Katy Perry will visit both coasts when she embarks on a tour of Australia next year.
The U.S. pop superstar’s The Lifetimes Tour will swing into Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on June 9, 2025, following by arena dates in Melbourne, Brisbane and wrapping up at Perth’s RAC Arena.
Spanning five dates, the Australia tour is Perry’s first in six years. Expect her to “perform all the hits,” reps say. “It’s a party and you’re all invited! Stoked to see you in June 2025. Get ready for a high energy singalong to alllllll your faves”, says Katy.
The “Fireworks” singer is currently in Australia as the headline act for the pre-game entertainment for the Toyota AFL Grand Final, to be contested by Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground this Saturday, Sept. 28.
TEG DAINTY, a division of TEG, is producing The Lifetimes Tour presented by Snaffle.
The general onsale will kick off 10am (local time) on Friday, Oct. 4 from ticketek.com.au.
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Scottish producer Barry Can’t Swim has become a fixture on the global festival scene over the last year. He’s performed well-received sets at Coachella and Glastonbury following the release of his debut album When Will We Land? in 2023, which landed a Mercury Prize-nomination earlier this summer.
In his sets he’s been performing “Still Riding”, a bouncy dancefloor cut that features a sample of Kali Uchis’ 2015 single “Ridin Round”, to acclaim. Two years on from its first appearance in his sets, Barry Can’t Swim – real name Joshua Mannie – has at last shared the track which samples the Colombian-American’s vocals on streaming. You can listen to the track below.
Writing on Instagram, the Ninja Tune-signed artist posted: “Almost 2 years ago to the day I played this tune for the very first time at Spotify’s Printworks takeover. Life has moved pretty fast and since then I dropped it in my Mixmag lab, at Coachella, my livestream b2b with Felix, it’s been a mainstay of my live show with the band, and we even got to play it live on the Park Stage at Glasto all without it ever actually being released lol”
“Anyway, I can FINALLY say the sample is cleared, and the tune is out in the world now!” He added: “love to Kali for letting me use and rework such an incredible vocal”.
Mannie is set for a string of shows in the coming months in the US, in Europe and culminates with a string of huge U.K. dates. In November, he’ll perform at London’s O2 Academy Brixton for three sold-out nights, two nights at Glasgow’s Barrowlands and finally at Manchester’s Warehouse Project on Nov 29, having curated a show and line-up especially for the event.
When Will We Land? was released in October 2023 and landed at No.12 on the U.K.’s Official Album Charts. His nomination for the Mercury Prize earlier this summer puts him alongside Aphex Twin, Nia Archives, Burial, Jamie XX, Fred again.. and Jon Hopkins as the only solo electronic acts to be nominated for the award. English Teacher would go on to be named as the winner of 2024’s award.
Singing janitor, fan-favorite, and now season champion. Richard Goodall is the new king of America’s Got Talent.
The powerhouse vocalist, who won Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer earlier in the competition, heard his name called on Tuesday night’s episode, beating out nine other finalists.
Goodall wept as the glitter rained down, and season 19 reached its conclusion.
Six months ago, 55-year-old Richard Goodall was a janitor in Terre Haute, Indiana, whose soul-filled vocal talent caught the attention of fans on TikTok. On Tuesday (Sept. 24), Goodall was officially crowned the winner of America’s Got Talent season 19.
“Being who I am, a janitor for 23 years, now singing songs on TV and singing with Journey. I mean, you can’t make that stuff up,” he tells Billboard of his reaction to the finale, where he performed onstage with the iconic rock band’s guitarist Neal Schon. He took home the trophy over his fellow talented acts, including Roni Sagi & Rhythm, a dog-and-human dance duo; Solange Kardinaly, a magician, Sky Elements, a drone light show and more. “This is beyond surreal. I couldn’t dream up everything that’s happened to me. I mean, there’s a bucket list, and then there’s a bucket list that you didn’t even know existed.”
From his audition, Goodall won America’s heart with his everyday man demeanor and down-to-earth perspective on life. Beyond his lovable personality, judge Heidi Klum was so blown away by Goodall’s effortless vocal ability, that she gave him the coveted Golden Buzzer that sent him straight to the live shows. “She just loved hugging my neck and telling me, ‘Well, what a wonderful job you’re doing’ every single time I’ve seen her. She’s an amazing lady,” Goodall said of the model.
However, winning AGT is just the cherry on the cake of an exciting week for Goodall, who also married his longtime love Angie just before the finale. “It was long overdue. I had proposed to her a very long time ago, and she had the ring and everything. We’re a little bit older, and we didn’t really need a piece of paper to say that we’re married,” he explains. “The thought had just crossed both our minds at the same time that it was just the time to do it. We didn’t videotape it or anything, just a photographer. So, as far as the show goes, it wasn’t about trying to get votes or anything like that. It was because we both decided that it was time that we did it for real.”
While Goodall is openminded to musical opportunities in the future, he says he’s focused being “smart” about the $1 million prize money and going with the flow of his incredible accomplishment. “[Angie and I] are already talking with a financial advisor, making sure that we’re being smart about all this,” he reveals. “We’re not just two kids that are just flying by the seat of our pants. This popularity, this fame thing is new, but we want to be smart about it, and whatever comes in the near future, we can decide together as adults and as a man and wife and figure out what path we want to take.”
For now, Goodall remains an inspiration to people worldwide who have a dream. “When you see me, I just scream regular person. You could see me standing at the bus stop or going to Ralph’s to pick up your groceries and pick out my groceries. I don’t look like something, you know, that’s extraordinary or supermodel-ish,” he says, before concluding with these words of wisdom: “Nothing is out of reach in this world, but you got to work at it. You gotta put the time in if you want it bad enough. Sky’s the limit.”
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Warner Music Australia is boosting its country stocks with the signing of Brad Cox.
Raisd in Jindabyne in New South Wales’s Snowy Mountains, Cox, a former Sony Music artist, enjoyed a breakthrough in 2018 with his self-titled debut album, which collected the the singles “Red Light”, “Too Drunk to Drive”, “’Lake House” and “Water On The Ground”.
He went on to snag the Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and landed in the top 20 with his sophomore album, 2020’s My Mind’s Projection, peaking at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
The following year, Cox launched the “Happy Hour Down Under” station on Apple Music.
“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Brad Cox into the Warner Music family and are delighted that Brad has entrusted us with the next chapter of his career,” comments Dan Rosen, president of Warner Music Australasia.
“Brad’s genuine authenticity, admirable work ethic and undeniable talent has already captured the hearts of fans around Australia and we can’t wait to help take his music to more fans at home and around the world.”
To celebrate the new arrangement, Cox drops the new single “Everything I’ve Got.”
He’ll road test the song when he embarks on his biggest tour date, the Everything I Got jaunt, which starts Oct. 17 at University of Canberra, before stopping in at Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
“Signing this new record deal with Warner Music feels like home,” he says in a statement. “I feel like things are only getting better and better the more I get to work with this incredible crew. I feel like I’m understood in my vision for this project and supported with means to make the dreams happen. I’m thankful for the belief I’ve been shown and am humbled to have landed here at Warner Music for the next chapter. Feels incredibly right.”
Australia is recognized as the No. 3 market for country music, behind the United States and Canada, respectively. With the likes of Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs dominating Australia’s consumption charts and filling arenas, country music is enjoying a renaissance in these parts.
Aussies clicked play on country music 1.1 billion times in the first half of 2023, based on the top 500 songs in the genre. Gen Z is found to have a growing appetite for country.
Cox’s tour opens Oct. 17 at University of Canberra, before heading to Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
The trek is presented by Handsome Tours, Lonely Lands Agency Mirror Music Group, Habit Music and transported by Mack & Highway Rentals Australia.
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It’s official: Lewis is almost out of stock at Target, and his ghoulish friends won’t be in stock for much longer. Spooky season started early this year, but if you missed out on Summerween, there’s still around a month before Halloween officially arrives, which gives you just enough time to grab some of the cooler decorations before they’re gone.
Planning a Halloween celebration? Lewis is the perfect party guest.
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Lewis & Friends: 8′ Light and Sound Lewis The Pumpkin Ghoul
The Halloween jack-o’-lantern ghoul, available exclusively at Target, has scared up more than 27 million views in a week and 753.6 million total global views, according to data sent to Billboard from TikTok last year.
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The $180 decoration, from Hyde & EEK! Boutique, features a ghoulish, orange jack-o’-lantern dressed in a tattered hooded robe (Grim Reaper style). Lewis stands 8-feet tall, makes spooky sounds, and the face lights up. The Pumpkin Ghoul is designed outside use, per the product description (it’s probably too large to fit in most homes).
Unfortunately, Lewis got so popular he sold out at Target last Halloween, and he’s close to selling out again. If you miss out on a full-size Lewis, you can grab a mini Lewis or one of his friends.
Want to party with Bruce? This 8-foot tall, animated skeleton ghoul utters six deadly phrases including “Why does everyone think I’m grim?” and “I’m living my best afterlife, baby! Wuohahahaaaa!”
If you’re interested in Lewis & Friends alternatives, you can find Halloween skeletons and other decorations at retailers such Amazon, Walmart, QVC, Home Depot and Spirit Halloween.
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At RUMBAZO 2024, latin singers like Arcángel, De la Ghetto, Luis R Conriquez and more answer who they would choose to spend 24 hours with in Las Vegas.
Arcángel:
I never had the chance to see Celine Dion live. And the other day I saw that she retired, right?
De La Ghetto:
Wow, with Arcángel, my brother. He’s here, but you know I got stuff to do tomorrow. If not, we’d party all night probably.
Luis R Conriquez:
With Peso Pluma. Like this. By the neck.
Octavio Cuadras:
If I’m going to spend 24 hours to have fun, I feel like I would match with Arcángel.
Lupita Infante:
With Majo, Camila, Chiquis.Imagine all of us in Vegas, that would be so amazing.
Codiciado:
Marc Anthony. No doubt. Go grab a few whiskeys. And write some songs.
Octavio Cuadras:
But if it’s with an artist that’s my crush. It will have to be with Billie Eilish. All week I can stay if she wants me to.
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Tyga‘s 2018 summer smash “Taste,” featuring Offset, becomes his first diamond-certified record by the Recording Industry Association of America, the RIAA announced on Tuesday (Sept. 24).
Diamond certification is given to artists whose songs have moved 10 million units. According to the RIAA, one equivalent song unit is equal to a single digital song sale, or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams.
“Taste just went diamond 10x platinum..Thank you to everyone that streamed it and twerked to it,” the rapper wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) along with a video of him receiving his RIAA plaque and posing with it alongside EMPIRE CEO Ghazi and COO Nima Etminan. “Get a #Taste of your first RIAA Diamond certification! Congratulations @Tyga on this incredible milestone!” RIAA wrote on response.
Offset was also happy to hear the news. “Man this big to me,” he wrote in response to a chart data post on X, adding in his own post, “Went diamond today God is good.”
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“Taste” was the lead single from Tyga’s 2019 album Legendary, released via Last Kings Music and EMPIRE. Produced by D.A. Got That Dope, the single peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the rapper his third top 10 hit on the chart after his feature on Chris Brown‘s “Loyal” in 2014 and “Rack City” in 2012, and No. 7 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and topped Rhythmic Airplay for four weeks.
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Mexican group Los Ángeles de Charly earn their first No. 1 on a Billboard radio chart – and any Billboard song ranking – with “El Primer Tonto,” which climbs 7-1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay ranking (dated Sept. 28). The Carlos Becies-led ensemble previously hit No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums in 2001 with its third studio album, Te Voy a Enamorar.
“Thank, thank you, thank you,” Becies tells Billboard. “I’m a bit nervous and super grateful with all the support with this song and all the people who were part of this beautiful project. It’s a beautiful surprise for us a group that motivates us to keep on going.”
“El Primer Tonto,” originally composed and released by Mexican group Los Freddy’s in 1980, was later popularized by Joan Sebastian who secured a No. 7 high with the song on Regional Mexican Airplay in January 2002.
With its romantic cumbia turn, “El Primer Tonto,” released June 7 via VMG/Colmena/Azteca Records, takes Los Ángeles de Charly to their first No. 1 on a radio ranking thanks to a 47% surge in audience impressions, to 6.6 million, earned in the U.S. for the tracking week of Sept. 13-19, according to Luminate.
Thanks to “El Primer Tonto,” imprints VMG and Colmena secure their first No. 1 on any Billboard chart. In addition to the two imprints, the “El Primer Tonto” triumph also gives Azteca Records its second champ as a label, following La Fiera de Ojinaga’s one-week reign on Regional Mexican Airplay with “La Luna de Miel” in August 2022.
Los Ángeles de Charly’s first champ on Regional Mexican Airplay arrives 20 years after their last top 10, when “Y Qué” reached No. 10 high in May 2004. In sum, the Mexican cumbia group have logged six top 10s since 1999, with the No. 4-peaking “Un Sueño” in 2001 their highest-charting song until now.
Elsewhere, “El Primer Tonto” advances to its No. 3 peak on the overall Latin Airplay tally, where Los Ángeles de Charly earn their first top 10 to date.
The song is part of the group’s forthcoming studio album to be released in December 2024.
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One of the shooters involved in Young Dolph‘s murder testified on Monday (Sept. 23.)
Cornelius Smith, who pled guilty to murder, took the stand and implicated himself, Justin Johnson, Hernandez “Quett” Govan and Yo Gotti‘s brother Anthony “Big Jook” Mims in the murder of the beloved Memphis rapper.
Smith testified that Govan organized the hit and Mims put up $100K if they were able to get the job done. Smith said he and Johnson were supposed to receive $40,000 each and Govan was going to get $20,000. However, Smith testified that he only received $800, but Big Jook paid $50,000 in lawyer fees after he was caught.
He also revealed he and Johnson went ahead with the murder on the same day of his daughter’s birthday. When asked why he choose still go through with it, Smith said he needed the money to make his daughter’s day special. “Man, I was trying to make it right for her,” he said. “I ain’t have no money, I’m trying to get some money that day. So I’m trying to make sure my baby girl have a beautiful birthday.”
Cornelius Smith, one of Young Dolph’s killers, claims he committed the murder on his own daughter’s birthday to raise money for her birthday party. pic.twitter.com/Yt2XL1oLaw
According to testimony, Smith and Johnson originally planned on carrying out the murder at an annual Thanksgiving turkey drive Dolph organizes, but they spotted his camo-wrapped Corvette and decided to follow him into the parking lot of Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies where they allegedly shot Dolph 22 times.
When asked why he decided to tell the truth, Smith said he felt guilty after being arrested and he sobered up, blaming his drug use on the death of his 9-year-old son in 2020. He also said that he wasn’t expecting leniency and was doing talking to clear his conscience. “I’m going to jail anyway. I can get it off my chest,” he said. “It’s my best out to be honest, to be truthful. Why play with these folks? They already know.”
Big Jook was murdered earlier this year in January.
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