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26 Sep 2023

P!nk Ejects Concertgoer for Protesting Circumcision During Show: ‘Get That Sh– Out of Here’

P!nk suffers no fools, especially when they’re in the audience at her live shows. During her Summer Carnival tour stop in San Antonio on Monday (Sept. 25), the “Trustfall” singer proved yet again that she won’t hold back from clowning on concertgoers.

In a fan-filmed TikTok clip, P!nk can be seen interacting with an attendee shouting about circumcision at her recent show. When he held up his phone screen to show her an enlarged message displayed across it, the singer sarcastically laid into him. “Oh, you’re making a whole point right now, aren’t you?” she dryly responded. “Do you feel good about yourself? Are you gonna be all right?”

With the crowd cheering her on, P!nk continued, asking the crowd member why he would come to spread his message in the middle of a concert. “You spent all this money to come here and do that?” she said. “I’m gonna have to buy a Birkin bag with that ticket money. Get that sh– out of here.”

The concertgoer then turned around to the crowd behind him, holding up the message on his phone that appeared to say “circumcision: cruel and harmful.” P!nk let the rest of the audience know what he was doing: “He wants all of you to read it. He came here tonight to talk about circumcision.” As the man continued to point and shout at the singer, she finally had enough. “Get out of here,” she said, waving to the security team to escort him from the show. As he was removed from the booing crowd, Pink offered a final shot, saying, “I feel bad that he wasted his time tonight.”

P!nk has made it a habit to shut down trolls in recent years. When a troll attempted to insult the singer on her birthday earlier this month by comparing her to trans British comedian Eddie Izzard (who also goes by her preferred name Suzy), P!nk shared the post, saying she used it as a teaching moment for her daughter. “I explained to her that I’ve never met you, I don’t know you, and I have no idea why you would go out of your way to be hateful. It was a good lesson in ignorance,” she wrote. “Congrats. You’re no one.”

Check out the clip of P!nk’s latest interaction at her San Antonio show below:

26 Sep 2023

Jonas Brothers’ Kevin Jonas Falls Victim to Wife Danielle’s Ice-Cold Prank

Sometimes a good, old-fashioned prank is needed to keep things interesting. Danielle Jonas seems to agree: After Jonas Brothers‘ recent tour stop in Pittsburgh, she played a mischievous trick on her husband Kevin and, of course, got it all on camera.

In a video posted to Danielle’s Instagram Story on Monday, she snuck up on the eldest Jonas, who was taking a shower after putting on a show for fans at the PPG Paints Arena, as part of the group’s catalog-spanning Five Albums, One Night tour across the United States. Danielle tossed a black cup filled with ice over the shower curtain, making Kevin yell out “No!” as she snickered and ran away from the scene of the crime.

Only time will tell if Danielle’s prank will ignite a prank war, but things between the spouses appear to be going well otherwise. In Danielle’s previous Instagram Story, she shared a video of her husband performing the band’s 2019 track “I Believe.” While making contact with Danielle at the side of the stage, he sweetly mouthed the lyrics “I believe, I believe, I believe in you” while pointing at her.

Last week, Kevin celebrated Danielle’s 37th birthday with an Instagram tribute post that read, “How did I get this lucky? Happy birthday, Danielle. I love you so much!”

Jonas Brothers’ Five Albums, One Night Tour will continue through mid-October, making stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Houston and more before concluding in Miami on Oct. 14.

See Danielle’s IG Story before it expires here.

26 Sep 2023

Sinead O’Connor’s Unreleased Track ‘The Magdalene Song’ Premieres in BBC Series

Sinéad O’Connor died unexpectedly on July 26 at age 56, but two months later, there’s a new song for fans to enjoy. The previously unreleased track titled “The Magdalene Song” made its debut in the BBC’s mystery drama series The Woman in the Wall during its finale on Monday (Sept. 25).

The six-part series follows Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson), who wakes up one morning to find a woman’s corpse in her house and doubts her actions due to a history of sleepwalking that once landed her in Ireland’s Magdalene laundries (institutions for “fallen women”).

David Holmes, the show’s composer, who has also produced for the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer in recent years (including on her 11th studio album), confirmed that she gave her permission for the track to be used in The Woman in the Wall before her death.

“The first half of the track is completely heartbreaking, and the second half is pure defiance,” he said in a Sunday (Sept. 24) interview with The Guardian prior to the finale airing on BBC.

“I stripped the song away to just Sinéad’s voice and then let the full power come in for the second half,” Holmes added. “It’s incredible how the meaning of the song came together with this story. It was just meant to be. There’s a certain magic when you bring music to an emotive story.”

The series has personal ties to the late singer. Though Holmes said O’Connor did not detail the meaning of the song to Holmes, she previously shared her own experiences as a teenager within the Magdalene laundries in a 2010 essay for The Washington Post.

“When I was a young girl, my mother — an abusive, less-than-perfect parent — encouraged me to shoplift,” the singer wrote. “After being caught once too often, I spent 18 months in An Grianán Training Centre, an institution in Dublin for girls with behavioural problems, at the recommendation of a social worker.”

She continued, “An Grianán was one of the now-infamous church-sponsored ‘Magdalene laundries,’ which housed pregnant teenagers and uncooperative young women. We worked in the basement, washing priests’ clothes in sinks with cold water and bars of soap. We studied math and typing. We had limited contact with our families. We earned no wages. One of the nuns, at least, was kind to me and gave me my first guitar.”

The Woman in the Wall is slated to premiere soon on Paramount+ with Showtime.

26 Sep 2023

Courteney Cox Shouts Out Ed Sheeran as She Celebrates 10 Years With Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid

All roads lead back to Ed Sheeran — and that much is true for Friends actress Courteney Cox! In celebration of her 10-year wedding anniversary, Cox posted a sweet video collage commemorating how Sheeran put her and her husband’s love story in motion.

“10 years!!!” Cox captioned the post, which featured a collection of photos of her and her partner Johnny McDaid, a guitarist, pianist and background vocalist for alt-rock band Snow Patrol. Cox’s collage began with a throwback picture of her and Sheeran with the caption “10 years ago, this guy introduced me to…” A similar throwback picture of Sheeran and McDaid followed with the phrase-finishing caption “this guy.”

The Cougar Town actress wrapped up her post with a video of her, McDaid and Sheeran hanging out, with the singer spoofing his own song “Shape of You,” crooning, “Although your heart is fallin’ too / Johnny’s in love with your body / And last night you were in his room / And now his bed sheets smell like you / Every day, discoverin’ somethin’ brand new / Johnny’s beard is the shape of you.” An embarrassed Cox and McDaid giggled as Sheeran completed his hilarious a cappella reimagining of his Grammy-winning Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single. An instrumental version of the hit song played during the first part of the collage.

Sheeran introduced McDaid and Cox at a party back in 2013, and the couple began dating shortly thereafter, following the finalization of Cox’s divorce from Scream actor David Arquette in May 2013. By June 2014, Cox and McDaid announced their engagement, but ultimately called it off, as she revealed in 2019. Sheeran and McDaid have been musical collaborators since 2013, resulting in hits like “Bad Habits,” “The Joker and the Queen,” and “Photograph.”

Sheeran is gearing up for the release of Autumn Variations, his seventh studio album. The record will serve as the follow-up to – (Subtract), which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 back in May and spawned the Hot 100 top 20 single “Eyes Closed” (No. 19). Snow Patrol has earned four Hot 100 entries, including 2006’s “Chasing Cars” (No. 5). The band has also earned two top 10 titles on the Billboard 200 from seven career entries.

Check out Courteney Cox’s sweet anniversary post here:

26 Sep 2023

The Philadelphia Eagles Are Shipping Kelce & Swift — Just Not the Two That You’re Thinking

As the internet continues to collectively squeal over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s rumored courtship, one NFL team is making sure to celebrate their favorite Kelce-Swift couple.

On Monday night (Sept. 25), the Philadelphia Eagles posted a video clip to their X (formerly known as Twitter) account, celebrating their “favorite Kelce x Swift duo” — that is, center Jason Kelce and running back D’Andre Swift, both of whom play for the Philly team. “It hits different,” the post’s caption read.

The team had plenty of reason to celebrate the pair. During Monday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Swift rushed for a whopping 130 yards, helping bring the undefeated Eagles to their third straight win of the season with a 25-11 victory.

The post from the Eagles came just after Taylor Swift dominated coverage of the Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday (Sept. 24), when she sat in Travis Kelce’s suite during the game with the tight end’s mother, Donna. When Kelce scored a touchdown in the third quarter, cameras showed Swift jumping up and down while appearing to cheer “let’s f–king go!”

Jason Kelce, meanwhile, fed into the speculation surrounding rumored romance between his younger brother and the pop star last week. During an interview with Audacy’s SportsRadio 94 WIP on Wednesday (Sept. 20), Jason joked that the speculation about Travis and Taylor were “one hundred percent true,” and added that “I hope this thing goes the mile,” before insisting that he was simply poking fun.

Check out the Eagles’ cheeky post below:

26 Sep 2023

Blink-182’s ‘One More Time’ Leads Hot Trending Songs Chart

Blink-182’s “One More Time” becomes the band’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by X, bowing atop the Sept. 30-dated tally.

Billboard’s Hot Trending charts, powered by X, track global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across X, viewable over either the last 24 hours or past seven days. A weekly, 20-position version of the chart, covering activity from Friday through Thursday of each week, posts alongside Billboard’s other weekly charts on Billboard.com each Tuesday, with the latest tracking period running Sept. 15-21.

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“One More Time” is the second song released from Blink-182’s album of the same name, to be released Oct. 20 as its first since 2019’s Nine and first since Tom DeLonge rejoined the band. The track premiered Sept. 21.

Concurrently, “One More Time” debuts at No. 44 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Rock & Alternative Songs list with 2.8 million radio audience impressions, 1.4 million official U.S. streams and 2,000 downloads, according to Luminate.

A third song from One More Time, “More Than You Know,” also reaches Hot Trending Songs, debuting at No. 15. The lead single, “Edging,” led Billboard’s Alternative Airplay survey for 13 weeks beginning in November 2022.

Blink-182 reigns on Hot Trending Songs over EVNNE, whose “Trouble” starts at No. 2. The K-pop boyband was formed in 2023, with its debut EP, Target: Me, released Sept. 19.

Kim Petras’ “Problematique,” the title track from her second album of 2023, rounds out the top three.

Keep visiting Billboard.com for the constantly evolving Hot Trending Songs rankings, and check in each Tuesday for the latest weekly chart.

26 Sep 2023

Hot 100 First-Timers: Wet & Sadie Jean Debut With Rod Wave Collaborations

Wet and Sadie Jean both score their first-ever appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 30), thanks to collaborations with Rod Wave on his new album, Nostalgia.

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The set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 137,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week (Sept. 15-21), according to Luminate. It earns Rod Wave his third leader, after 2021’s SoulFly and 2022’s Beautiful Mind. He joins Taylor Swift as the only acts with new No. 1s on the chart in each of the last three years.

Brooklyn-based indie pop trio Wet debuts at No. 40 on the Hot 100 with its Rod Wave collab “Nostalgia.” The title track and opening song on the new LP enters with 11.1 million official U.S. streams in its opening week. It also begins at No. 13 on Hot Rap Songs and No. 15 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Wet first appeared on a Billboard chart in 2016 with its debut full-length LP, Don’t You, released on Columbia Records. The set reached No. 76 on the Billboard 200, as well as No. 3 on Vinyl Albums, No. 7 on Alternative Albums and No. 11 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums.

The trio is comprised of Marty Sulkow, Joe Valle and Kelly Zutrau, who met when Valle and Sulkow were students at New York University and Zutrau was at Cooper Union. The act has released two additional albums: Still Run in 2018 (also through Columbia) and Letter Blue in 2021 (via AWAL). Most recently, the group released its seven-song EP Pink Room in July 2022. Along with Rod Wave, Wet has also collaborated with Blood Orange (“Bound”), D’Angelo (“Cruisin’ ”), Fred Again.. (“Kelly [End of a Nightmare]”), Jim-E Stack (“Old Bone”) and Toro y Moi (“Monte Carlo”), among others.

Sadie Jean lands on the Hot 100 for the first time thanks to her Rod Wave team-up “2018.” The song, which samples Jean’s breakthrough 2021 track “WYD Now?,” debuts at No. 61 with 8.9 million U.S. streams. It also starts at No. 21 on Hot Rap Songs and No. 25 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The pop singer-songwriter had appeared on one ranking before this week: She reached No. 35 on the Emerging Artists chart in December 2021, when she was a sophomore at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. She debuted on the strength of “WYD Now?,” as the track went viral on TikTok ahead of its release at the time, thanks to a snippet she posted on her account. The song continued to grow when Jean issued an “open verse challenge” encouraging users to duet the video with their own verse. The track has since been used in over 112,000 clips on the platform to date. (Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard‘s charts except for the newly launched TikTok & Billboard Top 50.)

Outside of “WYD Now?,” for which Jean also released a remix with Zai1k and Zakhar last year, she has served up three other solo songs: “Locksmith” in October 2022, “Just Because” this May and “16” in August. She has also collaborated with Wrabel on “Hurts Like Hell,” released in August 2022.

26 Sep 2023

Shakira Charged With Failing to Pay $7 Million in Taxes by Spanish Authorities

Shakira is again facing tax charges in Spain after Barcelona prosecutors charged the singer with allegedly failing to pay $7.1 million in tax on her 2018 income. The Associated Press reported that the action announced on Tuesday (Sept. 26) is tied to allegations that Shakira (born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), 46, used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying Spain’s income tax.

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A statement from prosecutors noted that Shakira had been notified of the charges in Miami, where she lives.

The latest allegations add to fiscal issues the star is already facing in Barcelona, where she is due to be tried in a separate tax case beginning on Nov. 20, in which prosecutors allege that she failed to pay $15.4 million in taxes between 2012-2014. Prosecutors claim Shakira spent more than half her time in Spain during those years, even though her official residence was listed as the Bahamas.

At press time a spokesperson for Shakira had not responded to Billboard‘s request for comment on the latest charges.

The AP reported that Spanish tax officials opened the new tax case against Shakira in July and decided to bring the charges after reviewing the evidence gathered over the past two months. No trial date has been set yet on the new charges. The Colombian singer has been tied to the nation for more than a decade due to her 11-year relationship with retired FC Barcelona soccer player Gerard Piqué, with whom she shares two children; the couple broke up in 2022.

Last year, Shakira rejected a settlement deal offered by prosecutors, opting to go to trial instead after paying an estimated $24 million fine. At the time, her London-based publicist said that the singer had, “always cooperated and abided by the law, demonstrating impeccable conduct as an individual and a taxpayer,” while accusing the Spanish Tax Agency of violating her rights. Prosecutors said at the time that they would ask the court to sentence Shakira to eight years and two months in prison if convicted of tax fraud.

26 Sep 2023

Niall Horan Recalls How Kim Kardashian Hilariously Introduced Him to North West

Niall Horan has a squeaky clean reputation in the Kardashian-West household — at least, as far as dental hygiene goes. On the kickoff episode of this season of The Voice, the returning coach shared the unconventional way Kim Kardashian introduced him to her and Kanye West‘s eldest daughter North West, who apparently associated the Irish singer more with brushing her teeth than with his music or One Direction.

“The first time I met Kim Kardashian, I was backstage at an Ariana Grande concert,” he shared. “And she brought North, her daughter, up. And this is how she introduced North to me, she said, ‘North, this is the guy that sings from your toothbrush!’”

The topic came up following a stellar blind audition from 19-year-old Olivia Minogue, who revealed that she was wearing a “Niall” necklace after finishing her performance of Sam Smith’s “Lay Me Down.” This prompted Horan to joke that “the merch did well, guys!” before sharing his story about the teeth-cleaning piece of merchandise evidently purchased by the Kardashian-West family.

Based on the “Slow Hands” singer’s story, it’s unclear whether Kardashian was referring to a toothbrush that played one of Horan’s solo songs or a track from his former boy band’s discography, although co-coach John Legend seemed to think it was the latter. “You guys had singing toothbrushes?” the “All Of Me” musician asked incredulously.

“Oh, did we,” Horan confirmed. Then, emphasizing his point, Minogue revealed that she actually used to have one herself.

Unsurprisingly, Minogue went on to choose Horan as her coach for the season, even though Legend and newcomer Reba McEntire had also both turned their chairs around for the teenager’s soulful voice. The three musicians, along with Gwen Stefani, make up The Voice coaching panel for season 24, which premiered on Monday (Sept. 25). It marks Horan’s second season on the show.

Watch Horan recall meeting Kim Kardashian and North West in the video above.

26 Sep 2023

John Mulaney Sets 18-Stop U.S. Headlining Standup Comedy Tour for 2023: See the Dates

Fresh off the announcement of Big Mouth’s forthcoming seventh season — which is set to star Megan Thee Stallion — comedian, voice actor, and writer John Mulaney has revealed a slew of new 2023 tour dates.

John Mulaney In Concert — which features a brand new show from the award-winning star — kicks off on Nov. 2 at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, N.Y., and will make stops across the U.S. in Savannah, Ga.; New Orleans, La.; Hollywood, Fla. and more before wrapping up in Phoenix, Ariz. at Arizona Financial Theatre on New Years Eve (Dec. 31).

The stand-up comedy tour will be a phone-free experience. Upon arrival, attendees will secure phones, smart watches and accessories in individual Yondr pouches that will be opened once the show concludes. The new solo shows come on the heels of previously announced shows alongside fellow comedians Pete Davidson and Jon Stewart. Those joint shows are set to run from Oct. 5 to Nov. 11, and tickets are currently on sale.

Fans can begin purchasing tickets for Mulaney’s new shows on Wednesday, Sept. 27 through an artist presale, with additional presales running throughout the week ahead of the general onsale — which will begin on Friday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. local time on the official Ticketmaster website.

Baby J, Mulaney’s latest standup special, debuted in April and earned him a pair of Emmy nominations: outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) and outstanding writing for a variety special. He has won two Emmys for his work on Saturday Night Live and John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. In 2018, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City peaked at No. 2 on Comedy Albums, becoming Mulaney’s third of four consecutive top five entries on the chart. The set also became his first to enter Top Album Sales (No. 96).

Check out the new John Mulaney In Concert dates below:

  • Nov. 2 – Kingston, N.Y. – Ulster Performing Arts Center
  • Nov. 4 – Troy, N.Y. – Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
  • Nov. 11 – Toledo, Ohio – Stranahan Theater
  • Nov. 12 – Columbus, Ohio – Palace Theatre
  • Nov. 16 – Columbia, S.C. – Township Auditorium
  • Nov. 17 – Athens, Ga. – The Classic Center Theater
  • Nov. 18 – Macon, Ga. – Macon City Auditorium
  • Nov. 19 – Savannah, Ga. – Johnny Mercer Theatre
  • Nov. 30 – Hanover, Md. – The Hall at Live! Casino & Hotel
  • Dec. 1 – Reading, Penn. – Santander Arena
  • Dec. 2 – Norfolk, Va. – Chartway Arena
  • Dec. 3 – State College, Penn. – Bryce Jordan Center
  • Dec. 8 – Biloxi, Miss. – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
  • Dec. 9 – New Orleans, La. – Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
  • Dec. 14 – Tampa, Fla. – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
  • Dec. 15 – Hollywood, Fla. – Hard Rock Live
  • Dec. 21 – Rosemont, Ill. – Rosemont Theatre
  • Dec. 31 – Phoenix, Ariz. – Arizona Financial Theatre