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Barry Manilow Sings the Perfect Song to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Following Interrupted NYC ‘Homecoming Concert’
“When I was in the wings, I saw it start to drizzle but I had no idea it was going this far,” the 78-year-old “Mandy” singer told Cooper before serenading the TV personality with a snippet of his 1981 hit “I Made It Through the Rain.” “Maybe one of these days we can do this again and it won’t rain,” added Manilow, who also shared a video clip of the downpour on Instagram. The all-star Homecoming Concert launched earlier in the day with performances by Journey, Carlos Santana, Jennifer Hudson and LL Cool J, among others, before being called off. Other artists on the lineup included Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, The Killers and Elvis Costello. The event, produced by iconic record executive Clive Davis, was part of a week-long celebratio...
Fans Choose Shawn Mendes & Tainy’s ‘Summer of Love’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Mendes revealed the “Summer of Love” song title earlier this month on his sweatshirt while he played a couple of guitar chords in a Twitter video captioned “sol,” meaning “sun” in Spanish. The pop star later previewed the bouncy single in another video of him driving in a convertible with the green mountains and sunset as his stunning backdrop. His collab with Tainy — who was recently named Billboard’s top Latin producer of the 21st century — arrives a month after he hopped on the bilingual remix of “Kesi” with Camilo, which broke into the top 10 of on Billboard‘s Latin Digital Song Sales chart. Placing second on the past week’s tally with 22% of the vote was Trippie Redd’s fourth album, Trip at Knight, which fea...
Grimes Claps Back at Elon Musk Haters on TikTok: “I Am Not My BF’s Spokesperson”
Grimes took to social media On Saturday to defend Elon Musk with the help of the latest TikTok trend. Jumping on the “Is he hot or…” challenge, the pop star called out the constant stream of comments she fields about her relationship with the tech entrepreneur, writing, “Stop harassing me on this app over fake news and I am not my bf’s spokesperson.” In the clip, Grimes is seen coolly petting a robotic dog and picking up a (fake?) knife with a slight grin as text plays out over the video. “Is he hot or is he out to destroy big oil[?] Is he hot or will he put the first human on Mars[?] Is he hot or is he giving an $100 million prize for scalable ideas to remove CO2 from earths atmosphere[?] Is he hot or is he developing batteries that don’t use cobalt therapy eliminating unethical mining pr...
NYC Homecoming Concert Recap: Thunderstorms Cut the Event Short, But Santana, Jennifer Hudson and More Still Dazzled
The We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert, an evening meant to symbolize celebration and hope, ended on a bummer of a note at Central Park on Saturday night (August 21st). Hurricane Henrí’s encroachment proved to be too much for the event, and soon after the concert’s halfway point, the show was cancelled due to hazardous weather conditions. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio had hyped it as “one of the greatest Central Park concerts in history,” which might have been true, had it actually finished. As the night wore on, more and more grey clouds loomed, adding to the anxiety of the evening. For many, it was hard not to think about the grave reality we still face with the surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Despite the entire crowd being fully vaccinated, the underlying implications of p...
Hilary Duff Reveals She Tested Positive for COVID-19: ‘Happy to Be Vaxxed’
Hilary Duff announced she has tested positive for the coronavirus. The actress and singer posted a picture of herself lying in bed on her Instagram Stories Friday (Aug. 20) with a caption calling the Delta variant a “little b—-.” She added, “Symptoms: bad headache. No taste or smell. Sinus Pressure. Brain fog. Happy to be vaxxed.” Duff is currently filming How I Met Your Father, the Hulu spinoff to How I Met Your Mother. Her diagnosis comes just days after Duff shared a picture of her on location alongside fellow cast members Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, Suraj Sharma, and Brandon Michael Hall. The caption teased, “Who’s ready for us??? We may or may not have been sitting in front of a certain someones apartment.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are loo...
Kelsea Ballerini Covers Taylor Swift’s ‘Teardrops on My Guitar’ on Jonas Brothers Tour: Watch
In fan-filmed videos from the show, Ballerini seemed delighted to return to the stage as tours begin to resume, with safety precautions, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Following CDC guidance and Nevada state requirements, events at the Park Theater on the grounds of the Park MGM require masks for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status. “Is this anyone else’s first show back?” Ballerini asked the crowd. “Well how about this: How about I promise for the next 15 minutes I will give you 110% of everything have if you’ll do it back for me?” The week before the first show, a masked up and ready Ballerini tweeted, “I’m thankful to be back at it.” Before the concert began on Friday, she posted a series of rehearsal photos on Instagram, wr...
‘American Idol’ Singer Syesha Mercado Reunited With Infant Daughter — UPDATE
The post, captioned, “THEY TOOK OUR BABY AGAIN!” came more than six months after her toddler son was placed into foster care in February. The action was taken after the singer and her partner, Tyron Deener, took 1-year-old Amen’Ra to a hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., for treatment for dehydration as he struggled to gain weight while transitioning from breast milk to solid foods, according to a group supporting Mercado, We Have the Right to be Right. The Manatee Sheriff’s Office told Billboard that law enforcement “executed a pick-up order signed by a family court judge” on Aug. 10. The Herald-Tribune reported that authorities took the baby girl to the hospital after deputies gave the couple a court order to turn her over for a checkup even after they i...
Demi Lovato Drops “Melon Cake” Music Video for Their 29th Birthday: Watch
Demi Lovato rang in their 29th birthday today by dropping a special gift for fans: the music video for her song “Melon Cake.” Stream it below. In the Facebook-exclusive visual, the non-binary singer celebrates their big day surrounded by bright colors and wearing a giant smile. “And now I’m saying/ No more melon cakes on birthdays/ No more barricades in doorways/ Finally get to do things my way/ La la la la la la la/ You could find me/ Starving for attention most days/ Amongst others things, god help me/ Finally get to do things my way/ La la la la la la la,” they sing decked out in a cowboy hat, gold eyebrows, and a matching ensemble, referencing the annual watermelon “cake” their old management team presented each year in lieu of an actual sweet treat to control their eating disorder. Th...
Join the Stanning BTS Podcast’s Iconic ARMY with Our New Shirt
It’s time to enlist in the Iconic ARMY! Fans of the biweekly Consequence Podcast Network show Stanning BTS can now show their loyalty — and their fandom — by picking up the new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop. Stanning BTS hosts Bethany and Kayla love their Iconic ARMY followers as much as their favorite band loves their own ARMY, so we’ve created this exclusive design just for them. Printed on a comfortable heater purple tee, the shirt features the Iconic ARMY logo on the front, the Stanning BTS podcast logo on the left sleeve, and a trio of hearts on the back neck area. And because Stanning BTS is all about spreading that love around, a portion of proceeds from this shirt will be donated to UNICEF’s LOVE MYSELF campaign, which helps children and teens around th...
Justin Timberlake Was Filmed Working at Target & Lance Bass Has a Joke About It
Justin Timberlake is dishing out some top-notch service! The singer apparently got to work recently, and not in a suit and tie. No, Timberlake was filmed by a Target shopper not browsing the aisles, but seemingly working the cash register at the retailer. In a clip shared to TikTok Thursday (Aug. 19), Timberlake — dressed in a pullover jacket and Montana beanie — can be seen scanning a tin of Ice Breakers as the shopper tells him he got a drink and a speaker. JT then asks, “What else did you want?” The shopper responded that he’d like some gum too, so the pop superstar grabs the item from the shelf next to him, and scans that too before confusingly putting it back on the display. “Justin Timberlake said post this for the naysayers,” TikToker Dougla...
Every Song Ranked on Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’: Critic’s List
Below, Billboard ranks every track on Lorde’s third album: 12. “Dominoes” “Dominoes” is a pretty little song, it’s just not the one you go back to again and again after hearing it for the first time. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios with the doors open, one cool feature of this track is that some of the ambient noises from outside fill up the background. “You can hear a lot of sirens because there were a ton of protests that summer,” she wrote for Spotify. “I like that it sounds like how that summer sounded.” 11. “Leader of a New Regime” This track is a quick, just slightly confusing break from the world where most of the other songs on Solar Power take place. Lorde harmonizes with herself in stacked, crackling vocal lines — now a certified hallmark of ...
James Blake Unveils New Song “Life Is Not the Same”: Stream
James Blake has dropped the aching new song “Life Is Not the Same.” The track appears on his upcoming album, Friends That Break Your Heart, which is due out September 10th. WIth his customary mix of emotional directness and computer wizardry, Blake has sketched out a tale of long-distance longing. You know how it goes: Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, or whatever that proverb says. Here, he layers his own voice into a vibrant chorus that then pulses with the heartbeat of a machine. “Life is not the same,” he sings, “If we’re miles away.” Check it out after the jump. Pre-orders for Friends That Break Your Heart are off and running. Also check out the lead single, “Say What You Will.” Late last year, Blake unveiled a six-track covers EP featuring songs by the likes of Beyoncé, Billie ...
