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.

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.

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice, Lola Young and Coldplay are among the nominees for the 2026 Ivor Novello Awards.

The annual ceremony recognizes and honors songwriters from across the U.K. music industry. 2026’s ceremony will take place in London on May 21 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel. Presented by The Ivors Academy, one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe, the prizes are judged by songwriters and composers.

Dean is a first-time nominee at the Ivors, with The Art of Loving nominated in the best album category and hit single “Man I Need” nominated in the PRS’ most performed work category.

Wolf Alice and Jacob Alon also both score two nominations across the categories, as does Self Esteem with her co-writer Johan Hugo, and Kae Tempest with his collaborator Fraser T Smith.

The best album category will be competed by Dean’s LP, Jim Legxacy’s Black British Music, CMAT’s Euro-Country, Wolf Alice’s The Clearing and Lily Allen’s West End Girl. In 2025, Trinidadian rapper BERWYN collected the prize for his debut LP Who Am I.

Songs by Gorillaz, Little Simz, Self Esteem and two by Kae Tempest will juke it out for the best contemporary song title. In the best song musically and lyrically category – which celebrates a song that demonstrates exceptional songwriting craft and original creativity – tracks by Jacob Alon, Florence + The Machine, Self Esteem, Wolf Alice and Sugababes will compete for the title.

PRS’ most performed work prize is awarded to the songs that “resonated with the public in 2025” and which received the “most broadcast, online and general performances, according to the relevant data supplied” to the collecting society. 

Songs competing in that field are “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean; “Messy” by Lola Young; “Stargazing” by Myles Smith; “The Days” by Chrystal; and “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. The latter received a boost following the conclusion of the band’s Music of the Spheres world tour and its 10-night residency at Wembley Stadium.

Jacob Alon, Skye Newman, Kwan, Chloe Qisha and Divorce are all nominated for the rising star trophy. At the 2026 BRITs in February, both Alon and Newman were nominated for the equivalent Critics’ Choice, with the former collecting the prize.

Elsewhere scores for film and television will also compete in their own categories. 61 individual British and Irish songwriters are recognized in total, with 34 doing so for the first time.

First awarded in 1956, previous winners include Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, David Bowie, Adele, RAYE, Bruce Springsteen, Brian Wilson, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Lana Del Rey, Lou Reed and Elton John. In 2025, U2 was recognized with the highest honor and inducted into the Academy Fellowship.

The Ivors have also confirmed that a number of songwriters will be recognised with the Gift of the Academy prize in honor of their lasting contributions to music. These prizes will be revealed on the night.

See the full list of nominees below.

Best album

Black British Music, written by Jim Legxacy and Joe Stanley, performed by Jim Legxacy. Published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing

Euro-Country, written and performed by CMAT. Published in the UK by BMG Rights Management UK.

The Art of Loving, written by Olivia Dean, Bastian Langebaek and Max Wolfgang, performed by Olivia Dean. Published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing obo Goldfish Records and Kobalt Music Publishing obo Alveron Music.

The Clearing, written by Joff Oddie and Ellie Rowsell, performed by Wolf Alice. Published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing.

West End Girl, written by Lily Allen, Chloe Angelides, Kito and Blue May, performed by Lily Allen. Published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing obo Chloe Angelides Publishing-Where Da Kasz At and BMG Rights Management UK.

Best contemporary song

“Damascus,” written by Damon Albarn, Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman performed by Gorillaz feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Pop-Up Music Publishing and Domino Publishing Company 

“Free,” written by Alex Bonfanti, Miles Clinton James and Little Simz performed by Little Simz. Music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and Sony Music Publishing

“I Do and I Don’t Care,” written by Johan Hugo and Self Esteem performed by Self Esteem. Music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Reservoir Media Management obo Blue Raincoat Music Publishing

“I Stand on The Line,” written by Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest performed by Kae Tempest. Music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Domino Publishing Company

“Know Yourself,” written by Tom Rowlands, Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest performed by Kae Tempest. Music published in the UK by BMG Rights Management UK, Warner Chappell Music and Domino Publishing Company

Best song musically and lyrically

“Don’t Fall Asleep,” written and performed by Jacob Alon. Music published in the UK by Concord Music Publishing.

“Everybody Scream,” written by Mark Bowen, Mitski and Florence Welch, performed by Florence + The Machine. Music published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music obo Songs by Mitski Publishing and Universal Music Publishing obo Florence + The Machine Ltd.

“Focus is Power,” written by Johan Hugo, Self Esteem and Jacob Vetter, performed by Self Esteem. Music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music, Reservoir Media Management obo Blue Raincoat Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing obo TruSauce Pub Co.

“The Sofa,” written by Ellie Rowsell, performed by Wolf Alice. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing.

“Weeds,” written by Tove Burman, Anya Jones and Jon Shave, performed by Sugababes. Music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music obo MXM Music and Kobalt Music Publishing obo Spirit Music Group.

PRS For Music most performed work

“Man I Need,” written by Olivia Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Zach Nahome, performed by Olivia Dean. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing and Concord Music Publishing

“Messy,” written and performed by Lola Young. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing

“Stargazing,” written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith, performed by Myles Smith. Music published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Songs by 308 Publishing-Where Da Kasz At, Lyric Global Copyright Services Crescendo obo Arcade Artists Publishing-Jesse Fink Publishing-Spirit One Music Crescendo and Sony Music Publishing

“The Days,” written and performed by Chrystal. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing

“Viva La Vida,” written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, performed by Coldplay. Music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Rising star with Amazon Music

Chloe Qisha

Divorce (Tiger Cohen-Towell, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, Adam Peter-Smith and Kasper Sandstrøm)

Jacob Alon

Kwn 

Skye Newman

Best original film score

Bugonia, composed by Jerskin Fendrix. Music published in the UK by Universal/MCA Music Ltd obo Focus-Gramercy Music.

Dragonfly, composed by Raffertie. Music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing.

Nosferatu, composed by Robin Carolan. Music published in the UK by Universal/MCA Music Ltd obo Focus-Gramercy Music.

Testimony, composed by Tom Hodge. Music published in the UK by Bucks Music Group obo Rocliffe Ltd.

The Brutalist, composed by Daniel Blumberg. Music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music.

Best television soundtrack

Adolescence, composed by Aaron May and David Ridley. Music published in the UK by BMG Rights Management UK obo Maisie Anthems

Lazarus, composed by Sarah Warne. Music published in the UK by Universal/MCA Music Ltd obo Amazon Content Services.

Summerwater, composed by Gazelle Twin. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing and District 6 Music Publishing Ltd.

This City is Ours, composed by Rael Jones. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing obo Twenty Fifteen Avenue Music Inc.

Trespasses, composed by David Holmes and Brian Irvine. Music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing obo All3media International.

BTS’s livestreamed comeback concert captured 18.4 million global viewers on Netflix, the streaming giant reports.

The one-hour show was beamed out from the superstar boyband’s performance Saturday (March 21) in their native Seoul, South Korea, an event that marked the first time all seven members had performed together since October 2022.

Some 100,000 members of BTS’ ARMY were watching on at the historic Gwanghwamun Square, as RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook showcased their latest album ARIRANG, which dropped on the previous day, on Friday.

The Netflix special nabbed top spot in 24 countries, according to a statement, and cracked the weekly top 10 in 80 countries. To-date, the campaign has reached 2.62 billion global social impressions just on Netflix’s own channels.

On the same day as the show, Spotify announced that ARIRANG, the boy band’s first album in six years, had become the platform’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far. The release also set a new record as the most-streamed K-pop album in Spotify history.

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BTS last released a full-length album in 2020, when Be debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, before members of the split off to fulfill mandatory military service and pursue solo ventures.

It’s full steam ahead for the superstar septet, which  will soon fill stadiums around the globe for their largest world tour yet, touching down in 34 regions throughout 2026 and 2027.

But first, BTS have touched down in the United States for promotional activities in support of ARIRANG. After answering fan questions and performing at a Spotify event in New York City, the septet will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on consecutive nights. RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook will sit down with Fallon for a group chat and a performance on Wednesday (March 25), and return the following evening for another performance from ARIRANG.

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Netflix is going all-in with The Bangtan Boys. This Friday, March 27, the streaming platform exclusively rollouts out BTS: The Return, a new documentary about the making of ARIRANG which is said to offer an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes” look at the pop singers.  

The long-awaited return of BTS could provide HYBE with a massive financial boost in 2026, with Billboard estimate that  the new album and tour could generate more than $1 billion in revenue from concerts, merchandise & licensing, album sales and streaming over a 12-month period.