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Get ready to kick your nostalgia into overdrive.

Members of three iconic ‘90s boy bands — *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men — are teaming up for The After Party, a new show at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

*NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and Nick Carter, and Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris will perform a variety of classic hits with a live band during the four-night engagement. There will be comedy, storytelling and special guests, and the set list will change nightly.

“Being on stage has always been a part of all of us so having the opportunity to create a show with the best songs of all our groups has been a lot of fun,” Joey says in a statement. “Working together has brought up so many memories and I’m excited to see how the fans react to seeing us all on stage together. Plus, we have some surprises in store!”

AJ adds, “We’ve had so much fun putting this show together and finally sharing a stage, I can’t wait to share it with the fans. I promise an incredible night of wild surprises, this is an absolute must see!”

The show will run from Thursday, August 19 through Sunday, August 22, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Saturday, July 10 at 10 a.m. PT.

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For the first time in six years, Garth Brooks is returning to the Boston area for a major concert event. This week, he added a new stop on his Stadium Tour in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The show will take place October 9. It’ll be the first time Garth has ever played the venue — Gillette Stadium — as well as the first concert that’s been held there in 2021.

But that’s not the only reason the show will be a special one, says Garth, pointing out that “[o]ne of the many reasons why I’m so excited about playing Gillette Stadium is this is kind of where it all began for us.” The venue is owned by billionaire businessman Robert Kraft, whose holdings also include the NFL team the New England Patriots, and whose family encouraged Garth early on to branch out into the realm of stadium shows.

“The Krafts were the first stadium — and the first family — to come to us and say, ‘Hey, man — you can play stadiums, and you should play stadiums.’ It was very sweet,” the singer says. “They believed in us years and years ago. Now it’s neat that it’s finally coming to fruition and the circle is kind of being complete.”

Tickets to Garth’s Foxborough show go on sale next Friday, July 16 at 10AM ET. As always for Garth’s stadium stops, the show will feature in the round seating, and tickets will cost $94.95, all-inclusive.

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Fans on social media have high hopes to receive another collaboration with Drake and Nicki Minaj before the end of the year.

The OVO head honcho shared two cryptic posts on his Instagram Story Tuesday night, including a pic taken inside Nicki’s studio — hence the wall with her name written on it in neon pink.

The other photo shows Drake sitting in the back of a vehicle rocking a YMCMB hoodie, which stands for Young Money Cash Money Billionaires. It represents Drake, Nicki, and other artists signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment label and Birdman’s Cash Money label.

Drake’s posts came hours after Nicki Minaj made public service announcement on her Instagram account.  “There’s something I urgently need to share with you guys. I’ll go LIVE on IG THURSDAY @ 10:30 PM EST,” Nicki wrote in the caption. “No, I won’t be late. In fact, I’ll be early. This is VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT. Love you so much.”

Nicki and Drake recently collaborated with Lil Wayne on “Seeing Green,” from the re-release of Nicki’s critically acclaimed mixtape, Beat Me Up Scotty. Throughout the project, Nicki lyrically mentions working on the follow up to 2018’s Queen. 

Fans are still waiting on Drake’s album, Certified Lover Boy, which was set to arrive this summer. The Toronto rapper recently changed his Instagram bio to Certified, which gives the impression the album has a new title or has been delayed.

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The Offspring has premiered the video for “This Is Not Utopia,” a track off the band’s new album, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The clip finds the SoCal punks sporting gas masks as they rock out in a smoky blue room while a woman dances in an American flag bikini. That’s all cut with microscopic footage of blood, which a press release describes as a “sly wink” to vocalist Dexter Holland‘s PhD in Molecular Biology.

You can watch the “This Is Not Utopia” video streaming on YouTube.

Let the Bad Times Roll, the first new Offspring record in nine years, was released in April. Its lead single and title track hit number one on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

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98 Degrees is back to heat up your summer with a brand new song.

The reunited boy band teased their new single, “Where Do You Wanna Go,” and gave a behind-the-scenes look at the recording process this week.

The song, which drops Friday along with a music video, was recorded at a makeshift recording studio at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino during quarantine. In a clip posted to the band’s social media, we see the group playing around with melodies for the upbeat pop tune.

“Where Do You Wanna Go” is part of their 98 Days of Summer campaign, which they launched last month. The campaign will include the release of a new EP, titled Summer of 98, with new songs and remixes of their most popular hits, including “Heat It Up,” “I Do (Cherish You),” “Invisible Man,” “Because of You,” “The Hardest Thing,” and more.

The group — Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre — most recently released a Christmas album, Let It Snow, in 2017. Their last album of original music was 2013’s 2.0.

 

 

 

 

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Bleachers and Americana artist Jason Isbell have teamed up for a charity single featuring covers of each other’s songs.

The split seven-inch vinyl, which will be limited to just 1,000 copies, includes Jack Antonoff and company taking on Isbell’s song “Dreamsicle,” and Isbell putting his spin on the Bleachers tune “45.”

Proceeds will benefit the LGBTQ equality organization The Ally Coalition, which Antonoff co-founded with his sister, fashion designer Rachel Antonoff.

You can order the single now via the Bleachers web store. For a preview, you can check out a teaser of both covers streaming now on YouTube.

Meanwhile, the new Bleachers album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, is due out July 30. It includes “45,” as well as the Bruce Springsteen collaboration “Chinatown.”

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George Strait, Eric Church and singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith are holding down one half of the lineup for the second annual ATLive event, Billboard reports. This year’s ATLive will take place in November.

The country performers will hit the stage on November 5, which is the first of two nights of music planned. The following day, November 6, Metallica will headline a bill that also includes Cage the Elephant and Greta Van Fleet.

ATLive took a pandemic-induced break in 2020, and before that, its inaugural 2019 event was made up of entirely country performers. Eric’s a repeat ATLive performer, and last time around, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Sam Hunt and Luke Combs joined him.

A portion of ATLive ticket sales proceeds will benefit two causes of the headliners’ choosing: Metallica’s nonprofit  All Within My Hands, and George’s cause of choice, the Military Warriors Support Foundation.

Tickets to ATLive will go on sale July 16.

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Avenged Sevenfold is planning to release a new album by the summer of 2022.

During a recent stream on the DWPresents Twitch channel, frontman M. Shadows revealed, “We’re booking shows for next summer, and the record will be out before then.”

As for what the upcoming effort will sound like, well, you’ll just have to wait until it’s released to find out.

“There’s no way to describe music,” Shadows asserts. “It’s like, ‘Oh, it’s heavy, it’s fast.’ Like, what are we gonna say about it? It’s a work of art that we’ve worked on for a long time.”

Avenged Sevenfold’s most recent album is 2016’s conceptually driven The Stage.

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Metallica is headlining Atlanta’s 2021 ATLive festival.

The metal legends will take the stage at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on November 6, the second night of the two-day event. Greta Van Fleet and Cage the Elephant are also on the bill.

Tickets go on sale to the general public next Friday, July 16, at 10 a.m. ET. Those who’ve joined Metallica’s Fifth Member fan club will have access to a pre-sale. Visit Metallica.com for all ticket info.

The first night of ATLive, November 5, will be for the country fans, and features a lineup of George Strait, Eric Church and Caitlyn Smith. That show is ticketed separately from the Metallica day.

In related news, Metallica has shared Biffy Clyro‘s cover of “Holier Than Thou,” which will appear on the upcoming all-star tribute compilation The Metallica Blacklist, celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Black Album.

Along with the Scottish trio’s version, you can also listen to the punk group OFF! put their spin on “Holier Than Thou.” Both covers are available now for digital download.

The 53-track Metallica Blacklist will be released September 10.

Meanwhile, Metallica has also dug up a “Pre-Production Rehearsal” version of “Holier Than Thou,” one of the many bonus tracks included on the 30th anniversary Black Album reissue, also due out September 10.

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