The full lineup is out now for Billboard Country Live, the free event at Category 10 that takes place the week of CMA Fest.
Corey Kent, Drew Baldridge, The Band Perry, Chase Rice and Hunter Hayes join previously announced headliners The Red Clay Strays on Thursday, June 4, along with Tyler Myers, Lanie Gardner and The Grimm.
On Friday, Ashley Cooke and Priscilla Block are set to play alongside show closer Tucker Wetmore, who was already on the bill. Alana Springsteen, Alexandra Kay, Braxton Keith, Kaitlin Butts, Stella Lefty and Something Out West will play, as well.
Billboard‘s also teasing some surprise guests, so that may not be all. You’ll need to RSVP at Live.Billboard.Country to get in.
On June 3, they’ll kick things off with an exclusive event on the roof honoring Billboard‘s Country Power Players.
The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
The Black Crowes have added another show to their 2026 schedule.
The rockers are set to play the 2026 Corona Capital festival, taking place Nov. 20-22 in Mexico City. They are set to play the closing night, which features headliners The Strokes.
The lineup also features fellow headliners Gorillaz and Twenty One Pilots, as well as Mumford & Sons, Violet Grohl, Johnny Marr and others.
Presales begin May 26, and tickets go on sale to the general public on May 27.
The Black Crowes launched their Southern Hospitality tour with Whiskey Myers on Sunday in Austin, Texas. The tour hits Rogers, Arkansas, on Tuesday, with the first leg wrapping June 20 in Newark, New Jersey. After a set of European and U.K. dates, the tour resumes July 17 in Indianapolis and wraps Aug. 20 in Mountain View, California.
Muse has premiered a new song called “Hexagons,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, The Wow! Signal.
“Hexagons” begins with some arpeggiated guitar shredding courtesy of Matt Bellamy that may remind longtime fans of Muse’s earlier work.
You can check out its appropriately spacey visualizer streaming now on YouTube.
The Wow! Signal, the follow-up to 2022’s Will of the People, is due out June 26. It also includes the previously released songs “Unravelling,” “Be with You” and “Cryogen.”
Beartooth has announced a U.S. tour in support of the band’s upcoming album, Pure Ecstasy.
The headlining trek launches Nov. 11 in Boston and will conclude Dec. 19 in Wheatland, California. The bill also includes Don Broco, Magnolia Park and Windwaker.
Presales begin Tuesday at noon ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit BeartoothBand.com.
Pure Ecstasy, the follow-up to 2023’s The Surface, is due out Aug. 28. The single “Free” and the title track are out now.
RAYE and sister Abby-Lynn Keen aka Absolutely attend The Ivors Academy Honours 2025 on Oct. 2, 2025 in London, England (Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Ivors Academy)
RAYE sings “Where Is My Husband!” every night on her tour. Meanwhile, one of her openers already found hers.
RAYE’s opening acts are her sisters, who record under the names Absolutely and Amma. Absolutely, born Abby-Lynn Keen, has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend Noah, who according to his Instagram page is also a musician. “I am the happiest girl in the world,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.
RAYE congratulated the happy couple on her own Story, writing, “My sister just got a ringggggggggg. @the.absolutely @noahurrea I JUST LOVE YOU BURSTING WITH JOY FOR YOU MY BEAUTIFUL ABBY & NOAH.”
She added, “May no weapon fashioned against you both EVER prosper AMEN.”
RAYE also commented under Absolutely’s post, which features plenty of photos of the couple’s engagement party. “We are finally going to have a brother @amma,” she wrote.
In addition to RAYE, born Rachel Keen; Amma, born Lauren Keen; and Absolutely, there’s a fourth Keen sister who is currently not in the spotlight.
As for RAYE’s thoughts on the title of her hit song, she told Billboard, “Sometimes I’m very assured and confident and happy with my life, and then some days I’m watching a rom-com, and I’m like, ‘Where? Where?’ But it’s not serious. I’m not crying myself to sleep every night — just some nights.”
Static-X performs in concert at Germania Insurance Amphitheater on August 18, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Gary Miller/WireImage)
Static-X has canceled the remainder of the band’s 2026 tour dates due to “serious medical issues.”
“The situation is unavoidable and requires immediate attention,” the “Push It” band writes in a Facebook post published Monday. “We are very sorry for the inconvenience, and we promise to return to the stage, bigger, stronger and faster in 2027.”
The band adds, “We appreciate your continued love and support and look forward to seeing you all again very soon!”
Static-X currently consists of bassist Tony Campos, guitarist Koichi Fukuda and drummer Ken Jay, all of whom played on the band’s 1999 debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip, as well as an anonymous masked singer known only as Xer0 in place of late frontman Wayne Static, who died in 2014.
Cardi B performs onstage during the Little Miss Drama Tour at The Kia Forum on February 15, 2026, in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Cardi B may be the drama, but she’s also the leading nominee for the BET Awards 2026. She’s received six nominations, including album of the year for her sophomore project Am I The Drama?, best female hip-hop artist, best collaboration for “Errtime Remix” featuring Jeezy and Latto, video director of the year with Patientce Foster and viewers choice for “Outside.”
Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist follow closely behind the Bronx rapper, with five nominations each. Both are up for viewers choice — Kendrick for “Chains & Whips” with Clipse and Mariah for “Burning Blue” — as well as best collaboration.
Doechii has been nominated for four awards, tying with Doja Cat, Clipse, Teyana Taylor, Olivia Dean and Latto. A$AP Rocky, Bruno Mars, Bryson Tiller, Chris Brown, Jill Scott and Kehlani each earned three nominations, as did Metro Boomin, SZA, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, T.I. and YK Niece.
This year’s show will also feature the presentation of two new categories: the Fashion Vanguard Award, recognizing a global figure whose fashion has shaped style narratives and culture, and the Pulse Award, celebrating creators or content that advance Black culture online.
Fashion Vanguard nominees include A$AP Rocky, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Colman Domingo, Doechii, Rihanna, Teyana Taylor and Zendaya. Pulse Award nominees include 85 South Show, Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, Charlamagne Tha God, Don Lemon, Druski, It Is What It Is, Joe and Jada, On the Radar and R&B Money Podcast.
The BET Awards are set for June 28 in Los Angeles, with Druski serving as host. It will air at 8 p.m. ET and 8 p.m PT on BET and be simulcast on BET HER, CMT, LOGO, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon (NAN), Paramount, POP, VH1, Comedy Central and TV Land.
Rod Stewart performs during the 55th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 26, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
While Rod Stewart has famously declared that he doesn’t want to retire, he now seems to be hinting at it — at least when it comes to touring.
While calling in to the British sports network talkSPORT on Monday to discuss his favorite soccer team, Rod, 81, was asked what his upcoming touring plans were. He told the hosts that after performing at a private event in Monaco, he was headed to Las Vegas for his latest run of shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which start on May 27.
“I’ve got 40 odd shows this year, and that’s that’s not really…enough,” he added. “And I’m touring the U.K. next year, doing the O2 [arena] and that’ll probably be it, I think. I’ll have to do something new. Come on your show more often, maybe.”
Asked if he still gets a “massive buzz” from being onstage, Rod agreed, noting, “There’s nothing like it. There’s no drink, alcohol or drug will give you that buzz … to see all those smiling faces out there and … send them all home happy is just God’s gift. It’s wonderful.”
The 2027 shows Rod referred to haven’t actually been announced yet. The rest of this year will see him playing a mix of headlining shows, a few dates with Richard Marx, some festivals and yet another run of Vegas shows in August.
In late 2024, when Rod announced his ongoing One Last Time tour, he said it would be the end of “large-scale world tours” for him. He then added, “I have no desire to retire. I love what I do, and I do what I love.”
Meanwhile, on Tuesday night, May 19, CBS will air Forever Young: A GRAMMY Salute to Rod Stewart LIVE.
Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
Tracee Ellis Ross is headed to Broadway to show off her acting chops, as she has announced she’ll be starring in Every Brilliant Thing.
“She said yes to joy. And now she’s saying yes to Broadway,” an Instagram post for the play reads. “Tracee Ellis Ross makes her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing. July 7-August 9 only.”
“I’ve got something really exciting to share, so are you ready?” Tracee adds in a video announcement. “Drumroll please. … I will be making my, hold your horses, Broadway debut. That’s right. In the Tony Award-nominated play Every Brilliant Thing.”
“I am so excited, and I am also so nervous, which I think is appropriate,” she continues. “It is a one-person show that is also not a solo show, it is a monologue that is told by the actor—which in this case will be me—with the audience, which makes every performance special and different.”
According to the play’s website, Every Brilliant Thing follows a person looking “back at their life and the glimmers of hope that carried them through. All told through a list of every wonderful, beautiful, and delightful thing—big, small, and everything in between—that makes life worth living.”
Daniel Radcliffe, who earned a Tony Award nomination for best lead actor in a play for his performance, ends his run May 24. He’ll be replaced by Mariska Hargitay on May 26, before Tracee begins her stint at the Hudson Theatre on July 7.
“I really hope you can come and see me on Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing,” she says.
“I’ve performed several times at awards shows,” he says. “And every night that I’ve done it, I always stand out there and I’m in my head while I’m singing. I’m like, ‘That’s Chris Stapleton. That’s George Strait. That’s Miranda Lambert. The GOATs.'”
“[I’m] singing with Lee Ann Womack, country music royalty, on national television,” he continues. “And if I did it seven nights a week for the rest of my life, I still don’t think I would really feel like I belong with those people. So, maybe just for a night, I do.”
Ella Langley set a new record for the most wins by a single artist in a night on Sunday, taking home seven trophies.
“I keep wondering when this is gonna feel like real life and it [has] yet to [have] done that,” she reflects. “I’m just so grateful. I’m so grateful to be here, and I’m so grateful that I get to do what I love to do with the people that I love to do it with. I’ve wanted this my whole entire life.”
Ella went on to reveal why she got so choked up as she accepted the female artist award.
“My whole entire life, I’ve watched these award shows, and I’ve watched a lot of these people that love me and support me up here from back home in my living room on the TV. And standing up onstage and looking out at those women that have continuously had my back made me emotional,” she says.
If you missed the 61st ACMs, you can stream it in its entirety on Prime Video.
