From her early, scene-stealing soapie days, through to pop superstardom, and with it the hordes of fans, red carpets, music videos, awards, and major concerts, Kylie Minogue has sure lived the life. The veteran Aussie pop star has also endured the cancer battle, the detractors, and the loss of loved ones. And it’s all there, in Kylie, the three-part Netflix documentary series, the first trailer for which has arrived.

Almost 40 years of Kylie’s glittering career are locked into two-and-a-half minutes, for a video which captures the ridiculous highs, and the gutting lows of a life lived in the spotlight.  

Nick Cave, who invited Minogue to join her on his Murder Ballads breakout hit from 1995, “Where The Wild Roses Grow,” and again on his 2014 film 20,000 Days on Earth, contributes to the forthcoming series. “Kylie is this force,” he explains in the new clip. “It’s all outward, giving.”

The trailer invites us in, as Kylie grows up on our screens and the airwaves. We see professional snaps of Kylie cuddling with her ex Michael Hutchence, the late frontman of INXS. The glamor and the smiles are immediately wiped out when the trailer explores Kylie’s battle with breast cancer, and the haters, which lurked for so many years. “We didn’t know if she was ever going to be well again,” her younger sister Dannii explains in the clip. “Music kept us going,” Kylie continues.

We also hear Kylie rip out an expletive that would make many of her compatriots proud.

The project is coming to Netflix on May 20, and directed by Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winner Michael Harte (Three Identical Strangers, BECKHAM) and produced by John Battsek’s Ventureland (WHAM!, The Deepest Breath).

As previously reported, the doc examines how she’s “faced public scrutiny, personal loss, and illness with grit and grace, earning respect far beyond her own fandom,” reads a description from Netflix.

Kylie is one of Australia’s best-selling female artists of all-time, shifting more than 80 million records worldwide. Her collection of awards is positively heaving with 18 ARIAs, induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, the Ted Albert Award for outstanding services to Australian music, the U.K.’s MITS Award, and two Grammys. She has also featured in more than a dozen films, including The Delinquents, Street Fighter, Moulin Rouge!, Kath & Kim, Holy Motors and The Residence.

Her recent hot streak has included Las Vegas residencies; a deal with United Talent Agency (UTA) for live representation in the U.S. and Canada and acting roles worldwide; the Global Icon Award at the 2024 BRIT Awards, becoming just the second woman to win it following Taylor Swift in 2021; and the Billboard Women in Music Icon Award.

In her adopted homeland, the U.K., where she’s celebrated as the “princess of pop,” she boasts 11 No. 1 albums, and in Australia, Kylie’s has tallied nine chart leaders. In the United States, Kylie has landed 12 titles on the Billboard 200, and seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including top 10s with her 1988 cover of “The Loco-Motion” (peaking at No. 3) and 2002’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (No. 7).  

Minogue was recently confirmed as the headliner for the 2026 AFL Grand Final Australian rules football championship at Melbourne’s MCG on Sept. 26, becoming the first Australian artist to headline the event since 2021.

Kobie Dee is the headline performer for the Isuzu UTE A-League 2026 Grand Final, Australia and New Zealand’s premier soccer league.

When the Sydney artist from Bidjigal Land Maroubra takes his spot during the weekend of May 23/24, it’ll mark his first time performing at a major national sporting event.

Dee is tapped for the big show just days after the release of his new single “Aim For The Stars” (via Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia), an energetic, anthemic track that was selected as the official sync for the competition’s Finals campaign, the ad for which is currently streaming on Paramount+.

“I want people to hear this song and feel like no dream is too big,” Kobie explains in a statement. “Especially young people coming from the same streets I started in. I want them to believe that they can see themselves in these spaces too. For me, ‘Aiming For The Stars’ means taking Maroubra to the world, not leaving it and just telling stories about it.”

“Aim For The Stars” was written with producer NERVE and collaborators WYES, GENE and SMAK. “When NERVE started the beat, Kobie continues, “I just went straight in with the lyrics. It was one of those moments where everything flowed and I was able to get everything off my mind.” “We dominate in sport,” he adds, “but we’re also incredibly creative. There’s so much talent in our communities that could have gone into music or sport.”

Kobie enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2025, when he was nominated for the inaugural NSW Music Prize (for “Chapter 26”); performed on stage at the ARIA Awards with Young Franco, Baker Boy, Anna Ryan and Touch Sensitive; and founded Twenny47 Studios, a creative space in the heart of his community dedicated to supporting and mentoring emerging First Nations artists.

The rising hip-hop artist’s career streams top 80 million; he has landed slots at such festivals as Splendour in the Grass, Listen Out, and Spilt Milk; and collaborated with such brands as Lacoste and GQ.

The location of the A-League final is still to be decided. Tickets will be available from 4pm AEST next Monday, May 18. The official music video for “Aim For The Stars” will drop later this month.

Delta Goodrem’s incredible music voyage will take her to warm European waters next year, when the Australian pop star embarks on special round of luxury cruise performances.

The “Born to Try” singer will helm the music program for a 12-day luxury voyage through the Adriatic and Eastern Mediterranean, setting off from Venice on Aug. 27, 2027.

While on board, Goodrem will headline three intimate concerts and a Q&A, presented by boutique travel agency Destination HQ in collaboration with Mushroom Events, the Mushroom Group division that specializes in corporate functions, major event planning, and talent bookings.

“To be able to perform on a luxury cruise while sailing from Venice to Valletta together, is something I’ve never done before,” Goodrem explains in a statement. “It’s going to be an incredibly intimate and unique experience and I can’t wait.”

The ship, Ponant Explorations Le Bougainville, will sail away with just 90 suites and deluxe staterooms across five decks, and will float on past Croatia, Montenegro through to Puglia and Sicily, before arriving in Malta.

Goodrem is a superstar in her homeland. A soapie star who signed her first record deal at age 15, Delta’s collection of silverware includes 12 ARIA Awards and five No. 1 albums including 2003’s Innocent Eyes, which logged a whopping 29 weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, making it the highest-selling debut album in Australian recorded music history. The album won seven ARIA Awards, was the highest selling album in Australia for two successive years, and yielded five No. 1 singles. Career album sales across her catalog is close to 10 million.

In 2023, after a decades-long association with Sony Music, Delta became an independent artist and label boss, overseeing ATLED Records.

Later this month, she’ll realize a dream when she represents Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, where she’ll perform her new single “Eclipse.”

Bookings and full itinerary details for the Delta Cruise are available at destinationhq.com.au or by contacting Destination HQ at hello@destinationhq.com.au.

Jack Johnson has announced a six-date Australian and New Zealand tour this November, joined for the first time by Ben Harper and John Butler as special guests performing solo and acoustic.

The SURFILMUSIC 2026 Australia & New Zealand Tour opens at Brisbane’s Riverstage on Nov. 7 before heading to Kings Park & Botanic Gardens in Perth (Nov. 10), The Domain in Sydney (Nov. 14), Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne (Nov. 17), Spark Arena in Auckland (Nov. 20) and closing at Waipara Winehouse in North Canterbury, New Zealand on Nov. 22.

Artist presale runs May 7-8, with Mastercard presale from May 8-12. General on-sale opens Tuesday, May 12 at 2 p.m. local time.

The tour marks Johnson’s first return to Australia and New Zealand since 2022 and celebrates the release of the SURFILMUSIC documentary soundtrack, scored by Johnson and Hermanos Gutiérrez, due May 15.

The documentary — which premiered at SXSW in March — traces Johnson’s journey from surfer to filmmaker to musician, from his youth on the north shore of Hawaii through the making of his iconic surf films Thicker Than Water (1999) and The September Sessions (2000).

Johnson will perform alongside his long-time bandmates Adam Topol, Merlo Podlewski and Zach Gill, with fans able to expect classics including “Better Together,” “Flake,” “Inaudible Melodies,” “Taylor” and “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing,” alongside new material from the soundtrack.

The addition of Harper and Butler makes for a particularly loaded bill. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner whose catalogue includes “Burn One Down,” “Steal My Kisses” and “Diamonds on the Inside” — he has sold more than 16 million records worldwide across 18 studio albums. Butler, one of Australia’s most enduring independent artists, brings more than 25 years of hits including “Zebra,” “Better Than” and the instrumental epic “Ocean.”

Indigenous artist Emily Wurramara will perform at the Sydney show only. The tour is presented by Live Nation in partnership with Double J for Australian dates.

Johnson has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide across eight studio albums. Since 2001, proceeds from his albums and tours have resulted in more than $40 million donated to environmental, art and music education charities through the Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation and the Johnson ʻOhana Foundation, which he founded with his wife Kim.

Jack Johnson SURFILMUSIC AU/NZ Tour Dates

Nov. 7 — Brisbane, Australia @ Riverstage
Nov. 10 — Perth, Australia @ Kings Park & Botanic Gardens
Nov. 14 — Sydney, Australia @ The Domain
Nov. 17 — Melbourne, Australia @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Nov. 20 — Auckland, New Zealand @ Spark Arena
Nov. 22 — North Canterbury, New Zealand @ Waipara Winehouse

The Eagles have added more 2026 dates to their Sphere residency, extending their run as the artist with the most dates at the Las Vegas immersive venue to 64.

The new dates extend their run into the fall: Sept. 18-19, Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 27-28.

The most recent shows had ended April 10 and 11. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees had previously announced 12 shows for this year: Jan. 23-24, Jan. 30-31, Feb. 20-21, Feb. 27-28, March 20-21 and March 27-28.

Artist presale registration is available now. The  presale begins May 15 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets start at $175 and include all taxes and fees.

The group includes Don Henley, the only original remaining who co-founded the band with the late Glenn Frey in 1971, as well as guitarists Joe Walsh and Vince Gill, bassist Timothy B. Schmit and Frey’s son Deacon.

The Eagles’ Sphere stint started in September 2024, and the band added dates a handful at a time, setting the record for the most shows with the announcement of the February dates in October at 52. The previous record belonged to Dead & Co. at 48 shows.

Billboard praised the Eagles show, writing after the Sept. 20, 2024, opening: “For more than 50 years, the Eagles have been painting vivid pictures with their music, from the dark desert highway of ‘Hotel California’ to the billion stars all around of ‘Peaceful Easy Feeling’ to the cold, cold city of ‘Life in the Fast Lane.’ On Friday night, those images came to intense life at Las Vegas’ Sphere, where the technology of 2024 finally caught up to the band’s enduring artistry and created a technicolor display worthy of their classic, illustrative songs from the 1970s and beyond.”

The 2026 Met Gala has come to an end, and the stars really showed out on the red carpet (which was not actually red). Before we put fashion’s biggest behind us and start speculating on next year’s theme, let’s take a look at some of the best outfits worn on Monday (May 4).

Helmed by co-chairs Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, Anna Wintour and Beyoncé—who made her first appearance at the annual event in 10 years—the 2026 Met Gala was all about the intersection of fashion and art, embodying the Met’s Costume Institute’s spring exhibition “Costume Art” and its celebration of diverse bodies.

“Pairings between fashions and artworks will present a spectrum of connections and experiences: from the formal to the conceptual, the aesthetic to the political, the individual to the universal, the illustrative to the symbolic, and the playful to the profound,” reads a description of the exhibit on the Met’s website.

To complement the exhibit, this year’s Met Gala dress code was “Fashion Is Art,” a theme that left much room for interpretation. And interpret the stars did. With such an open-ended concept to play with, attendees experimented with color, texture, references, inspiration and more. No two looks were the same, unlike in previous years. Although not every look was memorable, there were certainly some red carpet showstoppers worth writing home about. In particular, 10 looks sported by musicians caught Billboard’s attention more than others. (Though many other artists wore incredible looks, too, which you can check out here.)

From SZA’s upcycled couture to Bad Bunny’s senior citizen cosplay to Beyoncé’s show-stopping grand return to the Met Gala, here are Billboard’s top 2026 Met Gala looks.

The Queen has arrived.

Beyoncé made her first appearance at the Met Gala in 10 years — and she showed up looking like royalty. The legendary singer arrived in a fully bejeweled gown designed to look like a skeleton, paired with a matched jeweled headpiece and a large feather shawl.

Beyoncé is more than just a Met Gala guest: She co-chaired this year’s event alongside Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. The singer turned the gala into a family affair, walking the red carpet with her husband, Jay-Z, and eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Blue Ivy is notably one of the youngest people in attendance at the event; since 2018, the Met Gala has implemented an 18+ rule for its attendees, though it looks like they made an exception for the co-chair’s daughter, who is just 14 years old. Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy stopped for photos on the red carpet together, posing as a family unit.

Making what was already a momentous occasion even bigger, Beyoncé gave a rare interview with red carpet host La La Anthony.

“This is the moment that everybody’s been waiting for,” Anthony said in introducing Queen Bey, before asking the singer how it felt to be back at the gala for the first time since 2016.

“It feels surreal because my daughter’s here,” Beyoncé replied. “She looks so beautiful. It’s incredible to be able to share it with her.”

Beyoncé shared that what she’s most excited for is being able to see the gala through her daughter’s eyes, and for being able to relax. She also shared what excites her most about her beautiful look.

“I’m wearing Olivier Rousteing, who is someone that has been so loyal to me, and I’ve done so many incredible, iconic looks with him,” the star said of the designer, who served as the creative director for Balmain for 14 years before leaving the fashion house in 2025. “So it’s really about representing him.”

Anthony and Beyoncé also expressed their excitement to celebrate diverse bodies — a large part of The Met Costume Institute’s spring exhibition theme of “Costume Art.”

“The different juicy, curvy, thin, tall, whatever. Just celebrating whatever God gave you,” Beyoncé said.

With Beyoncé’s appearance at this year’s Met Gala, many online are speculating that she may use the event as an opportunity to announce Act III, the rumored capper to an expected album trilogy that started with Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. However, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high: The singer’s longtime publicist responded to an X post by a fan account speculating that the Met Gala will launch the singer’s Act III era by saying, “This is unequivocally false!!” At the time of publication, Beyoncé herself has not yet shared anything about the album.

Madonna is gearing up to return to the dance floor on July 3 with Confessions II, but on Monday (May 4), the Queen of Pop brought witchy wonders to the 2026 Met Gala red carpet in Manhattan.

Flanked by four women holding her grey veil trains, Madonna, imperious as ever, walked the red carpet wearing a black outfit with a gossamer, old-timey seacraft fixed to the top of her head. With the veils surrounding her headpiece, the effect was of a storm-tossed ship at sea. Designed by Anthony Vaccarello, it was a custom Yves Saint Laurent look inspired by British-Mexican painter Leonora Carrington’s painting The Temptation of St. Anthony, per Harper’s Bazaar. Centered around the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit “Costume Art,” the Met Gala dress code this year is “Fashion Is Art,” so Madonna’s campy, surrealist look is right on theme (as she always is at the Met Gala).

Madonna recently teased Confessions II with the release of “I Feel So Free” and lead single “Bring Your Love,” a duet with Sabrina Carpenter that dropped last Friday, following Madonna’s surprise appearance during Carpenter’s headlining set during Coachella weekend 2. The Man’s Best Friend singer also walked the Met Gala red carpet, draped in a gown made out of film strips taken from 1954’s Sabrina, a romantic comedy starring Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn, which Carpenter called “one of my favorite films of all time.”

Beyoncé is one of the 2026 Met Gala co-chairs; for her red carpet look, she brought out daughter Blue Ivy and husband Jay-Z, making her appearance a family affair. To see what other musicians hit the 2026 Met Gala, check out this photo gallery.

SZA might have a song called “Saturn,” but at the Met Gala, she embodied the sun.

The singer hit the red carpet in a vibrant yellow dress and jeweled floral headpiece designed with Emily Adams Bode Aujla of Bode. The gown included a corset, structured skirt and a long train in various shades of yellow. In an interview with red carpet host La La Anthony, SZA shared the fascinating story behind the dress’ creation.

“This entire look is made with reworked pieces purchased on eBay,” the star explained. “This is like my ethereal body. This is how I see myself.”

SZA went on to share that the look represents “the divine feminine,” pointing out different details, such as the cowries, pieces of saris bought from the secondhand marketplace and the real flowers on her head.

“It just wanted to express joy,” she said.

The star then made a joke about her bust in the dress, saying, “I was looking at how big my boobs look on this camera.” SZA followed by telling Anthony what makes her want to be fearless with fashion.

“I just love a character and I love playing and I love attention,” SZA said, showing off the crystals incorporated into her outfit. “I just love expressing our culture. And I just love celebrating all cultures.”

In a story on SZA’s sustainable look, Vogue shared that the fashion publication and eBay teamed up with Bode to create the look.

“SZA’s look for this year’s Met Gala is both tied to her own whimsical personal narrative and has an art-based historical significance,” the designer told Vogue.

BLACKPINK members JENNIE, JISOO, LISA and ROSÉ all hit the Met Gala red carpet on Monday (May 4), walking the red carpet individually and flaunting distinct fashion sensibilities.

For her Met Gala debut, JISOO was decked out in a sparkly pink floral gown, which she told Vogue red carpet co-hosts Ashley Graham and Cara Delevingne was a custom Dior by Jonathan Anderson. “It’s my first Met Gala. I’m so excited and a little nervous too,” JISOO told them with a laugh. “We’re trying the flowers,” she said. “It’s so exciting.”

In addition to the Dior fit, she was wearing a vintage Cartier necklace. The BLISOO boss told Graham and Delevingne the outfit took “four to five hours” to pull together, which they acknowledged was more than worth it.

ROSÉ spoke to Vogue red carpet co-host La La Anthony about her look, an Yves Saint Laurent dress with an avian theme. ROSÉ explained she was talking with celebrity stylist Law Roach about fashion and art ahead of the Met Gala and “the bird stood out because of the theme of the Met Gala this year,” she said, referencing the “Fashion Is Art” dress code for the “Costume Art” exhibit. “It helped [to] do my homework and learn the history of Yves Saint Laurent. It was a privilege to learn the inspiration YSL had with art,” she said, referencing the Georges Braque painting The Birds on the ceiling of the Louvre in Paris, which inspired her dress.

LISA arrived at the Met Gala red carpet in a sculptural look designed by Robert Wun. “I’m just so happy to showcase myself in an art form like this,” LISA said, explaining that the arms winding around her veiled gown were her own arms recreated via 3D printer. She also teased her upcoming Las Vegas residency. “It sold out!” she beamed. “I can’t wait to show my fans what I prepared.”

JENNIE was the last member of BLACKPINK to hit the Met Gala, strolling down the carpet in a shimmery, silver Chanel dress by Matthieu Blazy. JENNIE told Vogue‘s Anthony her dress was made out of 15,000 sequined leaves. “I feel like a mosaic art work come alive,” she said, adding she was excited to see her BLACKPINK bandmates inside the Met Gala.