AC/DC’s long-awaited Power Up stadium tour just got even bigger, with a second and final Perth show announced today (June 30).

The legendary Aussie rockers will now play Optus Stadium on Monday, Dec. 8, following overwhelming demand for tickets to their originally announced Perth date.

The newly added concert caps off the West Coast leg of their 2025 Australian tour, which now includes nine stadium shows across the country. Since tickets went on sale Thursday, June 26 to high demand, prompting second shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and now Perth.

Produced by TEG Van Egmond, the Power Up tour marks AC/DC’s first national run in nearly a decade. It follows the band’s ARIA No. 1 album Power Up, released in 2020, which marked their sixth No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Joining the band on the road are ARIA and Rolling Stone Australia Award winners Amyl and the Sniffers, bringing their high-octane punk energy to the lineup as special guests.

Perth’s final date will go on sale via Ticketek, which handles ticketing for all Australian dates except for Adelaide. The additional Optus Stadium show is expected to draw another massive crowd, adding to what has already been one of the most in-demand rock tours in recent memory.

On June 26, Ticketek reported a record-breaking 370,000 tickets sold across all events on its platform, setting a new all-time daily sales record for the company. Of those, more than 320,000 tickets were for AC/DC’s Power Up tour alone, making it the biggest concert onsale day in Ticketek’s 40-plus year history.

The figure smashes the band’s own 2009 benchmark during the Black Ice tour and drove the majority of sales traffic across the platform that day. The remaining ~50,000 tickets were sold for other events including Lightscape, NRL matches, AFL fixtures, and major theatre productions. That feat eclipses the band’s own 2009 Black Ice tour, which previously held the record and ultimately moved over 650,000 tickets nationwide.

AC/DC last toured Australia and New Zealand in 2015 for their Rock or Bust tour, selling more than 520,000 tickets across 11 dates, including shows in Auckland and Wellington.

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketek (except for Adelaide, via Ticketmaster). Limited availability remains.

AC/DC’s long-awaited Power Up stadium tour Down Under is already proving a powerhouse, smashing records with its opening onsale.

On June 26, Ticketek reported a record-breaking 370,000 tickets sold across all events on its platform, setting a new all-time daily sales record for the company. Of those, more than 320,000 tickets were for AC/DC’s Power Up tour alone, making it the biggest concert onsale day in Ticketek’s 40-plus year history.

The figure smashes the band’s own 2009 benchmark during the Black Ice tour and drove the majority of sales traffic across the platform that day. The remaining ~50,000 tickets were sold for other events including Lightscape, NRL matches, AFL fixtures, and major theatre productions. That feat eclipses the band’s own 2009 Black Ice tour, which previously held the record and ultimately moved over 650,000 tickets nationwide.

The new benchmark overtakes the previous record set earlier this month during The Ashes onsale.

“These results are a reflection of the collaboration, passion, and sheer effort from every part of our business,” said Cameron Hoy, Ticketek Entertainment Group’s Head of Global Ticketing. “I’m incredibly proud of what the team have accomplished.”

Ticketek data shows that more than 1.7 million fans queued online across all tour stops when tickets went live. Several dates sold out within hours, prompting additional shows in major cities. Since then, the run has grown from five to nine concerts due to overwhelming demand, making it one of the largest national rock tours of the year.

Produced by TEG Van Egmond, the Power Up tour marks AC/DC’s first Australian trek in nearly a decade and follows the release of their ARIA No. 1 album Power Up in 2020. The band’s return has ignited fan fervor, with both legacy listeners and new generations flocking to secure their seats.

Joining the tour as special guests are Amyl and the Sniffers, winners of multiple ARIA and Rolling Stone Australia Awards.

The last time AC/DC toured Australia and New Zealand was in 2015 on their Rock or Bust tour, which sold over 520,000 tickets across 11 dates, including two shows in Auckland and Wellington.

The opening date of Marilyn Manson U.K. tour—originally set for Oct. 29 at the Brighton Centre—has officially been canceled following public backlash, political pressure and an open letter from a member of Parliament urging city officials to pull the show.

On Saturday, fans who went online to contact Ticketmaster received a message saying “this event has been cancelled.” The show was also removed from Manson’s official website, confirming that the U.K. leg of the One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 Tour will now begin on Oct. 31 in Bournemouth.

The cancellation follows a formal letter from Green MP Siân Berry, addressed to Brighton & Hove City Council leader Councillor Bella Sankey, calling for the show to be canceled at the publicly owned venue. The letter was co-signed by victim support organizations and the University of Sussex Student Union.

In the letter, Berry cited “multiple allegations of sexual assault, grooming and domestic violence” made against Manson in recent years. “Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organizations supporting them, will have very serious concerns about this booking and its impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community,” Berry wrote. “Freedom of expression is an important principle that should be defended, including in relation to artists, but there is an obvious risk to community cohesion.”

An activist group called No Stage for Abusers also urged Brighton Centre and the city council to cancel the show through an online campaign. Manson—whose legal name is Brian Warner—was named in 2021 by actress Evan Rachel Wood as her alleged abuser, leading to more women coming forward with similar claims. Multiple civil lawsuits have since been filed against the singer, accusing him of sexual assault, harassment, and grooming. Manson has denied all allegations.

In January, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not file criminal charges, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations and insufficient evidence. The alleged incidents occurred between 2009 and 2011 in West Hollywood.

Berry acknowledged the absence of criminal charges but referenced council policies that support listening to survivors and protecting community safety.

“The level and nature of the accusations against Warner are concerning enough alone, but so too is the message sent out by providing a platform for this individual, at our city’s biggest publicly owned venue, and what this will mean to survivors,” she said. “We believe a solution must be found and that, despite these difficulties, the Council should act in line with its obligations to our values and the serious concerns around public safety and community cohesion.”

Manson and his representatives have not yet commented publicly on the cancellation.

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Amyl & the Sniffers delivered one of the most politically charged sets of Glastonbury 2025 over the weekend, using their Saturday afternoon slot on the festival’s Other Stage to speak out on Palestine, colonialism, and Indigenous rights.

The Melbourne punk favourites, who recently appeared on on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform their single “Tiny Bikini,” brought their explosive energy to Worthy Farm’s second stage, performing fan favourites including “Guided By Angels”, “Hertz”, “Security” and “Got You”, as well as deeper cuts and unreleased material.

Midway through the set, frontwoman Amy Taylor paused to share an impassioned political message.

“What an honour it is to be here. And because I got that honour, I want to take the time to say something political,” she began.

“I’m thinking about the people in Palestine. We’re from Australia, we ain’t doing jack s—, I know yours aren’t doing jack s—. I think about schooling and I think about media, and I think we don’t learn nothing about colonisation or sexual education, we don’t learn any of the right things.”

“They want us to shut the f— up, because if we think about Palestine, then back home in Australia, we think about the Indigenous people there. And we think about the fact that us as whiteys, we’re the f——colonisers, and that’s disgusting.”

“That’s the truth, and I thought I’d share that today. It was gonna be something way more poetic, but that’s just what I said, and it’s not perfect, but I think it’s better to say anything than to say nothing at all right now. S—’s going down the s—–r fast, and mate, we’ve got AI on the way and that’s gonna be even crazier, so buckle up b—-s, s—’s about to get weird.”

The moment has since gone viral on social media, with fans praising Taylor’s unfiltered commentary and the band’s refusal to shy away from difficult conversations.

The set comes on the heels of another major moment for the band, who were recently announced as the official support act for AC/DC’s upcoming Australian stadium tour. The record-breaking run of shows will see the pub rock icons return to home soil for the first time in years.

“AC/DC! The best rock and roll band in the world. I just can’t believe it I am so excited,” Taylor wrote on Instagram stories following the announcement. “Never ever ever would have dreamed this. Highlight of my literal life like wow can you believe it.”

Beautiful Chaos, the new EP from KATSEYE, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (June 27) on Billboard, choosing the global girl group’s five-song collection as their favorite new music release of the past week.

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With plenty of new tunes to stream this weekend, music fans ultimately decided Beautiful Chaos was their top pick, selecting it over new releases from Alex Warren and ROSÉ, Lorde, aespa, Barbra Streisand, Don Toliver, Lizzo and Blood Orange. KATSEYE’s release brought in an overwhelming 50% of the vote.

It’s a two-week winning streak for KATSEYE — Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae — on Billboard‘s weekly poll. New last week was the six-piece act’s single “Gabriela,” which arrived just before the group’s full EP and ruled listeners’ new music ranking upon release: 43% of voters made it their top pick, according to results published on June 22.

Beautiful Chaos was led by hyperpop single “Gnarly,” the group’s breakthrough that had them charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. The track list is rounded out by “Gabriela” (which was accompanied by a telenovela-inspired music video starring Jessica Alba), plus new songs “Gamesboy,” “Mean Girls” and “M.I.A.”

Among the new releases trailing behind Beautiful Chaos on this week’s poll are Alex Warren and ROSÉ’s collab “On My Mind,” with 25% of the vote; Lorde’s Virgin album, with 10% of the vote, and aespa’s “Dirty Work,” with close to 3% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Olivia Rodrigo was joined by The Cure’s Robert Smith during her headline set at Glastonbury Festival in England on Sunday evening (June 29).

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The “Vampire” singer was headlining the festival for the first time, having made her debut performance at the festival in 2022 on the Other Stage where she was joined by Lily Allen. On Sunday she headlined the larger Pyramid Stage, following sets on the previous nights from The 1975 and Neil Young.

Midway through her set she addressed the crowd to introduce what she described as “perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England and a personal hero. I f—ing love England and its bands like The Cure that made me fall in love with England.”

Smith, clad in a sequinned hoodie, joined her on stage to perform two iconic songs from The Cure’s back catalogue — 1992’s “Friday I’m In Love” and 1987’s “Just Like Heaven” — to a rapturous reaction from the crowd. Watch the performance here.

The Cure have headlined the festival in previous years, most recently in 2019.

Rodrigo’s 90-minute set came on the festival’s final night and saw her run through her hits for a packed crowd. She split the set evenly between 2021 debut Sour and 2023’s Guts, with “Get Him Back!”, “Brutal,” “Drivers License” and more all garnering strong responses.

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During the performance she also made reference to her English boyfriend Louis Partridge, having and being snapped partying on the actor’s shoulders during Pulp’s set on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday afternoon.

On Friday, meanwhile, she was joined by Ed Sheeran for duet of “The A Team” during her performance at London’s BST Hyde Park.

As a heatwave continued to pass over Worthy Farm, Somerset, there was barely a cloud in the sky as it reached the third full day of music at Glastonbury 2025.

Over 200,000 punters roamed around the sun-dappled site as hundreds of acts closed out this year’s festival in style. Having been spotted in the crowd for Pulp‘s show-stopping surprise set on Saturday, Olivia Rodrigo took to the Pyramid Stage with wit and moxie, putting on a headline show for the ages.

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The likes of Wolf Alice and Turnstile also delivered gigantically powerful sets, bringing their equally ferocious approaches to the Other Stage and waking up Sunday crowds very much in need of a pick-me-up. Elsewhere, next-gen stars Westside Cowboy stepped up to the task of opening up Woodsies with their giddy indie tracks, while Parcels kept the energy flowing further out at West Holts.

These were the best moments Billboard U.K. witnessed at Glastonbury Festival on day 3.

Dua Lipa wrapped the European leg of her Radical Optimism Tour in Dublin over the weekend, adding a special cover song to her set list in tribute to one of Ireland’s greats, Sinead O’Connor.

Performing at the end of her stage that extends out into the crowd, Dua Lipa introduced “Nothing Compares 2 U” to fans at Aviva Stadium Friday night (June 27). In fan-filmed footage from the concert, she can be heard saying she was honored to sing the song that night, and told the crowd to join if they knew the words.

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O’Connor, whose hometown was Dublin, passed away in 2023. Her stunning 1990 version of “Nothing Compares 2 U’ — written by Prince, who originally released the song in 1985 — ruled the Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks and launched her I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got album to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 that year.

Dua Lipa’s emotional set list surprise in Dublin followed a pair of surprise guests last week in London, where the singer welcomed Jamiroquai to the stage one night (for “Virtual Insanity”), and Charli xcx the next (for “360”). She also felt the love from the Spice Girls while in the U.K. — the girl group wished her luck at her sold-out Wembley Stadium shows, noting, “That’s Girl Power!!”

The pop star’s tour arrives in North America at the start of September, beginning with two nights in Toronto before traveling to Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, New York City and beyond.

Watch a clip of Dua Lipa’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” performance, courtesy of Warner Music Ireland’s Instagram account, below.

Oh, those summer nights. It’s been 47 years since the release of Grease, the 1978 movie musical starring Olivia Newton-John as Sandy and John Travolta as Danny, and its blockbuster soundtrack that reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and notched four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. On Friday night (June 27), the movie-star version of Danny Zuko, Travolta himself, reemerged at the Hollywood Bowl.

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Travolta — who was in his early 20s during his time at Rydell High on the Grease film set, and is now 71 — made an unannounced appearance Friday at the Hollywood Bowl’s summer Grease Sing-A-Long event, all dressed up as Danny.

The actor captured his leather jacket and slicked-back hair throwback for fans, sharing the moment later on Instagram.

“Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl, for the first time I surprised everyone at the GREASE Sing-A-Long and dressed up as Danny Zuko. No one knew. Not even the cast,” Travolta revealed in his post.

“Thank you for a great evening,” he added, directing followers to swipe to watch a video filmed during his visit to the June 27 get-together for Grease fans, which had encouraged attendees to show up in costume and was advertised as an evening “where you are the stars and Grease is truly the word! Watch Danny, Sandy, and the gang while singing and dancing along to the lyrics as shown on the screen.”

Little did they know that the OG leader of the Rydell High T-Birds would be rockin’ and rollin’ and whatnot amongst them.

“A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-wop-bam-boom!” he led the crowd with glee.

See Travolta’s video clip — and a closeup photo of what Danny Zuko looks like in 2025 — on Instagram here.

Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem spends a sixth week in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 5), earning 177,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending June 26 (down 5%), according to Luminate. The album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated May 31 and has yet to cede the top slot.

With 177,000 units earned, Problem nets the largest total for an album in its sixth week on the chart since Adele’s 25 earned 363,000 in its sixth week (Jan. 16, 2016-dated chart).

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Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Benson Boone lands his highest-charting album and biggest week by units earned as his new album American Heart debuts at No. 2 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned. Karol G notches her third top 10-charting album with the No. 3 arrival of Tropicoqueta, and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack enters at No. 8. The latter marks the first soundtrack released in 2025 to reach the top 10, and the highest-debuting soundtrack of the year.

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Of I’m the Problem’s 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 19, SEA units comprise 168,500 (down 4%, equaling 220.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it leads Top Streaming Albums for a sixth week), album sales comprise 7,500 (down 19% — it holds at No. 7 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 3%).

Benson Boone bounds in at No. 2 with his sophomore full-length studio album, American Heart, earning 61,000 equivalent album units in its first week. It’s the singer-songwriter’s second top 10, highest-charting set and biggest week ever by units earned. His previous biggest week, in both metrics, came when his last album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, skated in at No. 6 with 58,000 units earned (April 20, 2024-dated chart).

Of the 61,000 equivalent album units earned by American Heart, SEA units comprise just over 30,000 (equaling 40.29 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 5 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise nearly 30,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales; it’s Boone’s largest sales week) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

American Heart was released as a 10-song standard album and was available via streaming services and to purchase as a widely available digital download, CD, deluxe CD boxed set with a T-shirt (sold via Boone’s webstore), two cassette variants and seven vinyl variants.

The new album was preceded by a pair of top 30-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical.” The cuts had climbed to new peaks on the most recently published Hot 100 (dated June 28), bumping 31-27 and 30-28, respectively. Meanwhile, Boone’s breakout hit “Beautiful Things,” from Fireworks & Rollerblades, continues to chart highly — it ranked at No. 10 on the June 28 Hot 100. Aside from one week during the holidays, the track, which peaked at No. 2 in March 2024, has not left the weekly top 40 since it debuted more than a year ago, on the Feb. 3, 2024-dated chart.

In the lead-up to the release of American Heart, Boone was a guest on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 4), performed on CBS’ American Music Awards (May 26) and made his debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (May 3). Boone’s American Heart North American arena tour kicks off on Aug. 22. Before that, he’ll play a series of festival dates in America and beyond during July.

Karol G notches her third top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as Tropicoqueta debuts at No. 3 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. It follows her two top 10s achieved in 2023: MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) (No. 3 that August) and MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (No. 1 for one week, March).

Of the new release’s 57,000 units earned, SEA units comprise 54,500 (equaling 74.64 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 20 songs — it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise about 500.

The album was announced on June 9 and arrived via streaming services and as a digital download for purchase on June 20. The set was preceded by the Hot Latin Songs-charting hits “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” (No. 1 for 14 weeks in 2024 — Karol G’s longest run at No. 1) and “Latina Foreva” (No. 3 debut and peak on the June 7, 2025, chart). They reached Nos. 32 and 74, respectively, on the all-genre Hot 100.

Four former No. 1s are next up on the latest Billboard 200, as SZA’s SOS holds at No. 4 (47,000 equivalent album units earned; down 1%), Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is steady at No. 5 (37,000; down 7%), Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is a non-mover at No. 6 (35,000; down 12%) and Kendrick Lamar’s GNX rises 8-7 (31,000; down 8%).

The soundtrack to the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters debuts at No. 8 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the highest-debuting soundtrack of 2025 and the first to bow in the top 10 this year. Of the set’s starting sum, SEA units comprise 27,000 (equaling 37.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 3,000 (it debuts at No. 18 on Top Album Sales; it was only available to purchase as a standard download album) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

The last soundtrack to debut in the top 10 was the Wicked film soundtrack on the Dec. 7, 2024-dated chart, at No. 2. The Wicked soundtrack went on to spend eight weeks in the top 10, with four of those on 2025-dated charts (in January). Until this week, Wicked was the only soundtrack to spend time in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in 2025.

KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20 on Netflix alongside its soundtrack. In the tracking week ending June 22, KPop Demon Hunters debuted at No. 6 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in United States chart.

Closing out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album is steady at No. 9 (30,000 equivalent album units earned; down 5%) and PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s former leader $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is stationary at No. 10 (29,000; down 6%).

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