The lineup for Montreal, Canada’s, Osheaga Music Festival is here, with Billie Eilish, The National and more on the bill.
The festival, happening August 4 to August 6 at Parc Jean-Drapeau, features Eilish headlining Saturday night, the same night The National are set to play.
Other headliners for the festival include Kendrick Lamar and Rüfüs Du Sol, with the lineup also featuring The Flaming Lips, FOALS and Japanese Breakfast.
Three-day passes are on sale now, with single-day tickets going on sale Saturday. More information, including the complete lineup, can be found at oshega.com.
Jax had a full-circle moment in Times Square. She shared a throwback video of her at age 14 “singing in Times Square, trying to get noticed.” Jump to today, the 26-year-old’s “face is on a billboard” to promote her new song “Cinderella Snapped.” She commented, “Is this real life” with a sobbing emoji.
Looks like Lil Nas X is going to be on a new edition of The Late Late Show‘s Carpool Karaoke segment with James Corden. Daily Mail shared snaps of the two cruising around in a car that was rigged with cameras. It is unknown when the segment will air.
Jennifer Saunders appeared to shade Madonna when talking about aging. The 64-year-old actress said on the special Kathy Burke: Growing Up, “I’m not fighting [aging] with all my might … When you start doing too much, where is it going to end? Madonna is all I have to say.”
And another actress talked about Madonna — Goldie Hawn. She told Varietydisgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein cheated both of them out of a film adaptation of the Broadway musical Chicago in the ’80s by making the characters younger than they were. “Harvey basically undermined me and Madonna,” she said. The film was eventually made in 2002, staring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Meghan Trainor supported Jamie Lee Curtis‘ call for singers to put on matinee concerts. The actress petitioned artists to do shows around noon so she can “be home and in bed by 7:30.” Meghan, who has a 1-year-old child, commented on the post, “I agree.”
Rod Stewart still wants to know if you think he’s sexy, because he made quite the fashion statement Down Under. Daily Mail snapped photos of the singer rocking custom black Gucci fur lined Ugg boots as he stepped off an airplane in Australia. He signed autographs for fans who greeted him as he palled around Perth.
Michael Bublésays Canada needs to step up its airports. The singer arrived in Sweden and saw the airport proudly displayed all the famous people from the country. He says Canada needs to do the same, but admitted, “This is really a Petition to have a pic of my GIANT face greet every international traveller at the baggage claim, carousel 8, in #YVR and every other Canadian airport.”
Comedian Jennifer Saunders appeared to shade Madonna when talking about aging. The 64-year-old actress said on the special Kathy Burke: Growing Up, “I’m not fighting [aging] with all my might … When you start doing too much, where is it going to end? Madonna is all I have to say.”
And another actress talked about Madonna — Goldie Hawn. She told Variety disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein cheated both of them out of a film adaptation of the Broadway musical Chicago in the ’80s by making the characters younger than they were. “Harvey basically undermined me and Madonna,” she said. The film was eventually made in 2002, staring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Meghan Trainor supported Jamie Lee Curtis‘ call for singers to put on matinee concerts. The actress petitioned artists to do shows around noon so she can “be home and in bed by 7:30.” Meghan, who has a 1-year-old child, commented on the post, “I agree.”
The Cure recently announced a new North American tour, their first tour on the continent in seven years. To make sure their fans are able to get tickets, they just announced their ticket policy, which is being instituted in an attempt to keep tickets away from scalpers.
“We want the tour to be affordable for all fans, and we have a very wide (and we think very fair) range of pricing at every show,” the band shares. “Our ticketing partners have agreed to help minimize resale and keep prices at face value. Tickets for this tour will not be transferrable.”
If for some reason a ticket holder is unable to use the ticket, there will be the option to sell them at face value on a fan-to-fan ticket exchange.
This will be the policy in all states except New York, Illinois and Colorado, where, according to The Cure, “they actually have laws in place to protect scalpers.” These laws prohibit making tickets nontransferrable. The band, however, is encouraging fans in those states to only buy or sell their tickets at face value on ticket exchange sites.
And since the Ticketmaster Verified Fan sale doesn’t begin until Wednesday, The Cure has also warned fans that if they see any tickets already on sale on the secondary market they “are very likely to be fake,” adding they will work with Ticketmaster to cancel any legitimate tickets found on these sites.
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James Taylor has a treat in store for his fans. The singer announced that on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET he’ll stream a “rarely seen” classic concert on YouTube.
James Taylor – In Concert will feature a 90-minute show filmed August 19, 1979, at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
And after Friday’s debut, fans who missed the initial airing will be able to watch it on demand on Taylor’s YouTube channel for seven days.
Fans will soon be able to see Taylor perform live, in person. He is scheduled to hit the road on a new tour this spring, with dates kicking off with a two-night stand in Woodinville, Washington, May 25 and 26. A complete list of dates can be found at jameestaylor.com.
Lil Yachty‘snew album, Let’s Start Here, was supported with a press run featuring what may be the last few interviews he’ll ever do. Taking to Twitter Thursday night, he announced that he may do away with interviews because his comments are being misconstrued.
“I think ima all around just stop doing interviews,” he wrote, “because the things I say are never understood as intended.”
Yachty’s interviews have seen the rapper discuss the inspiration behind his new album, its reception, his career beginnings and the growth he’s experienced as an artist. He’s also talked about his upcoming tour, his friendship with Drake and more.
Reba McEntire kicked off the final leg of her Reba: Live In Concert tour March 9 with a sold-out show in Jacksonville. The 14-city trek will wrap up on April 15 at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. Go to Reba’s website for tickets and the full list of dates.
Thompson Square has released a summery new song, “Without You.” Written by Tim Nichols, Anthony Olympia and Brent Rupard, the feel-good track will be the duo’s new radio single and will hit country airwaves on May 1. “When picking songs for an album, it’s always hard because you want to release the best possible music for your fans. Sometimes a song comes along that fits so perfectly you know right away that you have to record it – ‘Without You’ is one of those songs,” Thompson Square’s Keifer Thompson says of the track.
Jo Dee Messina‘s music is available on vinyl for the very first time. Out today, Heads Carolina, Tails California: The Best of Jo Dee Messina is a compilation of the singer’s greatest hits and is pressed on a colorful limited edition 180-gram clear vinyl. Of this release, Jo Dee says, “It’s amazing to look at this list of songs and be able to capture those moments in time. To actually be able to hold my music on vinyl is such a gift!” Hits on the LP include “Bye-Bye,” “I’m Alright” and the title track. Fans can purchase the vinyl at Jo Dee’s online store.
At the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Priyanka Chopra Jonas had a few things to say about equality.
On the positive side, she noted that the series she was promoting, Citadel, from Avengers blockbuster directors Joe and Anthony Russo, represented the “first time” she’d been paid what her male co-star got.
Sitting with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, who called her “an innovator, a trailblazer,” she said, “I might get into trouble for [this], depends on who’s watching. I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years, and I have done about, almost 70-plus features and two TV shows. But when I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity with my male co-actor.”
Richard Madden is Chopra Jonas’ co-lead in the forthcoming spy series.
Referring to Salke, she wondered, “Would that have been a different conversation if a woman didn’t make that decision?” She marveled at “the ease in which Amazon Studios said, ‘That’s what you deserve, you are co-leads, that’s just fair.’ And I was like, ‘You’re right, it is fair,'” she recalled with a laugh.
Chopra Jonas continued, “I’m laughing about this, but it’s kind of nuts: [Formerly,] I put in the same amount of … investment and work, but I get paid much less.”
Chopra Jonas tied that personal anecdote into International Women’s Day and International Women’s History Month, arguing progress is only possible when more women are represented throughout the entertainment industry.
Priyanka also said to other women, “Let’s all succeed for each other. Let’s all be proud for each other, let’s all do business with each other.”
The Recording Industry Association of America has awarded Miley Cyrus multiple new Platinum and Gold certifications just in time for her new Disney+ concert special.
Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions)is now available on the streaming giant, in which “one-of-a-kind performances are threaded together with exclusive interviews where she provides insight to her new album and the person she is today,” as described by the streamer.
In addition to that, Miley is celebrating some major nods from the RIAA, such as her 2009 track “Party in the U.S.A.” earning 12 Platinum certifications.
In addition, she has two songs that earned three Platinum recognitions: “See You Again” and “When I Look At You.” Her songs “7 Things” and “Can’t Be Tamed” also went twice Platinum in this updated ranking.
Miley’s other 2009 hit, “Hoedown Throwdown,” also crossed over into Platinum territory after officially moving over 1 million units. That includes purchases, downloads and streams.
Moreover, 11 of Miley’s songs have earned Gold certifications. As her alter ego Hannah Montana, the songs “I Got Nerve,” “I’ll Always Remember You,” “If We Were a Movie,” “Life’s What You Make It,” “One in a Million,” “Ordinary Girl,” “True Friend,” “Who Said” and “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” earned Gold recognition.
Meanwhile, two other songs credited under her real name went Gold: “I Miss You” and “Start All Over.”
All this good news coincides with the release of Miley’s new album, Endless Summer Vacation. It is her eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2020’s Plastic Hearts.
She also released the music video for one of the album’s new tracks, titled “River,” on Friday.
If you’re looking for LinkinPark, their song “Lost” can be found on top of Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay.
The band’s latest release, “Lost” has reached the summit of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It’s the first time they’ve been number one on that chart since 2014 with “Until It’s Gone.” “Lost” took just four weeks to reach number one, the fastest climb for a Linkin Park record since 2007’s “What I’ve Done.”
“Lost” is also Linkin Park’s first number one on this chart since lead vocalist Chester Bennington died in 2017, and it’s a posthumous achievement for the late singer: He and Linkin Park recorded “Lost” during the sessions for 2003’s Meteora. It wasn’t released until this year as the first single from the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of the album, due out April 7.
In addition, “Lost” is now in its fourth week at number one on Billboard‘s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
Meteora, which hit number one upon its release in 2003, has sold 16 million copies worldwide. It spun off multiple hits, including “Numb,” “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint” and “From the Inside.”
As previously reported, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda dropped a solo single Friday: “In My Head,” from the movie Scream VI.
