K-pop boy band superstars TOMORROW X TOGETHER announced the U.S. dates for their upcoming fourth world tour on Thursday morning (July 10). The ACT : TOMORROW outing will hit seven U.S. cities beginning on Sept. 9 in San Jose, CA at the SAP Center at San Jose, followed by shows in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. before winding down with a two-night stand at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, and HUENINGKAI will be returning to the stage at L.A. BMO Stadium after selling out two nights at the venue in 2023. The ACT : TOMORROW tour in support of the quartet’s upcoming album, The Star Chapter: TOGETHER (July 21), will launch at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome with a double-down on August 22 and 23.

Tickets for the U.S. date will be available first through a MOA membership presale on July 16 from 4 pm.-10 p.m. local time, followed by a general on-sale kicking off on July 17 at 4 p.m. local time via Ticketmaster; click here for full presale information.

The 8-track The Star Chapter: TOGETHER will feature the lead single “Beautiful Strangers,” as well as “Upside Down Kiss,” “Ghost Girl,” “Sunday Driver,” “Dance With You,” “Take My Half,” “Bird of Night” and “Song of the Stars.”

Check out the dates for TOMORROW X TOGETHER’S U.S. ACT : TOMORROW tour below:

Billie Eilish has spoken about her creative relationship with her brother, Finneas, and how they say the most “cruel” things to each other while writing and recording — but are still a dream match in the studio.

Eilish was speaking at a merchandise pop-up store hosted by American Express in London on Wednesday (July 9) for an intimate Q&A with broadcaster Edith Bowman. One hundred fans were invited to the location in Old Street east London to witness the conversation and shop exclusive merchandise. (The pop-up is open from July 10 to 13.)

The U.K. and Ireland leg of the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour kicked off on Monday (July 7) in Glasgow, Scotland, and includes six nights at London’s O2 Arena, four at Manchester’s Co-op Live and concludes with a pair of shows at Dublin’s 3Arena on July 26.

Eilish’s creative process was the focus of the conversation, particularly her songwriting partnership with elder brother Finneas O’Connell. The pair work closely on all of Eilish’s recorded material, spanning from breakout track “Ocean Eyes” (2015) and through to their 2024 hit “Birds of a Feather.”

“Working with my brother for all of these years has forced me to be a good collaborator, which I appreciate,” she said. “But with a sibling, you can be so honest and brutal with each other. With Finneas, I never have to worry about if we’re not going to be friends again or have a falling out, or hurt his feelings in a way that we can’t fix.” 

She continued, “Finneas and I have said the most cruel things that anyone has or ever will say because we’re siblings, and that’s how it goes. We love each other more than anyone’s been capable of loving anyone else. I think that’s why it’s so special, and why I don’t feel the need to work with anyone else to be real.”

The 23-year-old also discussed their work for movie soundtracks, including her James Bond theme (“No Time to Die,” 2020) and Academy Award-winning track for 2023 blockbuster Barbie (“What Was I Made For?”). “[Having a brief] is my favorite thing in the world,” she said of working with collaborators such as Barbie director Greta Gerwig and Hans Zimmer, who provided the score for No Time to Die.

“Having a prompt or assignment is where Finneas and I really thrive. It’s like a little game. Like, I get to write from the point of view of a Barbie doll and I love that.”

Songwriting, however, is something that still doesn’t feel natural to the Grammy-winning artist. “I find writing to be very, very challenging. To be real, I don’t enjoy writing music. It makes me feel very frustrated and that I’m dumb when I’m doing it. Because I’m thinking of what I want to say and feel like I can’t say it or find the right chords or whatever. And even now, after writing so many songs with my brother, I still find it really challenging.”

Elsewhere in the conversation she discussed being recently starstruck by New Girl star Jake Johnson at an airport. “Last year I was flying somewhere and as we pulled up to the airport, Jake Johnson got out of another car. My dad was there and was like, ‘Billie, you have to get out of the car,’ and I was just like, ‘I can’t, Jake Johnson is right there.’ And I started to tear up and cry, and my dad was asking, ‘Who even is that?’ And I said, ‘It’s Jake Johnson, the best actor in the world.’”

She continued, “I went into the airport and just sobbed, and called a couple of my friends and said, ‘Jake Johnson is at the same airport as me!’ My dad was begging me to go and talk to him and I refused … and this was last December, so not even that long ago! Eventually I had to walk by him as he was in the same room and he called my name out and said hello … and it was an awesome day!”

Eilish will return to North America for another leg of shows this fall, kicking off at Miami’s Kaseya Center on Oct. 9.

Newly named Global Citizen Ambassador and Fugees co-founder Wyclef Jean will join billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban for a conversation about Detroit’s creative economy on Thursday (July 10) at the inaugural Global Citizen NOW: Detroit summit.

The event at the city’s new multi-purpose Hudson’s Detroit development will bring together leaders from the worlds of business, entertainment, media, philanthropy, government and nonprofits to discuss what it takes to build sustainable, inclusive cities, while spotlighting the integral role music, culture and the arts play in shaping the city’s growth, according to a release. The conversation with Jean, Cuban, Motown Museum chair/CEO Robin Terry and Third Man Records co-founder/co-owner Ben Blackwell will be moderated by longtime Billboard contributor Gary Graff.

“It’s a true honor to be named a Global Citizen Ambassador. I’ve always believed in the power of music, not as simply for entertainment, but to awaken, to connect, to move people toward something greater,” said Jean in a statement about the announcement on Thursday that he will join a roster of A-list GC Ambassadors that includes Coldplay singer Chris Martin, Hugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, John Legend, Usher, Charlie Puth, Common, Billy Porter, Adam Lambert and others. The singer and activist has a long history of working with the international organization focused on the fight to end extreme poverty and promote social justice.

Jean first teamed up with Global Citizen in 2021, when he reunited the Fugees for a special performance during Global Citizen Live, then took the Global Citizen Festival stage again in 2023 — where he was joined by Fugees mate and surprise guest Lauryn Hill — as well as participating in this year’s Global Citizen NOW event in New York in April.

“As an artist and activist, my mission has always been to bring people together across borders and backgrounds,” Wyclef continued. “From New York to Detroit and beyond, music speaks the language of resilience, of hope, and of purpose. At a time when the world is in need of unity, I remain committed to turning that rhythm into real change. This is not about awareness, it’s about action, and together, we will continue to be the change we wish to see.”

According to organizers, Thursday’s event will look at the creative economy’s impact on Detroit via chats with the business leaders, activists and creatives who are shaping the city’s culture, including AfroFuture Festival founder Abdul Abdullah, chef Amanda Saab, Motown Museum 2024 Amplify artist of the year Jasmine Terrell and retired Detroit Lion and filmmaker Romeo Okwara, among many others.

Lyricist Alan Bergman turns 100 on Sept. 11, and he’ll be celebrating in style. Many of his friends and admirers will perform at a concert in his honor that night at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California.

The roster includes Patti Austin, Shelly Berg, Aloe Blacc, Jackson Browne, Peter Erskine, Michael Feinstein, David Finck, Mitch Forman, Jason Gould, Dave Grusin, Tamir Hendelman, Trey Henry, Roger Kellaway, Seth MacFarlane, Serge Merlaud, Greg Phillinganes, Paul Reiser, Lee Ritenour, Sheléa, Tierney Sutton and Lillias White.

In addition, there will be video appearances by Bill Charlap, Natalie Dessay, Pat Metheny, Neima Naouri and Barbra Streisand, who paid tribute to Bergman and his late wife Marilyn on her Grammy-nominated 2011 album What Matters Most – Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman.

The event will serve as a benefit for the Jazz Bakery, of which Bergman is a founding board member. The nonprofit listening room is one of the most respected jazz spaces in Los Angeles.

Marilyn Bergman died in 2022 at age 93. In the years since, Alan Bergman has continued to write, record and perform. His most recent collaboration is with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year.

The Bergmans are probably best-known for writing exquisite ballads such as “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,” “Pieces of Dreams” and “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” but they couldn’t be typecast. They also wrote witty and zesty theme songs for such TV series as Maude, Good Times and Alice.

The Bergmans won three Academy Awards, including best original song for “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair and “The Way We Were” from the movie of the same name, and three Grammy Awards, including song of the year for “The Way We Were.”

The Bergmans received 15 Oscar nominations for best original song, a total equaled or bettered by only four songwriters in history – Sammy Cahn (26), Johnny Mercer (18), Diane Warren (16) and Paul Francis Webster (16). The Bergmans collaborated on their Oscar-nominated songs with seven different composers – Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, Marvin Hamlisch, David Shire, John Williams and Dave Grusin.

In 1983 they became the first (and remain the only) songwriters to be nominated for three Oscars for best original song in one year for “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” from Best Friends, “It Might Be You” from Tootsie and “If We Were in Love” from Yes, Giorgio.

They also won four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

The Bergmans were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and received that organization’s highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1997. They received a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 2013.

The Bergmans also received lifetime achievement awards from the National Academy of Songwriters and the National Music Publishers Association. They received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts. Alan Bergman’s alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recognized him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Two of the artists who are on the bill for the upcoming birthday event shared comments in a statement.

Five-time Grammy nominee and Great American Songbook ambassador Michael Feinstein said, “The songs Alan and Marilyn have written are part of a pantheon of enduring music that will live long beyond Alan’s Centenary, for they are timeless expressions of the human condition, and will never grow old. The love that they fundamentally lived, expressed and demonstrated in life, imbues their work with a special eloquence and truth. It is an honor to celebrate Alan on his 100th!”

Actor, comedian and writer Paul Reiser, who has received 11 Primetime Emmy nominations, commented, “My goal in life is to try to be even a small fraction of the man – and artist – that my dear friend Alan Bergman is. (I may need more than 100 years to get there, but… working on it.)”

In addition, Ruth Price, founder of the Jazz Bakery, said “100 years on this planet is no small achievement, but to have graced those years with such love, beauty and art speaks to a life extraordinarily well-lived. Alan is incomparable, and I love him for all kinds of reasons.”

Julie Bergman, Alan’s daughter, said, “I can think of no better way to celebrate my father than with an evening of music performed by some of his closest collaborators and friends. He is an extraordinary man and to honor him this way is the best gift I could think of.”

Tickets, priced at $100, $200 and $300, are available here.

Award-winning singer, actress and talk show host Jennifer Hudson will deliver a special performance at the fourth annual Whitney E. Houston Legacy of Love Gala.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the late singer’s history-making career, the gala will take place Aug. 9 — on what would have been Whitney Houston’s 62nd birthday — at the St. Regis Hotel in Atlanta, presented by The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation and Primary Wave Music. The event’s honorary chair is music industry legend Clive Davis, chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment.

In addition to headliner Hudson, the musical portion of the gala will feature R&B singer/songwriter Meli’sa Morgan, who sang on Houston’s self-titled debut album; Jimmy Vance, winner of The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation’s second annual Cover Song Competition; and a special performance by a symphony orchestra as a preview of the upcoming North America fall tour, The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration, conducted by William R. Langley.

Pat Houston, president of The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation and executor of the late artist’s estate, will host the gala alongside Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight. “We are excited to have Jennifer Hudson as our headlining performer and special guest,” Pat Houston said in the press announcement. “We are thrilled that she is able to take the time to spend Whitney’s 40th anniversary with us and our special guests. And more importantly, she continues to support Whitney’s legacy.”

The foundation’s 2025 grant award recipient is Kids in the Spotlight, an organization dedicated to empowering foster youth. The gala itself is also offering Houston artifacts as well as additional curated items and experience packages through partnerships with Julien’s Auctions and Charity Buzz. Once again, annual scholarships will be given to students in the arts at HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).

“We are delighted how the foundation has developed and expanded over the past four years,” Houston added. “Though Whitney is known worldwide for her exemplary talent in music and entertainment, one of the things she loved more than anything was supporting children and our youth. She always reached back to various communities globally and truly demonstrated the work of a global servant and lived by the adage — ‘I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way; show them all the beauty they possess inside, give them a sense of pride to make it easier…’ — from her international anthem, ‘Greatest Love of All.’”