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Guns N’ Roses are back on stage and rocking out around the globe. The legendary rock band kicked off their 2026 world tour in Mexico on March 28 bringing with them a few songs performed by Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan for the very first time live. Lucky fans in attendance were able to witness the group playing their most recent singles “Nothin’” and “Atlas” as well as “Bad Apples,” a rare deep cut from their 1991 album, Use Your Illusion I, live for the first time in 35 years.

If you weren’t able to attend, Guns N’ Roses are heading out on a 60-plus show run slated to hit Mexico and South America before moving to Europe in the early spring and summer and then kicking off a North American run on July 23 in Raleigh, N.C. at Cater-Finely Stadium.

How to Buy Guns N’ Roses Tickets, At a Glance

With a new album presumably on the way with “all new original stuff,” according to Slash, there’s no better time to see the iconic “Welcome to the Jungle” rock stars live. To help you rock out at a music venue near you, we’ve compiled all the best ways to shop affordable Guns N’ Roses tickets online. Keep reading to see our guide below.

Where to Shop 2026 Guns N’ Roses Tour Tickets Online

General tickets for the Guns N’ Roses tour went on sale in this past December on Ticketmaster. With slim options remaining, turning your sights to resell sites like StubHub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats, fans can shop affordable tickets safely and securely. Below, ShopBillboard put together a list of affordable ticket options, including exclusive promo and discount codes. Learn about how you can shop and save on Guns N’ Roses tickets online.

With Guns N’ Roses’ tickets as low as $70, StubHub is a great option for finding cheap tickets. To give shoppers flexibility, the site offers filters to find the best venue seat and pricing to match your budget. You can also choose from the number of tickets needed, price and even have estimated fees included in the cost, so there are no hidden surprises. To help you shop securely, each purchase is protected by StubHub’s FanProtect, which you can learn more about here.

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Guns N’ Roses 2026 Tour Dates

Check out the dates for Guns N’ Roses’ 2026 tour below.

March 28: Monterrey, Mexico @ Tecate Pa’l Norte*
April 1: Porto Alegre, Brazil @ Estádio Beira Rio
April 4: São Paulo, Brazil @ Monsters Of Rock*
April 7: São José do Rio Preto, Brazil @ Alberto Bertelli Lucatto
April 10: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Engenhao
April 12: Vitoria, Brazil @ Estádio Estadual Kleber José de Andrade
April 15: Salvador, Brazil @ Arena Fonte Nova
April 18: Fortaleza, Brazil @ Arena Castelão
April 21: Sao Luiz, Brazil @ Estádio Governador João Castelo “Castelão”
April 25: Belém do Para, Brazil @ Estadio Olimpico do Para “Mangueirão”
May 5: Hollywood, Fla. @ Hard Rock Hollywood
May 7: Daytona Beach, Fla. @ Welcome To Rockville Festival*
June 4: Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena Gliwice
June 6: Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena Gliwice
June 10: Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
June 12-14: Donington, UK @ Download Festival*
June 18: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
June 20: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
June 23: Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
June 25: Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
June 28: Antwerp, Belgium @ AFAS Dome
July 1: Paris, France @ Accor Arena
July 3: Paris, France @ Accor Arena
July 23: Raleigh, N.C. @ Cater-Finley Stadium
July 26: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 29: Tinley Park, Ill. @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Aug. 1: Hershey, Pa. @ Hersheypark Stadium
Aug. 5: Toronto, Ontario @ Rogers Stadium
Aug. 8: Shakopee, Minn. @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Aug. 12: East Rutherford, N.J. @ MetLife Stadium
Aug. 16: St. Louis, Mo. @ Busch Stadium
Aug. 19: Kansas City, Mo. @ Morton Amphitheater
Aug. 22: Las Vegas, Nev. @ Allegiant Stadium
Aug. 26: Edmonton, Alberta @ Commonwealth Stadium
Aug. 29: Vancouver, British Columbia @ BC Place
Sept. 2: San Diego, Calif. @ Snapdragon Stadium
Sept. 5: Pasadena, Calif. @ Rose Bowl
Sept. 9: Arlington, Texas @ Globe Life Field
Sept. 12: Ridgedale, Mo. @ Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
Sept. 16: San Antonio, Texas @ Alamodome
Sept. 19: Atlanta, Ga. @ Truist Park
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Lil Tjay posted bond on his disorderly conduct charge in connection to the non-deadly shooting of Offset outside the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, and the Bronx native had some harsh words for the Migos rapper when leaving Broward County Jail custody while speaking to reporters on Tuesday (April 7).

NBC caught up with the “Calling My Phone” rapper on his way out of the Florida jail, where he called Offset a “rat” and threatened the Atlanta native.

Tjay recalled the scene of Monday’s (April 6) shooting. “The last thing I seen was Offset looking at me like this, ‘Yo, that n—a shot me. That n—a shot me.’ La la la. N—a is a rat. n—a is a rat. I don’t do no damn fighting,” he said, before being asked if he was the one to shoot Offset. “I didn’t do no damn fighting. Did I shoot Offset? That s–t is crazy.”

Tjay continued to taunt Set: “I’ll slap the s–t out of Offset. He would never play with me like that in his life.”

Reporters peppered Lil Tjay with questions regarding speculation that Offset owed him money. “Ask Offset,” he deferred.

Lil Tjay (born Tione Merritt) was arrested and booked late Monday on disorderly conduct charges at Broward County Jail with a $500 bond.

A spokesperson for the Seminole Police Department relayed to Billboard that one person had been charged “in connection with the incident that took place Monday night at a valet area outside of Seminole Hard Rock.”

The police later identified the individual charged was in fact Tjay and explained that “the incident began with an affray, or fight. Merritt was booked into the Broward County Jail late last night.”

However, Tjay’s lawyer, Dawn Florio, labeled the reports associating Tjay with the Offset shooting as “false rumors.”

“Lil Tjay has not been shot, nor has Lil Tjay been charged with any shooting,” she said. “Any reporting to the contrary is false. We encourage people to consult trusted news sources, and to verify the accuracy of any reporting, before reflexively sharing or repeating baseless rumors.”

The Seminole Police Department said that two individuals were detained and an investigation remains ongoing. Authorities never identified Tjay as a triggerman in the Offset shooting.

Offset (real name Kiari Cephus) was shot in the valet area outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on Monday. He was hospitalized and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

“We can confirm Offset was shot and is currently at the hospital receiving medical care,” a rep for Offset told Billboard. “He is stable and being closely monitored.” Offset was photographed by TMZ in a hospital gown outside Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood while smoking.

On the music side, Lil Tjay is in album mode and is set to release his They Just Ain’t You album on May 1. He’s already released singles like “First Time, “Can’t Change” and “Letter to My Block.” Tjay has five previous entries on the Billboard 200.

Billboard has reached out to Lil Tjay and Offset’s reps for comment. Watch the video of Tjay leaving custody below.

Sabrina Carpenter might need some go-go juice before she headlines Coachella.

In an April 7 interview with Perfect conducted by fashion mogul Marc Jacobs, Carpenter shared how she’s handling preparations for her upcoming Coachella performance.

“It’s the most ambitious show I’ve ever done,” Carpenter said to the designer, explaining that this is the first time she’s had a prolonged lead up to a performance. Unlike her other shows, Carpenter had seven months to work on her Coachella set. She told Jacobs this is the longest amount of time she’s had to focus on building a show. “So it’s been a long journey. It will be very special.”

Carpenter will be headlining Coachella’s Friday night (April 10 and 17) lineups. Though this is her first time in the highly coveted slot, it is not her first time playing the festival. The pop star made her Coachella debut in 2024 — and on a very important day.

“That was a really special day for me, the day my song ‘Espresso’ came out,” Carpenter said of when she first played the annual music festival.

In the two years since she released “Espresso” as the lead single to her album Short n’ Sweet, Carpenter’s career has absolutely skyrocketed. “Espresso” ascended to the No. 3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her first top 10 entry. “Please Please Please” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, her first time topping the chart. Short n’ Sweet debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where it stayed for four weeks. Her follow up album, 2025’s Man’s Best Friend, also debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned Hot 100 hits “Manchild” (No. 1) and “Tears” (No. 3).

“And now, two years later, we’re back,” Carpenter says of Coachella. “And I think that’s what makes this show feel really, really surreal: getting to celebrate all the songs that have come after it, and just how many lives they’ve lived since they’ve come out.”

Wristbands for both Coachella weekends are sold out, but fans without tickets can watch Carpenter’s performance on the official Coachella YouTube livestream.

Roc Nation’s insurance company says it doesn’t need to pay for CEO Desiree Perez’s ongoing lawsuit with her daughter because it’s a strictly personal matter — and it’s suing her to prove it.

In a lawsuit filed Friday (April 7), New York Marine and General Insurance Co. asked a federal judge to rule that it has no obligation to defend Perez — the head of Jay-Z’s business empire — in litigation with her daughter Demoree Hadley, who has accused her mother of a range of legal wrongdoing.

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Because the court battle with Hadley arises from “their contentious mother-daughter relationship,” the insurance company says it’s not covered by Roc’s commercial liability policies.

“Mrs. Hadley’s claims against Mrs. Perez in the [lawsuit] are clearly not with respect to Mrs. Perez’s duties as Roc Nation’s Chief Executive Officer and are unrelated to Roc Nation’s business,” lawyers for New York Marine write in the lawsuit, obtained and first reported by Billboard. “Consequently, Mrs. Perez is not an ‘insured’ as defined by the policies.”

A spokesperson for Perez and an attorney for Hadley both declined to comment. An attorney for New York Marine did not immediately return a request for comment.

Perez has been quietly battling with her daughter in federal court for nearly a year. In April 2025, she sued Hadley’s husband, Javon Hadley, claiming he had trapped her daughter in a “dangerously abusive relationship” and that she was worried he “may kill her one day.”

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“Plaintiffs are living every family’s nightmare,” Perez’s lawyers wrote at the time. “By this lawsuit, plaintiffs are shouting from the rooftops for the world to hear that they love D.H., and her family will fight with every fiber of their beings to protect her.”

But in her own case filed against her mother a month later, Hadley told a very different story — about how Perez was a “convicted felon” who had “used her money, power, and influence to tear the Hadleys apart.”

The case claimed Perez had illegally surveilled her daughter, including by bugging her room and hacking her iCloud account. It also alleged she had used false allegations to get Javon wrongfully arrested several times, then had Hadley wrongly committed to a drug treatment facility. “It is difficult to imagine that a mother would do the acts listed below to her own child,” Hadley’s lawyers wrote at the time.

Both sides have denied any wrongdoing and moved to dismiss the other’s claims. But a judge has allowed parts of each side’s accusations to move ahead, and both cases are headed for more litigation and moving toward a potential trial.

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According to this week’s new lawsuit, Perez invoked Roc’s commercial insurance policies in October, sending a letter that “demanded that NYM pay for her entire defense” in the battle with Hadley. Last month, the company says it sent a response denying coverage.

“Desiree does not meet the policies’ definition of ‘insured” for claims or damages caused by her personal conduct related to a dispute with her daughter and son-in-law, which is not with respect to her duties as Roc Nation’s CEO, outside the scope of her employment, and wholly unrelated to the conduct of Roc Nation’s business as a sports and entertainment agency,” the insurer wrote in the letter to Perez, which was attached as an exhibit to the lawsuit.

In the letter, the insurance company counter-offered: It would pay for her legal defense, but with the crucial caveat that it would reserve the right to recoup that money “to the extent there is a determination that NYM does not owe a defense or indemnity under the policies.” And in its lawsuit this week, the insurer is asking a federal judge to issue exactly that sort of determination.

“There is no reasonable possibility of providing coverage for Mrs. Perez for the claims against her in the amended complaint,” the company writes in the new case. “Accordingly, NYM is entitled to entry of a declaratory judgment that NYM has no duty to defend or indemnify Mrs. Perez.”

Hadley is also named as a defendant in New York Marine’s lawsuit. While there’s no suggestion that she also asked Roc’s insurance company to pay for her legal case, the insurer says that she is “an indispensable party to this action” because she’s the plaintiff in the underlying dispute.


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Good 4 us: Olivia Rodrigo is dropping her next single very soon! The star announced the release date for her new single via an Instagram post on Tuesday (April 7).

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In the photo, the pop star blows an impressive bubble with a piece of gum while wearing a white shirt that reads “drop dead” along her collar. “Drop Dead” is the name of the upcoming single, and in the caption, Rodrigo announces that the track will be released on Friday, April 17.

The “Drop Dead” release date comes just days after Rodrigo announced her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, on April 2. The “Vampire” singer shared the album’s whimsical cover art — a photo of her leaning back on a swing against a pale blue sky backdrop — and announced the album title and release date of June 12.

“I am so proud of this record and I can’t wait for you to hear it,” Rodrigo said in the album announcement caption, also sharing that the project is already available for preorder.

You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is the follow-up to Rodrigo’s 2023 Billboard 200-topping LP Guts. That album’s lead single, “Vampire,” brought the singer her third Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, following in the footsteps of “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U” off her debut album, Sour, which also topped the Billboard 200.

See Olivia Rodrigo’s single announcement for “Drop Dead” below:


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Paul Anka is set to receive the BMI Icon Award at the 2026 BMI Pop Awards on May 12 at Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The pop trailblazer’s career began in 1957, when he was not yet 16, with the global smash “Diana.” He followed that song with such other hits as “Lonely Boy” and “(You’re) Having My Baby,” both of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” “Puppy Love” and “Times of Your Life,” all of which made the top 10.

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“Throughout an unparalleled and distinguished career, Paul Anka has captured timelessness, writing himself into the soundtrack of popular music where greatness isn’t just a moment, but a lifelong crescendo,” Barbara Cane, BMI’s vp, worldwide creative, said in a statement. “Paul’s words, melodies and artistry transcend decades and eras, and we’re thrilled to honor him as a BMI Icon. We’re also excited to celebrate and recognize the undeniable talent of all BMI’s brilliant, award-winning songwriters and publishers that we’re privileged to represent. It’s going to be an evening to remember.”

Anka has recorded more than 120 albums in a variety of languages. He has landed 48 songs on the Hot 100, including 10 that made the top 10. He had a top 10 album on the Billboard 200 in 1974 with Anka. His many other career highlights include writing the English-language lyric for “My Way,” which was Frank Sinatra’s signature song for more than a decade following its 1968 arrival, and composing “Johnny’s Theme,” the jaunty theme song for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Anka has received 24 BMI Awards and was honored at the 71st Annual BMI/NAB Dinner in 2019. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and received the SHOF’s top honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 2008. He is a recipient of stars on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Canada Walk of Fame. Recently, Anka released his newest studio album, Inspirations of Life and Love, was the subject of an HBO documentary, Paul Anka: His Way, and announced the development of an autobiographic Broadway musical written by Rupert Holmes.

Previous recipients of the BMI Icon award include Anka’s fellow Canadian David Foster, as well as Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, Brian Wilson, Carlos Santana, Carole King, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dolly Parton, The Jacksons, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Merle Haggard, Nile Rodgers, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Willie Nelson, Mike Stoller and Carole Bayer Sager.

BMI’s pop song of the year, songwriter of the year, publisher of the year and BMI’s 50 most-performed pop songs in the U.S. of the previous year will also be named at BMI Pop Awards. Cane will be joined in hosting the private event by BMI CEO Mike O’Neill; evp, chief revenue & creative officer Mike Steinberg; vp, creative, NY Samantha Cox; and vp, creative, LA Tracie Verlinde.

Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) breaks into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as the bilingual song “Last Breath,” his first collab with Peso Pluma, debuts at No. 5 on the chart dated April 11.

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It’s the first entry for Ye on the Hot Latin Songs chart since the ranking became a multimetric chart (blending streams, sales and airplay) in October 2012. Before that, Ye claimed one entry on Hot Latin Songs when it was purely a radio airplay chart, as the featured artist on Katy Perry’s “E.T.” in 2011, peaking at No. 29.

The latest chart feat for Ye comes as the embattled rapper — who has been facing criticism for his years of antisemitic hate speech, for which he apologized in January while blaming a brain injury for his behavior — is facing backlash over his booking to headline London’s Wireless Festival. After the U.K. denied his application for entry on April 7, the festival was canceled.

While “Last Breath” is the first top 10 for Ye on Hot Latin Songs, it’s the 33rd for Peso Pluma.
“Last Breath” arrives at No. 5 on Hot Latin Songs fueled largely by streaming activity. During the tracking week ending April 2, the song registered 4.3 million official streams in the United States, as reported by Luminate. That first-week sum yields a No. 6 start on Latin Streaming Songs, also Ye’s first top 10, coming in his first appearance on the chart. Peso adds his 32nd career top 10.

“Last Breath” stems from Ye’s 12th studio album, Bully, which debuted at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200, while securing No. 1 positions on the Top Streaming Albums, Independent Albums, Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Notably, Peso Pluma’s contribution stands out as the sole Latin representation among the album’s five collaborations. The song was produced by Ye, Sheffmade and Ty Dolla Sign, and samples the Latin jazz track “Bésame Mamá,” written by Cuban percussionist and bandleader Ramón ‘Mongo’ Santamaría and performed by American conguero and salsa singer Poncho Sánchez (1996).

As for Peso Pluma, he extends his record run among acts that primarily record regional Mexican music to 33 top 10s, and resumes as the act with the seventh-most top 10s overall. Bad Bunny continues as the act with the most top 10s on Hot Latin Songs, with 89.

In terms of bilingual collabs, “Last Breath” stands out as the first one to debut in the top 10 since “Ojos Tristes,” by Selena Gomez, benny blanco and The Marias, debuted at No. 4 in April 2025 (the song peaked at No. 3 a week later).

Elsewhere, “Last Breath” also makes its No. 81 debut on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. Plus, it arrives at No. 155 on the Billboard Global 200.


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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Netflix), Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max), Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (Hulu) and Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV) are among the programs focused on music and entertainment that are nominated for 2026 Peabody Awards.

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The Peabody Awards board of jurors announced on Tuesday (April 7) the nominees in the documentary, news, public service, and radio/podcast categories, selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2025. The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 28 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web.

“These nominees … reflect exactly why the Peabody Awards exist: to honor work that informs, challenges, and drives meaningful change,” Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody, said in a statement.

The nominees in the remaining categories – arts, children’s/youth, entertainment, and interactive & immersive – will be announced on Thursday (April 9). The winners of the 86th Annual Peabody Awards will be announced on April 23, and celebrated on Sunday, May 31, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.

As previously announced, actress and podcast host Amy Poehler will receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award; director, producer and screenwriter Sterlin Harjo will receive the Peabody Trailblazer Award; multiple Oscar and Primetime Emmy-winner James L. Brooks will receive the Peabody Industry Icon Award; and PBS KIDS will receive the Peabody Institutional Award.

Here are the nominees of greatest relevance to the music and entertainment industries, with capsule descriptions of the programs provided by the Peabody Awards. The first five programs are competing in the documentary category; the last one is competing in the public service category.

Taylor Swift’s online merch operation for The Life of a Showgirl is coming under scrutiny in trademark litigation brought by a different “showgirl” in Las Vegas.

A week after suing Swift for infringing her “Confessions of a Showgirl” trademark, performer Maren Wade is now asking a court to bar the pop superstar from selling merch tied to her record-smashing latest album while the lawsuit plays out in court. The request comes in the form of a motion for an immediate injunction, filed on Tuesday (April 7) and obtained by Billboard.

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“‘Confessions of a Showgirl’ is not one mark among many for plaintiff. It is the only one she has,” reads Wade’s motion. “She has built her professional identity under it for more than a decade, and she has no portfolio of alternative brands, no corporate backing, and no global marketing operation to compete for consumer attention. Defendants have all of these.”

“If defendants’ use continues unchecked, the harm is not merely economic,” continued the motion. “It is the progressive erasure of plaintiff’s ability to be recognized as the source of her own brand.”

Wade has owned the trademark “Confessions of a Showgirl” since 2015 for her touring cabaret show about the escapades of a modern-day Las Vegas performer. Swift’s company TAS Rights Management sought to trademark The Life of a Showgirl upon the album’s announcement in August, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) preliminarily denied the application due to a likelihood of confusion with Wade’s existing mark.

According to Wade, this move from federal authorities should have made Swift’s team think twice about selling The Life of a Showgirl merch — especially since it has a robust intellectual property operation that appreciates the nuances of trademark law and regularly brings enforcement actions of its own.

But after Swift debuted The Life of a Showgirl with a record-breaking 4 million units in its first week, she continued to sell products ranging from candles to hairbrushes on a dedicated online storefront for the mega-successful album. As a result, Wade says, “the confusion the USPTO predicted has materialized.”

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“Consumers refer to defendants’ album by plaintiff’s mark,” reads Tuesday’s motion. “They use plaintiff’s trademark as a hashtag for defendants’ products. Eight of ten Google autocomplete results for plaintiff’s exact registered mark now redirect to defendants, and that same search on YouTube returns nine consecutive hits for defendants before a single result for plaintiff. This is textbook reverse confusion.”

Wade argues that the injunction is necessary right now because the harm to her brand will only increase during the long process of resolving her litigation against Swift. She is solely bringing intellectual property claims as to Swift’s merch operations, not the actual songs on The Life of a Showgirl.

Wade’s attorney, Jaymie Parkkinen, told Billboard on Tuesday that the case is “a straightforward trademark matter.” He said they had hoped the issue would be resolved after the USPTO denied Swift’s trademark application.

“Instead, defendants continued using the mark without ever contacting us,” added Parkkinen. “When someone is told no by the federal government and keeps going anyway, litigation isn’t a choice — it’s the only option left. Trademark law provides for exactly this kind of relief in exactly this kind of situation. The system only works if it works for everyone.”

Swift’s reps have not commented on the lawsuit, and they did not immediately return an inquiry about the injunction request on Tuesday. The motion is tentatively set to be heard by a judge in Los Angeles federal court in late May.


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Looks like LISA has a new alter ego. BLACKPINK’s LISA and Italian producer and DJ Anyma announced their new collaboration “Black Angel” via a joint Instagram post on Tuesday (April 7).

In the video, LISA wakes up on a marble slab, hooked up to wires and in the midst of what looks like Greek or Roman ruins. A snippet of the song plays in the background and LISA sings, “I’m pretty pretty bad for an angel.” The name of the song, the artists and release date then appear on screen before the video cuts to Anyma in a similar digital wasteland as LISA.

The visuals from the “Bad Angel” snippet look to be from the world of ÆDEN, Anyma’s new audiovisual project and world tour. The DJ announced ÆDEN via an Instagram post with a video and tour dates in February. In the video, Anyma wakes up, plugged into a bunch of wires in a deserted wasteland. As he gets up, a massive half-robot half-marble statue creature also rises and the two face each other before the video cuts out. All the while a disembodied voice says, “Welcome to ÆDEN,” and invites viewers to “step into the digital renaissance.”

“Bad Angel” comes out on Wednesday (April 8), just two days before Anyma is set to debut ÆDEN at Coachella on Friday (April 10).

See the joint announcement below:


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