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26 Sep 2023

Travis Kelce Jersey Sales Get Insane Taylor Swift Bump

Once again, Taylor Swift lifts all boats. After Tay spent her Sunday afternoon cheering on Kansan City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce from a box at Arrowhead Stadium alongside Travis’ mom, the star is already starting to feel the Swift Effect.

“Yesterday, Travis Kelce was one of the top five selling NFL players and saw a nearly 400% spike in sales throughout the Fanatics network of sites, including NFLShop.com,” a spokesperson for the NFL’s official e-commerce partner, Fanatics, said in a statement according to CNN.

While KC’s big win was the headline, Swift’s appearance dominated coverage of the game, with the color commentators repeatedly referring to her presence in the stadium and cameras cutting to her reaction shots as if the 41-10 drubbing of the Chicago Bears was the Grammy Awards. Swift was rocking a red and white KC team jacket during the game, ramping up more than a week of speculation about whether the singer and Kelce are dating; to date neither Swift nor Kelce have commented on or confirmed the rumors.

The tight end’s brother Jason Kelce, a fellow NFL player, has been having a blast teasing the rumored romance in various interviews. Travis previously shared that he would not be averse to a date with Swift in July after attending The Eras Tour at Arrowhead Stadium. At the time, Travis revealed during an appearance on the New Heights podcast that he had tried to slip Swift his phone number via a friendship bracelet, but failed. “I was a little butt-hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her,” he admitted at the time.

The pair reportedly left Arrowhead together after Sunday’s game and were spotted driving off in a convertible. After wrapping up the first run of North American dates of her record-setting Eras Tour, Swift will be back on the road on Oct. 18 for the first date of a three-night stand at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL. Kelce will be back in action on Sunday (Oct. 1) when his team goes on the road to battle the 1-2 NY Jets.

26 Sep 2023

Morgan Wallen Extends Tour With New 2024 Stadium Dates

Morgan Wallen is extending his One Night at a Time tour for several more nights, with 10 new stadium dates added for 2024. 

The additional U.S. dates will kick off April 4 at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium and end Aug. 8 at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. Each date will include three opening acts from a rotating roster that includes Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Jon Pardi, Nate Smith, Bryan Martin, Lauren Watkins and Ella Langley.  

“Thank y’all for an insanely fun and fulfilling 2023 tour,” Wallen said in a statement.  “It was impossible for me to hit every stadium that I wanted to in 2023, so we’re gonna keep this tour going in 2024. See y’all out there!”

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Morgan Wallen tour dates

Wallen’s One Night at a Time tour, produced by produced by Live Nation in North America and Frontier Touring for Australia/New Zealand, kicked off in March in New Zealand. Eleven dates remain on the 2023 leg that ends Dec. 3 at London’s O2 Arena.

Already announced 2024 dates pick up April 28 with a headlining gig at Stagecoach and stadium and amphitheater dates slated through June 8.

Wallen, who’s nominated for entertainer of the year at Nov. 8’s CMA Awards, named the tour after his third Big Loud studio album, which spent 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart after its March release, making it the longest-running stint at the top for a country album in more than 30 years. The project’s single “Last Night” remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks and was crowned Billboard’s Song of the Summer.

Fans must register in advance for tickets. Registration is open through Oct. 1. Once registration closes, randomly selected fans will receive a time for the presale along with a code that grants them access. 

Three dollars from every U.S. ticket sold goes to the Morgan Wallen Foundation, which supports youth programs focused on sports and music. Boot Barn is a sponsor of the 2024 tour. 

26 Sep 2023

Taylor Swift Announces Eras Tour Concert Film Roll-Out in More Than 100 Countries

Taylor Swift is taking the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert movie across the planet. The singer announced on Tuesday morning (Sept. 26) in an Instagram post that the doc about her record-setting Eras Tour will screen in more than 100 countries around the world.

“The tour isn’t the only thing we’re taking worldwide…….” Swift wrote alongside a globe emoji. “Been so excited to tell you all that The Eras Tour concert film is now officially coming to theaters WORLDWIDE on Oct 13! Tickets available now at www.TSTheErasTourFilm.com or on your local theaters website!”

The extensive list of countries slated to screen the film beginning on Oct. 13 includes: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bermuda, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Fiji, Gibraltar, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zambia, among many others; the film is also slated to hit Brazil, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Macau, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam on Nov. 3. Tickets for most of the international screenings outside N. America will go on sale on Sept. 26.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, AMC Theatres, which is handling the release in the U.S., is also serving as the international distributor of the movie, with AMC and partners working on agreements with movie theater operators who represent more than 7,500 cinemas around the world.

Swift announced earlier this month that the 2 hour and 45 minute concert film will open in the U.S., Canada and Mexico beginning Oct. 13, with the movie expected to play in more than 4,000 theaters in the three territories The initial roll-out, of course, set one-day sales records for AMC with $26 million in the first 24 hours of on-sale and early projections suggest that it could open to $75 million or more, which would instantly make it the top-grossing music concert film ever.

To accommodate the demand, every U.S. AMC Theatre will run the Eras movie at least four times per day on Thursdays, Friday, Saturdays and Sunday. In an Easter egg reference to Swift’s favorite numbers, tickets for the film are priced at $19.89 plus tax for adults and $13.13 for children and seniors plus tax (except for AMC’s branded premium large-format screens.) The film will be available in AMC theaters in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with tickets on sale now here and here. Super Swifties can also splurge to book a private screening of the movie.

See Swift’s announcement below.

26 Sep 2023

Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Jade Scott Said Seeing 50 Cent Perform With Her Dad Made Her ‘So Frickin’ Happy’

It’s been a long time since Hailie Jade Scott has seen her dad’s pal 50 Cent in concert. But when Eminem‘s daughter, 27, attended Uncle Fif’s show at Pine Knob Amphitheater in Clarkson, Mich. last weekend, the site of the G-Unit general on stage next to pops Shady really made her day.

“We went to the 50 Cent concert, and I was so freaking happy,” Scott said on this week’s episode of her Just a Little Shady podcast. “I have not seen him perform since, like, I seriously think it was like the sixth grade. It’s been so long.”

Scott said she was “just so happy,” mostly because 50 has “so many bangers” that she thinks people forge about. Sure, there are the legendary club songs, but there are also so many more she enthused, with co-host and friend Brittany Ednie completely agreeing. “There’s so many like… play that you’re like holy s–t!… Bop after bop after bop.”

She also noted that she was discussing the tour’s high-end production values with fianceé Evan McClintock, saying she has not “seen that level of production” in ages, from non-stop pyro to confetti cannons and, of course, 50’s explosive special guest.

“And also dad came out and I don’t know why… that’s just how I have to say it, ‘dad came out,’” Scott laughed about her pops’ cameo on “Patiently Waiting,” which then led to the old friends running through their Grammy- winning collab “Crack a Bottle.”

Scott said she knew Em was going to collab with Ed Sheeran on stage before it happened when Slim Shady jumped out to do “Lose Yourself” and “Stan” at Detroit’s Ford Field in July, but she only found out about the 50 spot right before it happened.

“But still no matter what I get so hype because I could just see the crowd being so happy,” she said of the immediate energy surge when the dynamic duo began performing together. Scott described the moment by recalling that there was a guy in front of her — he was originally in her actual seats, but jumped up a row when her party arrived — and she said “he was living his best live the entire time!… and I was like, ‘Yes! You deserve to be right there, man!”

50’s Final Lap tour will truck on on Thursday when it kicks off the international portion of the trek at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.

Watch Hailie Jade talk about seeing 50 Cent live below.

25 Sep 2023

Pittsburgh Steelers Player Asks Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce for a Ride After Emergency Landing in Kansas City

The Pittsburgh Steelers had a scary incident on Monday morning (Sept. 25), but the team’s defensive end, Cam Heyward, kept the positivity by adding a bit of humor to the situation.

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The NFL team was heading back home after winning their game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday (Sept. 24), but according to KDKA News, the plane landed in Kansas City due to an issue with the oil pressure failing in one of the engines. Thankfully, everyone on board is safe and eventually a replacement plane arrived to take the team back to Pittsburgh.

“Yo @taylorswift13 & @tkelce we might need a ride to Pittsburgh,” Heyward joked on X (formerly known as Twitter) after the incident, referring to Taylor Swift‘s headline making appearance at Travis Kelce‘s game with the Kansas City Chiefs.

The tweet comes one day after Swift cheered on the tight end from his suite alongside his mom, Donna, as the team played the Chicago Bears. In a video clip sports reporter Jarrett Payton shared on X, Kelce and the 12-time Grammy winner are seen walking by him shoulder to shoulder. The NFL star nods in greeting to the anchor and asks, “How you doin’” as Tay flashes Payton a smile and says, “Hey!”

After walking out of the stadium, the twosome were spotted riding off together in his convertible, according to photos acquired by TMZ. Neither the singer-songwriter nor pro football player have confirmed whether or not they’re dating.

25 Sep 2023

Lance Bass Says There Were ‘Tears of Joy’ When *NSYNC Reunited in the Studio: ‘Time Does So Much’

*NSYNC is back, and fans couldn’t be more excited for the boy band’s return. And according to Lance Bass, the members of the group were so excited to be back in the studio together, they all shed tears during their long-awaited reunion.

“It was pretty emotional, the first time we all got in the studio together,” Bass recalled of the recording session in a Sunday interview with Entertainment Tonight. “Back in March, we decided to, you know, get back together and have some fun and it was like no [time] had passed.

“But there was a lot of tears,” he added. “It was just tears of joy. And it was just a beautiful moment. Like, time does so much, and for us to finally be together, it just feels right.”

The boy band’s reunion comes amid the upcoming release of the third Trolls movie, Trolls Band Together. The group lent their collective talents for the soundtrack’s song “Better Place,” which will be the group’s first original song in over 20 years when it’s released on Friday. Justin Timberlake co-stars in the movie as the character Branch.

*NSYNC confirmed the reunion rumors with their appearance at the 2023 MTV VMAs on Sept. 12, where they presented Taylor Swift with the best pop award. In the time since, fans have been speculating if more new music or a tour is on the horizon, but Bass says they’ll need to sit tight for more news.

“I’ve been telling the fans, like, we don’t have solid plans right now. Because, you know, we’re waiting for the strike to end. We’ve got things to do,” Bass explained. “But [the fans are] definitely shaping our future.” (In the time since Bass’ interview, the Writers’ Guild and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement to end the writers’ strike, but the actors’ strike is still ongoing.)

Read Bass’ interview in full here.

25 Sep 2023

Rolling Stones Reveal Release Date for ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ With Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder

The Rolling Stones are ready to deliver the “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” with some help from Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder. The A-list collaboration is set to arrive on Thursday (Sept. 28), according to an Instagram post from the legendary rock band on Monday (Sept. 25).

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The band shared the news along with a short snippet from the track, which features harmonizing vocals and a piano melody from Wonder. See the post here.

“Sweet Sounds of Heaven” will be featured on Rolling Stones’ 24th studio album, Hackney Diamonds, marking their first studio album of original material in 18 years — and the band’s first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts.

In addition to the Lady Gaga and Wonder collaboration, the album will also feature tracks like “Bite My Head Off,” with bass from Paul McCartney and “Get Close” and “Live By the Sword,” both of which have piano from Elton John.

Other previously revealed guest spots on the album include two tracks recorded with late Watts (“Mess It Up,” “Live By the Sword”); the latter also features an assist from former bassist Bill Wyman. The album — which ends with a Jagger/Richards cover of the Muddy Waters song that inspired the band’s name (“Rolling Stone Blues”) — was recorded all around the world, from Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles to Metropolis Studios in London, Sanctuary Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Electric Lady Studios and The Hit Factory/Germano Studios in New York.

Hackney Diamonds is out on Oct. 20.

25 Sep 2023

Tory Lanez Shares a Voice Message From Prison: ‘I’m in Great Spirits’

On Monday (Sept. 25), Tory Lanez updated fans on his well-being while announcing the deluxe version of his 2021 album Alone at Prom.

Lanez, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month after shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in 2020, sounded upbeat, exuding positive energy during a minutelong voice message to his supporters on Instagram.

“Ay Umbrellas, man. What’s good? I’m talking to you live from prison right now. Man, I’m just happy to get out from that bullsh– county jail. They was hating on a young fly n—a, ya heard?” he began. “Had me on 24-hour lockdown. Half-sized cell by myself. No windows, no mirrors. Ain’t even see himself in a whole year yo.”

Over the weekend, Page Six reported that the musician is “scared for his life and safety in prison.” “He feels like he is an instant and direct target because of his celebrity status,” the source told the outlet. 

Currently, Lanez is serving his time at the North Kern State Prison in Delano, California. Despite those reports, the “Jerry Sprunger” star appeared optimistic in his message to his fans from prison.

“With all them disadvantages against me, my head has always been held high, man. And I want y’all to know I’m in great spirits. My drive and my ambition is growing stronger and stronger every day,” he said. “And I’m so proud of how y’all been moving in my support. Man, I feel like this a scary time, but don’t be afraid, man. This don’t spark no fear in my heart at all. In fact, I’m more prepared than ever. The music, the videos, and all the projects you wanted, they all ready to drop. So let’s just start with the one we want the most: the Alone at Prom Deluxe.”

Released in December 2021, Alone in Prom debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200 and spawned singles such as “Lady of Namek,” “’87 Stingray” and “Enchanted Waterfall.” Earlier this year, “The Color Violent” debuted on the Hot 100 and peaked at No. 63.

Check out Tory’s post below.

25 Sep 2023

Usher Has Waited His ‘Entire Life’ to Play Super Bowl Halftime: ‘I’m Not Coming to Disappoint’

Usher was announced as the performer for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, and he’s ready to give the performance of a lifetime.

Following the news of the “Yeah!” singer’s halftime show, Usher spoke with CBS Mornings on Monday (Sept. 25) and revealed that performing for the big game is something he’s hoped for since the beginning of his career.

The Grammy winner kicked off the interview by revealing the phone call he had with Jay-Z after finding out he was slated to be next year’s Super Bowl performer.

“It’s a surprise that no one in the house can know,” he shared, setting the scene. “So my kids don’t know, my mom can’t know, my brother can’t know, my family can’t know and I gotta keep this a secret. So Jay-Z calls and he’s like, ‘It’s your time. This the magic moment.’ My girlfriend is there. … I’m like, ‘It’s happening’ and she’s like ‘No way’ and he’s like ‘Way.’ The hardest part is the suspense and keeping it a surprise for that time, because my kids were like, ‘Dad, you should play the Super Bowl! There’s a petition online!’ You know what? You gotta speak these things into existence. We knew literally days before the announcement.”

Playing the Super Bowl has been a dream for Usher that he’s worked diligently to make happen. “Thirty years ago I made a commitment to offer my best, and here 30 years later, now it’s being rewarded with one of the most prestigious performances and stages anybody could ever play on,” he said.

The Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper continued, “I’m humbled by the opportunity to do that, but I’m more happy to be able to celebrate with the people I love the most and celebrate in a way that people will remember through dance, through skate, though collaborations, so it’s gonna be a night of celebration. Every aspect of what has influences me to be the artist that I am, I’m gonna try to bring that out in that moment,” noting that playing the Super Bowl “is a moment that I’ve waited my entire life for and I’m not coming to disappoint.”

While waiting for Usher to take one of the world’s biggest stages, see Billboard‘s dream setlist for his set, and vote for who you think should perform with him at the Super Bowl.

Watch Usher’s new interview in full below.

25 Sep 2023

Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker Host Disney-Themed Baby Shower: See the Pics

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker hosted a lavish Disney-themed baby shower over the weekend, complete with custom Baby Barker latte art, a Dapper Dans appearance, and Mikey Mouse ears galore.

“Special day, happiest place on Earth,” Kardashian captioned an Instagram Story of The Dapper Dans — Disneyland’s resident barbershop quartet — performing a pitch-perfect rendition of “Hello! Ma Baby.”

So began a barrage of Instagram Stories from the eldest Kardashian. The mommy-to-be (for the fourth time) showed off customized Mickey Mouse-ear helmets that read “Baby Barker,” as well as Mickey Mouse-ear-shaped pancakes and pats of butter. Of course, there were also matcha lattes with “Baby Barker” emblazoned in foam and Mickey Mouse-shaped balloons and soft pretzels. Kardashian and Barker even had a replica of the vintage Disneyland welcome sign that read — you guessed it — “Baby Barker.”

In a Story that Kardashian reposted from Emmy-winning talk-show host Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, the baby shower also featured an elaborate cake re-creating the Steamboat Willie scene in which Mickey steers a steamboat while whistling. To fit the Baby Barker theme, however, Mickey steers a giant baby bottle that reads “Baby Barker.” Kardashian completed her Instagram Stories with two consecutive reposts from her husband’s account. The blink-182 drummer posted a pair of Stories showing off the party and his glowing wife’s snakeskin jumpsuit.

The couple — who officially married on May 15, 2022 — are expecting their first child together. Barker has two children from a previous marriage to model Shanna Moakler — son Landon, 19, and daughter Alabama, 17 — as well as stepdaughter Atiana, and Kardashian has three children from her previous relationship with Scott Disick: son Mason, 13, daughter Penelope, 11, and son Reign, 8.

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