Natti Natasha commanded the stage at Premio Lo Nuestro with a captivating performance, where she gave a masterclass in bachata.

Wearing a backless black dress with a high slit, the Dominican star performed “Desde Hoy,” the gorgeous song that opens her new album Natti Natasha en Amargue. The set is entirely produced and penned by the King of Bachata himself, Romeo Santos. Natti began the performance serenading the couple next to her who danced bachata. She later showed off her own dance moves with her dancing partner.

During Billboard‘s red carpet livestream, Natti — a six-time nominee tonight — spoke about working with Romeo Santos for the LP. “He’s going to be watching the show tonight,” she said. “And I hope he and the Romeistas feels proud. I also hope my country, my flag and Latin America feels proud. Everyone has supported bachata and today we will be bachateando.”

Broadcasting live on Thursday (Feb. 20) from the Kaseya Center in Miami, the 2025 Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony is co-hosted by Laura Pausini, Thalia, and Alejandra Espinoza. Becky G & Carin León lead the list of nominations with 10 nods each. They are followed by Shakira and Myke Towers, with nine nods each; and Ángela Aguilar, Emilia, Grupo Frontera and Leonardo Aguilar, with eight nominations each.

La India, Alejandro Fernández and Manuel Alejandro are being honored with special awards. This year, the gala’s theme is “Uniendo Generaciones” (Uniting Generations), honoring the artists, songs, and albums that connect the past, present, and future of Latin music.

Touring can bring its fair share of unexpected adventures, but for British rockers The Wombats, a night out in Rio de Janeiro took an unnerving turn when an argument with the wrong person led to a high-stakes chase back to their hotel.

Frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy recalled the incident to The Daily Star’s Wired column that drama unfolded during a night out when tensions escalated between someone in the band’s group and a local they had unknowingly crossed paths with.

“We got chased in Rio by a gang. We were out, someone said the wrong thing, we were doing the wrong thing,” Murphy told the newspaper as per Music-News. “Somebody – I won’t say who got into an argument with this other guy, and didn’t realise who he was, or what he was in.”

The moment of confrontation quickly turned into something more sinister. As the band piled into a taxi, they realized they were being followed. “Our taxi was chased back to the hotel by these two Land Rovers,” Murphy revealed. “I ran up to my hotel room, and our tour manager had to diffuse the situation.”

He added, “Apparently, it was pretty freaky.”

While the Rio incident might have been their most alarming encounter, it wasn’t the only dramatic moment the band faced while touring in Brazil. Just days earlier, The Wombats had to cut their set short in São Paulo after a cyclone wreaked havoc mid-performance.

“When we played in São Paulo, a freak cyclone hit the stage in the middle of our third track and completely soaked us,” Murphy told NME in Oct. “Wrote off all the gear. Some steel split, and the stage we were on had folded down.”

Despite the mayhem, the festival carried on, with The Strokes headlining later that night under far-from-ideal conditions.

Murphy explained, “We were on the other stage, but it was facing the main stage where The Strokes were headlining. They went on that night, but all the drapes had come off, there was no screen, they were just playing against scaffolding. It was pretty ridiculous.”

The Wombats will soon kick off their upcoming arena run across the U.K. in March 2025. The band will take the stage in cities including London, Nottingham, Cardiff, and Manchester, with additional festival appearances lined up later in the year, following the release of their sixth studio album, Oh! The Ocean.

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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is hitting the road this April, though this time he’ll be promoting his new book instead of a new record.

The bassist and vocalist of the enduring Californian pop-punk band announced in late 2024 that he would be releasing his forthcoming memoir, Fahrenheit-182, on April 8. Co-authored with Los Angeles-based journalist and author Dan Ozzi, the book takes an in-depth look at Hoppus’ storied life, detailing his childhood in the ‘80s, a formative obsession with punk rock, skateboards and MTV, and how it all led towards his co-founding Blink-182 in August 1992.

“Threaded through with the very human story of a constant battle with anxiety and Mark’s public battle and triumph over cancer, Fahrenheit-182 is a delight for fans and also a funny, smart, and relatable memoir for anyone who has wanted to quit but kept going,” a description reads.

“This book has everything,” Hoppus himself said in a promotional clip for the book. “A young man, born in the California desert, joins a punk rock band and goes on to conquer the world! It’s got skateboarding! It’s got punk rock clubs! It’s got ’90s music! But that’s not all! Pre-order now and we’ll throw in with no extra cost to you: Anxiety! Depression! Band breakups! Loss of self! Suicidal thoughts and ideation! And of course everyone’s favorite: cancer! This shit gets dark.”

Now, Hoppus will be taking the book to the people, announcing a seven-date tour which will see him in conversation with a moderator as he discusses its writing and contents, and pairs it all with his trademark humor. The tour launches in New York City on April 9, and visits Somerville, MA; Washington D.C.; Philadelphia and Chicago, before wrapping up with two dates in California as he visits El Cajon and Los Angeles.

Tickets for Hoppus’ tour are on sale as of Feb. 21, with the musician urging audiences to buy up to ensure they “don’t miss out on all the small things.”

Hoppus’ tour comes following a busy couple of years for Blink-182 which saw them touring the world in support of their ninth studio album, One More Time…. The record was their third to peak atop the Billboard 200, and their first to feature co-founding guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge since his 2022 return, having split with the group for a second time seven years earlier.

This week also saw Hoppus announce the impending auction of a rare Banksy artwork that he acquired in 2011. The painting will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on March 4, and is expected to sell for up to $6.3 million.

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April 12 – The 9:30 Club, Washington D.C.
April 13 – The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
April 16 – Park West, Chicago, IL
April 18 – The Magnolia, El Cajon, CA
April 20 – The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

A private funeral service for Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti was held Wednesday (Feb. 19) at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York.

Among those in attendance, according to TMZ, were Murder Inc. artists Ja Rule, Ashanti, Lloyd, Charli Baltimore and Vita. Also at the service, in addition to Gotti’s family, were Jay-Z (sitting in the front row), Gayle King, Fat Joe, industry executive Steve Stoute, music video/film director Hype Williams, fellow director Benny Boom and radio personality/podcaster Angie Martinez.

An emotional Ja Rule gave the eulogy, a clip of which appeared on X. “I won’t take up any more time,” said the rapper as he stood before the mourners. “I just want to say Irv, I love you. Everyone in this room loves you. You touched everybody in your own way and everybody has their moments of that with you. We’re all here in celebration of your life because it will live on forever. I love you my brother; see you when I get there.”

Gotti died on Feb. 5 at the age of 54 after suffering a stroke. In the wake of his success in helping to bring DMX to Def Jam, Gotti and his brother Chris co-founded Murder Inc. Records — titled after the crime syndicate of the same name — in 1998. As an imprint of the pioneering hip-hop label, Murder Inc. signed rapper Ja Rule as its flagship artist. Gotti also discovered and signed teenage singer and future R&B star Ashanti.

Over the course of his career as an executive and creative, Gotti logged producer credits on 28 charting Billboard Hot 100 hits from Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe and Ye.