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After opening for Halestorm, The Warning will be going home with one more instrument than they started with.

The rising rock trio — which is made up of sisters Dany, Pau and Ale — has been supporting the “I Miss the Misery” outfit on their summer tour. During Tuesday’s show in Irving, Texas, Lzzy Hale made a surprise appearance during The Warning’s set to give Dany a brand new guitar.

In an Instagram post, Dany shared a video of the moment when Hale surprised her with the hard-rocking gift alongside the caption, “I cannot even begin to explain what this means to me.”

“You are my biggest inspiration and I can’t believe I get to share this tour and these moments with you,” Dany added of Lzzy.

Hale then responded in the post’s comments, writing, “Darling, I cannot even tell you how long I’ve been waiting for someone to ignite me with passion and inspiration on the guitar. You have done that for me.”

The “Freak Like Me” singer also shared that the gift was part of her way to “pay it forward” after ex-Shinedown guitarist Jasin Todd had done the same thing for her back in 2005.

“You and your sisters are going to take over the world,” Hale wrote to Dany. “Rock is in very good hands.”

“Don’t let anyone take your crow or try to make you into anything you’re not,” she continued. “Keep your eyes up and your heart ablaze. You are a bright light in such a dark and crazy world.”

The Warning’s summer tour with Halestorm concludes August 12 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The bill also includes The Pretty Reckless and Lilith Czar on select dates.

You can also catch The Warning open for Halestorm on their fall tour, beginning in September.

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Drake has dropped a new video for his Honestly, Nevermind track “Sticky.”

In the jet-setting Theo Skudra-directed clip, we see Drake living it up in various locations – from partying on a yacht to a dinner party in a mansion to camping in the woods. The visual also prominently features an off-road Maybach, designed by late fashion icon Virgil Abloh, as well as a shout-out to jailed rappers Young Thug and Gunna.

The video drop comes after Drake announced he tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to postpone Monday night’s Young Money reunion show in Toronto.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Tony Bennett turns 96 today, and he was presented with an unexpected birthday gift from the Television Academy — a belated Emmy nod!

He and Lady Gaga have been confirmed as official Emmy nominees for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) thanks to their show One Last Time: an Evening with Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, which premiered last year. CBS Network was previously named the sole nominee for the special.

Gaga and Bennett have both been named co-nominees since they not only performed that night, they also hosted the special. In addition, they will also share the award with the show’s five executive producers, three producers and one supervising producer, who were also confirmed as official nominees for the award.

One Last Time was filmed at two sold-out shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall in August 2021, which served as both Bennett’s 95th birthday celebration and his last hurrah. The legendary crooner has since retired from performing, and the shows marked his final public concert performance.

Bennett has since revealed he has been battling Alzheimer’s since 2016.  

Gaga spoke to 60 Minutes after of the show’s taping and expressed she was nervous for Tony because of his health. “I wasn’t sure if he knew who I was…when that music comes on, something happens to him, he knows exactly what he’s doing,” she recalled to host Anderson Cooper. “When I walked out on that stage and he said, ‘It’s Lady Gaga!’ — my friend saw me and it was very special.”

Find out if Bennett and Gaga will add a new Emmy to their trophy case when the 74th annual Emmy Awards air on Monday, September 22 on NBC. The ceremony will also stream on Peacock.

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Carly Pearce is reflecting on the passing of her grandfather.  

Carly’s beloved grandfather, from whom she gets her last name, passed away in 2008. She says she still gets messages from him, as evidenced by the lightning bug that paid her a visit on the anniversary of his death.  

“My grandpa has been gone 14 years today. I have been thinking about him so much, and then this little lightning bug appears in my house randomly…which if you knew us, is such a sign,” she writes on Instagram Stories alongside a clip of the bug climbing up the wall, accompanied by a teary-eyed and heart emoji. 

As a young girl raised in Kentucky, Carly’s grandparents helped instill a love of country music in her when they listened to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio. Once she became a country star herself, Carly wrote a song inspired by her grandparents’ love, “It Won’t Always Be Like This,” that’s featured on her 2020 self-titled album. 

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If you were ever hoping to visit the house where the video for Jimmy Eat World‘s “The Middle” was filmed, you’re unfortunately out of luck.

In a tweet responding to a fan asking about the house, the emo rockers shared, “Sadly that house was torn down.”

The band also posted a Google Maps view of where the house used to stand, on the corner of E Lincoln Drive and N 40th Place in Paradise Valley, Arizona, a Phoenix suburb near Jimmy Eat World’s hometown of Mesa, Arizona.

The video for “The Middle” features an awkward outsider who stumbles upon a house party filled with people dancing in their underwear. The clip’s been viewed over 89 million times on YouTube.

While you’re mourning the loss of “The Middle” house, you can listen to Jimmy Eat World’s latest single, “Something Loud,” which premiered in June. You can also catch the band live on tour in September and at the much-anticipated When We Were Young festival in October.

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Another Wendy Williams headline has left fans scratching their heads: Did she just get re-married?

That’s purportedly what she claimed to Hollywood Unlocked podcast host Jason Lee, who said she told him she tied the knot with an NYPD officer named Henry.

Lee recalled on his Tuesday night installment, “She says, ‘I’m married.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ She’s like, ‘I got married.'”

“I’m like, ‘You got married when?’ And she’s like, ‘I got married last week,'” he continued.

However, Page Six reached out to the former talk show host’s rep William Selby, who threw cold water on the reported wedding news, calling it “inaccurate.”

“She is excited about a new relationship and probably got carried away in conversation,” he explained.

The publication points out it’s not the first time Wendy has apparently gotten ahead of herself in the romance department. In 2019, she was dating a former cop-turned-criminal justice expert Dr. Darrin Porcher.

He called her comments “flattering to hear” but told Page Six, “it’s not the case,” explaining he was in another relationship and had merely worked for Wendy “for a couple of weeks” after she’d filed for divorce from her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter.

Lee also revealed that Williams told him she had her publicist keep her “entire family away,” except her son Kevin Hunter Jr., “for at least a year” and reiterated her claims that her finances are still locked because Wells Fargo bank has frozen them.

As previously reported, Wendy claims the company helped enact a conservatorship against her will, declaring her “incapacitated” and unable to manage her finances.

The company has denied any “improper actions” regarding the situation.

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Kenny Chesney is using fashion to give back to a cause close to his heart. 

The superstar is teaming up with shoe ware company REEF to present two sets of limited edition No Shoes Reef sandals in benefit of a cause focused on marine life education.  

The his and hers sandals come in hues of dark brown, tan and cream, with the straps on the men’s shoe bearing the phrase “No Shoes Reef” and an emblem of a skull and crossbones, while the women’s shoe features a rose-gold colored stud and the No Shoes Reef logo on the sole. 

Proceeds from the sales will go toward Pigeon Key Marine Science Camps in Florida that educates young people about marine life, including coral reefs. 

“They share so many of the same core values I do when it comes to ocean conservation. I’ve worn their sandals for years, as have a lot of my friends down in the islands,” Kenny shares in a statement. “When they wanted to work with us through No Shoes Reefs, I was delighted to have them become part of this work that’s been so focused on local projects.”

Kenny launched No Shoes Reef in 2015 to create artificial reefs to help sustain the wildlife that inhabit them.

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Backstreet Boys are in the middle of their DNA World Tour, which they resumed this year after it was cut short in 2020 due to the pandemic. The show is packed with more than 30 songs — hits and fan favorites — as well as huge production values and choreography. And Backstreet’s Nick Carter says it became clear to him during the pandemic how valuable their shows are to fans.

“I pretty much realized that, y’know, entertainment and performing is a blessing, because people are longing to be entertained and to have something to kind of just get their minds off of the craziness in the world right now,” Nick tells ABC Audio.

“They just want two hours of just escapism,” he adds. “And I think that, you know, Backstreet Boys represents a specific place in time where — [with] nostalgia and the songs and stuff — when people look back and they’re searching for that, it makes them smile.”

Even if you’re not looking for escapism, Nick says you can’t help but admire the work that goes into their performances. After so many years together, he boasts they’re the pinnacle of live entertainment.

“I mean, we exert so much energy when we’re onstage and … we’re putting that energy out or we’re seeing the smiles on the faces and that energy is coming back to us, it’s just … it’s [indescribable],” Nick says.

“I like to say, from a sport perspective — because I like to use sport analogies — I guess you could say we’re like Tom Brady, basically,” he adds. “Y’know, up there on stage playing at a very high level.”

The DNA World Tour is currently scheduled to run through March 2023. In October, they’ll release A Very Backstreet Christmas, their first holiday album.

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