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Last year, Perry Farrell and his Kind Heaven Orchestra project performed a rooftop concert at the Pendry Chicago hotel to celebrate the return of Lollapalooza, which had been canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That unique show is now set to stream online next month.

The streaming platform Veeps is set to premiere the performance on July 22. A press release describes the concert as an “audio sensory journey of artistic fusion set against the glistening skylines of Chicago,” featuring renditions of songs by Farrell’s bands Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros, as well as original Kind Heaven Orchestra material.

“At that point there were no festivals happening; for almost 2 years,” Farrell recalls. “We needed to come back. Lolla went for it. Listened to the science, worked with the doctors and the mayor. Suddenly there we were, the Kind Heaven Orchestra set on high, surrounded by Chicago skyscrapers. Our hearts were released.”

Tickets to watch the stream are on sale now via PerryFarrell.Veeps.com.

Farrell, meanwhile, has been busy reuniting Porno for Pyros, which played their first show in 26 years during May’s Welcome to Rockville festival. The group has also announced shows in Chicago and Los Angeles for July.

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The news of Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan‘s split shocked the entertainment world over the weekend after People reported that the pair had called it quits after a year and a half of dating. New developments by the magazine say that the 25-year-old beauty entrepreneur “wasn’t ready to commit” to Jordan. 

According to an update shared by People on Monday, a source close to Harvey says that while she and Jordan “were making plans for their future,” Harvey “realized that they weren’t on the same page.”

The source says “she is very focused on her career” and that she “still wants to have fun and be free.”

“Michael is a great guy. She is sad that their relationship didn’t work out, but she is moving on,” says the source.

Harvey, who is the daughter of Steve and Marjorie Harvey, recently cleared her Instagram page of photos of her and Jordan. The two celebrated their one-year anniversary in November 2021 after making their relationship Instagram official in January. 

Jordan has yet to comment about the breakup and as of Monday morning still had photos of them on his Instagram. The Creed actor was spotted out at the Celtics vs. Warriors NBA Finals game in San Francisco on Sunday night. 

When initial rumors broke on Saturday, an insider told People of the split, “Michael and Lori are both completely heartbroken,” adding that “they still love each other.”

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It’s no secret Megan Thee Stallion is gearing up to release her second studio album soon. According to multiple reports that surfaced over the weekend, the title of the new project could be “Traumazine.”

As revealed in documents shared on Twitter by trademark attorney Josh Gerben, the 27-year-old rapper filed the trademark application for the word “Traumazine” on May 27, using the Hot Girl Trademark Holdings, LLC as the owner of the mark.

Gerben said in a tweet, “The trademark application, filed on May 27th, is drafted in such a way that this could (emphasis on COULD) be the name of @theestallion’s next album.”

As previously reported, Megan shared details about the forthcoming album in an interview after her Webby Awards win for Artist of the Year last month. 

“I’m probably, like, 95% done with my new album,” the rapper said during a chat backstage. “I wanna tease that for the Hotties. I haven’t even told them nothing about my album, but yeah.”

The Houston Hottie’s sophomore project will follow her hit debut album, Good News, which debuted at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard chart. 

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Can artists copyright a song title? We’ll find out when Mariah Carey heads to court over a lawsuit that claims someone else had dibs on the title “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

The Washington Post reports songwriter Andy Stone — who is better known by his stage name Vince Vance — is suing Mariah and her co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, for $20 million in damages. He is arguing they infringed on his copyright because he wrote a song with the same exact title in 1989 — five years before Mariah unleashed her Christmas classic.

Vance alleges the track was released as part of his band Vince Vance & The Valiants and received “extensive airplay during the 1993 Christmas season.” He also said it appeared on the Billboard charts. While these songs do share a title, there are no similarities in their respective melodies or song lyrics.

Vance argues neither Mariah nor Afanasieff “sought or obtained permission” to repurpose his song title and that he reached out to both in April 2021 for them to make it right. He later followed up in December 2021 and claimed, “Even after communicating the concerns with Defendants, Plaintiff was unable to come to any agreement over usage of the ‘All I Want for Christmas is You.'”

It should be noted that while Mariah does have the most popular version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” there are dozens of others songs using the same exact title registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.  

Mariah has not responded to the suit.  

Speaking of Vance, Kelly Clarkson recorded a cover of Vance’s version of the song for her holiday album When Christmas Comes Around. 

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Jennifer Lopez delivered a powerful speech while accepting the Generation Award at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.

The actress and singer, 52, was honored with the award that “celebrates beloved actors whose diverse contributions to both film and television have turned them into household names.”

During her acceptance speech, Lopez acknowledged how much her roles have meant to her and the impact of those who have helped her — or attempted to hold her back — along the way.

Reflecting on her previous roles, she said: “I look at those movies and I see all the wonderful people that I’ve been blessed to know and to work with. You’re only as good as the people that you work with, and if you’re lucky, they may make you better. And I have been very lucky in that regard.”

“As an actor, I’m not any of the women that I’ve played, but there is a part of what is deeply true to me in each one of those characters,” she continued.

“I want to thank all the people who gave me this life,” she said. “I want to thank the people who gave me joy and the ones who broke my heart. The ones who were true and the ones who lied to me. I want to thank true love and I want to thank the way that I lied to myself because that’s how I knew that I had to grow.”

“I want to thank disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong and my children for teaching me to love,” she continued. “I want to thank all the people who told me, to my face or when I wasn’t in the room, that I couldn’t do this. I really don’t think I could have done it without you.”

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System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has premiered a new song song called “Amber.”

The track is sung in Armenian, and its title, which is pronounced ‘ahm-be’r,’ is the Armenian word for “clouds.” Armenian vocalist Sevak Amroyan also guests on the song.

Tankian first wrote “Amber” in 2017 in response to that year’s Armenian parliamentary election.

“I was so distraught by the slick theft of the elections before ever reaching the ballot box that I wrote this song as a response,” Tankian shares. “The lyrics however seem to be more poignant today when Armenians are divided politically and socially following the devastating attack on Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey in 2020 and the continuous fallout over negotiations with those two dictatorial regimes.”

“‘Amber’s’ message is that of unity and harmony,” he adds. “Those are the only truly powerful weapons of the Armenian nation.”

You can watch the “Amber” video streaming now on YouTube. It will be released on digital outlets this Wednesday, June 8.

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Maren Morris has something special planned for fans on her upcoming Humble Quest Tour. 

The superstar singer revealed on social media that she’ll be diving into her vault of past songs, as she plans to play acoustic versions of deep cuts off her previous albums as requested by fans. 

“There is a moment of this tour set that I’m gonna try to sing older, random album songs that weren’t singles. Just me & my guitar if you shout it or write it on a poster,” she explains in a Twitter thread, adding with a crying laughing emoji, “seriously having to learn some archival sh**…”

In the comments, several fans requested numbers off her chart-topping debut album, Hero, including “Bummin’ Cigarettes” “Company You Keep,” “Once” and “Space.”

“That one is always in my back pocket,” Maren said in response to requests for “Bummin’ Cigarettes,” while assuring another fan who asked her to sing “Space” during her show in Asheville, North Carolina, next week that she “will learn it!”

The tour is named after Maren’s new album, Humble Quest, which includes her current top 10 single, “Circles Around This Town.” It kicks off on June 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and runs until December 2, when it wraps at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.  

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Shakira and soccer player Gerard Piqué are going their separate ways after 11 years. The duo announced over the weekend that they have ended their relationship.

“We regret to confirm that we are parting ways,” the two told E! News in a joint statement. “For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect their privacy. Thank you for your understanding.”

The duo met when Shakira was filming her 2010 music video “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” which was the official song of the FIFA World Cup. The two confirmed they were dating the following year.

Shakira, 45, and Piqué, 35, share two sons — 7-year-old Sasha and 9-year-old Milan. The two have largely kept their sons out of the limelight by posting limited pictures of them and rarely mentioning them during interviews.

The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer had to dispel rumors about her health recently and took to Twitter to address the photos taken of her in an ambulance around the same time news of her breakup surfaced.

“I just wanted to let you know that those photos are from last weekend (the 28th), when my dad unfortunately had a bad fall and I accompanied him in an ambulance where he is recovering now,” she explained, sharing a photo of her father with a bandage on his head and a severely bruised face. “Please do send all of your best wishes his way and thank you as always for all of your love & support.”

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