A lot of fans have Taylor Swift posters up on their walls at home, and Travis Kelce is no different — his “home” just happens to be Arrowhead Stadium, where the tight end recently returned to sign his new contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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In a clip posted by the team on Monday (March 23), Kelce strolls through the familiar corridors of Arrowhead — his home away from home — walking by wall posters of famous faces who have previously visited the venue. One of them, of course, was a certain 14-time Grammy winner, who played two shows on her global Eras Tour trek there (with her future fiancé, who’d later lament his inability to meet her backstage afterward, in the crowd).

As the football player went past the image of his superstar fiancée standing on stage while taking in the crowd at Arrowhead, he throws up a hand to sweetly wave at her and mouths the word “Hi.”

“Home sweet home!” he then tells the camera.

The video then shows Kelce signing papers, presumably the three-year $57.7 million contract he signed to continue his 13-year career with the Chiefs. His official commitment to more time with the team comes after months of rumors that he’d be hanging up his helmet after this past season.

In a recent interview, the Grotesquerie star said that Swift was a big reason he decided to return for a 14th season. “We share the same love for what we do,” he told Pat McAfee earlier in March. “We’ve had this desire since we were kids in our selective professions.”

See the moment Kelce saw Swift’s poster in the halls of Arrowhead Stadium below.


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It’s time to celebrate the very best of the internet and who better to lead the charge than one of the internet’s favorite comedians?

The Webby Awards announced on Wednesday (March 25) that Emmy-nominated comedian Josh Johnson will host this year’s awards ceremony. Fresh off his sold-out Flowers Tour, Johnson will take to the stage on May 11 to entertain attendees, guide the awards ceremony and ensure that all winners keep to the Webby’s time-honored tradition of five-word acceptance speeches.

The Webby awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) and spotlight all corners of internet greatness. Nominees and winners run the gamut of digital creativity, from viral memes to popular podcasters to trailblazing filmmakers. Nominees for this year’s Webby Awards won’t be announced until Tuesday (March 31), but looking at previous years, there’s bound to be a selection of incredible musicians included.

In 2025, Gracie Abrams, Rihanna and Snoop Dogg were awarded with Webbys, as were Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande.

As the Webby Awards gear up for their 30th year, they are looking back at some of the greatest achievements in internet history, including their list of the Most Iconic Companies in Internet History. Included in the roundup are Spotify for revolutionizing streaming, NPR for work like their Tiny Desk Concerts series and TikTok for helping musicians top charts through sharing short videos.

The Webby Awards will be presented live on Monday, May 11, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City and streamed on the Webby Awards YouTube channel.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 25) rejected a billion-dollar music piracy lawsuit filed by the major labels against telecom giant Cox Communications, ruling that the internet service provider cannot be held responsible for infringement by its users.

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In a decision against Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music, the justices unanimously overturned an earlier ruling that held Cox liable for thousands of songs illegally shared by its users — a decision that led a staggering $1 billion infringement verdict in 2019.

“Countless people use the Internet for legal activities, but some use it to illegally share copyrighted works, such as songs and movies,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court. “Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.”

UMG, Sony and WMG teamed up to sue Cox in 2018, claiming the internet provider itself was legally responsible for enabling the digital sins of its users. The labels claimed Cox had received hundreds of thousands of notices about piracy, but had never permanently terminated a single subscriber accused of stealing music.

In December 2019, a jury issued a verdict holding Cox liable for helping users infringe more than 10,000 songs, awarding the labels more than $99,000 per song — adding up to a whopping $1 billion fine.

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Before the Supreme Court, Cox argued the case “jeopardizes internet access for millions of users” by forcing ISPs to terminate users rather than risk billions in legal damages. The labels argued such fears were overblown and designed to distract from the facts of the case: “Cox made a deliberate and egregious decision to elevate its own profits over compliance with the law,” the claimed.

But in Wednesday’s ruling, the justices sided with Cox — ruling that an ISP can only be held responsible “if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement” and not merely if it was aware of certain bad actors.

“Cox neither induced its users’ infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement,” the court wrote. “Accordingly, Cox is not contributorily liable for the infringement of Sony’s copyrights.”

IVE is expanding its world tour, with the girl group exclusively announcing via Billboard on Wednesday (March 25) that the <SHOW WHAT I AM> world tour will now include a slew of dates in North America and additional performances in Asia.

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After bandmates ANYUJIN, GAEUL, REI, JANG WONYOUNG, LIZ and LEESEO finish their previously announced run of shows in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, they will keep their trek going with a string of performances in Canada and the United States kicking off in late July. Following stops in Toronto and Montreal, the ladies will perform in New Jersey, Texas, California and Washington before circling back up north for a show in Vancouver, B.C.

Then, in September, IVE will proceed as planned with its previously announced shows in China and Taiwan.

The sextet tells Billboard, “We’re so excited to finally meet our fans around the world on this tour!”

“We worked hard to show our unique style and growth, and we can’t wait to share it with as many fans as possible in person,” the bandmates continue. “There are so many songs we’re excited to perform live, including new tracks from REVIVE+. Each member has also prepared a special solo stage, so fans can see some fun and unexpected sides of us too. We’re really looking forward to it!”

IVE dropped 12-track album REVIVE+ in February, which reached No. 3 on Billboard‘s World Albums chart. It came about three years after the girl group last dropped a full-length, with I’ve IVE arriving in April 2023.

The <SHOW WHAT I AM> tour is sure to be in high demand, given the success of IVE’s 2024 trek. The band members closed out with the seventh-highest grossing K-pop tour of that year, raking in $10.8 million over the course of just 10 shows, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore.

See IVE’s full list of <SHOW WHAT I AM> tour dates, with the new shows in bold, below, and see the tour teaser video above:

  • April 4 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Axiata Arena
  • April 25 – Manila, Philippines – SM Mall of Asia Arena
  • May 9 – Singapore – Singapore Indoor Stadium
  • May 23 – Macao – The Venetian Arena
  • May 24 – Macao – The Venetian Arena
  • June 13 – Sydney – Qudos Bank Arena
  • June 16 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena
  • June 20 – Auckland, New Zealand – Spark Arena
  • July 21 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena
  • July 23 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
  • July 25 – Newark, N.J. – Prudential Center
  • July 29 – Austin, Texas – Moody Center
  • Aug. 1 – Los Angeles – Kia Forum
  • Aug. 4 – Oakland, Calif. – Oakland Arena
  • Aug. 7 – Seattle – Climate Pledge Arena
  • Aug. 9 – Vancouver, B.C. – Rogers Arena
  • Sept. 4 – Hong Kong – Asia World Arena
  • Sept. 5 – Hong Kong – Asia World Arena
  • Sept. 11 – Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena
  • Sept. 12 – Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena


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How do songs go viral in today’s music landscape? And why has making it as an artist never been more strategic? Jesse Coren and Andrew Spelman, co-founders of Chaotic Good, joined Billboard On The Record for a live episode at SXSW to break it all down. Speaking from their experience building one of the leading viral marketing agencies in music, they explain how TikTok trends, niche audiences and volume-driven campaigns shape which songs take off. Coren and Spelman share how they simulate trends, optimize placements and use data to help artists reach the right listeners while freeing them to focus on their art. From algorithm insights to creative strategy, they reveal what it really takes to turn a song into a hit and navigate the fast-changing world of music discovery.

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How do songs really go viral? Sure, it could be something as simple as a single singing video posted to TikTok that just totally explodes, but now trying to engineer virality has become a big business in the industry. Perhaps no one knows more about how modern songs go viral than my guests today, Jesse Coren and Andrew Spelman, two of the co-founders of Chaotic Good. These are some of the music industry’s go to digital marketers from Gies to Zara Larson, Travis Scott and Alex Warren. The Chaotic Good team has had a hand in making sure new songs reach listeners in a time when 100,000 songs are uploaded every day, and AI slot makes it harder to find good new hits than ever. All right, hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to our second live taped episode of On the Record, which is Billboard’s new music business podcast. We are going to discuss all things virality. How do songs go viral today in this incredibly crowded landscape? I’m joined here by Jesse Coren and Andrew Spelman. They are the founders of Chaotic Good, which is a digital agency used by so many people it’s hard to count, but a lot of labels hire them, artists managers, all in the service of breaking their songs online. So thank you guys for being here. All right, okay, so I figured that we could start by just talking about the history of TikTok marketing, the very short history of Tiktok marketing because it’s already changed. The online landscape has already changed a million times since TikTok was, you know, popularized in like, about 2020, so, Andrew, do you mind explaining to me, like, kind of the the progression of TikTok marketing for artists.

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The 2026 Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey will feature headliners Mumford & Sons, The Offspring, The Strokes and Goo Goo Dolls. The gathering that also wraps in surf contests and art installations will take place on Sept. 19 and 20 on three stages set up on the beach at North Beach in Bradley Park.

In addition to Mumford and the Offspring, day one will feature sets from Chaka Khan, The War on Drugs, The All-American Rejects, Shaggy, Men at Work, Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs, Fitz and the Tantrums, Tom Odell, 54 Ultra, Anders Osborne, Steph Strings, Nat Myers and Jarod Clemons.

Sunday’s lineup topped by the Strokes and Offspring will feature Fontaines D.C., Moby, Pixies, Ziggy Marley, Kim Gordon, Ben Howard, Flipturn, Die Spitz, Alice Phoebe Lou, Makua, King Stingray, Blaise and Status Green.

As always, fans can take a break from the music to check out the two-day surf contest spotlighting some of the best East Coast pro surfers on the circuit catching waves between the jetties, including: Sam Hammer, Cassidy McClain, Cam Richards, Balaram Stack, Rob Kelly, Pat Schmidt, Mike Gleason, Tommy Ihnken, Logan Kamen, Jamie DeWitt, Cole Deveney, Audrey Iglay, Paul Francisco, Mia Gallagher, Eden Edwards  and Cruz Dinofa.

Asbury Park artists Pork Chop and Brad Hoffer will be back with their iconic jellyfish installation and surfboard arch, along with other art pieces along the beach and in the Transparent Gallery; proceeds from the sale of artwork at the gallery will benefit local Asbury Park charities. Tickets for this year’s festival will be available in a presale beginning on Thursday (March 26) at 10 a.m. ET, followed by a general onsale at 11 a.m. for any remaining tickets; click here for ticketing information.

Check out the full 2026 Sea.Hear.Now lineup below.


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New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert posted a series of pictures from his hospital bed on Tuesday (March 24) in an update on his recovery from brain cancer surgery. The 45-year-old pop-punk veteran revealed to fans that the emergency surgery came after he struggled to control the movement of his left hand during a show in Nashville on Feb. 20.

Noticing that his left leg was also getting weaker as he began to stumble and Fall, Gilbert said that three days after the incident at the show he was taken to an emergency room where a CT scan revealed three new tumors on his brain.

“On 2/27 I had successful brain surgery and have been recovering in the hospital since. I regained function of my left hand immediately 🙏🏻,” Gilbert wrote. “My radiation oncologist described it like this: ‘this is not a fatal blow and not the end of your story, just the beginning of a new chapter.’ My recovery has been bumpy at times but I’m feeling much better now and getting stronger by the day.”

The post featured photos of Gilbert in his hospital bed before and after the surgery, giving a thumbs-up alongside wife singer Lisa Cimorelli, one in which he holds up a note from their daughter Lily that read “I love you! You’re the best! See you soon,” along with a snap of the couple’s daughter hugging her dad and an image of the guitarist working on a puzzle while sitting in a wheelchair.

Gilbert thanked all the fans and family who’ve reached out and said that while he can’t use his phone yet, he will share more stories once his “brain is working well again.”

It is not the first health scare for Gilbert. Back in December 2021, Cimorelli described finding her husband “unresponsive” in their bed, initially thinking he was sick or sleeping late. After being rushed to the hospital, Gilbert was diagnosed with a “rare tumor called a pheochromocytoma,” which grows on the adrenal gland and secretes hormones that drive your blood pressure up while eating away at your blood sugar. Gilbert later revealed that the cancer had spread to his spine and lungs and in August 2025 he told fans he was undergoing more treatment after doctors found a “small spot” on his back.

New Found Glory released their 11th studio album, Listen Up!, last month ahead of their upcoming 30th anniversary as a band. NFG have an extensive tour planned for later this spring, slated to kick off on May 3 in Jakarta, Indonesia at the Hammersonic festival, followed by a planned run of U.S. dates through a Nov. 14 appearance at the Vans Warped Tour stop in Orlando.


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Bruce Springsteen will perform his anti-ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis” in the Twin Cities on Saturday (March 28) during the No Kings rally at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul. The appearance will come just a few days before The Boss kicks off his Land of Hope and Dreams tour on Tuesday (March 31) at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Springsteen confirmed that he will play “Streets of Minneapolis” at the event, the politically charged song he surprise dropped in January as a broadside against the Trump administration’s deadly incursion into the city that resulted in the killing of two American citizens: 37-year-old mother of three Renée Good and 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti.

“You want to try to meet the moment,” Springsteen told the Minnesota Star Tribune on Monday afternoon. “The No Kings movement is of great import right now. When you have the opportunity to sing something where the timing is essential and if you have something powerful to sing, it elevates the moment, it elevates your job to another level. And I’m always in search of that.”

In addition to Springsteen, the event will feature appearances from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, as well as actress/activist Jane Fonda, folk icon Joan Baez and singer Maggie Rogers. According to Minnesota Public Radio, more than 80,000 people are expected at Saturday’s event, the third in a series of increasingly larger protests against the Trump administration.

TIME magazine reported that in the midst of the grinding air war against Iran, sky-high gasoline prices, historically low approval ratings for Trump and unprecedentedly long lines at airports amid the latest government shutdown, signs are pointing to Saturday’s 3,000 nationwide protests potentially being the largest day of domestic protest in U.S. history.

Springsteen’s decision to kick off his upcoming U.S. tour in Minneapolis is a pointed rejoinder to the Trump administration, which drew widespread criticism earlier this year for surging immigration troops into Minnesota against the wishes of the state’s governor and the Mayor of Minneapolis. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend’s reaction to the killings of Good and Pretti came in the form of the moving song, on which he sings, “Through the winter’s ice and cold/ Down Nicollet Avenue/ A city aflame fought fire and ice/ ‘Neath an occupier’s boots/ King Trump’s private army from the DHS/ Guns belted to their coats/ Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law/ Or so their story goes.”

Earlier this week, Springsteen made a surprise appearance at Manhattan’s historic Riverside Church, where he performed “Streets of Minneapolis” and sang “People Have the Power” alongside Patti Smith and Michael Stipe at Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary event.

Click here to see the growing list of Saturday’s No Kings events.


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Don Williams, nicknamed the Gentle Giant for his soft-spoken manner and warm baritone, is one of the most revered country singers from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Williams reached the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart 17 times with such chart-toppers as “You’re My Best Friend,” “I’m Just a Country Boy,” Tulsa Time,” “I Believe in You,” “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good” and “If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey I Still Do),” all delivered in his understated, intimate tone.

Now, nearly a decade after his 2017 death, Concord’s catalog division, Craft Recordings, is releasing Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes, a May 29 collection of recently discovered recordings by Williams captured between 1979 and 1984 but never released.

So named because the reel-to-reel recordings were literally discovered in the basement of his family’s Tennessee home, the original tapes were turned over to Garth Fundis, Williams’ longtime co-producer, who completed the songs by bringing past colleagues and some of Williams’ bandmates into the studio. He reconstructed certain musical tracks that had started to deteriorate and brought in such key Williams collaborators as bassist Joe Allen and drummer Kenny Malone to fill in and enhance. Remarkably, Williams’ original vocals are intact on the set.

The songs weren’t shelved because Williams wasn’t happy with the result; they just didn’t match the tone of the albums he was working on at the time, Fundis says.

“Don liked every one of these songs,” Fundis said in a statement. “I remember recording all of them, and all of them met his approval. He was very particular about the songs he recorded and the sound we created for each of them. If a song didn’t make an album, it wasn’t because he didn’t like it. It’s because of how the songs fit together to create an album. He’d be thrilled to know that people could hear him sing new songs they didn’t know existed. Don would be proud of this album.”

The first release from the collection, “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight,” which Billboard is premiering below, features Williams bringing his classic unpretentious, graceful vocals to the cinematic tale of a runaway daughter who takes up with “a travelin’ man,” and her parents who can’t abide her decision.

Williams’ version draws high praise from its co-writer, Rodney Crowell, who penned the song with Donivan Cowart, and the Oak Ridge Boys took to No. 1 in 1980. “Don Williams’ version of ‘Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight’ outshines my version by a mile,” he says. “It brought me close to tears. I’m humbled by the simple truth and beauty of his performance. And sad that he’s no longer with us. He was truly one of a kind.”

Williams’ son, Tim, served as the set’s executive producer. “These songs dad recorded are — as music can be — a time machine,” he said in a statement. “Obviously, I grew up always hearing what he was doing. He’d bring home three to four songs at a time from the album he was working on at different stages. In working on this project, we tried above all to stay true to how dad approached production, made much easier for me with Garth’s involvement, and then just to stay out of the way of the music.”

Keith Urban, who has long sung Williams’ praises, tells Billboard what made Williams so special and why fans will undoubtedly be eager to hear the new music. “For me, the greatest male voice in country music has always been Don Williams,” Urban says. “His albums are also among the finest examples of not only great songs, but superb record making. Raw, honest, and timeless. I’m particularly partial to the Garth Fundis and Don produced albums. What Don and Garth created together with those session players is unlike any other artist anywhere. Put on my No. 1 fave album of theirs, Portrait, ideally with killer headphones, turn off the lights, close your eyes, and you’ll know exactly what I mean. You’ll fall into a sonic spell truly unique in this songwriting and record-making town.” 

In the project’s liner notes, former Billboard country editor Ed Morris quotes Country Music Hall of Fame CEO Kyle Young, who said upon Williams’ 2010 induction: “Williams offered calm, beauty, and a sense of wistful peace that is in short supply these days. His music will forever be a balm in troublesome times. Everyone who makes country music with grace, intelligence, and ageless intent will do so while standing on the shoulders of this gentle giant.”

Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes Tracklist

1. Try Me Again
2. You Came True
3. I’m The One (Alternate Version)
4. Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight
5. I Wish I Was Crazy Again
6. I’m In Love For My Last Time
7. Spinning Around
8. A Matter Of Time
9. I’m The One (Original Version)
10. How Can I Miss What I Never Had
11. Goldy’s Gone From Golden
12. Growing On Me

SYDNEY, Australia — After years of lobbying by the music industry, with support from several high-profile senators, the Australian government will support further investigation into the so-called “radio caps” — the controversial licence fees paid by radio broadcasters for the use of sound recordings.

The caps were legislated over 55 years ago, in the 1968 Copyright Act. Its critics say the caps prevent the recording industry from negotiating a new, higher rate on those sound recording royalties paid by commercial radio, a sum fixed at 1% of gross industry revenue.

Now, the federal government has thrown support behind a cost-benefit analysis into removing the current caps.

“Removing the 1% cap is simply the right thing to do. It’s impossible to defend an artificial cap set as a short-term measure over 40 years ago,” says PPCA chair and ARIA Award-winning artist Josh Pyke singer and songwriter. “Artists and rights holders deserve the right to negotiate free of this artificial constraint.”

Currently, commercial radio stations in these parts pay just 0.4% of broadcast revenue in sound recording royalties, compared to with 3-7.5% in comparable markets like Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany, critics of the cap say. Australia is the only country in the world with such restrictions, and six independent reviews have recommended their removal.

ARIA and PPCA CEO Annabelle Herd remarked: “The evidence base for removing these caps is already overwhelming. A cost-benefit analysis will confirm what Australian artists have long known: that a billion-dollar radio industry, built on the back of their music, can afford to pay a fair rate for the recordings it relies on.”

Herd thanked David Pocock, independent senator for the Australian Capital Territory, for his “continued championship of Australian music and for bringing this issue before the Parliament,” by way of the Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023. The ARIA leader also thanked thank Greens senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young and Dr Sophie Scamps, member of parliament, for “their strong support.”

The government’s support for further investigation into the radio cap follows a breakthrough with the Copyright Tribunal of Australia last December, with a determination setting a new commercial radio sound recording broadcast license rate of 0.55 per cent of gross industry revenue, up from 0.4 per cent. In real terms, that’s a 38 per cent lift.