Aaron Carter’s mom, Jane Carter Schneck, has started a GoFundMe page to raise money for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in honor of her late son. The listing, which is attempting to raise $85,000, promises that all money donated will go toward the Walk of Fame fee to honor Aaron’s legacy. The singer died in 2022 at age 34.
Ava Max is out with a new single called “Out Of Your Mind.” She calls the song “my personal f u to people who want me to change and fit in a box to make someone comfortable and forget about my own dreams entirely.”
Meghan Trainor has revealed the track list for her new album, Toy With Me. There are 14 tracks total, with titles like “Chef’s Kiss,” "Pink Cadillac,” “Men’s Tears” and “Delulu.” The album drops April 24.
Jewel has released “Upon Meeting the Goddess of Love,” a new single that gives fans a taste of her forthcoming acoustic collection, out later this year.
Now that Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball has officially wrapped up, all the numbers can be crunched — and they show that this was the biggest tour of her career.
Billboardreports that the tour grossed $419.5 million, blowing away all of Gaga's previous treks. None of those ever broke the $200 million mark, let alone $300 million or $400 million. In addition, the Mayhem Ball is now one of the top-10 highest-grossing tours by a female artist ever and one of the top-10 highest-grossing pop music tours ever.
But it's not just about the money, it's about the fans Gaga played for. If you count the 2025 warmup shows she performed in Mexico and Singapore; the two weekends she headlined at Coachella last year; the record-breaking free concert she did last May on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and the 2 million tickets she sold for the tour proper, she's entertained more 4.5 million fans in the past 12 months.
And perhaps most impressively, the Mayhem Ball's gross now brings Gaga's career haul on the road — starting with a club tour in 2009 — to over $1.1 billion. She's just the sixth woman to gross $1 billion on the road, following Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Madonna, Pink and Taylor Swift.
The Grammy-nominated singer has announced The Ugly Tour for 2026. It starts Sept. 22 in Kansas City, Missouri, and is set to wrap up in LA on Nov. 18. You can register now for presale access at Teddy's website. Presales start April 21 and run through the week; tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24 at 10 a.m. local time.
Teddy recently started a new musical era with the single "Mr. Know It All," which he performed for the first time at Coachella on April 10. He'll play the festival again on Friday, but it'll be tough for him to top the first show: His special guests included Vanessa Carlton, Joe Jonas and former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth. You can tune in to the Coachella Livestream at 5:20 p.m. PT to see what he has in store.
After Coachella, Teddy is also booked to play the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and BottleRock Napa in California in May and Bonnaroo in June, with headline shows in between. He'll spend the summer on tour in Europe.
Charli XCX attends the U.K. premiere for 'The Moment' at Picturehouse Central on February 17, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Grant Buchanan/Dave Benett/WireImage)
If you were hoping Charli XCX’s next album would be Brat 2.0, you might be out of luck.
The singer tells British Vogue in a new cover story that her next offering will be a rock album.
One of the new songs on the currently unfinished record puts it bluntly, according to the magazine, with the lyrics: “I think the dance floor is dead/ so now we’re making rock music.”
After the success of Brat, Charli says making another dance-leaning album “would have felt really hard, really sad.” Instead she’s taking on the rock genre, but doing it her way — bending “the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.”
“For me, it’s fun to flip the form,” she says. “We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine.”
Charli’s last album was Wuthering Heights, released in February, which served as the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s film of the same name.
In the new trailer for Focker-In-Law, the latest installment in the Meet the Parents movie franchise, Ariana Grande has one mission: to stop Ben Stiller's Greg Focker from holding her fiancé, Henry — Greg's son — "emotionally hostage."
In the trailer, Ariana's character, Olivia Jones, tells the family that she was trained as an FBI hostage negotiator and plans to use her skills to "free" Henry from his co-dependent relationship with Greg. Much to Greg's dismay, she's got Robert De Niro's Jack Byrnes on her side. The two get along great — even Jack's dog loves her, and Greg is crushed when Jack says he's going to invite her into the "circle of trust."
This sets up an adversarial relationship where confident Olivia and a very threatened Greg go head-to-head throughout the trailer.
"I thought this would be an opportunity to get to know me. To bond," Olivia tells Greg during a family weekend together.
"How do you bond with an emotional puppeteer?" Greg asks Olivia. "I won't be your little Pinocchio, Geppetto. Evil Geppetto. I'm a real boy!"
Anne Hathaway's new film Mother Mary casts the Oscar-winning actress as a huge pop star who's sort of a combination of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. While the movie's director has said that Swift's Reputation Tour concert film inspired the movie's live sequences, Hathaway says it was another one of Swift's films that really influenced her character: the Miss Americana documentary.
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Hathaway said she was inspired by "how vulnerable [Swift] let herself be in that, kinda showing that pop stars, who we’re so used to seeing in their power and so polished, y'know, what happens when they’re kinda in-between moments, when they're having a moment of metamorphosis, which can be so painful."
"I was already a fan, but after that, I just had so much empathy for her humanity and, of course, her talent."
Hathaway also revealed she and Swift "know each other," and noted she was convinced the singer was waving to her from the stage when she went to see the Eras Tour.
"And then somebody tapped me on the shoulder and they said, 'Taylor wants you to have this,'" she continued. "And I opened it. It was a note where Taylor said, 'I'm so happy you're here, I'm gonna be enthusiastically waving at you.'”
"I was like, 'Oh my God! She's so magical!'" Hathaway laughed. "She did! She did the thing! And I was right! I am special!'"
Benson Boone appears on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Benson Boone and Teddy Swims have a well-documented bromance, so maybe they can celebrate their wins at this year's Pollstar Awards together.
Both singers' tours were Wednesday honored with awards, which were voted on solely by members of the concert industry, and presented by Pollstar, the publication that covers the industry. Benson's American Heart World Tour was named pop tour of the year, while Teddy was named new headliner of the year.
Meanwhile, Olivia Dean won the support/special guest of the year award for her opening slot on Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet Tour, while The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour won for R&B tour of the year.
The biggest award of the night, major tour of the year, went to Oasis Live '25 Tour, which saw the famously feuding British band reunite for a massive trek that earned over $405 million.
Venues that were honored included Sphere Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, New York's Radio City Music Hall, Nashville's The Pinnacle and Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
REI AMI, EJAE and Audrey Nuna perform at the 98th Academy Awards, March 15, 2026, Hollywood (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Now that "Golden" has won an Oscar and a Grammy, what's next for the three women who sang that song as the voices of KPop Demon Hunters' HUNTR/X? It seems the one thing that people really want is something they may not be able to provide.
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — the Women of the Year for Billboard's 2026 Women In Music issue and event — speak to Billboard about what they want to do next as a unit. "We could tour together," says EJAE.
"I mean, people have been asking for a tour," says REI. "We, unfortunately, do not hold that power." She's referring to the fact that Netflix owns the rights to KPop Demon Hunters.
"We don't, but that'd be cool," EJAE adds. "It would be cool," agrees REI. Then, addressing the fans, she adds, "You got to demand it more, though!"
"I just can’t even imagine the memories we would make on tour," adds Audrey Nuna. "Honestly, I feel like a theater kid again when I’m around you guys. There’s just this excitement of, like, our teams squadding it up together."
EJAE suggests if they do get the nod, they could recreate the scene in the film where the trio sing "How It's Done" on the HUNTR/X jet. "That'd be sick," she says.
While we wait for that, EJAE says, "We would love to write together;" REI suggests, "We should start a [record] label."
As for the KPop Demon Hunters sequel set for 2029, that's another waiting game. EJAE says they "don't really know" if they're involved, and Audrey reveals, "We're also waiting for the call."
Ruby Rose attends the opening night of '2:22 - A Ghost Story' on July 28, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images for GWB Entertainment); Katy Perry visits Louvre Abu Dhabi ahead of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Dec. 6, 2025. (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Experience Abu Dhabi)
Australian police say they have launched an investigation following comments from actress and model Ruby Rose accusing pop star Katy Perry of allegedly sexually assaulting her in a Melbourne nightclub 16 years ago, accusations Perry strenuously denies.
In a statement shared with ABC News, Victoria Police said Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are "investigating a historic sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010."
"Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne's [Central Business District]," the statement continued. "As the investigation remains ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Perry for comment.
Rose first made the assault allegation on Sunday, in response to a Complex article about Perry's opinion of Justin Bieber's Coachella performance.
"Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne," Rose wrote in response to the post. "Who gives a s*** what she thinks."
In a subsequent Threads post, the actress stated that she was in her 20s at the time of the alleged assault.
On Monday, Rose wrote on Threads that she would be "walking into a police station" to see if the alleged assault could be investigated, despite possibly being past the statute of limitations.
"All the more reason to try," she added.
The Orange is the New Black alum took to Threads again on Tuesday, stating that she had "finalized all of my reports," adding that she was "no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved."
In the wake of Rose's allegations, a representative for Perry said in a statement to ABC News on Monday, "The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous and reckless lies."
They added, "Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named."
If you or someone you know experienced sexual assault and is seeking resources, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Olivia Rodrigo has teamed up with TikTok for a "global karaoke experience" around her new single, "drop dead." The platform is launching a dedicated, in-app hub where you can enter for a chance to attend karaoke events in 24 cities worldwide, or just join a Listening Party for the song, which drops April 17. Search "Olivia Rodrigo" or "drop dead" on TikTok to participate.
Justin Bieber's song "Beauty And a Beat," featuring Nicki Minaj, is #1 on Spotify's Global Chart, which is impressive, considering it came out in 2012. It was one of the songs that Justin sang along to during his Coachella set on April 11 while playing the video onstage. Thanks to his Bieberchella set, 19 of Justin's songs are on the Global Chart, including "Baby," "Sorry," "Love Story," "STAY" and "Never Say Never."
BLACKPINK has just earned yet another billion-view video on YouTube and brought Selena Gomez along for the ride. The two acts' collaborative 2020 single "Ice Cream" is BLACKPINK's eighth Billion Views Club video and Selena's fourth as a lead artist or collaborator.
Demi Lovato debuted a new song called "Low Rise Jeans" when she kicked off her It's Not That Deep tour on April 13, and now she's announced that she's releasing the song on Friday.
AJ McLean attends 'Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event' at The Kia Forum on May 31, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Just call him a Baaa-ckstreet Boy. AJ McLean has landed a role in an upcoming sheep-related comedy film called Shearing the Love, ABC Audio has confirmed.
The movie, which stars Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, is about a celebrity hairstylist who returns home to New Zealand and becomes a competitive sheep-shearer to prove himself to his father. AJ will play himself and get involved with the family through his involvement in the "Golden Shears," the world championship of sheep-shearing.
AJ won't be the only singer in the cast, either. New Zealand-born singer Daniel Bedingfield will play himself in the movie. Daniel, brother of Natasha Bedingfield, is best known for the 2001 top-10 hit "Gotta Get Thru This."
No word on when the movie will be out. Meanwhile, as previously reported, AJ and Backstreet Boys have recorded a song called "Bottle Up" for the upcoming film PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie.
Meghan Trainor is seen leaving 'LIVE with Kelly and Mark' TV show on Nov. 17, 2025 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
After Ashley Tisdale made headlines with her essay about leaving her "toxic mom group," fans suspected she was talking about a group that included several other celebrities, including Meghan Trainor. Now, Meghan's giving her side of the story.
In an interview with US Weekly, Meghan says she accepts some of the responsibility for how Ashley felt. "I was a bad mom friend. I never went. They had so many events; they were awesome and always there for each other," she says. "There was a group chat, but eventually they started a group chat without me because I wasn’t there ... and that was totally fine. I didn’t feel bad."
"The last time I saw them was like a year ago, and I brought them to dinner and paid for it because I was like, 'I’m so sorry that I’m just not present,'" she continues. "And then that [story] popped up, and I was like, 'What?!?' I saw my face everywhere, and 'wait a second, I’m not even there.'"
Meghan notes that it "felt so bad" for the other moms in the group who aren't famous. And, she says, "I felt bad for Ashley, that she was ever that sad. I think it was just a lot of miscommunication and confusion. I don’t really know what happened, but I wish them all the best."
And, Meghan says, "Ashley texted me, 'I’m sorry, your name got dragged in.' And I was like, 'It’s all right, girl. The world’s a silly, crazy place, and they just want something to talk about.'”
But mother of three Meghan has advice for moms who are struggling.
"Always ask for help," she says. "I can’t do it all. I wish I could, and I can’t."
The group will release their third EP, WILD, on Aug. 14. It's the follow-up to their 2025 EP, BEAUTIFUL CHAOS.WILD is now available for preorder.
Presumably, the group's new single, "PINKY UP," will be included on the EP. They gave the song its live debut at Coachella on April 10, and will likely play it again Friday. They're doing a live Q&A with their fans about "PINKY UP" and their new music on Weverse Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
It's notable that the group's Instagram video announcing the new EP only included five members. Fans are still curious about the status of the group's sixth member, Manon Bannerman, who took a hiatus for her mental health. Manon doesn't appear in the "PINKY UP" video, either.
In addition to Coachella, KATSEYE are performing at New York's Governors Ball in June, the Hinterland Music Festival in July and the 88 Rising Festival: Head In The Clouds in August.
Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson are see outside 'Lovers Of Today' on Oct. 2, 2016 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Taylor Swift knows what it's like to be one of the TIME100 most influential people in the world, having been named to the list in 2019. So it probably should not come as a surprise that she was tapped to write an essay celebrating one of the famous folks named to the list this year.
Dakota Johnson is included on the "artist" section of the list, along with actors like Claire Danes, Benico Del Toro, Jonathan Groff, Noah Wyle and Keke Palmer, and singers like Luke Combs and Noah Kahan. "Nearly 20 years into her fascinatingly varied and eclectic career, everyone is still getting to know Dakota. And it seems the more they learn, the more there is to fall in love with," Taylor writes of her friend.
After wondering if, because of her "refreshing honesty," Dakota simply "can't lie," Taylor goes on to write, "As her friend, I can vouch for her realness. ... And maybe it’s true that she can’t lie. But I’ll tell you a few more things she can’t do."
"She can’t stop asking people questions about their lives, endlessly curious about everyone else’s human experience. She can’t stop challenging herself, taking newer and bolder risks," Taylor notes, adding that Dakota's "unfailing truthfulness helps to shape her ever evolving storytelling into art that feels as real and timeless as she is."
RAYE attends the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November, 2025 (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
After taking home a special Grammy award for her songwriting, RAYE has now been named the recipient of a another special honor, this time at the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Grammys gave RAYE the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change. On June 11, she'll receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner in New York City. The award, which was created in 2004, honors "young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry with their original songs."
Past winners include Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Rob Thomas, Gracie Abrams, Sara Bareilles and Alicia Keys.
Music legend Nile Rodgers, chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said in a statement that the "Where Is My Husband!" singer "writes from the deepest, most unguarded part of herself, and somehow makes the whole world feel seen in the process."
He continued, "What makes her story so remarkable is that long before she was a superstar in her own right, she was already quietly shaping the sound of a generation" — referring to her past career as a writer for artists including Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Charli XCX and Little Mix.
Rodgers added, "This award doesn't just shine a light on her talent — it illuminates a journey that has been extraordinary from the very beginning."
Artists being inducted this year include Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS.
Adam Levine and 'The Voice' season 29 winner Alexia Jayy (Trae Patton/NBC)
Alexia Jayy, a member of Adam Levine's team, won The Voice season 29 on Tuesday night, and now Adam has confirmed that he's returning to the show for season 30.
He told People, "I will be back. I'm having so much fun doing it. Since I came back a few seasons ago it's just been a blast and I'm super happy to keep it going as long as they'll have me."
Season 30 will air this fall. The other coaches haven't been revealed yet. Season 29 was positioned as The Voice: Battle of Champions, with past winning coaches Adam, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend all competing to have one of their team members take home the title.
Season 30 will mark Adam's 19th on the show. An original coach, he stepped away from the show in May 2019, and then returned for season 27. He skipped season 28, then came back for this season.
As for Adam's day job, he and Maroon 5 have a show in May in Puerto Rico, and then a run of concerts in the U.K. and Europe through June and July, including an appearance at BST Hyde Park in London with OneRepublic. Their most recent album, Love Is Like, came out last summer.
Noah Kahan, JENNIE, Hilary Duff and Anderson .Paak have made the TIME100 list of the world's most influential people of 2026, and each of them has been honored in an essay written by another celebrity.
Mumford & Sons' Marcus Mumford penned Noah's essay, writing, in part, "He’s generous, he’s respectful without sycophancy, and he’s f****** funny. There’s no gloss, and people love it. Noah is not the most glamorous person in the room. He’s the most honest. And that’s why so many of us have connected with him as an artist."
In an essay about JENNIE, Gracie Abrams wrote, "The power that draws you into 'Jennie the Artist' when you’re watching her onscreen or as one of 100,000 people in a stadium -- is identical to the power she carries when you find her in the corner of a party or run into her in a backstage hallway."
Nicole Richie penned Hilary's essay. "She is the girl we danced with in our bedrooms then and the woman we all want to have dinner with now," Nicole wrote. "Grounded, glowing, and fully herself. Somehow mothering four children, leading a massive pop resurgence, and still making time for a fun night with her girlfriends for a glass of wine (or seven)."
Natasha Lyonne paid tribute to Anderson .Paak or, as she calls the Silk Sonic member, "Andy." "Basking in Andy’s golden glow is a gift for anyone in his orbit. The song said to leave the door open ... so, you know, pretty sound advice, turns out," she writes. "Andy’s the whole constellation."
The 2026 TIME100 will be celebrated at the TIME100 Summit and TIME100 Gala events, taking place April 22 and April 23, respectively, in New York City.
After wiping her Instagram and teasing her new album, Madonna has now released details of Confessions II, the long-awaited sequel to her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, or, as a press release puts it, a "continuation."
The album, due July 3, is available for preorder on multiple formats, including CD, vinyl and cassette. She's shared a snippet of a trancy song in which she whispers, "Thanks for coming. Sometimes I like to just hide in the shadows. Create a new persona. A different identity. I can be whoever I want to be. Honestly, I wish I could be like other people and just not care. But out here, on the dance floor, I feel so free."
We then hear a male voice say, "Oh, by the way, it all started like this."
In a statement, Madonna recites lines that are said to be the lyrics of one of her new songs, "One Step Away": "People think that dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong. The dance floor is not just a place, it’s a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language.”
She continues, "When [producer] Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our manifesto: We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies. These are things that we've been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices."
"After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space," she continues. "It’s a place where you connect —with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It's about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people."
Confessions II is Madonna's first album of new material since 2019's Madame X.
Olivia Dean performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Olivia Dean's breakthrough hit in the U.S., "Man I Need," is currently #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has topped the publication's Pop and Adult Pop Airplay tallies. It's hard to believe that at first, Olivia didn't even want to release the catchy, upbeat tune as a single.
"I wasn't sure about it," she tells the U.K.'s Hits Radio. "I thought it was a little bit different." She explains, "I knew I really liked it, but I didn't know if it was representative of the whole album and the story."
She says she eventually changed her mind during rehearsals, when her band told her, "This one's good, y'know."
"I'm glad I followed through with that one. There was definitely loads of songs that didn't make the album," she adds. "I might still do something with them, I don't know."
Olivia will, of course, be singing "Man I Need" when her tour starts April 22; it comes to the U.S. in July. She tells Hits Radio, "I think we're gonna go on a bit of an emotional journey."
"But I think the feeling that I want you to feel is just warmth and togetherness," she adds. "I want people to feel like they can come and sing along ... [a]nd dance, but maybe also cry. Just get it all out!"
Teddy Swims has declared that his April 10 Coachella performance — which featured guest appearances from Vanessa Carlton, Joe Jonas and former Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth — was "the best day of my life." He wrote on Instagram to his guests, "Thank you for lending your stardom and voices and believing in this little fat kid from Conyers, Ga who looks up to you so much!" He wrote to his fans, "You’re why I get to do this and I wish I could squeeze each and every one of you! And that goes the same to everyone who was watching on the live stream as well! I LOVE YOU!!"
Justin Bieber hasn't said anything about his headline-making Coachella performance, but his wife has. Hailey Bieber wrote on Instagram, "such a special weekend. nobody will ever know even an ounce of what it’s taken to get here. so grateful for this beautiful life. SO proud. let’s do it all again!!!!"
Dua Lipa has teamed with Vogue for Tasting Notes, a video in which she creates cocktails to pair with her favorite songs. Among her pairings: a highball inspired by Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets"; a dirty vodka martini inspired by Sade's "Smooth Operator"; a paloma for Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams"; a basil smash for Britney Spears' "Toxic"; a margarita for Madonna's "Frozen"; and a White Russian for her own hit "Houdini."
Niall Horan will release the next single from his upcoming album, Dinner Party, on April 23.Niall describes "Little More Time" as his "favourite song off the album."
