Michael Bublé is back on tour after welcoming daughter Cielo, and he wants his audience to feel just as ecstatic as he does through his live shows.
“I was terrified I’d never get back to work, that people would never be able to get back into a [concert venue] safely again,” he told Chicago Sun Times. “So I wanted this show to be a celebration of joy and love.”
The Grammy winner continued, “I didn’t want to rest on my laurels. People have never seen me in this way in concert before. … I want them to be part of something special for one night.”
Noting his Higher tour is “the biggest tour I’ve ever mounted, production wise,” Michael admitted to having an ulterior motive with this new trek.
“I’m giving people the chance to see something that went extinct a long time ago,” he dished, noting he’s “not trying to sound like a jerk” with these aspirations.
He explained, “If you never had the chance to see Frank [Sinatra] or Dean [Martin] or Elvis we’ve put [that show experience] into a pop setting. So you get the music but you [also get] the raconteur surrounded by a live, big band with string players and a full choir.”
Aside from saluting the legendary crooners, Michael further put a nostalgic spin on his show by arranging his orchestra in descending tiers, similarly to how Lawrence Welk fashioned his on The Lawrence Welk Show.
In addition to resurrecting an “extinct” form of live performances, he notes his new album Higher was also “terribly ambitious.”
Tracks include covers of Sam Cooke‘s “Bring It On Home to Me” and Barry White‘s “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.”
He says he dabbled in different genres “for a little more fresh sound” and a “sense of newness.”
Tiffany Haddish and AriesSpears are being sued for allegedly sexually molesting a child in Los Angeles. Both comedians are denying the accusations.
A woman identified as Jane Doe sued Haddish and Spears in California’s Superior Court for Los Angeles County on behalf of a minor identified as John Doe, People reports. Haddish’s attorney says the complaint has no merit.
“Plaintiff’s mother, Trizah Morris, has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish for several years,” Haddish’s lawyer said in a statement. “Every attorney who has initially taken on her case — and there were several — ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms. Haddish would not be shaken down.”
In a separate statement, Spears’ lawyer said that he “isn’t going to fall for any shakedown.”
The lawsuit alleges that John Doe was molested by Spears in 2014 when he was 7 years old.
Court documents claim that Haddish told him he would be taping a reel for Nickelodeon at Spears’ home. She then witnessed the alleged incident “and aided, abetted, and watched Spears sexually molest a child,” according to the filing.
Haddish and Spears are being sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, sexual battery, sexual harassment and sexual abuse of a minor.
Jason Aldean is parting ways with The GreenRoom, his public relations firm of 17 years, according to a report from Billboard.
The split comes days after his wife Brittany was at the center of a social media controversy surrounding some transphobic comments she made on an Instagram reel. The reel in question shows Brittany going from makeup-free to full glam, with a caption that thanks her parents for not “changing my gender” when she went through a “tomboy phase.”
Artists Cassadee Pope and Maren Morrisobjected to the comments, criticizing Brittany’s words as hateful toward the LGBTQ+ community. Fiery back and forth ensued, with Maren calling Brittany “Insurrection Barbie,” leading the singer’s wife to launch a line of Barbie-themed t-shirts reading “Don’t Tread on Our Kids.”
When they announced their decision to part ways with Jason, The GreenRoom didn’t explicitly mention the fiasco.
“Music has always been and remains The GreenRoom’s core focus, so we had to make the difficult decision after 17 years to step away from representing Jason,” the firm said in a statement, adding, “We aren’t the best people for the gig anymore, but will always be big fans of his music.”
Jason hasn’t publicly commented on the split nor has he formally addressed his wife’s social media feud.
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The Osbourne family’s return to the U.K. has inspired a new BBC reality series.
The 10-part show, titled Home to Roost, will follow Ozzy and Sharon‘s life as they move back to their home country after decades of living in Los Angeles.
“Home to Roost will document Ozzy and Sharon’s journey back to Britain, alongside [children] Kelly and Jack‘s efforts to support them, as they attempt to re-start their lives in rural Buckinghamshire,” a press release reads. “The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet — with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself.”
The Osbournes, of course, are no strangers to reality TV. The family famously starred in the MTV show The Osbournes, which aired from 2002 to 2005, and various members also have also been featured in other reality series.
Meanwhile, Ozzy is slated to release a new solo album, Patient Number 9, on September 9. He’s also set to launch a European tour in 2023, which has long been delayed due to Ozzy’s variety of health issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Imagine Dragons has premiered “Love of Mine,” a previously unreleased demo dating back to the Night Visions era.
“Love of Mine” is one of the bonus tracks included in the upcoming 10th-anniversary reissue of Night Visions, due out September 9.
You can listen to “Love of Mine” now via digital outlets. Its accompanying, animated video is streaming now on YouTube.
Night Visions, Imagine Dragons’ debut album, was released September 4, 2012, making stars out of Dan Reynolds and company with the singles “Radioactive,” “It’s Time” and “Demons.” The album has been certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA, while both “Radioactive” and “Demons” are Diamond.
The first of two tribute concerts honoring late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins takes place Saturday at London’s Wembley Stadium.
The star-studded event, which will feature a towering roster of guests performing alongside Foo members Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee, is set to stream live via Paramount+ and MTV’s YouTube channel beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET.
An hour-long version of the concert will also air as a special on CBS on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. MTV will also air a two-hour special later in September.
The many artists joining the Foos in London for the tribute include Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, AC/DC‘s Brian Johnson, the Joe Walsh-fronted James Gang, Led Zeppelin‘s John Paul Jones, The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, Nile Rodgers of Chic, Rush‘s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and Wolfgang Van Halen.
Grohl’s daughter Violet and Hawkins’ son Shane are also on the bill, as is Taylor’s cover band Chevy Metal.
You can view a full list of participants at TaylorHawkinsTributeConcert.com, which also features personal messages from a number of the guest artists sharing their memories of Hawkins and what it means for them to be performing in his honor.
Hawkins died on March 25 at age 50. The second tribute concert will be held at Kia Forum near Los Angeles on September 27.
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Britney Spears says she is “deeply saddened” that her son, 15-year-old Jayden James, further aired their ongoing drama.
Jayden told Daily Mail he and his brother, 16-year-old Sean Preston, felt it would be inappropriate to attend their mother’s wedding to Sam Asghari because she “didn’t invite the whole family.”
Jayden called his uncle, Bryan Spears,and grandparents Lynne and Jamie Spears — whom Britney has accused of abusing the 13-year conservatorship — a “good part of our lives,” noting that “they are not bad people.”
He then opened up about the “emotional trauma” he and Preston deal with because of his mother’s fame. He said Britney “struggled” to give her kids attention, adding, “I don’t think she showed enough.”
Britney was gutted by her son’s interviews and spoke out shortly after they were published.
“I’ve tried my best at being the best person I can be,” she began in a lengthy Instagram post. “… My love for my children has no boundaries. It deeply saddens me to know his outcry of saying I wasn’t up to his expectations of a mother.”
She accused ex-husband Kevin Federline of turning their kids against her. “I helped you father who hasn’t had a job in 15 years …,” she wrote. “It’s horrible to see your dad be a hypocrite and say the media is horrible yet he has you talking about personal matters to them !!!”
She then quipped her kids shouldn’t be discussing her mental health and should instead, “Tell your father to go try and at least mow the lawn.”
Britney also took issue with Jayden praising his grandparents, saying, “If you can honestly sit back and say … what [Lynne and Jamie] did to me was fine and call them not bad people … then yes I have failed as a mother.”
Chris Jericho‘s music and wrestling worlds are colliding but not in the best way.
The Fozzy frontman suffered a “severely bruised larynx” during an AEW wrestling event in August, forcing the band to push back the start of their upcoming Save the World U.S. tour.
An Instagram post from Fozzy reads, “Even though the injury is healing and is NOT permanent, Chris hasn’t fully recovered and his laryngologist has recommended that Fozzy postpone the first two weeks of the Save the World tour…in order to facilitate a full recovery as soon as possible.”
The affected shows will be rescheduled for spring 2023. Previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new dates.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FozzyRock.com.
Fozzy will be touring in support of their new album, Boombox, which features the singles “I Still Burn,” “Sane” and “Nowhere to Run.”
In her OnTheJLo newsletter on Thursday, Jennifer Lopez shared more details about her and Ben Affleck‘s September 20 wedding ceremony in Georgia.
JLo posted pics of the trio of Ralph Lauren dresses she wore during the “rustic country-chic” ceremony and subsequent “yummy brunch.” The first dress, she explained, was a short-sleeved number featuring more than 1,000 handkerchiefs and hundreds of meters of fabric, all ruffled and hand-sewn around the skirt.
Lopez mentioned that she surprised Affleck with recording artist Marc Cohn, who sang the couple down the aisle with “the perfect wedding love song,” Cohn’s “True Companion.”
Apparently, it was the couple’s favorite when they were supposed to marry the first time, back in 2003.
For their part, Lopez’s and Affleck’s kids from their respective previous marriages to Marc Anthony and Jennifer Garner also had a part to play: Lopez’s twins Max and Emme joined Affleck’s daughters Violet and Seraphina and his son Samuelin a walk down the aisle to the song “The Things We’ve Handed Down.”
J Lo also noted the ceremony included dialog Affleck wrote for his own 2016 film, Live By Night: “‘This is heaven. Right here. We’re in it now,” Lopez explained. “He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought…how perfect.”
Lopez looked back at the formal reformation of “Bennifer,” explaining the couple, “laughed the night before about getting married again at our age.”
Jennifer is 53, and Affleck is 50.
“We had both been married before and we aren’t exactly kids any more but somehow now seemed like the only age that made sense…for us, this was perfect timing,” she enthused. “Full-circle — and not at all the way we planned it. Better.”
(NEW YORK) — A Florida teen has been battling an infection suspected to be caused by a rare, brain-eating amoeba for over 50 days, as his family prays for him to wake up, they said.
Caleb Ziegelbauer, 13, was suffering from a severe headache, high fever and hallucinations when his family brought him to Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers on July 9, according to Lee Health, the hospital’s parent company.
After quickly ruling out bacterial meningitis, doctors began treating the teen for primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a disease with similar symptoms that’s caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that destroys brain tissue. Caleb swam in brackish water days before experiencing his symptoms, further causing doctors to suspect he was infected by the amoeba, the hospital said.
Samples sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ultimately tested negative for Naegleria fowleri, though Caleb’s doctors continued treating the teen for primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to his symptoms and history, the hospital said.
Caleb was on a ventilator and has suffered seizures while in the pediatric intensive care unit, though his condition has been stable in recent weeks, his family said. After more than 50 days at the children’s hospital, Caleb was transferred this week to a rehabilitation hospital in Chicago for the next phase of his treatment.
His mother, Jesse Ziegelbauer, said they sought out Shirley Ryan AbilityLab because Caleb needs a disorders of consciousness program.
“He is made of pure grit and determination, and it is exactly that which we are banking on to wake him up,” Jesse Ziegelbauer said during a press briefing Wednesday before they left on an air ambulance. “I can’t wait for him to share his story. It is his and only his to share.”
His mother described Caleb, the eldest of four siblings, as an “amazing big brother” who loves baseball and science and wants to be an epidemiologist when he grows up.
“Caleb is brave. Caleb is strong. Caleb is a fighter. Caleb is young. Caleb is healthy. Caleb has a brain capable of healing,” she said.
As he continues to fight, his family say they remain hopeful.
“Every finger twitch we see makes us excited for what’s to come,” Jesse Ziegelbauer said.
Infections with Naegleria fowleri are rare but often fatal. Out of 154 known cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis reported in the U.S. from 1962 to 2021, only four people have survived, according to the CDC.
This summer, a Missouri resident with a confirmed Naegleria fowleri case died, while a child in Nebraska died from a suspected case, health officials in their respective states said.
Infections mainly occur during the summer months in recreational water, according to the CDC. People can become infected by Naegleria fowleri when water containing the amoeba enters the body through their nose.
Symptoms of primary amebic meningoencephalitis include severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck and seizures.
People can try to reduce their risk of becoming infected by Naegleria fowleri by limiting the amount of water that goes up their nose while in bodies of warm freshwater and by avoiding recreation in warm freshwater during periods of high water temperature.
Caleb started complaining of a headache days after playing in the water at a local beach in Port Charlotte on July 1, his family said. Though his tests were inconclusive for the disease caused by Naegleria fowleri, his doctors at Golisano Children’s Hospital believe that to be the cause of his illness, the hospital said. It is also common for Naegleria fowleri not to be initially detected in patients with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, according to the CDC.
“Due to Caleb’s symptoms, his reported recent exposure to brackish water, and his clinical course, infectious disease physicians at Golisano Children’s Hospital believe he could still have PAM caused by Naegleria fowleri and thus recommended to continue treating him for this infection,” Golisano Children’s Hospital said in a statement to reporters in late July.
Caleb’s family has been speaking out since they first learned of his likely diagnosis in hopes of alerting people on how to protect themselves.
Tampa-based Jet ICU was among those who heard about Caleb and offered to fly him and his family to Chicago at no cost.
“We heard about the story. We had to step in,” Jet ICU flight paramedic Jared Wayt told reporters Wednesday. “He’s already beat the odds. So hopefully we can help further his care and his recovery.”
