Megan Thee Stallion has canceled her scheduled Friday concert in Houston “out of respect for the lives lost” in the Astroworld Festival tragedy. Ten people died, and hundreds were injured in a crowd surge at the event on November 5 at Houston’s NRG Park.

“I have decided to cancel my show at 713 Music Hall on December 3,” the three-time Grammy winner said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle. “Houston is still healing and it’s important that our community be given the appropriate time to grieve. My heart goes out to all the families that are suffering during this difficult time.”

As previously reported, Hot Girl Meg was scheduled to perform at the grand opening of the city’s newest music venue.

Sunday night, she joined BTS to perform the “Butter” remix for over 50,000 fans at Sofi Stadium in LA. Meg was scheduled to join the group on stage during the American Music Awards on November 21, but pulled out at the last minute because of an unknown personal matter.

Last week, Thee Stallion earned two Grammy nominations: Best Rap Performance for “Thot Sh**,” and Album of the Year for Lil Nas X‘s Montero as a songwriter on “Dolla Sign Slime.” Now the 26-year-old entertainer is looking forward to graduating on December 11 with a bachelor’s degree in health administration from Texas Southern University.

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Though Kelsea Ballerini has been off the road for a month following an opening stint on the Jonas Brothers tour, she’s taken a walk down memory lane by posting an unforgettable performance from one of those shows on her Twitter feed that features her duetting with the lead singer of the pop group LANY. 

Kelsea spent much of 2021 opening for the Jonas Brothers on The Remember This Tour. One of the stops was at Boston’s historic Fenway Park where LANY’s Paul Klein joined the country star for a surprise performance of their hit “I Quit Drinking.” 

Kelsea is now reliving this moment, posting a clip that shows her strutting around the stage in a sparkling blue jumpsuit trading vocals with the LANY frontman as graphics of storm clouds and falling rain are shown on a video screen in the background. The two end the performance with a sweet hug.

“Missing tour so i thought it was a good time to share this gem of a memory with you,” Kelsea reflects in the caption. “Hands down one of my favorite tour moments ever ever.”

One fan comments about the video, “This song… this performance… so beautiful!” while another agrees, writing, “Love this it’s so beautiful!” 

Kelsea and Paul co-wrote “I Quit Drinking” with Nicolle Galyon. It reached the top 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and is inside the top 20 on the all-genre Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.

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Anne-Marie is ready to kickstart her Dysfunctional tour, announcing a slew of 2022 North American dates on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old British singer, who is promoting her new album Therapy, will head across the pond in early spring.  Her first pit stop set for April 5, 2022, in San Francisco’s August Hall.  Anne-Marie then will take a single day’s rest before picking things up in Los Angeles, with a show set at The Belasco on the 7th.

The “2002” and “FRIENDS” singer will then say hello to Canada for a show at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Hall on April 10, before heading down to New York City for an April 12 performance at the historic Webster Hall.  Her North American leg will wrap up on April 15 with a concert at Chicago’s Park West theater.

Pre-sale tickets for the shows will be available starting Thursday, December 2, with tickets going on ale to the general public on Friday, December 3, at Anne-Marie’s official website. 

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the pop star gushed, ” I CAN’T WAIT! It’s gonna be so much fun” along with a puppy eyes emoji.

Anne-Marie released Therapy, her second studio album and follow-up to her 2018 debut Speak Your Mind, in July.  It produced the hit collabs “Our Song” and “Kiss My (Uh Oh),” which she respectively sang with Niall Horan and British pop act Little Mix.



 

 

 

 

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The family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who died as a result of the Astroworld Festival tragedy, will not accept Travis Scott‘s offer to pay for his funeral.

Blount passed away on November 14 after suffering severe injuries when he was trampled in a crowd surge at the November 5 concert at Houston’s NRG Park. He died after spending days in a medically induced coma.

Scott, who organized and headlined the event, offered to pay funeral costs for all 10 people who died as a result of the crowd surge.

“Your client’s offer is declined,” Blount family lawyer Bob Hilliard wrote to Scott’s attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, according to Insider.com. “I have no doubt Mr. Scott feels remorse. His journey ahead will be painful. He must face and hopefully see that he bears some of the responsibility for this tragedy.”

Petrocelli previously wrote to the Blount family, “Travis is devastated by the tragedy that occurred at the Astroworld Festival and grieves for the families whose loved ones died or were injured. Travis is committed to doing his part to help the families who have suffered and begin the long process of healing in the Houston community. Toward that end, Travis would like to pay for the funeral expenses for Mr. Blount’s son.”

Blount’s father, Treston Blount, has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Scott and the event’s organizers. As previously reported, numerous lawsuits have been filed, including a $2 billion lawsuit for damages and injuries on behalf of 282 victims.

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Jon Bon Jovi, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, and Green Day are among the music stars taking part in a charity initiative celebrating Giving Tuesday.

The campaign, launched by Bandsintown in partnership and the charitable fundraising platform Fandiem, will offer special items and experiences from the participating artists to raise money for nonprofit organizations of their choosing. The more you donate, the more entries you’ll receive for the raffle.

Bon Jovi, Simmons and Grohl all have donated autographed, custom-designed electric guitars that will benefit Jamsz Konnections, a company that helps plan charitable events.

Pearl Jam and Green Day also have offered signed guitars, while all five Pearl Jam members have autographed a Fender Player Stratocaster that will raise money for the band’s Vitalogy Foundation, which supports environmental, homelessness and indigenous causes.

Green Day has donated a Fender Squier Strat that the band has autographed, and that also features the signatures of their fellow Hella Mega tour mates Fall Out Boy and Weezer. The sale of that instrument will benefit Reverb, a company that works to reduce the environmental footprint of touring artists, festivals and live music venues.

Other artists participating in the initiative include Matchbox Twenty‘s Rob Thomas, Evanescence‘s Amy Lee, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, My Morning Jacket, Willie Nelson, and Taylor Swift.

For more info, visit Fandiem.com/GivingTuesday.

Giving Tuesday takes place today, November 30. It was conceived as a contrast to the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Royal Blood has announced a North American headlining tour for 2022.

The outing will launch on April 18 in Toronto, and will wrap up May 24 in Boston. “Hometown” rockers cleopatrick will open all of the dates.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 3, with a fan pre-sale beginning Wednesday, December 1. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit RoyalBloodBand.com.

Royal Blood will be touring in support of their new album Typhoons, which was released this past April. The record, which introduces more disco and dance music influences into the duo’s sound, includes the lead single “Trouble’s Coming.”

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Instead of nursing a broken heart, Shawn Mendes jumped into the recording studio and kept himself busy.  The “Stitches” singer now appears poised to kick off his next music era and confirmed a new song is on the way.

Shawn, who recently parted ways with longtime girlfriend Camila Cabello, posted a mysterious message for his 65 million Instagram followers on Tuesday, telling them, “it’ll be okay, tomorrow.”  

He also shared a 12-second clip of a new song, presumably called “It’ll Be Okay,” and it sounds sonically different from what we heard on his lovestruck Wonder album.  Shawn’s voice is low and vulnerable in the snippet as he sings, “Are we gonna make it?/ Is this gonna hurt?”  The only instrument featured in the clip is an organ-like synth that slowly plays three descending notes.

This will be Shawn’s first post-breakup song and, based on what we heard in this clip, it’s a pretty safe bet that’s what he’ll be singing about.  

Shawn and Camila dated for about two years.  Prior to going their separate ways, Shawn confirmed in his Wonder documentary on Netflix that “every song I’ve ever wrote” was about the “Havana” singer.  “It’ll Be Okay” appears to continue the trend…at least for now.

Heartbreak anthems are currently ruling the Billboard Hot 100, with Adele‘s “Easy on Me” and Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well” both going to number one, so Shawn picked a good time to unleash his tearjerker.  

Go stock up on those tissues and pints of ice cream, because you might be reaching for them when “It’ll Be Okay” drops Wednesday, December 1, at 7 p.m. ET.

 

 

 

 

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