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Lady Gaga Announces Performance At Copacabana Beach Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
14-time Grammy Award-winner Lady Gaga will deliver a monumental performance at the famed Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Marking her first show in Brazil since 2012, the landmark free concert will take place on a custom stage built to bring Gaga’s creative vision to life. The show will be broadcast live on Multishow and TV Globo, starting at 9 PM BRT.
Fans from around the world are expected to attend the free event, which will be open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis for those arriving at Copacabana Beach near the Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel on May 3.
Gaga’s performance at Copacabana Beach marks the launch of Todo Mundo no Rio, a new initiative created by Bonus Track and presented by Corona to highlight the impact of entertainment in Rio de Janeiro. The platform will present large-scale cultural events over the next several years, starting with this historic concert. Bonus Track, known for organizing globally recognized events such as Madonna’s Celebration Tour finale in 2024, the Rolling Stones’ 2006 concert, and all of Paul McCartney’s tours in Brazil since 1990, is producing the event in partnership with Live Nation.
Today’s announcement comes as “Abracadabra,” the latest single from Gaga’s upcoming album MAYHEM (out March 7 via Interscope Records) continues its ascent. Debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Pop Songs Chart, the critically acclaimed track recently pushed Gaga past 124 million monthly listeners on Spotify, breaking the record for the largest monthly audience ever achieved by a female artist, marking a new career milestone.
Rolling Stone described “Abracadabra” as “a showcase of her return to dark pop that pays homage to the influences that shaped her career,” while Clash called it “a thrilling piece of pop music that moves from light to shadow with expert control.” Billboard praised its “explosive” energy and “high-intensity production,” highlighting how it builds on the darker electronic elements of “Disease.” Of the song, Pitchfork said “‘Abracadabra’ delivers a latex-tight hook in true Born This Way fashion, though a closer listen reveals traces of over a decade of artistic reinvention: a touch of Chromatica in the house piano, and a full-throttle vocal turn that unmistakably stems from serious theatrical training.”
The official music video for “Abracadabra,” directed by Gaga alongside Parris Goebel and Bethany Vargas, has already surpassed 47 million views on YouTube since its release on February 2. Featuring a visually striking dance battle between light and dark Gaga, the video has drawn comparisons to some of her most iconic work. Billboard described it as evoking Bad Romance with “its meticulous display of the intersection of various art forms” and “jaw-dropping high fashion.” Rolling Stone highlighted the frenetic choreography, calling it “an eruption of chaos and movement” that reinforces the concept of MAYHEM, recalling The Fame Monster era. Pitchfork called it “a high-concept production with impeccable styling,” adding that “Gaga remains a step above the average pop star; her true competition is the ghosts of her own past.”
“Disease,” which was released ahead of “Abracadabra,” has also been a defining moment in Gaga’s MAYHEM era. Lauded as “her best in a long while” by The Independent and praised by The Guardian for its “fizzing, distorted synths” and “pounding, slightly industrial beat,” the song became an instant fan favorite. Rolling Stone highlighted its “cavernous synth line” and “classic Gaga shout-along chorus,” further cementing its status as a powerhouse track. The music video, directed by Tanu Muino, was celebrated as “one of the best videos of the year” by Vogue and hailed by W as a “cinematic, almost theater-like experience.”
As anticipation builds for MAYHEM, “Die With a Smile”—Gaga’s collaboration with Bruno Mars (which is also featured on the album) has remained a dominant force. Amassing over 1.9B all-time streams to date, it became the longest-running No. 1 song on Spotify Global of all time and the fastest song in history to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. “Die With a Smile” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, and earned Gaga her 14th Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2025 Grammys.
Blending the eclectic energy that first captivated her fans with a bold, fearless artistic vision, MAYHEM explores themes of chaos and transformation, celebrating music’s power to unite, provoke, and heal. The 14-track project was executive produced by Gaga, Michael Polansky and Andrew Watt. Producers on the album include Gaga, Andrew Watt, Cirkut, and Gesaffelstein.
Building on a milestone year, Gaga will be honored with the 2025 iHeartRadio Innovator Award at the 12th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 17, followed by headlining performances at Coachella on April 11 and 18.
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Suki Waterhouse Maps Out Headlining Loveland Tour Across North America
Today, indie pop songstress Suki Waterhouse announces her headlining Loveland Tour across North America kicking off July 22nd in Phoenix, AZ. TheLoveland Tour will include stops at some of North America’s most iconic venues including stops at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery on July 23rd and New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on September 24th, and will feature support from Charlotte Lawrence, Rochelle Jordan, and Love Spells. Tickets go on sale starting with an artist presale on Wednesday, April 29 at 10am local, sign up HERE. Additional presales will run ahead of the general onsale which begins on Friday, May 1st at 10am local HERE.
The Loveland Tour is in support of Suki’s forthcoming album, which she recently announced will be out July 10th via Island Records. Following the album announcement, Suki dropped her new single “Tiny Raisin,” which Billboard included in their best new music of the week list praising, “True to form, Suki Waterhouse takes listeners on a ride,” and Wonderland who commented, “She wails, she vocally sashays, and she sings her heart out on this fuck you, love you anthem.”
Loveland follows Suki’s sophomore album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin – an album that established her as an evocative storyteller, consummate creative, and a powerhouse live performer. The album was released to critical acclaim with Interview Magazine calling it “her most vulnerable body of work yet” to the Los Angeles Times praising how she “sparkles and shines” on the album, and SPIN hailing that it “marks an important milestone, solidifying her as an artist with a presence as enigmatic as it is captivating.”
On stage, Suki is, as NYLON declares, “one of music’s greatest showmen.” She has sold out her own headlining tours, opened for artists like Taylor Swift and Laufey, and graced many festival stages including Coachella and Lollapalooza, the latter of which she will return to this summer.
See below for a full list of Suki’s tour dates.
Suki Waterhouse – The Loveland Tour:
July 22, 2026 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre ^
July 23, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery ^
July 26, 2026 – San Francisco, CA – Stern Grove Festival *^
July 27, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Twilight Concert Series ^
July 28, 2026 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium ^
July 31, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza *
August 2, 2026 – St. Charles, IA – Hinterland Music Festival*
August 3, 2026 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre ^
August 6, 2026 – Seattle, WA – Woodland Park Zoo ^
August 7, 2026 – Portland, OR – The Square ^
August 8, 2026 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum ^
September 18, 2026 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre ^
September 19, 2026 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum ^
September 21, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia ^
September 22, 2026 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^
September 24, 2026 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall ^
September 27, 2026 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz +
September 29, 2026 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy #
September 30, 2026 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues #
October 1, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live #
October 6, 2026 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion #
October 12, 2026 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #
October 13, 2026 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live #
October 14, 2026 – Nashville, TN – The Truth #
October 16, 2026 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit #
October 17, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom #
*Indicates Festival Performance
^With Special Guest Charlotte Lawrence
#With Special Guest Rochelle Jordan
+With Special Guest Love Spells
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Shaboozey Announces Sprawling Outlaws Never Die Tour
Today, the GRAMMY®-winning, record-breaking singer-songwriter Shaboozey has announced the Outlaws Never Die Tour. Following its July 31st release, his new concept album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales will come to life onstage alongside beloved hits as Shaboozey brings his lauded, high-energy show to theaters and arenas throughout America and Canada.
Presales are live on Wednesday, April 29 at 10AM local time, with general onsale launching on Friday, May 1st at 10AM local time. Buy tickets HERE.
After previously announced festival dates throughout the summer, Shaboozey will kick off the Outlaws Never Die Tour with a show in Phoenix in early September. Across the run, Shaboozey will invite an array of special guests and past collaborators echoing the genre-blurring adventurousness and crossover appeal of his music, including Brittney Spencer, Noeline Hofmann, Kashus Culpepper, Carter Faith, and Angel White. BigXThaPlug will also join for two special shows in Canada, while Noah Cyrus will open at Colorado’s hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The tour concludes with a blowout finale at Los Angeles’ famed Greek Theatre.
Shaboozey has partnered with PLUS1 for the Outlaws Never Die Tour, with $1 from each ticket supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“Music has an extraordinary power to bring people together and inspire change, and we’re incredibly grateful to Shaboozey for using his voice and his tour to support St. Jude through this PLUS1 campaign,” said Lyles Eddins, Senior Vice President of Development for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Generosity like this helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.”
The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is a cinematic outlaw revenge story with a tragic love at its center. After watching her sheriff father murdered by the Bootcut Boys, Cherie Lee abandons the badge and hunts the gang down one by one. In the middle of her vengeance, she unexpectedly falls for one of the outlaws. He believes loving her can redeem him; she hopes loving him can quiet her darkness. They’re both wrong. In the final act, Cherie chooses blood over love, killing the man who loves her most and fully becoming what she set out to destroy.
The news of Shaboozey’s latest album arrives to more anticipation than ever, following a whirlwind two years kicked off by 2024’s breakthrough record Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going and a slew of smash hits including the GRAMMY®-nominated “Good News” and the history-making, Diamond-certified “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Last year, Shaboozey released the expanded edition of Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, featuring “Amen” with Jelly Roll, which won the GRAMMY® for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Earlier this month, he received two Academy Of Country Music Award nominations, including New Male Artist Of The Year and Music Event Of The Year for “Amen.” The Outlaws Never Die Tour marks Shaboozey’s return to solo dates after joining Jelly Roll as a special guest in Australia on the Down Under 2025 Tour, as well as criss-crossing America with a string of sold-out shows on his own Great American Roadshow tour last fall.
Stay tuned for more news about The Outlaw Cherie Lee, including tracklist and album features!
OUTLAWS NEVER DIE TOUR ROUTING
9/8/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre !
9/11/26 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater !
9/12/26 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom !
9/15/26 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion !
9/16/26 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory !
9/18/26 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater *
9/19/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park *
9/20/26 – Charlotte, NC @ Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre *
9/22/26 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater *
9/24/26 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell #*
9/25/26 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre #*
9/28/26 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
9/30/26 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
10/3/26 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall $
10/6/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at Highmark Mann $
10/7/26 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor Amphitheater $
10/9/26 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom $
10/10/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory $
10/13/26 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre %$
10/17/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ^
10/18/26 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/20/26 – Portland, OR @ Theatre Of The Clouds ^
10/23/26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic &
10/24/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24 &
10/27/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre ^
Brittney Spencer = ! Noeline Hofmann = * BigXThaPlug = #
Kashus Culpepper = $ Noah Cyrus = % Carter Faith = ^ Angel White = &