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Ready to dive into the drama that is BravoCon 2025?
The Bravo-led convention is back and juicier than ever, spearheaded by none other than Andy Cohen. The convention will be taking place at the Bravo Clubhouse in Las Vegas. Fans will be able to experience a special edition of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, aptly titled BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen. Some of Bravo’s favorite series regulars will be attending the con including Angie Katsanevas from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Ariana Madix of Vanderpump Rules fame, Ashley Darby from The Real Housewives of Potomac and Denise Richards from the film Wild Things and the show Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, among others.
BravoCon LIVE will feature special episodes airing from Nov. 14 through the 16th slated to include all the hot gossip, jaw-dropping reveals, and maybe even some beef squashing that fans of Bravo have been craving. The shows will tape across four nights from PH Live at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
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BravoCon began back in 2019 in New York and served as a way for fans of Bravo franchises to meet and greet with their favorites. At the time, it was the only convention really celebrating and platforming all things reality TV. If you didn’t snag tickets to the convention, we’re going to show you how you can tune into the fun from the comfort of your couch.
How to Watch BravoCon with DIRECTV.
BravoCon LIVE with Andy Cohen will be available to watch via Bravo which can be accessed on DIRECTV on channel 237.
A subscription to DIRECTV gets you access to live TV, local networks such as NBC, ABC and PBS, and you can also watch many cable networks, including FS1, Lifetime, FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and many others (Some local channels not available in select markets.). With DIRECTV, you’ll have access to a slew of Bravo titles, giving you the drama fix you’ll need to keep going. This includes Below Deck, Vanderpump Rules, Summer House and all The Real Housewives franchises you can think of.
DIRECTV offers a handful of streaming plans for all budgets as well as a trial so you can watch for free for five days. The most affordable option of the bunch is the ENTERTAINMENT package featuring over 90 channels for $49.99/mo. for the first month and $79.99 for months two and three, then $89.99 for months 4-241. This plan includes local channels (where available), ESPN Unlimited, unlimited streams for unlimited screens2 and a special offer on premium networks. Check out directv.com/affiliates/stream for details on the other packages, channel line ups and special offers.
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Friendship will literally and figuratively sail on into the sunset in 2026, with organizer Gary Richards announcing that the next edition of the dance music cruise will be its last.
The event has dropped the 2026 lineup in tandem with the news, with scene luminaries including Bob Moses, Boys Noize, Polo & Pan, Mary Droppinz, Jason Bentley, Nina Las Vegas, Dita Von Teese, Mikey Lion, Justin and Christian Martin and Richards, who has long performed under his Destructo moniker, all on the bill.
See the complete lineup below, with additional names to be announced in the coming months.
“Friendship: The Final Transmission” will mark the fourth annual edition of Friendship and happens Jan. 18-22, 2026, aboard the Norwegian Joy, which can accommodate approximately 3,800 passengers in addition to crew. The voyage takes off from Miami, travels to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas then sails back to Miami. Tickets and cabin packages are on sale now.
Richards helped forge the rave cruise model when he launched Holy Ship in 2012, with the party at sea an extension of the HARD events brand he also founded. The group of people who returned annually for Holy Ship came to be known as “Shipfam,” with many of them finding their way to Friendship when it started in 2023.
“Almost fourteen years ago, I had a vision to create something different, special and out of this world,” Richards says in a statement. “As a result of that, the Shipfam was born, a reoccurring group of people who would meet annually to travel with us. Our voyagers became a family, one that has shared moments that surpass the test of time and that feel like they’ll echo forever. Maybe this is the last one… or maybe it’s just the beginning of something new as we embark on this final transmission.”
All Things Go festival is going international. Organizers for the festival announced Monday (June 16) that they will take the growing event to Toronto for two days this October.
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The Canadian edition will take place the weekend after the festival’s already announced New York and D.C.-area events taking place Sept. 27-29 at Forest Hills Stadium and Merriweather Post Pavilion, respectively. All Things Go Toronto will be held at Budweiser Stage from Oct. 4-5 in partnership with Live Nation Women.
“Besties, we’re headed north. #AllThingsGo Toronto is officially ON,” the caption read on the festivals Instagram announcement. “Two STACKED days of iconic artist performances at Budweiser Stage by the waterfront.”
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“Live Nation Women is proud to support the growth of the All Things Go festival brand,” said Live Nation Women president and chief strategy officer Ali Harnell in a release. “We remain committed to championing women and expanding opportunities for emerging talent across the live music landscape. This partnership goes beyond the festival—it’s about creating platforms where a wide range of artists and stories can be seen and heard.”
Since its founding in 2011, All Things Go has been a haven for female, non-binary and queer artists who make up the majority of the festivals’ lineups and are most often the headliners. All Things Go has showcased an impressive lineup of groundbreaking artists, including Billie Eilish, boygenius, Lana Del Rey, Maggie Rogers, Hozier, Lorde, Laufey, Mitski, HAIM, Janelle Monáe, Charli xcx, MUNA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Bleachers, Tove Lo and many more.
Earlier this year, it was announced that the New York and D.C. editions of the festival would expand from two days to three with lineups that include Doechii, The Marías, Lucy Dacus, Noah Kahan, Clairo, Lola Young, Kesha, Remi Wolf and more.
Organizers say the lineup for the Toronto festival will be revealed soon. Visit the festival’s website for more information, and check out the official announcment below:
Independent live events tech platform Fever said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the U.K. ticketing and discovery platform DICE, according to a press release.
The news comes a day after Fever announced it raised $100 million in a funding round led by L Catterton and Point72.
The tie-up will strengthen Fever’s standing as a global tech entertainment company and will help the 11-year-old DICE scale by giving it access to the 40 countries Fever operates in, the company’s executives said in a statement.
Fever, which operates a discovery platform and media reaching more than 300 million people in 40 countries, says joining forces with DICE will strengthen its global standing while helping DICE to scale. DICE says it has 10 million monthly active fans and ticket sales have doubled in the past two years, according to the press release.
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“We are strengthening our position as the leading global tech player for culture & live entertainment,” Fever’s co-founders Ignacio Bachiller, Alexandre Perez and Francisco Hein said in a statement. “We are firm believers that data and technology have the power to elevate the live music experience — making it more accessible, more personalized, and ultimately more impactful for fans, artists, and venues alike.”
Fever, which combines audience insights, ticketing and discovery tools for promoters and venues, was most-recently valued at $1.8 billion in 2023, Music Business Worldwide reported. The company partners with festivals, such as Primavera Sound, Rock in Rio Lisbon and Pitchfork, as well as independent venues like Clapham Grand.
DICE users will be able to continue using the platform “exactly as they are today,” according to the release.
LionTree Advisors LLC served as the financial advisor DICE, and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati LLP served as their legal counsel. Fever Labs Inc. was advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Morrisson & Foerster LLP.
Officials with Forest Hills Stadium in New York have successfully saved their 2025 concert season from cancellation and announced a slate of programming at the stadium that begins with a concert on Saturday night (May 31) from British band Bloc Party.. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news NYPD […]
Weirdness reigned once again at Lightning in a Bottle 2025.While the event — which marked its 22nd edition this past weekend, May 21-25 — has alternately been called a transformational festival, a wook gathering and a symposium of psychedelic culture, what’s definitely true is that despite its growth and demographic shifts over the years, the SoCal indie fest still manages to feel not just authentic but a reflection of a fairly specific culture, no small feat in the age of corporate mega-festivals.
In this case, that culture is one interested in art, pleasantly goofy outfits, myriad vibration raising activities and loads of electronic music. (It’s also one that will be recognized by fans of jam bands and attendees of spiritually adjacent festivals like Burning Man and Michigan’s Electric Forest.)
As such, this year’s LiB schedule was populated with activities such as “transformative grief rituals for conscious living and dying” and “high vibe breakfast: tacos for energy & longevity.” There was bingo, there was many varieties of yoga, there was a bar selling exclusively pickle juice, there was a roller skating rink and a drum circle for the kids.
Amid the high heat of the weekend, many attendees could be seen floating on various whimsical inflatables in Lake Webb, located at the center of the site in the Buena Vista Recreation Area 25 miles outside of Bakersfield. Here, tens of thousands of attendees erected their tents and rolled up in their RVs for the event, which is produced by the Do Lab.
Of course, more than any other element, there was music. The 2025 lineup was a mighty one featuring headliners like LiB regular Four Tet, returning star Jamie xx and John Summit, who embraced his self-proclaimed wook side with a Sunday night set on the mainstage and then played a surprise (but not too surprising) b2b with friend and fellow headliner Subtronics.
A flurry of other big and rising stars played across LiB’s six-plus stages, tents and art cars, with the music going until the early hours of the morning. A Saturday night party from L.A.’s legendary A Club Called Rhonda Party series even featured a set by Parris Goebel, who recent work includes creating the choreography for Lady Gaga’s brilliant Coachella 2025 performance and who lit up the Crossroads tent with her high energy show.
And while there were all the typical lights and lasers, arguably the biggest light show of the weekend happened on Saturday night, when a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returning from the International Space Station created a golden streak of light across the sky.
See photos from Lightning in a Bottle 2025 below.
Rezz is the latest artist to relocate a show from the Brooklyn Mirage, the New York venue that was meant to reopen earlier this month but remains closed amid ongoing permitting issues. On Wednesday (May 28), the producer announced on social media that her May 30 performance will now take place at SummerStage in Central […]
“We’ve been in this room a lot,” says Brandi Cyrus to a packed and cozy room inside Los Angeles’ famed Chateau Marmont.
Tonight, she’s returned – alongside her mom Tish Cyrus and other family and friends, including actress Anya Taylor-Joy – to celebrate the release of her sister Miley’s forthcoming ninth album, Something Beautiful, out Friday (May 30).
Hosted by TikTok for Miley’s superfans, the superstar personally invited those in the room. And while they knew they would be among the first to hear her new album – the event was billed as a listening session – what they didn’t know was that Miley would be performing songs old and new.
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After singing along to already-released tracks including “Something Beautiful,” “End of the World,” “More to Lose” and the much-teased “Easy Lover,” Something Beautiful‘s remaining six songs (not including interludes) earned a variety of first takes. “This is a long one,” said one fan of “Golden Burning Sun.” And of “Pretend You’re God” another said it was reminiscent of “Midnight Sky,” while another questioned if they heard saxophone, though their friend was too busy dancing to answer. Second to last track “Reborn” sounds like it could have existed on Lady Gaga’s Mayhem in another form and closing track “Give Me Love” caused a hush to fall over the crowd. “No skips,” said one fan over applause.
As the room started to realize the album was over, heads slowly craned to the back entrance. “Is she coming?” whispered one fan, wondering if Miley would show. And at promptly 6:59 p.m., she did.
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Joined by dummer Maxx Morando, guitarist Jonathan Rado and pianist Michael Pollack – all of whom co-wrote and or co-produced on the album – Cyrus opened with the ballad “More to Lose.” She then addressed the intimate room: “Playing these nights at Chateau, they were invite-only, super exclusive, just my closest friends and my family and this was the way I discovered the album. Because if it can’t stand up with me [and my band], then what are we even doing?”
“Because for me, I love making music with everybody on this carpet – I don’t do stages now,” she continued with a laugh. “Watching [the album] become this butterfly and have this metamorphosis and evolution, it’s so reflective of my life and everything I’m experiencing.”
Cyrus and her band then delivered the sultry “Easy Lover” followed by her Hot 100 No. 1 smash “Flowers” (“this has been one of the most exciting songs I have gotten to put out into the universe,” she said). And while starting to speak of her journey over the past two decades with her fans, she cautioned, “I’m not singing ‘The Climb,’ but I could…’” – and thankfully, Pollack took that as a green light to begin playing the song on keys. More thankfully, Miley took the bait and soared through a portion of the beloved hit. She then closed her 45-minute set with “End of the World.”
“We really did grow up together,” Miley said. “As we grow, there’s things we gain and things we leave behind – and I’ve never wanted that to be you.”
She then teased that Something Beautiful is “just the appetizer,” revealing, “My next album is about to be extremely experimental, so have fun with that.”
As Brandi said earlier of her sister, “her evolution is always a surprise…I have personally seen the passion and precision she pours into every detail … it’s why everything she does is so sickening.”
“Thank you for being here with our family and close friends in this amazing, special place,” Brandi concluded.
And for longtime Miley fans, it’s not only a special place but a sacred one, too. As Miley mentioned, we’ve all seen the clips online of her performing at the Chateau for a chosen few as she pieced her album together. But tonight, it was her biggest fans who were the chosen ones — and it really was something beautiful.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does stand-up comedy superstar Michelle Wolf. In the wake of the White House Correspondents’ Association’s March decision to hold its annual dinner without a traditional speech by a comedian, Wolf is set to release a 15-minute clip in which she dishes on her unflinching and controversial 2018 set at the event and even throws in a few more jokes.
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The clip, titled Dinner Time, will premiere at 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific time tonight on Punchup.live, a digital platform for live comedy where Wolf’s weekly podcast Thought Box resides. Although the podcast requires a $5 monthly subscription, Dinner Time will be free.
“There might not be a comedian at the Correspondents’ Dinner this year, but the good news is: I have some leftovers!” Wolf says. “I’ve been holding onto this set since 2022, and with everything going on, now felt like the right moment to share it exclusively on Punchup, a platform where comedians can release their own uncensored material without the constraints of any network or streamer.”
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Wolf’s routine sparked a media firestorm after she roasted a number of the political powers who were in the room — including then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is currently the governor of Arkansas, adviser to President Trump Kellyanne Conway and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie – President Trump (who skipped the event) and such talking heads as Fox News’ Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Zeroing in on Conway, Wolf, addressing the media, said, “You guys gotta stop putting Kellyanne on your shows. All she does is lie.” She then added, “It’s like that old saying: If a tree falls in the woods, how do we get Kellyanne under that tree? I’m not suggesting she get hurt, just stuck.”
She also pulled no punches with Sanders, who sat just two seats away from the podium where Wolf delivered her jokes. “I think she’s very resourceful,” the comic said of the press secretary before referencing her make-up style. ” Like, she burns facts, and then she uses the ash to create a perfect smoky eye.”
The barbs stuck with Sanders, who recounted the incident in her 2020 memoir, Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House. “I debated walking out or perhaps even throwing my wineglass at her,” she wrote. “But ultimately I stayed in my seat and held my head high.”
Clips of the media furor that resulted can be seen in the trailer for Dinner Time, and in the actual clip, Wolf remains unrepentant — a point of pride for ride-or-die stand-up comics. She explains to the receptive crowd that she is a non-partisan comic. “I hate Republicans. I hate Democrats. I hate the media. It’s all bad,” she says. “It’s all a big circle jerk.”
She also says that she hadn’t planned to talk about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner ever again, until Sanders wrote about it in her book. “And I was like, if you’re gonna talk about it…”
Wolf then proceeds to tell more jokes about Sanders, Conway and President Trump.
Check out the official trailer for Wolf’s Dinner Time below:
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Fans from all around the world can tune in to a Mary J. Blige concert as part of the R&B singer’s For My Fans tour, slated for Thursday (April 10).
The concert event livestreams from Madison Square Garden in New York City at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Veeps.
Read on for details on how to stream on Veeps.
How to Watch Mary J. Blige: Live From Madison Square Garden
Veeps subscribers can stream Mary J. Blige for $24.99. If you’re not subscribed, you can sign up for $5.99 per month, or $60 per year. Veeps has a free subscription tier, while you can still purchase access to the livestream feed for the concert with a free subscription.
Owned by Live Nation Entertainment, Veeps All Access features hundreds of livestream concerts, a catalog of past shows, exclusive bonus interviews, discounts and other benefits. Learn more about Veeps All Access here.
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April 10 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
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The Mary J. Blige: Live From Madison Square Garden livestreams from New York City with a start time of 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. You can watch the entire event live for $24.99 on Veeps All Access.
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