Alexa Font

Finally made it through 25,000 in the @usopen queue but when Ticketmaster refreshed to bring me to the ticket page, an error occurred & I got kicked back to the end of the queue… 😭

For Rolling Stone, @BarackObama writes about how the power of song has shown the country the way forward. "Music has always had the ability to speak to us, and for us, in a way nothing else can."

Joe Lim estimates that 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise, and he should know. For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 dummy social-media accounts used to drum up attention on behalf of paying clients. The point of this kind of marketing is that nobody is supposed to notice it. But lately, the machinery has started to show. In April, Justin Bieber headlined two consecutive weekends at Coachella. Coachella is the biggest stage in pop music save only for the Super Bowl, the kind of event that in theory generates its own attention. And yet on both weekends, a Discord server writer Lane Brown had been monitoring hosted paid campaigns for Bieber’s Coachella performances, offering clippers — people who are hired to turn a song, trailer, interview, stump speech, or whatever into short, social-media-friendly fragments — as much as a dollar per thousand views. “On social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce — a trending song, a backlash, a talking point, the feeling that ‘everybody’ is suddenly talking about the same thing — can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas,” writes Brown. “Everybody is doing this now,” Lim says. “And if you’re not, you’re behind.” Brown reports on how the same techniques are now being used to fool people on every app they go to in order to find out what other people think, not just in music but across entertainment, politics, consumer products, and celebrity gossip: nymag.visitlink.me/w6Bu9N

Chelsea FC has partnered with Roc Nation Sports International ⚽️ The partnership will aim to grow fan engagement in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup by focusing on culture-driven campaigns, content, and live experiences. ow.ly/ICZh50YZHXX

Stunning! #BeyGala 🐝

🚨 Beyoncé says that the work of art that changed her life was her children!

@beyzhive That was what I thought! It’s giving Starry Night by Van Gogh! Love it 😍

it’s giving vincent van gogh

👀 She’s coming!! 🎸🐝

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🐐 interview #hov nytimes.com/2026/04/28/mag… nytimes.com/2026/04/28/mag…

@fergyonce @KEY9481 👀 omg!

I see you Parkwood 😭

Beyonce's 'Lemonade' is the #1 Greatest Album of the 21st Century, so far. "Lemonade has always been more than just an album. It’s a music film as layered, gorgeous, and haunting as a canonical drama." See the full list: rollingstone.com/music/music-li…

10 years of Lemonade 🍋🐝

@__Onixivy_ That’s my bday so hoping for some birthday luck! 😂

SEPTEMBER 9TH 2026?! 😭 girl what the hell

Broadway sings Beyoncé featuring Todrick Hall and many more incredible talents in NYC! 🐝 instagram.com/p/DXRvfmYjUY1/…

@AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC They are really trying to deter people from going. This is supposed to be a once in a lifetime event for locals and yet fans can’t park at the stadium and they’re charging over $100 for the train… this should not be allowed.

Exclusive @TheAthleticFC : Current NJ Transit plans for return train from NY Penn Station to MetLife Stadium during World Cup are for tickets to be priced at over $100. Usual price is $12.90, making it more than a 7-fold increase for World Cup fans. nytimes.com/athletic/71933…

@KalshiFB @WSJ But they let Live Nation/Ticketmaster do whatever they want…

NEW: The department of justice is opening a probe into the NFL on anticompetitive concerns. Per: @WSJ

@hovita05 Have you been able to sign up? When I click the link, it brings me to Tidal. I'm already logged in but I don't see anything to actually enter.

🚨@TIDAL WITH A TWO TICKETS OFFER FOR FANS WHO REGISTER. RIGHT NOW

Hey @Ticketmaster @LiveNation how are their entire rows of tickets available on resale sites when ticket limits are set at 8 tix per customer? It’s bad enough real fans have to compete with bots, but you’re also giving away entire rows to resell at significantly higher prices. 😡