Veteran New Zealand/Australian pop-rock band Crowded House has announced rescheduled dates for its recently postponed 2022 North American tour, which now will take place next spring.
The trek’s revamped itinerary, which features 18 shows, now kicks off on May 2 in Vancouver, Canada and is plotted out through a May 30 concert in Boston.
“Crowded House are delighted at long last to be able to play shows in North America,” says frontman Neil Finn in a statement. “We have been picking up the pace recently as the world opens up and can’t wait present the show with this band lineup in absolute top form to the good folk of North America, from sea to shining sea.”
Last month, the band announced that its 2022 tour, which had been slated to run from early September to early October, was being postponed because current Crowded House drummer Elroy Finn — Neil’s son — had injured his lower back and needed time to recuperate.
Previously purchased tickets for the 2022 dates will be honored for the rescheduled shows.
In addition to Neil and Elroy, Crowded House’s current lineup also features original bassist Nick Seymour, acclaimed producer Mitchell Froom on keyboards and Neil’s son Liam on guitar. The band is supporting its latest studio album, 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting.
Prior to the North American trek, Crowded House will launch a 2022 Australian tour running from late October to late November. Check out the band’s full schedule at CrowdedHouse.com.
If you missed it, BLACKPINK performed “Shut Down” last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Lisa, Rosé, Jisoo and Jennie are promoting their newly released sophomore album, BORN PINK.
Justin Timberlake sent love to Jimmy Fallon, who turned 48 on Monday. The Grammy winner saluted Fallon on his Instagram Story, writing, “My phone could never capture the beauty of your aura. I can’t imagine my feed without you. You complete me.” Justin signed it “from your Instagram boyfriend.”
Speaking of Fallon, the late night host is going viral for his manic-opening monologue, where he tried deciphering all the Easter eggs Taylor Swift possibly left for her upcoming Midnights album.
Megan Thee Stallion is also heading to late night as one of the newly announced hosts of Saturday Night Live. Variety reports the “Sweetest Pie” rapper will make her hosting debut on October 15 and will also serve as the musical guest.
BTS will stream their concert — BTS in BUSAN — October 15 on the global platform Weverse. The septet will take over Busan Asaid Main Stadium, and the streaming platform is already gearing up to host tons of fan traffic.
Madonna released the music video for her “Hung Up” remix with Dominican rapper Tokischa. True to Madonna fashion, the clip is ultra-racy and features the two sensually cozying up and taking over a night club.
Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra took their baby daughter Malti on her first vacation to New York City. Priyanka shared snaps to her Instagram of them gazing out of the window and was sure to keep her little one’s face hidden.
Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde brushed off breakup rumors by attending a screening of their movie Don’t Worry Darling togetherin New York City. People reports the two didn’t pose together on the red carpet.
A variety of artists, including Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and members of the Grateful Dead spin-off group Dead & Company, are encouraging fans to check their registration status on Tuesday in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day.
As part of a campaign launched by the nonpartisan voter-registration organization HeadCount, the musicians took to social media to encourage their supporters to participate in the November 8 midterm elections.
Byrne shared a photo of himself holding up a sign that reads “Register to Vote,” while Dead & Company posted a pic of bandmates Bob Weir and Mickey Hart holding signs with the message “Vote” incorporated into the Grateful Dead’s famous skull logo.
Among the many other music artists encouraging voter registration on their social media sites were Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Death Cab for Cutie and The Lumineers.
Rod Stewart‘s wife Penny Lancaster served as security at Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral, The Scottish Sun reports. Penny is Special Constable for City of London Police, and Rod is a knight; the pair are friendly with King Charles III.
Andy Grammer headlines Beyond the Sidelines in Indianapolis this Friday. WRTV reports he’ll take over the Lucas Estate in Carmel to support the Kicking The Stigma Action Grants. The benefit highlights mental health treatment and raises awareness about mental illness.
Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra took their daughter Malti on her first vacation to New York City. Priyanka shared the snaps to her Instagram of them gazing out of the window and hid her newborn’s face.
Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde brushed off breakup rumors by attending a screening of their movie Don’t Worry Darling together in New York City. Peoplereports the two didn’t pose together on the red carpet.
Justin Timberlake sent love to Jimmy Fallon, who turned 48 on Monday. The Grammy winner saluted Fallon on his Instagram Story, writing, “My phone could never capture the beauty of your aura. I can’t imagine my feed without you. You complete me.” Justin signed it, “From your Instagram boyfriend.”
Speaking of Fallon, the late night host is going viral for his manic-opening monologue, where he tried deciphering all the Easter eggs Taylor Swift possibly left for her upcoming Midnights album.
Madonna released the music video for her “Hung Up” remix with Dominican rapper Tokischa. True to Madonna fashion, the clip is ultra-racy and features the two sensually cozying up and taking over a nightclub.
The cast of ENCANTO will reunite for the ENCANTO AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL concert events on November 11 and November 12 to perform hits from the Disney animated film, as announced at D23 Expo.
Kendrick Lamar will be the musical guest for Saturday Night Live’s season 48 premiere on October 1.
This will be his third performance on SNL. Two weeks later on October 15, Megan Thee Stallion will pull double duty as the host and musical guest. After previously performing, this will be Megan’s first time hosting.
After a five year hiatus, Lamar dropped his long awaited fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, on May 13. Pharrell Williams is among the producers, along with Kendrick’s cousin Baby Keem. The album features Kodak Black, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah from Wu-Tang Clan and many more.
The 14-time Grammy winner kicked off the North American leg of the Big Steppers tour on July 19 in Oklahoma City. His final American show was Saturday in Los Angeles.
Lamar received nine nominations for the BET Hip Hop Awards, which will air October 4.
Megan released her second album, Traumazine, on August 12 featuring Future, Jhené Aiko, Latto, Dua Lipa, Lucky Daye, Rico Nasty and more. The three-time Grammy winner is up for two BET Hip Hop Awards.
(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice failed to count nearly 1,000 deaths in U.S. prisons during the 2021 fiscal year, according to a new report released by the Senate subcommittee on investigations.
States that accept certain federal funding are required under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA) to report to the DOJ who is dying in prisons and jails.
The law is intended to collect data on the scope of prison deaths in an effort to curb them.
But the Senate committee report, released Tuesday, alleges that the DOJ failed to properly implement reporting requirements — leading to ineffective and unfulfilled collection of the death data.
The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News; bureau personnel were scheduled to testify before Congress later Tuesday afternoon.
The subcommittee said in its report that the DOJ will be eight years late on providing Congress with a report on how deaths in custody can be reduced. The report was supposed to be sent in 2016, but it’s not expected to be finished until 2024.
The DOJ failed to identify at least 990 prison and arrest-related deaths in the 2021 fiscal year alone, the report found. It also found that 70% of the data the DOJ collected was incomplete and that the DOJ has no plans to publicly publish any of the data from recent years.
“DOJ’s failure to implement DCRA has deprived Congress and the American public of information about who is dying in custody and why,” the report states.
It continued, “This information is critical to improve transparency in prisons and jails, identifying trends in custodial deaths that may warrant corrective action—such as failure to provide adequate medical care, mental health services, or safeguard prisoners from violence—and identifying specific facilities with outlying death rates.”
The report stated that the DOJ’s data on prisons can be collected but that department officials chose not to. The Senate subcommittee called the failure to implement DCRA “a missed opportunity to prevent avoidable deaths.”
KISS member Gene Simmons may have millions of fans who adore his music, but in a new interview with Goldmine, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer admits that, besides one exception, he has no friends.
“Even today as I sit here, other than Paul [Stanley], and we only get together when we do stuff for the band … How do I say this without sounding inhuman? I don’t have friends,” Simmons tells the magazine.
He adds, “Yeah, if friends means, ‘Gee, I don’t know what I’m going to do this afternoon. Hey, you want to come over and hang out?’ I’m more interested in what I want to do, and I don’t want to pretend that I’m interested in what you want to do because I am not.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the 73-year-old rocker muses on what he might experience after he dies.
“I’m OK if there’s a heaven and a God. I’m OK with it. I’m also OK if there’s nothing,” Simmons maintains. “I lean towards nothing. My question is, if we get an afterlife, do mosquitoes? Maybe my mother’s sort of wise statement about every day above ground is a good day, and that’s it.”
In addition, Simmons reflects on something he wished he knew when he was younger that would have made his life easier.
“That it didn’t matter what I thought I knew, and it didn’t matter what I knew,” he notes. “You still have to wade through the jungle by yourself. All the knowledge in the world, or no knowledge at all, doesn’t prepare you for life because there’s no one journey, there’s no one road.”
The full interview is available in the latest issue of Goldmine.
Billy Eichner brought back his Emmy-nominated comedy show Billy on the Street with the help of Marvel movie star Paul Rudd. The pair hit the streets in branded T-shirts in order to spread the word among the straights about Billy’s Netflix “gay rom-com” Bros.
The addition of Rudd worked for many of the folks, including one burly guy who said he’d go if Rudd himself carried him to the theaters. Rudd obliged, doing Ant-Man proud by lifting the much bigger guy off the ground.
It didn’t work for one person, however, leaving Billy to scream in frustration, “I’m sorry I’m not Florence Pugh!”
Later in the bit, Billy recruited “a pack of wild lesbians” to scour the street for new converts to his film, which opens September 30. He even reprised his “for a dollar” segment from the classic Billy on the Street episodes to plug the Universal movie.
Top Gun: Maverick star Miles Teller will be the first host of Saturday Night Live‘s 48th season, which kicks off on October 1st. The sketch show made the announcement via social media, also confirming Kendrick Lamar will be the first musical guest.
The October 8th episode will star veteran Irish character actor Brendan Gleeson with musical guest Willow, and for the October 15th installment, recording artist and recent She-Hulk guest star Megan Thee Stallion will serve as both host and musical guest.
(MARTHA’S VINYARD, MA) — A Texas sheriff said Monday he was opening a criminal investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard as the stunt continues to draw criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans and DeSantis defends what he calls a protest of border policies.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced the probe on Monday night, saying that his office believes the migrants who were shuttled to the Massachusetts island on Sept. 14 were lured under false pretenses, which DeSantis denies.
“What infuriates me the most about this case is that here we have 48 people that are already on hard times, right?” Salazar said at a press conference. “They are here legally, in our country. At that point, they have every right to be where they are. And I believe that they were preyed upon.”
Immigration attorneys working with some of the asylum-seekers told ABC News that the migrants were given misleading information, including brochures, about benefits they could receive in Massachusetts.
The governor defended the migrant drop-off as a protest of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies as border encounters remain at a record high. DeSantis has repeatedly insisted the migrants volunteered to be taken to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas.
“Why wouldn’t they want to go, given where they were?” he said during an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Monday night. “They were in really, really bad shape.”
What potential violations are being investigated?
Salazar said Monday that his office believes a Venezuelan migrant was paid a “bird-dog fee” to lure roughly 50 migrants to be taken to Martha’s Vineyard, where they would be promised work and a better life.
“There’s a high possibility that the laws were broken here in the state of Texas in Bexar County,” Salazar said.
But he declined to reveal any specific statutes he thinks may have been violated at the federal, state or local level.
He also didn’t identify any suspects.
“We do have the names of some suspects involved that we believe are persons of interest in this case at this point, but I won’t be parting with those names,” he said. “To be fair, I think everybody on this call knows who those names are already but suffice it to say we will be opening this case.”
“We’re going to discover what extent the law can hold these people accountable,” he added.
Attorneys say DeSantis brochures were misleading
Lawyers representing the migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard told ABC News that the information given to them before the journey was misleading because the migrants aren’t technically refugees. These people are seeking asylum but have not yet attained that status, the attorneys said.
Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014, hoping to escape political turmoil and economic strife. U.S. relations are strained with the country – which has for years been under punishing U.S. sanctions levied in opposition to the country’s president — and Venezuelans are typically exempt from being quickly expelled under Title 42, a Trump-era policy used to quickly expel migrants because of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ivan Espinoza-Marigal, a leading lawyer representing many of the migrants, told ABC that most of the migrants’ current status is under humanitarian parole and therefore they are not eligible for the benefits described in the pamphlet they received.
“Only people who have already been granted refugee status are eligible,” American Immigration Council Policy Director Aaron Reichlin-Melnick told ABC News. “Asylum seekers do not receive any federal assistance and cannot receive work authorization until at least six months after applying for asylum.”
DeSantis has pointed to the brochures given out by a vendor working with the state of Florida to transport the migrants as proof they weren’t duped about where they were going or what would be available to them once they arrived.
“They all signed consent forms to go,” he told Hannity. “And then the vendor that is doing this for Florida provided them with a packet that had a map of Martha’s Vineyard, it had the numbers for different services on Martha’s Vineyard and then it had numbers for the overall agencies in Massachusetts that handles immigration and refugees.”
Rachel Self, an immigration attorney helping migrants who arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, said the map on the brochures was “cartoonishly simple” and contained information on how migrants could change their address with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when they relocated.
“This is especially troubling as anyone with even the most basic understanding of the immigration proceedings knows that USCIS was not the agency with whom the migrants would have to record their addresses and has nothing to do with their cases in any way,” Self said.
Typically, migrants granted humanitarian parole and looking to file an asylum claim have mandatory court hearings scheduled in locations where they have said they have family or at courts closest to where they were processed by immigration authorities. That means that migrants who went unknowingly or under false pretenses to Martha’s Vineyard are at risk of missing those court dates, which may result in them being fast-tracked for deportation.
“The brochure is full of lies for this particular group of people. Material misrepresentations made in furtherance of the unlawful scheme,” Self, one of the attorneys, told ABC News.
What DeSantis’ team is saying
Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communications director, responded to the investigation by the Bexar Sheriff’s Office in a social media post on Monday.
“Immigrants are more than willing to leave Bexar County after being enticed to cross the border and ‘to fend for themselves.’ [Florida] provided an opportunity in a sanctuary state [with] resources, as expected – unlike the 53 who died in an abandoned truck in Bexar County in June,” Fenske wrote on Twitter.
DeSantis during his appearance on Hannity called the accusations that migrants were deceived “nonsense.”
He has promised additional operations to send migrants to so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions,” saying last week that he intends to use $12 million from the state’s relocation program for more transports.
“Those migrants were being treated horribly by Biden. They were hungry, homeless, they had no opportunity at all. The state of Florida — it was volunteer — offered transport to sanctuary jurisdictions,” DeSantis said at a press conference on Tuesday as he doubled down on his comments made to Hannity.
Lawmakers weigh in
Members of congressional leadership on Tuesday waded into the ongoing discourse surrounding DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s moves last week to ship undocumented migrants to various cities across the U.S.
House Democratic Caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries lambasted both men during a Tuesday press conference at the Capitol, noting that the two GOP governors needed to “stop behaving like human traffickers.”
“They are putting politics over people in the most egregious way possible,” Jeffries said.
But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed support for the Republicans’ actions, saying he “thought it was a good idea” to send undocumented immigrants to blue states.
Though not by name, McConnell defended DeSantis and Abbott by saying on the Senate floor that they were merely giving Biden and the Democrats “a tiny, tiny taste” of what border state governors have been grappling with for years.
White House Press press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pushed back on the idea that the GOP governors are implicating non-border states in sharing the burden of caring for migrants who come to the U.S.
“So the way that we see it is alerting Fox News and not city or state officials about a plan to abandon children fleeing communism on the side of the street is not burden sharing,” Jean-Pierre told reporters during Tuesday’s briefing. “That is not the definition that we see of burden sharing. It is a cruel, premeditated political stunt.”
