Green Day experienced an unexpected pause at their Saviors Tour concert Wednesday night (Sept. 4) at Comerica Park in Detroit.
The group abruptly ran offstage just as it began the bridge of “Longview,” as the crowd continued singing the song in the band’s absence. Reliable sources on site confirmed to Billboard that an unauthorized drone had been spotted hovering within sight of the stage before their sudden exit. Billboard was told that security spotted the drone and pulled the band offstage.
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No explanation was immediately given to the crowd, but after a few minutes, a message on the video screen announced “Show Pause. Please standby for details.”
The group returned after about 10 minutes and resumed the song. “How you doing?” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong asked the crowd of just under 41,000 fans. “We’re gonna pick up where we left off.” He then asked fans to put away their cell phones: “Pull ’em out later. Let’s be here right now.”
After a furious “Welcome to Paradise,” Armstrong declared, “Ain’t no motherf—er that’s gonna stop us, I’ll tell you that.”
The Saviors Tour — titled after the group’s 14th studio album Saviors, which arrived in January atop seven Billboard charts, including Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums — kicked off in Spain in May before arriving Stateside at the end of July. Green Day are supported by The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas on most North American dates, as they were Wednesday night in Detroit.
The tour is celebrating the 20th and 30th anniversaries of the landmark Green Day albums American Idiot and Dookie, respectively, and the band is playing both albums in their entirety on each date of the tour.
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Lainey Wilson scores her first top 10, with her best sales week ever, on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Sept. 7) as her fifth studio album Whirlwind arrives at No. 3 with 34,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 29, according to Luminate. The set is the follow-up to her breakthrough album Bell Bottom Country, which was her only other charting set on Top Album Sales, peaking at No. 15 in November 2022.
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Whirlwind also arrives in the top 10 across an array of Billboard album charts, including Independent Albums (No. 1), Top Country Albums (No. 3), the Billboard 200 (No. 8), Vinyl Albums (No. 3) and Indie Store Album Sales (No. 10).
Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo charges in at No. 1 with the second-largest sales week of 2024, Sabrina Carpenter notches her biggest sales week ever – and the year’s second-largest for a vinyl album – with the No. 2 bow of Short n’ Sweet, Thomas Rhett achieves his seventh top 10 with the No. 5 debut of About a Woman, and FONTAINES D.C. land its first top 10 – and best sales week – with the No. 8 start of Romance.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Whirlwind begins with 34,000 copies sold, and of that sum, physical sales comprise 22,000 (16,000 on CD and 6,000 on vinyl) and digital download album sales comprise 12,000.
The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across eight vinyl variants, three CD editions (including a signed edition sold in Wilson’s webstore, and a Walmart-exclusive CD containing a branded patch and a bonus track), a standard digital download album, and a deluxe digital album variant with four bonus “worktape” recordings (sold via Wilson’s webstore).
Scott’s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo roars at No. 1 on Top Album Sales with 331,000 copies sold – the second-largest sales week of 2024 and Scott’s best sales week ever. (The year’s largest sales week remains the debut frame of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, with 1.914 million copies sold.) Days was released on Aug. 23 commercially and widely through streaming services for the first time. Digital download album sales comprise 300,000 of Days’ first-week sum, while CD sales account for the remaining 31,000.
Days’ first-week sales figure was aided by its availability across eight digital album variants, seven of which included bonus tracks (ranging from unreleased studio cuts, to live tracks, to remixes), and most were sold exclusively via Scott’s official webstore. The album’s CD sales were generated by a stand-alone CD, as well as a CD that was part of a deluxe boxed set containing a branded hat – both of which were exclusive to Scott’s webstore.
In the coming weeks, the album will profit from two vinyl variants that are yet to ship to customers, in addition to two deluxe boxed sets containing the vinyl LP and branded merchandise – all of which are exclusive to Scott’s webstore.
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet starts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 184,000 sold – her biggest sales week and the fifth-largest sales debut week of 2024.
Short n’ Sweet’s sales were enhanced by its availability across nine vinyl variants, five CD editions, two cassettes and four digital album download variants (three of which were exclusive to her webstore). Vinyl sales combined totaled 105,000 – Carpenter’s best week on vinyl and the second-largest sales week of the year for a vinyl album. Short n’ Sweet also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart. (The largest vinyl sales week in 2024 for an album is owned by the debut week of Swift’s Poets, with 859,000.)
As for the rest of Short n’ Sweet’s first-week sales, it sold 33,000 on CD; 45,000 digital download albums; and 2,000 cassettes.
Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is pushed down 3-4, despite a 20% gain in sales to 18,000 sold for the week.
Thomas Rhett racks up his seventh top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales as his latest studio album, About a Woman, arrives at No. 5 with 13,000 sold. Of that sum, nearly 4,000 were from vinyl LP sales – Rhett’s best vinyl sales week ever. Its sales were helped by its availability across more than a dozen vinyl variants.
Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion falls to No. 6 after debuting atop the list a week ago. It sold 12,000 copies in its second week (down 84%). Stray Kids’ former No. 1 ATE dips 4-7 with 12,000 sold (down 17%).
FONTAINES D.C.’s Romance starts at No. 8 with nearly 9,000 sold – the first top 10 and best sales week for the act. The set was available across six vinyl variants (which sold a combined 6,000 – the act’s best week on vinyl).
Closing out the Top Album Sales’ top 10 are EHYPEN’s chart-topping Romance: Untold (moving 5-9 with 8,000; down 19%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft (7-10 with 7,000; down 9%).
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Kindergarten is a big life step for any kid. For many, it’s their first time away from home and their parents, it’s when they learn the alphabet and it’s when they get to experience making friends for the first time.
That’s why the formative year was the inspiration behind Disney’s freshly released series, Kindergarten: The Musical, which follows the story of five-year-old Berti and her new friends as they navigate life at school. “We were all kids once,” one of the show’s creators and executive producers, Michelle Lewis, tells Billboard.
Her fellow series creator and executive producer, Charlton Pettus, agrees. “We’re both parents. Real kids are so much more interesting than most people. We’re telling super fun stories about people we know extraordinarily well, having raised bunches of them.”
Lewis and Pettus are longtime co-creatives, as they worked as producers, songwriters and musicians for decades. Lewis is a two-time Emmy Award winner who has written for Cher, Amy Grant, Little Mix and more. She’s also worked on a number of animated children’s shows, including Doc McStuffins, Vampirina and Bubble Guppies.
Since 2000, Pettus has been a touring guitarist, producer and cowriter for Tears for Fears, and has also worked with artists including Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan and Selena Gomez. However, Kindergarten: The Musical marks his first time working on a television show. “It’s so much better,” he says of working in television. “In the darkest days of pop songwriting, [Lewis and I] were in that period where the mission was to write songs that sounded like they were about something, but assiduously avoided ever actually being about something. So, I think we got a little burnt on the chase.”
He noted that “TV and film seemed much more fun, so we started dabbling in that,” before adding, “We had a couple shows we were trying to pitch. Kindergarten came up as a back pocket pitch. We thought it was clever and kind of fun. As as we went out in the world and talked to people, this was the one that that people reacted to.”
However, music is hardly left on the back burner on Kindergarten: The Musical, as the name suggests. Lewis calls the series a “love letter to music” and its unifying nature. “We have a song called ‘I Want to Go Home’ in the show,” she says as an example. “It’s about being in school and they miss home, they miss their dog, whatever. What would seem like a tiny moment, for a little kid is actually a big moment, and big enough for them to sing. I hope that the show makes kids feel seen and heard, celebrated and comfortable with expressing those things, those fears and anxieties and joys and all that stuff through music.”
Pettus concludes, “Why do songs make us cry? Because we recognize ourselves. It resonates. I think we just want to do the same thing with kids. We want them to recognize themselves, see themselves, and see that it works out, that it’s all okay.”
Kindergarten: The Musical is available to watch on Disney Jr. and Disney+. Check out a clip of the song, “First Day,” exclusively via Billboard below.
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Fito Páez has been forced to cancel his September shows in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Bogotá. The acclaimed Argentine musician announced Wednesday (Sep. 4) on his social media that he broke five ribs over the weekend at his home.
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“On Sunday morning, I had a domestic accident that resulted in the fracture of five ribs,” Páez wrote in a statement published on his Instagram and X accounts. “I find myself unable to face the upcoming September concerts in DF, Guadalajara and Bogotá. My entire office is rescheduling the concerts for the coming months.”
The creator of hits like “El Amor Después Del amor,” “Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazón” and “Tumbas de la Gloria” added: “A stumble is not a fall. Thank you for your patience. I love you very much!”
No more details were provided. Billboard Español has reached out to Páez’s publicist for additional information.
The affected shows are part of his 2024 El Amor Después del Amor Tour. They include his free concert this Saturday (Sept. 7) at the Zócalo in Mexico City, the country’s largest and most important public square; the Sept. 19 show at the Auditorio Telmex in Guadalajara; and the Sept. 21 show at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. In Colombia, he was scheduled to perform at the Cordillera Festival 2024 on Sept. 15.
Mexico City’s secretary of culture declined to make a comment immediately but said it was about to issue a statement.
Read Fito Páez’s full statement (in Spanish) below.
Tony Yayo sat down with DJ Vlad and revealed that he got a call from retail chain Spencer’s Gifts the day after Drake posted a selfie of him wearing a “Free Yayo” shirt.
“Once Drake wore the shirt, I got the call the next day. ‘Spencer’s wants to do a deal with you,’” said Yayo. He also said the shirts will be available at every Spencer’s worldwide and that Crooks & Castles would be manufacturing them.
Tony Yayo says after Drake wore his “Free Yayo” T-shirt, Spencer’s gave him a deal the very next day.
This is fame, not clout! Now tell me what them people got from twerking at The Flop Out ™ 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/zuPpZKMtGS
Drake posted the picture of him wearing the shirt after Yayo had told Vlad in a separate interview that he didn’t believe the beef was over between the two rap heavyweights. “I think the battle is not over,” he said. “Drake is Drake, Kendrick is Kendrick. They’re both two of the biggest artists in the world. … We can say what we wanna say, all Drake gotta do is… Every time we count Drake out he comes back with a f—ing hit, that’s all I’m sayin’. All he gotta do is come back with No. 1 record. The kids are gonna be dancin’ just like they are to ‘Not Like Us.’”
The “Free Yayo” shirt was made famous by Eminem when the Detroit rapper wore it during the 45th Grammy Awards in support of the G-Unit member. Yayo was incarcerated for jumping bail stemming from a New Year’s Eve arrest in 2002. The Queens rapper was paroled in January of 2004, but was arrested the day after he got out for having a forged passport. He was then released a month later in February.
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We’re still a few weeks away from sweater weather, but planning out your fall wardrobe is one of the best things about welcoming a pumpkin spice season. If you’ve already been feeling a chill in the air and can’t wait to pack your closet with long-sleeve shirts, warmbeanies and cozy cashmere, J. Crew has a sweater to fit your style needs.
J. Crew’s Classic-Fit Crewneck Sweater($128) is described as an upgrade to the brand’s classic cashmere and available in sizes ranging from XXX-Small to 3X. The relaxed-fit sweater drops just above the waist and comes in a ton of colors including basic black, navy, neutral, utility green and ash grey along with brighter colors such as warm sunflower, dusty teal, bright strawberry, orchid, heather plum and gentle clover.
A “soft and classic” fit and “perfect for late summer,” according to customer reviews, the stylish cashmere sweater is a “true classic” that can be paired with shorts and sandals “for the cooler nights out,” as another shopper noted.
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Indie country duo Muscadine Bloodline, who just released their new album The Coastal Plain in August, revealed Wednesday (Sept. 4) that they’re suspending their planned headlining fall shows after getting the call to open for Post Malone‘s upcoming F-1 Trillion Tour.
The F-1 Trillion Tour launches this weekend, starting Sept. 8-9 with two shows in Salt Lake City, Utah, and wrapping Oct. 26-27 with two shows in Austin, Texas.
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Muscadine Bloodline’s Gary Stanton and Charlie Muncaster revealed the news on their social media page, saying, “We got a curve ball of a life-changing call this morning and Post Malone just offered us to be direct support on the F-1 trillion tour. We’re talking Nissan Stadium, Fenway Park, arenas and amphitheaters across the country. In our 9 years of doing this we would have never dreamed of an opportunity like this. To tour the country with one of the biggest artists in the world for his entire tour.”
The fall leg of the duo’s own The Coastal Plain Tour was slated to launch this weekend with shows in Iowa and Minnesota, but they noted that they’re suspending those September and October dates to join Posty’s tour.
“As difficult as it is to let some of y’all down on short notice (especially this weekend in Iowa and Minnesota)…to be asked by Post Malone to take this undeniable, once in a lifetime opportunity… it’s something we have to do and will tell our grandkids about one day.”
They noted that they will still be performing at the Redbull Jukebox in Nashville on Oct. 2 and that the November shows on the Coastal Plain Tour are still moving forward. Additionally, concertgoers who purchased tickets for the September and October leg of the Coastal Plain Tour will be contacted by their point of purchase, and the duo said they “will be making these cities a priority to return on our next tour.”
“We are praying for grace and understanding from y’all cause yall’s supported us this far and from day one we’ve always strived to make being a part of muscadine bloodline a family, it’s afforded us this huge opportunity as independent artists and proves anything is possible,” they said. “We will see y’all on the F-1 Trillion tour this fall with @postmalone.”
Post Malone’s tour is named after his recent debut country album, F-1 Trillion, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has spent two weeks (so far) at the pinnacle of the Top Country Albums chart.
Stanton and Muncaster launched Muscadine Bloodline in 2016 and, in addition to The Coastal Plain, have issued the projects Teenage Dixie and Dispatch to 16th Ave.
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Looking for a new laptop for school or work? Check out the Lenovo Ideapad 15.6-inch Laptop, now on sale for $299, down from $339 at Walmart. This budget-friendly option features a ‘thin and compact’ design, according to the brand. This makes it easy to take with you whenever you go. It also includes Dolby Audio speakers, lasting battery life, and rapid charge for added convenience.
This laptop is great for video calls and it also has a privacy shutter to keep your screen safe. Plus, it also includes noise cancelling capabilities to block out background noise. One Walmart customer said, “I am very impressed. Here are the highlights: long battery life… perfect for on-the-go use… the laptop operates smoothly with no lag, making multitasking easy.”
Another Walmart customer described it as one of “the best laptops” they have ever owned.
This laptop is available at various retailers: Walmart has it for $299, Target offers it at $209.99, Amazon lists it for $304.99, and you can find it at Lenovo.com for $249.99.
Whether you’re looking to upgrade an old laptop or just want something more effective and high-quality, this is a great choice. The Lenovo Ideapad offers a solid performance featuring a crisp display, sound, and long-lasting battery to keep you powered throughout the day.
Finding a laptop can be challenging, but once you find a reliable option you’re all set to take on your day. One Amazon customer said, “The build quality is excellent, with a sleek, durable design that feels both premium and sturdy. The keyboard is one of my favorite features – it’s comfortable, responsive, and perfect for long typing sessions. The backlit keys are a great touch, making it easy to work in low-light conditions.”
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In honor of Beyoncé’s 43rd birthday today, we take you through her Billboard hits and rank them. Leave your favorite song in the comments below!
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Happy birthday Queen Bey! It’s Beyoncé’s 43rd birthday and Billboard is celebrating by counting down her Top 5 biggest Hot 100 Hits. Starting off at No. 5 is one of Beyoncé’s most iconic songs “SIngle Ladies (Put A Ring On It).” The song peaked at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2008 and stayed there for four weeks. No. 4 helped spawn some of Beyoncé’s most iconic music video fits, 2005’s “Check On It.” The song peaked at No. 1 in 2006 on the Hot 100 and it stayed there for four weeks. At No. 3 is one of Beyoncé’s most well known songs, “Crazy In Love” featuring Jay-Z. The song peaked at No. 1 in 2003 and stayed there for eight weeks. At No. 2 is one of Beyoncé’s longest running No. 1’s “Baby Boy” featuring Sean Paul. The song peaked at No. 1 in 2003 where it stayed for nine weeks. The song peaked at No. 1 in 2006 and it stayed there for 10 weeks. What is your favorite Beyoncé song, share it in the comments down below. Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button on YouTube and ring the bell to be notified on all our latest videos.
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Musical worlds will collide at the 2024 Raised By Sound Fest in Memphis, Tenn., on Dec. 7. Billboard can reveal that the annual festival put on by Memphis radio station WYXR will feature an afterparty DJ’d by legendary rock duo The Black Keys – as well as performances from Memphis hip-hop pioneers Lil’ Noid and Tommy Wright III.
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Lil’ Noid, whose 1995 mixtape Paranoid Funk has become a cult classic, features on the Black Keys’ latest album, Ohio Players, guesting on the track “Candy and Her Friends.” Wright, who began self-releasing music in the early ‘90s, is an unsung pioneer of the Memphis rap sound; live performances from either rapper are a rarity.
Now in its third year, Raised By Sound Festival is a fundraiser for WYXR, a nonprofit Memphis radio station that unpacks the city’s expansive, eclectic musical history and present. The first Raised By Sound Fest in 2022 featured an all-star salute to Memphis power pop icons Big Star, led by surviving founding member Jody Stephens. Last year’s fest saw Cat Power recreate Bob Dylan’s iconic “Royal Albert Hall” concert from 1966 in breathtaking detail (with Tenn. State Rep. Justin J. Pearson watching from the front row, no less).
Raised By Sound Festival
This year’s headline event is a live score performance of Music for William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton by J. Spaceman (of Spiritualized) and John Coxon. The 85-year-old William Eggleston is a Memphis-born photographer often hailed as the “godfather of color photography,” as he helped to establish color photos as a legitimate artistic form of expression in the face of art world critics who preferred black and white. In 1974, he shot an experimental video project called Stranded in Canton that J. Spaceman and John Coxon have created a new score for. (In another Memphis music connection, Big Star’s second album, Radio City, features an Eggleston photo for the cover art.)
Additionally, the festival will feature free daytime sets from Hurray for the Riff Raff (a solo set), Cut Worms, Heartbreak Hill Trio, fosterfalls and Blue Tom Revue, the lattermost group consisting of University of Memphis music students. General admission (for the non-free events) is sold-out, but VIP tickets (which include the Black Keys-hosted afterparty) for the fundraiser are available here. Raised By Sound Fest takes place at the Crosstown Concourse in Memphis on Dec. 7 from 1-11 p.m. CT.
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