James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem performs in concert during day 4 of the Primavera Sound Festival at Parc Del Forum on June 07, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Xavi Torrent/Redferns)
LCD Soundsystem has announced a residency in Boston.
The “Dance Yrself Clean” outfit will play four shows at the Beantown venue Roadrunner between April 30 and May 3.
Presales begin Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. local time.
LCD has also announced a one-off show in Reno, Nevada, taking place Sept. 24. Tickets to that go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit LCDSoundsystem.com.
LCD Soundsystem’s upcoming live schedule also includes a four-date Chicago residency in March, and a set at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival in May. Their annual New York City residency, which typically takes place in November and December, has yet to be announced for 2026.
Musician Nicki Minaj (L) joins U.S. President Donald Trump on stage as he delivers remarks during the Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on January 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Nicki Minaj has another event for President Donald Trump on her schedule. She will be a guest speaker at the World Liberty Forum, where she will participate in a fireside chat titled Owning the Culture: The Business of Music in a Creator-Led Economy.
“We’re excited to welcome global icon Nicki Minaj to the #WLF2026 stage! From dominating the charts to mastering the business of music, she will be exploring how artists are becoming entrepreneurs and what the next era of monetization looks like in a creator-led economy,” the WLF wrote on its X account.
In response, Nicki wrote, “It’s an honor. See you soon!”
The forum, cofounded by Trump, “is a carefully curated event for CEOs, major investors, policymakers and accomplished technologists” who, according to its website, come together to discuss the future of finance and technology via panels, keynote sessions and more.
The event is currently underway at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
It’s Nicki’s latest act in support of Trump, following her attendance at the Trump Accounts Summit in January.
Ashley McBryde’s “Arkansas Mud” (Warner Records Nashville)
A new piece of Ashley McBryde’s upcoming fifth album will arrive on Friday.
“We’ve all filed an edge down here or there at someone else’s request,” she wrote on Instagram. “‘Arkansas Mud’ is about rediscovering and re-honing those edges. Bite back.”
Of course, the title of the new track references Ashley’s home state. “Arkansas Mud” follows her radio single “What If We Don’t,” which came out in January.
Ashley continues her Redemption Residency at Chief’s on Broadway in Nashville with two Postcards from Lindeville shows that kick off Thursday.
That’s according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the recorded music industry business around the world. The IFPI also notes that this marks the sixth time Taylor’s won the title: as many times as all other artists combined over the past 10 years.
In 2025, Taylor dominated the streaming, physical and digital music formats thanks to her album The Life of a Showgirl and her Disney+ documentary The End of an Era.
“Taylor Swift’s sixth IFPI Global Artist of the Year award is a truly historic achievement,” IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley said in a statement.
Other artists among IFPI’s top-10 biggest global artists of 2025 include Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga, who was in the top 10 for the first time since 2020.
Further down the list were Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. Ed’s back on the list for the first time since 2023, while Justin made it for the first time since 2021.
Yungblud performs on stage during the Pinkpop Festival on June 21, 2024 in Landgraaf, Netherlands. (Didier Messens/Getty Images)
Yungblud will be releasing a new album called Idols II on Friday.
As its title suggests, the upcoming record is a sequel to the English artist’s latest effort, 2025’s Idols.
The Idols II track list includes six new songs, plus the updated version of the original Idols single “Zombie” featuring The Smashing Pumpkins.
Yungblud first announced Idols as a double album project in May. The first part dropped in June.
“We turn to others for an identity before turning to ourselves,” Yungblud said at the time. “Self-belief, self-reclamation, self-evolution and change. As we grow up, we lose our belief in magic and mystery. We begin to rationalize everything; our cage walls build up. We compare ourselves to 15 different people before we’ve even had our breakfast.”
DJ Khaled attends Reserve Cup Miami 2026 at Reserve Miami Seaplane on January 23, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Reserve Padel)
DJ Khaled has been tapped to headline the official afterparty for the Big 12 Conference, a premier NCAA Division I athletic conference. He’ll perform at the KC Live! stage in Kansas City, Missouri. Fans must follow the Big 12‘s social media for more information on how to get access to tickets for the free show.
“The Big 12 Tournament is one of the biggest and best. I’m looking forward to bringing that energy to the Tournament After Party with a performance and connecting with the fans,” Khaled said in a statement. “Young world, the world is yours—you are now and you are the future! Keep going! WE THE BEST!”
“We are continually investing in ways to elevate the Big 12 Basketball Tournaments and deliver an unforgettable experience for our fans,” added Big 12 chief brand and business officer Tyrel Kirkham. “DJ Khaled is an incredible performer and we know he will put on a high-energy show.”
The Big 12 basketball tournament afterparty takes place on March 14.
Darius Rucker’s stepping out with a symphony in his hometown.
The country star and Hootie & the Blowfish frontman will play the Darius Rucker Big Band Gala April 7 at the Gaillard Center in Charleston. He’ll be joined by the Robert Lewis Orchestra.
“These big band shows are some of my favorite nights as it’s the only time I get to perform so many of the standards we all grew up listening to with the backing of such an incredible orchestra,” Darius says. “It’s all to benefit incredible non-profit work locally.”
Proceeds go to fund music education in Charleston County Schools through the CMA Foundation, and to the Carolyn G. Rucker Nursing Scholarship at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, which honors Darius’ mother.
Cover of U2 EP ‘U2-Days of Ash’ (Interscope Records)
U2 has surprised fans with some new music.
The Irish rockers just released a new six-track EP, U2 – Days of Ash. It features five new songs and a poem, with a guest appearance by Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier Taras Topolia.
The EP is described in a press release as “an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.” It comes ahead of a new U2 record, expected in late 2026.
“It’s been a thrill having the four of us back together in the studio over the last year … the songs on Days of Ash are very different in mood and theme to the ones we’re going to put on our album later in the year,” Bono said in a statement. “These EP tracks couldn’t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation.”
“I believe these new songs stand up to our best work,” Larry Mullen Jr. added, with Adam Clayton offering, “I’m excited about these new songs, it feels like they’re arriving at the right time.”
Songs on the EP include “American Obituary,” written in response to the death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good at the hands of federal agents, and “Yours Eternally,” which features Sheeran and Topolia. The latter song will be accompanied by a documentary, directed by Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker Ilya Mikhaylus. It will be released Feb. 24 to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
U2 – Days of Ash is available now via digital outlets, with lyric videos for all the songs on YouTube. Here is the track list: “American Obituary” “The Tears of Things” “Song of the Future” “Wildpeace” – by Yehuda Amichai, read by Adeola, with music by U2 and Jacknife Lee “One Life At a Time” “Yours Eternally” (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia)
Cover art for J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ (Dreamville Records/Interscope Records)
Demand is high for J. Cole’s The Fall-Off World Tour, so much so that he’s added dates in select cities.
After more than 1 million people joined the queues for the presales for tickets for the East Coast and Midwest shows, according to his manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad, Cole announced second dates in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Inglewood, Houston and Dallas. Following presales taking place throughout the week, all tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday.
J. Cole’s The Fall-Off World Tour will support his latest album, The Fall-Off. It will kick off its North American leg on July 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the run ending with Sept. 23 in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The European/U.K. leg runs from Oct. 7 to Nov. 12 and will be followed by five dates in Australia. Cole’s final show will then take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking his first time in the region in 10 years.
The Fall-Off was released on Feb. 6 and has since topped the Billboard 200, with more than 20 songs from the double disc now on the Billboard Hot 100. J. Cole now has 111 entries, making him the 22nd act to have 100 titles on the chart. Thirteen of them have reached top-10 status.
Cover art for J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ (Dreamville Records/Interscope Records)
Demand is high for J. Cole’s The Fall-Off World Tour, so much so that he’s added dates in select cities.
After more than 1 million people joined the queues for the presales for tickets for the East Coast and Midwest shows, according to his manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad, Cole announced second dates in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Inglewood, Houston and Dallas. Following presales taking place throughout the week, all tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday.
J. Cole’s The Fall-Off World Tour will support his latest album, The Fall-Off. It will kick off its North American leg on July 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the run ending with Sept. 23 in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The European/U.K. leg runs from Oct. 7 to Nov. 12 and will be followed by five dates in Australia. Cole’s final show will then take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking his first time in the region in 10 years.
The Fall-Off was released on Feb. 6 and has since topped the Billboard 200, with more than 20 songs from the double disc now on the Billboard Hot 100. J. Cole now has 111 entries, making him the 22nd act to have 100 titles on the chart. Thirteen of them have reached top-10 status.
