Pitchfork has published its annual list of standout Halloween costumes worn by musicians, highlighting 18 looks from this year’s celebrations. Tinashe’s turn as a bottle of melatonin and Wednesday’s group costume as the Addams Family are among the entries cited.
The roundup continues a yearly tradition of tracking how artists mark the holiday, offering a lighter look at musicians outside their usual public-facing work.
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Wu-Tang Clan will perform the halftime show at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Chicago Bears on Nov. 26. The group’s appearance marks a high-profile addition to the NFL’s annual holiday broadcast slate, which draws one of the largest television audiences of the year.
Antonio Cipriano is set to sing the national anthem before kickoff. Further details on the halftime set have not been announced.
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Marty Erlichman, the talent manager best known for guiding Barbra Streisand’s career across six decades, has died at 97. He discovered Streisand early in her career and remained her manager for the duration of it, helping steer her moves across music, film and television.
Erlichman’s client roster also included folk act The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. His death marks the loss of one of the entertainment industry’s longest-serving manager-artist partnerships.
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The Ausify campaign is back for another month-long run, enlisting artists including Ben Lee, Missy Higgins and Budjerah to encourage Australian listeners to publicly support homegrown music. The initiative returns as Australian artists’ share of domestic streaming activity has fallen to its lowest level on record.
Organizers are framing the push as a direct response to the decline, asking fans to actively signal their listening habits rather than relying on passive streaming. The campaign adds to ongoing industry concern in Australia over local repertoire losing ground on streaming platforms dominated by international catalog.
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Sydney Opera House has expanded its On The Steps concert series to 12 nights, adding Suki Waterhouse and Australian Crawl to the outdoor bill staged on the venue’s Forecourt.
The series continues its tie-in with Support Act, an Australian music industry charity, with proceeds from the shows going toward the organization.
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Surf’s Up Festival returns to Melbourne in February 2027 with a heavy music bill curated by Australian act Thornhill. The lineup includes fellow Australians Stand Atlantic and Alpha Wolf alongside U.S. bands SACE6 and Varials.
The beachside event continues to position itself as a destination for heavy and alternative rock fans in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer touring season.
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Madison Square Garden Entertainment marked the final night of Harry Styles’ “Together, Together” residency on October 31 by raising a commemorative banner to the arena’s rafters, an honor the company says is typically reserved for sports and entertainment legends. Knicks captain Jalen Brunson, whose own championship banner was raised less than two weeks earlier, presented the banner to Styles during the closing show. The venue also unveiled a new “Defining Moments” exhibit on its sixth-floor concourse featuring memorabilia from the run.
The 30-show residency ran from August 26 through October 31, with performances every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday over ten weeks and Jamie xx appearing as special guest. According to MSG Entertainment, the sold-out run drew more than half a million attendees from every U.S. state and 79 countries, and represented Styles’ only U.S. tour dates in 2026. The run also included fundraising ties to Choose Love, a ticket-access partnership with EARNT tied to volunteering, and a voter-registration activation with HeadCount.
Styles will take the Together, Together tour to stadiums for the first time in the U.S. and Canada in 2027, opening with back-to-back shows at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix on April 2. The 12-city run will feature a rotating lineup of guest performers including Tinashe, Kylie Minogue, Lainey Wilson, Caroline Polachek, Feist, LCD Soundsystem and Tears For Fears, among others.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Maya Sarin, LiveNation.com.
Bradford Cox has released “Octoberland,” the first new music under his Atlas Sound moniker in 15 years. The track arrives alongside an accompanying music video.
Atlas Sound, Cox’s solo project outside of Deerhunter, has been dormant since 2011’s “Parallax.” No word yet on whether the new single signals a full album in the works.
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“Saturday Night Live” airs its Halloween episode on Oct. 31 with “Obsession” actress Inde Navarrette hosting and Gracie Abrams serving as musical guest.
The episode marks another high-profile television appearance for Abrams, who has been building momentum with her recent music releases. Viewers can access the broadcast through NBC’s standard live-TV streaming options.
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“Saturday Night Live” sent up Nicki Minaj in a recent sketch, with cast member Saidah Belo-Osagie portraying the rapper. The parody followed Minaj’s real-life appearance alongside Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Michigan.
The bit marks the latest instance of the long-running sketch show weighing in on celebrity political moments during election season, placing Minaj’s rally appearance squarely in the pop-culture conversation.
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