Phil Collins turned 72 on Monday and his daughter, Emilyin Paris star Lily Collins, paid tribute to him with a sweet post on Instagram.
Lily shared a carousel of pictures showing just how much she and the Genesis frontman are alike, including photos of them both posing in a bathtub, wearing tuxedos and rocking overalls.
“Like father, like daughter. Happy birthday, dad,” she wrote. “Thank you for being a constant inspiration, constant laugh, and constant legend. I love you so much and am celebrating you big time today!”
Surprisingly, several of Lily’s fans seem to have been unaware that the rocker is her dad. As one noted, “Am I the only one just learning This is her dad ?! Doh.”
Ed Sheeran‘s Divide tour was the highest-grossing tour of all time — until now. Billboard reports that Ed’s pal Elton John has just taken over the world record.
Billboard reports that Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road has taken in $817.9 million across 278 shows — and the tour isn’t done yet. Billboard says it’s the first tour in its archives to earn more than $800 million. By comparison, Ed’s tour took in $776.4 million.
According to Billboard, it was Elton’s run of shows from January 8 through January 24 in Australia and New Zealand that allowed him to cross the finish line to the record-breaking milestone. Billboard notes that by the time the entire tour wraps up this summer in Europe, he’ll likely cross the $900 million mark.
Right now, Elton’s career total when it comes to concerts stands at $1.863 billion grossed and 19.9 million tickets sold. That’s the highest for any solo artist in Billboard Boxscore history.
The one record Elton doesn’t currently hold is most tickets sold for one tour. That record is still held by Ed’s Divide tour, with 8.9 million tickets, followed by tours by The Rolling Stones, Coldplay and Guns N’ Roses. Elton’s tour has sold 5.3 million tickets so far. While he probably won’t catch up to Ed by the time the tour is done, Elton might end up passing Coldplay and Guns N’ Roses.
Morgan Wallen‘s third album, One Thing at a Time, will arrive March 3, but you don’t have to wait that long for a preview. Three tracks — “Last Night,” “Everything I Love” and “I Wrote the Book” — will arrive Monday night.
Still, that’s barely a preview of the 36-song project that includes contributions from HARDY, Eric Church, Travis Denning, ERNEST, Miranda Lambert, Devin Dawson and Ryan Hurd, just to name a few. Morgan’s sister Ashlyne even sings harmony on the track “Outlook.”
“This record represents the last few years of my life, the highs and the lows,” Morgan says. “It also brings together the musical influences that have shaped me as an artist — country, alternative and hip-hop.”
“There are 36 songs on this album,” he explains, “because we just kept exploring with fresh lyrics, music and production ideas and these are the songs that felt right to me. It was a blast to create, and I was so grateful to be back in the studio to lay this out for my fans.”
It’s the follow-up to 2021’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which set an all-genre Billboard record as the longest-running top 10 album by a solo artist. So far, it’s at 104 weeks and counting.
Here’s the complete track listing for One Thing at a Time:
“Born with a Beer in My Hand”
“Last Night”
“Everything I Love”
“Man Made a Bar” (featuring Eric Church)
“Devil Don’t Know”
“One Thing at a Time”
“’98 Braves”
“Ain’t That Some”
“I Wrote the Book”
“Tennessee Numbers”
“Hope That’s True”
“Whiskey Friends”
“Sunrise”
“Keith Whitley”
“In the Bible” (featuring HARDY)
“You Proof”
“Thought You Should Know”
“F150-50”
“Neon Star (Country Boy Lullaby)”
“I Deserve a Drink”
“Wine into Water”
“Me + All Your Reasons”
“Tennessee Fan”
“Money on Me”
“Thinkin’ Bout Me”
“Single Than She Was”
“Days That End in Why”
“Last Drive Down Main”
“Me to Me”
“Don’t Think Jesus”
“180 (Lifestyle)”
“Had It”
“Cowgirls” (featuring ERNEST)
“Good Girl Gone Missin'”
“Outlook”
“Dying Man”
Britney Spears has reactivated her Instagram and let fans know why she briefly deleted the app last week — because she can.
Fans called police to request a wellness check on her last week when the singer deleted her account, which is something she’s done multiple times before. Britney has since spoken out about the incident and asked fans to respect her privacy.
Britney returned to Instagram on Monday with a new message to fans that said in part, “I’m not having a breakdown.”
Sharing a picture of a pink rose, the hitmaker said in the caption, “Since everyone thinks they know my story. THINK AGAIN !!!”
Britney said she’s moving forward with her life and that she’s “never felt better.” The singer added she is exploring her newfound freedom after her 13-year conservatorship, which was terminated in late 2021.
“If you walked in my shoes, then maybe just maybe you could understand,” she penned, noting she is “still learning this no rules thing.”
She signed off by telling her followers, “PS yes I took my Instagram down and now it’s back up because I can !!!” The singer previously said on Twitter she left the platform again “because there were too many people saying I looked like an idiot dancing and that I looked crazy.”
Commenting has been disabled on Britney’s recent Instagram posts.
Gone are the days when H.E.R. wore various shades to disguise her identity. The 25-year-old picked up roles as Gabriella Wilson in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast and in The Color Purple musical film. In her cover of Vogue Philippines, she explains why she felt the need to be incognito.
“There were so many reasons why I wanted to be anonymous and why I wanted the music to shine,” Gabriella says. “I had been through so much stuff that a young woman goes through. I wanted people to hear the message and really understand what I’m saying and not be so focused on what I look like or who I’m dating or what I’m wearing and all those things that to me, we started to focus on more because of social media.”
With a few EPs and a debut album under her belt, Gabriella believes her fans know H.E.R and the music. She thinks “it’s time for people to really get to know the person.”
“Throughout these past few years with success and all the great things that have happened, I think I’ve been moving so quickly,” she says. “Now I’ve taken a second to be like, what do I want and who am I? I think that’s a coming of age moment.”
Part of that thinking’s also resulted in a change of style, as Gabriella’s donning “bolder” and “more assertive looks.”
“Being 25, the things that worked when I was 18 and 20 don’t work for me now and the things that I want are different,” she continues. “I know that’ll be forever changing, but I’m comfortable in that. I can’t tolerate anything or anyone that will try to take that away and try to make me something I’m not.”
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Priscilla Presley has contested her daughter’s will following Lisa Marie Presley‘s death earlier this month, according to newly filed court documents that cite, among other reasons, a mismatched signature.
The documents, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, questioned the validity of an amendment that replaced Priscilla and Lisa Marie’s former business manager, Barry Siegel, as co-trustees of a revocable living trust with her children Riley and Benjamin Keough.
Benjamin died in 2020, leaving Riley as the sole trustee, according to the adjustment Lisa Marie made in 2016, which her mother is now challenging.
“There are many issues surrounding the authenticity and validity of the purported 2016 amendment,” Priscilla’s court filing said, citing, among other things, the signature.
“Lisa Marie Presley’s signature appears inconsistent with her usual and customary signature; and the purported 2016 amendment was neither witnessed nor notarized.”
Priscilla asked the court to declare the change made by her daughter invalid, restoring her as a trustee.
Bon Jovi has reached a new milestone on YouTube. The video for the band’s classic track “Livin’ On A Prayer” has surpassed 1 billion views.
“Livin’ On A Prayer” was released in October 1986 and was the second hit single from their third album, Slippery When Wet.
The video, directed by Wayne Isham, was shot September 17, 1986, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. It features the band rehearsing and performing; at one point, frontman Jon Bon Jovi flies over the crowd with the help of a harness.
“Livin’ On A Prayer” is one of many videos that predate the existence of YouTube to have landed 1 billion views. Others include Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,” which reached 1 billion in July 2018, and their track “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” which reached the milestone in October 2019. In addition, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” reached 1 billion views in July 2019.
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Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band are reuniting for one night only on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,ABC Audio has confirmed.
The band, which played for Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1993, was legally forced to rebrand to The CBS Orchestra when Letterman moved to CBS as Late Show with David Letterman. Shaffer and company will play under their original moniker on February 3, when Fallon’s in-house band, The Roots, is in Los Angeles for the 2023 Grammy Awards.
In a statement, Fallon noted, “Paul Shaffer is one of the most important musical figures in late night history. From SNL to Letterman, he’s done it all. I’m beyond honored and excited that they’re getting the band back together.”
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Joe Jonas might have done something he wasn’t exactly supposed to do — he leaked a snippet of a new Jonas Brothers song.
Taking to Instagram, Joe shared a video of him creeping into the studio as Nick and Kevin Jonas are listening to an unreleased song, which he reveals is called “Wings.” The DNCE frontman noted, “Guys, we just got the mix of our new song, ‘Wings,’ and … I don’t care, I just want you to hear it.”
The groovy song lyrics go as follows: “You are the wings I need to fly away/ When you give me love/ I feel it, I feel it, I feel it/ Got me runnin’ through/ The ceilin’, the ceilin’, the ceilin’/ And my love, it never had/ A meanin’, a meanin’, a meanin’/ You gave me a reason/ You got me believin’/ You’re makin’ me say/ You are the one, the sun, the light of day.”
Kevin commented on Joe’s video using just a shocked face emoji while Nick responded with a wide-eyes emoji.
The trio have not announced when they’ll release the new song. The track is likely to be the first single off the brothers’ new album, which they previously revealed to Varietywill include influences from ’70s music — namely the Bee Gees.
A title and release date for that upcoming work has not been announced yet.
Bonnie Raitthas announced some new tour dates for 2023, including her first Canadian shows since 2017.
The new leg of the Just Like That… tour, featuring special guest Royal Wood on select dates, kicks off September 2 in Victoria, British Columbia. Bonnie will play 11 shows in Canada, including dates in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto.
The tour also includes some U.S. shows, with the tour wrapping October 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Presale tickets go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, with the public sale set for February 3. A complete list of tour dates can be found at BonnieRaitt.com.
Meanwhile, Raitt has a chance to add to her already huge Grammy hall this weekend. The singer, who has already won 10 Grammys, is up for four awards, including Song of the Year for her tune “Just Like That.” The 2023 Grammy Awards air Sunday on CBS live from Los Angeles.
