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The Weeknd Partners With Universal Studios for Nightmarish ‘After Hours’-Inspired Haunted House
Prepare to enter into the macabre mind of The Weeknd this Halloween, as the superstar just announced his After Hours-inspired experience with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. As if all the bloodied facial bandages and gory imagery from his blockbuster Billboard 200-topping album After Hours didn’t make us already lose our heads, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) is making us scared to live in his world again. Select tracks from After Hours — including the title track, “In Your Eyes,” “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights,” “Save Your Tears” (solo version) and “Too Late” — will be reimagined as a horror movie soundtrack throughout “The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare.” And brave guests will struggle to survive the night while being “stalked by slashers, bandaged maniacs, grueso...
Joseph Quinn Recounts ‘Master of Puppets’ Scene on ‘Stranger Things’: I Got To Feel Like A Rock Star’
When the dust — and bodies — settle on season four of Stranger Things, fans can argue about the killer moments. There’s the evil Vecna and his bone-snapping ways. Kate Bush coming to the rescue. And, of course, Eddie Munson wielding the axe for an end-of the-world Metallica shred. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news That moment has powered Metallica’s ‘80s song into charts around the globe, and turned actor Joseph Quinn in the next hot thing. On Monday night (July 25), the British actor stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for what was his talk-show debut. He played it like a pro, just like he did in his special “metal” moment on Stranger Things, though as he tells Fallon, the scene everyone’s talking about was mildly terrifying to sho...
Selena Gomez Shares Pics & Sage Advice After Glam Birthday Party: ‘I’m Starting to Really Like 30’
Selena Gomez‘s birthday may have been last week, but she’s still celebrating. On Monday (July 25), the pop star/actress took to Instagram to share photos from her glamorous 30th birthday party and a message about what the milestone birthday means to her. “Have had a moment to catch up,” she wrote in the caption alongside two black-and-white portraits in her Versace ball gown. “Though there are so many words to say I’ll simply leave it at this. My twenties were a journey through good, hard and beautiful moments that I will never forget. Each of them has shaped me into the person that I am today. I am someone who is still learning, but is more certain about what matters and what she wants. Someone who is grateful for every single gift and every single lesson along the way. I am walking forwa...
Getting Back in the DJ Booth: Jadaboo Talks Spinning For Six Hours at Diddy’s Parties, Her Viral ‘Rain’ Edit & Her 2022 Song of the Summer
As clubs have been reopening and shows have been resuming across the country after a year-and-a-half long COVID-19 pandemic pause on the live music industry, Billboard is asking club and touring DJs about their experience fading between spinning at home to performing back outside. There’s a saying that goes something like, “You can’t always be in the mix, or else you’ll lose your flavor.” But for seasoned DJ Jadaboo, she’s spinning at almost every popping party, premiere and afterparty and spreading her signature flavor of feel-good, old school and new school hip-hop, R&B, funk and dance music from coast to coast. After growing up seeing her loved ones involved in the music industry – her father was a producer and her high school sweetheart (now fiancé) is rapper Kyle – Jada wanted to ...
Fans Choose Billie Eilish’s ‘Guitar Songs’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Billie Eilish‘s Guitar Songs has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 22) on Billboard, choosing Eilish’s new EP as their favorite new music release of the past week. Guitar Songs brought in more than 60% of the vote, beating out new music by Megan Thee Stallion, Em Beihold, Lil Uzi Vert and more. The surprise two-track EP, with the songs “TV” and “The 30th,” delivers an acoustic, raw feel from Eilish. Upon their release, the singer-songwriter expressed to fans that the tracks “mean so so much to me. i am so happy for them to be yours.” Guitar Songs arrives just a year after Eilish’s sophomore studio album, Happier Than Ever. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Trailing behind the latest ...
Blackpink Set ‘Ready for Love’ Music Video Release Date
Blackpink‘s “Ready for Love” music video is coming soon. After performing the unreleased track during “The Virtual,” PUBG Mobile’s first-ever in-game concert, Blackpink announced on Sunday (July 24) that a visual for the song is scheduled to drop Friday (July 29) at 12 a.m. ET/1 p.m. KST. The group shared the news on social media, where they posted a teaser poster for “Ready to Love.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In July, YG Entertainment released a statement that announced the quartet — Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa — is in the “final stages of recording a new album.” The statement also said that Blackpink’s new music will arrive in August along with “a continuous large-scale project which will extend through the second half of the y...
Travis Scott Joins Future in Surprise Appearance at Rolling Loud Miami
Travis Scott surprised the crowd at Rolling Loud Miami when he took the stage with Future Saturday night (July 23). Though Scott has performed at a few one-off shows recently, this weekend’s cameo marked the rapper’s first music festival appearance since last year’s Astroworld tragedy in Houston, where 10 people died and many more were injured during his set. Rolling Loud attendees uploaded video clips of Scott and Future performing together, starting with their collaborative track “Hold That Heat.” Scott then brought a medley of his own tracks “Antidote,” “No Bystanders” and “Goosebumps” to the Miami stage. He paired up with Future again on “March Madness.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Scott had previously been approached by festival organi...
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello Tackled by Security at Band’s Toronto Concert
Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello had a run-in with security during the rock band’s concert at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Saturday (July 23). As seen in a fan-captured video, midway through the group’s closing song “Killing in the Name,” the iconic guitarist was accidentally knocked over by a security guard sprinting toward an unruly fan who snuck onto the stage. Rage frontman Zack de la Rocha — who was seated because of a recent foot injury — continued performing the heavy protest track for a few moments before realizing there was a problem and stopping the show. “Hold up, hold up, hold up,” the rapper repeated, motioning to his bandmates to halt the performance. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As the lights went up, Morello was seen q...
Marvel’s Kevin Feige Teases Harry Styles’ Return as Eros to Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is teasing Harry Styles‘ return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The former One Direction star made his debut in the MCU as the character Eros during a post-credits scene in the 2021 movie Eternals. Eros, also known as Starfox, is the brother of supervillain Thanos. In the brief clip, Styles appears alongside the small, furry CGI character Pip, who is voiced by Patton Oswalt. During an interview at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Feige hinted that Styles’ would return as Eros in the “cosmic” part of the MCU, but didn’t specify any specific films or television shows. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Yes, the adventures of Eros and Pip is something that is very exciting for us,” the Marvel Studios head to...
Jennifer Lopez Poses Nude for JLo Body Launch on 53rd Birthday
Jennifer Lopez is celebrating her 53rd birthday with a JLo Body, an expansion of her JLo Beauty skincare line. The singer and actress marked the occasion in the nude to show off a new product. Lopez shared the news of JLo Body’s first product, a beauty balm intended to be used on the booty, with her loyal fans subscribed to her On the JLo newsletter, where she linked to an exclusive announcement video. “I’m always full of surprises that I love to share with you first,” she wrote in the email sent on Sunday (July 24). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the clip for fans, she poked fun at herself for dropping a “booty balm”: “That’s right,” Lopez, who just married Ben Affleck in an intimate Las Vegas wedding ceremony last week, said with ...
Ozzy Osbourne Attends Comic-Con, Says ‘It’s a Slow Climb Back’ After Surgery
Ozzy Osbourne appeared in good spirits at San Diego Comic-Con, which he attended to promote his Patient Number 9 comic book with Todd McFarlane. “It’s great. I love to see people, you know,” Osbourne said in an short interview with ET at Comic-Con uploaded on Friday (July 22). “That’s been the hardest thing over the past three years.” “I’ve been trying to recover from my surgery,” said the rocker, who acknowledged that his recovery has been going well. “I’m getting there. It’s a slow climb back.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Osbourne gave his first update following a major surgery last month, thanking fans for their support. At the time, he said he was out of the hospital and resting. “I am now home from the hospital recuperating com...
Selena Gomez Celebrates 30th Birthday With Longtime Friend Taylor Swift: ’30, Nerdy and Worthy’
Happy birthday, Selena Gomez! The superstar singer and actress, who turned 30 on Friday (July 22), celebrated the special day with one of her closest pals Taylor Swift. The “Lose You to Love Me” singer took to social media on Friday to give a behind-the-scenes look at how she and Swift celebrated the milestone birthday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “30, nerdy and worthy,” Gomez captioned a pair of sweet snapshots on Instagram. Seated at a table in a lovely outdoor setting, Gomez is all smiles as she dons a flowy white dress and embraces her good friend of more than 15 years, who flashes three fingers on one hand and a fist for zero on the other. Another photo finds Swift smirking as she gives a thumbs up, while Gomez giggles beside her with ...
