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Cardi B is pregnant with baby #2!   Cardi revealed her pregnancy while performing with Migos at the 2021 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Cardi and her husband, Offset, are also parents to 2-year-old daughter Kulture.

Cardi also posted the big news on Instagram alongside a maternity shot and the caption: “#2! @offsetyrn” 

Ed Sheeran has release his new single “Bad Habits.”   Sheeran hasn’t released new music since December 2019, and posted on Instagram at the time that he needed to “take a breather to travel, write, and read.”

Sheeran said about the new track: “I’ve been working away in the studio over recent months and I can’t wait for you to hear “Bad Habits.”  I always aim to push myself and my music in new directions and hopefully you’ll hear that on the new single. Feels great to be back!”

Watch Sheeran’s music video for “Bad Habits” at the link –here.

Willow Smith has confirmed the release date for her forthcoming new album ‘Lately I Feel Everything’ will be July 16th. Lately I Feel Everything is the follow-up to 2020’s ‘The Anxiety’ – which was a collaborative record with Tyler Cole under the moniker The Anxiety.  Willow previously dropped her collaboration with Travis Barker ‘t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l’, which came out back in April.

A press release says that Willow will “channel the alt rock, pop-punk and emo heroes she adored as a teenager, like Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance and Paramore,” on her new album. Willow said in a statement: “I thought this was a really dope outlet for a new energy I wanted to bring to my music.” and she revealed in an interview earlier this month that her new album features a collaboration with Avril Lavigne, telling V Magazine: “I’m so excited that I’m going to be having a song on the album with Avril Lavigne. She is so iconic. From [ages] 13 to 16, she was my idol. It’s really nice to be able to have a quintessential pop-punk record with the pop-punk queen.”

Olivia Rodrigo announced that she will host her own alternative prom — titled the Sour Prom Concert Film – to stream Tuesday, June 29, at 8:30 p.m. PT on her official YouTube channel.   Rodrigo wrote on Twitter: “Since I never got to go to prom, I wanted to throw a little prom party with my fav ppl (you guys obvs).”

During the event, the singer will be performing tunes from her hit debut album as fans enjoy what the press release calls “the ultimate alternative prom experience.” There will also be a pre-prom event hosted by Rodrigo on her YouTube page, which begins 30 minutes before the livestream, at 8 p.m. PT.  Rodrigo will be answering questions from fans and sharing behind the scenes stories about the making of Sour Prom.

The 18-year-old singer surprised some fans with an in-person invitation to the event ahead of the announcement. The ‘promposals’ come just days after Rodrigo graduated from high school herself, which she celebrated on social media.

Britney Spears appeared before a judge on Wednesday, asking to end the court conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008.  Spears’ request at a Los Angeles hearing was the first time she spoke in open court under the conservatorship during its 13-year existence.

In the written speech that lasted more than 20 minutes, Spears revealed many details that have been carefully guarded for years by the court.  Spears, speaking by phone, called the conservatorship “abusive” and condemned her father and the others who have controlled it, saying: “I want to end this conservatorship without being evaluated,” Spears said, adding, “This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good. I deserve to have a life.”  Spears said she wants to marry her boyfriend Sam Asghari and have a baby, but the conservatorship won’t allow her to, telling the court she’s being forced to take birth control against her will. When an attorney representing her co-conservator said the hearing and transcript should be kept sealed, Spears objected, saying “They’ve done a good job at exploiting my life, so I feel like it should be an open court hearing and they should listen and hear what I have to say.”

James Spears serves as co-conservator of his daughter’s finances, and also had control of her life decisions for most of the conservatorship. The conservatorship was put in place as she underwent a mental health crisis in 2008.  Vivian Thoreen, attorney for James Spears, gave a brief statement on his behalf: “He is sorry to see his daughter suffering and in so much pain. Mr. Spears loves his daughter, and misses her very much.”

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Elton John announced on social media his final concert dates for North America and Europe as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. John said in a video addressed to fans: “Shows that I announce today will be my final tour dates ever in North America and Europe. I’m going to go out in the biggest possible way, performing at my very best, with the most spectacular production I’ve ever had, playing in places that have meant so much to me throughout my career.”

The new dates will kick-off May 27, 2022 at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany and end on Nov. 22, 2022 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. John will also be touring in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

John  first announced the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour back in 2018, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tickets go on sale for the general public in Europe next Tuesday, June 29th and on Wed, June 30 for North America. For pre-sale tickets, join the Rocket Club at http://eltonjohn.com/rocket-club

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Pitbull has announced his North American tour with special guest Iggy Azalea. Dubbed the I Feel Good tour, the trek will cover 32 cities, kicking-off on Aug. 20 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., before wrapping up on Oct. 13 at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.

Pitbull posted on social media: “:I don’t know about you, but I feel good! Yours truly is back on the road again with special guest @thenewclassic and our very own @themostbadones. Excited to reunite with all of my fans. Dale!! #IFeelGoodTour

Iggy Azalea will be performing on all dates except for the Sept. 8 show at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, Ark.; the Sept. 16 show at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, N.M.; and the Sept. 18 show at the Zappos Theater in Las Vegas.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 25th at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster.

Billie Eilish is apologizing for her behavior after video resurfaced that appears to show her mouthing an anti-Asian remark.  An edited compilation of several videos that was posted on TikTok last week appears to show the singer mouthing an Asian racial slur used in Tyler the Creator’s 2011 song “Fish” and imitating various accents.

Eilish responded to the backlash via her Instagram story, writing: “I love you guys, and many of you have been asking me to address this. And this is something that I WANT to address because I’m being labeled something that I am not. There’s a video edit going around of me when I was 13 or 14 where I mouthed a word from a song that at the time I didn’t know was a derogatory term used against members of the Asian community. I am appalled and embarrassed and want to barf that I ever mouthed along to that word. This song was the only time I’d ever heard that word as it was never used around me by anyone in my family. Regardless of my ignorance and age at the time, nothing excuses the fact is that it was hurtful. And for that I am sorry.”

BTS’ hit single “Butter” is holding its spot at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for the 4th week in a row. The song now ranks as BTS’ longest-reigning No. 1 track, beating the three-week stint achieved by their smash single, “Dynamite.” The Hot 100 ranks songs from all genres based on sales, streams, and radio activity.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u” and Dua Lipa’s “Levitating (featuring DaBaby)” hold at #2 and #3, respectively. Up three places, Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More (featuring SZA)” reached #4, and Justin Bieber’s “Peaches (featuring Daniel Caesar & GIVEON)” took the #5 spot.

Lorde has announced the release date of her upcoming album Solar Power as well as dates for her 2022 world tour. Lorde said in a statement, “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learned to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.”

Solar Power will be released on August 20, 2021; the 2022 concert tour will kick off in Lorde’s home country of New Zealand, spanning across Australia, North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Tickets go on general sale on June 25; get more information, including dates for ticket pre-sales, head over to Lorde’s website.