The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

From the Coachella lineup to Charli and George’s second wedding, this is what The FADER editors are talking about. Getty Images Your Coachella headliners are… 2025’s festival season has barely ended and already we’re getting details for 2026 (those buy-now-pay-later payment plans are likely the reason for this). This week Coachella confirmed that Sabrina Carpenter,…

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haloplus+ bring romance to the Copenhagen music scene

haloplus+ bring romance to the Copenhagen music scene

The innovative Danish alt-pop trio find escape in reverie with their new project Musicality. The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. Daydreaming plays a bit role in Musicality, the new project from artfully cool Copenhagen band haloplus+. The album’s title track rides a wave of glacial synths…

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Suspected thief of unreleased Beyonce music arrested

Suspected thief of unreleased Beyonce music arrested

Kelvin Evans is accused of stealing hard drives containing the never-before-heard songs, which have yet to be recovered. Beyoncé. Photo by Parkwood Entertainment   A suspect has been charged in the July break-in at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where several hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music were stolen from a rental SUV. Kelvin Evan, a…

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Coachella 2026: The best of the lineup’s bottom lines

Coachella 2026: The best of the lineup’s bottom lines

With the festival’s lineup officially out, we’re picking the lower-placed artists you can’t miss. The Coachella 2026 lineup is out, and as usual, people have loud opinions. Proclamations of “This is the worst booking ever!” will likely follow the festival every year and be debated online until the argument is ended definitively by Morgan Wallen’s…

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