BTS, ‘THE COMBACK LIVE | ARIRANG’ (Courtesy Netflix)
Millions of fans came back to their computers and phones to check out BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE when it streamed live on Netflix on March 21.
The 12-song concert, performed live from Seoul, South Korea, was the K-pop superstars’ first full group show in nearly four years. According to Netflix, it drew 18.4 million global viewers, counting the number of viewers who watched live and the number of viewers who watched it on replay 24 hours after the concert ended.
Netflix will stream the documentary BTS: THE RETURNon Friday.
In other BTS streaming news, the group celebrated the release of their new album, ARIRANG, Monday night in New York for an audience of 1,000 of their top Spotify fans. In addition to performing ARIRANG tracks “SWIM,” “NORMAL” and “2.0,” they did a Q&A with singer/actress Suki Waterhouse.
During the Q&A, the group explained that their new single “SWIM” is about “not stopping, even when you’re facing tough times and emotional waves.” And RM, who hurt his ankle ahead of the Netflix concert and can’t dance, said he’s “getting better.”
Jay-Z at the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (James Sutton/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
Jay-Z is opening up about the now-dismissed sexual assault lawsuit filed against him a little over a year ago, saying the allegations took a severe toll on him.
In a pair of interviews with GQ earlier this year, published Tuesday, the music mogul reflected on the 2024 lawsuit, filed on behalf of a woman who accused Jay-Z and former rapper and record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs of allegedly taking turns sexually assaulting her at a party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, when she was just 13 years old.
Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, and Combs both denied the allegations, and the civil case was dropped in February 2025 after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice through her attorney.
“It was hard. Really hard. I was heartbroken,” Jay-Z said, speaking with GQ. “I was really heartbroken by everything that occurred.”
The rapper described feeling “uncontrollable anger” over the allegations, adding, “You don’t put that on someone — that’s a thing that you better be super sure.”
Jay-Z said that despite that frustration, he was confident the court case would be resolved.
“I also got to see how people felt about me, especially people that were close to me,” he said, noting that at one point, his daughter Blue Ivy Carter donned a jersey with his name across the back and wore it to school.
“People can say that [they’ll always be there for you], but it’s very rare that you’re going to have to exercise it,” he added. “And in the darkest moment for me, I got to see those sorts of things.”
The lawsuit was one of a number of anonymous civil complaints filed by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee against Combs, who was convicted in July 2025 on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution and sentenced to more than four years in prison.
The suit, initially filed in October 2024, was amended in December that same year to include Carter.
Carter and his lawyer strongly denied the allegations outlined in the suit in both public statements and in court filings, accusing Buzbee, the woman’s lawyer, of conducting an “extortionate campaign” against him.
Combs’ legal representatives responded to the filing in a statement to ABC News at the time, calling Buzbee’s lawsuits “publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them.”
The plaintiff in the amended lawsuit voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice through her attorney in February 2025, according to a court filing.
Carter addressed the dismissal in a statement through his entertainment company Roc Nation at that time, calling it “a victory.” Combs’ legal team said in a statement that the dismissal was “confirmation that these lawsuits are built on falsehoods, not facts.”
Jay-Z subsequently filed a defamation suit against the woman in the withdrawn civil suit in March 2025, also naming her attorneys, Buzbee and David Fortney, and alleging they “were soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the truth and the most fundamental precepts of human decency.”
In response to the defamation suit, Buzbee shared a statement with ABC News that month, saying the case has “no legal merit” and was “just another attempt to intimidate and bully this poor woman.”
The defamation lawsuit is ongoing as of March 2026.
Speaking with GQ about his plans moving forward, Jay-Z said that the interviews were “the first thing I’m doing, actually.”
“It was just like, alright man, we played enough defense. 2026 is all offense.”
ABC News has reached out to Jay-Z’s representative for comment.
Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses perform at Hayarkon Park on June 05, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Shlomi Pinto/Redferns)
There was a mini Guns N’ Roses reunion in Los Angeles Monday night.
The band’s current and original members Slash and Duff McKagan reunited with original Guns drummer Steven Adler and former guitarist Gilby Clarke at the Rock For Jennifer Memorial Concert held at The Troubadour in Hollywood.
Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube shows the rockers teaming for a performance of the Guns N’ Roses track “It’s So Easy,” from their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, with Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe handling the vocals.
Adler was a member of Guns N’ Roses from their formation in 1985 until his firing in 1990 due to his drug addiction issues. Clarke joined the group in 1991 to replace original guitarist Izzy Stradlin, and performed with them until 1995.
According to Blabbermouth, the concert was in celebration of Jennifer Perry, the former house agent at the Troubadour, who died in February at the age of 67.
(L-R) Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on stage at Viejas Casino & Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)
ZZ Top has expanded their 2026 The Big One! tour to include dates in Mexico and South America.
The band will play three shows in Mexico, starting with a Nov. 9 concert in Guadalajara, and followed by shows in Mexico City and Monterrey.
The tour then heads to South America — the band’s first time there in 16 years — starting Nov. 16 in Santiago, Chile. The tour will then hit three cities in Brazil, before wrapping Nov. 24 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“ZZ Top is looking forward to bringing its rock ‘n’ roll roadshow back to our amigos in Argentina, Brazil and Chile and they know that we’re ready to rock,” says Billy F Gibbons. “We are always excited to be with our longtime friends, fans and followers en Mexico.”
A presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets for most shows going on sale Friday. Tickets for shows in Santiago and Buenos Aires go on sale to the general public April 17.
ZZ Top’s next concert is Tuesday in Greeley, Colorado. They will also be bringing The Big One! tour to Europe, with a mix of festival appearances and headlining dates. The tour starts June 13 in Estonia.
A complete list of dates can be found at ZZTop.com.
The track list for Ashley McBryde’s fifth studio album, Wild, is out now, and she delivered it in a very unique way.
Last week 11 patches were mailed to Ashley’s top fans, who are members of her The Trybe fan club. The patches correspond to the ones on the jacket Ashley wears on the Wild cover, and each one included instructions on how to unlock a song title on Ashley’s website.
Each title is displayed on a replica of the jacket on the site, and if you can manage to get the password that unlocked each song, you can hear a preview of all 11 tracks.
You can also enter to win one of five limited-edition replicas of the jacket.
Here’s the complete track listing for Ashley McBryde’s Wild, which drops May 8: “Rattlesnake Preacher” “Arkansas Mud” “Water in the River” “Creosote” “Bottle Tells Me So” “What If We Don’t” “Lines in the Carpet” “Behind Bars” “Hand Me Downs” “Wild” “Ten to Midnight”
Charlie Puth and his wife, Brooke Puth, just became first-time parents, so it’s a good thing Charlie’s new album is the perfect soundtrack for that.
The album, Whatever’s Clever!, arrives on Friday. He tells Vogue, “I’m really excited that my life has finally lined up musically to where I want to be. The music is directly parallel with that, which is why Whatever’s Clever! is all Yacht Rock 2026-style.”
Among the musical guests on the album are yacht rock icons Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, as well as Kenny G and even Jeff Goldblum.
“With all respect to the artists that are featured on this album, it’s music I would listen to as a dad, if that makes sense. So I feel very aligned with it,” Charlie adds. “I think it’s very serendipitous and there’s meaning behind everything, and there might be a reason why this album is arriving in a similar timeframe.”
Charlie and Brooke welcomed their son Jude Crawford Puth on March 13.
He adds, “I’m gonna enter this really exciting stage of life and I feel like this is the perfect soundtrack to that. I feel like it’s a perfect time to get to write really specific songs about subjects that you might not have heard me sing about.”
Charlie describes the album’s first single, “Changes,” as sounding like “a Steve Winwood, happy-go-lucky, 1992-era, optimistic-sounding, big snare of a song.” The singer, who was born in 1991, notes, “I made this album for myself, and it’s full of music from the year I was born. It’s a passion project.”
“In the most humble way, I have nothing to prove anymore. That’s at least how I feel,” Charlie says.
Cardi B has been performing in sold-out arenas as part of her Little Miss Drama tour, reportedly going against doctor’s orders.
In Allure‘s March issue, she revealed that she was told to slow down in January after a physician found her hormone levels were elevated. Instead, she stuck with her plan to go on her first tour in seven years.
“I just want to do everything now,” she said. “I told myself I needed two years of being uncomfortable so I could be comfortable. Things just change every single f****** day. And it’s like, This is your moment. This is the time to do it.”
She added, “I want to give my fans a good moment and have been pulling strings to make this s*** happen, and it’s turning out beautiful.”
Cardi is set to perform back-to-back shows at Madison Square Garden Wednesday and Thursday. Ahead of that, she’s giving fans in her hometown of the Bronx a preview of her Grow-Good Beauty hair care line via a tour bus designed to resemble a beauty supply store. It will be open Tuesday until 6 p.m. ET.
In the Allure story, Cardi noted her goal with the hair care line is to build a loyal customer base. “People are gonna buy my s*** just off my name, but are you gonna come back? It’s about coming back,” she said.
Noting the stakes are higher with beauty products, she added, “A bad song is not gonna f*** up your life. Imagine you put some s*** into your hair, and you damage it, and I’m responsible?! Never.”
May will mark the 60th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ iconic album Pet Sounds, and the milestone is being celebrated with a whole host of new releases.
On May 15, fans will get a glimpse of the making of the album with the release of The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights, featuring material from the 1997 four-CD box set The Pet Sounds Sessions. The new release contains 25 alternate takes, a cappella versions and tracking sessions, all of which are making their vinyl debut.
The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlightswill be released as a two-CD set or two-LP set. The LP versions will be released on standard black vinyl and limited-edition splatter/color variants. Also on May 15, the original 90-track The Pet Sounds Sessions will be released to digital services.
As a preview of the new set, a three-track EP featuring different versions of the Pet Sounds song “Sloop John B” is out now.
The Pet Sounds 60th anniversary will also be celebrated with the release of a Vinylphyle Edition of the album on 180-gram black vinyl, and cut from the original mono and stereo analog tapes. Interscope-Capitol’s Definitive Sound Series will also release a limited-edition pressing of 6,000numbered copies of the album in the original mono configuration.
Released May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds is often considered one of the best albums of all time. Recorded a year after Brian Wilson quit touring and suffered a breakdown in 1964, the album featured such classic Beach Boys songs as “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows” and “Sloop John B.”
The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard Album chart; in 2004 it was chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.
Joey Fatone in ‘Boy Band Confidential’ (Courtesy Investigation Discovery)
By now, most fans know that the boy band phenomenon of the late ’90s and early 2000s had a dark side, and it’s on display in a new documentary called Boy Band Confidential, part of Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons series. It streams April 13 and April 14 on ID.
*NSYNC’s Joey Fatone is the executive producer of the doc, and he says in a statement, “Being in a boy band was one of the greatest experiences of my life but it also came with challenges we didn’t always understand at the time. This project gave all of us a chance to reflect, to be honest, and to share what really happened behind the spotlight.”
Among those who tell their stories in the doc: Joey’s bandmate Lance Bass; Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean; 98 Degrees’ Nick Lachey and Jeff Timmons; Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman; LFO’s Brad Fischetti; and O-Town’s Ashley Parker Angel.
In the trailer, which Joey shared on Instagram, Ashley says, “I was sitting on the 38th-floor balcony of my New York apartment and I just thought about jumping off.”
According to a press release, the doc delves into the “systemic exploitation” of boy band members, as well as “the pressures, the power struggles and the darker realities behind the scenes.”
“Very excited about this project!!! a lot of stories some people know and some people don’t,” Joey wrote on Instagram.
