A woman was taken in custody on Sunday (March 8) after she allegedly fired shots into the Los Angeles-area home of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. The Los Angeles Times reported that officers responded to a report of a shooting at 1:21 p.m. on Sunday, with an unnamed 30-year-old female detained in the incident.
According to reports, a round penetrated a wall of the mansion and at least 10 shots were fired at the residence from inside a car parked across the street from the property’s gate. No injuries were reported in the shooting, which police said left bullet holes in the gate of the pop superstar’s home and in an RV parked in the driveway. ABC7 reported that Rihanna was at home at the time of the shooting and that nobody was hurt.
After opening fire, the white Tesla then fled the scene and police shared details about the suspect, including that she wore her hair in braids, had on a cream-colored shirt and that the bottom of her car was dirty. A police helicopter eventually spotted the car and followed it to a shopping center parking lot in nearby Sherman Oaks, where the suspect was arrested around 30 minutes after the 911 call came in.
“When they pulled the suspect over and took her into custody, they searched the vehicle and located an assault rifle and seven casings,” LAPD spokesperson Armen Arias told the Times. NBC reported that the alleged shooter used an AR-15-style assault rifle.
Rihanna reportedly lives in the home with partner Rocky and their three young children, though it was unclear at press time if all were home at the time of the incident and a spokesperson for the singer had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment at press time. It’s not the first time one of Rihanna’s homes has been attacked. In 2018, a man broke into her Hollywood Hills home and spent 12 hours inside before an assistant spotted him the next day; Eduardo Leon later pleaded no contest to stalking the singer.
At press time authorities had not released any further information about the alleged shooter or a possible motive.
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ULTRA Worldwide has revealed the final lineup for ULTRA Beach Gold Coast 2026, with Swedish DJ-producer Alesso set to headline the electronic music festival on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The event will return to Broadwater Parklands in Queensland on April 12, marking the third edition of the beachside festival and its most ambitious installment yet. Organizers say the 2026 edition will expand beyond its previous single-stage format to feature two stages for the first time: the Main Stage and the UMF Radio Stage.
Alesso will top the bill with what organizers describe as an exclusive Australian performance during the upcoming touring cycle. The producer has remained a major presence in global dance music over the past decade with tracks including Billboard Hot 100-charting track “Heroes (We Could Be)” featuring Tove Lo, “Years,” and his remix of OneRepublic’s “If I Lose Myself,” which helped introduce him to a wider international audience.
The lineup also features a number of major electronic music names including The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Darren Styles, MaRLo, Nico Moreno and Oliver Heldens.
The Chainsmokers broke through with chart-topping hits like “Closer” featuring Halsey and “Something Just Like This” with Coldplay, while DJ Snake has scored global hits including “Lean On,” his collaboration with Major Lazer and MØ, and “Taki Taki.” Dutch DJ Oliver Heldens, meanwhile, has become a staple of the international house music circuit with releases like “Gecko (Overdrive)” and “Last All Night (Koala).”
Support on the lineup includes Dutch producer KAAZE, alongside a slate of emerging Australian artists scheduled to perform across the two stages. Local acts announced for the event include Ali James, Brooklyn, Fletcher Kirkman, Hektic and Jayrob, along with several back-to-back performances such as Brooklyn b2b Rory, Jayrob b2b Rymak and Justice b2b Sophie Bridges.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate praised the festival’s return in a statement, describing the event as a highlight of the city’s annual major events calendar.
“From Miami to the Gold Coast, this ULTRA Beach festival epitomises everything that’s great about our city,” Tate said.
ULTRA Beach Gold Coast forms part of the wider ULTRA Worldwide festival brand, which began with the Ultra Music Festival in Miami in 1999 and has since expanded into a global network of events across Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
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McDonald died at his home in Berkeley, Calif., from complications related to Parkinson’s disease, according to his wife, Kathy. News of his death was first reported Monday (March 9).
Born Joseph Allen McDonald on Jan. 1, 1942, in Washington, D.C., McDonald rose to prominence as the frontman of Country Joe and the Fish, a San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic rock band that emerged from the counterculture scene in the mid-1960s.
The group blended politically charged lyrics with psychedelic rock and became closely associated with the anti-war movement of the era. McDonald’s most enduring composition, “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” became a rallying cry for Vietnam War protesters.
The song reached global notoriety during McDonald’s solo appearance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, where he led the crowd through the now-famous “Fish Cheer,” a call-and-response chant that encouraged hundreds of thousands of attendees to spell out an expletive before launching into the anti-war anthem.
Reflecting on the song decades later, McDonald said its message was intentionally aimed at political leadership rather than soldiers fighting in the conflict. “The important thing about the Fixin’ to Die Rag was that it had a new point of view that did not blame soldiers for war,” McDonald told Street Spirit in 2016, adding, “It just blamed the politicians, and it blamed the manufacturers of weapons. It didn’t blame the soldiers.”
“Someone who was in the military could sing the song, and the attitude is, ‘Whoopee, we’re all going to die’. Most peace songs of the era blamed the soldiers for the war.”
Country Joe and the Fish released their debut album, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, in 1967. The record helped establish the band within the San Francisco psychedelic rock movement alongside groups such as Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead.
Two of the band’s albums reached the top 40 of the Billboard 200 during the late 1960s, cementing their place in the era’s rock landscape even as peers like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead achieved broader commercial success.
After the group dissolved in the 1970s, McDonald continued recording and performing as a solo artist, releasing dozens of albums across folk, rock and politically themed songwriting. His 1986 album Vietnam Experience revisited the cultural impact of the war that had defined much of his early work.
Before launching his music career, McDonald served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965 and soon co-founded Country Joe and the Fish in Berkeley with guitarist Barry “The Fish” Melton. Although his commercial peak came during the late 1960s counterculture era, McDonald remained active in music for decades, performing at festivals and continuing to write songs reflecting on war, politics and social change.
His legacy remains closely tied to Woodstock and the protest music movement of the late 1960s — a period when rock musicians used their platforms to challenge political power and give voice to a generation shaped by war and cultural upheaval.
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Pop star Rita Ora brought a high-energy pop spectacle to Australia’s Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend in Melbourne, performing for thousands of race fans during the 2026 event.
The singer took the stage Saturday (March 7) during the entertainment programming surrounding the Australian Grand Prix, delivering a hit-packed set that blended dance-pop theatrics with race-day adrenaline at the Albert Park Circuit.
Ora’s appearance added a pop-culture moment to the global sporting event, which traditionally draws major music acts as part of its fan-focused weekend programming. The performance was met with enthusiastic reactions from the crowd gathered at the circuit, many of whom shared clips of the show across social media shortly after she stepped on stage.
Ora has remained a regular presence across music, television and film in recent years. In addition to releasing new music and collaborating with artists across the pop and electronic worlds, she has also appeared as a judge and host on several international TV franchises.
The singer has also spoken publicly about her marriage to filmmaker Taika Waititi, whom she wed in a private ceremony in Los Angeles in 2022. Ora has described the relationship as being built on a strong friendship, and has said that becoming a stepmother to Waititi’s two daughters has shifted her perspective on life.
“It’s changed how I see things,” she has said in interviews, noting that family and everyday moments now carry greater meaning.
The singer, who has been releasing music for more than a decade, recently teased a new project and described her upcoming material as a creative reset following years in the pop spotlight.
Speaking with Billboard earlier this year amid the release of her latest track “All Natural”, Ora said she wanted the new era to feel more “raw” and vocally exposed, noting that she deliberately pushed herself outside of her usual sound while working with producer Joel Little, whose credits include artists such as Lorde and Taylor Swift.
The forthcoming music follows a string of global collaborations and hits across her career, including “Black Widow” with Iggy Azalea and “For You,” her duet with the late Liam Payne from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.
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Australian pop singer Vanessa Amorosi made a surprise appearance during G Flip’s Melbourne show over the weekend, joining the drummer-turned-pop star onstage for a performance of Amorosi’s early-2000s hit “Absolutely Everybody.”
The moment unfolded Saturday night (March 7) at Margaret Court Arena, where G Flip was performing a hometown show as part of their current Australian tour. Midway through the set, Amorosi emerged to thunderous cheers from the crowd, launching into the chorus of the 2000 single as fans sang along.
Videos shared on social media show Amorosi delivering the song’s soaring vocal lines while G Flip bounced around the stage, the two performers feeding off the energy of the packed arena. The unexpected collaboration quickly turned the venue into a full-scale singalong.
So much joy shared in this moment with @G FLIP and @vanessaamorosimusic 🤩🤩 [Video description: G Flip and Vanessa Amorosi singing Absolutely Everybody together in Melbourne was the serotonin boost I didn’t know how much I needed] #GFlip#DreamRideTour#VanessaAmorosi#AbsolutelyEverybody#Melbourne @Frontier Touring
Released in 2000, “Absolutely Everybody” became Amorosi’s breakout hit and one of the defining Australian pop singles of the early 2000s. The track reached No. 1 on the ARIA singles chart and remained on the chart for more than six months, eventually becoming one of the longest-charting singles by an Australian female artist at the time. The song later gained international attention and remains closely associated with Amorosi’s powerhouse vocal style.
The cameo added another memorable moment to G Flip’s current tour, which celebrates the success of their latest album Dream Ride. The record arrived last year and followed the breakout success of Drummer, which earned the artist an ARIA Award for Best Pop Release in 2023.
G Flip has spent the past year building momentum globally, including a 35-plus-date run across the United States and Canada and a headline show at London’s Brixton Academy. The artist also received an ARIA nomination for Best Pop Release for the single “Disco Cowgirl,” while their growing cultural influence was recognized with a place on Out magazine’s annual Out 100 list highlighting impactful LGBTQ+ figures.
More recently, G Flip released the single “Lez Go!” with Canadian rock band The Beaches, who are also serving as support on the Australian tour.
The current run of shows marks G Flip’s first major tour on home soil since the success of Drummer, with the tour set to continue through Adelaide and Perth in the coming days.
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Justin Bieber had yet another tense encounter with paparazzi during a recent date night in Los Angeles with wife Hailey.
On Friday (March 6), the 32-year-old pop superstar lost his cool as photographers swarmed him in a parking garage following a late-night dinner at Sushi Park in West Hollywood.
Footage captured by TMZ shows Justin visibly frustrated, covering his face as he and Hailey made their way toward a black SUV. Once inside, the singer hurled a half-empty Fiji water bottle at the paparazzi. The bottle didn’t hit anyone and fell to the ground, and the couple quickly drove off.
The incident marks yet another clash between Bieber and photographers. Last summer, ahead of the release of his seventh studio album, Swag, the “Yukon” singer went viral for seemingly confronting intrusive paparazzi, irritably asking, “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business, is it?” The phrase quickly became a widespread meme.
In April 2025, Bieber criticized the “darkness” in L.A., particularly the treatment he faces from paparazzi. At the time, he shared an Instagram video showing his perspective as he stepped outside amid blinding camera flashes, with photographers following his every move and often blocking his path to the car.
“Look at these guys, man,” Bieber’s voice says disapprovingly from behind his camera, while his security guard repeatedly told the paps to back up.
Bieber has long battled with the paparazzi. Since his debut in 2009 at just 15 years old, the “Baby” artist has endured relentless hounding and spoken out against the invasive practice multiple times. The April 2025 incident echoed a similar moment in 2014, when his Ferrari was rear-ended by a persistent photographer.
“There should be laws against what I just experienced,” he posted on X at the time. “We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana…”
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Bad Bunny made his Asia debut at Spotify’s Billions Club in Japan.
Fresh from his headline performance at Super Bowl LX, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar performed at Tokyo’s Tipstar Dome Chiba for an invite-only show attended by roughly 2,300 of his top Spotify fans in the country on Saturday (March 7).
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During his first-ever performance in Asia, Bad Bunny delivered 17 of his biggest hits, including “DtMF,” “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” “NUEVAYoL” and “EoO.” The artist has a total of 29 songs that have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.
Adding to the spectacle, the stage was transformed with a Japan-inspired sakura theme, featuring cherry blossom trees, yakisugi wood accents and a glowing sun that illuminated the performance.
The show — Spotify’s first Billions Club Live in the region — also debuted a salsa version of his 2018 hit “MIA,” featuring guest appearances by Puerto Rican musicians Los Pleneros de la Cresta and Los Sobrinos. Other highlights included “Yonaguni,” during which fans sang along to the Japanese lyrics, a salsa rendition of “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” and a surprise appearance by Jowell & Randy for “Safaera.”
The evening opened and closed with music provided by DJ Nasthug. Celebrities in attendance included BLACKPINK‘s Lisa and contemporary artist Takashi Murakami.
Bad Bunny has been shattering numerous records in recent weeks. Last month, he landed a record-breaking 29 simultaneous titles on the Hot Latin Songs chart, including the entire top 25 — led by “DtMF” for a 47th week — while also bagging the top spot on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
The Latin star’s Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8 also pulled in 128.2 million viewers, marking the fourth-biggest halftime audience in history.
Check out more photos from Bad Bunny’s Spotify Billions Club event in Tokyo on Instagram here.
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Bruno Mars notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, and first in more than a decade, as The Romantic debuts atop the tally (dated March 14). The set launches with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending March 5, according to Luminate. Mars was last on top with his second full-length studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox, which climbed to No. 1 in March 2013 (nearly three months after it debuted). In turn, The Romantic is also Mars’ first No. 1-debuting album.
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All told, The Romantic marks the fifth top 10 for Mars, following his An Evening With Silk Sonic collaborative project with Anderson .Paak (No. 2, 2021) and his solo set 24K Magic (No. 2, 2016), Unorthodox Jukebox (No. 1, 2013) and Doo-Wops & Hooligans (No. 2, 2010).
Mars’ gap of nearly 13 years between No. 1s is the longest for any living solo male artist since Paul McCartney returned to the top in 2018 with Egypt Station, 36 years and three months after he was last No. 1 with the third and final week atop the chart with Tug of War on the June 12, 1982-dated chart. (Before Mars, the last male soloist to wait longer to come back to No. 1 was the late Toby Keith, who hit No. 1 after his death, on the Feb. 17, 2024, chart, with 35 Biggest Hits — 14 years and four months after he was last on top with Bullets in the Gun (Oct. 23, 2010).
Also debuting in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Gorillaz’s The Mountain, BLACKPINK’s DEADLINE and Mitski’s Nothing’s About To Happen to Me.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 14, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 10. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.
Of The Romantic’s 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 93,500 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 90,500 (equaling 93.95 million on-demand official streams of the set’s nine songs, Mars’ best streaming week for an album; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 2,000.
The Romantic’s first-week sales number was bolstered by its availability across 10 vinyl variants, in addition to a standard CD, cassette and digital download. Vinyl sales accounted for 48,000 of the album’s first-week — landing Mars his best week on vinyl ever. All versions of the album contain the same nine songs.
The album was preceded by its lead single, “I Just Might,” which became Mars’ 10th Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (and first to debut at No. 1) on the Jan. 24-dated chart, and spent its first two weeks atop the list. The track has also been lodged at No. 1 for seven weeks on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs.
Three former No. 1s follow Mars on the Billboard 200: Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS holds at No. 2 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem steps 5-3 (75,000, up 7%) and Don Toliver’s OCTANE pumps 6-4 (66,000, down 3%). Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving rounds out the top five, climbing 7-5 (60,000, down 2%).
Last week’s No. 1, Megan Moroney’s Cloud 9, floats down to No. 6 in its second week (55,000 equivalent album units earned, down 62%).
Gorillaz achieve their sixth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 with the No. 7 debut of The Mountain. The set launches with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 38,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 15,000 (equaling 15.86 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
The album’s first-week sales got a boost from its availability across nine vinyl variants, four CDs, five cassettes, a standard digital download and an iTunes Store-exclusive download edition with one bonus track.
Gorillaz previously visited the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Cracker Island (No. 3, 2023), The Now Now (No. 4, 2018), Humanz (No. 2, 2017), Plastic Beach (No. 2, 2010) and Demon Days (No. 6, 2005).
The new album was led by a pair of charting titles on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart: “The Happy Dictator,” featuring Sparks (No. 43 peak last September), and “The Manifesto,” featuring Trueno and Proof (No. 49 peak last October).
BLACKPINK scores its third top 10 on the Billboard 200 as DEADLINE debuts at No. 8 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 41,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 11,000 (equaling 11.46 million on-demand official streams of the set’s five songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
DEADLINE marks the return of the pop quartet to the Billboard 200 after more than three years. The group’s last release was BORN PINK, which marked the act’s first No. 1 (debuting atop the Oct. 1, 2022-dated chart). Since then, the four members (Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé) have all released solo album projects, all of which have charted on a Billboard album ranking.
The new album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 13 CD variants (all containing collectible items such as photocards and posters, with some items randomized). CD sales comprise 94% of the album’s first-week sales, with the remainder sold from digital downloads.
DEADLINE was preceded by the Hot 100-charting single “JUMP,” which peaked at No. 28 last July and spent 10 weeks on the list — the most weeks on the chart among the group’s 10 charted titles.
Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Life of a Showgirl is a non-mover at No. 9 on the latest Billboard 200 with just under 43,000 equivalent album units earned for the week (down 3%).
Closing out the top 10 of the Billboard 200 is Mitski’s Nothing’s About To Happento Me, debuting at No. 10 with nearly 43,000 equivalent album units earned — the artist’s best week ever by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 31,000 (her best sales week ever; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 12,000 (equaling 12.16 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
First-week sales of the album were aided by its availability across seven vinyl variants (including a signed edition), two CDs and two cassettes, and a standard digital download. Vinyl purchases accounted for 69% of the set’s overall opening-week sales.
Nothing’s About To Happen to Me is the second top 10 on the Billboard 200 for Mitski, following 2022’s Laurel Hell (No. 5).
The new album was preceded by the charting hit “Where’s My Phone?” which hit No. 11 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart dated March 7 and No. 38 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs in January.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
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BLACKPINK’s Lisa took a break from her busy schedule to visit Punch the monkey.
On Saturday (March 7), the 28-year-old singer shared adorable snapshots on social media from her trip to Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, Japan.
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Punch is a baby macaque who went viral online after being bullied by other apes in his enclosure. He was given a large orangutan stuffed toy, which he now affectionately carries everywhere.
To show her support, Lisa brought her own stuffed orangutan and held it up for Punch to see. In the photos shared on her Instagram Story, the BLACKPINK member flashed a huge grin while wearing a gray hoodie, blue jeans, and a light-colored knitted beanie. She also shared cute shots of Punch hanging out in his cage with his beloved stuffed toy.
Lisa has maintained a hectic schedule in recent months and has begun filming a new movie, Tygo, in South Korea.
Last week, BLACKPINK released a new EP titled DEADLINE, marking their first major music release since topping the Billboard 200 chart with Born Pink in 2022. The five-track mini-album features the lead single “Jump,” which dropped last summer and reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, along with “Go,” “Me and My,” “Champion” and “Fxxxboy.”
Last year, the foursome reunited for a sprawling stadium tour, after spending time apart pursuing solo projects. LISA, ROSÉ and JENNIE each released their debut solo albums — Alter Ego, Rosie and Ruby, respectively — while JISOO debuted her EP, Amortage.
Check out photos of Lisa’s visit with Punch the monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo on TMZ.
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The Damon Albarn–fronted animated band made its Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on the March 7 episode hosted by Ryan Gosling.
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The virtual rock group appeared on the NBC sketch comedy show in support of its ninth studio album, The Mountain, released Feb. 27. The set debuted atop the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, marking the band’s third No. 1 in the country.
Gorillaz opened their first performance with “Clint Eastwood,” the breakthrough single from their 2001 self-titled debut. The group played in front of a massive screen displaying the band members’ animated characters, while rapper Del the Funky Homosapien joined onstage to deliver his verses.
For their second performance, Albarn and company delivered the new track “The Moon Cave,” featuring onstage appearances by singer-songwriter Asha Puthli, The Roots’ Black Thought and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. The guest-filled performance was complemented by a lively string section in the background.
Gorillaz recently announced a tour in support of the new album — their first North American run in four years — launching Sept. 17 in Orlando, Florida, and wrapping on Halloween in Seattle. The Mountain serves as the follow-up to 2023’s Cracker Island.
Earlier in the episode, Harry Styles made a surprise appearance during Gosling’s opening monologue, sending the studio audience into a frenzy when cameras revealed him seated in the crowd. The Project Hail Mary star quickly wove the moment into the bit, jokingly panicking that the pop star’s presence was stealing attention from his planned monologue.
Watch Gorillaz’s SNL performances below, and find all the ways to stream the full episode here.
