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Bad Bunny’s Spotify’s Billions Club Concert Film Is Coming Sooner Than You Think: Watch the Teaser

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Bad Bunny‘s first Asia show at Spotify’s star-studded Billions Club in Tokyo will arrive on the platform — and soon. Spotify announced on Monday (April 6) that the release date for the one-night event will be April 8.

Billions Club Live With Bad Bunny: A Concert Film will show the Puerto Rican superstar delivering 17 of his biggest hits — including “DtMF,” “Baile Involvidable,” “Nuevalyol” and “EOO” — at Tipstar Dome Chiba on March 7, almost a month after his headline performance at Super Bowl LX.

The show — Spotify’s first Billions Club Live in the region — also debuted a salsa version of his reggaetón hit “MIA” from 2018, featuring guest appearances by Puerto Rican musicians Los Pleneros de la Cresta and Los Sobrinos. Other highlights included “Yonaguni,” during which fans sang along to the Japanese lyrics, and a surprise appearance by Jowell & Randy for “Safaera.”

The evening opened and closed with music provided by DJ Nasthug, while BLACKPINK‘s LISA and contemporary artist Takashi Murakami were among the celebrities in attendance.

With 29 songs that have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify, Bad Bunny has been shattering numerous records in recent months. In February, he landed a record-breaking 29 simultaneous titles on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart, including the entire top 25, while also bagging the top spot on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Furthermore, his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show was the most watched of all time. According to coproducer Roc Nation, Benito’s history-making performance set a global viewership record with 4.157 billion worldwide views in the first 24 hours across global and U.S. broadcasts, as well as YouTube and other digital properties.

Watch a teaser of Billions Club Live With Bad Bunny: A Concert Film below:

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Victrola Teams Up With Jack White’s Third Man Records on a New Turntable and Speakers Set

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For Record Store Day 2026, Victrola partners with Jack White‘s Third Man Records on a new set of limited-edition turntable and speakers for music fans who love the warmth and depth of analog audio.

Priced at $649.99 for the bundle, the Victrola Third Man Records Turntable Set comes with the audio company’s Wave turntable and a pair of Tempo bookshelf Bluetooth speakers in the record label’s eye-catching black and yellow colorway.

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Although it comes in an all-in-one bundle, you can get the turntable and speakers separately too. The Victrola Wave was Billboard’s pick for best turntable at CES 2025 (Consumer Electronics Show), thanks to its premium audio, Bluetooth connections (Auracast) to speakers or headphones and minimal, yet modern design.

In addition, the Tempo speakers are a perfect companion to the turntable with precise sound reproduction and wireless connectivity. Audio is deep and rich with warm and clear tones, while bass is punchy and rumbly — which is best for all sorts of rock, blues, hip-hop and country music.

For pricing, the Third Man Records-branded Wave goes for $499.99, while the pair of Tempo Bluetooth speakers are priced at $249.99. Altogether, it would go for $749.98, but the set saves you $99.99, so it’s best to go with the bundle instead.

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“Third Man is stoked to be making these yellow-as-hell-o turntables and speakers with the cool cats over at Victrola,” Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell said in a press release. “Set the volume to ‘stun’ and be blown back and blown away by the sonic magnificence on display.”

Available right now at Victrola.com, the limited-edition Victrola Third Man Records Turntable Set is priced at $649.99. Learn more at Victrola x Third Man Records here.

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With the Success of ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,’ Nintendo Is Launching the Switch 2 ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Bundle

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Fresh off the success of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Nintendo just dropped a limited-time bundle celebrating all things Mario.

From April 12 to May 9, a Super Mario Galaxy bundle will be available at specific retailers, including Super Mario Galaxy and the sequel, along with a Switch 2 console. If you purchase a Nintendo Switch 2 at the same time as the physical or digital version of these galactic adventures and you can save $20 at participating retailers, like Amazon. This bundle is $499.99 (reg. $519.98) and gives gamers the hit console and allows you to experience the intergalactic joy of the Mario franchise all in one place.

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If you aren’t familiar with the Nintendo game or haven’t seen the new movie yet, here’s the scoop. The first game follows our mustachioed friend Mario as he travels through space to rescue Princess Peach and her castle, which were so rudely abducted by Bowser. Princess Peach is once again kidnapped in the second game by a gigantic version of Bowser. Mario is tasked with saving the princess alongside his little Luma companion tucked beneath his hat.

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie pulls direct inspo from Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy game down to the title and character. The film features beloved plumber Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, and his mustachioed brother Luigi, voiced by Charlie Day, along with the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy.

New characters only seen in the game are also featured in the new iteration, including Princess Rosalina, played by Brie Larson and Bowser Jr. by Benny Safdie. The film had major wins in the box office with “$182.4M overseas, while U.S. and Canada rang up $190M over the Easter weekend stretch,” according to Deadline.

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Super Mario Galaxy was released in 2007, while the sequel was dropped in 2010. The first game is hallowed for its atmosphere, story and charm, while the second game is favored for its gameplay and unique level design. Both games are extremely addictive in their own right.

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Live Nation Verdict: Jury Says Concert Giant Is An Illegal Monopoly in Total Defeat

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A jury found Wednesday (April 15) that Live Nation and Ticketmaster violated federal and state antitrust laws by dominating the live music industry, capping off a blockbuster trial with a verdict that could ultimately see the two concert giants broken up.

After a five-week trial in Manhattan federal court, jurors sided with a coalition of state attorneys general who sued Live Nation. The states argued during closing statements that the concert giant was a “monopolistic bully” that had harmed competition and driven up ticket prices for fans.

In its verdict, the jury handed Live Nation a total defeat — finding that the company illegally monopolized the market for ticketing services, concert ticketing and the use of amphitheaters, and that it illegally tied the use of its venues to its concert promotion services. The jury said fans overpaid by $1.72 per ticket.

Following the verdict, all eyes will turn to Judge Arun Subramanian, who must now decide whether to order Live Nation to sell off Ticketmaster — something critics have long demanded and the states have said is the goal of their case. Such orders are drastic and rare, though, and the judge could instead merely ban certain anti-competitive conduct.

Live Nation is certain to challenge the outcome, first to Subramanian and then to a federal appeals court.

New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated the verdict as a “landmark victory” in a statement Wednesday.

“For far too long, Live Nation and Ticketmaster have taken advantage of fans and artists by raising prices for tickets and stifling any competition that threatened their power,” said James. “A jury found what we have long known to be true: Live Nation and Ticketmaster are breaking the law and costing consumers millions of dollars in the process. I am proud to have led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in bringing this case and look forward to continuing our work to hold Live Nation and Ticketmaster accountable.”

Reps for Live Nation did not immediately return a request for comment.

The U.S. Department of Justice and dozens of states sued in 2024, 14 years after Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged with the blessing of federal antitrust regulators. The feds claimed the company had since grown into a monopoly that illegally dominated the live music industry: “It is time to break it up,” said then-attorney general Merrick Garland.

But a week after the trial started last month, DOJ agreed to a surprise settlement with Live Nation — a move that reportedly came after President Donald Trump personally pushed for it. The deal required key changes in business practices but, crucially, would not require the company to divest Ticketmaster. Following that, dozens of states said that settlement was insufficient, and instead pushed ahead with the trial.

Over five weeks of testimony, jurors heard from venue bosses like former Barclays Center CEO John Abbamondi, who claimed Live Nation threatened to divert concerts if he switched to rival ticketer SeatGeek. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino later took the stand, where he denied such threats and said his company had simply outperformed its rivals to achieve its success: “I’m very proud.”

Jurors also heard from AEG Presents CEO Jay Marciano; current Barclays Center boss Laurie Jacoby; several other sports execs, promoters and venue operators; multiple Live Nation and Ticketmaster execs, like president of touring Omar Al-joulani; Drake’s manager Adel Nur, also known as Future The Prince; and numerous economists and other expert witnesses.

Live Nation, repped at trial by a team from the law firm Latham & Watkins, tried to persuade the jury that the company had secured its massive market share over the past 15 years not through anti-competitive behavior, but by simply being better than its rivals. During his closing statements, Live Nation attorney David Marriott called his client a “fierce competitor.”

But the states, led by veteran antitrust litigator Jeffrey Kessler, told the jury a very different story: that Live Nation and Ticketmaster had abused their position to enrich themselves at the expense of fans. They cited much-publicized Slack messages in which two Live Nation execs joked about “taking advantage” of “stupid” fans with prices and fees: “Robbing them blind baby. That’s how we do.”

“Who talks like this? What type of company uses this language?” Kessler asked the jury in closing statements on Thursday (April 9). “The answer, I think you will find, is a monopolist who views itself to be above the law.”

With Wednesday’s verdict, the jury showed that argument worked. It took them four days to deliberate, sifting through weeks of testimony and mountains of evidence submitted by both sides. As is typical with verdicts, there was no stated explanation for why the jurors sided with the states.


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