Backstreet Boys have added a ninth date to their September 2026 residency in Düsseldorf, Germany: They’ll now be performing there from Sept. 25 through Oct. 6. Tickets are on sale now. Before they ever broke through in the U.S., Backstreet was big in Germany, so this is a thank you to their fans. Like their Sphere residency, the shows will celebrate the group’s biggest album, Millennium.

After viewing her son Rocco Ritchie‘s latest art exhibit, Madonna wrote on Instagram, “Art has a unique way of bringing people together.” Truer words were never spoken, as both Madonna and Rocco’s dad, director Guy Ritchie, were both present at the exhibit. It was the first time the former spouses had been seen photographed together since their 2008 divorce. Rocco posted a photo of himself posing with Guy and Madonna and wrote on Instagram, “I am proud to be who I am, but I’m even prouder to have both of my parents together in one room supporting me. The work should speak for itself, that’s why the show was called ‘Talk Is Cheap.'”

If you have a child who is unusually interested in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s relationship, here’s the perfect Christmas gift for them: Taylor & Travis Forever Ultimate Fan Edition Little Golden Book Biography. Designed for kids ages 4-8, it tells the story about how the two stars fell in love, and gives them the opportunity to help plan the wedding, with interactive pages and stickers to imagine the cake, dress, guest list and more.

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Yungblud has long had a passionate fan base, but he had a breakthrough year in 2025 in large part thanks to his performance of Black Sabbath‘s “Changes” at the Back to the Beginning concert.

The massive show, which was announced ahead of time as Ozzy Osbourne‘s last-ever live performance, took place on July 5, just over two weeks before the Prince of Darkness died on July 22. 

“It’s the greatest honor you can have as a singer,” Yungblud tells Billboard of performing at Back to the Beginning. “I dreamed of knowing Ozzy my whole life. I met him, got to know him, his family asked me to honor him, and then I lost him.”

Yungblud’s “Changes” rendition earned him a nomination for best rock performance at the 2026 Grammys. 

“The fact that [Ozzy] was the one that made the world take notice [of me] … it’s just so crazy,” Yungblud says.

Yungblud also paid tribute to Ozzy at the MTV Video Music Awards in September alongside Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. He and Aerosmith then put out a collaborative EP, One More Time, in November.

In addition to all of that, Yungblud released a new album, Idols, in June. 

“Idols was written about loving artists and looking up to them, and how they give you hope and courage to build your own platform to exist,” Yungblud says. “I’m just trying to unpack all of what’s happened this year. It’s f****** tripping me out.”

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If you want a song that you can sing along to while doing fun hand motions — a song that isn’t “Y.M.C.A.” — it’s Kylie Minogue to the rescue.

The Australian dance diva has just released a video for her new holiday hit, “XMAS,” in which she demonstrates the hand motions that spell out the letters “XMAS” as she sings.

In the clip, TV news anchors all over the world are reporting on a Christmas takeover as she cavorts around a Christmas tree, dances in the snow wearing a Santa-themed outfit and boots, and lies on a map of the world, indicating all the cities where Christmas is taking place.

The song is one of four new tracks on Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped), a deluxe rerelease of her 2015 holiday album.

Since she’s from Australia, where the summer season takes place in December, Kylie recently told NYLON that for her, Christmas means “bikinis, board shorts, and barbecue.” She added, “There’s no Christmas without the barbecue.” Specific to her family, though, is a jigsaw puzzle “that will live on a table, and whoever passes by adds a piece.”

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50 Cent wants Eminem to make a song for the soundtrack of his upcoming movie, Street Fighter. The rapper, who will portray Balrog in the film, shared his hope in an Instagram post over the weekend. “I’m gonna get @eminem on deck to make some music for this movie Street Fighter,” he wrote. “New music on the way!” Em and 50 have collaborated on songs including “Patiently Waiting” and “You Don’t Know.”

Speaking of Eminem, Nas revealed Em passed on an offer to be part of his song “Daughters.” “At the time, you know, he had spent so much time speaking on daughters, he was like, ‘Thank you, but I told my daughter I’m not doing any more songs directly about daughters at the moment because that’s a sensitive issue with all the music I put out,'” Nas told Joe Budden. “But he was like, ‘Thank you, ’cause most people wanna do songs where they’re battling me. It was refreshing to get a record where you’re not coming for me.'”

Clipse is joining Linkin Park as a special guest on the European leg of their From Zero World Tour. They’ll be playing shows in Hamburg, Vienna, Munich, Madrid and more. Pusha T previously worked with Linkin Park on “Good Goodbye” with Stormzy and a remix of “I’ll Be Gone.”

Clipse is also set to have an exclusive conversation with BMI on Wednesday; it will take place at Analog in Nashville at 3 p.m. CT.

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The Peter Gabriel track “I Have the Touch” is featured on the soundtrack of the new Timothée Chalamet
movie Marty Supreme, about a table tennis prodigy. In a post on Instagram, Gabriel says he’s delighted the song is being used in the film, particularly because he’s a fan of the sport.

“The song is rarely asked out for a dance and I have always loved table tennis,” he writes. “Now there seems to be a real buzz about the film. Although I have it in my Academy pack we are waiting to see it on the big screen in the Christmas holiday.”

Talking about his affinity for table tennis, he notes, “On tour we always have a table backstage for any of the crew or band to jump on.”

Gabriel ended the post by thanking the film’s director, Josh Safdie, and urging fans to “check it out.”

“I Have the Touch” is a track from Gabriel’s fourth solo album, Security.

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In March, not long after Lady Gaga released her Grammy-nominated album Mayhem, a company called Lost Surfboards sued to stop her from selling merch with that word on it. A judge has now ruled that Gaga can continue providing Mayhem merch to Little Monsters.

In its initial complaint, Lost Surfboards said that it had been selling surf clothing and equipment emblazoned with the word “Mayhem” since 1988, because the word is the nickname of one of the company’s co-founders. The company registered the word as a trademark in 2015. The company also claimed that the Mayhem logo Gaga was using on her merch is “a nearly identical design” to its own.

However, in a Monday ruling obtained by ABC News, Judge Fernando M. Olguin said that because Gaga’s use of “Mayhem” is “artistically relevant” and doesn’t “explicitly mislead consumers as to the source or content of the challenged work,” Lost Surfboards can’t proceed with its claim of trademark infringement.

What happens next? Gaga’s lawyers will likely file a motion to dismiss the claim, but meanwhile, the lawyer for Lost Surfboards indicated to Billboard that they might consider settling.

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