Music News with BTS and Liam Payne

BTS ANNOUNCES LIVE STREAMING CONCERT, ‘BANG BANG CON THE LIVE’: BTS have announced a new paid live streaming concert, BANG BANG CON The Live, set to take place next month via their social media channels and the community platform Weverse. Fans from all over the world are invited to watch the 90-minute show, which will take place June 14th. More details on the concert are coming soon. BTS was forced to suspend their Map of the Soul world tour due to the COVID-19 crisis. Their North American dates had been scheduled to kick off April 25th.

LIAM PAYNE SHOWS OFF CHISELED ABS IN LATEST HUGO BOSS CAMPAIGN: Liam Payne goes shirtless while modeling pieces in his second collection Hugo Boss. “I’ve learned so much about my own style over the past two years and I’m so grateful to continue to design clothes that I love to wear,” Liam said in a statement. “This season is very me. It’s all about easy styles that are perfect for the weekend.” The Hugo x Liam Payne collection is available now at HugoBoss.com. Liam will perform with Rita Ora on @hugo_official IGTV and on YouTube Sunday at 9 a.m. [ET].

KIM PETRAS TAPS PARIS HILTON, CHARLI XCX & MORE FOR ‘MALIBU’ MUSIC VIDEO: Kim Petras has released her star-studded music video for “Malibu.” Those featured in the video include Paris Hilton, Charli XCX, Todrick Hall, Demi Lovato, Madelaine Petsch, Daniel Preda, Aly & AJ, Nikita Dragun, Loren Gray, Scott Hoying, Jonathan Van Ness, Benito Skinner, Pabllo Vittar, Jessie J, Aquaria, Amanda Lepore, Dorian Electra, Bowen Yang, Slayyyter, Gabriel Fontana, Brittany Broski and Theodoraa Quinlivan. “I’ve been asking all my fans to send me videos of them bringing the beach to their home. So, I’ve been getting so many videos of them in bikinis, with drinks, on beach towels, in their bathtub,” she told Apple Music. “People have really been getting creative for that.”

BILLIE EILISH POSTPONES ALL 2020 TOUR DATES: Billie Eilish has postponed all of her 2020 tour dates due to the pandemic. “Out of an abundance of caution, all dates on Billie’s WHERE DO WE GO? WORLD TOUR have been postponed,” reads a statement posted to the singer’s Twitter. “All dates are proactively being rescheduled.” “As soon as dates are finalized, Billie will share the updated schedule and all tickets will be honored accordingly,” the statement continues. “Thank you for understanding. Stay safe, and stay home.” Eilish had been scheduled to kick off a tour of Mexico and South America at the end of May, followed by a summer run through Europe and a trip to Asia in August and September.

JAY Z AND MEEK MILL TO DONATE 10 MILLION MASKS TO PRISONS ACROSS AMERICA
Jay Z and Meek Mill’s criminal justice organizations REFORM Alliance have teamed up with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to donate 10 million surgical masks to prisons and jails across America to help inmates and guards protect themselves and each other from continuing to spread the coronavirus. Bob Pilon, president of the REFORM Alliance said in a statement, “This is 2.3 million Americans that don’t usually have the loudest voice. That’s why we’re doing this, to give that population a voice and answer their call to be treated like humans.”