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Bon Jovi’s Forever Tour is bringing out the celebs.

After Paul McCartney showed up to take in the New Jersey band’s second night at Madison Square Garden on July 9, fellow Garden State rocker Bruce Springsteen was there to catch night four on Tuesday.

Jon Bon Jovi posted backstage photos of the band with The Boss. Like the band did with photos of McCartney, Jon captioned the Instagram post, “Did This really happen? Yes, it did.”

Bon Jovi has five more nights at Madison Square Garden, with the next show on Thursday. The Forever Tour then heads to the U.K. for shows in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland, before wrapping the tour with three nights in London.

And for fans who didn’t make it to MSG to see the shows, it seems they will eventually get to at least listen to them. The Bon Jovi website reveals that live recordings of the MSG shows, as well as shows from the Bon Jovi archives, are “coming soon.”

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Fresh off her performances at the BET Awards and Essence Festival, Cardi B will be taking the stage again.

She’s been tapped to headline the 2026 Create & Cultivate Festival, “the world’s largest festival for women in business,” according to an Instagram post. The event is set for Sept. 19-20 in LA.

“ANNOUNCING THIS YEAR’S HEADLINER MUSICAL PERFORMER: CARDI B!⁠” read the post on the event’s page. “Known for redefining what it means to build a multi-dimensional career across music, fashion, beauty, and business, Cardi B embodies the bold entrepreneurial spirit at the heart of Create & Cultivate.⁠”

Tickets are available on Create & Cultivate‘s website.
 

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Gospel music is making its way to Sin City: the first gospel music residency in almost 60 years was officially announced Wednesday. The Legends of Gospel will feature The Clark Sisters, Fred Hammond and Deitrick Haddon performing at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

“Gospel has never had a true home on the Las Vegas Strip — until now,” said Neal Carter, spokesperson of IKON Presents, which teamed with Holly Carter, president and CEO of Relévé Entertainment, to bring the residency to life. 

Carter, who also serves as the show’s creator and executive producer, added, “For years, I have envisioned bringing Gospel to Las Vegas on this scale. To now unite legendary artists in a groundbreaking residency is more than a milestone, it’s a moment. And I thank God for it. I finally get to fully step into my creativity and bring this vision to life.”

The residency will kick off Oct. 8; tickets will become available on Friday. Additional dates will be announced in the coming months.

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Gospel music is making its way to Sin City: the first gospel music residency in almost 60 years was officially announced Wednesday. The Legends of Gospel will feature The Clark Sisters, Fred Hammond and Deitrick Haddon performing at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

“Gospel has never had a true home on the Las Vegas Strip — until now,” said Neal Carter, spokesperson of IKON Presents, which teamed with Holly Carter, president and CEO of Relévé Entertainment, to bring the residency to life. 

Carter, who also serves as the show’s creator and executive producer, added, “For years, I have envisioned bringing Gospel to Las Vegas on this scale. To now unite legendary artists in a groundbreaking residency is more than a milestone, it’s a moment. And I thank God for it. I finally get to fully step into my creativity and bring this vision to life.”

The residency will kick off Oct. 8; tickets will become available on Friday. Additional dates will be announced in the coming months.

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If you’ve been eager to snatch tickets to Ariana Grande’s London stage debut, you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer.

Ticket sales for the Stephen Sondheim musical revival Sunday in the Park with George, starring Ariana and her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey, have been pushed back until the fall. They were supposed to go on sale in May.

The show is still set to debut at London’s Barbican Centre in summer 2027.

In the meantime, Ari’s been busy with her Eternal Sunshine tour, which wraps Sept. 1 with a 10-night stand at London’s O2 Arena.

Last week it was learned that Ariana will no longer appear in season 13 of American Horror Story, due to changes to the shooting schedule that conflicted with her tour.

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The Shins frontman James Mercer has written a new picture book titled Book of Dreams.

The book, which was illustrated by Jacob Escobedo of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, is due out March 2, 2027.

“Dreams were something my daughters and I talked about all the time,” Mercer says in a statement. “I wanted this book to capture the feeling of moving through those strange nighttime worlds where anything can happen and emotions feel larger than life. Working with Jacob brought the whole thing into a place that felt even more vivid and alive than I originally pictured.”

The book will also be accompanied by a lullaby composed and performed by Mercer.

The Shins, meanwhile, recently celebrated the band’s 30th anniversary with a limited-edition vinyl single. They’ll launch a tour with Weezer in September.

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Gunna’s dedication to health and wellness has earned him a feature in Men’s Health. Speaking with the mag, he says his fitness routine now goes hand in hand with his music career.

“I’m in a good space, a good mental space right now,” he says. “It’s not just because of the music. It’s because of the discipline. It’s because of the journey. I feel like it goes together now. Can’t do one or the other. Fitness and music go together for me.”

Exercise, he says, has made him a better performer onstage.

“Working out helps me as a performer with my breathing, my stamina,” he explains. “I can move more, engage more, and give my full energy.”

Gunna began his fitness journey by running and quickly noticed how it strengthened his discipline in other areas of life.

His transformation began to inspire others, prompting him to start his Wunna Run 5K clubs. Since September 2025, they have taken place in Toronto, Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, London, Johannesburg, Houston and Los Angeles.

“People wanted to be more educated on the workout tip and the health journey,” he says, adding that he’s become an inspiration for many in the Black community.

“We were not taught fitness like that,” Gunna says. “You got to be, like, that one who really didn’t go and hang out with the other friends. You stayed in the backyard and played basketball. You kept going to practice, to the football field. It wasn’t for everybody.”

With the Wunna clubs continuing to grow, along with his newfound tennis hobby and becoming a co-owner of Flerish Hydration, Gunna has no plans to slow down — and no idea what the future holds.

“Sometimes you do things and you don’t know the purpose till later,” he says.

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Michelle Branch is reimagining her past.

The singer is releasing an EP, Everywhere and Back Again, that celebrates her 25-year career and revisits some of her old songs in a new way.

The first of those reimaginings is “The Game of Love,” out Wednesday, featuring New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander. The new version is produced by Alexander, who wrote and produced the original track in 2002.

The EP will also include “Everywhere,” “All You Wanted,” “Goodbye to You” and “Breathe” — each featuring collaborations with artists across different genres.

“Getting to hear these songs, many I wrote as a teenager, performed by friends and peers that I so greatly admire has been such a ‘pinch me’ moment as a songwriter,” Michelle says in a statement. “Suddenly these adolescent songs about love lost and found take on an entirely new meaning and weight when sung by artists of all different genres and in a different era.”

She adds, “Being able to celebrate a 25 year career while firmly believing my best work is still ahead of me is the dream of any artist. And having fans that have grown up beside me who are still listening and still care after all these years is the greatest gift. Thank you all for helping me celebrate.”

The Everywhere and Back Again EP comes out Nov. 6. Michelle will kick off tour dates Sept. 27 in Seattle, Washington.

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