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Weezer to Receive Legend of Live Award at 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit
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In Short: Billboard announced Thursday that Weezer will receive the Legend of Live award at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit.
Billboard announced Thursday that Weezer will receive the Legend of Live award at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit, taking place Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood.
The Grammy-winning band will also appear in conversation with Billboard co-chief content officer Jason Lipshutz at the event.
This year's summit will also feature Hilary Duff, who will receive the Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year award and sit down for an exclusive conversation.
The summit will host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, Nov. 9, sponsored by THE·TEAM, exclusively for badge holders.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment president Josephine Vaccarello, named Billboard’s 2026 Touring Executive of the Year, will speak with Billboard senior correspondent Kristin Robinson for a live taping of the Billboard On The Record podcast.
Billboard co-chief content officer Leila Cobo will moderate a conversation about international touring with leaders including Live Nation’s Nidhish Varughese and OCESA’s Memo Parra.
Recognizing artists who have made lasting, significant contributions to the live music and concert touring business, past Legend of Live recipients include Usher, John Mayer, George Strait, Journey, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, and Elton John.
The summit is programmed by Billboard senior editor Eric Renner Brown.
In addition to the summit, Billboard will host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, Nov. 9, sponsored by THE·TEAM, exclusively for badge holders.
The summit will feature a variety of panels and conversations, including discussions on international touring and the touring industry.
The summit will also include a live taping of the Billboard On The Record podcast with Madison Square Garden Entertainment president Josephine Vaccarello.
The summit is set to be a comprehensive event covering various aspects of the live music and touring industry.
What's confirmed
- Billboard announced Thursday that Weezer will receive the Legend of Live award at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit, taking place Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood.
- The Grammy-winning band will also appear in conversation with Billboard co-chief content officer Jason Lipshutz at the event.
- This year's summit will also feature Hilary Duff, who will receive the Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year award and sit down for an exclusive conversation.
- The summit will host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, Nov. 9, sponsored by THE·TEAM, exclusively for badge holders.
- Madison Square Garden Entertainment president Josephine Vaccarello, named Billboard’s 2026 Touring Executive of the Year, will speak with Billboard senior correspondent Kristin Robinson for a live taping of the Billboard On The Record podcast.
- Billboard co-chief content officer Leila Cobo will moderate a conversation about international touring with leaders including Live Nation’s Nidhish Varughese and OCESA’s Memo Parra.
- Recognizing artists who have made lasting, significant contributions to the live music and concert touring business, past Legend of Live recipients include Usher, John Mayer, George Strait, Journey, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, and Elton John.
- The summit is programmed by Billboard senior editor Eric Renner Brown.
- In addition to the summit, Billboard will host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, Nov. 9, sponsored by THE·TEAM, exclusively for badge holders.
- The summit will feature a variety of panels and conversations, including discussions on international touring and the touring industry.
- The summit will also include a live taping of the Billboard On The Record podcast with Madison Square Garden Entertainment president Josephine Vaccarello.
- The summit is set to be a comprehensive event covering various aspects of the live music and touring industry.
What's still developing
- Even Ella Langley can’t believe that her “Choosin’ Texas” song just shattered a titanic Billboard Hot 100 record previously held by industry legend Mariah Carey.
- It’s already the longest-running #1 single on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for a song that’s not a Christmas track at 20 weeks this week.
- There was some wonder if a Dolly Parton song might sneak up and surpass “Choosin’ Texas” in the wake of the country legend’s passing, but that didn’t happen.
- A record-breaking 67m38 freestanding billboard (approx size of 20 floors of building) at JR Hokkaido Asahikawa-Yojo Station of women’s javelin legend Haruka Kitaguchi whose national record stood at that mark but who promptly broke this record at the “Ultimate World Athletics” in Budapest at 68m92.
- While Tokyo’s night skyline has looming billboards at Shinjuku and Shibuya, the games broadcasters have taken the idea of athletes’ glamour into gritty local corners from where they rose.
- And another Outdoor billboard of upcoming Badminton star Tomoka Miyazaki near Yamaguchi Prefectural Yanai Shoko High School (in Yamaguchi Prefecture).
- This time he is devoted a freestanding billboard at the intersection along Yashibira Cemetery (Chiba Prefecture) given he went to Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Kokusai High School.
- Kitaguchi, who is a legend of women’s javelin has an ad placed at a spot specifically.
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