The Commodores are once, twice, three times not playing the Great American State Fair. By late Thursday, May 28, the legendary R&B group was one of five acts who’d withdrawn their participation in the 16-day festival in Washington, D.C., running June 25 through July 10 on the National Mall to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The event
Martina McBride has become the latest artist to pull out of Freedom 250 Presents: The Great American State Fair, a 16-day festival in Washington, D.C., running June 25 through July 10 on the National Mall to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The event was announced Wednesday by Freedom 250, which, according to Newsweek, the Interior Department declared
In a new episode of the Second Thought With Suzy Weiss podcast, music impresario Scooter Braun discussed his famous public feud with Taylor Swift and how the fallout from the situation turned him into, as he says on the show, “a villain.” The situation began in 2019, when Braun bought Swift’s then-six-album catalog for upward
Whether or not you have a chance to see them on their current tour, BTS is making sure fans everywhere can tune in to watch one of their performances live and on the big screen. The group is aiming to make one of their performances at South Korea’s Busan Asiad Main Stadium accessible to ARMY
PETA has publicly called out Lizzo for her new partnership with Chili’s, which finds the star promoting the restaurant chain’s baby back ribs despite previously being vegan. Sharing a video that stitches together Lizzo’s new commercial for Chili’s with graphic footage of pigs suffering from abuse and mistreatment by handlers in the meat industry, PETA
With his new album Pueblo Salvaje I, Manuel Carrasco completes the universe he opened a year ago with Pueblo Salvaje II, an album that marked a period of exploration and depth for the Andalusian artist. “I showed the trunk and the crown first, and now I’m showing the roots,” Carrasco says. “This way, we close
Milli Vanilli are among the artists to drop out of the Donald Trump-affiliated Great American State Fair shows slated for Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The “Girl You Know It’s True” act announced Thursday (May 28) that they won’t be performing in any capacity at the Freedom 250 concert. The duo —
What happens when the show is over? On each night of Bruce Springsteen’s short-but-impassioned Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, he has declared: “We are here to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll in these dangerous times.” But Springsteen has brought more than the incendiary performances of
Following a synch in Fox’s Doc, Sienna Spiro’s “Die on This Hill” takes the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for April 2026. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by
Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. This week:
