As festival season comes to a close, fans still have one more big fest to look forward to — and they just added plenty of new names to get excited about.

On Thursday (Sept. 4), Global Citizen announced that Adam Lambert, Bill Nye, Liza Koshy and Danai Gurira will join the 2025 Global Citizen Festival lineup as co-hosts on Sept. 27. The quartet of stars will join actor-singer Hugh Jackman, who was previously announced as the host for the annual benefit festival.

Additionally, the organization also announced a number of guest speakers that are set to appear at this year’s festival — including Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn, Laurie Hernandez, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers among others — while adding Latin superstar Camilo to the lineup of performers.

The news comes months after the organization announced that The Weeknd and Shakira would serve as headliners at the festival, with stars like Tyla, Mariah the Scientist and Ayra Starr also set to perform. “I’m honored to headline the incredible Global Citizen Festival in Central Park this September,” Shakira wrote in a statement at the time. “I can’t wait to perform, unite, and inspire action.”

Fans who are unable to come see the concert live in New York City will be able to watch the show via livestream on YouTube, Apple Music and Apple TV on Sept. 27.

Earlier this summer, Lambert made headlines for his breakout performance as Judas in a three-night presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl, where he starred alongside Cynthia Erivo as Jesus. Speaking to Billboard before the show’s run, Lambert praised his co-star’s performance, while adding that he was “excited by the challenge of presenting the audience with a production led by a female, Black ‘Jesus,’” and encouraged the audience who came to see the show to “expand their minds a bit.”

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The road to Super Bowl LX in California starts with the first week of the NFL regular season. To kickoff the season, two NFC East rivals go head-to-head to glory on the gridiron.

The Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tonight (Sept. 4).

When Does Dallas vs. Philadelphia Start?

The Dallas vs. Philadelphia game broadcasts live, with kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET/5:20 p.m. PT. The game airs on NBC and livestreams on Peacock.

Where to Watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia for Free

For cord-cutters, there are a few ways to watch Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, especially if you want to watch for free. DirecTV has a five-day free trial, while other streaming services, such as Fubo and Hulu + Live TV, offer a free trial so you can watch NBC for free.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch the Dallas-Philadelphia game online.

How to Watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia With DirecTV

A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC for Dallas vs. Philadelphia — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $49.99 for the first month of service and $84.99 per month after that. The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks such as Fox, ABC, CBS and PBS, while you can watch many of the best sports networks, including ESPN, FS1, CNBC, NBA TV, NHL Network, Big Ten Network, TNT Sports, The Golf Channel and many others.

How to Watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia With Hulu + Live TV

The Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles game on NBC is available to watch with Hulu + Live TV too. Prices for the cable alternative start at $82.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost.

Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one bundle. It features many other networks, including ABC, Hallmark Channel, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, NBC, Fox Sports and more.

How to Watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia with Fubo

To watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia on NBC, Fubo starts at $54.99 for the first month, $84.99 per month afterwards (the streamer’s current deal) with more than 240 channels — including local and cable — that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers.

The service even gets you live access to local broadcast networks including NBC, CBS and ABC, while it has dozens of cable networks, such as ESPN, Bravo, CMT, ID, TV Land, VH1, TLC, E!, FS1, MTV, FX, Ion, OWN, Paramount Network and much more.

How to Watch Dallas vs. Philadelphia with Peacock

The Dallas-Eagles game livestreams on Peacock, which is also the home for NFL on NBC, for subscribers only. If you’re already a subscriber to Peacock, you can watch the game for free. Not a Peacock subscriber? Monthly plans start at just $10.99 per month for Peacock Premium and $16.99 per month for the commercial-free, Premium Plus. If you subscribe to Peacock’s annual plans you’ll be able to save around 17% off your streaming package.

Who Is Performing During Dallas vs. Philadelphia Game?

There’s a few of performances throughout the game. The NFL game starts with Boyz II Men performing the National Anthem before kickoff, while singer Laurin Talese performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

How to Buy Dallas vs. Philadelphia Tickets Online

Want to attend the Dallas-Philadelphia game in person? There are still last-minute tickets to the NFL season opening game available via Vivid Seats (get $20 off purchases of $200 and over with code BB2024), SeatGeek (your first purchases can get $10 off ticket order $250 and with code BILLBOARD10), StubHub and GameTime (score $20 off ticket orders of $150 and over with code SAVE20). Prices vary depending on the city and seats available.

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Starting at 8:20 p.m. ET/5:20 p.m. PT, NFL Season Opener 2025-26: Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles broadcasts on NBC. It’s available to livestream on DirecTV for free tonight.

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Lady Gaga announced late Wednesday (Sept. 3) that she had to postpone her Mayhem Ball Tour stop in Miami after fans had already packed Kaseya Center for the show.

She revealed that her voice was strained during rehearsals on Tuesday night and that it hadn’t improved during her warm-up ahead of Wednesday night’s show.

“Hi everyone I am really so so sorry but I need to postpone tonight’s show in Miami,” Gaga wrote in an all-caps message posted to her Instagram Stories. “During rehearsal last night and my vocal warmup tonight my voice was extremely strained and both my [doctor] and vocal coach have advised me not to go on because of the risk it poses.”

In her message, Gaga expressed just how “agonizing” the decision was for her to make, but she couldn’t ignore the potential for long-term damage to her voice.

“I want to be hardcore and just push through this for you but I don’t want to risk long term or permanent damage on my vocal cords,” Gaga wrote. “There is a significant risk based on all our combined experience with a show like ours and as you know I sing live every night –and even though this was a hard and agonizing decision I would be more afraid of the long term implications on my voice. I hope you can forgive me and accept my sincerest apologies for any disappointment, let down, inconvenience. I am so so sorry. I tried so hard to avoid this. I take serious care of myself to be able to put on this highly demanding show. I love my fans so much, respect you and hope you can accept my sincere regretful apology.”

To end the message, Gaga assured fans: “We are trying to reschedule the show as quickly as possible.”

Videos on social media showed fans pouring out of Miami’s Kaseya Center after being informed of the last-minute postponement.

Gaga kicked off her Mayhem Ball Tour in Las Vegas in July and has U.S. dates scheduled through Sept. 18 in Chicago. Her international dates — with stops in Europe, Australia and Asia — go through Jan. 30.

Next up, Gaga is scheduled for two more dates at New York’s Madison Square Garden this weekend — on Saturday and Sunday — as well as a performance on Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Earlier Wednesday, Gaga dropped “The Dead Dance,” featured in the second season of Wednesday, along with a Tim Burton-directed music video and a deluxe edition of her most recent Mayhem album.

As opposition to the $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Virgin Music Group heats up, Downtown CEO Pieter van Rijn says the controversial deal has attracted more attention because of the buyer’s owner, Universal Music Group (UMG), than it has for the benefits musicians would enjoy from the combination.

In an open letter obtained by Billboard, which arrived as the European Commission investigates the acquisition’s potential effect on competition, van Rijn took aim at what he called “misinformation” aimed at “undermin[ing] our longstanding and trusted client relationships….It’s disappointing to see how quickly some parts of our industry closed the door to rooms we — and others — helped build.” He added that the debate about the acquisition, announced on Dec. 16, and its impact on the independent music community “must be honest. It must be about facts, not agendas.”  

While van Rijn referred to the acquisition as a “merger” of Downtown and Virgin, a label services provider owned by UMG, European regulators are more concerned about the transaction’s potential to hurt competition for artist and label services. In July, European regulators began a four-month investigation into the acquisition after a standard preliminary review, owing to the fact that UMG is the largest record label/publisher by both annual revenue and market capitalization, and that Downtown owns a variety of companies that allow independent recording artists and songwriters to generate revenue in today’s digital-focused market, including distributors FUGA and CD Baby, publishing administrator Songtrust and rights management company AdRev.  

Opposition quickly mounted after Virgin and Downtown announced the acquisition. The day after the revelation, the deal was opposed by independent music groups IMPALA, Association of Independent Music (AIM) and IMPF, a global trade body for independent music publishers. IMPALA executive chair Helen Smith called the transaction “another land grab” and urged European competition authorities “to set the standard internationally” by blocking the deal.  

But van Rijn has painted the company’s acquisition by Virgin as an opportunity to better serve independent artists who need a range of services to compete in the modern global music business. He called Virgin “a business that aligned with our own, not only in its philosophy but also in the complementary services that we offered.” Downtown had been approached by other interested suitors, van Rijn said, but Virgin’s interest marked the first time Downtown encountered a potential partner “who wanted to invest in Downtown, our team, and our clients.” 

Without naming names, van Rijn referenced independent music groups that “chose to overlook the clear benefits for their members” that the acquisition offers. Independent artists, he continued, need partners “to open doors and unlock the potential of their music.” He added that these artists would be better off under a combined Downtown-Virgin that could offer “more resources, greater support, more innovative technology, all while not only maintaining, but actually building on, the great service levels, platforms, and the flexibility of our current offering.” 

Van Rijn’s open letter followed a similar statement by Virgin co-CEOs JT Meyers and Nat Pastor in July that explained the motivation behind the acquisition (to combine the two companies’ “unique capabilities” to create “an even more robust and flexible suite of services”) and addressed concerns about independent artists and labels’ sensitive data ending up in the hands of a UMG-owned company. “Virgin already handles — with the care and confidentiality they deserve — the sensitive client data of hundreds of partners,” they wrote. “Betraying the trust our clients have bestowed on us would be self-destructive: they would quickly, and quite rightly, end the relationship.” 

In his letter, Van Rijn also acknowledged artists’ concerns about data protection and security as “natural” but insisted that “Virgin, like Downtown, operates in a culture built on trust. And, therefore, our clients can expect the same, if not expanded, industry-leading data protection and security they are used to now.” 

SoFi Stadium opened its doors to members of the media Wednesday (Sept. 3) to preview the NFL facility’s food and beverage offerings ahead of the home-opening game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Houston Texans this Sunday.

The L.A. stadium — which is also the home venue of the L.A. Chargers and hosting a number of big-ticket concerts this fall, including two headlining dates by Chris Brown (Sept. 13-14) — showcased dozens of menu items sold across its suites, clubs and concession stands during the tasting event, from tomahawk steaks to the stadium’s signature all-beef hot dog, which regional executive chef Robert Biebrich at Legends for SoFi Stadium says is the venue’s reigning best-seller.

“We sell about 8,000 hot dogs per game,” Biebrich tells Billboard, noting that other stadium staples like hamburgers and pizza come in second and third place on game day, followed by regional flavors at the stadium, which are sold at the stadium’s concession stands and organized by street name honoring four well-known Los Angeles neighborhoods. On display were beef empanadas and al pastor tortas sold at Olvera Street, Asian-infused fried chicken at Sawtelle, square pepperoni pizzas on San Vicente and American eats like cheeseburgers and chicken strips at the stadium’s Fairfax stand.

“We source the vast majority of our menu items locally and rely on our vendors to buy fresh from suppliers across Southern California — we are very blessed with the abundance of choices available to us,” Biebrich tells Billboard.

In the stadium’s suites and club levels, those choices included Louisiana hot link sandwiches, bacon-wrapped L.A. street dogs, hand-cut sushi rolls and breaded chicken cutlet sandwiches. Much of the menu was based on popular street food items, like BBQ-grilled sweet corn smothered in cajun butter, hot sauce and cheese, or loaded mac and cheese bowls, topped off with BBQ burnt pork ends and pickled onions. One of Biebrich’s favorite items, the Texas Twinkie Burger, borrows from a Lone Star State tradition, replacing the Hostess snack cake with a tender beef brisket and cream cheese-stuffed jalapeno pepper wrapped in bacon and slathered in smoky barbecue sauce.

Biebrich also showcased a number of specially crafted cocktails available at Rams and Chargers games, including the Mexican-themed Ultra Michelada, which is built for a Michelob Ultra beer and includes San Marzano tomatoes, ancho chiles, tamarindo, tajin and chamoy stick, or the Hail Mary Mule, which includes Ketel One Vodka and Chinola liqueur, key lime agave, Fever Tree ginger beer and is garnished with dehydrated citrus.

“We try to offer a wide selection, with items that are adventurous and daring, and those that feel a little more familiar and approachable,” Biebrich said. “The goal is that fans have a unique and memorable experience each time they visit SoFi Stadium and they feel good about the time they spent here.”

Recent music stars who have headlined SoFi include Shakira, for two dates of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in August; BLACKPINK, for three dates of their DEADLINE tour in July; and Beyoncé, for five concerts of her Cowboy Carter Tour in April and May.

Beyond Brown’s two-night stand this month, the next non-football event on the SoFi schedule (so far) is a one-night-only show from comics Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and Jo Koy in March 2026.