After returning home from the Winter Olympics in Milan, Snoop Dogg will bring the sizzle to the Las Vegas Strip, where he’ll perform at the grand opening of the Tailgate Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on May 16.

Brought to life by Clique Hospitality, every day is gameday at the Tailgate Beach Club. The sports-centric dayclub brings Sin City’s premium hospitality experience tailored to the diehard fan.

“Vegas knows how to throw a party, and Tailgate Beach Club sounds like it’s bringing a whole new vibe to the Strip,” Snoop relays to Billboard. “I’m excited to come out, rock with the crowd and help get things started.”

The state-of-the-art venue includes three heated pools and 125 feet of LED screens for 360-degree big game viewing, surrounded by upscale bungalows and cabanas to keep cool in the desert.

“We couldn’t think of a better person to help us open the doors than Snoop Dogg. He’s a true lover of sports and embodies the kind of laid-back, high-energy vibe Tailgate Beach Club is bringing to the Las Vegas Strip” said Andy Masi, founder of Clique Hospitality, in a statement. “Snoop knows how to bring people together to have fun, celebrate and enjoy the moment, and that is exactly the tone we want to set from day one.”

The Tailgate Beach Club will be open from Thursday at 11 a.m. PT to Sunday, and won’t close until the final buzzer sounds, while extended hours will be accommodated for primetime matchups. There will be plenty of entertainment options for frequenters, who will be able to play PlayStation, beer pong, foosball and ping pong games.

“Tailgate Beach Club is an exciting addition to Mandalay Bay and another way we continue to evolve our guests’ resort experience,” said Ben Kott, Mandalay Bay’s SVP and general manager. “This concept blends the excitement of live sporting events with the atmosphere of a Las Vegas dayclub, delivering a unique way for fans to gather, celebrate and experience the energy of The Strip.”

Snoop has lived at the intersection of sports, music and entertainment in pop culture, so it’s only fitting he brings his array of West Coast anthems to the Tailgate Beach Club stage — which sits steps away from Allegiant Stadium — on May 16 for a summer kickoff in the midst of the NBA and NHL Playoffs.

Check out a trailer of what’s to come with the Tailgate Beach Club below.

At this point, award-show viewers are pretty used to seeing people’s acceptance speeches get cut for time. But at the Oscars on Sunday (March 15), the songwriters behind KPop Demon Hunters hit “Golden” were interrupted so abruptly during their historic win, the ceremony was widely criticized for making the production call, which Walt Disney Television executive vp Rob Mills has now addressed.

In an interview with Variety published one day after Hollywood’s biggest night, Mills — one of the producers for the Oscars — said that the harsh cutoff during the best original song presentation has inspired his team to rethink their approach for next year. “One thing, as we post mortem for next year, will be to look at how we’re handling speeches,” he began.

“You win the Oscar, you know you go on stage, it could be one person, it could be five or six,” Mills continued. “Immediately you’ll see the sort of allotted time we have for them. Do we need to look at it and say, ‘OK, designate one person to speak.’ Maybe you continue it backstage, and we have a feed on social or something like that. We look at everything and figure out what is the most elegant solution, because it is difficult, especially when you’re cutting somebody off, and it’s their one moment.”

He added, “I don’t know what the most elegant solution is, but it’s obviously something we should look really, really long and hard at.”

At Sunday’s ceremony, “Golden” beat out nominated songs from Sinners, Viva Verdi!, Train Dreams and Diane Warren: Relentless. After the Billboard Hot 100-topping smash’s writers accepted their trophy, only EJAE — who also provided the singing vocals for KPop Demon Hunters character Rumi — got the chance to deliver her remarks in full.

“Thank you so much to the academy for this insane award,” she said. “Growing up, people made fun of me for liking K-pop, but now everyone’s singing our song and all the Korean lyrics. I’m so proud. And I realized, the song, this award is not about success. It’s about resilience.”

Then, when cowriter Yu-Han Lee stepped up to say his thanks, he got through a few words before the Oscars’ live orchestra started playing over him. EJAE and the other songwriters were visibly upset and appeared to try to wave at the production team to stop, but they were ushered backstage, where they did eventually get to finish their speeches.

Nevertheless, KPop Demon Hunters‘ win marks a historic moment all around. “Golden” is now the first K-pop song to win an Oscar, adding to the long list of accolades the smash Netflix film has notched since its premiere last summer.

Another historic award the film will soon take home is Billboard‘s Woman of the Year, which, for the first time ever, will be presented as Women of the Year. EJAE and her fellow HUNTR/X vocalists, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI, will share the coveted prize following the Billboard Women in Music Awards in April.

Jay-Z and The Roots are set to headline the Roots Picnic 2026. Slated for May 30 and May 31, the festival has moved venues in Philadelphia to the Belmont Plateau.

Pre-sale tickets are currently on sale with the promo code “ROOTS26” at the Roots Picnic website, while the general public will have another chance on Wednesday (March 18) at 10 a.m. local time. Fans should stay tuned for plenty of additions to the festival lineup in the coming weeks.

“Moving the Roots Picnic to Belmont Plateau and bringing JAŸ-Z and The Roots together to perform are both bucket-list moments for us,” said Shawn Gee, The Roots’ manager and president of Live Nation Urban, in a statement. “After meeting with Mayor Cherelle Parker and hearing her vision for Philadelphia 250, she truly inspired us to dream even bigger, and we’re grateful to her, Commissioner Susan Slawson, Jazelle Jones and everyone who helped make it happen. We can’t wait to see everyone in May at the Plat.”

The Roots Picnic will serve as Jay-Z’s first performance since joining Beyoncé on stage in Paris at the final overseas show of the Cowboy Carter Tour in June. It’s also his first time sharing the stage with The Roots in more than a decade.

The Brooklyn rap deity’s last festival appearance came as a surprise when he hit the stage at Pharrell’s Something in the Water Festival in Virginia in 2019.

Fans have been speculating about a Hov comeback for this summer, with 2026 serving as the 30th anniversary of his Reasonable Doubt debut and the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint.

He’s left a few hints, too, as he added the umlaut back to his name, JAŸ-Z, which he carried during the Reasonable Doubt era. Jay’s also launched a new website, released a handful of classic songs on vinyl and dropped the OG “Dead Presidents” on streaming services earlier this year. Hov’s last solo album arrived with 4:44 in 2017, which topped the Billboard 200.

Find the Roots Picnic announcement below.

Bruno Mars has signed a global music publishing administration partnership with Avex Music Group.

The new deal will begin once Mars completes his current contract with BMG/Warner Chappell this summer.

“Bruno Mars is one of the most culturally impactful songwriters of his generation,” Katsumi Kuroiwa, CEO of Avex Inc., said in a statement. “We are honored to partner with him and support his future works.”

Brandon Silverstein, CEO of Avex Music Group, added, “We are thrilled to welcome Bruno to Avex and look forward to supporting his incredible songs.”

In February, Mars released his fourth album, The Romantic, which marked his first solo album since 2016. The record debuted atop the Billboard 200, while lead single “I Just Might” rebounded to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the same tracking week — the single, released Jan. 9, became Mars’ first to debut atop the chart.

Similarly, The Romantic became his first album to debut atop the Billboard 200; Mars’ second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, is his only other project that reached the summit, climbing to No. 1 nearly three months after it arrived.

The Romantic arrived on the heels of two mega-hits for Mars: “Die With a Smile” with Lady Gaga and “APT.” with Rosé.

While speaking with Billboard in December for a cover conversation with Rosé, Mars teased that the pair have another song they worked on together. “I won’t say the title… We’re just trying to figure out when, or how,” he teased at the time. Considering it didn’t make The Romantic, fans are left waiting a while longer.

In the same conversation, Mars reflected on the key to longevity in the music business. “We’re in the songwriting business and it’s not easy,” he said. “It’s not easy to write a song that’s got the thing. But you can’t forget that it’s not going to happen everyday — you just got to be an antenna and be ready when it does. And that’s it. There’s no shortcut… And good luck, because it’s almost impossible. That’s the hardest thing to do in our line of work: to be able to hit some kind of frequency that means something to people.”