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Michael Bublé welcomed his fourth child, a daughter named Cielo, on Friday with wife Luisana Lopilato. To celebrate their little girl’s arrival, the South American actress shared a behind-the-scenes video of Cielo’s birth.

“The story of 1 unforgettable day,” she captioned the Instagram video. “Touching heaven with our hands! We love you so much Cielo.”

The video, tracked to Michael’s new single “I’ll Never Not Love You,” starts with Lopilato showing off her pregnant belly before she heads to the hospital. The two take several selfies — as well as one posing in front of the urgent care center — and videos around the hospital before heading to the delivery room.

Another photo shows Lopilato in labor, with Michael comforting her and touching her forehead with his. Other clips show the delighted parents cuddling their newborn before walking out of the hospital.

Michael’s made it known he’s head over heels in love with the infant. The Grammy winner shared a hilarious video of himself peering down at his sleeping newborn and acknowledged, “Ok …so I’m obsessed.” He captioned the video, “Cielo’s first TikTok.”

Michael previously told ABC Audio he built his tour around his daughter’s scheduled cesarean section birth.  The “Sway” singer performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City Thursday night before flying a red-eye to Canada, arriving at 3 a.m. Vancouver time.

Michael said he would then head to the hospital after he got off his plane.

The happy couple announced Cielo’s birth in a joint statement on Friday afternoon, writing, “You finally arrived to our lives with your 3.8 kg!!! Thanks God for this infinite blessing, we love you!!”

The two share sons Noah, 8, and Elias, 6, as well as 4-year-old daughter Vida.

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Hardy is gearing up for four hard-charging headlining dates in December.

He dubbed the short run of shows the Wall to Wall Tour, taking the name from one of the lyrics of his genre blending, hard rock-infused new song, “Sold Out.”

In keeping with those themes, he’s bringing long-standing rock outfit Puddle of Mudd to the stage with him for one of the dates in Columbia, South Carolina. The other three shows will feature gravelly voiced “Don’t Come Lookin’” up-and-comer Jackson Dean.

“I’m stoked to take this Wall to Wall Tour on the road,” the singer says.“We’re hitting some cities and venues that I absolutely love; I’m happy to have Jackson out with me and honored that the guys from Puddle of Mudd are joining us in Columbia.”

Hardy also says fans can expect the shows to be loud and full of energy.

“It’s going to be a great time — a loud time — every night, and it’s just the beginning of what we have in store,” he promises. “See you out there.”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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Camila Cabello is teaming up with legendary movie composer Hans Zimmer for a new song.

The two have created the track “Take Me Back Home” for BBC’s upcoming David Attenborough-led documentary series Frozen Planet II, a sequel of the groundbreaking 2011 series about climate change. This marks the first time a song has been specifically created for a BBC One natural history series.

The song, “Take Me Back Home,” stresses the challenges of climate change and the fragility of the planet’s coldest ecosystems.

Camila said in a statement, “To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer.”

“Frozen Planet II is stunning and Sir David’s narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from global warming,” she continued. “I’m grateful to be able to lend my voice to such an inspiring series.”

The singer also tweeted out, “my life is a dream” after BBC made the news public on Twitter.

Zimmer also praised Camila, saying in a separate statement, “It was hugely exciting composing and recording ‘Take Me Back Home’ with Camila and discovering that her musical talents are as powerful as her voice.”

BBC described the forthcoming series as “a spellbinding six-episode journey through Earth’s magical icy lands including the north and south poles.” It will also show how the ecosystems are struggling to adapt to climate change.

The song will debut globally on Friday, August 26, on BBC Radio 1 and also be released in an extended trailer of the upcoming series, which will post later that day.

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Chloe and Halle Bailey have been focusing on their individual careers, occasionally reuniting for festival performances, possibly family-related events and now the cover of Essence. In the magazine’s September/October issue, the sister duo opens up about their lives as solo artists and women who are continuing to grow into their own.

Chloe has become somewhat of a viral sensation since embarking on her solo career. She’s released singles and videos for songs “Have Mercy,” “Treat Me” and “Surprise,” as well as a slew of covers and sexy social media pictures — most of which see her flaunting her vocals and chords. Though she appears to exude confidence, she admits that she doesn’t always feel that way.

“As much as people think I’m so confident, 80% of the time I feel the complete opposite of that. That’s why I put so much of myself into my music. That’s where I feel like myself and where I belong in this life—whenever I’m onstage,” Chloe said. 

Her upcoming album, she adds, captures emotions she’s felt from “all the tearing down” and sees her “breaking free” from society’s expectations.

Halle is preparing for the release of The Little Mermaid remake. With time away from Chloe, she tapped into her individuality with a little help from God.

“I’ve managed to find individuality through God—through talking to God every day by prayer, by meditation and through music,” she explained. “I think finding myself is going to be an everlasting journey. And while I feel like I know myself at 22, I’m constantly getting to know more about who I am.”

She also addressed her relationship with rapper DDG, who she’s been a fan of for years. When asked if she’s in love, she replied, “Yes. For sure I am.”            

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After a two-year pandemic delay, the U.S. leg of My Chemical Romance‘s reunion tour finally kicked off over the weekend in Oklahoma City. In addition to classics “Welcome to the Black Parade,” “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” and “Teenagers,” the set list featured a number of deep cuts.

According to Consequence‘s recap, Gerard Way and company dug up the songs “Bury Me in Black” and “This Is the Best Day Ever” during the show, which MCR hadn’t played live since 2003 and 2005, respectively.

“Bury Me in Black” is a non-album track that was released as a demo on the B-side of the “I’m Not Okay” single, while “This Is The Best Day Ever” is a cut of My Chem’s 2002 debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.

Also on the set list was the new song “Foundations of Decay,” which MCR premiered earlier this year ahead of their U.K. tour.

The My Chemical Romance reunion tour continues Tuesday in Nashville.

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Thomas Rhett isn’t done with his Bring the Bar to You Tour just yet.

The singer just announced that he’s extending the trek into 2023, and he’s headed up north to do so, with 10 Canadian shows booked for the month of February. Things kick off with an arena date in Vancouver on February 9.

“It’s been an absolute blast being back out on the road this summer and we are so excited to take the tour to Canada next year,” the singer says.

“It’s been forever since we were last able to play for these fans,” he continues. “They always bring an insane amount of energy and we cannot wait to get up there and see them again.”

For the Canadian leg of his tour, TR will bring Jordan Davis and Kameron Marlowe out as his opening acts. Tickets for those shows are going on sale August 26 at 10 a.m. local time.

The Bring the Bar to You Tour is named after one of the new songs off TR’s Where We Started album, which he dropped back in April.

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Before he shredded Metallica‘s “Master of Puppets” in the Upside Down, Joseph Quinn was rocking to Nirvana.

The actor, who plays the Dungeons & Dragons-loving metalhead Eddie Munson in the latest season of Stranger Things, tells Metal Hammer that the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” outfit was his “first proper band obsession.”

“I was obsessed with Kurt Cobain and had all of his posters in my wall,” Quinn reveals. “It’s kind of cliché, but it’s true.”

Quinn also names Jimi Hendrix as one of his “guitar heroes,” sharing, “I was always very enamored with him.”

When it came to preparing to play Eddie, though, Quinn turned to the heavy stuff.

“I listened to Master of Reality by Black Sabbath over and over,” Quinn says. “Master of Puppets, as well, Slayer … all that kind of stuff. That was my way into that whole world, really. Black Sabbath were my guys, and Led Zeppelin, too, but I guess they’re less metal.”

Quinn’s performance of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” in the season 4 finale of Stranger Things led to renewed interest in the 1986 thrash classic, which made its first appearance on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart following the episode’s premiere. The season also made a resurgent hit out of Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill,” which has run up all the way to the top five on the Hot 100.

Stranger Things season 4 is streaming now on Netflix.

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Would you let Andy Grammer cook you breakfast?

According to his latest stint on E!’s Celebrity Beef, his skills might leave you saying, “Honey, I’m Good.”

Host Joel McHale pitted Grammer against actor Justin Baldoni in a fight to the finish, tasking the two with whipping up their version of French toast. Both men decided to go above and beyond in an attempt to be named the winner.

Baldoni decided to make a deluxe French toast breakfast sandwich, almost like a Monte Cristo, which left both McHale and Grammer smacking their lips.

“Wow. There are like nine flavors that are hitting me,” Grammer praised and nonchalantly licked his fingers. He also added, “It’s pretty hard to mess up French toast” and jokingly called out Joel for continuing to eat Baldoni’s sandwich when it was his turn to get judged.  

McHale defended himself by saying the sandwich was “really good.”

Grammer won in terms of presentation, with McHale noting he feels he’s “about to cut into a piece of art,” because he arranged the toast to look like a flower. That praise caused the hitmaker to enjoy a premature victory lap.

“I can’t believe that this is mine,” he shouted as McHale cut the artisanal French toast in half, revealing a center filled with bacon and maple syrup.

“You know what Andy is known for?” McHale cracked. “Humility.”

But the good times ended there because, after all three took a bite out of the confection, McHale ruled, “Wow, Andy, you can really taste the bread.”

Guess that means Grammer should stick to his day job.

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The 1990 Gretsch White Falcon guitar featured in the video for Foo Fighters‘ “Monkey Wrench” video is going up for auction.

While frontman Dave Grohl plays the guitar in the video, the instrument originally belonged to guitarist Pat Smear, who used it on the 1997 Foos album The Colour and the Shape.

The guitar will be sold by the U.K. auction house Gardiner Houlgate on September 7. It’s expected to fetch between 15,000 and 30,000 British pounds, which is between about $17,700 and $35,400.

The person with the winning bid will also receive a number of photographs, including one of Drew Barrymore holding the guitar.

The “Monkey Wrench” video currently has over 40 million views on YouTube. It’s notably the first Foos video to feature late drummer Taylor Hawkins.

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Back at the beginning of both their careers, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani were living in very different musical worlds. Blake was cutting his teeth in Nashville honky-tonks and putting out his first singles, while Gwen was beginning to notch hits with her band, No Doubt.

It would be years before they’d cross paths on the set of The Voice, fall in love and eventually get married — in fact, Gwen has admitted that early on she had no idea who Blake was and she’d never listened to his music.

Blake knew Gwen from her No Doubt stardom, but in a new interview with ET Online, he jokes that his first impression of her had little to do with her music.

“I would have probably said, ‘Are you talking about that girl that holds up the orange in her video?’” Blake replies, when asked what his younger self would have thought if he could have seen himself marrying Gwen in the future.  He was referring to No Doubt’s video for “Don’t Speak.”

“I never understood until now that she’s from Orange County,” he adds. “‘Oh my God, she’s so hot, but why is she obsessed with this freaking orange,’ you know?”

Blake and Gwen tied the knot in August 2021. Their romance has produced a couple of duets, too: They had hit duets with “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere.”

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