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Tyla has found bliss on the chart with her new single, “Bliss” — but she’s also happy when she’s back home in South Africa. In fact, she’s got a lot of ideas for places you can visit if you ever decide to go there.

Tyla was born and raised in Johannesburg, and one of that city’s areas is the first place she’d send you to. “I mean, you have to visit Soweto, that’s kind of like a given,” she says of the historic township that’s been depicted or mentioned multiple times in movies, music and literature.

“I feel like you would love Cape Town, the way it looks, the vibe, the ocean, the wine tours,” she says of the country’s legislative capital and oldest city. “[And] Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was in prison. There’s a lot of like tours where you can learn about apartheid and everything. So South Africa is a good tourist place.”

And on the lighter side of things, Tyla recommends, “Gold Reef City, it’s like a theme park,” plus game drives and safaris. South Africa is one of the top countries for safaris, being home to the world-famous Kruger National Park.

Tyla will soon find herself far from South Africa, though. On Thursday she performs at a festival in Poland along with acts like Gracie Abrams, Lola Young, Camilla Cabello and Gigi Perez. On Saturday she’ll play Denmark’s famous Roskilde Festival. Later in the month she’ll grace festival stages in Norway and Barbados.

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Anthrax is playing Saturday’s massive Back to the Beginning concert in Birmingham, England, which will mark the reunion and farewell for Black Sabbath‘s original lineup and Ozzy Osbourne‘s final live performance ever.

“It’s so crazy to me that we get to be a part of this and they want us there,” guitarist Scott Ian tells ABC Audio. “Like, they feel like we will bring something to the table and that we deserve to be there.”

Over the years, Ian and company have gotten to know some of the Sabbath members — Anthrax even toured with an incarnation of the “Iron Man” legends back in 1986. Still, Ian’s inner 12-year-old fanboy can’t get over that he’s invited to perform at Sabbath’s last show.

“I remember the first time I ever heard Black Sabbath,” Ian says. “I play guitar the way I do because of Tony Iommi, and I’ve been listening to this band my whole life. So it’s just so amazing that we get to be a part of this celebration with the original lineup.”

When Saturday arrives and it’s time to take the stage in Birmingham, Ian predicts that “it’s gonna be a very emotional day.”

“I don’t even know how I’m gonna feel when we’re up there playing,” says drummer Charlie Benante. “It probably will go by really quick. I’m gonna try and grasp it and enjoy it as much as I could.”

“We’re gonna have so many friends there and all the other bands,” Ian adds, laughing, “We’re all gonna be saying the same s***: ‘Can you f****** believe this?'” 

The Back to the Beginning lineup also includes Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm and Alice in Chains, among many others. The concert will stream live online.

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Pierce the Veil‘s 2007 debut album, A Flair for the Dramatic, is being reissued on vinyl.

The band’s first label, Equal Vision Records, has announced a repress of the LP on three different variants: black, twister and yellow/brown marble.

You can order your copy now via EqualVision.com.

Pierce the Veil released their first two albums on Equal Vision before hopping over to their current label, Fearless Records. Their most recent album is 2023’s The Jaws of Life.

Pierce the Veil wraps up the first leg of their U.S. tour Tuesday in Los Angeles. The second leg kicks off in October.

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Sabrina Claudio‘s new album, Fall in Love With Her, is based on her personal experiences — a different approach for the singer, who has ghostwritten songs for other artists over the years. Speaking to Billboard, she shared that the album-making experience “wasn’t as much of a challenge as I thought it was gonna be.”

“I think the fear of it being a challenge is what stopped me from doing it. I’m pretty private in my general life. Ever since I was a little girl, I was writing songs from things I’ve never experienced, so that’s how I’ve always written music,” she explains. “As an adult, it became I don’t want to expose myself. Also, I don’t really be dating like that.”

Sabrina says she worked with songwriter Nasri, who “pushed the envelope on the sound and things I never spoke about.”

“I think people can feel it. I’m so excited for the shows,” says Sabrina, who is set to hit the road with Big Sean and Russ starting July 8.

“The thing I love about Russ, and why I thought it made sense to me, was that even though genre-wise we’re in different categories, his lyrical content and what he’s about make us very similar. The fans we bring to the shows enjoy the same thing. We just like to be in our feelings. Expect a lot of emotions,” Sabrina tells Billboard.

She notes she’s “trying to consolidate six bodies of work” into a possible 30-minute set that will feature some new songs and her band, and will hopefully attract some new fans.

Fall in Love With Her is available on streaming services.

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Doja Cat is spilling the details on her new album in a cover story for V Magazine.

The singer reveals the album called Vie – which means “life” in French – will be out this fall. She calls it an ‘80s-inspired “pop-driven project,” on which she both sings and raps about “love, romance and sex.”

“I think right now, you hear a lot of songs about breakups, and a lot of songs about how we’re just kind of sick of men,” she tells the mag. “I have a song like that on this album. But the thing is, there are so many ways to talk about that feeling — like, ugh, men.”

She continues, “This album is very much about love in a way that reflects how I want it to be in the future — my hope, my hopefulness. What I hope it could be.”

Doja’s last album, Scarlet, came out in 2023 and debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

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Scooter Braun is stepping down as HYBE America CEO.

After four years at the entertainment and media company, HYBE announced Tuesday in a press release that Braun is transitioning out of the role to pursue a new venture, but will remain as one of the “company’s largest individual shareholders.”

He will also serve as a senior adviser to the chairman and CEO and as director of HYBE’s board of directors.

Isaac Lee takes Braun’s place as CEO for HYBE America, which manages BTS, NewJeans, KATSEYE and more. Lee had been leading HYBE Latin America as chairman since November 2023.

In a statement shared in the press release, Braun said that his experience at HYBE was “one of the most inspiring chapters of my professional journey.”

Braun also called HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk a “true visionary and a musical genius” and said that he is “incredibly proud of our collective accomplishments.”

He added that he looks forward “to supporting Chairman Bang and CEO Jason Jaesang Lee in their continued success as I step into what’s next.”

Braun, who is known for previously managing Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Dan + Shay, became HYBE America CEO in June 2021, when his holding company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, was sold to HYBE.

It’s unclear what’s next for Braun, but Bang Si-Hyuk offered his well-wishes for Braun.

“Scooter has been an extraordinary partner, a visionary executive, and a true catalyst for cultural exchange,” he said in a press release. “His contributions have been vital in establishing our ambitious presence in the U.S. market. I am deeply grateful for his leadership, his astute instincts, and his unwavering passion for artists. We wish him immense success in his exciting next chapter and look forward to continuing our partnership in executing HYBE’s global vision.”

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Here’s something we can’t make up: Ozzy Osbourne makeup.

The Prince of Darkness has announced a collaboration with the company Jolie Beauty, which is based in Black Sabbath‘s hometown of Birmingham, England.

“We’re not slowing down, this collab’s a one-way ticket on the Crazy Train,” reads a post on the Jolie Beauty Instagram. “No brakes. No rules. Just pure, unfiltered rock ‘n’ glam mayhem.”

The exact details of the collection have yet to be revealed, but you can sign up for more info via JolieBeauty.co.uk.

Perhaps Ozzy will be sporting Jolie Beauty makeup when he takes the stage for Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning reunion/farewell concert, taking place Saturday in Birmingham. The show will mark Ozzy’s final live performance of his career.

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Mariah Carey may have had her fans feeling emotions as she provided an update on her upcoming 16th studio album.

During a live broadcast celebrating Apple Music’s 10th anniversary, she talked to Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden about what to expect from her following the release of her single “Type Dangerous.”

“What is next? Well, it’s the album coming out,” she said. “I don’t want to tell too much about it because I just don’t want to reveal the whole thing.”

She shared that she’s completed the album, which has 11 or 12 songs, including some Mariah ballads. It will also feature the second single, which she says is coming soon.

“I’m very excited about it. It’s very summery. I like the beat as well,” Mariah teased of the track.

She also discussed sampling Eric B. & Rakim‘s 1986 track “Eric B. is President” on the album’s lead single, “Type Dangerous.”

“I’ve always loved ‘Eric B. is President.’ It wasn’t something like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna flip this’ — I just wouldn’t think of doing it,” Mariah says, according to Billboard. “But then we were in this restaurant in Aspen and they had different music on, and they played ‘Eric B. is President’ and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh! I love this song!’ We ended up in the studio a couple months later and we did it.”

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A Day to Remember has premiered the video for “All My Friends,” a single off the band’s new album, Big Ole Album Vol. 1.

The clip reflects the party vibe of the song as Jeremy McKinnon and company hit the bar and have a fun night out. It ends with a cameo from professional wrestler Seth Rollins, who takes a flamethrower to the bar as the song gets to the “Burn it down tonight” part.

You can watch the “All My Friends” video streaming on YouTube.

Big Ole Album Vol. 1 first dropped in February as a surprise physical-only release. It then came to digital platforms in March.

A Day to Remember will launch a U.S. tour alongside Yellowcard in September.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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