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09 Apr 2024

Here’s How Eric Church’s Nashville Bar Responded to Morgan Wallen Arrest

Eric Church‘s Nashville bar has officially responded to Morgan Wallen‘s arrest at the venue.

The Chief’s official Instagram account shared a photo on Tuesday (April 9) of a new sign outside the establishment that reads: “Our pigs fly, our chairs don’t.” See the post here.

The slogan is seemingly in reference to the chart-topping country singer getting arrested for allegedly throwing a chair off the six-story roof the Broadway Street bar. Two Metro Nashville Police Department officers were reportedly standing below on the street when the chair landed just three feet from them. They then reportedly spoke with bar staff and witnesses, as well as reviewed security footage to confirm Wallen’s alleged action.

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Billboard received a statement from Wallen’s attorney, Worrick Robinson of Worrick Robinson Law, confirming the arrest earlier in the week. “At 10:53p Sunday evening Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities,” it read. The 30-year-old “Last Night” singer was later released from jail. Wallen has been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.

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The incident came just days after Wallen kicked off his 2024 One Night at a Time tour. The singer’s next court date in the incident is May 3 and he is slated to play Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on May 2 and 3.

09 Apr 2024

Megan Thee Stallion Teases Upcoming ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Appearance

Hot Girl Summer is already heating up.

Megan Thee Stallion took to social media on Tuesday (April 9) to reveal that her family will be competing on an upcoming episode of Celebrity Family Feud. “This might be in the top 5 of best family feud episodes. I CANT WAIT FOR YALL TO SEE THIS,” she wrote, alongside the hashtag #TeamMegan. In the snaps, she’s seen in a full red leather outfit, as her family members as also matching in red.

See her post here. While no specific tune-in info has been revealed yet, ABC tells Billboard that Meg’s episode of Celebrity Family Feud will be airing this summer.

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The superstar is also set to head out on tour this summer. Her first-ever headlining run will hit 31 cities and arenas in major markets, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Memphis, Atlanta and Philadelphia, as well as the rapper’s Houston hometown. After the U.S. dates end with a June 22 show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Megan will go international beginning on July 4 in Glasgow, Scotland, with additional shows in England, France, Germany, and Ireland.

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Megan Thee Stallion is coming off earning her first solo No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Hiss” in February. The scathing track caused quite the uproar, appearing to take shots at Nicki Minaj (who responded with a “Big Foot” diss of her own), as well as Pardison Fontaine, Drake, Tory Lanez and more.

09 Apr 2024

Fuerza Regida Announces Pero No Te Enamores Tour: Here Are the Dates

Música mexicana superstars Fuerza Regida are hitting the road with a 37-date arena tour called Pero No Te Enamores (meaning But Don’t Fall In Love) across the U.S. and Mexico, which follows their successful Otra Peda tour of last year.

The five-piece band from San Bernardino, Calif., will kick off its summer stint on June 6, starting in Austin, Texas, at the Moody Center. Fuerza Regida will also make stops in Oklahoma City, Okla.; Kansas City, Mo.; San Diego; Phoenix; Portland, Ore., Dallas; Atlanta; Salt Lake City; Anaheim, Calif., and more. They will also hit up Mexico and perform in Monterrey, Mexico City and Oaxaca, and will wrap up in Inglewood, Calif., at the Intuit Dome on Nov. 16.

The tour announcement comes on the heels of the group’s latest EP, Dolido Pero No Arrepentido, which dropped on Feb. 9, followed by the single “Money Edition” with Edén Muñoz. The EP debuted in the top 10 of the Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums charts; plus, every song on the album premiered on Hot Latin Songs.

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In the 2023 year-end charts, Fuerza Regida made Billboard history by becoming the first Latin band to be No. 1 on the Top Artists – Duo/Group list, followed by Grupo Frontera and Fleetwood Mac. (Previous No. 1 artists on the list have included Destiny’s Child, Green Day, The Black Eyed Peas, One Direction, Jonas Brothers and BTS.) The group also won at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards for Top Duo/Group and Top Latin Duo/Group.

“I’m speechless, really. Coming from where we come from, not many people get out [of the hood], whether they get out alive, are dead, or go to jail,” frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz told Billboard Español in December. “I just have to say that I am grateful to God, and to all my family, my mom, my dad, and all my friends. If it wasn’t for everyone’s help, and also the fans, we wouldn’t be here. Fuerza Regida and I are in charge of continuing to give [fans] great music and, God willing, I will continue to give until the last straw.”

The U.S. dates are produced by Live Nation. General on sale tickets will be available beginning on Friday, April 12, at 10 a.m. local time at livenation.com.

See the complete dates for the No Te Enamores Tour below:

Jun 06             Austin, TX                   Moody Center
Jun 09             Edinburg, TX               Bert Ogden Arena
Jun 14             Oklahoma City, OK     Paycom Center
Jun 15             Ridgedale, MO            Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
Jun 16             Kansas City, MO          T-Mobile Center
Jun 21             San Diego, CA             Viejas Arena
Jun 22             Phoenix, AZ                 Footprint Center
Jun 29             Portland, OR               Moda Center
Jun 30             Seattle, WA                 Climate Pledge Arena
Jul 06              San Jose, CA               SAP Center
Jul 07              Fresno, CA                  Save Mart Center at Fresno State
Jul 13              Houston, TX                Toyota Center
Jul 20              Dallas, TX                    Dos Equis Pavilion
Jul 26              Atlanta, GA                  State Farm Arena
Jul 27              Tampa, FL                   Amalie Arena
Jul 28              Sunrise, FL                  Amerant Bank Arena
Aug 02             Greensboro, NC          Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Aug 04             Belmont Park, NY        UBS Arena
Aug 16             Milwaukee, WI            Fiserv Forum
Aug 17             Indianapolis, IN          Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Sep 01             Tinley Park, IL             Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Sep 06             Salt Lake City, UT       Delta Center
Sep 08             Denver, CO                 Ball Arena
Sep 15             Las Vegas, NV             T-Mobile Arena
Sep 20             San Antonio, TX          Frost Bank Center
Sep 21             El Paso, TX                  UTEP Don Haskins Center
Sep 28             Anaheim, CA               Honda Center
Sep 29             Palm Desert, CA          Acrisure Arena
Oct 05             Sacramento, CA          Golden 1 Center
Oct 11             Leon, MX                     Mega Velaria*
Oct 12             Mexico City, MX          Plaza De Toros*
Oct 31             Monterrey, MX            Arena Monterrey*
Nov 1               Monterrey, MX            Arena Monterrey*
Nov 2              Torreon, MX                Coliseo Centenario*
Nov 7              Oaxaca, MX                 Auditorio GNP*
Nov 9              San Luis Potosi, MX    El Domo
Nov 16            Inglewood, CA            Intuit Dome

*Not a Live Nation date

09 Apr 2024

Rihanna Offers an Update on ‘R9’ & Teases She Has ‘a Lot of Visual Ideas’

It’s been more than eight years since Rihanna’s last album, Anti, and the Navy is starving for any signs of life when it comes to R9.

RiRi provided a concise update regarding her current relationship with creating music in her Interview mag cover story while chatting with former stylist Mel Ottenberg.

“I have a lot of visual ideas,” she said, which typically isn’t the start of her creative process. “It’s weird. My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals.”

Unfortunately, Rihanna admitted she doesn’t have the songs to accompany the visual ideas just yet, but hopefully they eventually come to fruition.

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“I don’t have the songs for them yet, but maybe that’s the key, this time,” the “Work” singer teased. “Maybe the visual ideas are leading me to the songs that I need to make.”

She surreptitiously added: “Random ideas, quirky ideas, things that have nothing to do with me at all.”

Back in February, A$AP Rocky teased that the nine-time Grammy winner — with whom he shares two young sons — is “working” on herlong-awaited album, but Rihanna has remained tight-lipped on the matter. “She’s working on it,” he said while out for Paris Fashion Week.

Billboard‘s Heran Mamo penned an essay in March about the sobering idea that Ri’s Navy may need to come to grips with the fact she may never release another album, and that’s perfectly fine after delivering eight in about a decade’s time.

However, Rihanna did make her return to the stage for her first performance in eight years in March for a pre-wedding celebration for Anant Ambani, who is the son of Asia’s richest man, and Radhika Merchant in Jamnagar, India.

The 36-year-old’s most recent musical output came with a pair of singles in late 2022 for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. “Lift Me Up” served as a tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman, along with “Born Again.” The former earned Rihanna a Grammy nomination for best song written for visual media, and an Oscar nod in the best original song category.

Anti arrived in January 2016. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboad 200 in its first full week of tracking with 166,000 units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 4.

Check out some photos from Rihanna’s Interview cover shoot below.

09 Apr 2024

Gwen Stefani Reveals the Future of No Doubt After Coachella Reunion

No Doubt is finally reuniting at Coachella this month, and thus far, fans were hoping for more from the Gwen Stefani-fronted band.

However, the singer revealed in a new cover story with Nylon that, while she’s “open to anything,” the group doesn’t currently have any plans to create music after Coachella. “[Coachella is] going to be a really nice bow to tie on the relationship, because we were kids [when we met],” she said. “I already know what it’s going to feel like because we’re just so in sync when we’re onstage. It’s going to feel like riding a bike again. We’re going to be laughing, and we’re going to look at each other and go, ‘Oh my gosh — there you are.’”

She added that the band hasn’t “really hung out or done anything” together ahead of the set, and aren’t in frequent communication. When asked if they’ve gone to therapy together, Stefani said, “No, no, we need to, probably. But we have a lot of water under the bridge.”

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After going on what sounded like a permanent hiatus in 2013, the singer will be reuniting with longtime bandmates bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young for this year’s Coachella festival in April.

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“We’ll see you in the desert this April!!!,” read a statement on No Doubt’s social accounts last week announcing the Coachella gig alongside a stacked roster featuring Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat as headliners, along with Peso Pluma, Lil Uzi Vert, Blur, Ice Spice, J Balvin, Jhené Aiko and more.

09 Apr 2024

System of a Down & Deftones to Headline Golden Gate Park’s First Nighttime Concert

System of a Down and Deftones are set to perform the first after-dark performance at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco this August. Promoter Another Planet Entertainment announced the groundbreaking event Tuesday (April 9), alongside Live Nation; it will also feature performances from The Mars Volta, Viagra Boys and VOWWS.

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The event will take place on Aug. 17 in Golden Gate Park’s Polo Field, where fans will be able to take in the rock performances under the stars and among the trees. The performance will mark System of a Down’s only performance this year outside of their own sold-out Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas.

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“We are excited to be bringing such an iconic lineup to the city and what better venue than Golden Gate Park,” said Another Planet Entertainment president of concerts and festivals Allen Scott in a release. “We are expecting fans from not just the Bay Area but from across the U.S. and internationally to travel to the city injecting money into the local economy. From hotels to local restaurants and everything in between, this will be a great night of music and a great economic boost for the city.”

Another Planet Entertainment Announces One-Night-Only Event On Saturday, August 17 Featuring System Of A Down & Deftones With The Mars Volta, Viagra Boys & Vowws

Golden Gate Park has been hosting daytime concerts since 1967. Legendary artists including Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Neil Young have all played the park over the past 55 years.

GA tickets for the event will start at $169, with VIP tickets starting at $399. Artist presale will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT, with Another Planet Entertainment’s presale beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. PT. General onsale will begin Friday at 10 a.m. PT. Head to Golden Gate Park’s concerts website for more information.

09 Apr 2024

Rihanna Says She’ll Have As Many Kids As ‘God Wants Me to Have’

Rihanna is a mother of two, but that number could be increasing in the near future. RiRi hinted at her desire to have more kids in a new cover story with Interview magazine, which arrived on Tuesday (April 9).

“As many as God wants me to have,” the nine-time Grammy winner told her former stylist Mel Ottenberg in their all-encompassing chat regarding having more children down the line. “I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course, if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”

When it comes to her post-partum body, Rihanna — who shares sons RZA and Riot Rose with partner A$AP Rocky — wants to get her pre-pregnancy breasts back, and is open to getting a lift procedure.

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“I don’t want implants. I just want a lift,” she shared. “I heard that you might have some scars. I’m OK with all that. But I don’t want to ever have a tummy tuck because I don’t want a new navel, and I don’t want that scar, right?”

Ri added that she’s typically nervous to go under the knife. “Third-trimester cellulite is no joke. You just see ripples coming from places you never knew, and it’s all in your thighs, because your thighs are carrying the weight of your baby and uterus,” she said. “I’m also scared of the knife. So if I had to pick one thing, I’m going to pick my boobs. Because I can, like, squat and get an a–, hopefully.”

The Fenty boss revealed some other tidbits when it comes to RZA, who will be turning 2 in May, including his first word, which was “hey.”

“I used to try to get his attention all the time, and I would say, ‘Hey, hey, hey.’ And one day he said it back to me in the same melody, and I kept singing it and he kept following it over and over again,” she said of the learning process. She also touched on her firstborn’s favorite songs that they sing together.

“Oh my gosh. There’s ‘Penguins Salute.’ There’s ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ Oh my gosh. RZA gets really emotional about that,” Ri revealed. “Now he’s really into ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.”

“‘The Wheels on the Bus’ is a favorite from the beginning till now. That’s just a classic. It’s never going out of style,” she continued. “And oh, the new ‘Incy-Wincy Spider,’ because he gets like, ‘Ahh,’ like he thinks I’m going to tickle him when I sing that one. And he has a book about that, so he can put two and two together.”

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcomed RZA as first-time parents in May 2022, and then Riot Rose in August 2023.

See some of the photos from Rihanna’s Interview shoot below:

09 Apr 2024

Lizzo Shares 3 Hilarious Exercises to ‘Help You Get That Summer Bod’

Lizzo‘s got some tips that’ll leave you feeling good as hell this summer. In a satirical video posted on Instagram Tuesday (April 9), the 35-year-old hitmaker hilariously demonstrates three of her best tips for building a perfect “bod” ahead of next season — no gym membership required.

The “Truth Hurts” singer-rapper starts the video in a colorful swimsuit, taking a stroll on a treadmill. “Here’s three exercises to help you get that summer bod,” she tells the camera after serving up a sassy hair flip.

Step one? “Block your ex,” Lizzo says, smiling as she tosses her cellphone into a swimming pool behind her.

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“Remember to hydrate excessively,” she says next, doing a bicep curl with a bottle of white wine.

“And remember,” she adds, introducing her third tip while lounging in the sun. “You can never be too extra.”

“Cus EVERY D–N BODY is a Summer Body in @yitty,” she added in her caption, tagging her own shapewear company.

The post comes less than two weeks after the Grammy winner made headlines for ambiguously declaring “I quit” in a message on Instagram, leading some to assume that she was stepping away from the music industry in light of her recent legal turmoil with a group of her former backup dancers. A few days later, however, Lizzo once again took to social media to clarify her remarks, telling followers in a video: “When I say I quit, I mean, I quit giving any negative energy attention.”

“What I’m not gonna quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting with people,” she’d added. “I know I’m not alone. In no way, shape or form am I the only person who is experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive … I’m going to keep moving forward, I’m going to keep being me.”

See Lizzo’s summer body post below.

09 Apr 2024

Josh Groban, Andra Day & Rhiannon Giddens Named 2024 Music Will Honorees

Award-winning artists Josh Groban, Andra Day and Rhiannon Giddens have been chosen as the 2024 honorees for the upcoming Music Will benefit. The nonprofit music education program for U.S. public schools, formerly known as Little Kids Rock, will present its 16th annual event on April 24 at The Novo in Los Angeles.

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In a statement announcing the benefit, Music Will CEO Mike Wasserman said, “Music Will brings innovative and engaging programming, resources and instruments to a community of thousands of music teachers and more than 600,000 students across the country every year. We can’t wait to celebrate on April 24 with such generous and talented artists like Josh Groban, Andra Day and Rhiannon Giddens, as well as student bands from local Music Will partner schools. For one night, our community of educators, corporate sponsors, industry partners and everyone who believes in the power of music will come together for an amazing celebration of music. All proceeds will support Music Will’s programs for students and teachers across the country. Together, we’re changing lives through music.”

Five-time Grammy Award nominee and Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor Groban tells Billboard, “I deeply admire Music Will’s commitment to enacting meaningful, systemic change in music education by meeting kids where they are and prioritizing equity and tangible access in schools. Having had the privilege of working with Music Will and witnessing their dedication to enriching students’ lives firsthand only reinforces my admiration for their impactful work.”

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“Music Will’s commitment to changing the landscape of music education and expanding access to underserved communities is truly inspiring,” adds fellow singer-songwriter Day in comments shared with Billboard. “I believe in the transformative power of music, and I’m excited to collaborate with Music Will to bring that power to even more students.”

Grammy winner Day is also an Academy Award-nominated actress. Giddens, a MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, has won two Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize for her work as a singer, instrumentalist and composer. She, Day and Groban join a circle of prior Music Will honorees that includes Babyface, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Usher and Wiz Khalifa. Music Will was founded by Dave Wish in 2002.

Michael Bearden (Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston) will serve as music director for Music Will’s upcoming benefit, which is being presented by the Hot Topic Foundation and produced by MBM Entertainment. Additional information about tickets is available on the Music Will website.

09 Apr 2024

Jelly Roll Describes Time He Almost Met Diddy, But Bounced Over a Weird Vibe: ‘I Don’t Know What It Was’

Sometimes you just catch a weird vibe off someone and you don’t know what it is, but you just don’t want to find out. That’s how Jelly Roll described the time he had a chance to meet Sean “Diddy” Combs last October when both men were guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but declined the photo-op at the last minute for reasons he still can’t explain.

Jelly was on Kimmel to perform on the Oct. 30 episode that featured Diddy as a panel guest, months before a series of shocking revelations emerged accusing the hip-hop mogul of sexual assault and sex trafficking.

“This is the first time in my career, ever, where they said, ‘Do you want to meet such-and-such?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and I started walking that way,” the “Son of a Sinner” singer said on the CANCELLED With Tana Mongeau podcast last week after wife Bunnie XO admitted that despite being a conspiracy theorist at heart she doesn’t believe in the illuminati.

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Asked if he’s ever had a “weird” interaction with a fellow celeb or gotten illuminati vibes from one, Jelly joked, “ain’t nobody trying to touch my butt… maybe i’m not their type?” The refreshingly candid singer then said he did have one story about odd vibes that he would probably “get in trouble” for telling, before going ahead and telling it.

“And as I was getting down the hallway — this is a true story — I said, ‘Nah,’ and went and got back in the car,” Jelly Roll said of the aborted Diddy meet-up. “I don’t know what it was, and I made a joke at first, ‘you don’t wanna meet the guy that got Tupac killed…’ And nobody thought that was funny… When we were walking, I was like, I don’t know. Very seldom does things rub me in a way where I was like, ‘I don’t even know if that’s a picture I want.’”

While the photo-op didn’t happen, Jelly Roll’s instinct about the Bad Boy Records mogul and one of the first hip-hop billionaires now seems prescient since Combs’ ex-, singer Cassie Ventura, filed a lawsuit against Combs alleging years of physical abuse and rape just two weeks later; the bombshell filing led to a quick, private settlement within one day, whose terms have not been revealed.

Combs was quickly swarmed with a series of similar suits, including one claiming the “gang rape” of an unnamed teenage woman in 2003 when she was 17-years-old, as well as suits by two other women claiming Combs sexually assaulted, drugged and beat them; Combs has vehemently denied all the allegations. As the civil suits began to stack up, Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided and searched by Homeland Security agents on March 25 reportedly linked to a sex trafficking investigation.

In the wake of the legal action, Combs stepped down as the chairman of his digital media company Revolt, 18 brands formerly associated with Diddy severed ties with his E-commerce company Empower Global and Hulu scrapped a planned Combs family reality series.

Watch the Jelly Roll interview below (Diddy talk begins at 42:50 mark):