an impassioned speech about the necessity of mental health support for artists, imagining a world where musicians automatically received health benefits.” In the media room, she added that “I love every bit of this industry, even the shitty bits.”
The head of Music Canada, Patrick Rogers, meanwhile, expressed optimism about the Canadian music industry, referencing the recent IFPI Global Music Report. “We are the world’s ninth largest market and third largest music exporter. We keep exporting because we have the best stuff in the world.” Rogers also stressed that “Our policies need to be more launchpads and less bomb shelters.”
Canadian hip-hop icon Maestro Fresh Wes won a Juno in a new category for him, children’s album of the year as Young Maestro. He noted that “apart from a special Juno, I hadn’t won a Juno Award since 1991. This album was inspired by my son, and us travelling from Toronto to St. John, New Brunswick. It shows that if you have ideas, don’t give up on them.” Referencing his change of genres, he jokes that “I’m trying to be the black Raffi.”
A very rare tie was recorded, in the adult alternative album of the year category, between singer-songwriters Begonia and Bahamas.”We’re both happy, everybody wins,” said Bahamas, while Begonia noted that “I’ve lost to him twice before in this category.” Bahamas hinted at a possible future collaboration.
The metal/hard music album of the year winners Despised Icon noted that “We often feel like underdogs, not getting much media coverage or radio play, so to get this validation from our country is great.”
The three winners of the rap single of the year category, Tobi, Saukrates and Jully Black, held court in entertaining fashion in the media room, and their mutual admiration was palpable. Describing the song’s genesis, Tobi recalled that “Don Mills, my producer, had the vision. After I made the song, it was like ‘let’s get Saukrates and Jully Black on the song,’ and that portal to the universe opened. I’m a spiritual guy, I feel energies. Hearing those different voices on a song immortalizes it. Sauks has a great baritone, and Jully’s voice is so powerful. I had chills.”
The Beaches were in high spirits after winning the rock album of the year awards. Referencing the big-name no-shows at The Junos, Eliza Enman-McDaniel expressed why they make sure to show up for the Canadian music industry.
“The Junos are always the highlights of the year for us,” she said. “It is amazing to be immersed in the Canadian music scene and we feel it’s very important to attend every year. It feels so good to be back from touring and celebrate 40 miles from home.”
The humanitarian award was presented to hard rock veterans Billy Talent. Frontman Ben Kowalewicz noted that their humanitarian journey started when they were teenagers, raising money for local food banks with their Billy Talent precurser Pezz. “We played our first show at our high school,” he said. “We believed in playing rock shows and doing some good. It’s a win-win.”
One of the higher profile attendees on Saturday was Canadian singer-songwriter icon Sarah McLachlan, who won the adult contemporary album of the year award for her comeback album Better Broken, which has put her back in the international spotlight over the last year.
“You don’t necessarily expect it,” she said. “I wasn’t sure I’d make another record, but I love it so much. Making it was exhilarating and fun.”
The Juno Awards broadcast airs live on CBC from Hamilton, Ontario’s TD Coliseum tomorrow night (Mar. 29).
Here were all the winners at the 2026 Juno Awards gala:
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Options Cameron Whitcomb (Atlantic*Warner)
Hate How You Look Josh Ross (Core Entertainment*Universal)
DAISIES Justin Bieber (Island/Def Jam*Universal)
WINNER: Sports carTate McRae (RCA*Sony)
Cry For Me The Weeknd (XO/Republic*Universal)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Hard Way Cameron Whitcomb (Atlantic*Warner)
Later Tonight Josh Ross (Core Entertainment*Universal)
SWAG II Justin Bieber (Island/Def Jam*Universal)
WINNER: So Close To What Tate McRae (RCA*Sony)
Hurry Up Tomorrow The Weeknd (XO/Republic*Universal)
The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life Debby Friday Royal Mountain*Universal
Bab El Mdina Didon Electrofone*Independent
WINNER: Shades of Meridian ÈBONY Turbo*!K7
Glow Up Korea Town Acid Groovy Lab*Independent
TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Battle At The Beach Bad Eagle (Hidden Lake*Independent)
WINNER: On The Move Bear Creek (Hidden Lake*Independent)
Me & You Manitou Mkwa Singers (Silverheels*Independent)
Anirniliit Suli Piunguałaq (Qamaniq*Independent)
Nakota Tayhunyabi YB Nakota (Independent)
CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Edge Of The Earth Aysanabee (Ishkōdé*Universal)
LOVECHILD Sebastian Gaskin (Ishkōdé*Universal)
Chapter 1 Shawnee Kish (Independent*Symphonic)
Siibii Siibii (Ishkōdé*Universal)
Sage My Soul Tia Wood (Sony)
FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dogue Ariane Roy (La maison fauve*Universal)
On s’enverra des fleurs Fredz (Les Disques Nova*Believe)
Les amours de seconde main JF Pauzé (La Tribu*Believe/Propagande)
WINNER: Journal d’un Loup-Garou Lou-Adriane Cassidy (Bravo*Believe/F.A.B)
Dix chansons démodées pour ceux qui ont le cœur abîmé Pierre Lapointe (Audiogram*The Orchard/Sony)
GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bab El Mdina Didon (Electrofone*Independent)
WINNER: Ghoyoum Kazdoura (Independent)
Future Village Kizaba Nuits (D’Afrique*Independent/Believe)
Legends PIQSIQ (Independent)
Rammana Salin (Independent*AWAL)
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Bruce Liu Deutsche Grammophon*Universal
Zaytoun Haitham Haidar Athene*Naxos
WINNER: Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki Jan Lisiecki (Deutsche Grammophon*Universal)
Awake and Dreaming Katherine Dowling Independent*Leaf/Naxos
Obsession Marie Nadeau-Tremblay ATMA*Universal
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)
Current: MISSING ATOM (Artists of the Opera MISSING), Timothy Long & The Continuum Ensemble Bright Shiny Things
Re/String CC Duo & collectif9 Leaf*Naxos
Vivaldi Les Quatres Nations (reconstruites) Ensemble Caprice ATMA*Naxos/Believe
WINNER: Kevin Lau: Kimiko’s Pearl Mariko Anraku, Conrad Chow, Ron Korb & Rachel Mercer (Bravo Niagra*Independent)
in an archipelago Standing Wave Independent
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)
WINNER: Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War RequiemAxios Men’s Ensemble, The Tenors and Basses of Pro Coro Canada conducted by/dirigé par Michael Zaugg featuring John Tessier and Yuliia Zasimova (Cappella*Naxos)
Where Waters Meet Canadian Chamber Choir conducted by/dirigé par Julia Davids and Joel Tranquilla featuring Sherryl Sewepagaham Independent
Ichmouratov: The Ninth Wave, Viola Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1 Les Violons du Roy conducted by/dirigé par Airat Ichmouratov featuringElvira Misbakhova & Stéphane Tétreault ATMA*Universal
Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:43 “Mercury” & Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, Hob. I:49 “La passione” Tafelmusik conducted by/dirigé par Rachel Podger Independent
Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento) Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by/dirigé par Gustavo Gimeno Harmonia Mundi
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)
City Lights Anthony D’Alessandro Independent
Kinda Out West Aretha Tillotson Bent River*Independent
WINNER: Kevin Moore (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Kyle Joinson (Photographer/Photographe) – Tsunami Sea – Spiritbox (BMG*Universal)
Logan Dane Morrison (Art Director/Directeur artistique)
The Hard Way – Cameron Whitcomb Atlantic*Warner
Mykael Nelson (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Nicolas Lemieux (Designer/Concepteur), Liliane Jodoin (Illustrator/Illustrateur) & Felipe Arriagada (Illustrator/Illustrateur)
Bambini Symphonique – Alain Trudel and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal GSI
PUBLISHER: Bieber Time Canada/Universal Music Publishing
“DAISIES” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Carter Lang, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon Duenas, Dylan Wiggins, Eddie Benjamin, Tobias Jesso Jr. & Michael Gordon
SWAG II – Justin Bieber Island/Def Jam*Universal
“SPEED DEMON” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Carter Lang, Daniel Chetrit, Dylan Wiggins, Eddie Benjamin, Jackson Lee Morgan & Tobias Jesso Jr.
SWAG II – Justin Bieber Island/Def Jam*Universal
“YUKON” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Carter Lang, David White, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon Duenas, Dylan Wiggins, John Madara, Kejuan Waliek Muchita, Marshall Mathers, Robert M. Crawford & Tauheed Epps
SWAG II – Justin Bieber Island/Def Jam*Universal
Tate McRae
PUBLISHER: T8 Entertainment Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada.
“Purple lace bra” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Amy Allen & Emile Haynie
So Close To What – Tate McRae RCA*Sony
“Revolving door” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Grant Boutin, Julia Michaels & Ryan Tedder
So Close To What – Tate McRae RCA*Sony
“Sports car” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Grant Boutin, Julia Michaels & Ryan Tedder
So Close To What – Tate McRae RCA*Sony
The Beaches
PUBLISHER: Arts & Crafts Music Publishing
“Can I Call You in the Morning?” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Gus Van Go & Elizabeth Lowell Boland
No Hard Feelings – The Beaches AWAL
“Did I Say Too Much” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Karah McGillivray, Gus Van Go, Sam Willows & Zale Epstein
No Hard Feelings – The Beaches AWAL
“Lesbian Of The Year” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Sam Willows & Zale Epstein
No Hard Feelings – The Beaches AWAL
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-PERFORMER)
Elizabeth Lowell Boland
PUBLISHER: Artist Publishing Group West/Kobalt Music Services
“World’s Smallest Violin” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Amanda Ava Koci, Arthur Remond, Hamid Bashir, Kyle Buckley & LOLO
Don’t Click Play – Ava Max Atlantic*Warner
“Girls Like You” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Donny Bravo, Michael Wise, Nathan Ferraro & Sofia Camara
Hard To Love – Sofia Camara 21 Entertainment*Universal
“Too Pretty For Buffalo” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Gus Van Go & Kayleigh O’Connor
Too Pretty For Buffalo – Baby Nova APG*Atlantic
Hayley Gene Penner
PUBLISHER: Hayl Songs/Downtown Music Publishing
“Small Hands feat. Raiche” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Eren Cannata, Jaten Dimsdale, Jett Gitelman & Skyler Stonestreet
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy – Teddy Swims Warner*Downtown Music
“West End Girl” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Alessandro Bruccellati, Blue May & Lily Cooper
West End Girl – Lily Allen BMG
“Woman Of Faces” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Jamie Hartman, Celeste, KIDDO & Matt Maltese
Woman Of Faces – Celeste Polydor*Reservoir
Mustafa
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
“Rearrange My World” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Alexander O’Conner, Ashton Simmonds & Devonte Hynes
Rearrange My World – Daniel Caesar & Rex Orange County Hollace/Republic*Universal
“Have A Baby (With Me)” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Bobby Dixon, Ashton Simmons, Bradley Brown, Dalton Brown, Dave Richards, Jordan Evans, Les McCan, Miguel Orlando Collins, Paul Heaton & Teo Halm
Son Of Spergy – Daniel Caesar Hollace/Republic*Universal
“There’s a Field (That’s Only Yours)” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Alexander O’Conner & Ashton Simmonds
There’s a Field (That’s Only Yours) – Daniel Caesar & Rex Orange County Hollace/Republic*Universal
Nathan Ferraro
PUBLISHER: Warner Chappell Music Canada
“After You feat. FAANGS” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Mikkel Cox, Christophe Dalla-Ca, David Guetta, FAANGS, Feli Ferraro, Heavy Mellow, Olivier Giacamotto & Tobias Frederiksen
After You feat. FAANGS – David Guetta, Kiko & Olivier Giacomotto Independent
“Girls Like You” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Donny Bravo, Michael Wise, Elizabeth Lowell Boland & Sofia Camara
Hard To Love – Sofia Camara Universal
“Parking Lot” – co-songwriters/co-compositeurs Sofia Camara, Elizabeth Lowell Boland & Mike Wise
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Weezer staged an acoustic rooftop concert in Venice Beach on Friday as part of a week of fan events tied to the announcement of their ‘The Gathering’ arena tour and upcoming new single.
Rivers Cuomo and company set up atop the Hinano Cafe for a five-song acoustic set that leaned heavily on classics — “Undone – The Sweater Song,” “Buddy Holly,” “Island in the Sun” and “Say It Ain’t So” — alongside “Go Away,” with Best Coast‘s Bethany Cosentino guesting.
The rooftop performance was part of a broader run of Los Angeles-area activations the band dubbed “Weezer: The Gathering – Initiation Week,” which also includes a Weezer-themed trivia night at Barney’s Beanery and a pickleball tournament featuring the band members themselves, scheduled for March 30.
The events follow Thursday’s announcement of The Gathering, a 32-date North American arena tour launching September 8 in Sacramento and wrapping October 24 in Los Angeles, with The Shins and Silversun Pickups serving as support throughout.
The run hits major arenas including Chase Center in San Francisco, United Center in Chicago, TD Garden in Boston and stops across Canada, before closing out at the band’s home turf. Artist presales begin March 31.
The tour comes ahead of “Shine Again,” a new single dropping April 1 from Weezer’s yet-untitled 16th studio album — their first on Reprise/Warner Records and their first new LP since 2021’s Van Weezer, which was followed by the four-part SZNZ EP series in 2022.
The album arrives at a milestone-heavy moment: 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Pinkerton, the 25th anniversary of The Green Album and the 10th anniversary of the Grammy-nominated White Album.
The rooftop pop-up also comes as Weezer are enjoying a renewed wave of streaming attention, with “Go Away” — the Cosentino-featuring track from 2014’s Everything Will Be Alright in the End — going viral on TikTok and landing in the Top 40 of the Daily Viral Songs chart, accumulating roughly a million streams per day.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1994, Weezer have sold more than 10 million albums in the U.S. and over 35 million worldwide. Their debut Weezer (The Blue Album) remains one of the most enduring alternative rock records of the ’90s, producing enduring singles “Buddy Holly” and “Undone – The Sweater Song.” “Beverly Hills,” from 2005’s Make Believe, became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band most recently toured North America in 2023 on their ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’ run commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Blue Album, and headlined the Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Fall Out Boy, which grossed $92.2 million worldwide.
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Bruce Springsteen performed “Streets of Minneapolis” at the flagship No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday (March 28).
The singer addressed an estimated crowd of more than 200,000 people outside the Minnesota State Capitol and delivered the third live performance of the protest anthem since its January release.
Introduced to the stage by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Springsteen spoke at length before playing the song, honouring the state’s resistance to the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement campaign.
“This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis, but they picked the wrong city,” he told the crowd.
“The power and the solidarity of the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota was an inspiration to the entire country. Your strength and your commitment told us that this is still America, and this reactionary nightmare — and these invasions of American cities — will not stand. You gave us hope, you gave us courage.”
He went on to name the two Minneapolis residents killed by ICE agents during the operation.
“Renee Good, mother of three, brutally murdered. Alex Pretti, VA nurse, executed by ICE. Shot in the back and left to die in the street without even the decency of our lawless government investigating their deaths. Their bravery, their sacrifice, and their names will not be forgotten.”
The crowd then chanted “ICE out now” as Springsteen launched into the song.
Springsteen wrote and recorded “Streets of Minneapolis” in the immediate aftermath of the shootings, releasing it within days.
He debuted the song live on January 30 at a benefit concert at Minneapolis’ First Avenue, and performed it a second time earlier this week at Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary event in New York.
Saturday’s St. Paul performance marked the third. “There are certain moments where you’re in the right place at the right time and something deeply meaningful occurs that is bigger than the band,” Springsteen told the Minnesota Star Tribune of the First Avenue show.
“Being in Minneapolis goes way up to the top of the list as far as meaningful shows I’ve played.”
The No Kings rally — the third round of nationwide protests against the Trump administration — drew millions of participants across more than 3,100 registered events in all 50 states.
The St. Paul event served as the national flagship, with a bill that also included Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, Senator Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda and Tom Morello, among others.
In Dallas, clashes erupted between No Kings marchers and counter-protesters. The White House dismissed the demonstrations as “Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions.”
The St. Paul appearance comes days before Springsteen and the E Street Band launch their Land of Hope and Dreams tour, opening Tuesday (March 31) at Minneapolis’ Target Center with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello joining for every date.
The tour runs through a May 27 finale in Washington, D.C. “The tour is going to be political and very topical about what’s going on in the country,” Springsteen told the Star Tribune.
“Minneapolis and St. Paul, that was the place I wanted to begin it, and I wanted to end it in Washington.” Announcing the tour, Springsteen wrote that fans were living through “dark, disturbing and dangerous times” but declared: “The cavalry is coming.”
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