Musicians Chappell Roan, Orville Peck and Melissa Etheridge; actors Jonathan Bailey and Laverne Cox; and tennis legend Billie Jean King are the six LGBTQ+ icons who are set to be honored at the 2026 Elton John Impact Awards, which will launch June 1 as a podcast series on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard and as an audio special airing across iHeartRadio PRIDE stations.

Created by iHeartMedia and Procter & Gamble, and hosted by Billy Porter and iHeartRadio’s Elvis Duran, the Elton John Impact Awards celebrate trailblazing LGBTQ+ community members and prominent allies, while also giving back to LGBTQ+ organizations. The special will feature candid conversations with Elton John; his husband, David Furnish, chair of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; and this year’s honorees. Dove Cameron will perform John’s 1970 breakthrough hit “Your Song.”

“I’ve always believed in the power of storytelling to connect us and challenge us,” John said in a statement. “These conversations bring together the people who have shaped LGBTQ+ culture and fought for dignity at a time when the world too often looked away. Some are friends who stood beside me through the AIDS crisis, others are carrying the torch forward with the new generation. Hearing their stories and reflecting on how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go, is deeply humbling. This is history that cannot be forgotten and these are voices that must be heard.”

The Elton John Impact Award was first introduced in 2022 at “Can’t Cancel Pride,” a virtual benefit concert launched by iHeartMedia and Procter & Gamble. John was its inaugural recipient in recognition of his decades-long advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and the fight to end AIDS. Since then, the award has honored trailblazers including Brandi Carlile and Porter, evolving into the Elton John Impact Awards podcast series. Over the course of five years, Can’t Cancel Pride raised over $17 million for LGBTQ+ nonprofits.

The Elton John Impact Awards, which bills itself as the first-podcast awards ceremony, recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. This year’s honorees are:

Jonathan Bailey, 38: Film, television and stage actor who launched The Shameless Fund to support LGBTQ+ charities. Bailey received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his performance in Showtime’s Fellow Travelers and a total of four Actor Award nods for Bridgeton and Wicked. Bailey is People’s reigning Sexiest Man Alive – a huge step forward for representation.

Laverne Cox, 53: A four-time Primetime Emmy nominee for outstanding guess actress in a drama series for Orange Is the New Black, and a two-time Actor Award winner for that same series. Cox has elevated transgender visibility in mainstream media and remains a powerful voice for equality and inclusion.

Melissa Etheridge, 64: Two-time Grammy winner for best female rock vocal performance (“Ain’t It Heavy” and “Come to My Window”) and an Oscar-winning songwriter (“I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth). Etheridge has used her platform to champion LGBTQ+ rights for decades through personal storytelling within her music and cultural advocacy.

Billie Jean King, 82:  Sports and women’s rights icon and humanitarian who has spent her life advocating for gender and LGBTQ+ equality in and out of sports.

Orville Peck, 38: Trailblazing country performer who uses his artistic persona to blend traditional country aesthetics with queer themes and uses his platforms to create visibility and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.

Chappell Roan, 28: The 2025 Grammy winner for best new artist, who advocates for LGBTQ+ rights with her unapologetic artistry and founding of The Midwest Princess Project to support trans youth.

The program will help drive visibility and funding for a range of frontline organizations working to support the LGBTQ+ community including the Elton John AIDS Foundation. In partnership with Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation, additional funds will be granted to CenterLink, GLAAD, the National Black Justice Collective, Outright International, SAGE and the Trevor Project. Each organization addresses various critical needs across the LGBTQ+ community, such as supporting and advocating for LGBTQ+ elder care, increasing access to preventative health services and treatment, and providing mental health support for young people.

“The Elton John Impact Awards spotlight the vital work of organizations protecting LGBTQ+ communities and advancing health equity around the world,” Furnish said in a statement. “At a time when LGBTQ+ rights and health equity remain under threat globally, investing in organizations on the frontlines has never been more urgent.”

A panel of leaders worked closely with John to select this year’s honorees. Advisory Council members include Furnish; Porter; Carlile; Elton John AIDS Foundation CEO Anne Aslett; P&G’s Brent Miller and iHeartMedia’s John Sykes.

Charitable foundation partners of this year’s event include the Elton John AIDS Foundation and The Looking Out Foundation.

Since it was founded in 1992, the Elton John AIDS Foundation has provided support and care for the LGBTQ+ community and tackled the stigma that stands in the way of ending AIDS. Since 2020, the Foundation has awarded more than 55 grants and invested over $23 million in programs across 47 countries. The Looking Out Foundation is a nonprofit organization which has supported humanitarian causes for over two decades. For more information visit

Reggaetón icon Don Omar will kick off his The Last King World Tour on Sept. 25, Billboard can officially announce.

The tour will hit 21 cities (to date), beginning Sept. 25 at Santander Arena in Reading, Pa. it will then travel to arenas in Boston, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, among others.

The tour, produced by Don Omar (real name William Omar Landrón) and promoted in the U.S. by Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), comes two decades after the release of Don Omar’s seminal sophomore album, King of Kings. The set was groundbreaking in its day for including collaborations with both Latin and mainstream artists. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, and spent 11 weeks on the top spot. It also reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200 (for the week dated June 6, 2006), a massive achievement in the pre-streaming era. It would spend a total of 30 weeks on the chart.

Don Omar’s The Last King World Tour follows his 2024 Back to Reggaetón Tour, which was his first outing in over a decade. That tour would eventually sell more than 335,000 tickets in 2024 alone, earning more than $32.9 million over 39 shows and ending 2024 ranked 10^th among Billboard’s top Latin tours of the year. Back to Reggaetón was also promoted by CMN.

Presale for The Last King World Tour begins Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. local time for members of the Kingdom fan club and ends May 22. A CMN presale begins May 21. General public tickets go on sale May 22 at 10 a.m. local time.  

Here is the full list of dates:

• 9.25.26 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena

• 9.26.26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

• 9.27.26 – Hartford, CT – PeoplesBank Arena

• 10.1.26 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

• 10.3.26 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center

• 10.4.26 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center

• 10.8.26 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena

• 10.10.26 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

• 10.11.26 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

• 10.14.26 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

• 10.15.26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena

• 10.17.26 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

• 10.22.26 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center

• 10.23.26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

• 10.25.26 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center

• 10.29.26 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena

• 10.30.26 – Las Vegas, NV – Michelob Ultra Arena

• 11.1.26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center

• 11.5.26 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center

• 11.6.26 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

• 11.8.26 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center

OsamaSon is heading to Australia for the first time. The 22-year-old South Carolina rapper will play three shows across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in October on the Psykturnal Tour, Live Nation announced Monday (May 18), marking a significant milestone for one of underground rap’s most compelling breakout voices.

The run opens at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Oct. 10, moves to Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Oct. 11, and concludes at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Oct. 14. General tickets go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. local via livenation.com.au, with a Mastercard presale opening Wednesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. and a Live Nation presale from Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m.

OsamaSon first broke through with his 2025 LP Jump Out, which debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200. Built on an aggressive, distorted take on rage-leaning trap, Jump Out introduced an artist with a singular sonic identity — one capable of commanding chaos in a live room while still maintaining the melodic instincts that set him apart from his peers.

Less than a year after Jump Out, OsamaSon returned with Psykotic, the album from which the Psykturnal Tour takes its name. Recorded almost entirely on the road during the 20-stop nationwide Jump Out Tour, Psykotic represents a return to what OsamaSon has described as his “Flex Musik era” — the experimental phase of his early career before he sharpened his sound into the rage-trap blueprint that made Jump Out a critical phenomenon.

In releasing two back-to-back, sonically independent albums in the same calendar year, OsamaSon joins a lineage of artists including DMX and Future who have used rapid double releases to consolidate momentum and demonstrate range simultaneously.

The Australian dates arrive at a pivotal moment in OsamaSon’s trajectory. Having already played major festival stages including Rolling Loud 2026 and completed extensive touring across North America, the move into international headline touring signals a significant step up.

At just 22, with two critically acclaimed albums, a growing cult following and a live show built for exactly the kind of high-energy rooms he’ll be playing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the Psykturnal Tour shapes up as one of the most anticipated underground rap debuts on Australian soil in years.

Killswitch Engage are returning to Australia and New Zealand for their biggest headline run in the region yet, the Massachusetts metalcore band announced Monday (May 18). English metal outfit Sylosis will serve as special guests across all dates.

The run marks the band’s first headline shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2018, and their first visit to the region since September 2024, when they supported Iron Maiden on their arena tour.

The upcoming tour will kick off in New Zealand with a show at Auckland’s Powerstation on Oct. 31, followed by Wellington’s Meow Nui on Nov. 1. The band then moves through Australia, playing Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Nov. 3, Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Nov. 6, Wollongong’s Waves on Nov. 7, Melbourne’s Forum on Nov. 10, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Nov. 12, and concluding at Metropolis Fremantle in Perth on Nov. 14.

A Spotify presale opens Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. AEST using the code KSE26, followed by a promoter presale Wednesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. AEST with the code KSEAUS. General tickets go on sale Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m. AEST via SBM Presents.

Formed in Westfield, Massachusetts in 1999, Killswitch Engage are one of the defining acts of the American metalcore movement, having placed seven albums on the Billboard 200 including three top 10 debuts. Their 2016 album Incarnate remains their highest-charting record, debuting at No. 6, while Disarm the Descent (2013) and their 2009 self-titled album both debuted at No. 7. Atonement (2019) peaked at No. 13 and topped both the Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts.

The band has earned three Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance — for “The End of Heartache” (2005), “In Due Time” (2014) and “Unleashed” (2020). Their most recent studio album, This Consequence, was released in February 2025.

Harry Styles has added a fourth and final Melbourne show to his Together, Together global residency run, Live Nation announced Monday (May 18), citing extraordinary demand for tickets.

The new date — Friday, Dec. 4 at Marvel Stadium — joins three previously announced Melbourne shows in Australia, on Nov. 27, Nov. 28 and Dec. 2, making Melbourne one of only seven cities on the entire 60-plus date tour.

Sydney shows follow at Accor Stadium on Dec. 12 and 13, with Fousheé supporting across all Australian dates alongside Baby J. General tickets for the new Melbourne date go on sale Friday, May 22 at 11 a.m. AEST via hstyles.co.uk/tour, with an American Express presale running Wednesday, May 20 at 11 a.m. and a Live Nation presale Thursday, May 21 at 11 a.m.

Together, Together is one of the most ambitious touring operations of 2026, comprising more than 60 performances across Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne and Sydney.

Highlights of the run include 30 consecutive nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden — Styles’ only U.S. shows — and a 12-night run at London’s Wembley Stadium, which the tour claims breaks the record for the most performances by any artist at the venue in a single calendar year.

Each show features an in-the-round stage production blending new material with career highlights, with support acts varying by city — including Robyn in Amsterdam, Shania Twain at Wembley, Jorja Smith in Mexico City and Jamie xx at MSG.

Styles is one of the biggest touring acts in Billboard Boxscore history. Love On Tour grossed $617.3 million and sold more than 5 million tickets across 169 shows, making it the fifth-highest-grossing tour in Boxscore history. His first three solo albums — Harry Styles (2017), Fine Line (2019) and Harry’s House (2022) — all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “As It Was” spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the fourth-longest-running No. 1 in the chart’s history and the longest ever by a UK act.

The tour supports Styles’ fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., released earlier this year and executive-produced by Kid Harpoon. The album spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while lead single “Aperture” topped the Billboard Hot 100. Styles launched the tour with the first two of 10 Amsterdam shows at Johan Cruijff ArenA over the weekend.

The tour’s charity partner is Choose Love, with whom Styles has partnered for a decade, supporting humanitarian aid including food, shelter and education for displaced people globally.