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Louis Tomlinson Sets 2022 World Tour Dates
The English singer’s jaunt will take him across North America, then head to east for a European leg starting March 23 at Valsheimilio in Reykjavik, Iceland, and wrapping April 23 with a homecoming date at Doncaster Dome. Australasian dates are booked from July 20 at Brisbane’s Fortitude Hall. Fresh tour dates for South America and Asia have yet to be announced. Tomlinson’s first solo world tour was set to run through 2020, in support of his debut solo album Walls. That trek, like so many others, was scuppered by the health crisis. As a member of 1D, which called it a day in 2015, Tomlinson had a hand in over 100 million record sales. Streams of his solo music have blasted past one billion, and Louis isn’t looking back. “I feel like a new artist now,” he says. “It’s taken a while for m...
Billie Eilish Talks Wig Rumors, Favorite Song and Performs ‘Your Power’ on ‘Colbert’
On Monday night (May 10), Eilish was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Framed by a rugged desert, the Californian star and her brother/collaborator Finneas produced a dreamy, ambient cut. Just vocals, a single acoustic guitar and a barren landscape. Earlier, Eilish zoomed in for a chat with the late-night show’s host, her second interview with Colbert in about 10 weeks. At the top, Colbert sought to crush those rumors on her hairstyle during that previous appearance on his program. Yep, that green do was a wig. “I was just as blond then as I am now,” she admitted. For real, she continued, it was a Billie Eilish Halloween costume wig, bought on Amazon. “It was awful, it was the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen,” she said. There was method to all that madness. With all the...
‘Dude Looks Like’ Kelly Clarkson Rocking Out Like Steven Tyler For Her Aerosmith Cover
Inaugural American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is throwing it back to one of former AI judge Steven Tyler‘s hits, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” by Aerosmith, for Monday’s (May 10) Kellyoke. Clarkson kicked off the week with a red-hot rock ‘n’ roll performance, replete with shrieking, and packing a punch every time she sang the “Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady” line in the outro. “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” was released as the first single from Aerosmith’s ninth album, Permanent Vacation, from 1987. The song reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay tally. Tyler co-wrote the song about walking into a bar and mistaking Mö...
Fans Choose Bebe Rexha’s ‘Better Mistakes’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
“During the process of this album, I’ve gotten to know myself really well, and the person that I am. And I’ve learned to accept that person, to accept her, flaws and all. I think that’s the number one thing in life — the acceptance within yourself, your failures, the good parts and the bad parts,” Rexha recently told Billboard about the making of her sophomore album. See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Taylor Swift Set to Receive Global Icon Award at 2021 Brit Awards
That 2015 win for international female solo artist is Swift’s only Brit Award to date, from six nominations. Swift has set many records on the U.K. charts, as she has in the U.S. and around the world. She is the only female artist in the 21st century to amass seven No. 1 studio albums on the Official U.K. Albums chart. The Official Charts Company also reports that Swift is the U.K.’s top-selling artist of 2021 to date, which is remarkable for an artist 15 years into her career. Swift has amassed 17 top 10 hits on the Official U.K. Singles chart, but, surprisingly, she has landed just one No. 1 single on that chart — “Look What You Made Me Do,” which spent two weeks on top in 2017. Swift is not expected to perform on The Brit Awards with Mastercard 2021 — as the show is official...
Jennifer Lopez Brings Her Mom to the Stage at ‘Vax Live’ Concert
“When I used to rock you,” her mom sweetly said, “I would say, ‘Sweet Jennifer.'” Vax Live was put on with the mission to seek wider, more equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world, with the help of some big stars. The Selena Gomez-hosted fundraising event aired on May 8 on ABC, ABC News Live, CBS, YouTube (stream it here) and iHeartMedia broadcast radio stations. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Xscape vs. SWV in Verzuz Battle of ’90s R&B Greats: See the Scorecard and Winner
With the event serving as a true testament to the groups’ staying power, here’s how Billboard kept tally of the round-to-round showdown, with our overall winner declared at the bottom. Round 1: Xscape’s “Is My Living in Vain” vs. Coko feat. Faith Evans, Fantasia & Lil Mo’s “Endow Me” Following a heartfelt prayer led by Tamika Scott, Xscape jumped straight into full harmony, performing a cover of the Clark Sisters’ “Is My Living in Vain” from their 1993 debut Hummin’ Comin’ At Ya. In response, SWV’s frontwoman tapped into her gospel bag with her 2006 cover of The Clark Sisters’ “Endow Me”. Winner: Xscape Round 2: Xscape’s “Feels So Good” vs. SWV feat. Missy Elliott’s “Can We” In a battle of the bounce, Xscape turned the vibe up ...
Mariah Carey Has the Perfect Clapback to a Rapper Who Sampled ‘Shake It Off’: ‘Respond to My Lawyers’
RNB Radar’s tweet caught the attention of Carey less than 24 hours later, who seemingly threatened that YTK needs to clear the sample of her song. “How about y’all have 24 hours to respond to my lawyers,” the superstar singer captioned a GIF of her 2018 song “GTFO” on Saturday (May 8). A quick look through RNB Radar’s tweets, however, reveals that the back-and-forth may be a playful joke — and that Questlove is involved in helping clear the sample. “Hey I want to reiterate that Mariah was joking, please stop saying rude s— to her,” RNB Radar wrote alongside a screenshot of what appears to be a DM with Questlove about clearing the sample. “She told that same joke to Quest Love hours before she responded to the tweet and...
Grimes to Join Elon Musk on ‘SNL’: ‘Watch Me Try Acting!’
Grimes, whose boyfriend Elon Musk is hosting Saturday Night Live, will be making an appearance on Saturday night’s show as well. “Tune into SNL tonight to watch me try acting!” the singer wrote at the end of a lengthy caption for a teaser photo posted on Instagram Saturday afternoon (May 8). Before sharing the news of her SNL appearance, Grimes had written, “Wow my auto dictation was on while I was talking to friend trying to write this post, so this is what my phone thinks I said ‘SNL but I think the toilet and Ethereum are not jumping to buy its not a long-term thing like it might be a couple like a year or something before they get bigger butt I would do it I don’t know which one yeah I think a pretty good bet.'” You Deserve to Make Money Even When yo...
Song of the Week: HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails Bring ’90s Apocalypse Vibes with “ISN’T EVERYONE”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-08T15:11:59+00:00“>May 8, 2021 | 11:11am ET Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head ever week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, noise rockers HEALTH and industrial icons Nine Inch Nails are a match made in end-of-days heaven. Catharsis can take many curious forms: a good cry after a film, the euphoria among strangers dancing to an electric piece of pop, a long run (allegedly). Then, there’s HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails, two groups that have long harnessed the power of noise as their tool of choice, active...
REI AMI Shares New Song “F.R.A.”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-08T14:24:00+00:00“>May 8, 2021 | 10:24am ET If you don’t know who REI AMI is yet, let her new track “F.R.A.” be your introduction. She doesn’t mince words or pretend to be anyone else on the song — as she sings, she’s “fucking REI AMI.” Born in South Korea and raised in Maryland, the alt-pop singer/songwriter makes genre-blending pop music with booming beats and hip-hop swagger. Her past releases have gained the support of major pop players including Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, and Aminé — the latter of which previously collaborated with REI AMI on her song “do it right”. “F.R.A.” is the latest track off of her debut mixtape due out this summer. Co-written by Christian Blue and co-pr...
