System of a Down are taking their show on the road again next year, with a newly announced run of U.K. and European stadium shows slotted for summer 2026. The string of seven shows from Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan will find the Armenian-American metal quartet joined by Queens of the Stone Age and recently reunited Louisiana sludge metal legends Acid Bath.

The tour will kick off in Stockholm, Sweden on June 29 at Strawberry Arena and hit Stade De France in Paris on July 2, Ippodromo Snai La Maura in Milan, Italy on July 6 and Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany on July 8 before stopping in Düsseldorf, Germany and London, wrapping up on July 18 in Warsaw, Poland at the PGE Narodowy. The gigs will mark SOAD’s first European swing since 2017.

Tickets for the show will go on sale in an artist pre-sale open through Monday (Sept. 15), followed by a general on-sale beginning on Sept. 19 at 12 p.m. local time; click here for ticket information.

At the band’s show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last month — part of a limited stadium run in which they played two nights in three U.S. cities — they offered a touching tribute to late hard rock icon Ozzy Osbourne following his death on July 22 at age 76. Before playing a spot-on cover of Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind” as a tribute their metal forefather, Malakian told the crowd about how his band’s crucial early-‘00s runs on the Ozzfest bill helped SOAD break in the U.S. “We want to thank Ozzy Osbourne!” Malakian yelled as the audience broke into a spontaneous “OZ-ZY!” chant.

Check out SOAD’s 2026 U.K./European tour dates below.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the Savannah Bananas baseball team yet, good luck. The waiting list to score tickets for the viral sensation team whose acrobatic feats of delight are a mash-up of the Harlem Globetrotters, minor league goofiness and some seriously impressive hardball skills is a mile long.

But Jimmy Fallon’s got you covered.

The Tonight Show host lamented on Wednesday night’s (Sept. 10) show that the wait list is more than three million people long, which prompted the Roots’ Black Thought to suggest that it would be nice if the team just came to Jimmy instead. “Yeah, ha ha, yeah, Tariq. Can you imagine the entire Savannah Bananas team showing up here,” Fallon scoffed.

Then the impossible happened and a man in the audience ripped off his suit to reveal a #15 jersey as hunky outfielder Robert Cruz asked “what if it wasn’t impossible, Jimmy?” to the howls of the studio audience. Cruz bopped his way down to the stage to the strains of Benson Boone’s “Mystical Magic,” lip-syching the moonbeam ice cream jam as he side flipped to the studio floor and five more Bananas ripped off their civilian drag to reveal their bright yellow uniforms.

The men did a hip-swaying routine before making way for #10 Alex Ziegler, who showed off his impressive bat-balancing skills to the strains of Run-DMC’s “It’s Tricky.” Balancing a flaming bat on his nose as his teammates did a shuffle behind him, Ziegler grabbed another bat and flipped it in a dizzying flourish that paved the way for sky-high stilt walker #14 Dakota Albritton to amble out to Fall Out Boy’s “High Hopes,” naturally.

Another half-dozen bananas joined in, rocking their shoulders like buff Rockettes doing a hip-hop line dance. That was about all the umpire could take, as he stormed out and bellowed, “you’re gone!,” telling the hyped-up players they needed to scoot. Fallon tried to intervene, acknowledging that even the rule-keepers need “their moment.”

Cue T-Pain’s “Booty Wurk,” as the umpire dropped it low and twerked it out while his fellow official backflipped and seven corpulent, belly-baring male cheerleaders (the Man-Nanas) came out and shook it to Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”

The whole routine ended with Fallon joining the team for their traditional big finish line kick, though Cruz stopped the show to explain that the crowd-pleasing routine was for Bananas only. Cue Bananas founder Jesse Cole bopping out in his signature yellow suit and matching bowler hat to offer Fallon a spot on the team by unfurling the scroll-like “Honorary Banana” team contract to the new #19.

Watch the whole bit below.

Trey Songz has reached a confidential settlement to end a lawsuit claiming he sexually assaulted a woman at a Miami nightclub on New Year’s Eve in 2018.

The R&B singer (Tremaine Neverson) was facing assault and battery claims from Jauhara Jeffries, who alleges Songz non-consensually penetrated her with his fingers while they were dancing at E11even Miami in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2018. Songz denied ever assaulting Jeffries.

The pair had been gearing up to go to trial next month alongside E11even Miami, which was accused in Jeffries’ lawsuit of negligently serving alcohol to Songz despite his public history of substance abuse. But new docket entries in Florida court say Jeffries, Songz and the club have all reached a settlement to end the litigation.

“This court has been advised that the matter has been settled as to all parties and therefore, it is hereby ordered and adjudged that this case is dismissed,” wrote Judge Antonio Arzola on Tuesday (Sept. 9). “The court reserves jurisdiction to enforce the settlement and to enter orders necessary to this enforcement.”

The terms of the settlement have not been made public, as is typical for out-of-court resolutions. Jeffries’ lawyer, Ariel Mitchell, tells Billboard on Wednesday (Sept. 10), “I can only comment that the matter has been resolved.”

Reps for Songz and E11even Miami did not immediately return requests for comment.

Songz has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct over the years. The singer previously settled claims that he assaulted a woman at a Los Angeles house party in 2016, and he’s set to go to trial next year over a separate Las Vegas incident from 2021.

Jeffries first filed her lawsuit in 2020, and it had been scheduled to go to trial in Miami this October before a settlement was reached. The case had been muddled by allegations from Songz’s legal team that Mitchell, Jeffries’ attorney, attempted to bribe a witness into backing her client’s version of the events at E11even Miami.

Mitchell has strongly denied these claims, and Judge Arzola ultimately declined to issue penalties earlier this year after finding that there wasn’t conclusive evidence of bribery in what amounted to a “classic ‘she-said versus she-said’ scenario.”

However, Mitchell is facing disciplinary action from the Florida Bar for falsely telling media outlets, including Billboard, back in 2022, that she’d already been cleared of wrongdoing related to the bribery allegations. In reality, says the Florida Bar, Mitchell was still under investigation at the time of these press comments.

Americana music fans stream more music and spend significantly more on it than the average music streaming consumer, according to new research from the Digital Media Association (DIMA).

The research was produced on behalf of DIMA by music consumer research/analyst service Music Watch Inc., based on American music listener surveys conducted in 2023 and 2024. It found that the average Americana fan spends twice as much as the average American music streamer on music — recorded music, live and merchandise — each year ($837 versus $400), characterizing the degree of their activity as “superfan-level.”

The research also found that Americana music listeners spend 24% more time listening to music in an average week than other music fans, with Americana listeners spending 28.3 hours per week versus 22.8 hours for the average music fan. Additionally, the research found that 99% of Americana fans stream music, compared to 94% of the American population, with 71% paying for an on-demand subscription — significantly above the 44% national average.

The research further found that 76% of Americana music streamers are under age 44, showcasing the genre’s strong connection with younger audiences. It also found that the United States’ highest concentrations of Americana listeners are located in the South Central and South Atlantic regions.

Graham Davies, president/CEO of DIMA, said in a statement, “This research underlines the passion of the Americana community and how streaming is deepening that engagement. Americana has grown
from a regional scene into a genre with national and international reach. With streaming now representing 69% of recorded music revenues globally, streaming services are powering this growth by connecting artists directly with audiences everywhere. Innovations from streaming services help ensure that Americana creators and rights holders in genres like Americana reach audiences across the country and around the world, and empower fans to discover new music and build deeper, lasting relationships with their favorite artists.”

The research comes amid the annual AmericanaFest, including the Americana Honors & Awards, which takes place Wednesday night (Sept. 10) in Nashville. This year’s top nominees include Sierra Ferrell, Billy Strings, Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun and I’m With Her.

Dame Dash has responded to the news of 50 Cent and Cam’ron teaming up to develop and produce a television series based on the 2002 cult classic Paid in Full.

50 recently announced that he purchased the rights to the movie and has Cam attached as an executive producer. “I now have the rights to PAID IN FULL, im developing it into a premium Tv show,” he captioned on Instagram. “If you like God Father of Harlem your gonna love this. Cam set to Executive produce along side me, if you want in get at him I’m out of the country.”

After the news was announced, Dame took to his Instagram to congratulate Cam and wished them the best of luck. Well, sort of.

“Cam just made a post, major announcement,” Dash said in a video. “I wanna congratulate him for making 50 his new boss. So, congratulations, Cam, 50 is now your new boss and you’re proud of it. Congratulations, my n—a.”

Paid in Full was loosely based on teenage Harlem drug kingpins Azie “AZ” Faison, Rich Porter and Albert “Alpo” Martinez and was executive produced by Dash and starred Cam’ron as Rico. which was a character based on Alpo.

In fact, earlier this year, the Harlem rapper told a story about randomly running into Alpo before the former drug kingpin was killed in a road rage incident back in 2021 and said Martinez critiqued his portrayal in the movie. “I meant to tell you, man,” Alpo apparently said. “You did a great job in the movie, your movement was off a little bit. You wasn’t movin’ exactly how I move, but you did a good job.”