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New Kids on the Block will be “Hangin’ Tough” in Las Vegas in 2026.

The boy band has just added 16 new dates to their THE RIGHT STUFF residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, bringing the total number of dates there next year to 24. To announce the extension, the group went to Las Vegas’ famous Little White Wedding Chapel, where they received the keys to the Las Vegas Strip and then “married” the city for the long term in a mock ceremony.

The new dates, which are scheduled for June, July and October, will go on sale Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. PT. A fan club presale starts Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. PT; a Citi presale begins that same day at noon PT via citientertainment.com. Other presales will run through Nov. 20.

New Kids member Donnie Wahlberg said in a statement, “What we’ve built here in Vegas, together with our incredible [fans, the] Blockheads, feels truly magical. The energy in that room each night — the lights, the lasers, flying up to the balcony to see all our blockheads dancing and singing along — is so far beyond anything we’ve ever done before.” 

He added, “Vegas has been so welcoming to us, we couldn’t leave just yet! We are having the absolute best time and are so excited and honored to be asked to extend our stay here.”

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Foo Fighters performed the live debut of their new single “Asking for a Friend” during their show in Monterrey, Mexico, on Wednesday.

“That’s the first time we’ve ever tried that one live,” frontman Dave Grohl told the cheering audience after the song ended.

The set also included a rare performance of The Colour and the Shape deep cut “Hey, Johnny Park!,” which the Foos hadn’t played live since 2021.

The studio version of “Asking for a Friend” premiered in October. It marks the second new original Foo Fighters song of 2025, following “Today’s Song,” which debuted in July. The most recent Foo Fighters album is 2023’s But Here We Are.

Foo Fighters will play Mexico City on Friday. They’ll launch a world stadium tour in 2026, first in Europe in June before coming to North America in August.

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Lady Gaga is having a good week: On Nov. 7 she was nominated for seven Grammys, and now she’s landed on the cover of Rolling Stone for the fourth time in her career. In the cover story, Gaga discusses her Mayhem album and tour, her relationship with fiancé Michael Polansky and more.

According to Rolling Stone, Gaga and Polansky, who got engaged in 2024, plan on “getting married soon, either during the tour or just after.” Polansky tells the publication, “We have these breaks, and they’re tempting. It’s like, ‘OK, can we get married that weekend?’ We don’t want a really big wedding, but we want to enjoy it. In a lot of ways, we already feel married, so it’s not like it’s gonna change much.”

And after marriage will come children. “Being a mom is the thing I want the most,” Gaga says. “And [Michael is] gonna be a beautiful father. We’re really excited about that.”

But being happy and in love — what she describes as a “healthy, whole person” — has been a long journey for Gaga. “I did A Star Is Born on lithium,” she shares, adding that after shooting that film, she had what she calls “a psychotic break.”

“I couldn’t do anything … I completely crashed. It was really scary. There was a time where I didn’t think I could get better.…  I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.”

While making Mayhem, she notes, “It was months and months and months of rediscovering everything that I’d lost. And I honestly think that’s why it’s called Mayhem. Because what it took to get it back was crazy.”

She adds, “Being in love with someone that cares about the real me made a very big difference.”

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Ozzy Osbourne was hospitalized two weeks before his farewell performance at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, his family says.

“We had him in the hospital, and we were just terrified that people were going to find out,” Sharon Osbourne says in the newest episode of The Osbournes Podcast, the first since Ozzy’s death on July 22.

“We had all this security in the hospital, and the hospital was amazing, they really were,” Sharon adds.

Sharon also tells a story about someone coming to the hospital claiming to be the brother of a John Osbourne, which was Ozzy’s birth name. Concerned that the person was an imposter and was trying to finagle his way into seeing Ozzy, Sharon sent down security, only to find out there was another patient in the hospital whose name was also John Osbourne, and the visitor was there to see him.

Despite the hospitalization, Ozzy performed at the Back to the Beginning concert with his solo band and his original Black Sabbath bandmates. He’d already announced ahead of time that the show would mark his final live performance, a promise that he sadly fulfilled upon his passing just over two weeks later.

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Artists including Radiohead and Iron Maiden have signed an open letter calling for the U.K. government to put a cap on the price of which concert tickets can be resold on secondary market sites.

The letter, published by the U.K. consumer rights organization Which?, requests governmental protections to “help fix elements of the extortionate and pernicious secondary ticketing market that serve the interests of touts [resellers], whose exploitative practices are preventing genuine fans from accessing the music, theatre and sports they love.”

“For too long certain resale platforms have allowed touts to bulk buy and then resell tickets at inflated prices, forcing fans to either pay above the odds or miss out entirely,” the statement reads. “This erodes trust in the live events sector and undermines the efforts of artists and organizers to make shows accessible and affordable.”

It continues, “Introducing a cap will restore faith in the ticketing system, help democratize public access to the arts in line with the Government’s agenda and make it easier for fans to spot illegal behavior, such as ticketing fraud.”

Other artists who signed include Coldplay, The Cure‘s Robert Smith, Sam Fender, PJ Harvey, Mark Knopfler, New Order, Bastille, Johnny Marr, Keane and alt-J.

You can read the letter via Which.co.uk.

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You can add Kelsea Ballerini, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Old Dominion, The Red Clay Strays and Chris Stapleton to the list of performers who’ll take the stage at the 59th Annual CMA Awards. 

Kelsea will debut her new song, “I Sit in Parks,” while Riley will deliver his #1, “Worst Way.”

Old Dominion will perform a medley of their hits, including “Break Up With Him,” “Memory Lane,” “One Man Band,” “Hotel Key” and “Snapback.”

Miranda and Chris will have “A Song to Sing,” while Chris will also offer a solo performance of “Bad as I Used to Be” from F1: The Movie. The Red Clay Strays will do “People Hatin’.”

They join previously announced performers BigXThaPlug, Luke Combs, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Shaboozey, Zach Top, Tucker Wetmore, host Lainey Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr.

You can tune in to watch Country Music’s Biggest Night live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. 

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In the new trailer for her Disney+ docuseries, Taylor Swift says she created the Eras Tour so she could “overserve” her fans — and in it, you can definitely see her doing the most.

The six-episode series The End of an Era debuts with two episodes on Dec. 12 on Disney+ and as promised, it takes fans behind-the-scenes of the Eras Tour, which Taylor reveals she conceived two years before it actually started.

You see Taylor rehearsing choreography, planning the set list, getting into the famous “cleaning cart” that took her to the stage unseen every night, changing outfits at lightning speed and riding a trolley underneath the stage with her now fiancé Travis Kelce while kissing him. “He brings a lot of happiness,” says Taylor’s mom.

You can also see Taylor with some of her special guests, including Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, and rehearsing the moment when Travis carried her onstage in London during The Tortured Poets Department segment of the show. 

“This was a seismic, momentous period of time in my life and in the lives of anyone this tour touched,” says Taylor. 

Also on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET, ABC will air a preview event featuring episode 1 of The End of an Era, and a one-hour version of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, the full version of which also debuts on Disney+ that same day.

On Instagram, Taylor wrote of the series, “Honestly can’t think of a better way to celebrate my (almost) birthday than to relive the Eras Tour with you!”  Her birthday is Dec. 13.

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While some country stars prefer to keep their awards away from their family life, others take inspiration from seeing their accolades on display in everyday life. 

For Rascal Flatts‘ Jay DeMarcus, his trophies are front and center, though that has a lot to do with the decorating choices of his wife, Allison DeMarcus. 

“When we bought the house that we’re in right now, we have a big fireplace in our living room in the center of the room,” Jay says. “It’s a stone fireplace, which is really cool.”

“And on either side of it are these glass shelves that are lighted that my wife was so sweet to put all of my awards on either side of this fireplace,” he continues. “So, they’re in our living room there.”

Jay has quite a collection: Rascal Flatts won their first CMA trophy for new artist in 2002 and went on to win vocal group of the year six consecutive times, from 2003 to 2008. 

They’re nominated once again this year at the 59th CMA Awards, which air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. 

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