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Kane Brown is putting an international tour on the books.

This September, he’ll launch his Drunk or Dreaming Tour, a string of dates that will take him to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the U.K. and Europe. It’s the first time that the country star has ever brought a tour to New Zealand or Australia.

Restless Road — the group that Kane signed to his own label, and duetted with on the 2020 release “Country Roads” — will join him on most of the overseas dates. Other opening acts appearing on the shows include Jessie James Decker, Chris Lane and Blanco Brown.

News of the overseas trek is part of an exciting few weeks for Kane, as the singer has been teasing the release of his new single, “Like I Love Country Music.” That song is due out Friday, and is expected to also appear on his much-anticipated, as-yet-unannounced third studio album.

Tickets for Kane’s Drunk or Dreaming Tour go on sale on Friday, May 13, but there’s a pre-sale going on now.

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Sharon Osbourne is getting assistance from an IV amid her bout with COVID-19.

On Wednesday, the wife of Ozzy Osbourne shared a photo of her hooked up to an IV drip while sitting up in bed next to two dogs and giving the peace sign. In the caption, she simply wrote the word “Covid” bookended by two profanity emojis.

As previously reported, Sharon, 69, tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home to care for her husband, 73, when he was diagnosed with the virus last week. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Talk this past Monday, Sharon said that she felt “OK,” while adding that Ozzy was “doing much better.”

Sharon previously caught COVID-19 in December 2020, and was briefly hospitalized.

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Olivia Rodrigo joined a growing list of artists condemning the recent leak from the Supreme Court that indicated the justices were set to overturn Roe V. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion a constitutional right.

Olivia performed in Washington D.C. on Wednesday and tore into anti-abortion sentiments.  “Because we’re in D.C., I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to say how heartbroken I am over the Supreme Court’s potential decision,” she said, according to Billboard, which drew a strong response from the audience.

“Our bodies should never be in the hands of politicians,” the Grammy winner declared. “I hope we can raise our voices to protect our right to have a safe abortion, which is a right that so many people before us have worked so hard to get.”

The 19-year-old singer joins a string of pop stars who slammed the potential ruling, which includes Harry Styles, Mariah Carey, Adam Levine, Billie Eilish, Ava Max and many others.

Halsey penned a fiery letter to fans on Tuesday, which said in part, “I cannot stress enough the implications of this moment in history. This is a cruel attack on our fundamental right to choose if and when to have a child. I felt this way before I became a mother and I feel this way even more now after having my son.”

Ariana Grande also spoke out against the decision and said via her Instagram story, “It’s never been more necessary to make sure you and everyone you know and care about are registered to VOTE in ALL elections.”

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(NOTE LANGUAGE) A$AP Rocky dropped off his new song and video, “D.M.B.,” on Thursday, and the star of the cinematic visual is none other than his girlfriend, Rihanna. 

Directed and executive produced by Rocky himself, through his creative agency, AWGE, the nearly five-minute-long video, shot in New York last summer, features imagery of the soon-to-be-parents having fun in the streets of Rocky’s hometown and enjoying each other’s company. As an ode to the couple’s love story, a pre-baby bump Rihanna frolics with and beside her boyfriend as the two depict a story of ride-or-die partners.

Declaring his love of women in the new track, Rocky raps, “I was lost then, but I found you / I was slim thick, with a bounce too / It’s your tough love that I’m bound to / I f**k it up, then it’s round two.”

Considering the full song title, “Dat’s My B***h,” and the fact that their baby is expected any day now, it could be safe to say Rocky isn’t letting Rihanna go anywhere, anytime soon. (Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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Måneskin has announced a new single.

The track, titled “Supermodel,” is set to premiere next Friday, May 13. It’s available now to pre-save.

“Supermodel” will be first new Måneskin song since last fall’s “MAMMAMIA.” It appears to be a different track from the politically charged “We’re Gonna Dance on Gasoline,” which the Italian rockers debuted at their first Coachella set last month.

In other Måneskin news, the band has been chosen for Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 in European Entertainment list. The four members of the group range in age from 21 to 23.

Måneskin will launch their first-ever full North American headlining tour in October.

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Gabby Barrett shared the music video this week for her current single, “Pick Me Up,” and it’s a mini-movie that tells a love story dating back to 1962.

Things start off with a high school-aged girl, played by Gabby, who goes for a ride in the shotgun seat of her boyfriend’s truck. Fans will probably recognize the guy behind the wheel: It’s Cade Foehner, Gabby’s real-life husband, whom she met while the two were contestants on American Idol.

The next scene flashes forward to 1978, with the same couple — now married, with a young daughter running around the house. It’s another nod to Gabby’s real-life love story: She and Cade share a daughter named Baylah May, who was born in early 2021.

Though there are bills marked “past due” on the table, the pair still find time for each other, with Cade turning on the radio and leading Gabby in a dance around the living room.

Their love story stays strong into the present day: By the end of the video, Gabby’s an elderly woman in a nursing home, but Cade — also wearing makeup that makes him look older — still shows up with flowers.

“Pick Me Up” is one of four new tracks Gabby released on the deluxe version of her Goldmine album in late 2021.

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Taylor Swift dropped yet another ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-recording of one of her songs from 1989: “This Love.”  The song will be featured in the upcoming tv series The Summer I Turned Pretty.

“Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty,” Taylor announced on Instagram.  I’ve always been so proud of this song and I’m very [emotional] about this turn of events.”

The Grammy winner then shocked fans by revealing, “‘This Love (Taylor’s Version)’ comes out tonight at m i d n i g h t!” — and, of course, people are already hard at work piecing together what clues the singer may have left in her caption.

The working theory, which has been for some time, is that Taylor is ready to release her newly re-recorded version of her 1989 album because “This Love” isn’t the only track off the record to get a ‘Taylor’s Version’ makeover. Last year, she released “Wildest Dreams” after featuring it in another movie trailer for DreamWorks’ animated film Spirit Untamed.  

It’s currently unknown when Taylor will drop her new and improved 1989, but fans are holding out hope it’ll arrive very soon.

As for the The Summer I Turned Pretty TV series, based off the trilogy of books authored by Jenny Han, it arrives June 17 on Amazon Prime Video.

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After being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the benefit concert honoring the late civil rights icon John Lewis is back, and co-headlining this year’s event will be Maroon 5 and Usher.

The two acts will perform at this year’s Beloved Benefit, taking place July 7 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The event is designed to bring the city’s communities together and rally for positive change. Its goal is to achieve Martin Luther King Jr.‘s vision for a brighter future, where all people work together to end poverty and racism.

The Beloved Benefit has currently raised over $5 million for its cause. This year’s event will fund several nonprofits that focus on community and economic causes.

Rep. John Lewis was one of the “Big Six” leaders that organized the transformative 1963 March on Washington, D.C. with Dr. King, and subsequently dedicated his life and service to civil and human rights issues. The 80-year-old congressman died in July 2020 of pancreatic cancer.

The Beloved Benefit was initially scheduled for this February, but it was pushed back a few months in light of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Tickets are on sale now at the event’s official website.

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Slash has premiered the video for “April Fool,” a track off 4, his new album with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators.

The clip captures footage of the song’s live debut during Slash and company’s concert at Nashville’s historic Grand Ole Opry House this past March. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.

4, the aptly titled fourth Conspirators album, was released in February. It also includes the single “The River Is Rising.”

While the Conspirators don’t have any more tour dates currently announced, Slash is set to return to the road in Guns N’ Roses, beginning with a headlining set at Florida’s Welcome to Rockville later this month. GN’R will the launch a European tour in June, followed by a trip to South America in September. 

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The “Strength of a Woman” digital cover for Ebony magazine’s May issue shows cover star Viola Davis, in all of her Black woman grace and beauty.

Upon delving into the in-depth and personal interview piece, penned by former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Davis shows why she’s one of the most respected and successful stars in the entertainment business today.

In the follow up to her intimate sit-down with Oprah ahead of her memoir Finding Me, released April 26, Davis told Lance Bottoms of the powerful journey that came with telling her story.

“It was emotional because when you write it, you feel the moments that were and are still very painful. Then you see the moments that were also filled with strength and resilience,” she said.

While Lance Bottoms says that as a Black woman, she connected with the book in a particular way, Davis emphasized her mission to write a story for everyone. 

“I did this to give people a great dose of truth,” she said. “Yes, I have so-called made it to the ‘mountaintop,’ but not without scars and bruises.”

Throughout the piece, Davis shares personal thoughts on the trauma re-lived while writing, struggles with health and stress, and her family: her parents, husband, and daughter Genesis, whom they adopted in 2011.

“That’s the hardest part of parenting,” Davis proclaims. “It’s impossible to protect your kids from the world. The only thing that I could do is give her what is in me.”

Early on in the piece, Lance Bottoms admits she can’t quite find the words for her “genuine” and “magical” conversation with Davis. But attempting to summarize her experience, she quotes the late, great Maya Angelou: “People will forget what you did, but not how you made them feel.”

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