Becky G took center stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform her current single “Baile Con Mi Ex.” On Wednesday (May 25), the Mexican-American singer was joined by a five-member band for a live performance of her new rhythmic pop tune that’s about dancing with her ex. Dressed in all white, Becky crooned an intimate […]
Month: May 2022
Five years ago this Friday (May 27), “Despacito” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and made global history. The instant-classic single (Universal Music Latino), already a runaway smash in its original Spanish-language version by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, got a boost from its Justin Bieber bilingual remix, released in late April. From […]
Spotify House returns for this year’s CMA Fest, which will take over downtown Nashville June 9-12. Over the course of four music-packed days, Ole Red will host Spotify House, welcoming nearly 50 performers, and Billboard can exclusively reveal the lineup, which will include Breland, Mickey Guyton, Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde, Cole Swindell, Lainey Wilson, Darius […]
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Kendrick Lamar‘s new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, and the first anniversary of Olivia Rodrigo‘s debut LP, Sour. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly […]
BTS is visiting the White House next week to celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month and discuss with President Joe Biden the disturbing rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination in the United States. According to a release from the White House shared with Billboard, the K-pop septet will touch down at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Tuesday […]
In the year 1987, rock was top of the heap. The late Eddie Van Halen was still the king of the axe, U2 and The Edge were on top of the world. And Def Leppard’s Hysteria hit like a rocket. With Robert John “Mutt” Lange on production duties, the British heavy metal band found a […]
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Three Dead In West Plains Truck Crash
A multi-vehicle crash in West Plains has left three people dead and two people injured. Police say the crash occurred on U-S 63 near Highway 17 Wednesday afternoon. A semi-truck struck an S-U-V and the impact caused the semi to overturn onto a car. Three people in the car were killed and one suffered critical […]
Polk County Deputies found drugs and firearms during a traffic stop on State Highway 32 Tuesday morning. Deputies say they recovered drugs, drug paraphernalia and defaced firearms. They arrested Daniel Garduno and Mathew Gray. They are currently in the Polk County Jail on multiple charges. Mathew Gray (left) & Daniel Garduno (Courtesy of the Polk […]
The Springfield Public School will receive a CARE mobile unit from CoxHealth to provide medical services to students next year. The CARE Mobile is a pediatric clinic on wheels that provides free health services to students. A CARE Mobile services several schools in counties served by Cox Medical Network, but this one will only serve […]
Actor Richard Gere hosted a benefit concert for Ukraine at Carnegie Hall that raised $360,000 for Direct Relief, a humanitarian organization providing medical aid. Soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-sopranos Denyce Graves and Isabel Leonard, pianist Evgeny Kissin, violinists Midori and Itzhak Perlman, Tony Award-winner Adrienne Warren, singer Michael Feinstein, jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, mandolinist Chris […]