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Fresh off their tour across North America, Turnstile partners with Fender on a new line of guitars and bass guitars just before the Baltimore-based band heads to Europe and Oceania to continue their “Never Enough” tour.
With prices starting at $1,499.99, the American Professional Classic line features a brand update of Fender’s iconic guitarist, such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, and Jaguar, while the new series also has updates of classic bass styles, like the Jazz, Precision, and Mustang.
According to Fender, the series has all-new Coastline pickups that are designed for “clarity, punch, and dynamic expression,” to deliver the brand’s “signature warmth and bite.” The new American-made guitars and bass guitars are considered reliable, durable and consistent, which are qualities ideal for bands on tour performing night-after-night.
“When you’re in a different place constantly, sometimes the most familiar thing is the guitar that you bring every single night,” says Turnstile guitarist Pat McCrory in a statement. “We look for something that sounds the same every time, sounds exactly how you want it, but also has versatility because spaces change. Sometimes you play outside, sometimes it sounds different, sometimes you play inside or there’s noise lighting. Having some durability but flexibility is very important.”
Scroll down and shop a few musical instruments from the Fender American Professional Classic lineup.
Meanwhile, you can get free shipping to your home on all orders over $50 (so you’ll be covered with anyone of these guitars or bass guitars), while Fender offers easy returns and exchanges within 30 days of purchase. Learn more about Fender’s return and exchange policy here.
The Fender American Professional Classic line, which comes in an assortment of styles and colors, is now available at Fender, Guitar Center, Sweetwater and other retailers. In the meantime, watch Turnstile perform “Look Out For Me” below.
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Now that Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop team has posted its Grammy predictions for four of the R&B categories in the 68th annual race — best R&B performance, best traditional R&B performance, best R&B song and best R&B album — it’s time to review the top prospects in the fifth and final category: best progressive R&B album.
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Recent winners in the category include Lucky Daye (Table for Two, 2022), Steve Lacy (Gemini Rights, 2023) and SZA (SOS, 2024). Thanks to a tie, two winners took home the gramophone in 2025: longtime independent artist Avery Sunshine (So Glad to Know You) and the R&B/hip-hop super duo NxWorries comprised of Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge (Why Lawd?).
Formerly known as best urban contemporary album, the category was renamed best progressive R&B album in 2020. In recognizing “excellence in albums of progressive R&B vocal tracks,” per the Recording Academy’s definition, such entries are rooted in many of the elements comprising R&B but also embrace additional sounds including hip-hop, rap, pop, dance and electronic music. The rulebook further defines the category’s music as having “an emphasis on experimentation and innovation, often through unconventional song structures, dynamic production techniques and multi-genre influences that challenge traditional R&B conventions.”
Albums released between Aug. 31, 2024 and Aug. 30, 2025 fitting this category include familiar vets like Bilal (Adjust Brightness), Gallant (Zinc), Jessie Reyez (Paid in Memories), Kali Uchis (Sincerely) and Allen Stone (Mystery). A host of upstarts also waved the progressive banner in their own inimitable styles, such as SAILORR (From Florida’s Finest), Laila! (Gap Year), Jordan Adetunji (A Jaguar’s Dream) and Cautious Clay (The Hours: Morning).
In addition to those on-the-cusp contenders, there are others of note to consider. Chief among them is the group FLO (Access All Areas), KWN (With All Due Respect), Destin Conrad (Love on Digital), Fridayy (Some Days I’m Good, Some Days I’m Not), UMI (People Stories) and Kelela (In the Blue Light).
With such a cornucopia of projects to choose from, predicting the nods in this category isn’t an easy task. One scenario could have Kali Uchis, Destin Conrad, Fridayy and Jessie Reyez fighting for the last spot. Or perhaps there could be another surprise from left field a la Avery Sunshine at the 67th annual ceremony.
So which five albums will score nods for best progressive R&B album when the Recording Academy unveils its slate on Nov. 7? Check out Billboard’s predictions below.
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In the first Wicked film, fans of the musical got to see Elphaba as a child — and, as revealed in a new teaser, they’ll now get to see little Glinda when Wicked: For Good hits theaters in November.
In a preview shared by Universal Pictures on Wednesday (Oct. 22), an elementary-school-age Glinda appears in a dress in her signature pink shade while telling someone off camera, “I want to be magical — for real.”
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The video then shows scenes of adult Glinda — played by Ariana Grande — embracing her new role as Glinda the Good, serving as a spokes-witch of sorts for The Wizard of Oz and his agenda. We see her ceremoniously putting on her tiara and testing out her flying bubble, which we learn is operated by a pedal.
The young actress playing Grande’s mini-me in the second Wicked film is Scarlett Spears, whom the pop star shouted out in a sweet post on Instagram after the casting reveal. “my tiny girl in the bubble, played by the wonderful and talented @miss.scarlett.brielle,” Grande wrote, sharing a black-and-white photo of herself and Spears hugging while decked out in their Glinda gowns.
“thank you for your beautiful work and for allowing the world to understand our Galinda more deeply than ever before,” she added. “i adore you so.”
The additions of little Glinda and little Elphaba — who was played in the first Wicked by Karis Musongole — exemplify the advantages of adapting musicals for the big screen, with director Jon M. Chu getting the chance to add to the beloved characters’ origin stories. The films will also see the additions of two brand new songs — “No Place Like Home” sung by Cynthia Erivo and “The Girl in the Bubble” performed by Grande — composed by Stephen Schwartz, who crafted the music for the Wicked Broadway musical.
See young Glinda in the new Wicked: For Good teaser below.
