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The men’s NCAA March Madness tournament is down to the Final Four. This Saturday, April 4, No. 2 UConn will face No. 3 Illinois for a chance to appear in Monday’s National Championship game. Whoever is victorious will go on to face a No. 1 seeded team in either Michigan or Arizona.
How to Watch UConn vs. Illionis, At a Glance
The Huskies shocked the basketball world when freshman Braylon Mullins nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to defeat top seed Duke during their Elite Eight game. On the other hand, Illinois has been cruising past teams during the tournament beating each opponent by double digits.
The semifinal game will tip-off at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana this Saturday, April 4, at 6:09 p.m. ET. Don’t have cable? We’ve compiled a guide to watching TBS, TNT and truTV online for free and without cable. Learn more below.
Where to Watch UConn vs. Illinois March Madness Games Online:
Watching March Madness can be tricky, but with our guide basketball fans can choose the right streaming platform to watch their favorite teams play. Fans can take advantage of multiple streaming services that offer free trials, so you can stream the college tournament for free. Signing up to streamers like DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV, you can get right into the Final Four action.
DirecTV is offering a five-day free trial, which will let you watch CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV for free. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network is included in all of the streaming packages. In addition to unlimited DVR storage, you’ll get access to local channels and the ability to stream on as many devices as you want.
Another great option for fans to watch the Final Four is on Sling TV. The streaming services offers three different packages to choose from, such as Orange, Blue and Orange + Blue. The Orange Package is tailored for sports and family channels, while the Blue package has a focus on news and entertainment channels. However, both come with TBS to watch March Madness games online and start at $45 per month. If you want best of both worlds, users can combine both packages and get everything Sling has to offer.
Please note: Pricing and channel availability varies from market-to-market.
For the most content options, Hulu + Live TV gives you access to the entire Hulu library in addition to more than 95 live TV channels — including CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV for just $82.99 per month.
And, unlike the rest of the options, you can also expand your content library by bundling Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited. You’ll not only have all of the Hulu library to watch, but also exclusive and original programming available exclusively on ESPN Unlimited.
Max has multiple subscription tiers: ad-supported, commercial free and ultimate ad-free. Max’s paid subscriptions start at $10.99/month for the basic ad-supported streaming, or $18.49/month to watch ad free. With HBO Max you can watch each channel broadcasting March Madness games, including CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV.
The Premium ad-free package is $22.99 per month and includes 4K Ultra HD quality, 100 downloads to watch on the go and you can stream on up to four devices at once. You can also bundle Max with Hulu and Disney+ for $19.99/month for ad-supported streaming on up to two devices at once and $32.99/month for ad-free streaming.
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One half of the Final Four will be a battle of the top seeds between No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 1 Arizona. Tipping off after the Uconn vs. Illionis game, whichever team wins, they’ll be the last remaining top seed team in the tournament. The semifinal March Madness match up will tip-off on Saturday, April 4, at 8:49 p.m. ET.
How to Watch Michigan vs. Arizona, At a Glance
Both teams have dominated opponents during the March Madness run, with Michigan and Arizona winning their games by an average of 22.5 and 20.5 points, respectively. Whoever wins will most likely be favored on Monday’s National Championship game. Tonight’s game is the second of the night’s Final Four double-header with the UConn vs. Illinois game starting earlier at 6:09 p.m. ET. Both games will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana and will air on TBS, TNT and truTV.
Where to Watch Michigan vs. Arizona March Madness Games Online:
Want to watch Michigan vs. Arizona without cable? Fans can take advantage of multiple streaming services that offer free trials, so you can stream the college tournament for free. Signing up to streamers like DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV, you can get right into the Final Four action.
DirecTV is offering a five-day free trial, which will let you watch CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV for free. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network is included in all of the streaming packages. In addition to unlimited DVR storage, you’ll get access to local channels and the ability to stream on as many devices as you want.
Another great option for fans to watch the Final Four is on Sling TV. The streaming services offers three different packages to choose from, such as Orange, Blue and Orange + Blue. The Orange Package is tailored for sports and family channels, while the Blue package has a focus on news and entertainment channels. However, both come with TBS to watch March Madness games online and start at $45 per month. If you want best of both worlds, users can combine both packages and get everything Sling has to offer.
Please note: Pricing and channel availability varies from market-to-market.
For the most content options, Hulu + Live TV gives you access to the entire Hulu library in addition to more than 95 live TV channels — including CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV for just $82.99 per month.
And, unlike the rest of the options, you can also expand your content library by bundling Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited. You’ll not only have all of the Hulu library to watch, but also exclusive and original programming available exclusively on ESPN Unlimited.
Max has multiple subscription tiers: ad-supported, commercial free and ultimate ad-free. Max’s paid subscriptions start at $10.99/month for the basic ad-supported streaming, or $18.49/month to watch ad free. With HBO Max you can watch each channel broadcasting March Madness games, including CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV.
The Premium ad-free package is $22.99 per month and includes 4K Ultra HD quality, 100 downloads to watch on the go and you can stream on up to four devices at once. You can also bundle Max with Hulu and Disney+ for $19.99/month for ad-supported streaming on up to two devices at once and $32.99/month for ad-free streaming.
Yes is postponing their European tour so that guitarist Steve Howe can undergo an “essential operation.”
The English progressive rock band took to social media on Thursday (April 2) to announce that the group is delaying the 11-date Fragile tour of Europe to allow Howe time to recover from an undisclosed surgery.
“The upcoming YES ‘Fragile’ UK and EU Tour, due to commence on 22nd April, has had to be postponed as guitarist Steve Howe requires an essential operation that requires recovery time,” Yes wrote on Instagram. “This decision has been made to ensure that Steve can return to the stage in full health and deliver the performances that fans deserve.”
The European leg of the tour was originally scheduled to begin on April 22 at Scotland’s Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and was set to feature a full performance of the band’s 1971 album, Fragile. The tour follows a North American leg, which took place in 2025.
Yes added, “We are working hard to reschedule the UK and EU shows to a later date, with full details to be announced after Easter. Please retain your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled dates.”
The band concluded their statement, “Tour dates currently being arranged for later in 2026 will proceed as planned. Steve Howe and YES would like to thank their UK fans and hope for their continued support at this time.”
Released in November 1971, Fragile was Yes’s fourth album and the third they released within a 16-month span. It became the group’s most successful release up to that point, building on the success of The Yes Album, which had reached No. 40 on the Billboard 200. Fragile would peak at No. 4, surpassed only by Close to the Edge the following year.
Of the original lineup that recorded Fragile, only Howe remains an active member. Drummer Bill Bruford left the group in 1992, while vocalist Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman departed in 2004. Bassist Chris Squire stayed with the band until his passing in 2015.
See Yes’ full announcement on Instagram below.
Shiloh Jolie is making a surprise appearance in Dayoung’s upcoming music video.
On Thursday (April 2), the K-pop singer shared a teaser for her forthcoming video “What’s a Girl to Do,” and fans were surprised to spot a cameo from Jolie, the 19-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Shiloh briefly appears in the 30-second clip, sporting slicked-back hair, a lacy brown top, hoop earrings and a lip ring. She is also seen in a choreographed sequence, where numerous dancers surround Dayoung as a pulsating beat plays in the background.
The “What’s a Girl to Do” teaser ends with the message, “She makes the first move,” as the April 7 release date appears in the background.
Shiloh was cast in the video as part of an “open audition” in the U.S., a representative from Starship Entertainment told Maeil Business Newspaper Star Today.
“We held an open audition in the United States of America (US) to cast performers for Dayoung’s music video,” the rep told the outlet. “Among those who took part were several performers affiliated with a dance crew called ‘Culture.’”
The agency insists Jolie’s casting wasn’t a PR stunt.
“Shiloh was selected in the final round and ended up joining Dayoung’s music video,” the representative added. “Even after filming, we had no idea she was the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and only found out by chance quite recently.”
After the teaser was released, many fans took notice of Shiloh’s resemblance to her famous mother. “Holy s—t, mamma’s good genes are sooooo strong,” one person wrote on X. “It’s the eyes and the lips for me,” another wrote. “Pure Angelina energy.”
This isn’t the first time Shiloh has demonstrated her talent in front of the camera. In May 2024, choreographer Lil Kelaan Carter shared a video on Instagram of the teenager dancing solo to “Tanzania” by Uncle Waffles and Tony Duardo, featuring Sino Msolo and Boibizza.
“Her movement is crazy … Thank you for your energy @sh1lohj,” Carter captioned the clip.
Watch the teaser for Dayoung’s “What’s a Girl to Do” video below.
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After a three-week hiatus, Saturday Night Live is back for this week with Super Mario Galaxy Movie-star Jack Black as host. The actor is set as host for the fifth time on Saturday, Apr. 4 (and now a new member of the five-timers club). In addition, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jack White is in the books as musical guest. SNL broadcasts live on NBC, and livestream on Peacock Premium Plus with a start time of 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.
The easiest bet to watch SNL online for free is to grab a free trial to DirecTV to stream an NBC live feed online without needing a cable subscription.
Keep reading to learn all the other streaming options to watch SNL online without cable.
How to Livestream ‘Saturday Night Live’ Online for Free
In order to watch SNL, you’ll need to have access to NBC. If you have cable, then you just need to look up what channel NBC is on, which you can find it in your channel guide through your cable provider. Don’t have cable? There are a few ways to watch Saturday Night Live online for free.
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC for SNL — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $39.99 per month for the “MyNews” package. The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now. You can watch local networks such as CBS, ABC and FOX, while you can also watch many cable news networks.
A subscription to Sling Blue, which comes with NBC for SNL, gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels. You can watch local networks such as ABC and FOX (in select markets), while you can watch many cable networks.
Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.
Another great option is to subscribe to Peacock, which is the official NBC streamer. The Peacock Premium Plus plan ($16.99 per month) gives you access to the NBC channel, which means you can watch SNL live. There is no free trial for the streaming platform, but if you want to watch the episode on-demand, Peacock does comes with an ad-supported plan that’s only $10.99 per month month and you’ll have access to new episodes of SNL the day after it airs.
Although Peacock doesn’t have a free trial anymore, you can sign up for a Walmart+ 30-day free trial to watch Jack Black and Jack White on Saturday Night Live for free. Learn more about Walmart+ here.
You can also expand your streaming library through Hulu + Live TV, which starts at $89.99 per month and gives you access to the entire Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited libraries on top of hundreds of live TV channels, like NBC.
Jack Black is hosting SNL to promote his new film The Super Mario Galaxy Movie where he voiced the hilariously evil Browser. He’s also co-starring in the new Jumanji: The Next Level sequel due in theaters on Christmas Day later this year.
Meanwhile, Jack White, who has performed on SNL six times, is setting out on a tour throughout Europe this summer starting in Latvia on Saturday, May 30. He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The White Stripes back in November 2025.
In the meantime, watch a promo reel for tonight’s episode below:
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Legendary drummer James Gadson, who backed iconic artists including Diana Ross, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye, has died. He was 86.
Gadson’s wife, Barbara, confirmed his passing to Rolling Stone on Thursday (April 2), noting that he had recently faced health challenges, including a surgery and a fall that injured his back.
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“He was a wonderful man,” Barbara said. “He was a great husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and one hell of a drummer.”
Gadson became one of the defining funk, soul, and disco drummers of the 1970s, providing the beats on classics such as Withers’ “Lean on Me” and “Use Me,” The Jackson 5’s “Dancing Machine,” and Ross’ “Love Hangover.” During that decade, he also played on Gaye’s “I Want You,” Thelma Houston’s “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” and Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band’s “Express Yourself.”
“Most grooves, especially for dance music, are very simple,” Gadson told Modern Drummer in 2007. “Even so, to learn them, you have to slow them down. A lot of times we do all these rudimental things to see how fast we can play. I think you have to slow it all down and simplify it. Then you can kind of feel whether it’s danceable or not.”
As a highly in-demand session player, Gadson also recorded with the Temptations, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Womack, B.B. King, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Herbie Hancock, Paul McCartney, D’Angelo, Beck, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Lana Del Rey, and Harry Styles.
Born on June 17, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, Gadson grew up in a musical family. His father was a drummer who bought him and his brother cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps. As a teenager, he sang doo-wop with a group called the Carpets and later discovered funk music while stationed in Louisiana with the Air Force, according to Rolling Stone. After leaving the service, he joined his brother’s band, playing keyboards and singing, while also teaching himself to play the drums.
Gadson later began playing drums with Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and recorded several albums. He also served as a drummer at various times for artists touring through Kansas City, including Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding.
“At first, during the time I didn’t really know how to play R&B, it was awful,” he told Modern Drummer. “I wouldn’t even charge them it was so bad. I felt bad about wasting their studio time. I couldn’t keep a steady pattern because I was coming from a free-jazz mindset.”
Numerous artists paid tribute to Gadson following his passing.
“My heart is heavy at the passing of my old friend the legendary drummer James Gadson,” Beck wrote on Instagram. “He played drums on many of my records over the decades, from midnite vultures on and has been a significant part of the sound of so many of my songs.”
The musician added, “I feel fortunate to have known this gentle giant of a man who was such a musical force and left his mark on so much classic music, from bill withers to I will survive.”
Questlove also remembered Gadson, writing on Instagram, “Some drummers are soulful. Some drummers are funky. Some drummer are a rockin. Some drummers are swinging——but NO drummer, has impacted the art of breakbeat drummer (danceable drums) like James Gadson.”
Ray Parker Jr. commented on Instagram, “We played together over 50 years. He changed the world.”
The Lux Tour’s stop in Madrid continues to generate buzz. On the third night at the Movistar Arena (April 3), Aitana was the guest for the segment preceding “La Perla,” a confessional where Rosalía invites well-known figures to speak candidly. The singer sat in the confessional alongside Rosalía, visibly nervous at the start of the exchange.
“Is this going to be published somewhere?” she asked, eliciting laughter from the crowd. Rosalía reassured her, encouraging her to continue. “Well, in that case, I have a few things to share,” Aitana replied, still jokingly.
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“I’ve been with a lot of people… athletes, actors, singers,” she said, before focusing on a specific experience. “It was very good — definitely not bad — but there came a point where I didn’t know what was going on,” she added. “When we were about to hit the one-year mark, he told me: ‘After a year, I can be unfaithful.’ And I thought, ‘Well, at least he’s honest.’” Rosalía reacted immediately. “He knew from the start that he had an expiration date.”
Aitana continued with the second part of the story, now without the lighthearted tone. “The problem is that sometimes you go back… you try again,” she said. “A few months later, I decided to give it another shot, but then those statements came out.”
“What statements?” Rosalía interjected. Aitana confirmed it was about another singer, to which Rosalía responded, “Singers are always making statements… and then it’s us [who deal with it].” “And there was nothing to declare,” Aitana said. “That’s where it ended… kind of sad, really. When that came out, I thought, ‘How embarrassing.’”
The moment took another turn when Rosalía tried to connect the dots. “Could it be the one who pulled some marketing stunt by saying something about me?” she asked, adding after Aitana’s positive reaction. “I knew it. I have to confess something else here: he apologized to me, and I didn’t forgive him — sorry.” To which Aitana replied, laughing, “You were much smarter than I was.”
The exchange ended with one of the most celebrated comments of the night: “If in the first year he says there are problems, that’s not it, sister,” Rosalía said.
Although Aitana didn’t mention the name of the ex she was referring to, fans on social media immediately speculated that it was Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra, with whom she was romantically linked between 2022 and 2023.
Billboard Español has reached out to representatives for both artists for comment. A publicist for Yatra responded that they will not make any statements regarding the matter.
Aitana’s appearance adds to the list of guests at the “confessional,” which has become one of the most distinctive and entertaining elements of the Lux Tour in its early dates, following previous apprearances like Esty Quesada and singer Metrika.
Rosalía’s residency in Madrid concludes this Saturday (April 4). The Lux Tour will continue in Lisbon (April 8 and 9) before wrapping up its Spanish leg in Barcelona (April 13, 15, 17 and 18). The tour will head to the U.S. this summer, starting on June 4 in Miami and stoping at cities like Boston, New York and Chicago.
Watch Aitana at Rosalías confessionary in the video shared by the Movistar Arena in Madrid.
Ye amped up the star power at his second comeback concert at SoFi Stadium.
The 48-year-old hip-hop artist, formerly known as Kanye West, returned to the stage for his second sold-out show at the Inglewood, California, stadium on Friday (April 3), surprising fans with numerous special guests, including Lauryn Hill and Travis Scott.
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Halfway through the show at the 70,000-capacity venue, Ye brought out Ms. Hill, who emerged through a dense cloud of smoke to join him for a show-stopping performance of “All Falls Down.” The track, which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004, samples Hill’s 2002 song “Mystery of Iniquity” from her MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 live album.
Hill remained on stage for several performances, including a rendition of “Doo Wop (That Thing)” that transitioned into West’s “Believe What I Say.” She then brought out her sons, Zion Marley and YG Marley, for performances of “Heartbeat,” “Crisis” and “Praise Jah in the Moonlight,” the latter of which YG co-wrote with his mother.
Last year, Ye compared his then-unreleased Bully album to Hill’s seminal 1998 album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
“Yeah, because you lean on a bar that brings somebody down — that was always rap,” West said on The Download podcast in February 2025. “This is more the way I remember Lauryn Hill[‘s] album, the way I remember Miseducation. I feel it is my Miseducation. It is my Gnarls Barkley album. Because Bully has a title and connotation that a lot of people are anti-bully. But I’m just hyper-next-level frequency right now.”
Earlier in Friday’s show, Ye welcomed Scott for a collaborative performance of Bully lead single “Father,” with Scott wearing a mask and a shirt emblazoned with the word “Unsane.” La Flame also performed his Utopia hit “Fein.”
Other guest appearances included CeeLo Green, who joined Ye for a performance of Bully‘s title track, and Ye’s 12-year-old daughter, North West, who rapped on “Bless Me” and “Piercing on My Hand.” North had also appeared during Ye’s opening SoFi show earlier in the week. André Troutman was also brought onstage for a performance of “All the Love.”
Following the release of Bully, Ye appears to be planning performances across the globe, including three nights headlining Wireless Festival in London from July 10–12. His return to Finsbury Park will mark his first U.K. show since 2014. He also has another show scheduled in Italy about a week later this summer.
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