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Skip the opener, catch these co-headlining summer tours instead
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Skip the opener, catch these co-headlining summer tours instead

Updated May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m. ETCo-headlining tours are a major trend for 2026, featuring multiple star performers on one ticket.This year's lineup includes artists from various genres, such as R&B, country, and hip-hop.Notable pairings include Usher and Chris Brown, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, and Post Malone with Jelly Roll.The article also speculates on a potential future co-headlining tour between Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish.Co-headlining tours are taking over, bringing multiple stars to one stage for one ticket price. From R&B icons like Chris Brown and Usher to country heavyweights like Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, this year's lineup is stacked with can't-miss dual concerts.Maybe you're into some old school jams like TLC and Salt-N-Pepa or newer collaborations like Post Malone and Jelly Roll, there's something for almost every music fan. These co-headlined tours aren't necessarily new, with powerhouses Journey and Def Leppard once touring together and even the success we saw in 2025 with Kendrick Lamar and SZA, but it's definitely the trend of the year for concertgoers.Here's a look at all of the co-headlining tours that have been announced for 2026:Usher & Chris Brown The R&B Tour concert ticketsNe-yo & Akon 'Nights Like This Tour' ticketsNeyo &

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Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead
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Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

Music might be the greatest mood enhancer in the world: it’s certainly hard to think of another art form that can so effectively tip a feeling of happiness into euphoria or create a suitably gloomy space in which to wallow in melancholy. There have always been albums designed to evoke a certain mood, from Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely to Essential Chill Out Vol 2. But in recent years, we seem to have become more interested in the relationship between music and mood. Streaming services are thick with mood-based playlists. There appear to be hundreds of the things on Spotify, from the straightforward (Happy Vibes) to the vague (All the Feels), and they appear to have struck a nerve: Spotify’s own curated mood playlists are now vastly outnumbered by user-generated ones, soundtracking everything from Friday at the Office to – I swear I’m not making this up – Losing Someone to Suicide.There are those who have detected something sinister in all this. Liz Pelly’s 2025 book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist suggests that the Spotify’s seeming obsession with mood-based playlists is linked to its focus on what it calls “lean-back

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Shakira draws 2 million spectators in free concert on Brazil's Copacabana Beach, mayor says
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Shakira draws 2 million spectators in free concert on Brazil's Copacabana Beach, mayor says

May 3, 2026 / 6:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Colombian superstar Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, an event that the city's mayor said drew 2 million people to one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year, which also were attended by huge crowds that danced on the sprawling sands. For Shakira, it was part of her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," or "Women No Longer Cry," world tour named after her 2024 album.Shakira's set kicked off around 11 p.m., more than an hour after the scheduled slot, to her fans screaming with excitement and frantic applause as skywriting drones flew overhead, spelling out in the sky, "I love you Brazil" in Portuguese.The megastar spoke fondly about the first time she came to Brazil, some three decades ago."I arrived here when I was 18 years old, dreaming about singing for you," Shakira told the crowd shortly after coming on stage. "And now look at this. Life is magical."The much-loved pop star sang fan favorites such as "Hips Don't Lie," "La Tortura" and "La Bicicleta."

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Skip the opener, catch these co-headlining summer tours instead
music/USA Today

Skip the opener, catch these co-headlining summer tours instead

Updated May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m. ETCo-headlining tours are a major trend for 2026, featuring multiple star performers on one ticket.This year's lineup includes artists from various genres, such as R&B, country, and hip-hop.Notable pairings include Usher and Chris Brown, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, and Post Malone with Jelly Roll.The article also speculates on a potential future co-headlining tour between Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish.Co-headlining tours are taking over, bringing multiple stars to one stage for one ticket price. From R&B icons like Chris Brown and Usher to country heavyweights like Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, this year's lineup is stacked with can't-miss dual concerts.Maybe you're into some old school jams like TLC and Salt-N-Pepa or newer collaborations like Post Malone and Jelly Roll, there's something for almost every music fan. These co-headlined tours aren't necessarily new, with powerhouses Journey and Def Leppard once touring together and even the success we saw in 2025 with Kendrick Lamar and SZA, but it's definitely the trend of the year for concertgoers.Here's a look at all of the co-headlining tours that have been announced for 2026:Usher & Chris Brown The R&B Tour concert ticketsNe-yo & Akon 'Nights Like This Tour' ticketsNeyo &

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Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead
music/The Guardian

Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

Music might be the greatest mood enhancer in the world: it’s certainly hard to think of another art form that can so effectively tip a feeling of happiness into euphoria or create a suitably gloomy space in which to wallow in melancholy. There have always been albums designed to evoke a certain mood, from Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely to Essential Chill Out Vol 2. But in recent years, we seem to have become more interested in the relationship between music and mood. Streaming services are thick with mood-based playlists. There appear to be hundreds of the things on Spotify, from the straightforward (Happy Vibes) to the vague (All the Feels), and they appear to have struck a nerve: Spotify’s own curated mood playlists are now vastly outnumbered by user-generated ones, soundtracking everything from Friday at the Office to – I swear I’m not making this up – Losing Someone to Suicide.There are those who have detected something sinister in all this. Liz Pelly’s 2025 book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist suggests that the Spotify’s seeming obsession with mood-based playlists is linked to its focus on what it calls “lean-back

17 hr ago
Shakira draws 2 million spectators in free concert on Brazil's Copacabana Beach, mayor says
music/CBS News

Shakira draws 2 million spectators in free concert on Brazil's Copacabana Beach, mayor says

May 3, 2026 / 6:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Colombian superstar Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, an event that the city's mayor said drew 2 million people to one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year, which also were attended by huge crowds that danced on the sprawling sands. For Shakira, it was part of her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," or "Women No Longer Cry," world tour named after her 2024 album.Shakira's set kicked off around 11 p.m., more than an hour after the scheduled slot, to her fans screaming with excitement and frantic applause as skywriting drones flew overhead, spelling out in the sky, "I love you Brazil" in Portuguese.The megastar spoke fondly about the first time she came to Brazil, some three decades ago."I arrived here when I was 18 years old, dreaming about singing for you," Shakira told the crowd shortly after coming on stage. "And now look at this. Life is magical."The much-loved pop star sang fan favorites such as "Hips Don't Lie," "La Tortura" and "La Bicicleta."

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Extended interview: Sting
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Extended interview: Sting

In this web exclusive, the rock musician Sting talks with Mark Phillips about his stage musical, "The Last Ship," in which he stars, and which is being performed on a global tour. He calls the show an elegy for what Newcastle and its people represented to him growing up. He also discusses why, for him, uncertainty is a key component of art; why performing "Roxanne" today is never tiresome; and why, for him, music is a church.

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Shakira to follow Madonna and Lady Gaga in giving a huge free concert on Copacabana Beach
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Huge crowd attends free Shakira beach concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO — Colombian superstar Shakira will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night in an event that Rio officials say will draw approximately 2 million people to one of the world’s most iconic waterfronts. The performance follows similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year, also attended by huge crowds that danced on the sprawling sands. It is part of Shakira’s “ Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran ” (“Women No Longer Cry”) world tour, named after her 2024 album. The Latina pop star said in an interview with Brazil’s TV Globo that she expects the Copacabana concert to be the biggest of her career. “For me it’s a dream. I always dreamed of singing on this beach, because I think it’s a magical place,” she said in Portuguese, adding that she learned the language before English. Brazil was one of the first countries where Shakira became successful back in the 1990s, thanks to her charisma and the connection she created with the Brazilian public, according to Felipe Maia, an ethnomusicologist who is pursuing a doctoral degree on popular music and digital technologies at Paris Nanterre University. Her historical

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US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’
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US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’

Composite of Jimmy Eat World in 2001 and 202​6Jimmy Eat World in ​2001 and 202​6. Later photograph: ​Steve Craft/The Guardian. Styling: Abby Ripes. ​Grooming: Lillian Fogel. Archive image: Christopher Wray-McCannJimmy Eat World are an alternative rock band from Mesa, east of Phoenix, Arizona. Formed by vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind in 1993, they have released 10 albums – including their 2001 breakthrough record, Bleed American. Its hit single, The Middle, peaked at No 5 in the US Hot 100 chart; it has now had more than 1bn streams. The band mark the 25th anniversary of the album with a series of shows this summer including UK appearances in August in Halifax, Cardiff and Gunnersbury Park, London.Jim (centre)This was taken right before Bleed American was released. The photographer wanted to capture the sprawl of Phoenix, so the idea was to go to the outskirts where construction was happening. Beyond that, there was no pre-planned concept or specific pose. We probably would have called each other that morning and asked, “Hey, are you wearing blue?” “I think I’m going to wear red.” “OK, cool. I’m not wearing red.”I’ve known Zach since preschool

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