Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, Glass Animals and The Kid LAROI are among the big names booked for Lollapalooza 2022, taking place July 28-31 in Chicago’s Grant Park.
The bill also includes Måneskin, GAYLE, WILLOW, Charli XCX, J. Cole, Kygo, Lil Baby, Machine Gun Kelly, Metallica, Green Day, Surf Mesa, Zoe Wees, Emmy Meli and dozens more.
Tickets go on sale today at noon CT. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Lollapalooza.com.
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(NEW YORK) — At least three southern states were under a tornado watch Tuesday following an outbreak of twisters Monday night in Texas and Oklahoma that cut a path of destruction, killed one person and injured at least 10 others.
Twenty tornadoes were reported Monday night, 19 of those in central and northern Texas, where multiple homes and businesses were damaged, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy damage occurred from funnel clouds touching down in Round Rock, Texas, where roofs were ripped off homes, according to the local fire and police departments.
At one point, police in Round Rock, about 20 miles north of Austin, Texas, urged residents to stay off the roads. A tornado also ripped through a strip mall in Round Rock, damaging a restaurant, a bank, and cars in a Home Depot parking lot, authorities said.
In Jacksboro, Texas, about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth, a high school and elementary school both sustained heavy damage, according to Jack County Rural Fire Chief Jason Jennings. Sixty to 80 homes were damaged in Jacksboro, Jennings said.
News helicopter footage Tuesday morning showed major damage to the Jacksboro High School, where the roof of a school’s gym either collapsed or was blown away.
The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that one person was killed in Northwest Grayson County, Texas.
Sarah Somers of the Grayson County Office of Emergency Management said at least 20 homes were damaged or destroyed in Grayson County, according to ABC affiliate station KTEN in Ada, Oklahoma.
Significant damage also occurred in the Kingston, Oklahoma, area, where officials said a likely tornado touched down. Multiple structures including a marina were damaged or destroyed, in the Kingston area, officials said.
During the tornado outbreak, wind gusts of up to 64 mph and hail the size of golf balls were also reported across central and northern Texas.
On Tuesday morning, tornado warnings were issued for parts of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, including the Houston area.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center forecast the tornado threat to parts of Mississippi and Alabama as well.
Severe weather is zeroing in on Alexandrian and Baton Rouge, Lousiana., to Hattiesburg, Jackson and Meridian, Mississippi, and into western Alabama, west of Tuscaloosa, according to NOAA.
ABC News’ Jim Scholz and Melissa Griffin contributed to this report.
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Iron Maiden is taking a trip down memory lane while celebrating the 40th anniversary of the metal legends’ 1982 album, The Number of the Beast.
“Happy 40th anniversary to The Number of the Beast!” Maiden tweeted Tuesday. “Did you get the record on the day of release in ’82?!”
In honor of the milestone, Maiden has been sharing various archival photos and videos from the Beast era, as well as retweeting all sorts related posts from fans, such as photos of ticket stubs. If you have any 1982 memories to share, be sure to tag your post with #NOTB40.
The Number of the Beast was released March 22, 1982, and was the first Maiden album with vocalist Bruce Dickinson. The RIAA Platinum-certified record spawned classic Maiden tunes in both the title track and “Run to the Hills.”
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Metallica, Green Day and Jane’s Addiction are among the many artists confirmed to perform at the Lollapalooza 2022 festival, scheduled for July 28-31 at Chicago’s Grant Park.
Metallica and Green Day have been announced as headliners, while Jane’s Addiction will perform as a special guest. Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell, of course, co-founded the festival.
This year’s other headliners are Machine Gun Kelly, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, J. Cole, Lil Baby and Kygo.
The bill also includes Måneskin, Glass Animals, Billy Strings, Charli XCX, Royal Blood, Dominic Fike, WILLOW, Manchester Orchestra, Dashboard Confessional and many, many more.
Tickets for Lollapalooza 2022 go on sale today at noon CT. You can check out the full lineup and all ticket info at Lollapalooza.com.
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Chris Stapleton is looking at the “Joy” of life in his new single.
The country titan adds his smooth, smoky voice to “Joy of My Life,” originally written and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival co-founder and frontman John Fogerty in 1997. The lyrics depict a heartfelt picture of a man in love, who declares himself “the luckiest man alive.”
“Joy of My Life” follows Chris’ most recent #1 hit, “You Should Probably Leave.” Both tracks are featured on his latest album, Starting Over, which is nominated for Best Country Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
The superstar continues on his headlining All-American Road Show Tour with a two-night stay in Atlantic City, NJ on April 8 and 9.
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Maybe it was the God of Mischief Loki, or his real-life equivalent, prankster director Taika Waititi, but Marvel Studios trolled the heck out of fans with its release of the “all new trailer” to his upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder.
However, despite a caption promising a first look at the July 8 release, Marvel Studios’ official account posted the trailer to Waititi’s previous Thor film, Ragnarok.
Suffice it to say, fans weren’t pleased: One posted a cartoon of Thanos Googling, “How to snap one person out of existence,” to get even with whoever was responsible for the joke.
Myriad Marvel memes were posted in protest by fans, including a Spider-Man No Way Home exchange between Peter Parker and Doctor Strange, with Peter asking, “Happy?” and Strange replying, “No, I’m annoyed.”
Another was from Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy saying, “You betray me,” and more than one was Chris Hemsworth in his Thor costume, flipping off the camera in a Marvel movie outtake.
Thor: Love and Thunder will star Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, and Tessa Thompson, as well as Chris Pratt, Karen Gillian, Matt Damon, Anthony Hopkins, and Mark Ruffalo, among others.
Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
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(NOTE LANGUAGE) While admitting the COVID pandemic has been “devastating” for the hospitality industry, outspoken Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares star Gordon Ramsay says there was a silver lining: Restaurants are getting better post-lockdowns.
“Well, just s***holes in a prime position” were wiped out, he tells the Radio Times, and new and better restaurants are “taking advantage because they’re in a great location and they’ve got the [foot traffic now].”
He says, “the crap’s gone,” and “now we’ve wiped the slate clean, which is good.”
With many restaurants shuttered, would-be patrons got savvier in their own kitchens, he explains, which will make for a more enjoyable dining experience now that we’re able to go back to fancy dinners out.
Ramsay explains, “Customers have got so much smarter in the last two years. They know a lot more about food than they ever have done, and have been making their own sourdough, so it’s taught everyone [in the restaurant industry] to raise their game.”
“It’s wiped the arrogance from the industry,” he declares.
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The hit Tyler Perry BET shows Sistas and The Oval have both been renewed for an additional season, BET announced on Tuesday.
The news comes a day before The Oval season three finale, which airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. The drama series, which is based on an interracial first family that deals with lies, cheating and corruption behind closed doors, averaged 1.3 million total viewers Live+3 per episode for season three, according to Nielsen figured reported by BET. That means 1.3 million people total watched the show live when it first aired, and also in the first three days after that.
The Oval stars Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, Javon Johnson, Ptosha Storey, Vaughn Hebron, Teesha Renee, Daniel Croix Henderson, Lodric Collins, Ciera Payton and more.
After recently airing its mid-season finale, Sistas was green-lit for a fifth season. Ranked as the number-one scripted series on cable with African Americans 18-49, according to BET, the wildly popular show enjoyed an average 1.6 million total Live+3 viewers on BET and BET Her every week.
The one-hour drama follows a group of single Black females as they navigate their “complicated love life,” careers, and friendship through the ups and downs of living in a modern world of social media and unrealistic relationship goals. The Sistas cast includes, KJ Smith, Mignon, Ebony Obsidian, Novi Brown, Crystal Renee’ Hayslett, Devale Ellis, Chido Nwokocha and others.
Production for each series is set to start this spring.
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Green Day, Metallica and Machine Gun Kelly are among the headliners for Lollapalooza 2022, taking place July 28-31 in Chicago’s Grant Park.
The bill also includes Måneskin, Jane’s Addiction, Glass Animals, Royal Blood, Turnstile, Wet Leg, Dominic Fike, King Princess, Wallows, girl in red, WILLOW, Manchester Orchestra, Local Natives, Dashboard Confessional, Bob Moses, COIN, Sam Fender, The Regrettes, The Wombats and KennyHoopla.
The other headliners are Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Doja Cat, Lil Baby and Kygo.
Tickets go on sale today at noon CT. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Lollapalooza.com.
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Van Morrison has just announced a new series of U.S. concerts, most of which will take place this September.
The new shows are scheduled for September 1 in Bridgeport, Connecticut; September 3 in Boston; September 4 in Lenox, Massachusetts; September 7 in Vienna, Virginia; September 8 in Philadelphia; September 10 in Forest Hills, New York; October 12 in Phoenix, Arizona; and October 15 in Saratoga, California.
Tom Jones will be opening for Van at the New York concert, while Curtis Stigers will be the support act in Philadelphia.
Tickets for most of the concerts will go on sale to the general public this Friday, March 25, at 10 a.m. local time. The shows in Lenox, Massachusetts, and Vienna, Virginia, will be available starting April 1, while tickets for the California event will go on sale on April 8. Pre-sale tickets also will be available
for select dates; visit VanMorrison.com for more details.
Van also has a variety of previously announced spring U.S. shows scheduled for April and May, as well as a three-show Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace taking place on October 7, 8 and 9 that was postponed from February.
As previously reported, Morrison’s song “Down to Joy,” from the film Belfast, will be competing for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category this Sunday, March 27. The 2022 Academy Awards will air live on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET.
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