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Tony Bennett Cancels Remaining Concerts, Officially Retired from Touring [Updated]
Tony Bennett just celebrated his 95th birthday last week with a pair of shows at Radio City Music Hall alongside Lady Gaga. The gigs were billed as his final concerts in New York City, but it turns out they may be his last shows permanently. The legendary jazz and pop singer has just canceled his fall 2021 tour dates, reports Variety. Update: In an interview with Variety, Tony’s son and manager, Danny Bennett, confirmed that his father has played his final shows. “There won’t be any additional concerts,” Danny said. “This was a hard decision for us to make, as he is a capable performer. This is, however, doctors’ orders. His continued health is the most important part of this, and when we heard the doctors — when Tony’s wife, Susan heard them — she said, ‘Absolutely not.’ He’ll be doing ot...
Katy B Releases First New Single in Five Years “Under My Skin”: Stream
UK electro-pop crooner Katy B is back, having just released a new single called “Under My Skin” that serves as her first piece of solo music in five years. Stream it below. Katy B sounds right at home on “Under My Skin,” scaling falsettos and low notes with ease while singing about a love gone sour. Musically, it’s a light and catchy number with snappy percussion, buoyant synths, and vocal runs galore. Part of that instrumentation is thanks to P2J, the Nigerian musician who co-wrote and produced the single. In a statement, Katy B said it was a “dream” to work with P2J on the song: “He’s a fellow south Londoner like me and went to school with my brother. He told me back in the day my brother was always saying to him ‘you have to work with my sister’ and when we met, I instantly felt at ease...
Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Tests Positive for COVID-19
A few days after halting his spoken-word tour due to a positive COVID-19 case within his “immediate household,” Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has revealed that he has tested positive himself. The metal legend was infected despite being vaccinated, and affirms he would be in “serious trouble” had he not gotten his shots. The 63-year-old vocalist, who battled tongue cancer in 2015, told Rolling Stone that he took a COVID test earlier this week after feeling like he was getting a cold, and that it came back positive. “I thought, ‘Oh well, shit,’” he said. “I was kind of sneezing a bit. For a couple of days, I felt a bit groggy, kind of like the flu, and that was it. And I’m 63 years old. I’ve pretty much got no doubt that had I not had the vaccine, I could be in serious trouble.” H...
Respect Remembers Aretha Franklin’s Life, But Music Makes It Sing
The aching notes rumbling with hurt, the nasal cries demanding attention and autonomy — Aretha Franklin’s music is ubiquitous, with instantly recognizable hits like “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “Chain of Fools,” as is her lasting legacy of racial advocacy. But perhaps lesser known today is how the singer with one of the greatest voices in the world struggled for years to truly hone it. That’s the story told in the biopic Respect, out Friday (August 20), which centers the formative first three decades of Franklin’s life and career. “Her childhood through her twenties, to basically when she turned 30, felt like a powerful period,” director Liesl Tommy tells MTV News over Zoom. “I thought a lot about what the phrase ‘Queen of Soul’ means. What does ‘soul’ mean in this context...
Jamie Spears to Step Down as Conservator for Britney Spears (Report)
For the latest development in the ongoing Britney Spears conservatorship saga, the pop star’s father, Jamie Spears, has agreed to step down from being her conservator. While that’s a big win for the iconic pop star, it doesn’t come without its own points of contention. According to documents obtained by TMZ, the father’s attorney took some shots at Spears even as he agreed to step down. “There are, in fact, no actual grounds for suspending or removing Mr. Spears as the Conservator of the Estate … and it is highly debatable whether a change in conservator at this time would be in Ms. Spears’ best interests,” the statement reads. Nevertheless, even as Mr. Spears is the unremitting target of unjustified attacks, he does not believe that a public battle with his daughter over his continuing se...
Stevie Wonder & Common to Perform Together for Stand Up to Cancer Telethon
The event, which is held every other year, will be carried simultaneously and commercial-free on 60-plus U.S. and Canadian broadcast, cable and streaming outlets, including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. Families who have been affected by the disease, including that of an 11-year-old boy with leukemia, will share their stories. As prelude to the TV special, the group is holding a weeklong fundraising initiative starting Friday, with celebrities and social media stars “joining forces across social platforms” for the cause, Stand Up to Cancer said. Since its founding in 2008, Stand Up to Cancer said it has raised more than $600 million for research that has contributed to federal approvals for nine new cancer therapies and 258 clinical trials. In 2017, the organization began developing a health-equi...
Justin Bieber Jumping on a Remix of WizKid’s ‘Essence,’ His Personal ‘Song of the Summer’
The song could experience a leap on the chart following the Bieber-assisted remix, which happened with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” The Latin pop anthem leapt to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017 and remained at the top for 16 weeks, tying the record for longest-running No. 1 song at the time. The watershed movement could translate for the Afrobeats genre with the new version of “Essence.” Wiz has famously worked with another Canada-born sensation — Drake — on the No. 1 smash “One Dance” in 2016, which also features British singer Kyla. The remix comes in the same week as Tunji Balogun, who was executive vp of A&R RCA Records for six years and signed WizKid in 2016, being announced as the new CEO/chairman of Def Jam Records...
Ariana Grande Song Streams Spike After ‘Fortnite’ Concert
The second-biggest gains went to Sweetener’s “R.E.M,” streams of which rose 94% from 43,000 on Aug. 5 to 84,000 on Aug. 8. Streams of “The Way,” Grande’s 2013 collaboration with Mac Miller, rose 44% from 146,000 to 211,000. Streams of thank u, next standout “7 rings” rose 23% from 446,000 to 552,000. “Positions,” Grande’s most recent hit single, gained an extra 10,000 or so streams – from 611,000 to 621,000 – but given the song’s high starting stream count, the surge only accounted for a 2% increase. Grande’s concert also included a handful of tracks by other artists, which enjoyed streaming gains as well. Australian rock band Wolfmother‘s “Victorious” saw the biggest percentage jump of all: Streams rose from close to 3,000 ...
Cardi B’s 3-Year-Old Daughter Kulture Now Has Birkin Bags From Both Mom & Dad
Cardi B and Offset‘s 3-year-old daughter Kulture now has an Hermès Birkin bag from both mommy and daddy. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper made some serious money moves when she gifted Kulture a yellow Birkin with a bedazzled rainbow design on the front, which she posted on her Instagram on Tuesday with the caption, “Me & my best friend for life.” Michelle Berk, CEO of Privé Porter, a private reseller of luxury handbags specializing in Hermès products, told Page Six on Thursday that Cardi called her after Kulture spotted a small rainbow purse at Claire’s and begged her mother for it. But the “I Like It” artist thought her daughter shouldn’t settle for less and decided to cop her a designer version that took more than 100 hours to ...
Wu-Tang Affiliates 12 O’Clock & Murdock Shot & Killed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty Some sad news for Wu-Tang Clan fans has come out of Portland as the Portland Police Bureau has announced that Wu-Tang affiliate 12 O’Clock was shot and killed along with his cousin, Murdock this past Tuesday morning (August 10). According to the report 42-year-old Odion Turner and 45-year-old David Turner were both discovered DOA by Portland police officers who have since notified the families of the deceased. Four other people were also victims of the shooting with three of them being taken to the hospital by ambulance. “A sixth shooting victim was transported by private vehicle yesterday morning to a hospital and that person remains hospitalized with life threatening injuries. Police were aware of that victim yesterday, but it took ti...
Meet Me @ The Altar Are the Role Models They Always Wanted
From Paramore to Blink-182, it’s no secret that pop punk has long been dominated by white people. But Gen Z newcomers Meet Me @ The Altar want to change that and become the role models they wish they had growing up. “Even when we were 14 years old and the band just started, we were aware of the lack of representation in the scene well before anyone else was just because that’s who we are,” says guitarist-bassist Téa Campbell over Zoom from the band’s shared home in Orlando. “When a white man sees themself on stage, they don’t think about everyone else that’s not seeing themselves on stage, and obviously we did.” Like most people these days, Meet Me @ The Altar, met the only way people meet in the digital age: online. “That’s so Gen Z of us,” lead singer Edith Johnson laughs over Zoom...
Cardi B Claims Dusty Celebs Who Don’t Regularly Bathe Are “Giving Itchy”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Once again, it’s summer and there’s a public discourse sparked by a famous celebrity stating that they don’t shower regularly. In a pandemic. You can count Cardi B among those who emphatically is not about that Pig Pen life. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper and energetic personality who’s never shy about sharing her opinion took to Twitter on Tuesday (August 10th) in response to the celebrities who have stated that they don’t see the need to shower every day within the past couple of weeks. “Wassup with people saying they don’t shower?” she wrote. “It’s giving itchy.” The responses to the “WAP” rapper were solidly behind her assessment: Social media was set ablaze after Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher revealed that they don’t bathe ...
