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After scrapping a July 17 concert at The Forum in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, because of a case of COVID-19 in their camp, Foo Fighters have now rescheduled the show.

The new date is Thursday, August 26, the band announced on Tuesday, and tickets to the original show will be honored on that date. The July 17 show was to have been the venue’s first full-capacity show in over a year. 

Dave Grohl and company announced on July 14 that “despite having made every effort to follow CDC Covid protocols and local laws, there has been a confirmed Covid-19 case within the Foo Fighters organization.”

Their statement went on to say, “Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and most of all the fans, Saturday’s show at the Los Angeles Forum is being postponed to a later date.”

On June 20, the band played the first full-capacity show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, where all ticket buyers were required to be fully vaccinated.

 

 

 

 

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Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. and Live Nation Urban have announced a second showcase for H.E.R.’s California-based Lights On Festival. 

The second show will take place in Brooklyn, New York, and include performances from R&B vocalists such as Ari Lennox, Queen Naija, Chloe Bailey, Lucky Daye, West Coast natives Blxst and Victoria Monét and newcomer Joyce Wrice.  

To join her at the Barclays Center, H.E.R. recruited a few special guests and past collaborators such as Bryson Tiller, Skip Marley, Tone Stith, and R&B veterans Maxwell and SWV.

H.E.R.’s Lights On Festival made its debut in 2019 with performances from Daniel Caesar, Summer Walker, and more, while the 2020 festival was postponed due to the pandemic.

The 2021 Bay Area Festival takes place September 18-19 at the Concord Pavilion, featuring live art installations, R&B Museum, Guitar Lounge, rides, attractions, and additional performances from Erykah Badu and Keyshia Cole.

The New York Lights On Festival goes down on October 21-22. For more information, visit lightsonfest.com.

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A few years ago, Zedd took Architectural Digest on a tour of his Beverly Hills mansion, complete with a Skittles machine and a COSTCO room. Now, he’s looking to sell the dream property.

According to the real estate site Dirt, the DJ/producer has put his sprawling modern home on the market for $26.5 million. He paid $16 million when he bought the home five years ago.

Since buying the place, Zedd has made all kinds of upgrades, including a custom-designed soundproof movie theater and nearly-finished professional recording studio.

The property includes a long driveway that crosses a moat before reaching the five-bedroom, nine-bathroom main house. There’s also an indoor/outdoor gym, a billiards room that houses the aforementioned Skittles vending machine, an infinity-edge pool and spa and more.

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When Dolly Parton drops the limited edition of Dolly Parton: Songteller in Octoberl, fans will have access to two songs that have never been shared before.  

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, Limited Edition will come with a pink vinyl record featuring a pair of unreleased songs, “I Don’t Care” and “The Fall,” with the lyrics printed on the back. The special version of the book is also housed inside a denim-wrapped clamshell box and features a ribbon bookmark.

Originally released in 2020, Songteller chronicles the stories behind the lyrics of more than 100 songs from Dolly’s catalogue, including “Jolene,” “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You,” alongside photos and other memorabilia gathered during her more than 60-year career.

The limited edition is available for pre-order now.

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Justin Bieber has become the youngest solo artist to hit 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“Stay,” his song with The Kid LAROI, debuted at number three this week, officially bringing his career-spanning total to 100 at 27 years, four months and three weeks of age.

Justin surpasses Drake, who previously held the title for scoring 100 career entries on the chart when he was 28 years, 11 months and two weeks old in 2015. Drake currently has the most Hot 100 hits of any artist, with 235.

Lil Wayne is the third youngest soloist to have scored 100 Hot 100 hits, doing so when he was 29 years, five months and three weeks old in 2012.

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Viola Davis is ready to tell her story, in her own words.

On Tuesday, HarperOne announced that Davis’ forthcoming memoir, Finding Me, will be released on April 19, 2022 in partnership with Ebony Magazine Publishing. Described as a story of “overcoming,” Davis’ book will share details of her “incredible, inspiring life from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present-day career.”

“I’m an artist because there’s no separation from me and every human being that has passed through the world. I have a great deal of compassion for other people, but mostly for myself,” Davis says in a statement.

Davis’ recent Best Actress Oscar nomination for her work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom made her the most-nominated Black actress in the history of the Academy Awards.  Already an Oscar winner for her starring role in the 2016 film adaptation of August Wilson‘s stage drama, Fences, Davis also won an Emmy for ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, and Tony Awards for her Broadway performances of Fences and King Hedley II. 

This year it was announced she’ll executive-produce and star in the Showtime anthology series First Ladies, where she will portray former first lady Michelle Obama.  She’ll next be seen in The Suicide Squad, debuting in theaters August 5.

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Next year, Pearl Jam will finally be able to tour behind their most recent album, 2020’s Gigaton, but guitarist Stone Gossard is already looking ahead to the band’s next record, which he says may be a distinct left turn for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.

Referring to some of the more unexpected moments from Gigaton, like “Dance of the Clairvoyants,” Gossard tells Kerrang!, “There’s some new territory there, and I think it bodes well for whatever comes next. I think we’re still scratching the surface in terms of what really could be significantly different sounding songs.”

“I guess I would probably compare [what I’m thinking of] to an OK Computer/Kid A moment, thinking about Radiohead’s transformation and the journey that they went on,” he adds.

Of course, OK Computer marked a huge change, stylistically, sonically and lyrically, for Radiohead, and the 1997 album is now hailed as one of the greatest of all time. But Gossard won’t go as far as to say the next Pearl Jam album will be that disruptive.

“It’s not going to be OK Computer, obviously, but a moment where we stumble onto something that is significantly different…that prospect always intrigues me,” he explains to Kerrang!. “I’d like to make another record that really shocks people – that makes them go, ‘Wow, that’s unexpected!’”

Pearl Jam’s 2021 concert schedule consists of several appearances at front man Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival, which is running over two weekends: September 24-26, and October 1-2.  Pearl Jam will headline the festival’s September 26 date, as well as both October dates.

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Two Bruno Mars concerts at MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas — part of Bruno’s ongoing residency in Sin City — have been called off for this Friday and Saturday due to “unforeseen circumstances,” reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

No reason was given for the scrapped shows; when the Review-Journal asked if the reason was COVID-related, a hotel spokesperson declined to give the paper any additional information.

Those dates have been rescheduled to August 27-28. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new dates, or fans can receive refunds through August 13.  However, fans who purchased the Luxury VIP Experience “A Trip to Mars” must call to make other arrangements.  Those packages, which include premium seats, hotel accommodations, special merchandise, food and beverage credits and other amenities, ranged in price from $2500 to $6529 — and they were all sold out.

Bruno has two shows scheduled for July 30-31 as well, but a source tells the paper that they’re now “up in the air.”

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Summer Walker took to Instagram Monday to share a preview of new music from her forthcoming album.

“Comment [with a broken-heart emoji] if you ready to smoke, cry & sing lol,” Walker captioned a video of herself playing a track in the studio.

Fans in the comments shared dozens of broken-heart emojis and commentary about the song, in which Walker sings about being hurt from a relationship that didn’t work.

“I’m freaking ready,” wrote one fan, while another said, “I’m ready, girl, even though I’m still rocking hard with the last album. I’m ready. Please keep the energy.”

Meanwhile, others are hoping the singer plans to follow up her 2019 debut album, Over It, and her 2020 EP, Life On Earth, with her sophomore album.  

“So basically, we getting an album? Is that what you, saying,” asked one fan, while another said, “Release the album. We want the damn album.”

Many believe the song touches on Walker’s relationship with her daughter’s father, London On Da Track. Despite welcoming their daughter in late March, the two recently called it quits on their relationship.  

“That music gone hit with or without a [man]. I love it,” one fan wrote, while another said, “Let me go ahead and pre-order my tears!”

 

 

 

 

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