Ball Park Music’s Dean Hanson had a good reason for missing the 2026 Queensland Music Awards this week on the Gold Coast; the rhythm guitarist and bass player was hospitalized after fracturing his collar bone playing a game of social cricket.

Hanson had successful surgery overnight, so their forthcoming Rock and Roll Adventure Tour “may continue,” reads an update from the beloved indie rock band. As a result of the injury, the opening show May 1 at the Beach Hotel in Kingscliff is “just too soon for us to be back to 100%,” reads that social message, and a new date has been locked in for June 13. All tickets remain valid.

“Thanks for understanding and supporting Deano while he lets his new upgrades load,” the post continues, “so we can come hit the stage better than ever.”

When members of BPM attended the QMAs, Hanson was conspicuously absent (Jennifer Boyce didn’t show, but guests were told that she’s doesn’t much like awards ceremonies). The group went on to collect two awards, including album of the year for Like Love, their ARIA Chart topping eighth studio collection.

While collecting the QMA trophy, bandmate Paul Furness remarked: “Our guitarist Dean couldn’t be here tonight because he broke his collarbone the other day. He was trying to take a catch in the seventh grade cricket in Brisbane. He dropped the catch and broke his collarbone.”

The statement, issued today, puts a different spin on his “heroic effort to change the course of a social cricket match.” It’s unclear who won the game, or when Hanson will be cleared for band duties, or a return to the pitch.

The collar bone, or clavicle, is one of the most frequently broken bones in the human body, often due to falls or sports — or in Deano’s case, both.

It’s a tough break for the guitarist, who just last week released his debut solo album, Window Seat, Always, under the Zeano moniker.

BPM has hit it out the park in the past 12 months. Like Love went to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in April 2025, securing the band’s first leader after long streak of frustrating misses which included three titles that peaked at No. 2: Puddinghead (2014), Ball Park Music (2020), and Weirder & Weirder (2022). Later in 2025, the band opened for Oasis on the reunited Britpop legends’ stadium tour of Australia, and in January of this year, Like Love standout “Please Don’t Move To Melbourne” came in No. 10 in triple j’s Hottest 100.

Demi Lovato’s It’s Not That Deep is now considerably deeper than it was.

The U.S. pop star gives the deluxe treatment to her latest album, which goes by the title It’s Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be), and expands from 11 to 19 tracks. The newly-minted eight-track a-side is led by Lovato’s previously released dance-floor cut “Low Rise Jeans,” produced and co-written with Zhone.

It’s Not That Deep dropped last October, and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 9, for her ninth top 10 appearance on the all-genres albums chart. Released via DLG Recordings/Island/Republic Records, the original version earned Lovato her first No. 1 album on Billboard’s Top Dance Albums chart, opening at the summit.

Currently, she’s supporting the collection with the It’s Not That Deep Tour, which continues Friday night, April 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Lovato’s tour and new deluxe album release are just the start of another busy year for the “Sorry Not Sorry” singer. This summer will welcome the theatrical release of Camp Rock 3, which she is co-producing with the Jonas Brothers, who will reprise their roles as the Gray brothers. About a month prior to the announcement that the movie was on the way, Lovato joined Joe Jonas on stage at MetLife Stadium, where they performed “This Is Me” as well as Camp Rock 2 classic “Wouldn’t Change a Thing” together.

Then, earlier this month, Demi and Joe performed her signature song from the Camp Rock soundtrack, “This Is Me.” The pair also hit a duet of “On the Line” from her 2008 album, Don’t Forget. The song was written by Lovato and the JoBros, and features all three brothers.

Lovato warmed up with her arena tour with a performance March 5 at the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, where she performed “Kiss.” A decade earlier, 2016, she was saluted with the GLAAD Media Vanguard Award. Later in March, she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC for a performance of “Ghost.”

Stream It’s Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be) below.

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

Last week, we featured Olivia Rodrigo, sombr and Nine Inch Noize.

This week, Noah Kahan makes his triumphant return with his stellar fourth album, The Great Divide; Kehlani releases her classic R&B self-titled set; and Suki Waterhouse previews her upcoming album Loveland out this summer… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Noah Kahan, The Great Divide

On Kahan’s fourth album (out tonight), he showcases just how sharp his songwriting, vocals and musicianship have become — so sharp, in fact, that they cut deeper than his previous releases. As a result, he opens himself up like never before, narrating various perspectives and perceptions held by his friends, family and hometown and analyzing in real time the impact it has all had on him.

Kehlani, Kehlani

Following the success of “Folded,” Kehlani knew it was time to double down on classic sounding R&B and pour that passion into her self-titled album. Billboard ranked closing track “Unlearn” as the project’s best, with Kyle Denis writing: “Once upon a time, R&B albums used to end with a gospel song, a cover of a hymn, or some kind of dedication to the faith, family and friends that made the project possible. Leave it to Kehlani to bring back those recipes…Gospel will always be a part of R&B, and when the secular meets the sacred, incredible music comes to life.”

Suki Waterhouse, “Tiny Raisin”

True to form, Suki Waterhouse takes listeners on a ride with “Tiny Raisin.” What starts with the vivid description of becoming a “tiny raisin” from soaking too long in the tub evolves into an ode to “her man” (aka Robert Pattinson). But it’s not quite a love song — rather, it’s a vent session. “Molly said that I should leave him/ And for a moment we aligned, but then I changed my mind/ And I hung up like the crazy bitch I am.” Throughout, Waterhouse details that while they may “break up, make up, do it all over again,” at the end of the day they always “laugh it off” — especially because, as she says, “he’s so fine/ and he’s all mine.”

Hayley Kiyoko and Gigi Perez, “Collide”

During weekend two of Coachella, Hayley Kiyoko popped out during Gigi Perez’s set to duet on the former’s hit “Girls Like Girls.” Turns out, that’s not all the two had planned: today, they share their new collab, “Collide.” The laid-back, emotional track is the first from the upcoming soundtrack to Kiyoko’s directorial debut, Girls Like Girls, out in June. As Kiyoko wrote on Instagram, “the soundtrack I wish I had when I was 16 is finally yours june 12. starting this chapter the best way possible.”

Dylan Gosset, “My Boy”

Since releasing his self-produced debut album, Westward, last year, rising singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett has kept momentum with new music including latest track “My Boy.” As the title suggests, the song is a beautiful message to his son (his and his wife’s first child, which they announced on Instagram last November) that functions as Gossett’s parental vow. “I’ll think about the things you’ll do and your momma does too/ Oh I hope you got her eyes and her soul too/ So when you need me I’ll be there when you need a little care/ I’ll be your rock to steady on, boy I swear.”

Want rock? Got rock. Foo Fighters press send on Your Favorite Toy, the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inducted band’s 12 studio album.

From the top, Your Favorite Toy is something to be played with. It’s raw rock from Dave Grohl and Co., housing the previously released cut “Caught In The Echo,” the title track, and “All of the People,” which the band recently performed live at the historic, 80-seat St James Church in Dingle, Ireland.

The Foos will give the album a good, solid push April 25 on the Saturday Night Live UK (Sky One), with the release of the official music video for “Window” (directed by Jake Erland), and a major jaunt, the Take Cover Tour. Earlier, the Foos previewed the album’s tracks on their website via a clickable, throwback landing page in which snippets were embedded in images of the band in the studio and on stage.

The new collection is “the most fun we’ve had making a record in years,” Grohl tells Classic Rock. The band approached it with “no rules, no pressure — just the joy of plugging in and seeing what happens.” The result, a 10-track, 36 minute effort that’s “loud, it’s melodic, it’s weird in places… but it feels like us. It feels alive.”

According to a presser ahead of the release, the LP was recorded at home and co-produced by the band and Oliver Roman (The Cribs, Wolfmother), and features the recorded debut of new drummer Ilan Rubin, who took over for Josh Freese, the veteran timekeeper who filled in for late drummer Taylor Hawkins for two years until he was dismissed by the band last May.

It’s the followup to 2023’s But Here We Are, which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, for the band’s 10th top tier entry, a tally that includes two leaders (Wasting Light from 2011 and Concrete And Gold from 2017).

The Foos’ forthcoming world tour gets going with a handful of U.S. dates, starting next Tuesday, April 28 with a sold-out show at Total Mortgage Arena, in Bridgeport, CT. Then, a pan-European tour that’s slated to kick off June 10 at Unity Arena in Oslo, Norway, following by another massive North America run in August and September. Australia and New Zealand will host the rockers in November, and again in January 2027.

Watch the music video for “Window” and stream Your Favorite Toy in full below.

Between mixed reviews from critics and feverish anticipation from fans around the world, Michael is all but guaranteed to dominate the global box office this weekend. But a key figure from the King of Pop’s young adult years is conspicuously absent from the new film.

On Thursday (April 23), Kat Graham — who was cast as Diana Ross in the film back in March 2024 — took to her official Instagram Story to explain why she no longer appears in the Antoine Fuqua-helmed musical biopic.

“I want to share that certain legal considerations affected a few scenes, including ones I filmed with an incredible cast,” she wrote. “Unfortunately, those moments are no longer part of the final cut, though the team worked hard to preserve as much of the story as possible.”

Not only was Ross’ alleged discovery of The Jackson 5 a key part of Motown’s marketing and promotional plan for the then-burgeoning family band, but The Supremes frontwoman would also appear on the silver screen alongside MJ in 1978’s The Wiz. And that’s not to mention the close friendship the two legends shared outside of the industry.

In addition to Graham, who’s best known for her work in The Vampire Diaries, that March 2024 casting announcement also confirmed the involvement of Larenz Tate (as Motown founder Berry Gordy), Kendrick Sampson (as Quincy Jones), Jessica Sula (as LaToya Jackson), Kevin Shinick (as Dick Clark) and Liv Symone (as Gladys Knight). Each of those actors, save for Graham, still appears in the blockbuster biopic, which hits theaters on Friday.

Michael has been plagued by legal issues throughout its production process. One version of the script reportedly had to be stripped of all references to Jackson’s child sexual abuse allegations after his estate discovered a settlement clause that forbade any mention of Jordan Chandler, one of MJ’s accusers, in the film.

Penned by John Logan, Michael covers Jackson’s legendary life and career from his 1960s Jackson 5 days to his seismic late-’80s Bad Tour. Jaafar Jackson, the son of Jermaine Jackson and MJ’s nephew, portrays his uncle, leading a cast comprised of two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo (as Joe Jackson), Emmy nominee Miles Teller (as entertainment lawyer John Branca), three-time NAACP Image Award winner Nia Long (as Katherine Jackson), Actor Award nominee Laura Harrier (as Suzanne de Passe), and Emmy winner Mike Myers (as music industry executive Walter Yetnikoff).

Click here to read Kat Graham’s full explanation for Diana Ross’ absence in the Michael biopic.

Jack Harlow is back in the news again, but it’s not about his controversial Monica rollout this time.

The Kentucky rapper is now making headlines after telling Rolling Stone that he thought Drake was the “best rapper alive” after listening to the Canadian MC’s 2015 album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.

“I remember vividly this album coming out and me being like, ‘Oh, Drake’s the best rapper alive,’” he recalled. “Right then. It was powerful. Powerful.”

Harlow was also asked what the experience was like when he finally got the chance to work with Drake on their single “Churchhill Downs,” and he seemed to be in awe to have the privilege to watch one of the biggest artists in the world do what they do best.

“It was an amazing experience,” Harlow said. “He recorded the verse in front of me. Watching him work, not punching in, delivering that whole way through. It’s just cool to see a rapper be a rapper and not be some packaged thing that a team is putting together. He’s a rapper. He can perform the act. He can do it. That might sound like a given, but it’s not always like that, I feel like. It’s so cool to see the skillset in real time.”

In other Drake news, the rapper is set to drop his highly anticipated ninth solo album Iceman next month, on May 15. Still no word on a track list or features yet, so we’re not sure if Harlow might reunite with Drizzy.

You can watch the full conversation below.

Zara Larsson gives a lot of credit to Tate McRae for inviting her to open on the Miss Possessive Tour last year, a major steppingstone that helped the Swedish pop star reach her still-unfolding breakout moment in 2026. But at the time, some of her fans questioned why she wasn’t the one headlining major arenas instead of the Canadian hitmaker.

On a new episode of Call Her Daddy posted Wednesday (April 22), Larsson addressed those comments. Starting off by calling McRae “incredible” and noting that their pairing was a “perfect match,” the 28-year-old performer speculated that certain people may have pitted her against her tourmate because she’s “been doing this for longer.”

“I’m older,” Larsson continued. “And maybe some people felt like I deserved to be in the arena.”

Her response to those people? “I’m like, ‘Well, buy the ticket then,’” Larsson said frankly. “That’s not Tate’s fault.”

The “Midnight Sun” singer opened for McRae for about two months on the Miss Possessive trek, playing arenas such as Madison Square Garden in New York City, the United Center in Chicago and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. At the very end of the stint, Larsson released what would become her breakthrough album, Midnight Sun, in late September. (She’s now gearing up to drop a deluxe featuring a bevy of guest artists, including Shakira, PinkPantheress, Robyn and more.)

After her final show on the tour, Larsson also shared a photo with McRae on Instagram and wrote, “It’s been strange seeing some people putting us against each other when we’re just two pop girls who love and support each other back stage!”

But on Call Her Daddy, she elaborated, “I think it’s just the nature of how people speak about girls in pop.

“We are similar in the sense that we both dance, although she’s a way better dancer,” Larsson added. “And I do pop, she does pop. I think it’s easier to root for someone who’s an underdog, you know?”

Both performers will be honored at this year’s Billboard Women in Music ceremony, with Larsson set to take home the Breakthrough prize and McRae to receive the Hitmaker recognition.

Watch Larsson’s full interview on Call Her Daddy above.