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11 Jul 2024

2024 Heat Latin Music Awards: All the Performers & How To Watch

The 2024 Heat Latin Music Awards (popularly known as Premios Heat) — which place on Thursday (July 11) in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic — are led by 10-times nominees Karol G and Feid. 

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They are followed by top nominees Carin León (6); Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera and Xavi (5); and Bad Bunny, Young Miko, Fuerza Regida, Maluma, Marshmello and Yandel with four each.

Founded by Colombian music executive Diana Montes, a former Billboard Latin Power Player, the fan-voted awards show recognizes renowned and up-and-coming artists who are making a buzz in the Caribbean and Latin American regions. The event is celebrated on the beach, offering the ultimate “summer experience” to artists, media and attendees.

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How can you tune in and who will perform at Premios Heat? See all the details below.

How To Watch

Fans will be able to watch the 2024 Heat Latin Music Awards at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday (July 11) via livestreaming on the LosHeat.Tv app and YouTube, click here.

Performers

  • Alex Sensation
  • Alvaro Rod
  • Amy Gutierrez
  • Andreina Bravo
  • Arelys Henao
  • Arthur Hanlon
  • Charlie Zaa
  • Christian Alicea
  • Chyno Y Nacho
  • Cielo Torres
  • Corina Smith
  • DJ Adoni
  • Ernesto Pimentel
  • Felipe Pelaez
  • Hernán Gómez
  • Jey One
  • Jhon De La Torre
  • Jhonny Rivera
  • Jonathan Moly
  • Juan Duque
  • Justin Quiles
  • Ken Y
  • Kendar (La Nueva Cepa)
  • La Perversa
  • Lenny Tavarez
  • Lion (La Nueva Cepa)
  • Lomiiel
  • Los Esquivel
  • Lowis (La Nueva Cepa)
  • Luis Arango (La Nueva Cepa)
  • Luis Alfonso
  • Manuel Medrano
  • Mar Rendón
  • Noreh
  • Pipe Bueno
  • Scarlet (La Nueva Cepa)
  • Silvestre Dangond
  • Tito El Bambino
  • Willy García
  • Yahaira Plasencia

11 Jul 2024

Megan Thee Stallion’s Spicy ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Answer Had a Shocked Steve Harvey Looking For a Lifeline

Comedian Steve Harvey has heard it all as the host of Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud over the past 14 years. But the always quick-on-his-feet stand-up was caught dumbfounded on Tuesday night (July 9) when Megan Thee Stallion offered up a predictably body-ody-ody-positive answer to the query “name something that might be curvy.”

Wearing a body-hugging red leather outfit, the “Hiss” rapper quipped, “me, ooh… a body!” to cheers from the studio audience. Harvey, wearing a shiny bronze-colored suit, clapped up that answer enthusiastically, closing his eyes to take in the unexpected response. As Meg laughed it up behind him and did a half-turn to show off her assets, Harvey appeared to say a silent prayer, murmuring, “I’m sorry.”

Looking down and still talking to himself, Harvey said, “I’m so sorry… I don’t know what…” as Megan said, “right? Can I say that?” Squeezing out one of his signature hilariously exasperated expressions, Harvey assured her, “you might as well.”

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Before Tuesday’s episode aired, ABC shared a preview with Billboard, in which the Houston MC went up against Ne-Yo and his crew. Megan was asked to “name something you’ve done to your mate’s feet,” to which she responded “Massage!,” which was, technically, the answer as 50 out of 100 respondents suggesting “Rubbed ‘Em.”

Megan is in the midst of her Hot Girls Summer Tour, which will hit the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on Thursday night (July 11), before moving on to Dublin, Birmingham and London before returning to the U.S. for a July 27 spot at the Broccoli City Festival in Washington, D.C.

Watch the exchange below.

11 Jul 2024

The Deals: Ticketmaster Integrates With Shazam, Beatport Gets Fraud Detection Partner

Ticketmaster partnered with Shazam for a deal allowing artists to link to their Ticketmaster-listed events directly in the Shazam app. Through that integration, Shazam users will be able to see where that artist is playing and buy tickets to their show “with just a few clicks” after Shazaming their music, according to a Ticketmaster blog post. The ticketing giant previously announced similar integrations with TikTok and Snapchat.

Fraud detection company Beatdapp Software partnered with Beatport, a digital service that offers high-quality downloads for DJs to use in live sets, in a deal that aims to banish fraudulent activities on Beatport by integrating Beatdapp’s fraud detection technology into the platform. “We launched streaming products under the Beatport and Beatsource brands in 2019, and despite the fact that they have not historically been a target for streaming fraud, suspicious activity has been on the rise in recent months,” said Helen Sartory, chief revenue officer of The Beatport Group, in a statement. “Although our fraud rates still remain half that of the industry average, we rely on accurate streaming data not only to preserve fair compensation to artists and labels, but also for track recommendations and analytics. We are excited to be able to work with Beatdapp to ensure that our data is representative of authentic listener engagement.”

Virgin Music Group announced a “strategic relationship” with Frontier Works, a Japanese animation-related content production company, to release anime music projects. Virgin will provide Frontier Works with access to its music distribution and marketing platform and global team to support Frontier releases worldwide. This includes Virgin’s AI-driven music marketing technology, which filters streaming data “to create dynamic and actionable insights,” as well as “Smart Audience,” an advertising platform that uses “ethical AI” to increase fan engagement and help drive streaming consumption, according to a press release.

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Believe acquired a 25% stake in Global Records, an independent dance music company covering Central and Eastern Europe, and signed a strategic partnership with the label. The acquisition expands Believe and Global Records’ existing relationship, which since 2016 has allowed the latter to ramp up its territorial expansion and catalog development, according to a press release. Global Records’ catalog racked up more than 6 billion streams across all platforms last year alone and has seen more than 20 billion streams to date, the release adds. Global’s roster includes INNA, Minelli, Carla’s Dreams, Antonia and Holy Molly; it has offices in Germany, Romania and the United States.

Artist manager Matt Musacchio‘s Champ Management partnered with Red Light Management in a deal that brings Vincent Mason, Jessie James Decker and Dawson Anderson to the Red Light roster. Kyle Marsh will also join the Red Light team as a day-to-day manager.

ASM Global expanded its reach into Portugal by taking on the operation of two venue spaces located in Lisbon’s LX Factory, which is located inside a converted factory complex in the Alcantara area. ASM Global will additionally manage the venues’ adjacent outdoor bar, terrace and gallery spaces.

Web3 creator platform DRiP acquired limited-edition music platform Vault Music. Both platforms are on the Solana blockchain. Under the deal, all Vault Music drops and users will transition to the DRiP platform. “Vault was our first music partner on DRiP,” said CEO Vibhu Norby in a statement on the acquisition. “They did a phenomenal job harboring musicians from outside of the existing ecosystem, and we’re excited to help them continue that effort.”

ADA Canada signed a global distribution deal with country music label MCM Recordings, which is home to Jess Moskaluke, Charlie Major and The Redhill Valleys.

The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) extended its agreement with the International Copyright Enterprise (ICE) for several more years. According to a press release, the extended deal “will facilitate faster royalty payments to IMRO members for online performances of their works and enhanced usage transparency.” The release claims IMRO’s online revenue saw 30% growth in 2023.

Independent dance music label Armada Music signed a long-term partnership with Amsterdam-based DJ and producer KI/KI and her self-founded label, slash. Armada will work with KI/KI and her team on A&R, label management, distribution and promotion/marketing for upcoming slash releases. The first release under the joint venture is KI/KI’s latest EP, slash 010.

11 Jul 2024

Of Course ‘Betty’ Is Ryan Reynolds’ Favorite Taylor Swift Song: ‘In My ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ Era’

The long and winding road to the opening of the eagerly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine movie is nearing its end. The superhero team-up between Ryan Reynolds’ foul-mouthed face-puncher and Hugh Jackman’s razor-clawed X-Man hits theaters on July 26. But before we see them in action, the pair sat down with director Shawn Levy to talk about the most important spoiler of all: what is Reynolds’ favorite Taylor Swift song?

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In a video interview for Variety in which the three men reveal how much they know about each other, the question came up and both men seemed stumped at first as Reynolds sighed, “I mean, you know… I mean, c’mon,” smiling a knowing smile.

“I know the answer to this,” Jackman said confidently as he scribbled his reply on a white board. “He sang it to me on the very last day of the shoot.” Reynolds, covering his face with his white board, just laughed as his compatriots revealed their totally wrong responses. Jackman went with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” while Levy blanked and wrote “the one that starts with ‘gorgeous,’” aka the Reputation song “Gorgeous,” which features Reynolds and Blake Lively’s daughter James saying the title.

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Cute answers, but Reynolds could only say, “wow… no.”

Jackman was surprised. “You sang that to me in my face… angrily,” he insisted as Reynolds replied that he’d actually “hummed it.” The answer, naturally, is the Folklore ballad “Betty,” with Reynolds explaining, “c’mon man, I’m in my Folklore and Evermore era.” You might recall that the song is named for the couple’s four-year-old daughter, and also shouts out daughter James (9) and their seven-year-old daughter, Inez.

Reynolds and Lively have been pals with Swift for years and there continue to be rumors that the singer may make a cameo in the upcoming film after Ryan recreated the Evermore cover in a post earlier this month in which Deadpool made a visit to the album cover’s misty forest, followed by an IMAX poster in which the heroes were seen holding hands and wearing Eras Tour-like friendship bracelets. Last week, however, EW reported that Swift is definitely not in the film.

During a May 29 show in Madrid, Swift shouted out the couple’s three daughters — their fourth child’s name has not yet been publicly revealed, with Reynolds joking earlier this year that they’re waiting for the singer to tell them what it is — telling the crowd, “I have to say on Folklore some of my favorite characters are named James, Inez and Betty.”

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11 Jul 2024

2024 Midyear Market Share: Taylor Swift Helps Republic Beat WMG; Interscope, Warner Records Stay Hot

Halfway through 2024, it’s once again Taylor Swift’s world, and we’re all just living in it. At the midway point of the year, her Tortured Poets Department album is the biggest release of 2024 so far by a huge margin, having spent nine of the 13 weeks of the second quarter atop the Billboard 200. That helped her label, Republic Records, best the entire Warner Music Group in current market share for the year through June 27, contributing to Republic’s 15.72% mark — by far the best among individual labels.

However, Swift is far from the only factor. Republic’s market share also includes Mercury Records, Big Loud Records and Island Records (as well as indie distributor Imperial and Cash Money), and each of those labels is also on fire in the first half: Mercury’s Post Malone has collaborated with Swift, Beyoncé, Blake Shelton and Big Loud’s Morgan Wallen on big singles (the latter of which, “I Had Some Help,” spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100), while Island’s Sabrina Carpenter has dominated the singles charts of late and the same label’s Chappell Roan has emerged as one of the artist stories of the year. Each of the three labels, if broken out on their own, would have made the top 15 of the midyear current market share chart, while Island in particular logged a midyear mark (1.29%) that was more than double its share at the same point last year, and represents its highest midpoint stake since 2018.

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That surge from Republic, which is up more than 3% from the 12.42% current share it posted midway through 2023, helped boost the Universal Music Group’s industry-leading current market share up to 36.37% at the halfway mark, up from the 34.48% it had the same period last year. In turn, Sony Music Entertainment’s current share came in at 26.07%, down from 27.54% halfway through 2023; while the Warner Music Group’s 15.68% dipped from the 17.26% it enjoyed midway through last year. The indie sector, by distribution ownership, grew more than a percentage point to 21.88%, up from 20.72%. By label ownership, the indie community remained the biggest sector of the business, with a 39.12% current share and a 37.35% overall share, both of which are slightly down year over year but relatively static.

Among individual labels, beyond Republic, Interscope Geffen A&M (whose market share also includes Verve Label Group) also had a strong quarter. The label came in at 9.51% in current share, also up a large margin from the 8.08% it posted halfway through 2023, with Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft leading the way. Taking into account the realignment of UMG’s label structure under the Interscope Capitol Labels Group on the West Coast, within which Capitol now reports up to ICLG chief John Janick, and Republic Recording Company on the East Coast, which includes Def Jam among the additional labels that report in to Monte Lipman, ICLG’s current market share would come in at 13.54% halfway through the year, with Republic Recording Company at 16.36%.

Outside those two labels, Warner Records — which includes Warner Latin, catalog label Rhino and some share from Warner Nashville — has continued its hot streak from the first quarter, as singles by Benson Boone (“Beautiful Things”), Teddy Swims (“Lose Control”) and Zach Bryan (last year’s “I Remember Everything” with Kacey Musgraves) remain among the biggest songs of 2024. Notably, Warner’s 6.30% current share — which keeps it in third place among labels — comes even before the impact of Bryan’s latest album, The Great American Bar Scene, given that it was released after the half-year tracking period. That’s easily Warner’s best midyear mark in years and an improvement over 2023’s 5.62%, when it ranked fifth.

Coming in fourth is Atlantic, at a 5.24% current share, which is both down significantly from the 7.34% it posted halfway through 2023 and up slightly from the 5.14% current share it had in the first quarter, as Jack Harlow’s former No. 1 “Lovin On Me” remains among the top songs of the year. (Atlantic’s share includes the 300 Elektra Music Group.) Fifth place, with a 4.59% current share, belongs to RCA Records, representing a dip in share from last year’s 4.98% midyear mark but a rise in position, as it came in seventh at this point last year. 

In sixth, Columbia’s current share has improved, up to 4.35% from 3.71% in Q1, as Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and Hozier’s No. 1 single “Too Sweet” factors in, though it’s still down from the 5.16% it held midway through last year. (Columbia’s share includes some labels from indie distributor RED.) Capitol Music Group, meanwhile — which includes Virgin Music, Motown/Quality Control, Capitol Christian, Blue Note and Astralwerks in its share — has dropped into seventh place with a 4.03% current share, down from its 6.00% 2023 mark and the 4.71% it posted in the first quarter of 2024.

A trio of Sony labels round out the top 10, though in a different order than they did in the same period of 2023. In eighth, Epic Records has capitalized on a slew of big hip-hop albums in the first half of the year from 21 Savage, Future and Metro Boomin to boost its current share to 2.78%, up significantly from the 1.82% share it held last year when it sat in 10th. Also pushing higher is Sony Latin, which came in ninth at 2.17%, up from 1.99% last year. It comes in ahead of Sony Nashville, which dropped from a 2.55% share halfway through 2023 to a 1.96% share at the midpoint of 2024.

Another big climber at the year’s midway point is Alamo, which is up to 1.78% so far this year, good for 11th and a jump from the 0.96% current share it held this time last year. (Alamo also last year launched indie distributor Santa Anna, which inked a deal with Drake’s OVO Sound label in January.) Universal’s Nashville (1.35%) and Latin (1.12%) follow in 12th and 13th, respectively, while BMG (0.93%) and Concord (0.75%) — the latter of which scored a big hit with the Pulse Music-released “Million Dollar Baby” by Tommy Richman — round out the top 15 among current market share.

In overall market share — which combines current releases (within the past 18 months) with catalog — UMG increased its lead at the top, to 38.52% over last year’s 37.98%, while Sony (27.21%) and WMG (18.22%) both dipped slightly, and the indie community by distribution ownership inched upward, to 16.05% from last year’s 15.93%.

Among the individual labels, the race is much tighter at the top in overall share, with Republic’s 10.61% beating out Interscope’s 9.88%, though both saw their share increase year over year. (The score for the UMG umbrella groups in terms of overall share: ICLG at 15.78% and Republic Recording Company at 12.45%.) Below them, Atlantic jumps to third with a 7.61% mark, leapfrogging Warner Records’ 6.74%, while the deep catalogs of Capitol (in fifth) and Columbia (in sixth) allowed their shares rise to a virtual tie at 5.90%, with Capitol edging out Columbia by five ten-thousandths of a point. RCA (5.05%), Epic (2.75%), Sony Nashville (2.02%) and UMG Nashville (1.86%) round out the top 10.

By catalog share, both UMG (39.25%) and Sony (27.60%) grew year over year, while Warner (19.07%) and the indies (14.08% by distribution ownership) both dipped slightly. Among the individual labels, Interscope takes the top slot, coming in at 10.00% even, ahead of Republic’s 8.88%, with both up slightly over their prior-year marks. Republic barely rises above Atlantic, which drops to No. 3 with an 8.41% share, while Warner Records (6.88%), Capitol Music Group (6.53%) and Columbia Records (6.42%) are closely bunched together behind, with Warner jumping past Capitol year over year. RCA comes in a solid seventh with a 5.21% share, while Epic (2.75%), Def Jam Recordings (2.25%) and Sony Nashville (2.04%) complete the top 10.

11 Jul 2024

Jelly Roll Teams Up With AJ McLean For Run Through Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’ During Toronto Show

Jelly Roll continues to provide proof that dreams do come true. On Wednesday night (July 10) during his first-ever solo international date, the “Save Me” singer brought out a very special guest to help him celebrate. Performing at the 2,500-capacity venue History in Toronto, the country superstar surprised the sold-out house by inviting the Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean out to help him on a run through the boy band’s iconic 1999 single “I Want It That Way.”

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“Get on out here AJ, let’s sing some music for these motherf–kers in Toronto, baby!,” Jelly shouted as McLean waltzed on stage to screams from the crowd. The two men were in perfect harmony on their duet, with the audience enthusiastically helping out on the “tell me whyyyy” chorus as if the whole thing had been rehearsed beforehand.

During the show, Jelly took a moment to savor his first trip up North while shouting out some classic Canadian cuisine, telling the crowd, “technically, this week is officially my international debut. It’s the first time I’ve… let me tell you something. Everything’s been great. Cover the kids’ ears, but the weed has been incredible, the people have been great. And I mean, I never had poutine until yesterday… I’m sorry I was late to the party, but I will take it home and make a tradition of throwing gravy on my fries.”

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In June, Jelly Roll announced that he’d booked his first non-U.S. dates, which included a July 8 show at the Meridian Center in St. Catharines in Ontario at a benefit for the Heather Winterstein Foundation, which was followed by a July 9 gig at Ottawa’s Bluesfest.

“I can’t tell ya’ll how unreal this was man. I kind of gave up hope that they were ever going to let me into Canada,” he told the crowd. Man, I couldn’t have asked for a better reception.”

The 39-year-old singer who has scored three No. 1 hits at Canadian radio to date, has never booked any shows in Canada — or anywhere else overseas to date — due to visa restrictions tied to a number of arrests and convictions earlier in his life. Jelly has been candid about his past legal issues and jail time, including dozens of stints behind bars on drug charges dating back to when he was 14, as well as an arrest at 16 for aggravated robbery that sent him to prison for a year when he was tried as an adult; he faced a potential 20-year sentence in that case, though he served just over a year and was put on probation for seven years.

Check out a clip of the duet below.

11 Jul 2024

‘My Oh My’: Kylie Minogue Joins Forces With Bebe Rexha, Tove Lo on Flirty New Single

Kylie Minogue’s brilliant year keeps sparkling with “My Oh My”, her new collaboration with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo.

Produced by Steve Mac (Calvin Harris, Little Mix, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, P!nk), “My Oh My” dropped in the small hours of Thursday morning via BMG, following teases earlier in the week.

A sophisticated and polished shot of pop, “My Oh My” lifts a few notches with its slappy, ready-for-the-club beat. On it, the Aussie pop princess flirts: “When you asked / What’s your name? / What’s your sign? / I’m Kylie, it’s Gemini / What’s your drink? Let me buy / You had me when you said hi.”

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The Melbourne-raised pop legend enjoyed an outstanding 2023, with the release of Tension, which hit No. 1 in the U.K. and Australia, and yielded the global hit “Padam Padam,” which cracked the U.K. top 10 and won an ARIA for best pop release.

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The good times carried well into 2024, with Kylie collecting the Global Icon Award at the BRIT Awards, becoming just the second woman to claim the accolade, following Taylor Swift in 2021. Also, she won a Grammy Award (best pop dance recording) for “Padam Padam,” and completed her inaugural Las Vegas Residency.

Also, Kylie signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for live representation in the U.S. and Canada and acting roles worldwide, an alliance that should help the singer and actor to build on the success of her More Than Just a Residency show in Las Vegas, which was extended through May.

She’s all set to perform her first live show this year in the U.K., where she’s adopted as a national treasure, when she headlines BST Hyde Park in London this Saturday, July 13.

11 Jul 2024

The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside’ Strolls Into Guinness World Records

More than 20 years after its release, The Killers’ “Mr Brightside” continues to break records and collect awards.

The American alternative rock act was this week presented with two Guinness World Records, for its extraordinary chart success in the United Kingdom.

With a total of 416 weeks — and counting — on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, “Mr Brightside” has the longest stay on the singles survey by a group and the most cumulative weeks on the U.K. tally for one song, according to GWR.

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Earlier this year, “Mr Brightside” was crowned as the biggest-ever single in the U.K. which had never gone to No. 1.

Hailing from Las Vegas, the band was originally discovered by and signed to U.K. independent Lizard King, and were embraced by Brits as one of their own. “Mr Brightside” was initially released in 2003 with a limited-edition 500 CD run, and was reissued in May 2004, peaking at No. 10.

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Now, after eight years on the national chart, the track is also recognized as one of the U.K.’s all-time top three singles for combined units (sales and streams) and among the top five most-streamed tracks.

“It’s infectious still to us, I know some people can’t wrap their head around it but you’ll see the response [when you see it live],” frontman Brandon Flowers tells GWR. “It’s tough not to be touched by it or be excited by it and there’s going to be people tonight who’ve never seen it live, there’ll be some people who’ve seen it 45 times. And we just don’t get tired of it.”

It would seem, no one has tired of the song. In recent weeks, The Killers were inducted with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award, recognition for their status as one of the most streamed acts in the organization’s 21-year history.

The Killers complete a six-night stand at London’s O2 arena tonight (July 11), part of a tour of the U.K. and Europe that runs through mid-July. The band returns to the U.S. for festival appearances at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands before kicking off an August Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and additional North American festival dates through September.

11 Jul 2024

Sexyy Red Shuts Down Low Ticket Sales Rumors: ‘We Not Canceling No Tour’

Sexyy Red is pushing back against rumors of low ticket sales for her upcoming Sexyy Red 4 President tour.

The “Pound Town” rapper took to X on Monday (July 8) to address reports about poor ticket sales. “My fans are buying tickets we’re doin just fine. We not cancelling no tour,” she wrote in response to a post suggesting her tour was in jeopardy.

Touring Data reported on July 3 that 37.11% of tickets for the 24-date trek had been sold, with 85,217 still available. However, the St. Louis native refuted the idea that these figures indicate trouble.

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“Dis how Dey try to do u wen u go wit an independent promoter n the bigger companies try to sabotage u,” she explained in another post, referencing her partnership with AG Entertainment. “We not cancelling sht.”

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The 26-year-old artist concluded by blaming certain social media pages for spreading misinformation: “I did my touring deal with a black promoter black owned company AG Entertainment and now Dey playin dirty paying pages spreading fake news to discourage my fans from buying tickets.”

The rapper has made an impact on the Billboard Hot 100 with several hit singles of late. Sexyy Red’s latest single “Get It Sexyy” marked her highest solo entry, debuting at No. 23 and peaking at No. 20 on the Hot 100, while also charting on the Global 200.

Her breakout track “Pound Town” reached No. 66. Following this, “SkeeYee” peaked at No. 62. Additionally, her collaboration with Nicki Minaj on the remix of “Pound Town 2” achieved considerable success, also peaking at No. 66 and gaining heavy rotation on radio and streaming platforms.

Sexyy Red’s tour is slated to begin on August 15 in Miami and conclude on Oct. 10 in Los Angeles. You can find tickets here.

11 Jul 2024

Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood Hopes for ‘Healing’ Between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham

The tumultuous relationship between Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham has fueled rock ‘n’ roll legend for nearly half a century.

From their early days as a romantic couple to their bitter breakup and subsequent years of creative tension, the duo’s infamous “beef” has fascinated fans and inspired some of the band’s most iconic music.

Now, drummer Mick Fleetwood has expressed his hope for a long-awaited reconciliation between the estranged bandmates in a recent interview with MOJO published Jul. 9.

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“It’s no secret, it’s no tittle-tattle that there is a brick wall there emotionally,” Fleetwood shared. “Stevie’s able to speak clearly about how she feels and doesn’t feel, as does Lindsey. But I’ll say, personally, I would love to see a healing between them – and that doesn’t have to take the shape of a tour, necessarily.”

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Nicks and Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac on New Year’s Eve 1974, after performing as a duo under the name Buckingham Nicks.

Their romantic relationship ended in 1976, just before the band recorded their iconic album Rumours, yet they continued to perform together professionally for many years. They were pivotal in creating the band’s signature sound and were mainstays until 1987, when Buckingham left the group, followed by Nicks in 1990.

Both returned in 1997, only for Buckingham to be fired in 2018.

Following Buckingham’s departure in 2018, he claimed it was “all Stevie’s doing,” alleging that she gave the band an ultimatum that led to his firing.

Nicks refuted his claims: “I did not demand he be fired. Frankly, I fired myself. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my well-being. I was done. If the band went on without me, so be it.”

Meanwhile, Fleetwood Mac’s future has been uncertain following the death of longtime member Christine McVie in November 2022.

Both Fleetwood and Nicks have indicated that the band is unlikely to reunite without her. Nicks told MOJO last month, “Without Christine, no can do. There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn’t work.”

“Even if I thought I could work with Lindsey again, he’s had some health problems,” says Nick, referring to Buckingham’s heart surgery in 2019.

“It’s not for me to say, but I’m not sure if Lindsey could do the kind of touring that Fleetwood Mac does, where you go out for a year and half. It’s so demanding.”

Fleetwood echoed that McVie’s death signalled the end of a Fleetwood Mac revival, saying in February last year that he had drawn “a line in the sand” regarding playing with the band again but would be happy if the members continued making music in other projects.

Reflecting on the past year, he said, “It’s been a strange time for me. Losing sweet Christine was catastrophic. And then, in my world, sort of losing the band too. And I [split] with my partner as well. I just found myself sort of licking my wounds.”

Despite the uncertainties, Buckingham expressed in February that he’d rejoin the band “in a heartbeat” if given the opportunity.

Meanwhile, Nicks has been busy with her solo career and is set to headline BST Hyde Park in London on July 12, supported by artists like Baby Queen and Nina Nesbitt. This comes after the music legend was forced to postpone a slew of recent shows “due to illness“.