Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves are heading to Australia for the launch of LONGHAUL, a new country music festival arriving in January 2027.

The inaugural festival will stop in three cities across one weekend, beginning Friday, Jan. 22, at Melbourne Showgrounds, before heading to Sydney Showground on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Brisbane RNA Showgrounds on Sunday, Jan. 24.

Brown and Musgraves will headline the new event in what are billed as their only Australian shows. The lineup also features Charles Wesley Godwin, Margo Price, Maddox Batson, Ava Hall and James Barker Band, alongside Australian artists Beau Shearer, Denvah, Nathan Lamont, Taylor Moss and Tyla Rodrigues.

Presented by LONGHAUL Touring and powered by TEG Live, the festival is entering the market at a time when country music’s Australian audience is becoming harder to ignore. The bill brings together arena-level U.S. names, Americana favorites, emerging international acts and local artists, pointing to a wider version of country than the genre’s traditional festival lane.

“We have been working very hard on this festival concept for a number of years and so it is incredibly exciting to finally launch the inaugural LONGHAUL Festival with an awesome lineup of international and domestic artists, headlined by superstars Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves,” Tim McGregor, global head of touring at TEG Live, said in a statement.

“LONGHAUL Touring is just getting started with this flagship festival and there is a lot more in the pipeline to share with you all very soon,” McGregor added. “In the meantime we look forward to welcoming fans to LONGHAUL Festival next January for what will be a great summer’s day out in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.”

Brown brings major Billboard history to the lineup. In 2017, he became the first artist to top all five of Billboard’s main country charts at the same time, leading Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs in the same week.

Musgraves arrives with her own chart and awards résumé. Her 2024 album Deeper Well debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales, Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums, Vinyl Albums, Top Current Album Sales and Tastemaker Albums charts. Her 2018 album Golden Hour won album of the year at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

The rest of the bill leans into country’s broad current moment. Godwin has become one of the genre’s fastest-rising live acts, Price remains a key Americana voice, and Batson represents a younger wave of country artists building global audiences online.

Afterpay will serve as the official presale partner for LONGHAUL. The Afterpay presale begins Friday, July 24, at 12 p.m. local time and runs until Monday, July 27, at 12 p.m. local time. Other presales begin Monday, July 27, at 1 p.m. local time, before general tickets go on sale Friday, July 31, at 2 p.m. local time via Ticketek.

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Light sticks have become one of the defining accessories at K-pop concerts, turning arenas into coordinated displays of color as fans wave synchronized lights throughout a show. With Netflix officially announcing the KPop Demon Hunters global concert tour, fans can start preparing by picking up the official HUNTR/X and Saja Boys light sticks, along with other themed accessories, ahead of the highly-anticipated shows.

The fan tradition of waving light sticks during K-pop shows even made its way to this year’s Academy Awards during HUNTR/X’s performance of Golden. Audience members, including Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor and Chloé Zhao, were seen waving generic light sticks as the trio performed, bringing one of K-pop’s most recognizable concert traditions to Hollywood’s biggest stage.

Now, you can get your hands on an official KPop Demon Hunters light stick online.

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Designed after the HUNTR/X logo from the hit animated film, this electronic light stick features five LED colors and more than eight lighting sequences.

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A button on the base cycles through the different effects, while an interactive mode lets it synchronize with compatible HUNTR/X light sticks nearby. Batteries are included, so it’s ready to use right out of the box.

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Modeled after the Saja Boys’ lion emblem, this light stick includes five color modes (pink, blue, green, gold and rainbow), plus more than eight lighting patterns.

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It also features a synchronization mode that connects with other compatible light sticks in range for coordinated lighting effects. Batteries are included, and it’s designed to match the group’s darker demon vibes from the film.

The two light sticks measure just under 10 inches in height and are an officially-licensed release from Netflix and toymaker, Hasbro. The KPop Demon Hunters light sticks come ahead of a new concert tour inspired by the film, though exact dates and details have yet to be released.

Of course, you could also pick up the light sticks to bring to one of the upcoming K-pop concerts that have been announced. Light sticks are one concert purchase I recently regretted not buying. At BTS’ Arirang world tour stop at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, I couldn’t find the highly-coveted orbs at the venue and stuck out like a sore thumb in my section as the only person empty-handed. So, consider this your friendly reminder to order the band’s official light stick before concert day — and don’t make the same mistake I did.

As for KPop Demon Hunters, you can also prep for the tour — or a sing-along night at home — with these wigs inspired by the HUNTR/X girls.

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Bring your KPop Demon Hunters cosplay to the global concert tour with these wigs styled to match each HUNTR/X member’s iconic hair.

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Made from heat-resistant synthetic fibers, each wig offers a soft feel, lasting durability, and maintains its shape through extended wear. Each package includes one wig and a wig cap, making it ideal for concerts, cosplay events, Halloween, conventions, stage performances and themed parties.

The KPop Demon Hunters light sticks drop online on the heels of a new Vans sneaker collaboration with the Netflix film, and a new Mattel doll collection inspired by HUNTR/X and Jinu from the Saja Boys.

More new music from Gracie Abrams is arriving Sunday night (July 19). After unleashing new album Daughter From Hell on Friday, the singer-songwriter announced there are two additional tracks from the DFH sessions that fans will get to hear. Though they didn’t make the cut on the standard version of the album, “Out of Nowhere” and “Love Letter” are being made available as bonus tracks.

The two songs will be up exclusively on iTunes Sunday night, and only “for a limited time,” Abrams shared in a social media post.

Her post included her personal thoughts on the songs, as well as her gratitude for those who’ve listened to Daughter From Hell and shared positive feedback. Abrams also offered a couple selfie video clips of herself giving a very short, but playfully dramatic, preview of “Out of Nowhere” and “Love Letter.”

“Hey SURPRISE,” Abrams wrote on her social media accounts on Sunday. “Daughter from Hell (Bonus Tracks) with OUT OF NOWHERE and LOVE LETTER will be available to download tonight at 6pm PT on iTunes for a limited time if you can believe it.”

She added, “I’m so moved to hear from those of you who are connecting with the record so far. Really truly your messages have made my heart grow ten sizes. Fingers crossed you enjoy these too. I personally love them very much.”

Daughter From Hell is Abrams’ third full-length studio album, which has her once again teaming up with producer/co-writer Aaron Dessner. The set, the follow-up to 2024’s The Secret of Us (which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart), was led by the single “Hit the Wall.”

Morgan Wallen revealed the title and release date of his next single on Saturday night (July 18), giving fans the first listen of “Been By Now.”

Wallen played the song live for the first time at his show in Baltimore, Md., at M&T Bank Stadium and revealed it’ll officially be released on Friday (July 24), as seen in videos filmed by concertgoers. He’s currently on his Still the Problem Tour, which brings him to Ann Arbor, Mich., next weekend and then wraps in Philadelphia, Pa.

Post-show, he shared a 40-second clip of the recorded version of “Been By Now” on social media.

“If it was meant to be, we’d have been by now/ We wouldn’t have to keep trying to work things out,” Wallen sings on the midtempo track that seems to be about a relationship that isn’t progressing, even though “baby, we’re a breeze when the lights go down.”

“Been By Now” will be the country star’s first new song release since his “I Can’t Love You Anymore” duet with Ella Langley, which arrived in April, and his 2025 hit album I’m the Problem, which spent a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; it’s still appearing in the top 10 of the all-genre chart, landing at No. 3 on this week’s ranking. I’m the Problem currently leads the Top Country Albums chart (dated July 25) for the 45th nonconsecutive week — and he’s the artist with the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 62-year history.

He has yet to announce any news about an upcoming studio album.

“Been By Now” can be pre-saved on streaming services here. Preview the new song via Wallen’s post on X below.