Fans hoping Coldplay at the U.K.’s 2021 Jingle Bell Ball were hit with some bad news over the weekend after Chris Martin and company withdrew due to members of the band’s touring party testing positive for COVID-19.
U.K. radio station Capital FM announced the news early Saturday morning, adding in a tweet, “Of course, everyone at Capital is absolutely gutted, but the show must go on.”
Coldplay also canceled a scheduled performance Sunday on The Voice of Germany reality competition series.
“We send love to the individuals affected and wish them a swift recovery,” Coldplay wrote. “We’re so sorry to cancel last minute and apologize to everyone concerned.”
Van Morrison and Carole King are among the artists in the running for the Best Original Song — Motion Picture honor for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards, nominees for which were announced this morning.
Morrison received his nod for “Down to Joy,” which he wrote for the movie Belfast. King is nominated for co-writing “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” from the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. Jennifer Hudson, the star of Respect, and British songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman are nominated alongside Carole for co-writing “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home).”
Other Best Original Song nominees include Beyoncé for “Be Alive,” a song she co-wrote for the movie King Richard; Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for “No Time to Die,” from the James Bond movie of the same name; and Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Dos Oruguitas,” a song he wrote for the animated film Encanto.
Those who wanted to wait before buying tickets to Olivia Rodrigo‘s Sour tour are out of luck: it’s completely sold out.
“SOUR TOUR is sold out!!!,” Olivia announced over the weekend, adding, “been waiting so long to perform these songs live. this is my very first tour and i’m so nervous but so excited to sing and dance the night away with you all!!!”
The Grammy nominee had some encouraging words for those who had a brutal time getting their hands on tickets, which went on sale Friday, saying, “there will be more tours in the future and I can’t wait to see you then!!!”
She signed off by thanking her “incredible fans” for making her first tour a resounding success and celebrated, “ahhh here we goooo!!!.”
As previously reported, Olivia’s Sour tour begins April 2, 2022 with a performance in San Francisco, California. The 40-date North American leg of her trek includes the major cities across the U.S. and Canada — such as New York City, Las Vegas and Toronto — before concluding in Los Angeles on May 25, 2022.
Olivia will then head across the pond for a brief European leg, starting with a show on June 11 in Hamburg, Germany. The Sour tour concludes July 7, 2022 in London, England.
It is unknown at this time if more dates will be announced.
Evanescence and Halestorm have postponed a show on their ongoing co-headlining tour due to the outing getting “hit by COVID.”
The affected date, originally scheduled to take place this past Sunday in Cincinnati, Ohio, will now be held next Monday, December 20.
“Even when you have every precaution in place, you can still get and transmit this virus,” Evanescence tweeted Sunday. “Grateful we are all vaccinated and nobody’s symptoms are severe.”
“Please be smart and stay safe this season, get the vax, wear a mask, care for one another,” the band added. “We will get through this together.”
So far, the infection has only hit the Evanescence side. Lzzy Hale shared that “Everyone in the Halestorm band and crew are safe, sound and negative!” but added that she and her band mates will still be “locking down for the next two days.”
“Fingers crossed that we can then resume this magical tour,” Hale wrote in an Instagram post. “We are sending our good vibes and well wishes to our dear friends in the Evanescence camp!”
The tour, which kicked off in November, is currently scheduled to continue Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
Keith Urban continues the spirit of giving with another surprise visit to a school.
Keith recently met with students in his native Australia at The Urbenville Public School in New South Wales. The young students caught the singer’s eye after the school posted videos of them singing uplifting songs each Friday afternoon during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among their favorite artists to cover is Keith, with the students even extending an invite for him to come to their “Little Stars under the Big Stars” concert ,where they were performing his hits “Somebody Like You” and “We Were Us.”
Saying he was “moved” by their efforts, the country superstar paid a surprise visit to the school via Zoom. His surprise appearance drew shocked expressions and tears of joy from the class. Among the questions students asked were “what is your favorite song to play?” and “how old were you when you started to play the guitar?”
Additionally, Keith gifted five guitars to the school, and even gave each student their own guitar to take home.
“You guys are so inspiring to me, every one of you,” Keith raved. “This is where it begins, right there, wanting to play an instrument, wanting to sing and play for other people. It’s a really important part of I think of everything you guys are doing.”
Earlier this month, the “Wild Hearts” singer visited in-person with students at Hillwood High School in Nashville.
Van Morrison is are among the artists in the running for the Best Original Song — Motion Picture honor for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards, nominees for which were announced this morning.
Morrison received his nod for “Down to Joy,” which he wrote for the movie Belfast.
Another Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Carole King, also is nominated in the category, for co-writing “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” from the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. Jennifer Hudson, the star of Respect, and British songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman are nominated alongside Carole for co-writing “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home).”
Other Best Original Song nominees include Beyoncé for “Be Alive,” a song she co-wrote for the movie King Richard; Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for “No Time to Die,” from the James Bond movie of the same name; and Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Dos Oruguitas,” a song he wrote for the animated film Encanto.
HAIM‘s Alana Haim, Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood and Billie Eilish are among the nominees for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards.
Haim’s feature film acting debut role in the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie LicoricePizza earned her a nom for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy. Licorice Pizza is nominated for a total of four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy.
Greenwood will compete for the Best Original Score — Motion Picture prize for his work on the Western film The Power of the Dog. The guitarist was previously nominated for a Golden Globe for his score of the 2017 film Phantom Thread.
Eilish and her brother/collaborator FINNEAS are up for the Best Original Song — Motion Picture prize for their James Bond theme “No Time to Die,” which previously won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
The 2022 Golden Globe Awards will take place January 9.
Back in October, Don McLean announced the initial dates for a 2022 U.S. tour commemorating the 50th anniversary of his classic anthem “American Pie” and his studio album of the same name. Now the singer-songwriter has unveiled about 20 additional North American shows.
The new dates run from an April 29 concert in Kansas City, Missouri, through a July 9 performance in Phoenix, Arizona, and stops in other cities including Indianapolis, Toronto, Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Denver, San Antonio and Houston.
“After spending the past 18 months at home, I am thrilled to be getting back on the road with my band,” says McLean in a statement. “2022 marks the 50th anniversary from when ‘American Pie’ landed at the #1 spot on the Billboard chart and we will be celebrating on tour all year long. We will be performing all the songs from the American Pie album plus many of the other hits that fans will be expecting to hear.”
As previously reported, McLean’s 2022 American Pie 50th Anniversary Tour kicks off with a three-show engagement, January 28-30, at The Blue Note club in Honolulu, and features several other U.S. concerts taking place in February.
Among the confirmed gigs is scheduled on February 3 at the historic Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. That of course is the venue where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper performed on February 3, 1959, before perishing in a plane crash later that evening. The tragic incident is now known as “The Day the Music Died,” and served as an inspiration for McLean to write “American Pie.”
The unfortunate news comes just two days after the “Kiss Me More” singer revealed that she had to drop out of the New York and Boston Jingle Ball Tour dates after members of her team tested positive.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Doja wrote, “As most of you probably heard earlier, a few members on my production team tested positive for Covid 19 and I had to cancel a couple of my upcoming performances as a safety precaution. Unfortunately, I’m sad to share that I just tested positive as well and will no longer be able to perform on the rest of the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour.”
“While my spirits are down since I can’t be there to celebrate the holiday with my fans in Philly, DC, Atlanta and Miami, I’m doing ok and look forward to recovering and getting back out there as soon as I can,” the post continued.
On Friday, Doja first notified fans of her upcoming absences in an update shared on Instagram. “I love you guys so much and I’m so sad this is happening but I will see you all soon,” Doja captioned the post.
This is Doja’s second time contracting COVID-19; she previously tested positive in July 2020.
Meanwhile, over the weekend, Lil Nas X had to withdraw from the U.K.’s Jingle Bell Ball, staged by London’s Capital FM, because some of his crew members tested positive, according to a tweet from Capital FM.
On Friday, the reality star filed documents asking to be considered legally single amid her divorce from Kanye West, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly. She also requested that her maiden name be restored and that West dropped from her last name.
The filing came just hours after West shouted-out Kim during the Free Larry Hoover benefit concert he hosted with Drake on Thursday night. While performing, the rapper pleaded for his wife to “run back” to him, singing, “I need you to run right back to me, more specifically, Kimberly.”
The KKW founder, 41, filed for divorce from Ye, 44, in February after six years of marriage. The two share four children — North, eight, Saint, five, Chicago, three, and Psalm, two.
