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The 20th anniversary celebration of Alicia Keys‘ Unplugged continues.

MTV has announced they will replay the performance on air through Sunday across MTV Live, MTVU and MTV Classic in the U.S., as well as several international channels. Excerpts from the concert event will also be included in this week’s “Fresh Out” playlist, with graphics encouraging people to watch the entire Unplugged episode on Paramount+.

MTV’s Unplugged announcement is Alicia’s latest act celebrating 20 years of the album. She previously performed songs from the album at Broadway’s Shubert Theater and at Jungle City Studios in New York City. She also released Unplugged 20th Anniversary, a 2-LP black vinyl edition of the album featuring live footage of the original 2005 concert.

It marked Alicia’s first-ever live recording and the first by a female artist to top the Billboard 200.

An album featuring live songs from her set was released in October of that year and was nominated for the best R&B Grammy.

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Tate McRae‘s latest album, So Close to What, has been RIAA certified Platinum for sales of 1 million units. Three songs from the album have also been certified Platimum: “It’s ok I’m ok,” “Revolving door” and “Sports car.” Another track, “2 hands,” has been certified Gold for sales of 500,000 units. The Canadian star’s Miss Possessive tour wraps up Nov. 8 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

Ed Sheeran wants everyone to know that what Taylor Swift said about him on The Tonight Show is true. While appearing on the show Monday, Taylor told Jimmy Fallon the reason she didn’t call Ed to tell him she was engaged is that he literally doesn’t own a phone. Taylor said, “You have to email him and then if you wanna set up a FaceTime, he has to find an iPad — they have to give it to him like he’s a child, they give the iPad to him.” When the Tonight Show TikTok posted the clip, Ed wrote in the comments, “Hello from my allotted iPad time, this is factual.” 

Speaking of Taylor Swift, Billboard reports that her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has now sold 3 million copies, according to data tracking firm Luminate. As previously reported, in its first day of release it sold 2.7 million copies. The only album that has ever sold more in a single week since Luminate began electronically tracking data in 1997 has been Adele‘s 25, which sold 3.378 million copies in its first week in 2015.

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“Single Again” hitmaker Josh Ross made his U.S. TV debut Tuesday on Live with Kelly & Mark, performing his new single, “Hate How You Look.”

Russell Dickerson is following up his #1 “Happen to Me” with his new radio single, “Worth Your Wild,” from his Famous Back Home album.

The season 2 trailer for Happy’s Place, starring Reba McEntire, is out now, ahead of the show’s Nov. 7 premiere on NBC.

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Pooh Shiesty has been granted an early release from prison. He was initially set for an April 2026 release, but according to records from the United States Penitentiary, Canaan, is no longer in custody. 

As previously reported, Pooh, born Lontrell Donell Williams Jr., had been serving a five-year, three-month sentence after pleading guilty to a single federal firearms conspiracy charge related to a 2020 robbery and shooting in Miami, Florida. The plea saved him from a potential life sentence and resulted in three other related charges getting dropped. 

Videos of Pooh seemingly celebrating his release have circulated the internet. Pooh’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, has since teased the rapper’s next moves.

“@poohshiesty is ready….wait until you see hus comeback. He will be bigger than ever. I am always glad to see a client start the climb back up to elite status. Always kept it [100],” Cohen wrote on Instagram Tuesday.

“The government wanted 10…he got 3,” the lawyer continued. “I always think there is a plan for people and his story isnt over its just starting.”

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Louis Tomlinson is opening up about the death of his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, who died last year after falling from the balcony of his hotel in Argentina. 

Speaking with Rolling Stone UK for a cover story, Louis said that it was “really uncomfortable” to mark the 15th anniversary of the formation of 1D earlier this year, because it was the first one the band celebrated without Liam. Still, Louis noted, “The [collective] feeling to celebrate is as important, if not more important than ever, on behalf of Liam.”

“You know, there’s still a level in my head [where it feels] unjust and frustrating that he’s not with us anymore,” Louis continued. He added that the anniversary “just brought up those feelings, although I’m still living with them anyway.”

“It was really, really, impossibly difficult for me to deal with losing Liam. Naively, I thought that because at this point, I’m relatively well versed in grief for my age, that it might soften the blow,” said Louis, whose mother and sister died in 2016 and 2019, respectively.

But he admits, “[That was] super-naive. It’s very different. I’ve never lost a friend before.”

Louis said that within the group, Liam was the “safest pair of hands” due to his previous musical experience.

“We were all just so amateur, but he was already where he needed to be by the time he did his first [X Factor] audition,” Louis said. “[W]e all looked up to him like that.”

Asked what he’d want fans to know about Liam, Louis said, “He was just a very misunderstood person, I think, from a public perspective. … He was someone who just wanted to be liked.”

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Megan Moroney‘s in New York City to be on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, but she’s already been hanging out with some big stars in the Big Apple.

On Monday night she joined pop superstar Ed Sheeran at Kid Super, the storefront of the Brooklyn, New York, clothing brand he did a collaboration with for his new album, PLAY. 

“Played a secret show with @megmoroney tonight at @kidsuperin Brooklyn,” Ed wrote on Instagram. “The rule was deep cuts, song for song, until the end where we played some of our hits. I loved it so much, thank you Megan for your time and being up for the idea. I’m such a fan, you rock.”

“Loved every minute of tonight!!! Thank you for putting this together,” Megan replied in the comments.

In Ed’s Instagram Reel, you can see him and Megan sitting on folding chairs with acoustic guitars, surrounded by a small crowd of fans, singing “Camera.” Megan posted a video of her performing “Beautiful Things,” which hasn’t been officially released yet, and Ed singing his hit “Castle on the Hill.”

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Ed Sheeran is always popping up when you least expect him. 

On Monday night he dropped by Kid Super, the storefront of the Brooklyn, New York, clothing brand he did a collaboration with for his new album, PLAY. But he wasn’t alone: He had chart-topping country star Megan Moroney with him, which he documented on Instagram.

“Played a secret show with @megmoroney tonight at @kidsuper in Brooklyn,” he captioned the post. “The rule was deep cuts, song for song, until the end where we played some of our hits. I loved it so much, thank you Megan for your time and being up for the idea. I’m such a fan, you rock.”

“Loved every minute of tonight!!! Thank you for putting this together,” Megan replied in the comments. She’s best known for her hits “I’m Not Pretty,” “Tennessee Orange” and “Am I Okay?”

In Ed’s Instagram Reel, you can see him and Megan sitting on folding chairs with acoustic guitars, surrounded by a small crowd of fans, singing “Camera.” Megan posted a video of herself performing “Beautiful Things,” which hasn’t been officially released yet, and Ed singing his hit “Castle on the Hill.”

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J.I.D released the official music video for his track “Sk8,” filmed at legendary roller rinks in his hometown of Atlanta.

The video celebrates the roller skating culture and community in the city, and features cameos from Atlanta stars Jermaine Dupri, Jasper, Queen Flip and more. Ciara and Earthgang, who are actually on the record, also appear in the Maya Table-directed visual.

“Sk8” is one of 15 tracks on J.I.D’s latest album, God Does Like Ugly. He’s set to tour the album on a global headlining trek that kicks off Oct. 15 in Virginia Beach and will see him perform at some of the biggest venues of his career, a press release states. Young Nudy will join him as a special guest on all U.S. dates.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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