Music
(People) – Mr. Worldwide is preparing to conquer North America. On April 23, Pitbull announced his upcoming Party After Dark Tour, set to span over 25 cities in the United States with special guests T-Pain and Lil Jon joining throughout the run. Kicking off Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, the tour will hit cities including New […]
(Deadline) – With its seventh weekend numbers tallied, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has topped the $250M global benchmark. At $250.01M per AMC, the split is a little over $178.2M domestic with $71.8M coming from the international box office. The highest-grossing concert film ever domestically began worldwide rollout in mid-October, opening to $92.8M in North America for the second-best domestic start […]
(Los Angeles Times) – Megan Thee Stallion dropped a new single this week, her first since leaving her longtime label and after the end of the criminal case against Tory Lanez, who was sentenced to prison in August. The music video for “Cobra,” released late Thursday, begins with Megan’s mouth speaking aloud the song’s thesis, a nod to what […]
(Complex) – Azealia Banks has issued an apology to Lizzo while also dragging Busta Rhymes in the process. Earlier this week, the rapper took to her Instagram Story with a post addressing all the criticism she’s thrown at Lizzo over the years. According to Banks, she owed Lizzo an apology and threw Busta into the mix. “I was having a conversation […]
(Fox News) – Musician Andy Stone sued Mariah Carey for $20 million in a California court Monday, alleging her popular holiday song “All I Want for Christmas is You” infringed on his copyright. Stone, the lead vocalist of Vince Vance and the Valiants, co-wrote his song — also titled “All I Want for Christmas is You” — […]
(CNN) – Forget about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, she and Beyoncé are the true power pair of the year. On Wednesday night it was the era of two queens when Beyoncé attended the premiere for Swift’s “Eras Tour” concert film in Los Angeles. Naturally, the internet went bananas. Both women have reigned supreme this year with […]
(Pitchfork) – Olivia Rodrigo is hitting the road behind Guts. Check out her giant run of dates across North America and Europe, billed as the Guts World Tour, below. The Breeders will support in New York and Los Angeles, Remi Wolf joins Rodrigo in Europe, and Chappell Roan and PinkPantheress complete the bill in other North American […]
(Billboard) – BTS‘ Suga is about to become a military man. BigHit announced on Monday (Aug. 7) that Suga has begun the process initiate his mandatory military service in South Korea. “We would like to inform our fans that SUGA has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” BigHit said […]
(BBC) – Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200m (£162m). The firm now owns the pop star’s stake in some of the biggest hits of recent years, including Baby and Sorry. Bieber, one of the best-selling artists of the 21st Century, joins […]