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After launching its 2023 season on Feb. 25, Major League Soccer is heating up with Lionel Messi making his heavily anticipated debut for Inter Miami CF on Friday (July 21). The team will take on LIGA MX side Cruz Azul in the opening match for Leagues Cup, a new North American, World Cup-style soccer tournament streaming exclusively on MLS Season Pass.
As expected, last-minute tickets to Messi’s first game are in high demand. Prices to the game, which will be held at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., range from around $270 to more than $1,400 on StubHub, Vivid Seats, Seat Geek and Ticketmaster.
Fans who can’t make it to the game can catch all the action on MLS Season Pass. In addition to Messi’s first match, subscribers get to stream the soccer star’s training camp session on Tuesday (July 18), along with other Leagues Cup and Inter Miami CF matches and tons more content, including Spanish-language programs.
Visit MLSsoccer.com for the full 2023 MLS game schedule. Keep reading for details on how to stream tonight’s game and other MLS matches.
MLS Season Pass: How to Watch Major League Soccer Online
Want to stream MLS from anywhere, anytime? MLS Season Pass is the only way to watch every single MLS game for one low price — and no local blackouts.
MLS Season Pass is a standalone service on the Apple TV app that gives fans exclusive access to stream every regular-season match, plus hundreds of MLS NEXT Pro, MLS NEXT, and other long-awaited matches like MLS All-Stars vs. Arsenal F.C.
What time does the MLS All-Star Game start? The soccer match will stream live from Washington D.C.’s Audi Field on Wednesday (July 19) at 8 p.m. ET. on MLS Season Pass.
In celebration of the 2023 MLS season, fans can enjoy a variety of free, on-demand content celebrating “the action, excitement and distinct culture of MLS.”
The lineup includes content from MLS clubs, 2023 player profiles, full replays of classic matches, documentary-style vignettes and the best league and club highlights from the 2022 season.
How much does MLS Season Pass cost? The service is $14.99/month or $99 per season. However, Apple TV+ subscribers can sign up at a discounted rate of $12.99/month or $79 per season.
If you’re not subscribed to Apple TV+, the service is $6.99 per month and you get a free trial for the first week.
How to Get MLS Season Pass for Free
Want to stream MLS Season Pass games including Messi’s first game and more for free? T-Mobile offers qualifying customers a free subscription to MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV+ app. See more details on T-Mobile’s free perks here.
With MLS Season Pass, soccer fans can stay connected to the action by following their favorite MLS clubs through My Sports on the Apple TV app and stream on a Macbook, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV 4K (streaming internationally? Use ExpressVPN to access Apple TV).
Additionally, users can follow their favorite clubs, teams and leagues, get alerts before upcoming matches, follow scores in real time and much more on Apple TV+.
My Sports also syncs with Apple News, making it even easier to get personalized, real-time sports coverage.
You can stream Apple TV+ on Apple devices, smart TVs, smart phones and other devices like notebooks and gaming consoles, and on the web at tv.apple.com.
Besides sporting events, Apple TV+ is home to a great selection of bingeworthy TV shows and movies such as Ted Lasso, The Crowded Room, Silo, Severance, Shrinking, Servant, Platonic, Hijack, The Afterparty, Truth Be Told and Still: A Micheal J. Fox Movie.
Morgan Wallen‘s “Last Night” is currently spending its 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — but does it have a shot at the 19-week record currently held by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus?
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we’re talking about the seemingly unstoppable country crossover smash (which just tied the fifth-longest streak at No. 1 on the chart) and how much longer it could hold the top spot. Will it surpass Harry Styles’ 15 weeks up top with “As It Was”? How about Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, with 16 weeks apiece?
It remains to be seen, but see what Katie & Keith have to say in our latest episode below:
Also on the show, we’ve got chart news about Taylor Swift mounting a takeover on the Billboard 200 albums chart, led her latest No. 1 album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), which not only marks her 12th No. 1, but also pushes her past a legendary singer for the most No. 1s among women.
Plus, Eminem surprised his hometown fans by dropping in onstage at Ed Sheeran’s Detroit concert over the weekend and Troye Sivan released his new single “Rush” and a steamy new video to match, and we’re talking all about both headlines.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
Lil Durk has canceled several dates of his Sorry for the Drought Tour and backed out of his Rolling Loud Miami performance.
On Tuesday (July 18), 24 dates had been marked as canceled and only five shows remained unaffected, including two hometown shows at Chicago’s United Center.
DJ Akademiks said on Instagram that he got a statement from Durk “exclusively about these cancellations,” which reads as follows: “Since I’m still awaiting to get full clearance from my doctors to travel and perform again, I have no other choice but to cancel my headlining Rolling Loud performance. While I’m home resting, I am looking forward to my two homecoming shows on the 11th & 12th in Chicago. For the rest of the country, I’ll be announcing new dates soon. #StillHealing”
Billboard has reached out to Durk’s reps for more information but hadn’t heard back at press time.
The Aug. 11 Chicago show is part of his Sorry for the Drought Tour, while the Aug. 12 show is the 107.5 WGCI Summer Jam, where Durk is still slated to perform alongside Kodak Black, NLE Choppa and DD Osama, who were slated to join him on tour. The other three shows are his July 28 show at Tampa, Florida’s MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater, his Aug. 13 show at Noblesville’s Ruoff Music Center, and his Aug. 21 show at Houston’s Toyota Center.
His Rolling Loud Miami performance at Hard Rock Stadium was originally scheduled for this Friday, July 21.
TMZ Hip-Hop had reported last week that Durk had spent a week in the hospital earlier this month for severe dehydration and exhaustion. “My fans mean everything to me, you’re the reason why I do this,” he told the publication in a statement. “I was looking forward to touching all of my European fans, performing this week(end), attending the ESPYs and more but after performing and traveling daily I’ve become severely dehydrated and advised by my doctors not to travel due to exhaustion. Once I get my full energy back, it’s back to business which I’m looking forward to. #StillHealing”
Durk is expected to release the deluxe edition of his eighth studio album, Almost Healed, soon. He originally released the 21-track project on May 26, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Almost Healed contains the hit single “All My Life,” featuring J. Cole, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Rhythmic Airplay.
Greta Van Fleet talk about their thought process making their third album ‘Starcatcher,’ how they feel about doing tour dates with Metallica and more.
Josh Kiszka:
Jake, do you want to do the Greta Van Fleet? I’ll do the Billboard News.
Jake Kiszka:
Hello, we’re Greta Van Fleet!
Josh Kiszka:
Oh, I wasn’t ready.
Jake Kiszka:
All right, well, you tell me when you’re ready. Hello, we’re Greta Van Fleet…
Josh Kiszka:
…And you’re watching Billboard News!
Lyndsey Havens:
Hey, I’m Lyndsey Havens for Billboard News and we are here with Greta Van Fleet. What is up, guys?
Lyndsey Havens:
We’re here to talk about your stellar third album ‘Starcatcher’ out in July. Yes, stellar.
Josh Kiszka:
That’s a really appropriate term for an album called ‘Starcatcher.’
Lyndsey Havens:
When did you start talking about even making a third album? Like how do you know when it’s time?
Daniel Wagner:
The funny thing is, is we’re always moving on to the next Yeah, we’re actually about to start the next album as we speak.
Lyndsey Havens:
That’s why we brought you here today?
Josh Kiszka:
There are songs that go in and out of time for us. Some get shelved, and then you pick them up again, because they make sense for that thing that you’re looking for. And a lot of this stuff just comes about and spontaneously ends up on the record that we’re working on. The ‘Starcatcher’ record was something that we were working on about the time of the Strange Horizons tour.
Watch the full interview above!
On Friday, Greta Van Fleet will release the band’s out-of-this-world third album, Starcatcher. Ahead of the album’s arrival, the rock band — made up of brothers Jake, Josh and Sam Kiszka along with Danny Wagner — stopped by Billboard News to chat about writing and recording the epic project, the band’s upcoming world tour and so much more.
Coming off its cinematic sophomore effort The Battle at Garden’s Gate, Jake says, “Now it’s time to revert back to rock ‘n’ roll, and what does this [genre] truly mean for our generation.”
Starcatcher was introduced in April with the rattling lead single “Meeting the Master,” which Josh calls “the obvious curveball” to keep fans guessing as to what the album as a whole will sound like. The members all say it’s “pretty difficult” to choose a favorite song, with Wagner explaining it’s “because of how vast their sounds and meanings are … I have favorites to play, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was my favorite to write or listen to in any sense.”
The band also spoke of its upcoming world tour and its set of September dates with Metallica. Speaking of the band, Sam says, “You have to have a lot of passion to be able to do something for so long and be so good at it … I’ve talked to [Metallica’s] Lars [Ulrich] about getting older and he says, ‘I have to work five times as hard just to get to the level I was at decades ago.’”
Fortunately for Greta Van Fleet, the work ethic and dedication are clear.
“The funny thing is, we’re always moving onto the next,” says Danny. “We’re actually about to start the next album, as we speak.”
Watch the full interview above.





