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Among the many Nine Inch Nails fans flocking to their ongoing Peel It Back tour is Nathan Fielder.

The Nathan for You and The Rehearsal creator attended the “Closer” band’s stop in Vancouver on Sunday and met up with returning drummer Josh Freese backstage.

“The NIN tour has kicked off and been amazing,” Freese writes in an Instagram post. “But I had to share a photo of me super fanning out on @nathanfielder after our show last night in Vancouver.”

Of course, that begs the question: are Nine Inch Nails really on tour, or is this whole thing just some elaborate ploy? After all, Fielder created an entire fake singing show in the latest season of The Rehearsal in an effort to prove a point about aviation safety, which makes more sense if you watch the show.

Real or not, the Peel It Back tour continues Tuesday in Seattle. It marks NIN’s first tour with Freese back behind the kit since his departure from the band in 2008.

Freese rejoined Nine Inch Nails following his two-year stint with Foo Fighters.

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A Chris Brown fan and her mother were recently gifted with the ultimate experience. Influencer Zachery Dereniowski aka MD Motivator teamed with Chris and his daughter Royalty Brown to deliver a multipart prize to the mother-daughter duo.

In a recap of the experience, a 13-year-old named Gabby recognizes Royalty and poses for a photo with her. She and her mother are then presented with the option to purchase a $1 mystery ticket for the opportunity to see what is in a “Breezy Bowl.” Gabby’s mom pays Zach $5 and is presented with a bowl in which they find $10,000.

Royalty then delivers the news that Chris would like to meet them after they enjoy the night at his concert. “This is the best night of my life,” Gabby says from the crowd at Chris’ concert. She also shared a few words about the influence Chris has had on her dancing.

Following the show, Gabby and her mom met Chris, who had another surprise in store for them: a brand-new car. He told Gabby to continue dancing and to never give up.   

Chris is on the road as part of his Breezy Bowl XX Tour, which celebrates 20 years of his career. The next stop is New Jersey, where he’ll performing two nights at MetLife Stadium.

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After breaking through with his hits “back to friends” and “undressed,” sombr has announced his debut album.

I Barely Know Her, co-produced and written entirely by the 22-year-old artist born Shane Michael Boose, will be out Aug. 22. It’s now available for preorder. In addition to “back to friends” and “undressed,” the album includes sombr’s recent single “12 to 12.”

The album will drop a month before sombr kicks off his North American headlining tour, which begins Sept. 22 in Charleston, South Carolina. He’s also been nominated for two MTV VMAs; that ceremony takes place Sept. 7.

Here’s the track listing:

“crushing”
“12 to 12”
“i wish i knew how to quit you”
“back to friends”
“canal street”
“dime”
“undressed”
“come closer”
“we never dated”
“under the mat”

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Lori Harvey is joining the cast of Reasonable Doubt.

Onyx Collective has announced that the entrepreneur and beauty mogul is joining the hit Hulu legal drama series in season 3.

Harvey will serve as a recurring guest star in the upcoming season, which premieres its first two episodes on Sept. 18. She will play Chelsea, who is described as “an unpredictable force with a troubled past that resurfaces to challenge Jax in unexpected ways,” according to a press release.

The upcoming season 3 finds Jax Stewart enjoying some hard-earned peace in her life after she fought to save her best friend from a life sentence and is also healing from her own deadly affair.

“When a former child star finds himself in a heap of trouble, Jax seizes the opportunity to spice up her daily routine,” the season’s logline reads. “But when her client’s personal life turns out to have all the drama and danger of a Hollywood movie and Jax’s own professional future comes under threat from a charismatic associate at her firm, can Jax clear her client’s name without losing the personal and professional successes she’s worked so hard for?”

Harvey previously acted in the 2024 limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Peacock. She is the daughter of Steve Harvey and Marjorie Harvey.

She joins the Reasonable Doubt ensemble cast that includes series regulars Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey and Joseph Sikora.

New episodes of Reasonable Doubt season 3 will stream Thursdays on Hulu starting on Sept. 18.

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After devoting “a huge chunk of my last year” to working on his book with co-writer Holly Gleason, Kenny Chesney‘s volume titled Heart Life Music is finished. 

“What they don’t tell you is how much goes into polishing, how many times you’ll read it… or how many moments you’ll have to leave out,” the superstar reflects. “But for me, I really wanted to send a love letter to all the places and characters along the way that made this journey such an incredible ride.”

Kenny promises “snapshots of my journey, vignettes of my soul” tracing his 1991 move from East Tennessee to Nashville and beyond.

“When I look back, I can’t believe the people I’ve met, the stories I’ve heard and the music I’ve been able to hear from songwriters, other artists, as well as all the songs I’ve been fortunate enough to cut,” he says.

Heart Life Music comes out Nov. 4, about the same time Kenny will be officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 

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Since Teddy Swims and his partner, Raiche Wright, announced the birth of their first child in June, we haven’t seen the little boy on Teddy’s socials — until now.

On his Instagram Story Monday, he posted a photo of himself shirtless, lying down with the baby sleeping on his chest. “Less than 12 hours till I see you buccee and I can’t even sleep son I love you so much,” he wrote in the Story.

Teddy may have been referring to the fact that his next concert is Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, and he’s from nearby Conyers, Georgia, so he’ll presumably get to visit with his loved ones while he’s in town.

Teddy and Raiche haven’t announced the baby’s name yet, but “buccee” is a nickname they gave the baby when he was still in the womb. As Teddy explained on The Kelly Clarkson Show, that’s because they found out they were expecting while they were wearing newly purchased adult onesies from Buc-ee’s.

Raiche has shared a few photos and videos of the baby since he was born on June 23, but she’s kept his face hidden. 

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Tucker Wetmore, Chris Lane, Tiera Kennedy and Fancy Hagood are set to play the upcoming Wags & Walks Benefit Concert in Nashville. The show will take place Oct. 7 at SkyDeck on Broadway. 

The previous benefit raised more than $300,000 to help rescued animals and find them forever homes. After six years in Music City, Wags & Walks has saved 6,000 animals. 

Tickets are on sale now, with more artists to be added to the lineup in the coming weeks.

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Anderson .Paak‘s drum performance at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show was the result of his determination to be onstage. As a recent guest on Drink Champs, he shared that he’d asked Dr. Dre if he could be part of the lineup after seeing a flyer for the event.

“They had already dropped a flyer for the Super Bowl. I was not on that s***,” Paak recalls. “I hit Dre direct. ‘Dre, what the f***? Let me get on that joint. Let me play drums, something. I gotta get in there some way. … He said, ‘Hey, it’s all good.’”

Paak says he then found a way to make light of the situation and jokingly created a flyer with his face on it.

“I showed it to [Dre]. He started cracking up. He was like, ‘Make sure they know it’s a joke,’” Paak says. 

The joke later turned to reality, as Paak played the drums to “Lose Yourself” during Eminem‘s set, which he says “went off without a hitch.”

Though he intended to “be straight-faced” while performing, Paak says the opposite happened when the moment arrived. “As you can see, I had the biggest f****** smile the whole time,” he tells Drink Champs. “I tried. I was hyped.”

Dr. Dre performed alongside Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show. 50 Cent appeared as a surprise guest.

In other Paak news, he spent the weekend performing at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival, where he was joined by surprise guest E40.

E40 performed “Tell Me When to Go” and his verse on Big Sean’s “I Don’t F*** With You” before Paak made another request, according to the SF Chronicle. “Promise me we’re going to do a record tonight. We need to make a song for the city.”

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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco attended a wedding over the weekend, but you can understand how Selena’s post about the event might have confused SZA.

The lovebirds who got married were actually Dave Burd aka Lil Dicky and his longtime girlfriend, Kristin Batalucco, but Selena captioned the post, “About last nights wedding.” Considering that Selena and Benny are engaged, it’s no wonder SZA wrote in the comments, “This caption .. I panicked so crazy yay dave !!!”

Rachael Ray added, “girl you and me both!”

Benny and Selena are all dressed up in the post, but Dicky and Kristin are clearly the bride and groom. Dicky considers Benny his best friend; Benny played himself in an episode of Dicky’s show Dave.

As for Selena and Benny’s own wedding, during her recent appearance on the Therapuss podcast she said she “couldn’t be more excited” about it, but noted they haven’t made any plans yet.

“There’s so much happening at the moment with [Benny] working on some projects that he has to wrap up and we just have things we want to finish and our own personal endeavors before we get into all the nitty-gritty,” she explained.

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