UPDATE: On Thursday (Nov. 2, Scott announced 11 more tour dates. Those have been added in bold below.

PREVIOUSLY: Travis Scott is taking his Billboard 200 No. 1 album Utopia around North America this fall and winter for the Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour, Live Nation announced Tuesday (Aug. 29).

The now-39-date jaunt begins at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Oct. 11 and travels throughout major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and New York City before wrapping Dec. 29 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour will also include Scott’s largest headlining show to date at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on Nov. 5.

Despite Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s statement earlier this month about Scott returning to his hometown as part of his upcoming tour, the Utopia – Circus Maximus Tour currently does not have any dates listed for Houston. Houston Police Department Union president Douglas Griffith said in his own statement that Oct. 19 and Nov. 20 “were the dates in which were proposed for the return.” If Scott were to return to Houston for a performance, it would mark his first since the Astroworld Festival tragedy in November 2021, when 10 people died and hundreds were injured during a deadly crowd crush. On the day of Utopia‘s release, on July 28, HPD released a nearly 1,300-page report detailing the investigation into the tragedy. The report arrives just a month after a Houston grand jury declined to file criminal charges against Scott and other Astroworld organizers over the deadly incident. Since the Nov. 5, 2021, event, thousands of alleged victims have filed more than 400 civil lawsuits against Scott, Live Nation and others involved with the festival.

Tickets will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. local time at travisscott.com. Live Nation reported that $2 from every ticket sold will go to the rapper’s Cactus Jack Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift Houston youth through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU college students, and fulfilling expenses for education and creative endeavors.

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Scott’s latest album, Utopia, has spent the last four weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, making it his third No. 1 on the chart and first solo album since 2018’s Astroworld. It’s also the first rap album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in five years, since Drake’s Scorpion.

The “Meltdown” MC performed the album for the first time in Italy on Aug. 7, alongside special guest Kanye West, in front of 60,000 people at Rome’s Circus Maximus. The concert occurred after his canceled live set at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, which was originally slated for July 28. CNN reported that 60 people were injured at Scott’s Italy concert.

See the dates below (the newly added 11 dates are in bold below).

Oct. 11 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Oct. 13 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
Oct. 14 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
Oct. 17 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Oct. 18 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Oct. 20 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
Oct. 22 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Oct. 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
Oct. 26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
Oct. 29 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 31 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Nov. 1 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Nov. 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
Nov. 8 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Nov. 10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Nov. 12 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Nov. 13 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Nov. 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
Nov. 18 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
Nov. 21 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Nov. 22 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Nov. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Nov. 27 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
Nov. 29 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
Dec. 1 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Dec. 4 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Dec. 6 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
Dec. 8 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Dec. 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Dec. 12 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Dec 15 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Dec. 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Dec. 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Dec. 21 – New York City, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Dec. 22 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Dec. 23 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Dec. 26 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Dec. 28 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Dec. 29 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Jan. 3 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Jan. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Jan. 9 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Jan. 12 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Jan. 14 – University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
Jan. 17 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
Jan. 20 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Jan. 22 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Jan. 24 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Jan. 28 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
Jan. 31 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

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Beyoncé is bringing the Renaissance tour to the silver screen, and if you belong to the BeyHive, you need to be there opening night. Tickets to Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé via beyoncefilm.com or directly through AMC Theaters, Regal, Fandango and Cinemark.

Pre-sale tickets were released on Oct. 2. Keep reading for more details on the film and ticket information.

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Saddle up! Beyoncé’s Renaissance concert film arrives on the big screen on Dec. 1 (pre-sale tickets are available for select screenings on Nov. 30).

The two-and-a-half-hour film takes fans from rehearsal to the stage with behind-the-scenes footage of Beyoncé touring the globe, and candid moments with her family including Jay Z and their kids Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir. The film will also feature music videos, Variety reports.  

Queen Bey debuted a second movie trailer on Thursday (Nov. 9).

Pre-sale tickets to the Renaissance film are available online at sites like AMC Theaters, Regal, Cineopolis and Cinemark. Private watch parties are available at select theaters.

To secure tickets for opening night, you might have to check all three theaters, as tickets are almost sold out. Select tickets are currently available for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1-10. Prices range between $22-$32 depending on the theater.  

The film will also open in Europe, Africa, Mexico, Europe, Australia, Canada and other countries around the globe. International tickets went on sale on Thursday.

Beyoncé will premiere the film in Los Angeles on Nov. 25 and London on Nov. 30.

Per the film description, “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé accentuates the journey of Renaissance World Tour, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Mo. It is about Beyoncé’s intention, hard work, involvement in every aspect of the production, her creative mind and purpose to create her legacy and master her craft. Received with extraordinary acclaim, Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour created a sanctuary for freedom, and shared joy, for more than 2.7 million fans.”

Beyoncé dropped the first film trailer at the end of her tour in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 1. She also posted the trailer on Instagram with the caption, “Be careful what you ask for, ‘cause I just might comply,” a reference to fans asking for visuals from the Renaissance album (and a lyric from her song “All Up in Your Mind”).

The superstar made a surprise appearance at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie premiere on Oct. 11. Swift shared a boomerang of the two on Instagram with the caption, “I’m so glad I’ll never know what my life would’ve been like without @beyonce‘s influence. The way she’s taught me and every artist out here to break rules and defy industry norms. Her generosity of spirit. Her resilience and versatility. She’s been a guiding light throughout my career and the fact that she showed up tonight was like an actual fairytale.”

Where to Watch Beyoncé’s Other Concert Movies Online

Where can you watch other Beyoncé films? Bey’s 2020 concept film, Black Is King, is streaming on Disney+; Homecoming, chronicling her headlining set at Coachella, is streaming on Netflix.

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You can stream a bunch of Beyoncé movies on Prime Video, Apple iTunes and Google Play including Beyonce’s I Am World Tour, The Beyonce Experience and Life is But a Dream.

To watch Beyoncé’s concert documentaries all in one place, subscribe to Quello Concerts by Stingray, a streaming platform for on-demand music concerts and music documentaries. Click here to launch a free trial.

Jung Kook is fresh off the release of his highly anticipated solo album, Golden, and he celebrated by giving fans a special treat.

The 26-year-old BTS superstar took the stage at TSX Entertainment on Thursday (Nov. 9), the first permanent stage located in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, to give a surprise show. Dressed in all Calvin Klein, Jung Kook performed several songs from Golden.

Fans who didn’t get to watch the show in person got to tune in from Xbox’s Twitch channel and had the chance to win custom Jung Kook Xbox Series X consoles and also score themselves Game Pass codes to play their next favorite game

“We are honored to co-create this historic moment for Jung Kook and the entire BTS group,” said TSX Entertainment co-CEO Nick Holmsten in a press statement. “His solo journey has already made history with multiple chart-topping singles, and we’re fully confident that this album will continue the trend. This marks a pivotal moment in music, particularly for K-Pop fans, and holds great significance for both Times Square and New York City.”

Golden, which dropped Friday (Nov. 3), features Jung Kook’s Billboard Hot 100 chart No. 1 hit single with Latto, “Seven,” as well as his new song with Jack Harlow, “3D.” His favorite song on the album, however, is “Standing Next to You,” and he says he’s looking forward to performing it live. “Of course, the song itself is great, but more than that, it just allowed me to see this grandiose picture when I heard the song and I could see myself right away performing on stage with that song,” he told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe earlier this week. “It has a very special place in my heart because the recording process was really difficult. But one thing that I would like to ask of ARMY is to not listen to it with earphones on or with their smartphone, but to listen to it loud on a loud speaker.”

Boygenius  — the supergroup helmed by Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker — will be taking the Saturday Night Live stage for the first time together as musical guests this weekend (Nov. 11), and the trio cleared up some rumors about their personalities in a new promo released on Thursday (Nov. 9).

In the clip, host Timothée Chalamet introduces the band, and Bridgers replies that the group is “so excited” to perform. “Wait, isn’t you guys’ thing being all sad?” the Wonka actor asks the band, to which Baker replies, “Only our music. In real life, we’re quite happy people.”

“Live, laugh, love,” Bridgers replies, as the entire group then repeats, “Live, laugh, love, live, laugh, live.”

Chalamet is no stranger to SNL, having hosted the Dec. 12, 2020 episode. Boygenius, meanwhile, is taking the stage just weeks after the release of their new four-track EP The Rest. Bridgers previously served as musical guest for her solo work, in April 2021, and memorably destroyed her guitar on stage in Studio 8H.

Watch Chalamet and Boygenius in the SNL promo below. Saturday Night Live airs on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here.

Billboard takes a look back at when the Left Shark from Katy Perry’s 2015 Super Bowl performance went viral and turned into a huge internet meme.

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We heard her “Roar” and fireworks lit the sky. But we’ll give you one guess at which part cemented Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show into our minds forever. We take you to that moment in this week’s Pop Culture Rewind.

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It was Super Bowl XLIX, and while the Patriots were battling the Seahawks, Katy Perry was on top of her game for her Pepsi halftime show. She arrived in a big way on a tiger and ran through all her hits, like “I Kissed a Girl” with Lenny Kravitz, “California Gurls,” and she even invited Missy Elliott, who also went through her epic catalog including “Work It,” but it was during “Teenage Dream” when one of her two backup dancing sharks lived his best life. So much so, everybody named him “Left Shark” and the memes and Halloween costumes were born. The guy behind the shark later said he just forgot the choreo — iconic! We’ll have another huge moment for you next week in our Pop Culture Rewind.

Country music’s brightest gathered at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the 57th annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, to celebrate the genre in a star-studded ceremony. The show was once again hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning.

The ceremony kicked off with a raucous performance by Jelly Roll of his hit “Need a Favor.” The country star was joined by icon Wynonna Judd, who was a surprise performer. The two duetted on a stage set up to resemble a church, with a choir providing backup vocals, as the stars in the crowd — including Post Malone, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Kelsea Ballerini — enjoyed the powerful set.

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In one of the awards presented earlier in the show, Tracy Chapman won song of the year for “Fast Car.” Luke Combs had delivered a chart-topping cover of her track, which also won Combs single of the year; his take reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her song of the year victory became Chapman’s first Country Music Association trophy; she is credited as the sole writer of the song.

Among the night’s performers were Morgan Wallen, Bryan, HARDY, Post Malone, Ballerini and more. Presenters included Paula Abdul, Lady A, Cynthia Erivo, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker and others.

Lainey Wilson was the top nominee with nine nods. Jelly Roll followed with five nods, Combs and HARDY with four, and Jordan Davis, Ashley McBryde, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Derek Wells with three.

The show aired live on ABC.

Wynonna Judd chatted with Billboard while backstage at the 2023 CMA Awards.

Bill Anderson chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of the 2023 CMA Awards.

Eric Church and Morgan Wallen — two sterling country music headliners– teamed up during Wednesday evening’s (Nov. 8) 2023 CMA Awards. Clad in his signature dark sunglasses, Church traded lines with Wallen on “Man Made a Bar,” a tribute to the hazy, smoke-filled spaces where libations flow freely and the heartbroken escape to find solace and refuge.

“God made a girl, his best work of art/ Oh, but he didn’t make no place to go when she breaks your heart…So man madе a bar,” they sang on the song written by Brett Tyler, Jordan Dozzi, Larry Fleet and Rocky Block.

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The two hugged as the performance ended, with Church pointing to Wallen before they exited the stage. The two artists have had a long friendship, showing up as guests during each other’s concerts and occasionally posting photos of their golfing outings on Instagram.

“Man Made a Bar” is included on Wallen’s album One Thing at a Time, which spent 16 weeks atop the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.

Wallen is currently nominated for entertainer of the year, an honor Church took home in 2020. One Thing at a Time is up for album of the year, while Wallen is up for male vocalist of the year. This isn’t Wallen’s only performance during the CMA Awards; he’s also set to perform later in the evening with Post Malone and HARDY.

The 57th annual CMAs aired live on ABC, and was hosted by Luke Combs and Peyton Manning. This year’s top nominees include “Heart Like a Truck” singer Lainey Wilson with nine nominations (also including entertainer of the year), and “Need a Favor” singer Jelly Roll, with five nominations.

Watch Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s performance of “Man Made a Bar” below: