Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity.

Cook, 65, will turn the CEO duties over to Apple’s head of hardware engineering, John Ternus, on Sept. 1 while remaining involved with the Cupertino, California, company as executive chairman. That’s similar to the transitions made by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Netflix’s Reed Hastings after they ended their highly successful tenures as CEO.

“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,” Cook said in a statement. “I love Apple with all of my being, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with a team of such ingenious, innovative, creative, and deeply caring people.”

Ternus, 50, has been with Apple for the past quarter century, including the past five years overseeing the engineering underlying the iPhone, iPad and Mac — a role that made him a prime candidate to succeed Cook.

“I am profoundly grateful for this opportunity to carry Apple’s mission forward,” Ternus said in a statement.

The transition to a new CEO comes at a pivotal time for Apple. Artificial intelligence has unleashed the most upheaval within the industry since Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. Apple has gotten off to a rough start in AI after stumbling in its efforts to deliver new features built on the technology, as promised nearly two years ago.

Earlier this year, Apple finally turned to Google — an early leader in the AI race — for help making the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri into a more conversational and versatile helper.

Although he never shook the perception that he lacked Jobs’ vision, Cook leveraged the popularity of the iPhone and other breakthroughs orchestrated by his predecessor to lift Apple to heights that seemed unfathomable when it was on the brink of bankruptcy during the mid-1990s.

This story was originally published by The Associated Press.

Shaboozey is set to return with a new album this year, and it just might be his most creatively ambitious project yet.

On July 31, he will release his fourth album, the concept project The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, via his record imprint American Dogwood in partnership with EMPIRE.

Overall, the concept album will feature a story arc that follows an outlaw revenge story. After watching as her sheriff father is killed by the Bootcut Boys, Cherie Lee begins to take revenge, until she unexpectedly begins to fall in love with one of those outlaws. That decision ultimately leads to disastrous consequences.

Shaboozey is known for his collaborations with artists including Jelly Roll, Stephen Wilson Jr., Sierra Ferrell and BigXthaPlug, and his upcoming album is set to feature more genre-melding collabs. Meanwhile, the lead single from The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, “Born to Die,” will release Friday.

Shaboozey will celebrate the album with a pop-up saloon experience at Stagecoach this year. The pop-up will run April 24-26 and will take fans inside a saloon environment that is inspired by the album’s narrative.

The new album follows his 2024 breakthrough project Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which featured his smash hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” a song that reigned at the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 for 19 weeks. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Country Airplay chart, and Shaboozey followed with more Country Airplay No. 1s: “Amen” with Jelly Roll, and “Good News.” “Amen” also earned a Grammy for best country duo/group performance.

“Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going was a journal entry and an opportunity for the world to get to know more about me as a person,” Shaboozey said in a statement. “That album changed my life. I never expected people to connect with the album and enjoy it the way they did. But now I want to show the world who I am as an artist and storyteller. The Outlaw Cherie Lee is a project that’s been several years in the making and has gone through many iterations. It’s a western about revenge told continuously through every song, centered on the character Cherie Lee.”

He added, “It explores so many themes, as many timeless westerns have: revenge, redemption, and romance, through the eyes of a protagonist looking to challenge everything she once thought true about her world. I poured all of myself into this and I hope people become as immersed in the world and the journey as I have. This album was a promise to myself and something, no matter what, I had to keep. It pushed my songwriting and storytelling to new heights, and I couldn’t be more proud to say it’s done and almost yours.”

See the album trailer for The Outlaw Cherie Lee and Other Western Tales below:

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Re-pack your festival gear. Now that Coachella 2026 is finally over, country music’s biggest festival, Stagecoach 2026, is up next, and tickets are going fast.

This year’s headliners — Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone — will be taking the stage from April 24 through the 26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. The festival is held on the same grounds as Coachella, with minor tweaks made here and there to accommodate different acts. Other notable performers featured in the stacked lineup include Bailey Zimmerman, Riley Green, Brooks & Dunn, Ella Langley, Red Clay Strays, Warren Zeiders, Nate Smith, Sam Barber, Gavin Adcock, Wyatt Flores, Hudson Westbrook and Cameron Whitcomb.

Many festival-goers often come to the grounds for the HonkyTonk tent. Tent’s lineup is curated by Diplo and will see performances from the DJ and music producer along with Emo Nite featuring Ashlee Simpson, Dillstradamus (Dillon Francis + Flosstradamus), Juicy J, Loud Luxury, Marshmello, DJ Pauly D, Rebecca Black, Theo Von b2b Caleb Pressley, Two Friends and Wuki, among others. This is the fourth year that Diplo’s HonkyTonk tent has been on the festival grounds.

If you can’t make it out to the desert this year, you can catch all the action via Amazon Music, the exclusive livestream destination for Stagecoach 2026. The stream will run from April 24–26 across Prime Video, Twitch and the Amazon Music app, starting at 3 p.m. PDT every day. Tickets for the festival went on sale in October, and the demand for them hasn’t died down. Securing tickets to the festival can be difficult, especially given that they sell out within hours of release. Not to mention, pricing is not always ideal.

Below, we’ve compiled some of our favorite sites to shop for affordable last-minute tickets for Stagecoach 2026. We’ve also included promo codes that’ll hopefully bring down the pricing further. Keep reading to learn more.

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While searching for tickets can be tricky, especially on third-party sites, StubHub makes it easy with its FanProtect Guarantee. This initiative protects fan’s purchases by ensuring valid tickets or your money back. Plus, if your event is canceled and not rescheduled, you will receive a credit worth 120% of the amount you paid for the impacted event, or the option of a cash refund.

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ShopBillboard is also a big fan of SeatGeek. With a quick search, we saw tickets for Stagecoach 2026 for $451, another affordable pick for prime festival days. If you’re looking to save some extra bucks on tickets, you can use promo code BILLBOARD10 at checkout to receive $10 off. Like most other ticketing sites, SeatGeek features an awesome Buyer Guarantee that ensures smooth ticket purchases every time, so you can purchase worry-free. The site also offers you venue options based on your location, giving you the closest venue to you.

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If you don’t have the money to buy your tickets just yet, you can also buy the tickets on the website now and pay later with help from Affirm, giving you flexible spending options on top of our code. Plus, the website includes all-in pricing that lets you see exactly what you’ll be paying upfront (fees included).

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Gametime also offers affordable ticketing options for Stagecoach 2026, some of the best pricing we’ve seen on our search thus far, with tickets for three-day passes going for $548. Gametime guarantees the lowest prices, event cancellation protection, job-loss assurance and on-time ticket delivery for a smooth ticket-buying experience every time.

When Madonna popped out as a surprise guest during Sabrina Carpenter‘s headlining set at weekend 2 of Coachella on Friday (April 17), she delivered yet another iconic pop culture moment in a career built on them. But the vintage costumes that helped make that moment so iconic have apparently gone missing.

On Monday (April 20), the Queen of Pop took to her Instagram Story to announce the burglary and to reflect on her return to Coachella, 20 years after the festival hosted her first Stateside performance of her classic 2005 LP, Confessions on a Dance Floor. “Still flying high since Friday night at Coachella,” she opened her note. “Thank you to Sabrina and everyone who made it possible. Bringing Confessions II back to where it began was such a thrill.”

“The full circle moment hit different until I discovered that the vintage pieces that I wore went missing — my costume that was pulled from my personal archives — jacket, corset, dress and all other garments,” the pop icon, 67, continued. “These aren’t just clothes, they are part of my history. Other archival items from the same era went missing as well. I’m hoping and praying that some kind soul will find these items and reach out to my team. I’m offering a reward for their safe return. Thank you with all my heart.”

Madge’s surprise appearance coincided with the release of “I Feel So Free,” the hypnotic lead single from her forthcoming Confessions II, which arrives on July 3 as the official sequel to her 2005 album. After shortening her rendition of “Juno,” Carpenter welcomed Madonna to the stage for duets of “Vogue,” the first taste of “Bring Your Love” (a duet between the two blonde bombshells expected to appear on Confessions II) and “Like a Prayer.”

While onstage, Madonna made sure to note that she rewore the same corset, boots and Gucci jacket from her last Coachella appearance. She complemented those pieces with a lavender corset bodysuit, lacy knee-high purple stockings, lavender gloves and a pair of oversized sunglasses. As Carpenter stood beside her in full Man’s Best Friend glam, Madonna’s influence over the entire landscape of pop music aesthetics was palpable.

To celebrate her triumphant performance, Madonna shared a photoset on her official Instagram page. “A moment in history I will never forget, I feel so free!” she wrote in the caption of backstage flicks, mid-show photos and behind-the-scenes candids.

Although her Coachella appearance hit all the right notes, Madonna has no official plans to tour anytime soon. But if “I Feel So Free” — which combines Confessions producer Stuart Price and new-school electronic music luminary Arca — is any indication, Confessions II will keep the world dancing, stolen clothes be damned.