Lukas Graham, the Danish musician best known for his 2015 hit "7 Years," has a new, folky-sounding song out called "To Know a Girl." It's the first taste of his upcoming album, which is due early this summer. He says in a statement, "The sound of the song reminds me of coming all the way back home, reconnecting with the songwriting tradition and the instruments that formed the soundtrack of my childhood." Lukas is opening for Ed Sheeran this summer on the North American leg of his Loop tour.

Meghan Trainor has released her new album, Toy With Me, along with the single "Shimmer" and its video. In the self-empowerment anthem, she sings, "So bring the fans and the glitter, your confidence is killer/ Baby, flaunt that in the light/ I don't sweat, nah, I shimmer/ I wanna get them hot until they shiver/ I don't sweat, nah, I shimmer / I wanna make thеm mad, let them get bitter."

Deluxe editions of albums by Demi Lovato, The Kid LAROI and Conan Gray are all out now. Demi's album It's Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be) features eight new songs; Conan's, Wishbone Deluxe, has five. LAROI's album Before I Forget includes nine new tracks, including "Pieces," for which he's released a music video.

Shaboozey's new song, "Born to Die," from his upcoming album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, is out now. The album, due July 31, is a concept album that tells what's described as a "cinematic outlaw revenge story."

And for your nostalgic pleasure, Willa Ford — remember her? — has released an orchestral version of her 2001 hit "I Wanna Be Bad." She put out a new album called amanda in March.

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New Kids on the Block are mixing things up for the final 16 performances of their residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas.

Titled THE RIGHT STUFF REMIXED Las Vegas Residency, it's described as a "reimagined and elevated version" of the show they've been doing, with new songs, new outfits, surprise moments and what's described as "enhanced fan experiences." 

In an Instagram video, group member Donnie Wahlberg notes that these final 16 performances are fans' last chance to see the group until 2028, because they won't be touring in 2027. He also reveals that each night the audience will get to choose a song, and he teases a piano arrangement of one of their hits.

Fans can get tickets for as low as $30 through Live Nation's Summer of Live promotion, which starts April 29 at LiveNation.com. Visit NKOTB.com for more info.

The final 16 shows run from June 19 through July 4, and Oct. 2 through Oct. 17.

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Billie Eilish and R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe don't seem to have a lot in common physically: She's in her 20s, while he's in his 60s. He has a huge beard, and she doesn't have any facial hair. She's a woman, and he's a man. But still, she is Michael's #1 choice for who should portray him if the "Losing My Religion" band ever gets their own biopic.

Michael made the pronouncement Thursday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, after Stephen asked him who should play him in said biopic. After first replying, "Someone really hot," Michael thought about it for a bit before suggesting, "Maybe Billie Eilish could do it."

"She held a door open for me once at a restaurant in Manhattan," he said of Billie. "I don't know if she knew who I was. She's incredibly polite and sweet, but I didn't know who she was until she was down the street." Colbert then offered to introduce Michael to Billie and her brother and collaborator, FINNEAS.

In other Billie news, she's just released the music fans heard at her concerts before she started her shows on her most recent tour. Called "INTRO (HIT ME HARD AND SOFT TOUR)," the two-minute electronic-sounding piece includes snippets of "The Greatest," one of the songs on her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT album. 

The release comes ahead of the premiere of BILLIE EILISH - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D), the concert film she made with James Cameron that's coming out May 8. Variety reports the movie will premiere at LA's historic Village Theater on May 6.

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Harry Styles' upcoming Together, Together tour is playing multiple nights in select cities, but he understands that not everyone can travel to those cities to see him. That's why he's giving fans the chance to win trips there.

"Together, Together has always been about more than just the music," says a note on Harry's website. "It's about the feeling in the room when the lights go down, reaching for someone's hand during your favorite song, thousands of voices coming together as one. That's why we're partnering with American Express for a campaign called We Belong Together, Together."

Fans can register to be flown to each city on the tour from select locations, along with someone who "you'd want next to you in the crowd." In fact, you'll have to explain on your entry form why this particular person "embodies Together, Together." You also have to be 18, and there's one entry allowed per person.

Entries are now open for Amsterdam. Harry's shows there begin on May 16.

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At least one RAYE fan knows where her husband is: onstage, next to her, at the singer's Thursday set during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival.

As captured on TikTok, RAYE was onstage admiring a poster that someone had given her. When she asked the fan her name, the fan told her something unexpected. "He just proposed?" RAYE is seen saying. She then got emotional and asked the crowd to cheer for the happy couple.

"When we do 'Where Is My Husband!' we need to arrange you being on this stage," RAYE told them. "I want you to have the best show ever. I want you to remember this day forever. So you stay right there, enjoy the show and [during] 'Where Is My Husband!' we're getting you on the stage, OK?"

True to her word, another TikTok video revealed that when RAYE performed the hit song, the happy couple were onstage with her. During RAYE's show, she sets up part of the stage as a nightclub, and the couple were seated at one of the club's little tables, kissing as band members tossed confetti on them.

RAYE's next stop on her This Tour May Contain New Music trek is Sunday in Washington, D.C.

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For her new album Confessions II, Madonna is doing something special for her most loyal fans: the queer community.

Ahead of the July 3 release of the album, Madonna is partnering with the Grindr LGBTQ+ social networking app, which describes itself as the "Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket," for exclusive content, in-app experiences and a limited-edition picture disc version of the album. The in-app takeover will include additional limited drops and behind-the-scenes access to the Queen of Pop's world.

"Grindr drives connections, shapes culture, and builds community – and no one embodies that spirit quite like Madonna," says Grindr CEO George Arison in a statement. "She has been empowering our community to Express Yourself for decades, so this feels less like a partnership and more like a homecoming."

Madonna isn't the first female pop icon to partner with the app, either: Last year, Christina Aguilera arranged for her hit "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" to replace the app's notification sound for a limited time.

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Noah Kahan first announced his new album The Great Divide back in January and now it's finally here. Noah says it's been a long time coming, for both him and his fans.

"I mean, it's been done for so long now that it's just been sitting on a bed of nails waiting for it to come out," he told ABC Audio on the red carpet at the TIME 100 gala in New York City on Thursday night. At the event, Noah was honored as one of TIME's "100 Most Influential People of 2026."

"So I'm really excited for it finally to be out in the world and to kind of move forward into what's next and to tour and be able to put my focus on the things that are coming up," he continued. "And also to know that the fans are getting all the music they deserve."

He noted, "They've been really patient, so I'm very excited for them to have new music and I'm excited for playing it on the road." 

Noah's tour in support of the album kicks off in June.

On Instagram, Noah wrote of the album, "It is hard to even begin to describe what these last few years making this album has felt like. The collision of fear and pressure and joy and luck and total love has left me wordless, and if you know me personally, I hardly ever shut my mouth."

He offered thanks to his band, producers, team, wife, family and, he added, "the constant and enduring encouragement of you all, who I am so lucky to have as fans. I am very proud of what we are doing together and I hope we can live this dream for a long long time."

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Stephen Sanchez, best known for his hit "Until I Found You," will release his sophomore album, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, on May 8, and he says that's the theme of his tour, launching in Paris on Saturday.

Stephen's first album, Angel Face, was a retro-sounding concept album, while LOVE, LOVE, LOVE is more of a straight-ahead pop album with some retro flavors. On tour, he says there will be no problem mixing those two sounds. "Overall, like when we play our live show, it's not something that feels terribly similar to the record," he explains.

"You know, we usually try and make it feel a bit bigger. Like ... this is the record sound and this is the show sound. And so I think it's easy for us to be able to kind of put these worlds together, you know album one and album two. It's gonna be exciting and lots of lights and colors, and just a celebration of love for sure."

While all of Stephen's music has been well received, his retro sound, which you can hear in his latest single "Sweet Love," may be the reason for his global audience.

"I hear a lot that it just feels accessible to anybody. It doesn't feel like it leaves anybody out," he tells ABC Audio.

"People will come up and be like, 'Oh, yeah, I'm in high school and I listen to it, or my brother who's in college listens to it or our grandma loves it,'" he adds. "Hearing stuff like that makes me feel really good because, it feels like we're actually getting to be a part of the world as a whole, and not just like a piece of it."  

In March, Stephen told a fan on Instagram that U.S. tour dates would be coming "soon."

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Niall Horan has released another song from his upcoming album, Dinner Party: "Little More Time." Niall says it's his favorite song on the album, adding that it's about "wanting time to stand still. If you could just press pause and the world would stop yet you could still live within the world like no one was watching." He explains, "I spend a lot of time away from home. So having found roots and wanting to be at home more, I felt compelled to write a song about the smaller moments and wishing that you could just stay in them.” Dinner Party is out June 5.

If you missed it in theaters, Charlie XCX's movie The Moment will stream on HBO Max starting on May 29, and on regular HBO at 8 p.m. ET on May 30. Deadline describes it as a fictionalized version of her experiences during brat summer.

VIVA LALISA, the upcoming Las Vegas residency by LISA from BLACKPINK, sold out in under 10 minutes on Thursday. The residency, the first one by a K-pop artist, will take over The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Nov. 13 and 14, and Nov. 27 and 28.

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The pop star character that Anne Hathaway plays in her new movie Mother Mary is sort of a combination of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. And Anne says that while prepping for the role, she realized that Taylor is a "genius."

Speaking to The New York Times, Anne said that Mother Mary director David Lowery is a "die-hard Swiftie" and gave her a "crazy long" playlist of songs to demonstrate to her the "feeling that [Mother Mary]'s music could give you." Anne says one Taylor song on the playlist stood out to her.

"Right dab in the middle of that playlist was 'Anti-Hero,'” says Anne, referring to Taylor's 2022 #1 hit. "I always really, really liked Taylor, but that was the song where I was like, 'Oh no, wait, she’s taking hold of my brain.'"

"And then I got much deeper into her music," Anne continues. "And then once you see it, you can’t unsee it. You’re just like, 'Oh, she’s a genius.'"

Since then, the two have come to know each other; Anne recently said in another interview that when she went to The Eras Tour, Taylor arranged for a handwritten note to be delivered to her seat. 

Despite Anne's admiration for Taylor, though, she couldn't ever see herself as a pop star.

"What I love to do is share what I’ve gone through, the secret parts of my soul, through a filter, through an avatar that I can privately, secretly relate to," she explains.

"But I don’t have to ever talk about that and I don’t ever have to reveal that. With a pop star, the image that you’re putting out is based on yourself. And so you are your own avatar."

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Olivia Rodrigo will make her return to late-night TV for the first time since 2024 later in April.

Olivia will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 30 to promote her new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, coming in June. However, she apparently won't perform, since the musical guest for that episode is listed as Bruce Hornsby.

Liv will perform, though, on Saturday Night Live. She will be the show's host and musical guest on May 2.

Meanwhile, Billboard is trying to crunch the numbers to see if her single "drop dead" will be able to knock Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" out of the top spot to debut at #1 on the Hot 100. Billboard reports that what's working in Olivia's favor is that she's released six different music videos for the song, as well as several different edits, including sped-up and slowed-down versions.

Plus, Billboard notes, Olivia released multiple physical versions of the song on CD, cassette and vinyl, and the vinyl release has already sold out. All these factors might give "drop dead" the boost it needs to overtake Ella and become her fourth #1 hit.

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We've got a new trailer for Power Ballad, Nick Jonas' upcoming film with Paul Rudd. Nick plays Danny, a former boy band member turned solo artist. While it sounds like perfect casting, director John Carney says the idea of having Nick star in the movie was a hard sell.

In the film, Paul plays Rick, a musician who works as a singer in a wedding band in Ireland. Rick meets Danny, who steals his song and uses it to establish his solo career. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, John says he really needed an actual musician to play Danny, because he'd chosen a non-musician to play Rick.

"Paul playing a singer in Ireland is already a slight push, but it’s one that the audience will allow," John says. "I can’t ask them to do it twice.”

John felt that Nick would bring "a certain kind of mysterious, enigmatic reality and truth to the character that we really needed." But as he tells The Hollywood Reporter, he was told it was "a bad idea."

"A lot of people in Ireland did think that there’s something a little bit novelty about the Jonas Brothers. European audiences are a little bit more precious," John says.

Others warned him that putting Nick in the movie would overshadow the project, but once the movie began shooting, John says, Nick proved that he was the right choice.

"Nick played this character really small. ... You realize that’s what those guys — those superstars, since they’ve been seven years old — have. It’s quiet,” John notes. “He wants to go and play golf and have a nice whiskey and talk about the part and go to bed early and call his daughter and his wife. That’s what being a massive boy band star is like, really.”

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Live Nation is once again giving fans a way to enjoy live music this summer without breaking the bank.

The concert promoter is set to launch what they're calling the Summer of Live, offering $30 all-in concert tickets to over 4,000 shows.

The promotion includes tickets for artists like Kesha, The Pussycat Dolls, 5 Seconds of Summer, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Akon, Goo Goo Dolls, Train, The Fray, Shinedown, New Kids on the Block, "Weird Al" Yankovic and more.

The promotion runs from April 29 to May 5 at LiveNation.com/SummerofLive. After picking a show, there will be the option for tickets labeled "Summer of Live Promotion," to add to your cart.

There’s also an option for early access for Live Nation All Access members starting Thursday, April 23, and T-Mobile members starting Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time.

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April 23 marks the 20th anniversary of Spotify, and to celebrate the occasion, the digital service has released its most-streamed albums, artists and songs of all time.

The most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify is Taylor Swift, followed by, in descending order, Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Eminem and Kanye West. Other artists who missed the top 10 but who made the top 20 include Bruno Mars, Coldplay and Rihanna.

When it comes to the most streamed songs all time, Taylor didn't even make the top 20. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd is tops, followed by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" and The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather."

The Weeknd pops up again at #4 with "Starboy," followed by Harry Styles' "As It Was"; "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi; "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee; "One Dance" by Drake, Wizkid and Kyla; "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran;" and "STAY" by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber.

The most-streamed album of all time is Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti, followed by The Weeknd's Starboy, the deluxe version of Ed Sheeran's Divide, SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo, The Weeknd's After Hours, SOS by SZA, and Post Malone's Hollywood Bleeding.

Taylor's in at #8 with Lover, followed by AM by the British band Arctic Monkeys at #9 and Billie Eilish's WHERE WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO? at #10.

Albums that ranked from #11 to #20 include Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars and Taylor's Midnights. 

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With two Coachella appearances under his belt, a Stagecoach set and a fall headlining tour, Teddy Swims clearly values live music. That's why he wants to help fans enjoy it, too.

Teddy's partnering with White Claw this summer to promote the idea of live music being an opportunity to make in-real-life connections. Fans will have a chance to win a trip to see Teddy live, and a lifetime supply of free concert tickets for you and a friend. 

"Live music ... should be the most celebrated thing in the world, especially in a time where everything's so doctored," Teddy tells ABC Audio. "I love being arm-to-arm with strangers and sharing the same love for something."

"You make such beautiful friends that are coming from the same sort of traumas ... heartbreaks or ... celebrations as one another," he says of concerts. "And it's a chance to see that we're all not that different." 

Teddy found himself arm-in-arm with a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer at Coachella: former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth joined him for both appearances, duetting on Van Halen's "Jump." The two met after rehearsing next to each other and started hanging out.

"He has told me the craziest stuff," Teddy says. "He's the coolest guy ever and [gave] such good advice and mentorship on what to do and, as you can imagine, probably what not to do, too." 

In addition to live music, Teddy likes a good house party, like the one he attends in the White Claw campaign commercial. It's soundtracked to his hit "The Door," but Teddy says he'd rather be jamming out to his new single, "Mr. Know-It-All," or his song "Some Things I'll Never Know."

"I'd want it to be a little more upbeat, but I'm also a big fan of healing and crying together and loving on each other and having that big pow-wow together," he says. 

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In honor of Earth Day Wednesday, Billie Eilish closed down her online store and wrote that she was "encouraging fans and shoppers to donate time or resources to organizations of their choice to help make life on this planet safe, healthy and just." She also listed several of those organizations, including her mom's Support + Feed, which works to deliver plant-based meals and pantry items across the country. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter named Billie one of the 25 "Greenest Hollywood Celebrities," thanks to her efforts to tour without single-use plastics and with biofuel-powered trucks. She also encourages her fashion collaborators to use animal-free materials.

EJAE from the KPop Demon Hunters' group HUNTR/X is featured in People magazine's new "Most Beautiful" issue. In it, the "Golden" singer says, "I was so obsessed with makeup growing up. I wanted to hide behind makeup because I wanted to look a certain way. Korea is all about trends." She adds, "Now I'm more accepting of my bare face. I feel the most beautiful after I take a shower, and I put skin care on."

In case you missed RAYE on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, you can watch her two performances on YouTube. She performed "Click Clack Symphony." from her album This Music May Contain Hope. As a bonus, she sang another song from the album, "Joy.," and was joined by her sisters Amma and Absolutely, both of whom are opening for her on tour.

Netflix has revealed a few details of its upcoming documentary on Kylie Minogue. The three-part doc, KYLIE, will look at the Australian pop icon's 50-year career via home movie footage, personal photos and new interviews with Kylie. So far, there's no debut date for the project.

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Aside from Lady Gaga and Doechii's new song "Runway," we don't know much about the soundtrack of The Devil Wears Prada 2. But thanks to Sienna Spiro, we now know a few songs that will be featured in the film — including hers.

"So, so, so honoured to be part of the soundtrack for The Devil Wears Prada 2," she wrote on Instagram, alongside a video of the movie's end credits showing her contribution, "Material Lover."

"One of my biggest dreams has always been to make music for movies, and this is my first song in a film. So grateful," she adds. "It’s a song about loving real things — in a world full of social media, AI, and everything  digital. Can’t wait for you to hear it."

She also posted a video of herself singing an a cappella snippet of the tune.

Sienna's video also reveals that other songs you'll hear in the movie include SZA's "Saturn," Olivia Dean's "Nice To Each Other" and The Marías' "No One Noticed," as well as "Setting Sun" by Post Animal.

The soundtrack to The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out May 1, the same day the movie hits theaters.

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Following Jennifer Hudson's return to American Idol, the show has secured another powerhouse vocalist to help mentor the finalists. Accompanying the top three during the finale will be Alicia Keys.

The singer will offer advice, inspiration and a wealth of knowledge to the contestants, with whom she will share the stage. She will also perform a second time in celebration of the 25th anniversary of her debut album, Songs in A Minor. 

The episode will mark Alicia's return to the show. She previously mentored finalists in season 9 in 2010, performed on that year's Idol Gives Back charity special and also appeared during season 12.

The American Idol finale airs May 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+ and will be available the next day on Hulu.

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Ticketmaster has been the subject of some bad press lately, but the good news is that the company is now trying to help Harry Styles fans get tickets for his Together, Together tour, which otherwise would have fallen into scalpers' hands.

In a lengthy letter posted on the company's socials, Ticketmaster Global President Saumil Mehta says, "We caught scalpers using multiple accounts and fake identities to try to get around ticket limits and resell tickets for profit. We've canceled those tickets ... and we are working with the tour to release them back to fans at the original price."

The company recently did something similar with tickets to Ariana Grande's upcoming tour. Mehta notes, "It's all part of our broader effort to identify and catch more bad actors."

Fans can request the tickets from April 30 at 12 p.m. ET through May 1 at 5 p.m. ET via the Harry Styles page on Ticketmaster. Fans who don't already have tickets to the New York City shows will get priority. Once you've submitted your request, you'll get an email, and if your request is fulfilled, you'll receive a second email by midnight on May 8.

Of note, anyone who bought directly on Ticketmaster or anyone who received transferred or resale tickets in their Ticketmaster accounts is not affected. And it only affects the shows in New York City, which run between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31.

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If you love Tyla, put her in Chanel and on your calendars, too: her sophomore studio album, A*Pop, is set to arrive on July 24.

Tyla announced the news via a trailer on social media, which describes A*Pop as "dance," "African," "unapologetic," "fun," "for you," "for me," "confident" and "global."

In an interview with i-D, Tyla said she was initially nervous going into the album because she wasn't sure what direction to take.

"I was nervous — like, 'Where do I go from here?'" Tyla said. "But I realised that the music really reflects where you are in life."

"The new album sounds came on its own, it fell into place. I had no direct intention," she continued. "It's more a reflection of what I was feeling in the moment, what I was living through in the making of it."

Tyla teased that "there are some exciting features" on A*Pop, but those details — and others about the album — remain under wraps.

A*Pop follows Tyla's self-titled debut and is supported by the single "Chanel," where the album title was first teased in the music video, as well as “She Did It Again” featuring Zara Larsson.

It is now available for preorder. 

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