CONCERTS - Jul 13, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's two-night ARIRANG World Tour stop at Munich's Allianz Arena mixed new album tracks with a decade of hits — strong in the encore, less disciplined through a repetitive back stretch of Act 2.
World - Jul 13, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
A viral clip of Jon Bon Jovi nearly stumbling onstage during his July 7 Madison Square Garden comeback show has kept circulating a week later, framing a comeback tour built around his recovery from vocal cord surgery.
K-WAVE - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
US music publisher All Surface Publishing sued NewJeans, ADOR and HYBE on July 7 over alleged copyright infringement in "ETA," claiming the 2023 hit copied a 2005 Baltimore club track without authorization.
K-WAVE - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Justin Bieber has joined BTS, Madonna and Shakira as a co-headliner for the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show on July 19, FIFA and Global Citizen confirmed this week.
K-WAVE - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS drew approximately 130,000 fans across two sold-out shows at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 6 and 7, setting the venue's highest single-show attendance record since it opened in 2019.
K-WAVE - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
KATSEYE will release its first theatrical documentary, "KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS," in cinemas worldwide starting Aug. 12, two days before the group's third EP "WILD" arrives, HYBE-Geffen Records confirmed.
CONCERTS - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS plays its only German tour dates, July 11 and 12 at Munich's Allianz Arena, as part of the "Arirang" World Tour — the group's first time headlining the venue.
INSIGHTS - Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
South Korea's Culture Ministry is doubling support for small K-pop agencies to roughly $12 million next year, but the funding remains a fraction of the 29-to-1 production-spending gap between the Big Four labels and everyone else.
K-WAVE - Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Evan, formerly ENHYPEN's Heeseung, will perform and discuss his solo debut single "Ride or Die" at the Grammy Museum's "Spotlight" series on Aug. 14, Belift Lab confirmed.
K-WAVE - Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
K-pop's global physical album sales reached a first-half record of 49.5 million copies in 2026, up 23.4% year over year, with Hanteo Chart crediting BTS's return and a wide spread of million-seller releases.
U.S. - Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
LE SSERAFIM opens its 32-show "PUREFLOW" World Tour July 11-12 in Incheon, with confirmed North American dates starting Sept. 16 and the group's first full European leg in October.
World - Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer behind "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," has died at 75 in Portugal following complications from a May intestinal surgery.
K-WAVE - Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Winwin's exclusive contract with SM Entertainment ends July 9, making him the third NCT member to leave the agency in 2026, following Mark Lee and Ten in April.
K-WAVE - Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
KATSEYE's "BEAUTIFUL CHAOS" has spent 53 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, making it the first female group album to chart for a full year since the Pussycat Dolls' "PCD" in 2005.
CONCERTS - Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
A review of BTS's July 6 "Arirang" World Tour show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, their first London concerts in seven years, built on official documentation and firsthand press accounts of the sold-out night.
