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Charli XCX has delivered a new remix of her collaboration with Rina Sawayama “Beg For You.” The remix of the track features A. G. Cook and SEVENTEEN’s Vernon.

Charli’s forthcoming album CRASH – the follow-up to her 2020 LP ‘how i’m feeling now’ – will also include previous singles “New Shapes” featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek and “Good Ones”. The album includes producers and collaborators from A. G. Cook, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ariel Rechtshaid, Lotus IV, Digital Farm Animals and more.

The A. G. Cook remix of Charli XCX’s “Beg For You” with Rina Sawayama and SEVENTEEN’s Vernon is out now, which you can listen to here.

The album CRASH is set to drop March 18, and is available to pre-order – here.

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BTS has officially announced their four-night BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LAS VEGAS residency.  BTS will be performing at the Allegiant Stadium on April 8, April 9, April 15 and April 16, with the last date also set to be streamed online. In addition, the in-person live broadcast event “LIVE PLAY in LAS VEGAS” will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena during the entire residency.

The residency was announced just a few months after the band performed on their BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – Los Angeles shows between November and December 2021. BTS will also be performing in Seoul on March 10, March and March 13, marking their first in-person shows in Korea since October 2019.

Registration to purchase tickets will be available until February 26 on Ticketmaster.

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Dua Lipa, Halsey, My Chemical Romance, and Green Day will serve as headliners at the 2022 Firefly Festival, taking place Sept. 22 through Sept. 25 at the Woodlands in Dover, Delaware.

The four-day festival will also feature performances from Weezer, The Kid LAROI, Big Sean, Zedd, Porter Robinson, Gunna, Avril Lavigne, Jamie XX, Gryffin, Charli XCX, Bleachers, Conan Gray, Yungblud, SAINt JHN, Cordae, Willow, Ashnikko, Cold War Kids, 100 Gecs, Dayglow, Princess Nokia, Little Simz, Gayle, Wolf Alice, Dorian Electra, Mod Sun, Flor, Amyelle, and more.

Registration for the first access passes is open now on the Firefly website, with a presale beginning Friday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. ET. Limited quantities are available per price tier, including general admission, VIP, and Super VIP with camping packages.

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Tame Impala have released the deluxe edition of the 2020 album The Slow Rush, which features the previously unreleased B-side “The Boat I Row,” one of two additional tracks that feature on the expanded version of the album. The new edition also features a previously released remix of ‘Breathe Deeper’ that features rapper Lil Yachty, along with other remixes of album tracks. You can listen to “The Boat I Row” – here.

In December, Tame Impala revealed tour plans for 2022, including headline shows in the US and Australia along with festival slots at Primavera Sound, All Points East, Rock en Seine and more. The band will also join Tyler, The Creator, and Glass Animals when they headline the BUKU Music + Art Project, the cutting-edge boutique festival in New Orleans.

You can download the deluxe edition of The Slow Rush at your streaming service of choice.

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Big Time Rush have announced the upcoming ‘Forever Tour’, reuniting all four original band members — Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson and Carlos PenaVega.  The group made the tour announcement on “Good Morning America,” and also debuted the world premiere of their upcoming single “Not Giving You Up.” The song is officially due out this Friday, February 25th and will be accompanied by a music video.  You can pre-save the new single: here.

The 41-show ‘Forever Tour’ will kick off on June 23rd at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Washington, DC before wrapping up at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, CA on August 20th. Joining Big Time Rush on the road for select dates will be Dixie D’Amelio.

Tickets go on-sale to the general public starting Friday, February 25th at 11 am local time via Ticketmaster.  Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets now through Thursday, February 24th at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

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Britney Spears has reportedly signed one of the biggest book deals in publishing history, securing a deal worth as much as $15 million with publishing house Simon & Schuster.

The “tell-all” memoir will cover Spears’ career and family life.  Reports state that Spears’ decision to pen a book came as her sister Jamie Lynn released Things I Should Have Said, over which the two have been publicly feuding. Jamie’s book was release during the end of Britney’s 13-year-long conservatorship.

Spears’ conservatorship was officially terminated in November, after her father—who was appointed as co-conservator with Andrew Wallet in 2008—was suspended from the role in September. Spears asked the court to terminate the conservatorship during a hearing on June 23, and said she hadn’t had control over her finances, medical decisions, and other aspects of her life as a result.

Spears previously teased a potential book when she posted a photo of a typewriter back in January with the caption “shall I start from the beginning.”

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The Weeknd has announced ‘The Dawn FM Experience,’ a new immersive music special based on his most recent album of the same name. The special will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Saturday, February 26.  A synopsis reads that ‘The Dawn FM Experience‘ will expand the Dawn FM album “into a mesmerizing visual, creating a theatrical performance event that will envelop audiences in its unnerving and moody world.”

The Weeknd — Abel Tesfaye — said in a press release:  “I’m ecstatic to partner with Amazon to premiere the most elaborate live TV special I’ve ever done. Welcome to the next phase of Dawn FM — a purgatory otherworld where live performance, theater, and performance art collide for a night out at the club.”

The Dawn FM Experience will only be available to Prime subscribers. Other content will be available around the special program, including an eight-track live EP that will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Music.  Exclusive merch will also be launched to celebrate the special, including limited-edition items and will only be available to customers in the US via amazon.com/theweeknd from 3pm ET on Friday, 2/25.

Dawn FM was released in January 2022, and features guest appearances by the likes of Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones, Oneohtrix Point Never, Tyler, The Creator, and actor Jim Carrey.  You can buy or stream Dawn FM – here.

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Disney+ will exclusively premiere Olivia Rodrigo’s film Driving Home 2 U, which will chronicle the creation of her 2021 breakthrough record Sour.  Rodrigo shares in the trailer: “I think I just wanted to tell people what was going on in the back of my head in a way that was proud and not ashamed. Coming from this place of hurt and you manage to turn it into something that you’re proud of – there’s like nothing better than that.”

The hybrid film, directed by Stacey Lee, ‘paints the picture of Sour using behind-the-scenes footage captured in the studio and throughout Rodrigo’s day-to-day life, from her process of transfixing hyper-personal experiences into chart-topping songs to her parlay into the realm of pop’s elite as a young woman.’

Driving Home 2 U is set to debut on March 25.  Shortly after the film’s release, the 18-year-old Rodrigo will make her first appearance at the Grammy Awards where she’s nominated for seven awards including Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.

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The 2022 Billboard Music Awards are set to air live on NBC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 15. A host and performers for the event, which celebrates music’s greatest achievements, will be announced in coming weeks.

Honorees for the Billboard Awards will be determined by their performance on the Billboard charts, while nominees and winners are based on key fan interactions with music including streaming, album, digital sales, radio airplay, touring and more.

This year’s broadcast will include the ICON Award, honoring record-breaking artists and their wider impact. Pink was the recipient of this award in 2021, with other past recipients including Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Stevie Wonder and Janet Jackson.

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Lizzo’s dance competition series, titled “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” is premiering on Amazon Prime Video next month. The eight-episode unscripted show, which is Lizzo’s first project as part of her first-look deal with Amazon Studios, will premiere on the streaming service March 25.

According to an official description, the show “follows “global superstar and icon Lizzo, who is on the hunt for confident, bad-ass women to join the elite ranks of the Big Grrrls and join her world tour. With 10 hopeful women moving into the Big Grrrls House, they must prove they have what it takes to make it to the end and join Lizzo in front of a global audience on the center stage.”

Choreographer Tanisha Scott joins Lizzo to help with her search for the next Big Grrrls, as well as original tour dancers Chawnta’ Marie Van, Shirlene Quigley and Grace Holden. The show will also feature several special guests, including SZA, choreographer Charm La’Donna and body movement expert Rashida KhanBey Miller.

Watch the full trailer for “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” – here.

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