Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour has earned them a Pollstar Award for hip-hop tour of the year. The win was announced Wednesday at the 37th annual Pollstar Awards.
The tour went on the road following the release of Kendrick’s GNX and SZA’s Lana, marking the first all-stadium tour for both stars. It grossed $358.7 million and became the highest-grossing co-headlining tour of all time.
Other winners from the night included Glastonbury Festival, which was named international music festival of the year, and The Weeknd, who won R&B tour of the year for his After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour. The trek supported After Hours, Dawn FM and Hurry Up Tomorrow, and featured guests including Mike Dean and Playboi Carti.
Dancing with the Stars earned family, event or non-music tour of the year, while Radio City Music Hall was named theatre of the year. Sphere took home U.S. arena of the year, and Allegiant Stadium was named U.S. stadium of the year.
Austin City Limits Music Festival won music festival of the year (global) for events with more than 30,000 attendees, while Ohana Festival won in the under-30,000 category.
(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has been charged with two counts of second degree assault which occurred in February, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis.
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Peter Frampton at 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/(Disney/Jenny Anderson)
A new documentary about Peter Frampton is set to premiere at the 25th annual Tribeca Festival, with Frampton set to perform at the event.
Frampton’s documentary, titled Frampton, will have its world premiere on June 4, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer performing after the screening. The description notes that it tells Frampton’s story “from the arena-shaking triumph of ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ to a final tour shaped by a degenerative diagnosis,” noting it follows “a rock icon who lost everything and fought his way back—again and again.”
The doc, directed by Rob Arthur, will feature appearances by The Who’s Roger Daltrey, The Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Ringo Starr, Alice Cooper and more.
The doc news comes as Frampton is getting ready to release a new album. Carry the Light, Frampton’s first album of all new material in 16 years, drops May 15.
The Tribeca Festival runs from June 3 to June 14. More info can be found at TribecaFilm.com.
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!”
A seagull stands on the 16th-century Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, Monday, April 13, 2026. (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
(VENICE, Italy) — One of the world’s most iconic cities could be heavily impacted by climate change and sea level rise in the coming years, leading researchers to search for solutions on how to protect it.
Venice, the historic Italian city known for its canals that serve as water traffic corridors, has been said to be sinking for nearly a century. The site within the vicinity of the Venetian Lagoon has flooded increasingly over the past 150 years, according to a paper published in Scientific Reports on Thursday.
Historically, there have been 28 events in which seawater flooding impacted at least 60% of the city, according to the paper. Eighteen of those events have taken place in the last century.
Piero Lionello, a professor of atmospheric physics and oceanography at the University of Salento in Italy and native Venetian, has noticed an uptick in flooding events throughout his lifetime, he told ABC News.
“The rate has been quite impressive the last three decades,” he said.
Climate experts are now calling for long-term planning to protect the city from rising sea levels over the next several centuries.
The Venetian Lagoon is a “special system” because it is so connected to the Adriatic Sea, said Lionello, the lead author of the paper.
Proposed strategies to prevent flooding as sea levels rise include movable barriers, ring dikes — which are circular or oval-shaped embankments designed to protect localized areas from floodwaters — or even closing the Venetian Lagoon and relocating the city, according to the paper.
Currently, the city is defended by a trio of movable barriers at the edge of the Venetian Lagoon. The MOSE project, installed in the 1990s, is a system of mobile flood barrier shields as tall as a five-story building that can be raised to separate the lagoon from the Adriatic Sea during high tides.
The system allows the waterways of Venice to function normally during high tide and has prevented flood disasters from storm surge. But it won’t be sufficient in the future, Lionello said.
“The present system, it will certainly be become inadequate,” he said.
The existing movable barriers may be effective against sea level rise up to 1.25 meters, or about 4.1 feet, according to the paper. But this benchmark is likely to be exceeded by the year 2300 under a low-emissions scenario due to rising global temperatures and ground subsidence — the gradual sinking of the ground — the researchers said.
Dikes may be necessary to protect Venice’s city center from the rest of the lagoon, according to the paper. The dikes would consist of walls surrounding the city, separating it from the lagoon, Lionello said.
Construction of dikes could cost between $600 million and $5.3 billion, according to the paper.
A “super levee” that could cost more than $35 billion to construct may be needed to close the lagoon and protect the land that is already below sea level.
If sea levels rise enough, it may be necessary for the city’s residents and historic landmarks to be moved inland, the researchers said. Relocating the city could be necessary beyond a 4.5-meter, or nearly 15-foot, sea level rise, which is projected to occur after 2300 under a high emissions scenario, according to the paper. Relocating the city could cost up to $118 billion, according to the researchers.
This solution is the most “provocative” and would involve moving individual buildings and monuments inland, Lionello said.
“You can preserve a building. You can have different solution to keep people living there, but it will be a completely different Venice from the Venice that we have now,” Lionello said.
The system of mobile barriers has been working overtime, according to officials. The MOSE barriers were lifted from the seabed to stop water from the Adriatic Sea from entering the lagoon 31 times during a six-month period between October 2023 and April 2024.
Climate scientists have predicted a steady rise in sea levels in the Adriatic Sea — with the lagoonal ecosystem in Venice experiencing relative sea level rise of about 2.5 millimeters per year, a 2021 study found.
Over the past 60 years, high tides in the Venetian Lagoon have become more frequent.
Between 1870 and 1949, 30 high tides exceeded 1.1 meters — or 3.6 feet — the level above which the MOSE barrier system is activated, according to the Venice Tide Study Center. There were 76 such high tides between 2015 and 2024 alone.
Rapid action to protect the city of Venice from climate change is “essential,” especially since the construction of large-scale interventions could take decades, the researchers said.
Ella Langley and the Lone Star State remain the most popular option it seems, as “Choosin’ Texas” remains atop both Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs and the Hot 100.
This is the track’s sixth non-consecutive week at #1 on the all-genre Hot 100, while it’s spending its 20th week at the pinnacle on Hot Country Songs.
“Choosin’ Texas” is only the 11th title to spend that many weeks on top, on par with recent entries like “What I Want” by Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae and “I Remember Everything” from Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves.
2017’s “Meant to Be” by Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha holds the record for the most time at #1, with 50 weeks. When it comes to solo female artists, only Gabby Barrett has spent longer at the top than Ella, with “I Hope” making it 27 weeks starting in 2020.
Next up, we wait to see if the Alabama’s native’s second album, Dandelion, can manage a #1 debut on the all-genre Billboard 200, after its April 10 release.
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!'”
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich attends the 37th Annual Pollstar Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on April 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Pollstar )
The Eagles and Metallica were big winners at the 37th annual Pollstar Awards, which took place Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Eagles’ residency at the Sphere Las Vegas was named residency of the year, while Metallica’s M72 World Tour was named rock tour of the year.
The night’s other winners include the Oasis Live ’25 Tour, named major tour of the year; the Sphere, named U.S. arena of the year; and Allegiant Stadium, also in Vegas, named U.S. stadium of the year.
Plus, Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. was named international music festival of the year; the Eddie Vedder-curated Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, and the Austin City Limits Music Festival were the two U.S. festivals honored.
Eagles launched their Sphere residency in September 2024. It consisted of 58 shows, setting the record for the longest-running residency at the venue. The final two shows, as of now, took place April 10 and 11.
Metallica are set to launch their own Sphere residency later this year. The Life Burns Faster residency kicks off Oct. 1 and runs through March 13, 2027.
An advertisement for the Eagles residency is displayed on the Sphere, a music and entertainment venue on March 11, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
The Eagles’ recent residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas won the award for residency of the year at the 37th annual Pollstar Awards, which took place Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
The honors are handed out by Pollstar, the publication that covers the concert industry, and voted on solely by members of the industry.
The night’s other winners include the Oasis Live ’25 Tour, named major tour of the year; the Sphere, named U.S. arena of the year; and Allegiant Stadium, also in Vegas, named U.S. stadium of the year.
Eagles launched their Sphere residency in September 2024, playing 58 shows to set the record for the longest-running residency at the venue. The final two shows, as of now, took place April 10 and 11.
While the Eagles currently have no more residency shows on their schedule, they do have several tour dates ahead of them, including New Orleans Jazzfest on May 2.
They have also booked four shows on their The Long Goodbye Act III tour, including stops in Atlanta; Nashville; Arlington, Texas; and Hollywood, Florida.
A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.
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.
