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Nike is pressing pause on the release of its collaboration with Travis Scott “out of respect” for the victims of Astroworld.

The footwear company sent out a statement via its official sneaker release app, “SNKRS,” notifying fans of the decision on Monday.

“Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 × Cactus Jack,” the update reads. There was no mention of a new release date. 

For this latest collab, Nike and Scott’s Cactus Jack Records united to create the “Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,” a pair of brown and tan Air Max 1’s. They were scheduled to be released on December 16 with a $175 price tag. 

“The Air Jordan I celebrates Travis Scott, hip-hop artist, record label founder and Houston, Texas native,” the description on Nike’s website explains. “Details on the shoe, including a reverse Swoosh and hidden pouch, help set this edition of the storied sneaker apart for the rapper and producer, and for Cactus Jack Records.”

The delay comes after 10 people died and hundreds were left injured after a crowd surge during Scott’s set at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas on November 5. More than 100 lawsuits have since been filed against the rapper and its promoter, Live Nation, according to the New York Post.

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Tinashe enjoyed success and failure with a major label before going independent, and as she reflects on her career, she remembers that recording for a corporation made her lose her sense of identity.

“When you’re working with a company and there’s so many people that you have to please, you start to make these little tiny compromises here and there,” the “Throw a Fit” singer said in the Facebook show Face to Face with Becky G, according to People. “And before you know it, it’s too much and you’ve lost this sense of really who you are and what you want to do. I felt that in order to get that back, I needed to just do it on my own.”

In 2019, the singer launched her own label, Tinashe Music, and released her fourth studio album, Songs for You. Her latest album, 333, which dropped in August, is also on the label.

She says earlier in her career she was frustrated because, “I didn’t feel supported in my art and that’s when I really felt that I started to lose that confidence myself as a creative, because I felt that I had to make compromises to work in this business model.”

Tinashe recently wrapped up her 333 tour, and in addition to music, she’s expanding her brand. In October, the “2 On” singer launched her first shoe collection, in partnership with ShoeDazzle.

Face to Face with Becky G, featuring Tinashe, premieres on Facebook Watch on Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.

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Taylor Swift is sharing more details about her 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” which fans can hear now on her newly released rerecorded album Red (Taylor’s Version).

Speaking to E!’s Daily Pop, the Grammy winner touched upon the short film she directed to accompany the song, which starred actors Dylan O’Brien and Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink.

Taylor explained that being able to tell her story from behind the camera was a “real relief” to her, which made the moment “really special.”

“I’m so proud of it,” she said. “We really wanted to commit to creating sort of a tiny short cinematic universe for the song that the fans cared so much about. We have a 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ so I figured, why don’t we take this, really commit to it, expand upon it and I think it’s really beautiful how it ended up being.”

Taylor acknowledged the nostalgic undertones in both the song and short film, telling the outlet, “I think one of the nostalgic things about this for fans is going back in your life for where you were when that album came out.”

As for why the coming-of-age film is resonating with her fans, Taylor remarked, “You have one foot in childhood, one foot in adulthood, and you don’t quite know where to stand and how fragile it makes you in that moment. We go through life, we get our hearts broken.”

She says her fans aren’t the only ones experiencing flashbacks and admits, “I’m just feeling lots of nostalgic feelings but all the memories I’m feeling are with the fans over the years in concert. It’s really a celebration of that bond that we have.”

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In a time of struggle and divisiveness, Zac Brown Band is looking to music as a way to bring people together, particularly with their song “Same Boat.”  

Looking at the current political landscape, frontman Zac Brown says he and his group wanted to use the uplifting song — which offers such lyrics as, “We could all believe what we believe/ And peacefully agree to disagree/ But you can’t judge a man/ Until you walk a country mile in his shoes” — as a symbol of unity. 

“We wanted to make something that helped to remind people of why we’re the same, when the politics and everything wants to rip our country in half,” Zac expresses. “And I don’t buy into all that. I think we’re more resilient than that, and I think that the pendulum is going to swing.” 

The Grammy winner also views music as a powerful tool to bring people from all walks of life together, serving as a healing force. 

“Music is one of those great healers…[It helps] us get through things,” Zac notes. “It’s kind of the soundtrack for our lives, so when we look back, if you think of a song that you really love and you hear it, [it] takes you right back to where you were when you first listened to it, absorbed it. So music’s powerful.” 

“Same Boat” is on track to become the group’s next #1 single, currently sitting at #3 on country radio. 

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While many artists ended up making albums during the COVID-19 lockdown just to have something to do, Rod Stewart says his new album, The Tears of Hercules was something he’d planned to do anyway, and the events of the past year and a half didn’t impact it at all.

“I was always going to [make the album]. I actually started before the pandemic, but it did give me a lot more time,” he tells ABC Audio. “I must admit, it gave me a lot more time to do everything! It didn’t in any way…what’s the word?…send the album in any particular direction.”

“I had a few tears, but I had my kids here to cheer me up,” Rod adds. “Otherwise, I sailed through it pretty easily. I’m lucky: I have a lovely big house and swimming pool and football pitch…I’ve got everything here, so we didn’t go out much. The pubs were closed. That made me sad!”

The Tears of Hercules is Rod’s fourth album of original songs in eight years, but it does include a few covers: the 1967 Soul Brothers Six classic “Some Kind of Wonderful,” which he says he’s “always wanted to do;” a Johnny Cash song, “These Are My People,” which he’s “turned into a tribute to the Scottish nation,” and the title track.

It was written by Marc Jacobs, who wrote Rod’s smash “Rhythm of My Heart,” and Rod says of the unusual title, “It grabs your attention straightaway.”

“I can mean so many things, but to me, it simply means — especially in this day and age — [that] a grown man can and should be able to cry if you wish to,” he explains. “You know, the pandemic, or illness, or whatever it is, you’ve got to let those tears flow. It’s healthy!”

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LILHUDDY has announced a new streaming concert dubbed The Teenage Heartbreak Experience.

The virtual event will feature a performance of the “21st Century Vampire” rocker’s new album, Teenage Heartbreak, in its entirety for the first time since it was dropped in September. You can tune in to watch starting December 5 at 9 p.m. ET via the streaming platform Moment House.

For ticket info, visit MomentHouse.com/LILHUDDY.

While you’re waiting, you can also watch LILHUDDY starring in Downfalls High, the musical film based on Machine Gun Kelly‘s Tickets to My Downfall album.

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Three Days Grace has announced a 2022 U.S. headlining tour.

The outing begins April 19 in Huntsville, Alabama, and will run into May. “Anarchy” rocker Lilith Czar will open most of the dates, while an April 21 show in St. Augustine, Florida, will feature support from Black Veil Brides, Motionless in White and Ice Nine Kills.

Tickets go on sale this Thursday, November 18, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ThreeDaysGrace.com.

Three Days Grace’s most recent album is 2018’s Outsider, which spawned the singles “The Mountain,” “Infra-Red” and “Right Left Wrong.” Last year, they released a cover of the Gotye hit “Somebody That I Used to Know.”

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Oasis has dug up previously unreleased footage of the “Wonderwall” performance from the first of the band’s two historic concerts at England’s Knebworth Festival in 1996.

The video is featured on the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release of Oasis Knebworth 1996, a new documentary that explores the significance of the Knebworth shows. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.

Oasis Knebworth 1996 premiered in theaters this past September. It’ll be released as a concert film and live album on November 19, and will be available to stream via Paramount+ that same day.

Former band mates and estranged brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are both executive producers on the film.

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