As the Los Angeles wildfires continue to devastate the city, celebrities are coming together to support the wildfire relief efforts that have been working tirelessly to help the community rebuild and gather resources for victims.

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At the time of publication, the Palisades fire has burned nearly 24,000 acres and is only 19% contained, while the east-side Eaton fires are 45% contained at 14,000 acres. In the past week, the fires have caused 24 deaths, nearly 100,000 people under evacuation orders, and more than 12,000 structures destroyed. The tragedy has killed 25 people to date.

As a result, number of stars are using their platforms and net worth to support give back and donate to the community, including everyone from Beyoncé and Doja Cat to Metallica and more. Entertainment industry figures have spoken about the loss of their homes — including Mandy Moore, Paris Hilton, Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, Jhené Aiko, Paris Hilton, songwriter Diane Warren, The Hills stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag and many more — even as others step up to offer help.

Additionally, resources are available for those who have lost their homes or need assistance in other ways. MusiCares and the Recording Academy have launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to support music professionals impacted by the crisis, making a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off the efforts. People who have worked in the music industry for more than five years may qualify for immediate assistance, including up to $1,500 in financial aid and $500 in food vouchers.

See below for our updating list on musicians who are donating to wildfire relief efforts.

Nearly a year after Julia Fox debuted her first single “Down the Drain” at Charli XCX’s February 2024 Boiler Room DJ set, the actress is thinking big when it comes to the future of her music career.

In fact, Fox is setting her sights on the Billboard charts. While partnering with MAC for a new campaign, the Uncut Gems star asks a Magic 8 Ball for some guidance on her goals as a musician — but the answer might come as a disappointment to those who are fans of her burgeoning sound.

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“Will I be a Billboard [Hot] 100 artist?” Fox, sitting on a subway platform bench while dressed in a revealing nude dress and pale purple glam, asks the toy before giving it a shake. “My reply is no!” she quickly reports back, laughing. “I kind of had a feeling it was no.”

The new video is part of MAC’s Eight Ball Questions series, which also includes new clips with Martha Stewart and Tiffany “New York” Pollard.

While Fox’s 8 Ball might be counting her out, there’s no telling what the future might actually bring. After all, the model did enter the music game last year with the release of “Down the Drain,” produced by Ben Draghi and accompanied by an envelope-pushing music video filmed at a dominatrix dungeon where she used to work.

“In all seriousness, music was my first love,” she told Rolling Stone of her musical ambitions in May. “I’ve always wanted to do it, but I got discouraged by [my] mom at a young age, so I’m just healing my childhood wounds and making my lifelong dreams come true. [I’m] not trying to get rich off music or win Grammys. I have realistic expectations.”

Watch Fox consult her Magic 8 Ball below.

In response to the devastating wildfires that have swept through Los Angeles, an all-star lineup of artists will come together for “G*ve a F*ck LA“, a benefit concert aimed at supporting relief efforts and aiding displaced communities.

Set for Feb. 5 at the Hollywood Palladium, the event will feature Hayley Williams, St. Vincent, and Finneas, with additional performances by Lucy Dacus, MUNA, Perfume Genius, The Linda Lindas, Phantom Planet, Courtney Barnett, Christopher Owens, Reggie Watts, Fred Armisen, Jenny Lewis, Juliette Lewis, and Scout Willis.

Actor-comedian John C. Reilly will host the evening, which will also include surprise guests and DJ sets from Harmony Tividad and Fat Tony. Following the concert, Rico Nasty and Dylan Brady host an official afterparty.

Proceeds from the concert will support local organizations, including Altadena Girls, Friends in Deed, One Voice, and the Pasadena Humane Society. Tickets are now available, as well as an option to stream the concert with a minimum donation of $5.

The announcement follows a wave of philanthropic efforts from the music community. Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD foundation has donated $2.5 million to wildfire relief, while Paris Hilton has launched a fund for displaced families. Artists such as Dave Grohl and Flavor Flav have also been involved in initiatives to assist those affected.

The concert also comes on the heels of the “FireAid” benefit concerts on Jan. 30, featuring Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gracie Abrams and many more. The event will take place at two iconic venues, the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

Los Angeles has faced unprecedented destruction this month, with five wildfires displacing over 150,000 residents and causing 28 fatalities, while many remain missing.

Latto has tapped Playboi Carti for the remix of her 2024 track “Blick Sum,” giving a fresh spin on the standout from her third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea.

Released at midnight on Jan. 28, the remix arrives with a visually bold music video directed by Hidji World and Gunner Stahl, marking the first collaboration between the two Atlanta-based rappers.

“Blick Sum” was featured on Latto’s third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea, which she released on Aug. 9, 2024 via Streamcut and RCA Records. The 17-track project included collaborations with Young Nudy (“Shrimp and Grits”), Hunxho (“Copper Cove”), Coco Jones (“Ear Candy”), Megan Thee Stallion (“Squeeze”), Ciara (“Good 2 You”), Mariah the Scientist (“Look What You Did”) and Teezo Touchdown (“Prized Possession”). It reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 and topped Top Rap Albums.

This remix is Playboi Carti’s first release of 2025, following his 2024 single “All Red,” which debuted at No. 3 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Fans are currently eagerly awaiting Carti’s third studio album I AM MUSIC. He dropped the first official single “All Red” on Sept. 13, 2024 — the rapper’s 29th birthday — and it reached No. 15 on the Hot 100. He earned his first No. 1 on the all-genre songs tally with Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Grammy-nominated “Carnival,” also featuring Rich the Kid.

It comes after Latto teased the collaboration on social media on Monday (Jan. 27), where she shared a snippet of the video. “I don’t trust no man without no blicky. ’Cause when sh– get sticky, where the f–k that blicky at,” Latto says in the intro with a distorted voice filter.

Carti teased they were cooking up something a week ago when he posted photos of them on his @opium_00pium Instagram account with the caption, “HUMBLE LIKE A MF BUT DIS YEAR MINE. LATTO AH REAL 1.”

Stream “Blick Sum” (feat. Playboi Carti) below.

The Vans Warped Tour is making a highly anticipated return in 2025, celebrating its 30th anniversary with three major two-day festivals in Washington, D.C.; Long Beach, California; and Orlando, Florida.

The first round of artist announcements includes Warped Tour staples Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Pennywise, and Miss May I. The Warped Tour will also see the long-awaited reunion of ska-punk favorites Dance Hall Crashers, who are returning to the stage after 20 years, and rising pop-rock artist Chandler Leighton.

The six acts are just the beginning, with organizers planning to reveal additional names daily until Feb. 26 via Warped Tour’s social media platforms.

Partnering with Insomniac—the production powerhouse behind Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas—Warped Tour 2025 aims to merge its punk rock spirit with elevated festival production. Each stop will showcase between 70 and 100 bands, spanning genres such as punk rock, pop punk, emo, alternative, and more.

“The complete lineup will be revealed over the next 30 days, with new artists announced daily until February 26. Each announcement will feature unique, artist-created content shared on the official Warped social channels,” Warped Tour organizers said in a statement, as per Metal Injection.

Vans Warped Tour founder and organizer Kevin Lyman added: “Putting together a lineup is never an easy task, but each act, both new and returning, plays an important role in delivering an unforgettable experience for fans, especially at the price point we’re offer. We collaborated closely with the bands to create some exciting surprises, exclusive content, and more for fans to enjoy. So follow along, soak in the journey, and who knows—you might just discover your next favorite band!”

Since its debut in 1995, the Vans Warped Tour has been a cornerstone of alternative music culture, launching the careers of acts like Paramore, Blink-182, and My Chemical Romance, and providing a stage for countless others.

Warped Tour 2025 Dates

June 14-15: Washington, D.C. – Festival Grounds at RFK Campus

July 26-27: Long Beach, CA – Downtown Long Beach Shoreline Waterfront

Nov. 15-16: Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium Campus

Bob Dylan has shared a tribute to the late Garth Hudson – The Band’s longtime keyboardist and organist – just days after the beloved Canadian musician’s death at the age of 87.

Taking to his newly-active X account on Monday (Jan. 27), Dylan shared a brief reflection on Hudson’s musical legacy. “Sorry to hear the news about Garth Hudson. He was a beautiful guy and the real driving force behind The Band,” Dylan wrote. “Just listen to the original recording of The Weight and you’ll see.”

Hudson’s death occurred on Jan. 21, almost a week prior to Dylan’s tribute, becoming the final member of The Band’s most famous lineup to pass away in the process. 

Hudson officially began his tenure with The Band in 1965, after they had finished a two-year stint as The Hawks, the back-up group for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. That same year, The Band met Dylan who recruited them to become his backing group for a 1965 U.S. tour and an accompanying world tour in 1966. 

The following year, Dylan and The Band recorded the 1967 sessions known as The Basement Tapes which would later form the basis of The Band’s 1968 debut, Music from The Big Pink. Alongside many of their best-known songs, the record also included what is possibly their best-known song, “The Weight”, as referenced by Dylan in his own tribute.

In September 2024, Dylan released the expansive box set The 1974 Live Recordings, which featured 431 live live tracks documenting the titular 1974 tour with The Band as his backing group.

Alongside his tribute to Hudson, Dylan also announced the initial dates for his 2025 touring plans. Apparently bringing his Rough & Rowdy Ways Tour into the new year, the first four dates see Dylan performing in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Mankato, Minnesota; Wichita, Kansas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma – the latter of which notably features The Bob Dylan Center just a few doors down from the Woody Guthrie Center.

Bob Dylan 2025 Tour Dates

March 25 – Tulsa Theater, Tulsa, OK
March 29 – Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, KS
April 4 – Mayo Clinic Health Systems Event Center, Mankato, MN
April 6 – The Weidner-Cofrin Family HAll, Green Bay, WI

The will of late Irish musician Sinéad O’Connor has been revealed, with the singer’s children being urged to get as much value as they can out of her archive of unreleased music.

According to Irish probate records obtained by U.K. tabloid The Sun, O’Connor – who passed away in 2023 – left her family £1.4 million after debts, legal fees, and funeral costs. Her ex-husband, music producer John Reynolds, was named executor of her estate. 

Signed in 2013 ahead of her conversion to Islam in 2018, the document also requested that she be buried in priest clothing, and accompanied by a Hebrew bible and a copy of her 2007 record Theology, while noting her children may “dispense my ashes as they see fit”.

Meanwhile, O’Connor’s religious regalia was bestowed to her son Shane (who passed away in 2022), while her youngest son Yeshua was given her collection of guitars. The documents additionally instructed her children to ensure they get their money’s worth out of any recorded music that has not yet been released. 

“I direct that after my death, and at the discretion of any of my children who are then over 18, my albums are to be released so as to ‘milk it for what it’s worth’,” she wrote.

O’Connor passed away in July 2023 at the age of 56, with her death later being attributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. 

First establishing her presence on the music scene with her 1987 debut The Lion and the Cobra, O’Connor achieved further worldwide recognition with the release of 1990’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. Peaking at No. 1 globally, including on the Billboard 200, the record’s success was bolstered by her cover of The Family’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 and was named #1 World Single at that year’s Billboard Music Awards.

O’Connor’s final album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss, was released in 2014. Weeks before her passing in 2023, O’Connor had told fans she was in the process of completing an album which was planned to arrive in 2024, with a world tour set to accompany its release that would include stops in the U.S., Europe, New Zealand and Australia.

In 2021, O’Connor had also spoken to People about the advice she had given her children ahead of her eventual passing, telling them they should be prepared to call an accountant ahead of 911.

“See, when the artists are dead, they’re much more valuable than when they’re alive,” she told the publication. “Tupac has released way more albums since he died than he ever did alive, so it’s kind of gross what record companies do.

“That’s why I’ve always instructed my children since they were very small, ‘If your mother drops dead tomorrow, before you called 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don’t start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is.’”

Taylor Swift & more celebrate the Chiefs big win, securing their spot in the Super Bowl. SZA is confirmed to join Kendrick Lamar during the halftime show, the world commemorates Kobe Bryant’s passing and more. Keep watching for the latest in sport and music!

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Taylor and more stars celebrate the Chiefs’ big win, and the world remembers Kobe Bryant as SZA joins Kendrick at the Super Bowl. We have it all in our Billboard sports wrap-up. Well, Yung Miami had it wrong, and so did some other celebs who were rooting for the Bills against the Chiefs. Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift showed major excitement on the field after the Chiefs secured their spot at the Super Bowl. They apparently threw a pretty big afterparty. Kobe Bryant would have also been on the side of the Eagles, which went viral on the net. It happened to coincide with people across the world taking to the internet on Sunday to mourn and pay their respects to Kobe Bryant & Gigi Bryant 5 years later. The Super Bowl halftime also just got even bigger. Joining Kendrick Lamar on the field in New Orleans ahead of their tour is SZA. For more of your music and sports coverage, hit billboard.com.

The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has grossed $74.1 million worldwide since its release on Christmas Day, according to boxofficemojo.com. That enables it to break into the top 10 on our list of music biopics with the highest worldwide grosses.

Timothée Chalamet stars in A Complete Unknown, which follows Dylan from January 1961, when he moved from Minnesota to New York City, to July 1965, when he caused an uproar by playing (gasp) electronic instruments at the Newport Folk Festival. James Mangold, who directed the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, also did the honors here.

A Complete Unknown received eight Oscar nominations on Jan. 23, and made Oscar history as the first music biopic to receive three acting nods — for Chalamet as Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez. Mangold had directed three previous actors in Oscar-nominated performances – Angelina Jolie in her Oscar-winning role in Girl, Interrupted, Joaquin Phoenix in his Oscar-nominated role as Cash in Walk the Line and Reese Witherspoon in her Oscar-winning role as June Carter Cash in that same film.

Here are the highest-grossing biopics of musicians in terms of worldwide box office. We didn’t include a few high-grossing films about real-life music personalities because they’re not biopics in the traditional sense. These include The Sound of Music (which tells the story of Maria von Trapp and the Trapp Family Singers); Green Book (which deals with a road trip taken by pianist and composer Don Shirley); Florence Foster Jenkins (about an heiress and hopelessly untalented soprano by that name); and Music of the Heart (about violinist and music educator Roberta Guaspari). Meryl Streep starred in the latter two films.

Here are the 25 biopics of music stars with the highest worldwide grosses.

Given his brand of unflinchingly honest, yet still inspirational, music that that has garnered Antioch, Tennessee native Jelly Roll six Billboard Country Airplay No. 1s and the Billboard 200-topping album Beautifully Broken, he gets messages often from fans who have had life-changing moments through his songs.

But in a recent appearance on the second episode of John Cena’s new series What Drives You, Jelly Roll not only showed off a few of his vehicles (including a bright red 1976 Cadillac El Dorado), but also told Cena about one fan note that was so impactful that Jelly Roll still keeps it on the dash of his vehicle, four years after receiving it.

As Jelly Roll and Cena walked to another of Jelly Roll’s vehicles, a Ram 1500 Laramie truck, Jelly Roll noted it was the first car that his family bought for him for Father’s Day five years ago. “This was my daily driver, forever. [Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO] customized every piece on it…jacked it up,” Jelly Roll said. “Dude, she made it my dream truck….it makes me think of my daughter, it makes me think of my wife, it drives me.”

The truck features Jelly Roll’s logo–a skull wearing a crown–on both the front and the back. “You want to talk about what drives me? There’s a note right here. I want you to check it out if you don’t mind. You can read it right there on my dash.”

Cena read the note aloud, saying, “Your music saved my best friend’s life. Thank you for being unapologetically you and doing what you do.”

The note was signed simply, “A,” and Cena asked Jelly Roll if he knew who “A” was. The singer-songwriter replied, “You know, the cool thing is, I don’t know. They left this note on my window four years ago, and I sobbed in the parking lot reading this note. I got in and stuck it in my dash. Four years later, that thing is still taped on my dash.”

See Jelly Roll’s appearance on John Cena’s What Drives You on Roku. The series also features celebrities including Logan Paul and Travis Barker.