KATSEYE Sets One-Off Performance In Australia

KATSEYE isn’t coming all the way to Australia just to talk; the two-time Grammy nominated global girl group will also deliver a one-off performance next Friday, May 8, at Melbourne’s Festival Hall.

As previously reported, KATSEYE will make its first trip to these parts for a trip that, until now, was anchored on an exclusive fan Q&A experience in Sydney on May 6. The winner of the competition receives flights, accommodation and a double pass to the Q&A, while 29 runners-up will receive a double pass for the session.

The pop act’s itinerary just got bigger, with a one-off Australia show presented by Visit Victoria’s “Melbourne. Every bit different” campaign in collaboration with American Express, Live Nation, HYBE and Geffen.

Universal Music Australia is behind the contest and the concert, a 30-minute pop-up performance. American Express Centurion and Platinum Card Members can access a select number of priority tickets for the show via the Amex Experiences App from Wednesday, May 6.

KATSEYE is hot right now, thanks to the release of their Billboard Hot 100 hit single “Pinky Up,” and their eye-catching performances at Coachella. Since then, the group has been added to the line-up of performers for the 52nd American Music Awards, on a night where they have nominations in three categories — new artist of the year, best music video for “Gnarly” and breakthrough pop artist. The AMAs are set for Monday, May 25 in Las Vegas.

A new KATSEYE EP, WILD, is due out Aug. 14 via HYBE x Geffen Records. It’s the followup to 2025’s Beautiful Chaos, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and features Billboard Hot 100 hits “Gnarly” and “Gabriela.” In Australia, “Gabriela,” “Touch” and “Gnarly” are all certified platinum, while “Debut” and “Gameboy” are certified gold.

The girl group is currently a five-piece (Daniela, Lara, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae) while bandmate Manon is on a temporary hiatus.

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Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ Debuts at No. 1 In Australia

Noah Kahan brings a nation together as The Great Divide opens its account at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.

The Great Divide is Kahan’s fourth studio collection, and second consecutive leader in Australia after Stick Season logged three weeks atop the chart in early 2024.  

The American singer and songwriter will reward his loyal Australian fans when his The Great Divide Tour stops by Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena for eight total concerts this September and October.

Foo Fighters enjoy another stint on the podium as Your Favorite Toy unwraps its debut ARIA Chart position at No. 3. The Foos have landed all 12 of their studio albums in the ARIA Top 10, with eight going all the way to No. 1: One By One (in 2002), In Your Honor (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Sonic Highways (2014), Concrete And Gold (2017), Medicine At Midnight (2021) and their last record, But Here We Are (2023). The Rock Hall-inducted band also led the list in 2009 with Greatest Hits.

Homegrown metal merchants The Amity Affliction enjoy a No. 4 start with House of Cards, their ninth studio album. It’s the eighth straight top 10 appearance from the Gympie, Queensland rockers, after Youngbloods (No. 6 in 2010), Chasing Ghosts (No. 1 in 2012), Let The Ocean Take Me (No. 1 in 2014), This Could Be The Heartbreak (No. 1 in 2016), Misery (No. 1 in 2018), Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them (No. 2 in 2020) and Not Without My Ghost (No. 2 in 2023).

Also new to the latest frame, published Friday, May 1, is the soundtrack from the new Michael Jackson biopic, which moonwalks its way to No. 17. Michael: Songs From The Motion Picture is the late king of pop’s 24th solo appearance on the ARIA Top 50, the trade body reports, stretching back to 1973’s Music And Me. That tally includes chart leaders Off The Wall (from 1979), Thriller (1983), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (1995), Invincible (2001) and The Essential Michael Jackson (2005).

Kehlani is close behind with her self-titled effort, new at No. 18, while new releases from Masayoshi Takanaka (Takanaka Super Live 2025 Black Ship in L.A. at No. 22), Ruby Fields (Small Achievements at No. 29), Nessa Barrett (Jesus Loves a Primadonna at No. 41) and Pink Floyd (Live From The Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 at No. 43) impact the top 50.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Olivia Dean and Sam Fender’s “Rein Me In” enters a third non-consecutive week at No. 1, ahead of her former leader “Man I Need” (holding at No. 2) and Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” up 8-3 for a new peak position.

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Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album Has ‘Multiple Songs’ Inspired by Miranda and Steve from ‘Sex And The City

If you thought Olivia Rodrigo‘s next album would be stacked with love songs, wrapped in emotions raked from both ends of the spectrum, some of which are inspired by HBO’s Sex And The City, then you’d be right.

The pop phenomenon stopped by NBC’s The Tonight Show on Thursday night, May 30, where she spilled the beans on her forthcoming album, tour and Saturday Night Live gig.

“I knew that I wanted this record to be about romantic love in more of a positive sense,” she says of You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, due out June 12 via Geffen Records. That’s considering her last two were “heartbroken and angsty,” in her own words. Expected love songs, “injected with a little bit of sadness and longing. And melancholy, because all my favorite love songs have that.” Those faves, she tells Jimmy Kimmel, include “Love Song” by the Cure, and “Video Games” by Lana Del Rey.

“Multiple songs” from her forthcoming album, she also reveals, are inspired by the complex relationship of lawyer Miranda Hobbes and former bartender Steve Brady, two central characters from Sex And The City. “It’s my favorite show,” she enthuses. “I think I watched every single episode maybe three times.”

It’s worth pointing out that Sex and the City concluded after six seasons on Feb. 22, 2004, a year to the month after Rodrigo was born.

Rodrigo’s new album is led by “Drop Dead,” which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her fourth title to debut in the top spot. “The song is basically about an awesome first date,” she explains. “It’s the first step in the journey of You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl. The journey definitely like ebbs and flows. It goes in lots of different places from here, but this is the first chapter.”

Rodrigo will sing “Drop Dead” and a brand new one, when she appears on Saturday Night Live this weekend as both host and musical guest.

“It’s always been a huge dream of mine,” to pull double duty on SNL, she explained. If she has nerves, she’s not showing it. And she does have a lucky charm, a gift from Jack White, which he planted in her dressing room.

The 23-year-old pop star will support her next release with the Unraveled Tour, which currently stands at 65 arena date across North America, Europe and the U.K. this fall and winter beginning with a Sept. 25 show at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Conn. “I’ve been working so hard on it,” she says during her latest late-night interview. “I’m so stoked to play these songs live.”

With You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, she resisted the temptation of going with another four letter word after Sour (from 2021) and Guts (2023), both of which logged time at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. “I always knew if wasn’t going to be four letters.” She wanted to “break out,” and “didn’t want to be stuck in it,” she tells Fallon.

Watch Rodrigo’s appearance on late-night TV below.

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Zara Larsson Previews ‘Midnight Sun’ Remix Album ‘Girls Trip’ at Intimate Listening Party

Summer is never truly over — just ask Zara Larsson.

On the heels of her breakthrough artist win at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music Awards on Wednesday (April 29), the Swedish pop star kept the celebrations going with a special listening party for her remix album Midnight Sun: Girls Trip, on Thursday (April 30). Hosted by iHeartRadio and aired live on TikTok and radio stations around the country from the 450-seat iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles, the Girls Trip album preview gave Larsson’s biggest fans the opportunity to hear a sneak peek of the remix album hours before its release.

Larsson opened the night with an acoustic performance of her Hot 100 hit “Midnight Sun” before sitting down for a Q&A with iHeartRadio host EJ. The singer shared why she decided to expand what she called the “Midnight Sun universe.”

“I think music and culture in this day and age, it moves quickly, but I’m definitely not ready to move on from Midnight Sun, for a little while at least,” Larsson said. “And I just thought, have fun. It’ll be so fun.”

The singer also shared who inspired her to take on this venture.

“People have been doing it for a long time, but I was really inspired by [Charli xcx]. I was really inspired by [PinkPantheress],” she shared. “Even though a song is out, you can still have so many different worlds and sounds around the song. If a song is good enough, it can kind of be anything.”

Girls Trip features ten remixed versions of songs from the original Midnight Sun, with features from an incredible slate of women artists. Fans in attendance at the preview, watching live on TikTok or listening from the iHeartRadio app got to hear five of the songs in full.

Before each track, Larsson spoke about how the remix came to be, its sound and the person she tapped for the feature.

The first remix of the night was “Crush” featuring Eli. Larsson then played “Blue Moon” featuring Kehlani, an artist who she shared she was a fan of for a long time. Next up was “Hot & Sexy” with Tyla, the second of the duo’s collaborations following “She Did It Again” which came out earlier this month. “Hot & Sexy” was followed by “Pretty Ugly” with JT and Margo XS, a remix Larsson admitted she preferred over the original. Then came “Eurosummer” with Shakira, who Larsson shared she has loved since childhood.

“This is legendary status going on right here because [Girls Trip] was like a little bit the talk of the town — I mean at least in the small industry of music that I’m in,” Larsson said. “And one day I got a call, it was my A&R, and he was like, ‘Shakira heard about this project and she really likes ‘Eurosummer.” And I was like, ‘let’s go.’”

The final remix fans got to hear was a crossing of Swedish pop icons: “Puss Puss” with compatriot Robyn.

“This is my Swedish icon, legend Robyn. Who else would be on this song?” Larsson said as the track began.

In between songs, Larsson also took time to answer fan questions from the audience, viewers on TikTok and radio listeners. Many of the questions were appropriately trip-themed and the singer shared her preferred ways to take a girls trip, including being both driver and DJ.

“I think the music is quite important,” Larsson said of what makes for a perfect girls trip. “The girls trip starts when you get in the car, or on the train, or on the way to the airport.”

The Girls Trip experience ended with a celebration of Larsson’s 2015 Hot 100 track “Lush Life,” which has been gifted new life online thanks to a viral dance trend. The singer invited those fans who knew the choreography to join her on stage as they danced the evening to a close.

Midnight Sun: Girls Trip is out now. Stream it below.

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The Black Keys’ Peel Off ‘Peaches!’: Stream It Now

The Black Keys peel back the lid on Peaches!, the Grammy Award-winning rock duo’s fresh dose of blues.

Dropping at the stroke of midnight, Peaches! (via Easy Eye Sound/Warner Records) is the Akron, OH natives’ 14th studio album, and third in as many years.

The 10-track project emerged following frontman Dan Auerbach’s late father’s battle with esophageal cancer, which was diagnosed while he was staying at Dan’s Nashville pad. Bandmate and bestie Patrick Carney had the bright idea “that it would be good for Dan to have something to do,” something to lift his spirits while Dan’s dad’s health spiraled.

The studio beckoned, and Peaches grew. Its songs are said to reflect Dan and Patrick’s obsessive record-collecting habit, which they flaunt at their intimate Record Hang, all-vinyl parties. “I’d look for 45s specifically to play at the record hangs,” Auerbach explains, “but sometimes I’d find a song and think, ‘This might be fun for Pat and me to play live.’”

In support of the new collection, Auerbach and Carney share the official music video for album track “She Does It Right,” featuring a performance outside of Memphis’s Hernando’s Hideaway, directed by EJ McLeavey-Fisher and celebrated animator Kyle McCarthy.

The Black Keys are currently road-testing new material on their Peaches ‘N Kream World Tour ‘26, along with renditions of early favorites “Busted” and “Do The Romp,” plus classic hits “Gold On the Ceiling,” “Lonely Boy,” and “Howlin’ For You.”

The tour continues through October with stops along the way in New York, Chicago, Nashville, Paris, Milan and London, where the band has added a third headline show “due to demand,” on Sept. 2, reps say. The support acts for the ongoing tour are all signed to Dan Auerbach’s own Easy Eye Sound record label.

Peaches! is the followup to 2025’s No Rain, No Flowers, which peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard 200, their 14th appearance on the all-genres albums chart, a tally that includes a No. 1 with 2014’s Turn Blue.

Stream Peaches! below.

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Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves, Zara Larsson & More: New Music Friday Guide

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

Last week, we featured Noah Kahan, Kehlani and Suki Waterhouse.

This week, Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter release “Bring Your Love,” which the pair previewed at Coachella weekend two; Kacey Musgraves releases her anticipated album Middle of Nowhere; and Sienna Spiro appears on the star-studded Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack, which is out now… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter, “Bring Your Love”

After live-debuting this alluring and hypnotic dance-pop track during Sabrina’s weekend two Coachella headlining set — during which Madonna was a surprise guest, treating the audience to a bonus 10-minute set that also included “Vogue” and “Like a Prayer” — their collaboration “Bring Your Love” is finally out. The song is sure to is start summer early, as it’s essentially sonic bait to lure listeners out of the house and onto the nearest dance floor. And this is just the beginning; Madonna’s upcoming album, Confessions II, is out July 3.

Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere

Kacey Musgraves has said her new album was largely inspired by the Mexican community, which you can hear across its tracks — including the buzzy “Horses and Divorces.” The duet made headlines long before it arrived thanks to its unexpected feature from country icon Miranda Lambert. As Musgraves told NPR earlier this year: “We’d lost touch for years and wouldn’t consider each other friends. I saw her on Instagram one day, riding one of her horses, and I was like, ‘Well, we ain’t friends, but I guess we have two things in common, horses and divorces, that’s for sure…I just randomly reached out to her…We aired out any of the old laundry. We had some laughs and wrote the song in a matter of a few hours.”

Sienna Spiro, “Material Lover”

The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack features just a few original songs, including one from Sienna Spiro — which puts her in the company of superstars like Lady Gaga, Doechii. And while “Material Lover” (produced by Omer Fedi) is a title tailor-made for the film, the track stands entirely on its own as Spiro delivers her now signature warmth while singing about wanting the “real thing.”

Zara Larsson, Midnight Sun: Girls Trip

Zara Larsson’s collaborations album, Girls Trip, has arrived — and it delivers on that title. Released as a disc two to her 2025 album Midnight Sun, this girl-powered new edition features 10 fresh takes on the original 10 tracks. With a roster of guests including PinkPantheress, Shakira, Robyn and more, Girls Trip takes an already poptastic album to the next level.

Bella Poarch, “Ribcage”

Opening with a gorgeous string section, “Ribcage” quickly takes a turn toward alternative pop as Bella Poarch sings of watching her thoughts “turn to dust and decompose.” As Poarch said in a statement, “Ribcage” is about “the parts of yourself you try to protect and the parts that still feel everything. Writing this song helped me process a lot of emotions I didn’t fully understand before. It’s a very honest piece of me, and it felt like the right way to begin this new chapter.” The haunting track previews more new music to come.

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Guns N’ Roses World Tour 2026 Setlist: Every Song Played At First Show

Guns N’ Roses returned to the stage on Thursday night (April 30), putting on a career-spanning show that was as comprehensive as it was satisfying to some of the most hardcore fans that showed up to celebrate the group’s 40-plus-year career.

After a global 2025 tour that took the iconic rock band from Korea to Mexico, they kicked off their 2026 dates at the Hard Rock Live club in Hollywood, California, playing to a crowd that was raucous and eager to see the group play the States for the first time in three years, since the fall of 2023 tour wrapped with two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

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And the group came out on fire, running through a quick opening run of songs from their game-changing 1987 album Appetite For Destruction — the project that launched them into superstardom — before going deeper into their catalog, playing both lesser-known cuts and some newer tracks, including more brand-new songs like “The General” and “Perhaps.” But it was the old stalwarts — show opener “Welcome to the Jungle” and show closer “Paradise City” among them — that got fans truly rocking and off their feet, while lead guitarist Slash showed off the chops that have made him rightfully considered one of the greatest players who has ever picked up the instrument.

While the band gears up for the rest of their tour — so far, they have two more dates in Florida in May, before more fully hitting the road in July — their tune-up ahead of F1 Miami this weekend in south Florida proved to be a mesmerizing one for their legions of fans who have been there from the beginning. Here is the set list from that first show of their 2026 run.

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Kacey Musgraves Finds Herself In The ‘Middle of Nowhere’: Stream It Now

Kacey Musgraves returns with her new album, Middle of Nowhere.

Across a baker’s dozen collection of tracks, Musgraves explores the range of emotions that come with post-breakup solitude and finding oneself embracing a solitary life stage.

“This album period coincided with me getting more comfortable being alone,” Musgraves recently told Texas Monthly, adding, “not as isolation, but as sovereignty.”

The album also nods to traditional Western music styles, and weaves in Mexican music elements as well, paying homage to its long-reaching influence on and connection to country music. Throughout, the album features washes of accordion, acoustic guitar and pedal steel, while embracing Texas dancehall percussion.

She also teams with artists including Willie Nelson (“Uncertain, TX”), Miranda Lambert (“Horses & Divorces”), Billy Strings (“Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy”) and Gregory Alan Isakov (“Coyote”).

The new album is the successor to 2024’s Deeper Well, which was her fifth to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Deeper Well‘s song “The Architect” also won a Grammy for best country song.

As she releases Middle of Nowhere, Musgraves is also gearing up for her Middle of Nowhere Tour later this year. The trek will launch Aug. 21 in Chicago, and will wrap Oct. 27 in Seattle. The tour will feature openers including Carter Faith, Midland and William Beckmann.

Musgraves also recently performed a set during Coachella, and debuted music from the new album, which Musgraves produced alongside her longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk.

She will also perform during the 61st annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will air live on Prime Video on May 17.

Stream Musgraves’ new album below:

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Lizzo Is 100% That ‘Bitch’ on Upcoming Album’s Bold Title Track: Stream It Now

As Lizzo promised, she is “reclaiming” the word “b–ch” on the title track to the singer’s upcoming album of the same name. Lizzo dropped the boldly titled single on Friday (May 1), giving fans the first taste of her third studio LP, which is due on June 5.

The song, which interpolates singer Meredith Brooks’ strident 1997 Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 single of the same name, is the second taste of the album, following on the heels of the smoldering love-me-or-leave-me “Don’t Make Me Love U.”

In a statement describing the inspiration for the follow-up to 2022’s Special, Lizzo said, “Reclaiming the word ‘b—h’ is power — it’s taking a label once used to diminish women and turning it into a declaration of confidence and unapologetic self-love. So many incredible women in music have used the word for positivity, like Meredith Brooks and Missy Elliott. It was only fitting to name my album Bitch because it has become my favorite word when using it on my own terms and because I am 100% that b—h!”

A preview of the song posted on Thursday (April 30) featured an intro from Katt Williams, who warns, “It’s a line, if you cross it, that’s your motherf–kin’ ass!,” a bit taken from the comedian’s 2024 Woke Foke comedy special in which he defended Lizzo against her detractors. The singer included Williams’ follow-up wisdom in the caption to the snippet, “You can be fat, you can be black, but you can’t be no fat black B—H, BITCH drops tonight yall ready?!” in the sneak peek that also included a short bit of the bouncy refrain, “She’s a b—h, She’s a b—h, OK?”

Lizzo first coined the latter phrase on her diamond-selling 2017 single “Truth Hurts,” in which she pronounced herself 100% that … one. She doubled-down on the upcoming LP’s profane title with the provocative cover art, which shows the singer’s right hand flipping the bird, with a miniature version of her subbing in for the middle finger, arms held high above her head in triumph.

The album’s Spotify preview page reveals that it is slated to feature 12 tracks, whose titles include “A Toast,” “Happy 2 Be,” “Don’t Make Me Love U,” “Bitch,” “She Stole My Man,” “Whose Hair Is This,” “Little Black Cat,” “Sexy Ladies, “That Grrrl,” “Too Nice,” “Like a Crime” and “Goodmorning!”

Check out the video for “Bitch” below.


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Here Are the (Suddenly Wealthy) 2026 Recipients of the Doris Duke Artist Awards, Who Each Receive a $525K Cash Prize

The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) has announced the six recipients of the 2026 Doris Duke Artist Awards, who will each receive a cash prize of $525,000 in unrestricted funds – the largest cash prize in the United States dedicated to individual performing artists.

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Funds are allocated over seven years and include a $25,000 incentive for those who choose to allocate funds for retirement. The foundation explains that the unrestricted nature of the award allows artists to use the funds for personal needs, accessing the benefits of a social safety net that is not accessible to individual artists in the U.S.

“When we provide artists with access to unrestricted financial resources, we break down the barriers that hold the artist community back from being truly free to create, experiment, and move society forward,” Ashley Ferro-Murray, PhD, program director for the arts at DDF, said in a statement. “The Doris Duke Artist Awards program is more than an award — it is the realization of our commitment to the essential investments our society must make in sustaining, cultivating and celebrating creative labor as a necessary pillar of our communities and country.”

In addition to the cash prize, the foundation provides winners professional development support, financial planning and management services and enhanced networking and performance opportunities.

The Doris Duke Artist Awards were established in 2012. This year’s honorees – five women and one man – are:

  • Aleshea Harris: A playwright, screenwriter and director driven by a desire to see Black women represented beyond convention, she has dedicated her practice to uplifting Black narratives through theater.  
  • Val Jeanty (Val-Inc): A Haitian composer, percussionist, turntablist, and Berklee professor whose work has been presented at institutions including the Biennale, the Whitney and MoMA. She pioneered Afro-Electronica, sharing her Haitian culture with the world.
  • Makaya McCraven: A Chicago-based drummer and producer recognized as a leading voice in contemporary jazz. He is acclaimed for transforming live improvisations into edited soundscapes that push the boundaries of the genre.
  • Allison Orr: A Texas-based choreographer and founder of Forklift Danceworks who transforms everyday labor into “ethnographic choreography.” Drawing on her background in anthropology and social work, she creates large-scale dances featuring community members and workers.
  • Tomeka Reid: An American cellist, composer, improviser, and bandleader, who has redefined the role of the cello in contemporary jazz. Her artistry bridges classical traditions and avant-garde improvisation, establishing the instrument as a vital force in boundary-pushing music.
  • Yara Travieso: A Brooklyn-based anti-disciplinary artist working in performance and film. Travieso crafts absurd myths, spectacles, and ritual practices influenced by her Cuban-Venezuelan lineage.

As part of the foundation’s “Creative Labor, Creative Conditions” campaign, DDF is also awarding more than $1 million in grants (in total) to six organizations “working to build a more sustainable and equitable ecosystem for artists.” This year’s recipients are:

  • Artist Corporations Foundation: To support the advocacy, policy development, and public education activities of the foundation as it establishes the Artist Corporation (A-Corp), a new business entity designed to empower and protect artists and their creative work.
  • Artistic Freedom Initiative: To support the Artistic Freedom Monitor, a data platform tracking and documenting threats to artistic expression across the U.S., and the Artist Community Network, an artist-led space offering peer-to-peer mentorship, professional resources and event production opportunities for displaced and at-risk creatives.
  • Pollinator: To support the development, programming and pedagogy of Pollinator’s artist-owned and secure communication platform for artists facing systemic barriers to access and resources.
  • SOZO Impact: To support the development of its new Global Cultural Impact Hub: an integrated agency model that brings together artist incubation, production and an impact accelerator under one roof.
  • Starfish Accelerator Foundation: To support the development of ROOT, an open-source infrastructure that improves creative conditions across performing and media arts by enabling artists to fund, distribute, and sustain their work through transparent revenue sharing, rights governance and reciprocal collaboration.
  • Pangea World Theater: To support the development and execution of its Liberating Spaces initiative, a multiyear effort to build national artist coalitions through convenings, a cultural symposium and festival, and the opening of the Center for Peace and Justice, advancing equitable conditions for artists and strengthening creative labor networks.

“At the Doris Duke Foundation, we honor the dignity of artists as workers,” Sam Gill, CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation, said in a statement. “For too long, our society has treated the performing arts as a luxury rather than a labor force. With this new round of grants, the Doris Duke Foundation is doubling down on our commitment to systemic change.”

For more information about DDF’s grantmaking in the arts, visit the organization’s website.

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