Lewis Capaldi will headline a pair of massive outdoor shows in the United Kingdom next summer.

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Following AEG’s announcement last Friday (Sept. 12) of Roundhay Festival, Capaldi will headline the new event in Leeds, England, on July 4, 2026. 

A week later, the Scottish singer-songwriter will top the bill at BST Hyde Park in London on July 11, joining Garth Brooks as a headliner.

Tickets for both shows will go on sale this Friday (Sep. 19) and 9 a.m. BST from the festival’s official website. Additional performers on both bills will be announced in due course.

Capaldi is currently in the midst of a sold-out U.K. arena tour, his first since his comeback to the stage. The 28-year-old took time out from performing and recording due to his mental health, and returned as a live performer at Glastonbury Festival this June. “Survive,” his comeback single, shot straight to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart upon release, and is one of his six leaders.

One of those hits, “Someone You Loved,” was confirmed in November 2022 as the U.K.’s most streamed song of all time, overtaking Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You.”

Capaldi is a perfect two-from-two of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with 2019’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (10 weeks) and 2023’s Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (three weeks) both logging lengthy stints at No. 1.

BST Hyde Park takes place every summer at the central London park and attracts a wealth of huge names. Performers at the 2025 event included Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and Stevie Wonder.

Last week, AEG Presents shared news of the forthcoming Roundhay Festival, to be presented in Leeds, Yorkshire, in what is one of Europe’s largest city parks, spanning over 700 acres of woodlands, lakes and fields in the north-east of the city.

The venue has form for hosting large-scale music events. Over the years, The Rolling Stones (1982), Genesis (1987), Madonna (1987), Michael Jackson (1988), U2 (1997) and, most recently, Ed Sheeran (2019) all having played there. 

Breach, the new album from Twenty One Pilots, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Sept. 12) on Billboard, choosing the alt-rock duo’s latest LP as their favorite new release of the past week.

Listeners gravitated toward Breach in a week that also saw new releases streaming in from Drake feat. Yeat & Julia Wolf, Ed Sheeran, JADE, Kali Uchis feat. Ravyn Lenae and more. An overwhelming majority of voters made the new Twenty One Pilots album their top choice, with the set bringing in 75% of the vote.

The latest studio album from Twenty One Pilots — aka Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun — was led by first single “The Contract” and second single “Drum Show,” and released in full via Fueled by Ramen on Sept. 12 along with a music video for the pair’s newest single, “City Walls.” Breach picks up on a narrative arc that began with 2015’s Blurryface and continued on 2018’s Trench, 2021’s Scaled and Icy and 2024’s Clancy.

Twenty One Pilots kick off their fall Clancy Tour: Breach 2025 later this week. The run begins in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 18 and wraps on Oct. 26 in Los Angeles. Find a complete list of tour dates on their official website.

Among the new releases trailing behind Breach this week are JADE’s new album That’s Showbiz Baby!, with 20% of the vote, and Ed Sheeran’s Play, with 2% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Reba McEntire is getting hitched.

The country music star and her beau Rex Linn used the platform of the 2025 Emmy Awards to share the good news.

The happy couple are, of course, co-stars in the NBC sitcom Happy’s Place, in which McEntire plays the titular character Bobbie and Linn portrays the character Emmett.

McEntire confirmed their engagement during a red carpet interview with E! News when the reporter referred to Linn as the singer’s “fiancé.”

“We’re having a blast on ‘Happy’s Place’ and so glad to be here tonight,” she responded. In another giveaway, McEntire was spotted wearing a black ring on her left ring finger. A rep for McEntire confirms to Billboard that the couple are now engaged.

McEntire took the stage at the Emmys for the Golden Girls 40th anniversary tribute, for which she joined in to sing the theme song, “Thank You for Being a Friend,” alongside Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman. She also presented the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series.

The loved-up pair started dating in 2020, news of which McEntire shared by way of her podcast Learning with Reba McEntire.

After calling him a “very, very sweetheart of a guy,” McEntire revealed how the affair blossomed during the pandemic. “We’ve been talking during the pandemic,” she explained at the time. “We had dinner with Rex, was it in January? And then February, on it was the Covid pandemic, and we were talking, texting, FaceTime. And that’s a really good way to get to know people.”

McEntire and Linn go way back, having reportedly met the set of the 1980 TV movie The Gambler.

The singer, actress and The Voice coach split from her husband of 26 years, Narvel Blackstock, in 2015. Prior to that, she was married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987. Linn has never walked down the aisle.

The 2025 Emmy Awards “In Memoriam” segment remembered the television industry talents who passed away over the past year with a poignant musical performance by Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson.

Gill and Wilson brought a duet of Gill’s “Go Rest High on That Mountain” to the Emmys stage in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday night (Sept. 14). The country vocalists harmonized on the chorus and traded lead on the song’s verses.

The tribute performance went on as the Emmys screen showed late performers and creatives including John Amos, Loni Anderson, Alan Bergman, Valerie Mahaffey, Julian McMahom, Quincy Jones, David Lynch, Ozzy Osbourne, Maggie Smith, Michelle Trachtenberg, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, George Wendt and more.

“Go Rest High on That Mountain,” originally released in 1995 and the winner of two Grammys in 1996, marks its 30th anniversary this year with the release of an extended version of the song.

Gill wrote “Go Rest High on That Mountain” following the death of Keith Whitley in 1989, and the death of his brother Bob in 1993.

Sunday’s “In Memoriam” performance at the 77th annual Emmy Awards — which were hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze and broadcast on CBS — included a third verse not heard on the original recording of “Go Rest High on That Mountain”: “You’re safely home in the arms of Jesus/ Eternal life my brother’s found/ The day will come I know I’ll see him/ In that sacred place, on that holy ground,” Gill sang.

Gill first performed the song with its additional verse in 2019 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium with wife Amy Grant, later explaining that he’d “always felt like something was missing.”

The third verse is on Gill’s new recording of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” was released this week, just ahead of the Emmys.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won outstanding talk series at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday (Sept. 14), two months after CBS’s stunning announcement on July 17 that they were canceling the show. Stephen Colbert‘s win was greeted with a standing ovation at the Ovation Theater at L.A. Live.

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Actually, Colbert received a standing ovation even before he won, when he presented the first award of the night. “While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?,” he joked. “’Cause I’ve got 200 very well-qualified candidates with me here tonight who’ll be available in June. I also brought my own resume with me tonight.”

When Colbert won the Emmy, later in the broadcast, he took the high road. “I want to thank CBS for giving us the privilege of being part of the late-night tradition, which I hope continues long after we’re no longer doing this show.” He concluded his remarks with a comment that suggested he is looking to his post-CBS future. “If the elevator tries to bring you down, go cray and punch a higher floor.”

This was Colbert’s 11th career Emmy, but it was his program’s first win in that top category, following eight consecutive losses. Colbert’s previous show, The Colbert Report, won back-to-back awards in a predecessor category, outstanding variety series, in 2013-14. As an executive producer of the show, Jon Stewart won his 25th Primetime Emmy. He is closing in on the all-time Emmy winner, producer Sheila Nevins, who has won 31 awards.

The other nominees in the category were Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! lost a top program award for the 14th consecutive year, though this year wasn’t really a fair contest. Many voters rallied behind Colbert for reasons that went beyond simply admiring his show. Jimmy Kimmel’s program was nominated three times for outstanding variety series and now 11 times for outstanding variety talk series.

The Daily Show was last year’s winner in this category. In addition, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won 11 times and The Daily Show With Trevor Noah won once.

Comedian Nate Bargatze hosted the show, which, by coincidence, aired on CBS, the network that received industry ire for axing Colbert. (The three legacy networks – ABC, CBS and NBC – and Fox air the show on a rotating basis.)

SNL50: The Anniversary Special won outstanding variety special (live) at the 2025 Primetime Emmys, beating an exceptionally high-powered field of nominees — The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé Bowl, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and The Oscars. The awards were held on Sunday (Sept. 14) at the Ovation Theater at L.A. Live. Comedian Nate Bargatze served as host.

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Lorne Michaels, the show’s longtime executive producer, accepted the award by saying, “I won this award for the first time 50 years ago, in 1975. I was younger and I had a lot of dreams — and not one of those dreams was that I’d still be doing the same show for the next 50 years, however here we are. I want to thank NBC and Comcast for their support. The show was two years in the making.” [Editor’s Note: Michaels first won 49 years ago, in 1976.]

This was the 106th Primetime Emmy that SNL has won in competition, combining the flagship series and anniversary specials. That’s nearly twice as many Emmys as the runner-up show in total Emmy wins, Game of Thrones, with 59 awards. (SNL’s total does not count Hall of Fame citations to the show and its first-season cast.)

This was the third SNL anniversary special to win a top program Emmy. Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special won outstanding variety, music or comedy special in 2000. The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special won outstanding variety special in 2015.

It’s rare for a special based on a regular TV program to win a top program Emmy. Three “Carpool Karaoke” specials based on the popular segment on The Late Late Show Starring James Corden won outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) from 2016 to 2019. In addition, five “Carpool Karaoke” specials won outstanding short-form program awards. The West Wing Documentary Special won outstanding special class program in 2002. Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons won outstanding variety special (live) in 2019. A similar special, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times, won in the same category the following year.

Lorne Michaels was executive producer of SNL50: The Anniversary Special; it was his 24th Primetime Emmy (not counting his induction into the TV Hall of Fame in 1999).

Though she lost in the highest-profile variety category, Beyoncé won her first Primetime Emmy for Beyoncé Bowl prior to the main telecast — a juried award for outstanding costumes for variety, nonfiction or reality programming.

Likewise, though Kendrick Lamar lost in the highest-profile variety category, he won at the Creative Arts Emmys for outstanding music direction. He won in tandem with Tony Russell.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special featured several musical performances. Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter performed Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” as a cold open. Other performances were Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard teaming on the Prince song “Nothing Compares 2 U” (a song also famously recorded by Sinéad O’Connor), Adam Sandler playing “50 Years” (which received an Emmy nod for outstanding music and lyrics at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys), Lil Wayne and The Roots performing a hip-hop medley, and Paul McCartney performing the prized closing sequence from The Beatles’ 1969 masterwork Abbey Road.

Though the anniversary special won eight awards, SNL lost outstanding scripted variety series to Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for the third year in a row. John Oliver’s program has won an outstanding series award for 10 consecutive years. It won outstanding variety talk series for seven years before being moved to its current category, where it has won for three straight years.

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