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After self-proclaimed “Mistress of the Dark” Elvira accused her of rude behavior during their encounter years ago, Ariana Grande took to Instagram to apologize.

During a Q&A with fans in Buena Park, California, which was posted on TikTok, Elvira was asked about her worst celebrity encounter. The entertainer, born Cassandra Peterson, said it was Ariana. According to Elvira, Ari requested 21 tickets to one of her shows, then brought all 20 of her guests backstage to meet her.

Elvira claimed that she took photos with all 20 of Ari’s guests, but when she asked the singer if they could take a photo together, Ari told her, “No, I don’t really do that.” Then, Elvira claimed, Ariana left the show early, while her guests stayed on.

After Elvira posted an article recapping her comments on Instagram, Ariana jumped into the comments and wrote, “i’m so disheartened to see this. i actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because i had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family (this was around 7 years ago and at the time i was really not great with being in public crowds or loud places)… but if i’m misremembering this moment, i sincerely apologize for offending you so.”

She continued, “thank you for being so nice to my mom, she told me how lovely you were (she might have different feelings about that now but i’ll talk to her… clearly, we all have our days!) sending love always. you’ll always be our queen of halloween!”

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Justin Bieber has paid tribute to former One Direction star Liam Payne, who died Oct. 16 at age 31 after falling from his hotel room balcony in Argentina.

On his Instagram Story, Justin shared a video showing footage of several memorials that fans have created in different locations, featuring photos, notes, flowers, balloons and other mementos. 

A voiceover says, “Just remember: you are allowed to grieve as a fan. You are allowed to love someone you’ve never met. You are allowed to admire someone for their art. You are allowed, to cry, to break, to feel like a part of you is gone.”

Justin captioned the video, “Rest easy, Liam” and added a heart emoji.

According to Hello!, Justin and Liam had a complicated relationship, but they buried the hatchet after a conversation in which Liam told Justin, “I’ve always really felt for you, mate, and I think in our situation, we all suffer from the same disease.”  He also acknowledged the difficulties Justin must have had having to deal with his enormous fame alone, while Liam had his bandmates to support him.

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Tigirlily Gold‘s latest single may be called “I Tried a Ring On,” but only one of the sisters has truly tried a ring on.

“I’ve been with Jared for 14 years. We’ve been married for almost five. Jared’s my middle school sweetheart, so I found love early,” Kendra Slaubaugh shares with ABC Audio before sister Krista sings “in a hopeless place” in the tune of Rihanna‘s “We Found Love.”

“But, you know, I still feel the pain of what my sister is going through,” Kendra adds. 

“She’s an empath,” Krista says.

This close sisterly bond is what Tigirlily Gold taps into when penning songs together.

“It is fun because we’re sisters, so we’re going through very different things in life,” Kendra says. 

“But as a duo, I can write about my experiences and we can write about her experiences and we do really, even though we might not be going through the same things, we still can feel kind of what we’re both going through because we are sisters and we care about each other so deeply,” she shares.

“I Tried a Ring On” is approaching the top 30 of the country charts. You can find it on Tigirlily Gold’s debut album, Blonde, out now.

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Cher may have been forced to look back on her life in order to write her upcoming memoir, but at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame over the weekend, she told reporters that her incredible success and longevity over six decades isn’t anything she’s spent a lot of time pondering.

“I don’t have a perspective exactly. I just was busy living my life,” she said backstage at the induction ceremony on Oct. 19. “And so I wasn’t, like, thinking about it at all.”

“I was, like, thinking about it from minute to minute, or thing to thing, or bad to good,” she continued.

However, Cher’s many ups and downs during those six decades — such as her success with Sonny & Cher, going broke after her divorce from Sonny, motherhood, TV and movie stardom, and a massive comeback with “Believe” — led her to use an interesting metaphor to describe how she’s moved through life.

“I always thought of myself as, like, a bumper car,” she told reporters. “And when I hit a road, I would just back up and turn in a different direction because I wasn’t going to just stop doing what I love.”

Cher’s book Cher: The Memoir, Part One arrives Nov. 19. She’s doing a book tour in support of it starting Nov. 20 in New York City. You can buy tickets for it now.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s next musical is an album – not a stage production – based on one of his favorite movies.

Warriors, which he made with playwright Eisa Davis, is a concept album based on the 1979 cult classic film The Warriors. The album was released on Oct. 18, with a launch party at Brooklyn’s Time Out Market the night before. There, Miranda told ABC Audio how much the project means to him.

“This has been our whole heart for three years. I’m really proud of it. I’m really proud of these ladies who play the Warriors. I’m thrilled,” Miranda said.

For their version of the story, Miranda and Davis updated the material by gender-swapping all the members of the Warriors gang from men to women. They looked to previous collaborators and friends when casting the album.

“These amazing women playing our Warriors are really all our friends,” Miranda said. “We called them to do our demos. And at some point there was such an amazing chemistry happening that Eisa turned to me and was like, ‘What pop singer are we going to get that is better than what’s happening right now?’ And so, they kind of fell into the recipe as we were making it.”

Miranda also expressed gratitude to Nas for his work on the concept album.

“I have to shout out Nas, who’s a producer on the album, who is a superfan of this movie,” Miranda said. “And as soon as he heard I was doing this jumped in with both feet, opened doors to a lot of the artists who are on the album for us, because he’s so respected in the hip-hop community. And so, it’s been a joy.”

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On Saturday, Tom Morello inducted MC5 into the Rock & Roll of Fame, and he was enshrined himself in 2023 as a member of Rage Against the Machine. He may also be training a future Rock Hall of Famer in his teenage son, Roman.

Over the summer, the Morello duo released a new song together called “Soldier in the Army of Love” and they’re teaming up again alongside grandson for a song called “One Last Dance,” recorded for the upcoming movie Venom: The Last Dance.

“We’re rocking jams,” Tom told ABC Audio at Saturday’s induction. “[Roman] toured with me last summer, and he wrote the riff for the end title for Venom.”

“I’m happy to pass the baton,” the “Killing in the Name” shredder laughed. “Like, I’m ready. He’s good!”

Rapper Chuck D, who played with Tom in Prophets of Rage, added of Roman, “It’s been amazing watching him through the years developing into that guy.” 

“One Last Dance” drops Friday, the same day Venom: The Last Dance premieres.

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Jack White has announced a last-minute show at Minneapolis’ famed First Avenue.

The concert takes place Wednesday. Tickets go on sale Tuesday for members of the Third Man Records Vault subscription service at noon CT and then for the general public at 1 p.m. CT.

You can sign up for a chance at tickets now.

White has been playing one-off shows in smaller clubs throughout the country in support of his latest solo album, No Name. As previously reported, the stops are being announced “as close to the show date as possible.”

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Alessia Cara has a great Valentine’s Day present for you.

Her new album, Love & Hyperbole, arrives Feb. 14, 2025. The Grammy-winning Canadian singer writes on Instagram, “I’m so happy to finally share this with you and I can’t wait for you to hear the rest of what I feel is my best work to date—or at least my personal favorite. welcome to the L&H ERA IM BEAMING!!!!!!”

The second single from the album, “(Isn’t It) Obvious,” has also just been released; it features a guitar solo by John Mayer. It’s the follow-up to the first release, “Dead Man.” Alessia says in a statement, “If ‘Dead Man’ is about emotional distance, then ‘(Isn’t It) Obvious’ is about being physically apart from someone but reminding them how much you love them.”

Love & Hyperbole is Alessia’s fourth full-length album and the follow-up to 2021’s In the Meantime.

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Mary J. Blige is officially in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame following the induction ceremony Saturday night in Cleveland, and she believes she’s deserving of the honor.

“The truth is that I’m a winner in every way. I’ve earned the right to say that,” she tells ABC Audio. “I’ve worked so hard for years, and I feel better … than I’ve ever felt because I’ve done the work to just take it easy on myself and embrace what I’ve accomplished.” 

Method Man also shared his thoughts on literally seeing his friend get her flowers, adding that she personally requested his presence at the event.

“I wouldn’t be here if Mary didn’t make the phone call. She actually called me to be here for her tonight,” Method said in the press room. “You watch someone go through trials and tribulations most of their career being misunderstood, being put in spaces that she does not belong in, or she’s too big for, and the humility to just stand in those spaces and still thrive means a lot. So to see her up there receiving our blessings is big. I love her.”

Mary joined the 2024 Hall of Fame class alongside Dionne Warwick, Kool & The Gang, A Tribe Called Quest and more.

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