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Ariana Grande can barely contain her excitement about her upcoming stint on The Voice.

In a social media post on Monday, the singer teased how much fun she’s already been having as the newest coach alongside Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and John Legend. She also shared a short behind-the-scenes clip of the first promo for season 21.

“hello and screaming !!!! cannot wait for everyone to see our first promo tomorrow for season 21 of @nbcthevoice !!!” she writes. “it’s…..the most ridiculous and fun.”

In the clip, Ari enters on a crescent moon and takes her place among the other coaches, who are sitting around a campfire. She’s a bit overdressed for camping, though.

“i adore these humans so much and am already an emotional wreck worrying about saying goodbye to everyone the day of the finale and nothings even happened or aired yet,” Ari continues in the caption. “but yes ! tomorrow ! first promo. i love these people and this crew and my TEAM OH MY GOD and everything about this.”

She concludes, “i can’t say anything else. but…simply cannot wait til we get started.”

Season 21 of The Voice premieres September 20 on NBC.

 

 

 

 

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Issa Rae is officially off the market. In a sarcastic Instagram post on Monday, the Insecure creator and star revealed she had married her longtime boyfriend Louis Diame over the weekend.

“A) Impromptu photo shoot in a custom @verawanggang dress. B) My girls came to help me, but they all coincidentally had on the same dress! They were sooooo embarrassed. C) Then I took a few flicks with Somebody’s Husband,” Issa joked in the caption of her post, which included a series photos from her destination wedding in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a commune in the South of France.

“Big thanks to @whiteedenweddings for being so gracious and accommodating and making this feel so real and special,” she added.

Rae’s marriage to Diame may come as a surprise to some of her fans. The couple has been known to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, though the Senegalese businessman has occasionally joined the actress on several red carpets over the years.

Rumors of their engagement first surfaced when Rae was spotted wearing a diamond ring in the cover photo of Essence magazine’s April 2019 issue. It was later confirmed by her Insecure costars Jay Ellisand Yvonne Orji that Issa and Louis were indeed together and planning to wed.

“We’re very excited for her,” Orji told Entertainment Tonight at the time, with Ellis adding, “We all found out in different ways because we’re all on different text chains. We talk at different times, so we all found out at different times in different ways.”

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Billie Eilish once again has the most pre-added album in Apple Music history, with Happier than Ever.

The “bad guy” star previously set the record with her 2019 debut album, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, which was then broken by The Weeknd‘s 2020 effort, After Hours. Now, Eilish has taken back the number-one spot with her much-anticipated sophomore effort.

According to Apple Music, Happier than Ever has tallied over 1,028,000 pre-adds. Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about the record, Eilish says, “That’s nuts. Wow, that’s nuts.”

“I hope it doesn’t disappoint,” she adds of the album. Billie also said she hopes fans will understand that she’s still “theirs.”

“I think that the hard thing is that we haven’t done shows. I haven’t had a way to actually prove to them that I’m still theirs. And I think that that’s tough and I think that it’s made them go crazy, and I totally understand it. And I feel the same. It’s made me go crazy too,” she explains to Lowe.

Happier than Ever, which features the singles “Therefore I Am,” “Your Power” and “NDA,” arrives this Friday, July 30.

Last week, Eilish announced Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, a concert film premiering September 3 on Disney+. She launches a tour in support of the album February 2022.

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John Mayer‘s new album of retro-inspired music, Sob Rock, has debuted at number two on the Billboard album chart.

It’s John’s 10th top-10 album. Every studio album he’s released, dating all the way back to his major-label debut, 2003’s Room for Squares, has reached the top 10, and so did his 2008 live album, Where the Light Is.

John launched Sob Rock with a ’70s/’80s inspired ad campaign, which stated, “John Mayer…had an idea: Why not make a record that feels like those unforgettable albums we grew up loving? It’s not easy to do. You’d basically have to be John Mayer to pull it off. But he is. And he did.”

John will hit the road on his Sob Rock tour next year, beginning February 17 in Albany, NY.  He wrote on Instagram, “Can’t wait to play these new songs. Hope to see you out there.”   That caption accompanied another retro-style ad, featuring a list of tour dates and a photo of John with the headline, “The one tall guy you won’t mind standing in front of you at a concert.”

If you want to see John before that, he’s touring this summer as part of the Grateful Dead spinoff band Dead & Company starting August 16.

 

 

 

 

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Metallica is going to Hollywood…Florida, that is.

The metal legends have announced a headlining concert taking place November 4 at the Sunshine State’s Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, July 30, at 10 a.m. ET. If you’re part of Metallica’s Fifth Member fan club, you’ll have access to an exclusive pre-sale beginning Wednesday, July 28.

For all ticket info, visit Metallica.com.

Earlier this month, Metallica announced a pair of hometown concerts taking place in December at San Francisco’s Chase Center in honor of the band’s 40th anniversary. Those shows are exclusive to Fifth Members.

Meanwhile, Metallica will be headlining the Louder than Life, Aftershock and Welcome to Rockville festivals this fall. They’re also playing the Global Citizen Live concert special in September, and Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium as part of the ATLive festival in November.

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After Kanye West‘s tenth studio album DONDA failed to materialize on Friday, reports have surfaced that the singer has set up shop in the most unlikely of places to finish the LP — Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

On Thursday, Ye held a sold-out listening event at the stadium with the intent of releasing the complete album a few hours later at midnight.  However, as of Monday, DONDA is still not out and it appears the Grammy winner is once again tweaking the album.

TMZ reports that the “Stronger” rapper has not left the stadium and has made the venue his new home until the studio effort is finalized.

The outlet reports that Ye’s team has renovated parts of the venue into a designated recording and living space.   Sources to TMZ say Kanye has, again, changed the album’s release date and anticipates to have DONDA out on August 6.

In addition, fans who attended the Atlanta United soccer game on Saturday snapped photos of Kanye walking around the venue.  In addition, Ye shared a video of the Saturday match to his personal Instagram, further backing up claims that he hasn’t left the stadium.

This marks the second time DONDA has been delayed.  Ye first teased the album in March 2020 and said it was originally slated to come out that July, but the offering never came.  It was later announced that the release was canceled because the rapper was further tweaking the LP.  

At last week’s NBA finals game, Ye confirmed DONDA‘s new release date, promising in a Beats by Dre commercial featuring sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson that the LP would drop on July 23.

Kanye has yet to reveal why he held off on releasing his album for a second time.

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Ingrid Andress is “Feeling Things” on her upcoming headlining tour.  

The “More Hearts Than Mine” singer is launching The Feeling Things Tour this fall, which finds her visiting theaters across the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. leg begins on September 27 in Boston at Royale and includes a stop at the famed Troubadour in Los Angeles on October 11 before wrapping in Pittsburgh on December 10.

Ingrid then jets across the pond for 13 shows in Europe early next year, beginning in Dublin, Ireland on January 18. Along the way, she’ll makes stops in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and more, finishing the tour on February 5 in Oslo, Norway. 

“I’m so excited to bring my debut album, Lady Like, to the stage and perform these songs that have been such a huge part of my life for the past few years,” Ingrid shares in a statement. “More importantly, I can’t wait to see all the fans that I’ve been missing for the last 18 months. As a songwriter, the human connection is one of my favorite parts of the whole experience of touring, so I’m really looking forward to that.”

The Grammy nominee will balance her headlining shows with an opening slot on Dan + Shay‘s The (Arena) Tour later this year. 

Visit Ingrid’s official website for the full list of tour dates.

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Chevelle has announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of the band’s new album, NIRATIAS.

The two-leg fall outing will run from September 1 in Kansas City, Missouri, to September 25 in Mankato, Minnesota, and then from November 4 in Milwaukee to November 21 in Pittsburgh.

“Well, we have to say we are pretty damn happy about a new year, a new album, and now, a new tour,” Chevelle says. “Here’s to seeing you all out there.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 30. Visit GetMoreChevelle.com for the full list of dates and all ticket info.

NIRATIAS, Chevelle’s ninth studio effort, was released in March. It includes the singles “Self Destructor” and “Mars Simula.”

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