Kane Brown loves to shop for his daughter Kingsley

Kane Brown loves to shop for his daughter Kingsley
Kane Brown loves to shop for his daughter Kingsley
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Kane Brown says that one of his favorite activities as a father to two young girls, Kingsley and Kodi, revolves around fashion — serving as their personal stylists. 

“That’s one of my favorite things to do is shop for Kingsley and get her cool outfits,” Kane dishes to Entertainment TonightHe shares 2-year-old Kingsley and 5-month-old Kodi with his wife, Katelyn

Speaking of fashion, Kane admits that he stepped outside of his normal wardrobe in his newly released “Like I Love Country Music” video, wearing an outfit designed by Valentino that includes a pair of black leather pants, belt buckle and cowboy hat.  

“It’s a really strong look, but very different for me,” he describes of the getup. “When it came to my wardrobe, I just let my stylist dress me up, and she has a blast doing it, so she usually does a pretty good job. This is just the way out of my comfort zone.” 

Later this year, Kane will jet off on his international Drunk or Dreaming Tour, which takes him across New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Europe for 23 shows beginning in September. 

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Mickey Guyton revisits “Better Than You Left Me”: “The song that started it all for me”

Mickey Guyton revisits “Better Than You Left Me”: “The song that started it all for me”
Mickey Guyton revisits “Better Than You Left Me”: “The song that started it all for me”
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Years before she shot to fame with the success of songs like “What Are You Gonna Tell Her” and “Black Like Me,” Mickey Guyton got her start with her 2015 debut single “Better Than You Left Me.”

Now, Mickey’s revisiting her powerful breakup anthem with a new acoustic version, which she shared on her social channels. Mickey performs the song accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, celebrating a song that’s still got emotional power all these years later.

“The song that started it all for me,” Mickey wrote in the caption of her post.

When it was first released, “Better Than You Left Me” cracked the Top 40 on the country radio chart, peaking in the mid-30s.

Mickey’s platform grew dramatically in 2020 as she began releasing songs that reflected her experience as a Black woman in the country genre and the world. Her long-awaited full-length debut, Remember Her Name, came out in 2021. The track list includes a rerecorded version of Better Than You Left Me.”

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BTS Radio becomes Apple Music’s biggest show of the year

BTS Radio becomes Apple Music’s biggest show of the year
BTS Radio becomes Apple Music’s biggest show of the year
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The wins keep coming for BTS: their dedicated radio station broke major records on Apple Music.

The music service announced their weekly limited series “broke the record for biggest show of the year with their debut episode of #BTSRadio on Apple Music 1.”

The three-part BTS Radio: Past & Present airs one episode per week to help hype fans’ expectations for the band’s forthcoming album, Proof, which drops June 10. Apple Music subscribers can download each episode, which features the septet speaking about their rise to stardom and hopes for the future.

BTS will also share some untold stories, in addition to revealing the life lessons that made them who they are today. Of course, the limited series will also treat listeners to some yet-to-be released songs off the new album.

The first episode, titled “Beginnings,” is streaming now on Apple Music. In that episode, the BTS members discussed the spiritual connections they had with certain songs.

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Listen to new Vance Joy song, “Every Side of You”

Listen to new Vance Joy song, “Every Side of You”
Listen to new Vance Joy song, “Every Side of You”
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Vance Joy has shared a new song called “Every Side of You,” a track off his upcoming album, In Our Own Sweet Time.

“Every Side of You” is the fourth cut to be released off In Our Own Sweet Time, following “Missing Piece,” “Don’t Fade” and “Clarity.” The whole album is set to drop next Friday, June 10.

You can listen to “Every Side of You” now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video is streaming now on YouTube.

Vance is celebrating his album’s impending arrival with a run of North American shows over the next week, taking place June 2 in Nashville, June 4 in New York City and June 9 in Toronto. The Toronto performance will stream live online via Vance’s YouTube channel.

A full-length Vance Joy tour is planned for 2023.

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Lil Durk announces 7220 Deluxe Tour

Lil Durk announces 7220 Deluxe Tour
Lil Durk announces 7220 Deluxe Tour
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For fans who might’ve missed out on Lil Durk‘s 7220 tour in April and May this year, have no worries because the “Ahh Ha” rapper is “running it back,” he says. 

On Wednesday, the Chicago native announced a second leg of his concert series, The 7220 Deluxe Tour, set to kick off in Oklahoma City on Sept. 17. The 15-city tour will run through the middle of October, making stops in Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Nashville and more, before its final show in Seattle on Oct 17. 

The announcement comes just a few weeks after Durk hinted at, then dropped, a deluxe version of his seventh studio album 72207220 (Reloaded). Early Wednesday morning the rapper teased new music in an Instagram video he said would soon be deleted. 

To purchase tickets and for the full list of tour stops, visit Livenation.com.

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Parker McCollum says Eric Church is “class act top to bottom” after opening for him in Milwaukee

Parker McCollum says Eric Church is “class act top to bottom” after opening for him in Milwaukee
Parker McCollum says Eric Church is “class act top to bottom” after opening for him in Milwaukee
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Parker McCollum’s got nothing but good things to say about Eric Church.

The rising country star was the opening act for Eric’s American Family Field show in Milwaukee over Memorial Day weekend, on a bill that also included Brothers Osborne. After the show, Parker felt so moved by how the headliner treated him that he jumped on social media to tip his hat to Eric’s tour-boss style.

“His entire crew treated us like we were headlining,” Parker gushed on Instagram, posting some snapshots of the show. “Unbelievably polite and accommodating the entire day. Even Eric himself took the time to say hello and make sure we were taken care of.”

While it might seem like a small kindness, that means everything to an opening act, he said. “They chose to make us feel like it was our show too…in a Major League Baseball stadium. Class act top to bottom. What a day!” Parker added.

As a tour boss, The Chief is setting the bar high for Thomas Rhett: Parker’s joining TR’s Bring the Bar to You Tour this summer.

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Journey debuts video for new song “You Got the Best of Me” from upcoming album, ‘Freedom’

Journey debuts video for new song “You Got the Best of Me” from upcoming album, ‘Freedom’
Journey debuts video for new song “You Got the Best of Me” from upcoming album, ‘Freedom’
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With Journey set to release its latest studio album, Freedom, in a little over a month, the band has debuted an official music video for one of the tracks, “You Got the Best of Me,” a melodic rock tune that was made available as an advance single in April.

The clip, which you can watch now on Journey’s YouTube channel, features color and black-and-white performance footage of the band’s current touring lineup — founding guitarist Neal Schon, longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain, lead singer Arnel Pineda, keyboardist/backing vocalist Jason Derlatka, drummer/singer Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen.

“You Got the Best of Me” showcases Schon’s fluid guitar riffs and Pineda’s soaring vocals.

As previously reported, Freedom will be released on July 8 and can be preordered now.

Two other advance tracks have also been released from Freedom, “The Way We Used to Be” and “Let It Rain,” which debuted in June 2021 and last month, respectively.

Shortly after Freedom arrives, Journey will play a series of four special symphonic concerts in Las Vegas — on July 15, 16, 22 and 23. The band has several other concerts lined up around the U.S. this summer. Visit JourneyMusic.com to check out their full schedule.

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LeVar Burton says he was “wrecked” by not getting ‘Jeopardy!’ hosting gig

LeVar Burton says he was “wrecked” by not getting ‘Jeopardy!’ hosting gig
LeVar Burton says he was “wrecked” by not getting ‘Jeopardy!’ hosting gig
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Ahead of his hosting duties for this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, LeVar Burton opened up about losing the bid to become the host of Jeopardy!. 

In an interview with Newsy, the Reading Rainbow alum says he was “not just disappointed but wrecked” by not getting the hosting job. 

“Experiencing a very public defeat, humiliation, if you will, was sobering,” he said. “I didn’t expect that I would not be their choice for host.”

Burton says he believes he was the best person for the job and claims the search for an Alex Trebek replacement was “fixed.”

“The truth is it was my favorite game show. It really was. I mean, I watched that show since I was in the third grade and Art Fleming was the host. And I honestly thought that I was well suited for it. As it turns out, it really wasn’t a competition, after all, the fix was in.”

On what the 65-year-old actor and host learned from the “humiliating” moment: “It reinforced my belief that everything happens for a reason, even if you cannot discern the reason in the moment. In the fullness of time, everything will be revealed.” He added, “I’m a firm believer in betting on myself, and I would encourage anyone and everyone out there to to believe.”

Regarding his upcoming hosting duties at the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, airing live on ION and Bounce at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 2, Burton said, “I’m definitely one to go where I’m wanted and loathe to go where I’m not invited.”

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Post Malone is “pumped beyond belief” to become a father: “I’m going to be a hot dad”

Post Malone is “pumped beyond belief” to become a father: “I’m going to be a hot dad”
Post Malone is “pumped beyond belief” to become a father: “I’m going to be a hot dad”
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Post Malone cannot wait to become a father and said it’s something he’s always wanted to be.

Speaking to Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, the “Circles” rapper opened up about expecting his first child with his girlfriend, whom he has kept out of the public eye.

“I’m pumped beyond belief,” he said of entering fatherhood and joked, “I’m going to be a hot dad.”

Post, whose birth name is Austin Post, revealed he has wanted to become a dad since he was a kid. “I was like 4 or 5, and I had this little baby I would carry around everywhere. It was a baby doll,” he said. “I thought that was the coolest thing. I would take him around everywhere. And I don’t know how long that lasted. But my mom still has it.”

Post is getting ready for the Friday release of his new album, Twelve Carat Toothache, and spoke about the new pressures artists face to promote their music. The nine-time Grammy nominee admitted singers are urged to go viral on TikTok to hype up a song, essentially backing up Halsey‘s claim that their label held up the release of their song “So Good” until they could manufacture a viral moment. 

Although he said TikTok is “great” for “discovering talented people,” it’s drastically changed how albums are released.

Post explained, “It’s just so hard for me to make something natural.” The “Sunflower” singer said he’s also not embracing social media as much for mental health reasons.

“I just think it’s my personal opinion and the changes that I’ve made, mentally, to distance myself from that,” he said of his relationship with social media. “That’s really impacted my life in a positive way.”

“Social media is something that I’m not super comfortable with,” he confessed.

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Rod Stewart takes fans behind the scenes at rehearsals for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee concert

Rod Stewart takes fans behind the scenes at rehearsals for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee concert
Rod Stewart takes fans behind the scenes at rehearsals for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee concert
Queen Elizabeth II greets Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster in 2016; JEFF SPICER/AFP via Getty Images

Sir Rod Stewart is a big fan of Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, so it’s no surprise that he’s going to be part of the all-star lineup performing in her honor Sunday in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee, which marks her 70th year on the throne.

Rod has posted behind-the-scenes footage of his rehearsals for the big moment on his Instagram Story: They’re literally sound checking in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace. There’s also video of Rod, looking dapper in a plaid jacket and a black face mask, watching his backup dancers rehearse their moves.

Finally, a 360-degree video of him at sound check is captioned, “3 days to go!”

Back in February, at the official start of the queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, Rod paid tribute to the queen in an Instagram post, writing, “She’s been a wonderful example of how to conduct yourself with integrity and grace for 70 years now (just like me!) and we should all look forward to acknowledging her magnificent service.”

As previously reported, Rod will part of the Platinum Party at the Palace, a massive concert set for June 4 in front of the palace. The lineup also includes Sir Elton John, Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Alicia Keys and Queen + Adam Lambert, plus Lin Manuel-Miranda, Andrea Bocelli and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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