Niall Horan is hosting a dinner party, and Australia is invited.

The Irish pop star will set off early next year for the Australian leg of his Dinner Party Tour, with arena shows in Adelaide (Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Feb. 10), Melbourne (Rod Laver Arena on Feb. 12), Sydney (Qudos Bank Arena on Feb. 16) and Brisbane (Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Feb. 19). As the itinerary stands, Perth misses out.

“I always love coming back to Australia, so I’m absolutely buzzing to finally announce Dinner Party Live On Tour for February 2027,” says Horan in a statement issued Wednesday, June 10. “The support from Australian fans has always been amazing, and I can’t wait to get back over there and play these new songs for you. We’ve got a bigger and better show planned, four albums worth of tunes to get through, and a few surprises up our sleeves. It’s going to be a really special run.”

Emerging Australian artist Jude York is the support on Horan’s tour down under, which is produced by TEG Live, part of the TEG Group.

Since entering our lives in the 2010 season of the U.K.’s The X Factor, and sliding into the pop phenomenon that was One Direction, Horan has had the rub of the green. As a member of 1D, the Irishman made Billboard chart history when the pop group’s 2012 debut album, Up All Night, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making the pop group the first British act to debut atop the chart with a first album. With three additional consecutive No. 1 bows — Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014) — 1D became the first group in Billboard 200 history to see its first four studio albums enter at the chart summit.

It’s a similar 1D chart story on the other side of the Atlantic: Four U.K. No. 1 albums, four U.K. No. 1 singles.

As a solo artist, Horan has two No. 1s on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with 2020’s Heartbreak Weather and 2023’s The Show, while his debut album, 2017’s Flicker, went all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In Australia, Horan landed his first solo No. 1 when The Show debuted at No. 1 on the official ARIA Albums Chart.

Horan is, of course, supporting his new album Dinner Party (via Universal Music), his fourth solo project. Dinner Party leads the midweek U.K. chart, where it is on track to become his third leader, the Official Charts Company reports.

The general on sale for Horan’s Dinner Party Tour of Australia gets underway Thursday, June 18 at 2pm local time, with fan club and partner presales kicking off from Monday, June 15 at 1pm local time. Visit teglive.com.au for more information.

Niall Horan “Dinner Party Tour” Of Australia 2027
Feb. 10 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Feb. 12 — Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
Feb. 16 — Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena
Feb. 19 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Pooh Shiesty is set for a February 2027 trial in the bombshell criminal case that alleges he forced Gucci Mane to sign a record deal release at gunpoint.

The rapper (Lontrell Williams Jr.) was assigned the trial date in a Friday (June 5) court order obtained by Billboard. He’s set to be tried in Texas federal court alongside eight alleged co-conspirators, including his father, Lontrell Williams Sr., and fellow rapper Big30 (Rodney Wright Jr.).

Shiesty and his co-defendants were arrested in April and accused of kidnapping and extortion, charges that carry up to life in prison if they’re convicted. The case stems from a January business meeting at a Dallas recording studio over Shiesty’s contract with Mane’s 1017 Records label.

Prosecutors allege that Sheisty and his co-conspirators pulled out guns, barricaded Mane’s team inside a recording studio and forced Mane to sign paperwork releasing Shiesty from his record deal. The group is also accused of stealing jewelry and other high-value items during the incident.

All the defendants who have been arraigned so far have entered not-guilty pleas. Shiesty’s lawyer, Kent Schaffer, recently told Billboard regarding the charges, “We have not seen anything that leads me to believe that our client will be convicted.”

Chris Knox, who represents Shiesty’s father, said in a statement, “We disagree with the government’s allegations and representations regarding what happened at the music studio. Indictments are drafted by prosecutors and only tell one side of a story. We are confident that the evidence in this case will show that Lontrell Williams Sr. is not guilty of the offenses with which he has been charged.”

A trial was initially set for this July, but it was pushed to Feb. 22, 2027, after all parties agreed that they needed more time to sift through the evidence and prepare. Some of the defendants, including Williams Sr., have been released on bail in the meantime. Shiesty, however, remains in custody.

Last month, Judge Renée Harris Toliver denied Shiesty’s bail request after hearing testimony from an FBI agent and determining there’s “probable cause to believe that defendant committed the law violations alleged in the criminal complaint.”

The judge also ruled that Shiesty is not to be trusted outside of custody, given that the alleged kidnapping occurred when the rapper was still on house arrest following his October release from prison on previous gun charges.

Madonna has never been one to hold back about her sex life, even if the details involve other famous faces.

Her candid response to questions about the people she has enjoyed having sex with during a recent interview has a member of the Kennedy family — Jack Schlossberg, JFK Jr.’s nephew — chiming in.

During an interview in late May with the dating app Grindr, Madge was asked about her “best d— down.” Unfiltered as usual, the 67-year-old replied, “I’m only going to name dead people,” before proceeding to whisper, “John Kennedy Jr.”

Schlossberg, who is running for Congress in New York, was put in the hot seat by TV host Andy Cohen regarding Madge’s feedback. During an interview on Radio Andy, Cohen asked the writer-turned-politician his thoughts on Madonna’s reference to his uncle’s performance in the sack.

“When you hear someone like Madonna say, ‘JFK Jr. was some of the best sex I’ve ever had,’ do you chuckle at that?” Cohen asked.

Schlossberg paused, thought out his response and said, “All I can say is that I bet she was right.”

“There you go. That’s a good answer,” Cohen replied, acknowledging that Schlossberg was running for office and had to think carefully about how he would answer.

The Queen of Pop is on a press run to promote her forthcoming project, Confessions II, her 15th studio album. Her previous project, Madame X, was a hit for the singer, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in June 2019 and marking her ninth No. 1 album in the United States.

On June 8, the pop diva was announced by Italian makeup brand KIKO Milano as its global brand ambassador during an exclusive event in New York City. Madonna, whose visual project Confessions II — The Film recently premiered at the Tribeca Festival, has been busy promoting her upcoming album, which drops July 3.

See the interview here: