Avril Lavigne is the latest musician to pull the plug on an upcoming European tour.  Taking to social media on Monday, the “Love It When You Hate Me” singer announced that she was forced to postpone her upcoming LOVE SUX tour because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“I have some unfortunate news to share with you all about my UK and European dates.  I have to make the difficult decision to postpone this tour until 2023,” Avril said.  “Due to on-going issues surrounding the pandemic, there are a series of travel and venue restrictions from country to country that have made the tour not possible to happen.”

She continued, “It’s not an easy decision, but it’s one that will help ensure that we are able to play every single date of the tour, put on the best show possible at full capacity, and operate in a safe environment.” 

The tour was to promote Avril’s upcoming album, LOVE SUX, which is due out February 25.

“It really breaks my heart to have to do this, but I know it will be worth the wait,” Avril promised, saying her rescheduled dates will now take place between April and May of 2023.  She assured those who had purchased tickets for the old dates will be able to use them for the 2023 tour.  

Avril has since updated her official website so ticket holders can learn more about the postponement. 

Avril now joins a growing number of artists who were forced to push back their European tours, such as Shawn Mendes, Måneskin, Aerosmith and others.

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Nine Inch Nails has announces a series U.S. headlining tour dates.

The outing will first kick off in the spring with shows in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Franklin, Tennessee, on April 28 and May 1, respectively. Then, Trent Reznor and company will head West for a fall tour beginning with a two-night stand at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 2 and 3, before wrapping up with a homecoming show in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 24.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 11, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit NIN.com.

As previously reported, Nine Inch Nails will also be headlining the Shaky Knees and Primavera Sound Los Angeles festivals in April and September, respectively.

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DNCE is back after a four-year break, promises frontman Joe Jonas.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, the “Cake By the Ocean” singer revealed he was inspired to make new music when filming the upcoming Korean War movie Devotion.  “I felt so inspired by what a beautiful city I was in and some of the music I heard when I was there,” Joe said, and created a new album perfect for his dance-rock band, DNCE.

Joe teased DNCE’s new single, “Happy Feet,” which features Kygo, noting it’s about “enjoying life to the fullest.” 

“I think what DNCE always did so well was bring joy to people, which is what I wanted to do with this new batch of music. Obviously it’s still very tricky times, but it reminds us all of being able to go out there and dance and enjoy life,” he added.

Joe also revealed that there’s a shakeup in the DNCE lineup this time around. While original members Jack Lawless and guitarist JinJoo Lee have returned, bassist Cole Whittle is now pursing a solo career.

Joe isn’t sweating losing Cole, however, and added, “I can kind of foresee [DNCE] becoming this E Street Band where members come and go…It could be a great opportunity to have some special guests” — such as Ryan Tedder.  

Joe also says he’s in a much better place now when it comes to holding down multiple projects.  “In the past with the Jonas Brothers, I used to carry a lot of trauma when new projects would present themselves because you could only focus on one thing at a time,” said Joe. 

The singer has since teased his upcoming new music on Instagram, telling fans, “So excited to start sharing the new stuff we’ve been working on including #DancingFeet with @kygomusic!!” 

It’s unknown when the new DNCE single will drop.

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The 2022 ACM Awards just got even more star-studded, as Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett are set to join Dolly Parton as co-hosts.

Following the news last week that the legendary singer would be hosting the ACM Awards for the second time, comes news that the 2021 ACM New Male Artist of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year, respectively, will also helm the show on March 7. Dolly previously hosted the show in 2000. 

Additionally, Gabby and Jimmie will be announcing some of the nominations for the awards ceremony on Thursday on the ACM Awards Twitter account at 10:30 a.m. ET.

“We taking country music back to VEGAS,” Jimmie shared on Twitter.

“So excited to announce that @jimmieallen and I will be joining @DollyParton to co-host the @ACMawards!” shared Gabby.   

The ACM Awards air live for the first tome on Amazon Prime Video on March 7 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET.

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The estates of late Alice in Chains members Layne Staley and Mike Starr have sold their music rights to the music publishing company, Primary Wave.

According to a press release, Primary Wave now owns “a stake in [Staley and Starr’s] music publishing catalog, as well as master royalty income stream.” The deal includes royalties to AiC classics including “Man in a Box,” “Would?” and “Rooster.”

In a statement, Primary Wave Publishing Partner David Weitzman says, “Primary Wave is pleased to partner with the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr to honor their musical legacies as part of the classic era lineup of Alice in Chains, who created the amazing songs and records that comprise the albums Dirt and Facelift, and the acoustic EPs, Jar of Flies and Sap.”

“These projects represent the greatest works from one of the best artists of the iconic ’90s Seattle-based grunge era,” Weitzman adds.

Both Staley and Starr were original members of Alice in Chains. Frontman Stayley died in 2002, while bassist Starr, who left AiC in 1993, passed in 2011.

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Jared Leto is among the distinguished actors being, um, honored at the 42nd Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies.

The parody show, which awards the “best of the worst” of the year in movies, has nominated the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman’s performance in House of Gucci for Worst Supporting Actor.

Additionally, Leto is up for Worst Onscreen Couple along with “either his is 17-pound latex face, his geeky clothes or his ridiculous accent” while playing real-life fashion designer Paolo Gucci in the Lady Gaga-starring film.

Leto, who was previously nominated for a Razzie for his much-memed portrayal of the Joker in 2016’s Suicide Squad, can take comfort in his House of Gucci performance being nominated for several real awards, including the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards.

Among the other Razzie nominees this year is Megan Fox for Worst Actress in Midnight in the Switchgrass, which is notably the film where the Transformers star met her future fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly.

While the “Bloody Valentine” rocker probably wouldn’t agree with the Razzies’ assessment of Fox’s performance, he doesn’t seem to be a fan of the movie they starred in together. Around the time Midnight in the Switchgrass was released, Kelly tweeted, “If I don’t talk or tweet about a movie I’m barely in it’s because it’s [trash emoji].”

This year’s Razzie “winners” will be announced March 26, the day before the Oscars take place on March 27. For more info, visit Razzies.com.

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