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Carly Pearce‘s wardrobe is raking in the dough. 

The inaugural Carly’s Closet event hosted during CMA Fest last week raised more than $10,000 for Music Health Alliance. The event saw the ACM Award winner donating outfits worn at various awards shows and public events for fans to purchase, with all of the proceeds going toward Music Health Alliance’s mission to connect members of the music industry with access to health care. 

The hit singer took to Instagram to share her gratitude to fans for showing up and making the Nashville event a success, posting photos that show her posing with a black-and-white polka dot shirt and a floral dress in front of a clothing rack as a bunch of smiling fans gather around her.  

“I am overjoyed by your generosity. I loved meeting you and looking in your shopping bags to see what you purchased. I am thrilled that so many of my clothes have a new home…and that we are helping the people who make the music in the process,” she said in the caption, while also hinting, “Shall we do it again next year?!”

The Kentuckian continues on the road this summer as part of Kenny Chesney‘s Here and Now Tour. 

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Chris Young recently celebrated his 37th birthday, and it has a special connection to one of his many #1 hits. 

On June 12, the country singer turned 37 and honored the occasion by posting a photo of himself holding a pair of balloons of the numbers “3” and “7” in addition to thanking those in his inner circle that reached out with their messages of support. 

Additionally, the hitmaker also noted that it took 37 weeks for his first #1 single, “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” to reach the summit in 2009. 

“Shoutout to all the friends/fam/etc that have reached out with Happy Birthday messages! My first number one single went number one in 37 weeks so this is a special one,” he writes alongside the cheerful photo, adding, #cheers #birthday #famousfriends.

Chris has another hit on his hands as his current single, “At the End of a Bar” featuring Mitchell Tenpenny, is in the top 15 at country radio. 

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The week-long Anti Social Camp, which aims to boost New York City’s music scene, is going on right now, and several big names are helping this year’s effort.

Billboard reports GAYLE teamed with the Anti Social Producers Club and about 150 other artists, writers and producers to create 100 new songs in the span of three days.  

Aside from GAYLE, Rob Thomas, Walk The Moon, JP Saxe and many others will either attend in-person or virtual songwriting boot camps and other events that are dedicated to “putting the NYC music scene back on the map.”

In addition to music writing, the camp will feature a gala, a live concert, a panel dedicated to women in music, industry showcases, recording sessions, presentations and more.  All the events are free to attend and open to musicians.  

A master itinerary of the week’s events has been made public, which you can check out now on Google Docs. 

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Jay-Z had a little fun teasing Blue Ivy on their father-daughter outing to the NBA Finals game Monday night, where the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 104-94.

There were plenty of famous faces among the crowd. When the rap mogul appeared on camera, he wrapped his arms around Blue and pulled her into the picture as the announcer declared, “Back with us in the Bay at Chase Center tonight, 24-time Grammy award winner, the one and only Jay-Z!”

The 10-year-old played it cool and pretended to be unfazed by her father’s affection. Meanwhile, Hova continued to smile to himself. The entire exchange was shared on the NBA’s Instagram page.

Another video shows the “Run This Town” rapper wrapping an arm around Blue as they meet up with E-40 on the court. The NBA also snapped a photo of the two enjoying their father-daughter date.

Fans are marveling over how much Blue has grown, noting she’s looking more and more like her mom, Beyoncé.

The power couple welcomed Blue in January 2012. Bey and Jay also share twins, Rumi and Sir, who are now five years old.

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GIVĒON is heading out on tour this summer, and he says it’ll be his biggest one yet, as it’s in support of his debut studio album, Give Or Take.

Kicking off on August 16 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the “Heartbreak Anniversary” singer will embark on a 40-date trek across the U.S. and Canada. He’ll make pit stops in major cities such as Miami, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Boston, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Toronto and many others.

“I am so excited to announce my Give or Take North American tour,” GIVĒON announced on Instagram. He further teased in an official release that this journey will be his “boldest, brightest, and best yet.”

Tickets go on sale starting this Friday, Jun 17 at 10 a.m. local time, and you can buy them on his official website, which also lists the full itinerary of tour dates.

Meanwhile, you can pre-save his forthcoming debut album, Give Or Take, so you can be the first to hear it when it drops on June 24.

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Cole Swindell is heading “Back Down to the Bar” with a headlining tour this fall. 

After concluding his Down to the Bar Tour in April, the country hitmaker couldn’t wait to get back out on the road, so he’s booked a string of dates on the Back Down to the Bar Tour, kicking off on September 23 in Texas.

The 19-date trek takes him and opening acts, Ashley Cooke and Dylan Marlowe, all across the country, including stops in Boston, Nashville, Tulsa, Orlando and other major cities before wrapping up on November 19. 

“Well… we had so much fun on the Down to the Bar tour that we decided to do it all over again in the fall with my friends @theashleycooke and @dylanmarlowemusic,” Cole expressed on Instagram. “Can’t wait to see y’all out there and play this new music for you. It’s gonna be a hell of a time!” 

Cole released his new album, Stereotype, in April. It features two consecutive #1 hits, “Single Saturday Night” and “Never Say Never” with Lainey Wilson. 

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Post Malone reached out to Kurt Cobain‘s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, for her approval of his Nirvana tribute performance.

During an interview on The Howard Stern Show, the “Circles” artist shared that it was “important” for him to get Frances’ blessing.

“I loved Kurt so much,” Post said. “He’s been such an inspiration to me, musically.”

“I…never want to offend anybody by trying to show support, so I just wanted to make sure everything was OK,” he continued. “And it was OK.”

Post streamed the Nirvana tribute performance, which featured Blink-182‘s Travis Barker on drums, in April 2020. It was one of the first major streaming concerts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it helped raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.

“We raised money for a good cause, and we got to play some of the most f***ing epic songs ever,” Post said.

In addition to Frances’ approval, Post also got a thumbs-up from Kurt’s widow, Courtney Love, who shared that the performance gave her “goosebumps.” Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic also said that he was “so proud” watching the stream.

You can still watch an archive of the stream now on YouTube. It currently has over 17 million views.

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After coming back from their “extended period of rest” in early March, BTS is going on a hiatus so the group can focus on their solo careers.

The septet broke the news when celebrating their ninth anniversary at their annual FESTA dinner on Tuesday.  The annual event sees the group chowing down on a mighty feast while recapping everything that happened over the past year and their fondest memories as a group, which is why they felt that was the best moment to break the news.

The Grammy nominees understood fans would be disappointed by the announcement. “We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans,” Jimin noted. “I think now we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans.”

He added BTS is “going through a rough patch right now” and explained, “We’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process.”

RM spoke of why the hiatus is a good thing, telling fans, “I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature. You have to keep producing music and keep doing something.”

“I don’t know what kind of direction our group has to take,” he added, but J-Hope expressed optimism the hiatus will let “BTS… become stronger.”

V chimed in that with this decision, “I think 90 percent of our fans would root for us no matter what kind of music or what kind of direction we choose.”

The group didn’t go into detail over a timeline of solo releases or when their hiatus will end.

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In an interview with Gayle King as part of Tribeca Film Festival’s Directors Series Monday night, Tyler Perry shed light on Will Smith‘s infamous Oscar night slap of presenter Chris Rock.

Perry was seen by Smith’s side after the assault and foul-mouthed lambasting of Rock, who’d made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. He denied he was “comforting” Smith during a commercial break.

“There’s a difference between comforting and deescalating, that’s No. 1,” Perry explained, according to People. “And I left early to get to Chris to make sure he was okay.”

“Trust me, as painful as it was for all of us in the room, it was as painful for Chris,” Perry expressed, calling Rock “a pure champion for the way he handled it.”

He noted, “…something happened that was extremely painful for [Will] as well.”

Perry added, “That is no excuse. He was completely wrong for what he did. But something triggered him….”

“And I’ll tell you, when we walked over to him, he was devastated. He couldn’t believe…he did it.”

“I’m looking at this man in his eyes going, ‘What are you doing? This is your night,'” Perry recalled, explaining the incident sullied, “one of the crowning moments of his career…”

“I just read his book,” the actor continued of Smith, “and there’s this moment about not being able to protect his mother [as a child]…And if that trauma is not dealt with right away, as you get older it will show up in the most inappropriate, most horrible time. I know Will. I know him well.”

The filmmaker noted Smith is “very much in reflection” about the incident, for which the King Richard star apologized, and which got him banned from Motion Picture Academy events for 10 years.

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