Music Festivals

Diplo says he orchestrated another great escape from Burning Man ... this time claiming he and some pals had to walk 15 miles through the desert to get back to civilization.

The DJ shared his trek on social media on Friday ... braving the heat through the muddy desert.

Diplo notes the whole situation is "f***ed up" ... before posting another video in which he says he and his buddies hiked "15 miles through Indian land" to meet up with a buddy who would take them to Reno. Burning Man is located a little more than 100 miles from the city.

Olivia Rodrigo's first-ever music festival ended with a major surprise ... Stevie Nicks joined her onstage, while a massive donation pushed the event's fundraising total to $20 million.

Rodrigo closed out Daisy Chain Fields in Southern California Saturday by bringing out the Fleetwood Mac legend for a duet of "Landslide."

The surprise came after Rodrigo also performed with Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette, who stepped in after Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O had to bow out for a personal matter.

Lollapalooza 2026 is officially in the books ... and Grant Park was absolutely buzzing from the first set to the final encore. Music fans took over Chicago for four days of big performances, surprise moments, and celebrity sightings. 

Check out our gallery for all the best moments from Lollapalooza 2026! 

The stages stayed busy all weekend with stars like JENNIE and Zara Larsson drawing in huge crowds! Sombr also surprised fans by bringing out 5 Seconds of Summer for a performance of “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry, while Aespa, Suki Waterhouse, and Audrey Hobert kept the momentum going with their own crowd-shaking sets.

A pair of women brought a little romance to Lollapalooza's mud pit ... trading body slams for a lip-lock after their filthy face-off.

Video from Chicago's Grant Park shows the festivalgoers grappling, tossing each other around, and rolling through the sludge as a huge crowd cheers them on and records every muddy moment. The event was put on by laperrin10.

The back-and-forth gets pretty intense ... with both women scoring takedowns before one eventually pins the other and leans in for a kiss.

Bebe Rexha had plenty of reason to be dancing at WorldPride in Amsterdam ... and she brought some serious bounce to the crowd.

Video obtained by TMZ shows Bebe bouncing along in the crowd while Madonna and Kylie Minogue performed onstage -- and let's just say she had plenty moving to the music.

Bebe throws her hands up, whips her hair around and lets her famous curves feel the beat. The show may have been on stage ... but Bebe was putting on quite the performance from the crowd.

Lollapalooza turned into Muddypalooza this weekend ... with festivalgoers trading the mosh pit for a mud pit.

The scene at Chicago's Grant Park looked less like a music festival and more like WrestleMania in a pigpen ... as fans squared up in ankle-deep sludge and threw down for a roaring crowd.

Two shirtless dudes kicked off the filthy fight card ... grappling and rolling through the muck before a pair of women turned another patch of Grant Park into their own muddy main event during The Neighbourhood's set.

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Watching Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss try to play nice during a photo op may be one of the funniest things you see all day.

They were lined up on stage alongside greats like Brandy, Monica, and Missy Elliott -- who was awarded the Essence Icon Award -- for Essence Fest's Black Women in Music ceremony on Sunday ... and had an awkward little moment before cameras started flashing.

You can see in the clip, Tamar reaches across Monica to grab Kandi's hand to say hi ... but Kandi clearly wasn't here for it.

A baby found dead in a porta-potty at Electric Forest music festival in Michigan underwent an autopsy ... but the investigation is hitting roadblocks ... TMZ has learned.

Lieutenant Patrick Agema of the Michigan State Police tells TMZ ... police have not yet received a final autopsy report, so they're unable to determine whether the baby was born alive.

Agema says more information on the tragic death will come out, but it has to be made "by the forensic pathologist following a complete review of the autopsy findings" ... and until that report gets submitted, police don't want to speculate on the cause or manner of death.

Justin Bieber fans believe he's gearing up to announce a new tour ... but TMZ has learned that's NOT happening.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... the Biebs is not preparing for a tour centered around his latest album, "Swag," despite speculation of an impending announcement.

Beliebers were starting to believe the "Baby" singer was gearing up for a tour when Justin's website appeared to create a new tab for show dates ... but we're told it's all just smoke.

What should've been the final day of a music festival ended in unimaginable tragedy ... after cops say a newborn baby's body was found inside a porta-potty.

The heartbreaking discovery was made Sunday at Electric Forest in Michigan, where state police say a worker servicing portable restrooms found the infant's body in the festival's camping area, according to CBS News.

Authorities haven't released any further information ... but officials say there's no known threat to the public as they work to piece together exactly what happened.

T-Pain gave fans an emotional surprise at Electric Forest ... debuting an unreleased collaboration with the late Oliver Tree while a montage honoring the late artist played across the massive stage screens.

Video from the performance shows T-Pain introducing the never-before-heard track as photos and clips of Oliver filled the screens, creating a touching tribute that left the crowd cheering for the late great star.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the song is an unreleased collaboration T-Pain and Oliver recorded together in the studio before Oliver's sudden death.

Katy Perry is speaking out after her scheduled set at Werchter Boutique was abruptly canceled due to severe weather and crowd safety concerns ... with the singer saying she was already backstage getting ready when the news hit.

In a post shared to fans, Perry explained the last-minute nature of the decision, saying she was in the middle of hair and makeup when she was informed the show could not go on.

Perry took to Instagram and wrote "Sadly my set @WerchterBoutique tonight can’t happen due to a government mandated cancellation because of the incoming inclement weather and crowd safety concerns."

The Freedom 250 event has just announced the first wave of performers for the Great American State Fair ... and some of them are already backing out.

But not C+C Music Factory, who's taking a metaphorical -- and literal -- dump on critics who are upset he's performing at a MAGA-coded event.

In a wild 7-minute rant from his toilet, the group's lead rapper, Freedom Williams, insisted he doesn't "f*** with Trump" and almost told his agent he was out ... until people started calling for his cancellation.

Snoop Dogg's company is asking a judge to throw out the wrongful death lawsuit he's facing ... claiming his company is in no way responsible for the tragedy.

The rapper filed a motion asking for a summary judgment in the case filed by Drakeo the Ruler's brother against his company, Snoop Dogg's LLC ... even submitting a declaration claiming his company had no involvement in the 2021 Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival operations and can't be sued over the death that occurred there.

Snoop says his company never signed a lease or license agreement ... and doesn't hold any ownership or leasehold interest in Exposition Park where the stabbing took place.