Also this week: Music shines at the Canadian Screen Awards, official Ottawa Canada Day performers announced, Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart returns and more.
Queen Celine is back in the news this week, grabbing headlines at home (news of a TV series focusing on Dion and her large family) and across the pond (an expansion of her Paris residency).
Elsewhere, the headliners for Canada Day concert in Ottawa are named and Drake and Cameron Whitcomb are contenders for Song of the Summer.
Read more industry headlines from home and away here.
Produced by the singer’s brother, Jacques Dion, the dramatized adaptation will focus on his sister’s path to superstardom and the entire family's dynamic, including her parents and 14 siblings. – Heather Taylor-Singh, Billboard Canada
The international icon's grand return to the stage in the French capital has just gotten bigger, with a new run of shows announced for May 2027. Previously registered fans will be able to purchase tickets starting May 3. – Stefano Rebuli, Billboard Canada
The lineup features an eclectic mix of established and rising stars performing at LeBreton Flats Park on July 1, including MICO, Noeline Hoffman, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Pierre Lapointe and more. It will be broadcast live on CBC. – Kerry Doole, Billboard Canada
Global editors at the streaming giant have revealed their 30 picks for the tracks they think will dominate for listeners during the hot weather. – Heather Taylor Singh, Billboard Canada
The Harlem rapper and his superstar wife showed love to each other and to fans at Scotiabank Arena last night during his first of five concerts in Canada. – Stefano Rebuli, Billboard Canada
The film and TV awards honoured Mile End Kicks, Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, the Junos and more, celebrating the best in Canadian entertainment. – Heather Taylor-Singh, Billboard Canada
Rollie Pemberton, aka Cadence Weapon, is done with treating music as background filler. In his new book Ways of Listening, the Hamilton rapper explores the transition from record bins to algorithms. – Jessica Rose, Hamilton City Magazine
Ever wondered how the soundtrack to the world’s biggest sporting events gets made? On this week’s episode of Billboard On The Record, Canadian sports DJ and music curator Grayson Repp shares how he found himself at the intersection of sports and music — and what it takes to build the perfect setlist. – Billboard
‘The future of the industry belongs to executives who can bridge the creative, commercial, and technological divides,' he states. – Music Business Worldwide
“The Great American State Fair” is a series of concerts, exhibits, tributes and other programs scheduled to take place June 25 to July 10 on Washington’s National Mall. It was organized by Freedom 250, which is billed as a nonpartisan organization but was launched last year by President Donald Trump. – Associated Press
One of the most anticipated unreleased projects in Neil Young's catalogue is finally set for an official release. Young has confirmed that the complete August 26, 1995 concert recorded at Dublin's RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion with members of Pearl Jam will debut as part of Neil Young Archives Volume 4. – Noise11
A 21-year-old Austrian man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for planning a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna during the US singer's Eras tour in August 2024.– Bethany Bell, BBC News
Paul McCartney is 83. It is only natural that he looks back on his pleasing, introspective new album instead of forward. The runway is longer, if nothing else. – Brad Wheeler, Globe & Mail
Call it a comeback, a crossover moment, or both. Twenty years ago, The Chicks released their blockbuster 2006 album, Taking The Long Way. –Associated Press
