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Gunna edges out The Weeknd to earn the No. 1 spot on Billboard 200 with his LP ‘DS4EVER’

Gunna edged out The Weekend to earn the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his latest LP DS4EVER. Gunna landed 144,000 equivalent album units, with 3,000 estimated to be traditional album sales. The project features 19 tracks with collaborations from 21 Savage, Chris Brown, Future, Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch and Young Thug. DS4EVER is Gunna’s second No. 1 album, and his fourth project to land in the top 10.

The Weeknd’s Dawn FM took the No. 2 spot, and was expected to score about 157,000 units with 15,000 in traditional sales. Disney’s “Encanto” soundtrack fell two spots to No. 3 on the new chart, but saw a 32% boost for the week, scoring 95,700 album-equivalent units, the highest weekly tally to date for the album since it came out in mid-November. Adele’s “30” slipped to No. 4, with Morgan Wallen’s year-old “Dangerous: The Double Album,” hanging in at No. 5.

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Harry Styles announces rescheduled dates for his ‘Love on Tour 2022’

Harry Styles has announced rescheduled dates for his world tour, in addition to announcing new shows. Styles’ Love On Tour was postponed due to the pandemic, but finally kicked-off September 2021 in Las Vegas. Styles performed over 40 shows throughout the U.S. at the end of last year.

Styles will kick off the 32-city tour with three new stadium dates in the UK in June, as well as four stadium dates in Europe, including Glasgow Ibrox Stadium, Manchester Emirates Old Trafford and London Wembley Stadium.  The tour will continue in July with rescheduled arena dates in Europe, as well as a new show at Accor Arena in Paris, before wrapping up in Latin America later in the year. Special guests include Mitski on the UK dates, Arlo Parks in Dublin, Wolf Alice on select European dates and Koffee on all Latin American dates.

All existing tickets for rescheduled shows will remain valid. Tickets for the new shows go on general sale 9 am on Friday, January 28th via Ticketmaster. The tour will be following all local and public health guidelines as well as venue protocols set forth at the time of each show. Fans are asked to visit their local venue’s website ahead of each show for the latest health & safety details and requirements.

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak announce ‘Silk Sonic’ Las Vegas residency

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are taking their Silk Sonic project to Las Vegas.

Mars and .Paak announced the multi-date residency, titled An Evening With Silk Sonic, will be held at Park MGM’s Dolby Live theater on the Vegas strip. The residency will kick-off February 25, and will include more than 10 shows throughout March before wrapping-up on April 2.

For ticket and full schedule information for the Silk Sonic residency, check out the link – here.

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Iann Dior releases ‘Thought It Was’ with Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker

Iann Dior has released his new single “thought it was” featuring Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker.  The new tune is taken off Dior’s highly-anticipated album ‘On To Better Things’ which is set to drop this Friday, January 21st.

“thought it was” samples the late 90’s iconic hit, “Closing Time” by Semisonic. To coincide with the album release, Dior shared the full tracklisting for ‘On To Better Things’ on Instagram, which includes features from Lil Uzi Vert, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker on three of the album’s fifteen tracks.

You can listen to “thought it was” on Spotify or on YouTube.   To pre-order/pre-save ‘On To Better Things” head here.

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64th Annual GRAMMY Awards rescheduled to Sunday, April 3

The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards have been rescheduled and will now broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, from 8-11:30 p.m on CBS, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.   It’s the first time the show will take place in Vegas.

The show was postponed earlier this month amid the omicron surge from its original date of Jan. 31. It was scheduled to take place at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as the Staples Center) in Los Angeles. The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah will return as host of the ceremony. Additional details about the dates and locations of other official GRAMMY Week events, including the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony, MusiCares Person of the Year and the Pre-GRAMMY Gala will be announced soon.

The news came via a joint announcement from the Recording Academy, CBS and CMT. The CMT Awards will now move from its originally scheduled date of April 3 to a later date in April to be determined. This year will mark the first time that the CMT Awards will air on CBS.

Jon Batiste leads all nominees with 11 nominations; J. Cole, Drake, Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Olivia Rodrigo, and more also received multiple nominations.

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Preview for next episode of Euphoria reveals new song from Lana Del Rey

The official ‘Euphoria’ Twitter account shared a clip previewing the next episode of the hit HBO series, soundtracked to a new song by Lana Del Rey.  The song is rumored to be called “Watercolor Eyes;” fans had speculated earlier this month that the singer had written a track for the HBO drama.

The video clip is just shy of a minute, and features Episode 3 of Season 2, set to air next Sunday, Jan. 23. Given the video clip, the episode appears to feature important backstory on Nate Jacobs’ father, Cal.  It’s not yet known if the song will be featured on that episode, or if it is only being used for the preview.

You can watch the Euphoria preview, featuring the tune from Del Rey – at the Twitter link here.

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Avril Lavigne drops new single ‘Love It When You Hate Me’ from upcoming LP ‘Love Sux’

Following the release last fall of her single “Bite Me,” Avril Lavigne has dropped “Love It When You Hate Me” featuring blackbear — the second single from her upcoming album Love Sux.  Lavigne posted a video of her rocking out to her newest single on Twitter shortly following the drop.  You can watch the official lyric video for “Love It When You Hate Me” – here.

Lavigne also announced Love Sux is due out Feb. 25 via Travis Barker‘s DTA Records, and will feature appearances from Machine Gun Kelly and blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus.  In addition, Lavigne is set to head out on her 2022 world tour next month, kicking-off in Amsterdam on Feb. 26 and finishing up in Victoria, California, on May 25.  Check out the full list of tour dates and ticket information – here.

To pre-save/pre-order Love Suxhead here.

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Celine Dion cancels all remaining dates for her North American concert tour

Celine Dion announced over the weekend that she is canceling the remaining dates on the North American leg of her latest concert tour. The 53-year-old Dion wrote on her website that she was suffering from “severe and persistent muscle spasms,” which were preventing her from taking the stage.

Dion posted on Instagram: “I was really hoping that I’d be good to go by now, but I suppose I just have to be more patient and follow the regimen that my doctors are prescribing,

There’s a lot of organizing and preparation that goes into our shows, and so we have to make decisions today which will affect the plans two months down the road. I’ll be so glad to get back to full health, as well as all of us getting past this pandemic, and I can’t wait to be back on stage again. Meanwhile, I’ve been very touched by all the words of encouragement that everyone’s been sending to me on social media. I feel your love and support and it means the world to me.”

The North American leg of Dion’s Courage World Tour was set to kick-off March 9 at the Ball Arena in Denver, before wrapping up on April 22 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The European leg of the trek is still scheduled to begin on May 25 in Birmingham, England as of press time.

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Shawn Mendes shares the music video for ‘It’ll Be Okay’

Shawn Mendes has shared the official music video for his latest single “It’ll Be Okay,” which showcases the streets of Mendes’ hometown of Toronto. The video is directed by Jay Martin, who also helmed the visuals for Mendes’ “Stitches,” “Mercy,” and “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back.”

“It’ll Be Okay” marks the first release from Mendes since teaming up with Latin superstar Tainy for “Summer of Love.” Both tracks follow the release of the singer’s fourth studio album, Wonder, which featured the hit songs “Wonder” and “Monster” featuring Justin Bieber.

Next up, Mendes will hit the road on the Wonder world tour, which begins in Denmark on March 14 and wraps in Newark, New Jersey on October 26. Throughout the tour Mendes will be joined by special guests King Princess, Tate McRae, and Dermot Kennedy on select dates. For more information and ticket sales, visit the official Wonder world tour website.

Take a look at the video for “It’ll Be Okay” – here.

To stream or purchase “It’ll Be Okay”, head here.

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Full lineup for Coachella 2022 announced: Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Kanye ‘Ye’ West to headline

The full Coachella 2022 has been announced, with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Ye headlining.  Coachella announced the lineup on social media, tweeting: “Presale for Weekend 2 starts Friday 1/14 at 10am PT. Weekend 1 is sold out. Register now at http://coachella.com“.  Ye (formerly Kanye West) was the first headliner to return to the SoCal festival, which will be held back-to-back the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24, 2022.

Other performers include Phoebe Bridgers, Lil Baby, Big Sean and Daniel Caesar, who will perform alongside Friday headliner Harry Styles; Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Anitta and Giveon joined Saturday headliner Billie Eilish; And Doja Cat, Run the Jewels, Karol G, Maggie Rogers and Ari Lennox to join headliner Ye on Sunday.

The last time Coachella was held was in 2019; the 2020 and 2021 iterations were canceled due to COVID-19. Rage Against The Machine had been announced as the headliner along with Travis Scott and Frank Ocean 2020, but none will be performing at the 2022 festival.

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