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Travis Scott’s die-hard fans have helped him sell out his first major solo show since last year’s Astroworld tragedy. According to Complex, tickets for the rapper’s upcoming concert at London’s O2 Arena on August 6 sold out within hours of being released.

“Travis’ packed weekend performances and [the] fact that his O2 show in London sold out within two hours are just the latest signs that fan demand is sky high for the return of one of the world’s favorite artists,” Travis’ spokesperson told Complex. In an attempt to meet fans’ demands, the rapper’s added a second show, set to take place at the London venue on August 7.

Tickets for the concert are currently on sale.

As previously reported, Travis’ upcoming shows will be his first headlining performances since his Astroworld Festival ended in 10 deaths last November. He’s since taken steps toward increasing concert safety, launching Project HEAL — an initiative that aims to “take much needed action towards supporting real solutions that make all events the safest spaces they can possibly be” — and, most recently, stopping his Brooklyn concert to ensure that his fans were free from danger.

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Tupac Shakur’s estate brought his Powamekka Café to fruition in the wake of his death via pop-ups in Fresno, California, New York City and, most recently, Los Angeles. Thanks to a new partnership with LA’s Fixins Soul Kitchen, the restaurant will be extending its stay in the City of Angels for a few more days.

The pop-up started on June 16 and was initially scheduled to end June 30, but with the recent extension, the closing date has been pushed back to July 7. 

Prior to his untimely death, Tupac, known to the world as a rapper and actor, had also envisioned himself as a restaurant owner. In a handwritten note found by his family, he expressed his hope that the cafe would be a destination for “divaz” and “playaz,” “a passionate paradise 4 people with power 2 play and parlay” and “the perfect hideout 4 those who wish 2 escape the world’z cold reality.”

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One of the perks of being a global pop superstar — y’know, in addition to the money, the fame and the adulation — is that other stars will send you free stuff. Just ask Pink.

The singer just posted an Instagram video of herself opening up a package from none other than Gwen Stefani and revealing that it’s chock-full of items from Gwen’s new makeup line, GXVE.

“Uh, thank you beautiful woman that I love for my gorgeous presents!” sings Pink as she opens the box and admires the haul, which appears to include products for lips, eyes and cheeks. She then sings, “I cannot wait to try them and hopefully after I do, I look like you!”

In her post, Pink, who ironically is makeup-free, also models a red GXVE hoodie that was apparently part of the package.

It’s nice that Gwen took time out from celebrating her one-year anniversary of marriage to Blake Shelton to send Pink the gift.

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If you missed Adele‘s performance in Hyde Park, you might not have caught her small nod to Megan Thee Stallion when performing “Water Under The Bridge” — but Megan did!

Basically, Adele revived a year-old meme that mashed her song with the “Body” choreography Megan performed at the American Music Awards because they are perfectly in sync. The trend took off on TikTok, with people also busting the “Savage” rapper’s dance moves while listening to Adele.

So, when the powerhouse singer took over BST Hyde Park over the weekend, Adele joined in on the trend by pantomiming Meg’s moves when belting out “Water Under the Bridge.”

While fans were sent into a frenzy, no one was more delighted than Megan. The rapper shared the video to her Instagram Stories and declared, “Hot girl Adele.” She also included a heart eyes and crying laughing emojis.

The small exchange is igniting fans’ hopes that the two combine forces to recreate an even better version of the meme or come together to collaborate on an entirely new song.

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When you’re firing up the grill this summer, Tim McGraw has a few tips and tricks for making the best ribs.

In partnership with ButcherBox, a company that delivers organic meat, the country star is sharing his favorite recipe for making ribs fresh on the grill. The brine he uses includes dark brown sugar, finely ground espresso beans, chipotle pepper powder, smoked paprika and salt and pepper.

When it comes time to cook, Tim will brown the ribs first then put them on the top rack of the grill where he’ll baste them on high heat, noting that they come out “just as tender” as if he were to cook them for several hours. “For me it works pretty good,” he says in video as he’s working the grill.

Turns out, ribs are a favorite at the McGraw household, especially amongst he and Faith Hill‘s three daughters, Gracie, Audrey and Maggie.  

“My girls ask for ribs. I spend a lot of time on the grill with ribs because they love them,” he describes. 

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Bring Me the Horizon has premiered a new single called “sTraNgeRs.”

The track, which the English rockers dedicate to “everyone who’s been to hell and back,” is available now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video, which sports some pretty gnarly body horror, is streaming now on YouTube.

“sTraNgeRs” follows BMTH’s 2021 single “DiE4u.” Both tracks will presumably be included in the upcoming second entry in Horizon’s Post Human series, following 2020’s Post Human: Survival Horror.

Meanwhile, Bring Me the Horizon has released a number of collaborations lately, including with Machine Gun Kelly, Tom Morello, Sigrid and Ed Sheeran.

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DJ Khaled has been known to denounce “they” — a general group of haters and critics who seemingly expressed doubt about his talents and success. Now, he’s dedicating a project that will do the same — while crediting God for all he’s accomplished.

On Wednesday, the producer revealed the title for his upcoming album, which will officially be called God Did.

Alongside a montage of personal moments and BTS clips from the album-making process, he wrote, “I made this album for all the believers and non believers. They didn’t believe in us…do you?”

Fans of Khaled may be familiar with the name of his upcoming album, as the producer has used the phrase on several occasions, including on the intro to Fivio Foreign’s “B.I.B.L.E. Talk.”

“They wanna put chains and handcuffs on us/So we made sure we got baguette chains and baguette bracelets,” he says on the track. “They ain’t believe in us, God did.”

As of now, the release date for God Did has not been disclosed, but DJ Khaled promises it’s “coming soon.” He’s also teased potential collaborations with the likes of Drake, Future and Lil Baby, who have all been captured with him in the studio.

God Did will serve as the follow-up to KHALED KHALED, which dropped in April of last year.

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Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has been sentenced to a 10-month “intensive corrections order” after pleading guilty to drunk driving, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The punishment allows Johns to serve his time in the community, as opposed to in jail. His sentence also forbids him from driving for the next seven months and requires an alcohol-reading interlock device be installed in his car for two years after that.

As previously reported, Johns crashed his vehicle into a van carrying two people on Australia’s Pacific Highway in March and was charged with drunk driving after testing three times higher than Australia’s legal blood alcohol content limit. The people in the van were treated on the scene.

Following the incident, Johns announced that he was admitting himself to rehab.

Silverchair, which released the RIAA double-Platinum album Frogstomp in 1995 when Johns was only 15, has been inactive since going on hiatus 2011. Johns then went on to form the band Dreams in 2018 alongside fellow Australian Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun. He released a new solo album, FutureNever, in April.

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