Lorde is coming home. The New Zealand-born pop visionary has announced the Australasian leg of her Ultrasound World Tour, scheduled to take place across arenas in Australia and New Zealand in February 2026.

The highly anticipated run marks Lorde’s first headline shows in her home region since 2022 and follows the release of her critically acclaimed fourth studio album, Virgin.

The tour begins at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Feb. 11, followed by a stop in Christchurch on Feb. 13. Australian fans will get their chance to see Lorde when she plays Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Feb. 16, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Feb. 18, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Feb. 21, and Perth’s RAC Arena on Feb. 25. Presale tickets for Frontier Members go live Thursday, July 17, at 2 p.m. local time, with general public sales starting Friday, July 18, at 2 p.m.

The tour announcement comes as Lorde enjoys a triumphant chart return with Virgin, her first album since 2021’s Solar Power. Released on June 27, the new LP debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 units earned in its first week, according to Luminate — a marked improvement over Solar Power’s first-week performance.

The album also delivered Lorde her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, moving 42,000 copies in the U.S. and earning her biggest sales week since 2017. Vinyl was a driving force, with 31,000 copies sold — her best vinyl week ever — helping Virgin also debut atop the Vinyl Albums chart, her first leader there.

Virgin was preceded by May’s Billboard Hot 100 top 40-debuting lead single “What Was That,” her first entry in the chart’s upper region since 2017, and her high-profile feature on Charli XCX’s culture-shaking “Girl, So Confusing” remix in 2024. The album sees Lorde embracing a bolder, more eclectic sonic palette, with critics praising its sharp lyricism and ambitious production as a rebirth following the more muted reception of Solar Power.

The Ultrasound World Tour has already earned rave reviews in North America, with the singer’s upcoming Australasian dates promising a career-spanning setlist, touching on everything from the minimalist beats of Pure Heroine to the vivid highs of Melodrama, the earthy warmth of Solar Power, and the genre-pushing experimentation of Virgin.

Lorde’s last run of Australasian dates in 2022 sold out within minutes, and with her current chart momentum, demand for the Ultrasound shows is expected to be just as fierce.

Virgin is out now via Republic Records, with multiple deluxe editions and exclusive vinyl variants available.

The Polaris Music Prize has unveiled the 10 albums on this year’s short list. The list was voted on by a large pool of music critics, journalists and curators, to find the best Canadian album of the year based solely on artistic merit.

The $30,000 winner will be chosen by an 11-member grand jury and revealed at the Polaris concert and award ceremony at Massey Hall on Sept. 16. That ceremony will also reveal the winner of the brand new SOCAN Polaris Song Prize as well as the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize winners.

Here is this year’s short list:

Three previous shortlisters are nominated again: Marie Davidson (2019), Mustafa (2021) and The OBGMs (2021). Last year saw the first repeat winner, with Jeremy Dutcher winning for his album Motewolonuwok.

All of the shortlisted artists except Mustafa are confirmed to perform, and former winner Haviah Mighty will host.

Tickets are on sale now. Polaris is offering 15% off tickets with the code POLARIS15.

This article was originally published by Billboard Canada.

Latin Mafia will cap off their first international tour, Te Odio y Te Extraño Mucho (I Hate and Miss You So Much), with a summer performance at the iconic Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, where they will close out the shows on The Grove stage on Aug. 3.

“We’re just so excited; it’s the first time we’re closing a stage at such an important festival,” Milton de la Rosa, part of the Mexican indie-pop trio, tells Billboard Español. “When we went to Coachella [in 2024], we also just said, ‘Today is just another day doing what we love, another day doing what we were born to do.’”

Their appearance at the U.S. festival — headlined this year by Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, TWICE and Korn — marks the pinnacle of a successful concert season for brothers Mike de la Rosa and twins Milton and Emilio, who have seen their fanbase grow exponentially in Mexico and the U.S. over the last three years.

The excitement they generate will also take them to the stages of another major music event this fall, Austin City Limits, where they will again share the lineup with Sabrina Carpenter, as well as Hozier, The Strokes, Doechii and Empire of the Sun, among others.

In their home country, Latin Mafia has achieved previously unimaginable milestones, such as selling out three shows at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes on May 31, June 1 and July 5, reaching 63,500 tickets sold, according to promoter OCESA. Months earlier, the trio — originally from the border city of Monterrey — held a free listening party for their 2024 debut album, TODOS LOS DÍAS TODO EL DÍA, at the same venue.

“Five years ago, I came here to see Twenty One Pilots and waited in line for nine hours, and now we’ve done four shows here,” Emilio says excitedly.

As one of the most original acts in the current Latin pop scene, Latin Mafia has won over fans with their emotional songs and fusion of rhythms such as pop, reggaeton, R&B and trap.

The Te Odio y Te Extraño Mucho tour included 38 concerts in just a few months, 17 of which sold out in the U.S. and 14 in Mexico, according to their promoters. The tour featured an innovative 360-degree stage setup with screens and closed-circuit cameras. At their May 31 show at the Palacio de los Deportes, guest stars included Spanish artist Rusowsky, Chilean singer Akrilla, and Guatemalan-American rapper Jesse Baez, who made another appearance at the July 5 show. Mexican-American artist Omar Apollo also performed and will release a duet with the band titled “Hecho Para Ti” on July 24.

In addition to the thrill of hearing them live, the trio’s music racks up thousands of daily streams on digital platforms. Last weekend, the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms (Amprofon) awarded them a Platinum Record for “No Digas Nada” and four Gold Records for the songs “Flores,” “Se Fue La Luz,” “Siento Que Merezco Más,” and “Julieta.”

“It’s overwhelming, but in another way, it’s also very exciting to think about what’s coming next,” says Milton de la Rosa. “We’ve been touring and performing for over half a year now, and it’ll end at some point. We’re eager to get lost again, in a way, because we’re hungry to decide where we’re going next.”

Justin Bieber started his Thursday (July 10) by dropping his anticipated and long-teased new brand SKYLRK. The apparel line includes everything from slides and sunglasses to hoodies and tanks. As it turns out, the drop was only an appetizer for what was to come.

By the afternoon, Bieber was teasing an entirely different project: his seventh studio album. Throughout the day, he has posted photos to Instagram of billboards in various cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Reykjavík (Icelandic singer Laufey commented on a post of the lattermost, writing: “Skeifan represented”). The black-and-white images show Bieber standing shirtless in front of wife Hailey Bieber, who appears to be holding the couple’s son, Jack Blues, though the 10-month-old’s face isn’t shown.

Other images show a black background with the word “SWAG” in all caps — likely the title of his forthcoming project — while others show the lengthy track list, with 20 titles listed.

Bieber worked on the album with longtime collaborator Harv, as well as Carter Lang and Eddie Benjamin, among others. Sources say the project leans into Bieber’s R&B roots, but is more experimental in its production and instrumentation.

And despite the album’s seemingly long playtime, sources say Bieber has been working on a ton of new music — and has another, more pop-inspired album on the way.

The superstar has charted 11 projects on the Billboard 200, including eight No 1s: My World 2.0, Never Say Never: The Remixes (EP), Under the Mistletoe, Believe, Believe: Acoustic, Purpose, Changes and Justice.

On the Billboard Hot 100, he has collected eight No. 1 hits. The last time he topped the chart was in 2021 with “Stay” featuring The Kid LAROI; that same year, he also hit No. 1 with his smash “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon.

Harry Daniels gave his all while surprise-serenading Mariah Carey at a recent event — and though she wasn’t sold at first, the superstar eventually gave the TikToker her approval.

In a recent TikTok, Daniels gets Carey’s attention as she and her posse make their way out of the new Apple Music Studios in Culver City, California, last week. “I’d give my all to have just one more night with you,” the influencer loudly belts as Mimi — dressed in a glittering floor-length dress and sunglasses — gives him a confused side-eye.

As Carey’s team ushers her out, the vocalist eventually turns over her shoulder to give Daniels an approving, “Yes!”

Daniels — who looks shocked after Carey makes her exit — wrote in his caption, “she is literally so beyond goated i cannot believe.”

The clip comes about a month after Carey dropped her first new single in years, “Type Dangerous,” which became her 50th career entry on the Billboard Hot 100. She’s gearing up to release a new album soon, which she revealed at the July 1 Apple Music event is finished. “What is next? The album coming out,” Carey told Apple Music hosts Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden. “I don’t wanna tell too much about it because I just don’t want to reveal the whole thing. It’s finished.”

The Songbird Supreme is just the latest star Daniels has serenaded in his long-running TikTok series. He’s also taken everyone from Kamala Harris to Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Billie Eilish by surprise with his on-the-spot performances, which Daniels leveraged into his own singing career by dropping debut single “I’m Him” last October.

Watch Daniels serenade Carey below.

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