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The holiday season officially begins at Dollywood on Saturday, as the East Tennessee park kicks off its annual Smoky Mountain Christmas celebration on Nov. 1. 

“When I want to get in the Christmas spirit, all I have to do is close my eyes and remember all the cherished times and stories with my family through the years,” the park’s inspiration, Dolly Parton, says. “I’ve found that Christmas at Dollywood has a way of bringing those memories back to life – for me and so many people – by having a way to make new traditions and spend precious time with all the people that we love.”

This is the 35th year for the yuletide festival, which features more than 6 million lights, as well as Merry and Bright! fireworks at the end of select nights. 

“This year’s Smoky Mountain Christmas is a perfect way to finish the end of our 40th anniversary season – it’s like the star on top of our Dollywood tree!” Dolly continues. “I hope everyone who visits during this special season experiences the love and joy of a traditional Smoky Mountain Christmas. We hope you laugh, love and enjoy the light of the season.”

The Wildwood Grove section of the park will transform into a winter wonderland with the immersive Snow in the Grove experience, while the Country Fair area will become Peppermint Valley. 

Guests will also be able to spot Dollywood’s Christmas characters, Roly and Poly, and enjoy shows like “Christmas in the Smokies,” which has played the Celebrity Theater every year since 1990.

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas runs through Jan. 4, 2026.

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Verzuz returned Saturday with a showdown between No Limit Records and Cash Money Records. Juvenile, B.G., Mannie Fresh and Birdman showed up for Cash Money, performing songs including “400 Degreez,” “Bling Bling,” “Slow Motion,” “Project Chick” and “Real Big.” Representing team No Limit were Master P, Mia X, Silk the Shocker and former signee Snoop Dogg, who surprised fans with a performance of C-Murder‘s “Down 4 My N*****.”

Drake celebrated his 39th birthday Friday at the World Series, cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays. “What up, what up. Biggest 6ixer, live from — oh you gotta see the Jays at the bottom — live from the World Series on my birthday,” Drake said in a video shared to MLB’s social media. “You see the whole city came out tonight. Shout out to the Jays. We’re down right now, but we’ve been here before.” The Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-4.

Summer Walker has revealed her upcoming release, Finally Over It, is “a 2-part album about the choices we have left when true love feels impossible.” “One side chooses me, the other sacrifices love completely,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside the vinyl cover art. Finally Over It arrives Nov. 14.

While at the SKVLK Fest hosted by Jamie Foxx and his daughter Anelise Bishop, a fan threw an object at GloRilla onstage, prompting her to issue a warning. “I don’t care how young you is,” she said. “You can get your a** beat.” Jamie then came to her defense, saying, “Who did it? … You throw some s*** in my house? In my crib? Nah, man, that ain’t cool though. … Should we just pull the plug?” Glo eventually returned to the stage and performed “TGIF” and “Yeah Glo!”

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Tame Impala‘s new album is called Deadbeat, but you wouldn’t think that for its chart debut.

The latest effort from the Kevin Parker-led outfit starts at #4 on the Billboard 200 with a total of 70,000 equivalent album units, 37,000 of which were traditional album sales.

Tame Impala previously charted in the top five of the all-genre chart with 2020’s The Slow Rush and 2015’s Currents, which peaked at #3 and #4, respectively.

Deadbeat marks the fifth Tame Impala album, and the first in five years. It includes the single “Dracula.”

Tame Impala will launch a U.S. tour in support of Deadbeat Monday in New York City.

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On This Day, Oct. 27, 1975…

New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines, becoming the first artist to ever appear simultaneously on the magazines’ covers.

Time’s article featured the headline “Rock’s New Sensation,” while Newsweek went with “Making of a Rock Star.”

The simultaneous covers were engineered by Bruce’s then-manager Mike Appel, and followed the August release of his third studio album, Born to Run, which was a breakthrough hit for the rocker.

The surrounding publicity behind the covers resulted in some backlash against Springsteen, who reportedly did not like the attention.

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Florence + the Machine has shared a new song called “Sympathy Magic,” a cut off the band’s upcoming album, Everybody Scream.

The track is accompanied by a video that begins with a NSFW shot of a naked Florence Welch standing on top of rocks in a field. That’s streaming now on YouTube.

Florence also just performed “Sympathy Magic” on NBC’s The Tonight Show.

Everybody Scream, the follow-up to 2022’s Dance Fever, drops Friday. It also includes the previously released title track, which serves as the album’s lead single, and the track “One of the Greats.”

Florence + the Machine will launch a 2026 U.S. tour in support of Everybody Scream in April. Presales begin Nov. 3 at noon local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. local time.

(“Sympathy Magic” video contains uncensored nudity.) 



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Demi Lovato is bringing her new album to her fans live in 2026.

The “Fast” singer has announced the It’s Not That Deep Tour of North America, which will launch April 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is set to wrap up May 25 in Houston. In between, Demi will visit Toronto, Boston, New York, Dallas, LA, Detroit, Denver and Las Vegas, among many other cities.

You can sign up for the presale via Ticketmaster by Oct. 28 at 10 p.m. ET; it begins Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. local time.

Citi and American Express presales start Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. local time. VIP packages will also be available at VIPNation.

On Instagram, Demi wrote, “i can’t wait to get back on the road with you and dance to these songs together night after night …
this is gonna be so much fun, i can’t even contain it… SEE YOU SO SOON.”

Demi gave fans a preview of what to expect on the tour at a Oct. 25 performance at the Hollywood Palladium. She’s posted multiple videos of the performance on her Instagram Story.

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Radiohead will launch a European tour in November, ending their seven-year hiatus from the live stage. Speaking to the U.K.’s The Times about the comeback, guitarist Ed O’Brien shares, “I was nervous going into rehearsals because I was effectively over Radiohead.”

“It wasn’t great on the last round. I enjoyed the gigs but hated the rest,” O’Brien says. “We felt disconnected, f****** spent. It happens. This has been our whole life — what else is there? Look, success has a funny effect on people — I just didn’t want to do it any more. And I told them that.”

O’Brien adds that he went through a “deep depression” since the last Radiohead tour, culminating in 2021 when he “hit the bottom.”

“One of the things that was lovely coming out of it was realizing how much I love these guys,” O’Brien says. “I met them when I was 17 and I have gone from thinking I can’t see myself doing it again to realizing that, you know, we do have some stellar songs.”

Radiohead will be playing many of those songs during their tour, which will feature different set lists each night. Frontman Thom Yorke came up with a list of 65 potential tracks they could play on the tour, “Which we’re all frantically learning,” says guitarist Jonny Greenwood.

“Then Thom will turn up and say, let’s not do half,” Greenwood adds.

The tour will also feature Radiohead performing in the round for the first time since 1993. As for what happens next for Radiohead — new music, perhaps? — Greenwood replies, “I don’t know.”

“We haven’t thought past the tour,” Greenwoods says. Yorke adds, “I’m just stunned we got this far.”

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Ashley McBryde is extending The Redemption Residency at Neon Steeple at Chief’s in Nashville into 2026.

The “One Night Standards” hitmaker has just announced eight more shows, with three different themes, starting Jan. 22 and going through April 18. 

The January and March concerts will be solo acoustic nights focused on storytelling, titled “Just Me and My Shadow.”

Ashley will devote the February shows to her character-driven songs in a set called “Postcards from Lindeville.”

April’s “Mixtape from the Mixed Up Years” will be all covers, showcasing “the music that made us want to make music.”

Presales for Ashley’s new Redemption Residency dates start Tuesday, before tickets go on sale to the public Friday. 

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau‘s relationship seems to be “roaring” along: The two stepped out together as a couple in Paris.

TMZ had photos of the two walking out of the famed Crazy Horse Paris cabaret club hand-in-hand and smiling on Oct. 25, which happened to be Katy’s birthday. 

The two were first rumored to be dating in July, when they were seen sharing a meal at a restaurant in Montreal. Then, photos appeared of the two smooching on a yacht off the California coast.

Katy and her fiancé Orlando Bloom, the father of her daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, split in June. Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire, broke up in 2023 after 19 years of marriage.

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