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Teddi Mellencamp says that her dad, John Mellencamp, is being proactive amid her cancer battle, with the rock icon apparently already making arrangements for her burial in Indiana.
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On the latest episode of her Two Ts in a Pod podcast with fellow Real Housewives star Tamra Judge posted Tuesday (April 8), Teddi revealed that she and her father had a very frank conversation related to her recent announcement that her cancer has advanced to stage 4. After she was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, the reality star shared in a February Instagram post that the cancer had metastasized to her brain.
“Yesterday, my dad calls 11 times in a row,” Teddi, who starred on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for several seasons, told Judge. “Finally, I answer, I’m like, ‘I’m in the bath! Let me live a little, let me enjoy.’ He goes, ‘I just want to make sure you’re going to be in our group family mausoleum.’”
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In response, a shocked Judge said, “He did not.”
“Yes he did,” said Teddi, who shares three children with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave, laughing. “I said, ‘I have kids, so where are they gonna go?’ He’s like, ‘Well, there’s going to be the top five, and then we’re gonna have little areas around it, and then that’s where everyone’s going to get buried.’ And I go, ‘Do I need to make this commitment right now?’ And he goes, ‘Well you’re doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there.’”
The podcaster went on to confirm that the family mausoleum is in Indiana, where th “Jack & Diane” singer lives. “You’re going to have to visit my grave there,” she told Judge.
Teddi also joked that she started “making demands” on the call with her famous Grammy-winning father, noting that she wants a phrase a total stranger said to her recently etched on her gravestone: “Hot girls never die.”
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The TV personality has spent the past couple of months recovering from a February surgery, during which doctors removed four tumors from her brain. “I am so grateful for the incredible surgeons, doctor and nurses who made my surgery a success and my recovery process comfortable,” she wrote in an Instagram update shortly afterward. “The laughter, support and patience of my kids, my family and my closest friends is one gift with which words cannot properly express my gratitude.”
She’s also been undergoing radiation and immunotherapy to treat the cancer, which has also metastasized in her lungs, she revealed in March. Stage 4 is the most advanced form of melanoma, according to the American Cancer Society.
Amid her fight against the disease, Teddi has kept followers updated on her treatments and how she’s feeling on Instagram. On the latest episode of the podcast, she also opened up about how her family is coping, saying, “A lot of people ask me that: How are the kids doing?”
“They’re doing really well, I mean, Edwin’s for sure had to step up,” she added. “We’re really lucky that we have two nannies that we can rotate in and out. My dad also had extreme worry about me because there’s certain times where I don’t feel good, so I have a lady that comes and helps me at night.”
Listen to Teddi open up about her conversation with her dad about burial plans below.
Depeche Mode are gearing up to release a full-length feature film chronicling the band’s massive 2023 shows in Mexico City on their Memento Mori tour. Depeche Mode: M, directed by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frias (I’m No Longer Here, Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me), is due out later this year. Explore Explore See latest […]
Before she gets back to defying gravity on the silver screen this fall, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo wants to give you something that’s 100% her.
On Thursday (April 10), Erivo announced the impending release of her sophomore studio album, I Forgive You. Set to drop on June 6 via Verve Records/Republic Records, the new project will feature Erivo not just as a performer, but a songwriter, as the actress has co-writing credits on each of the album’s songs.
In addition, the Wicked star announced that her second single, “Worst of Me,” will drop at midnight ET on Friday (April 11). The song, which Erivo has spent the last week teasing in snippets across her social media, sounds like a sweeping, orchestral ballad as she opines about heartbreak and loss. “I came here for love, oh, no I don’t want it anymore,” the star sings. “I gave you my home, but you took the worst of me.”
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“Over the last 2+ years, between all the flights, the filming, the interviews, and the awards shows, I went to the studio with my dear friend [Will Wells, songwriter and producer on I Forgive You] and created this project for you and me,” Erivo wrote in her announcement on Instagram. “This album, this collection of songs, is something I’m so proud to share with you. First with ‘Replay,’ and now/today/tonight with ‘Worst of Me.’ I gave you one chapter with the first album, and now I have a couple more for you. Thank you in advance for coming with me on this journey.”
The news comes amid a huge year for the actress. After the runaway success of Wicked in 2024, Erivo was nominated for best actress at the 2025 Oscars, where she also delivered a stunning performance of “Defying Gravity” with her co-star Ariana Grande. Looking ahead, Erivo is set to host to 2025 Tony Awards, star as Jesus Christ in an upcoming Hollywood Bowl production of Jesus Christ Superstar and headline the post-parade stage of WorldPride in Washington, D.C., all before the much-anticipated final chapter of her blockbuster hit Wicked: For Good debuts on Nov. 21.
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The 2025 Global Citizen Festival announced the date for this year’s event on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park on Thursday morning (April 10). With a performer lineup to come, organizers revealed that the free, ticketed event will take place on Sept. 27. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest […]
Create Music Group has acquired longstanding indie electronic label !K7. The acquisition comes two months after the death of !K7 founder Horst Weidenmueller at age 60.
The acquisition was in motion before Weidenmueller’s death, with a representative for the deal sharing a statement made by the founder before he died: “This transition is a deeply personal one for me, but I know that with Create Music Group, !K7 is in the right hands. Create Music Group shares our commitment to artists, labels, and creativity, and I am confident that this partnership will strengthen !K7’s legacy while opening new doors for the future. I want to thank our incredible team, partners, and artists for being part of this journey — what we have built together will continue to thrive and evolve for years to come.”
Founded in 1985, !K7 began releasing artist albums in 1996, putting forth music from across the wide electronic spectrum and beyond. The company now has offices in Berlin, London and New York, with its label group including the in-house labels !K7, AUS, 7K!, Soul Bank and Strut Records. Its longstanding influential DJ Kicks mix series is an influential and globally known platform for a wide range of DJs and producers.
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!K7 CEO Tom Nieuweboer says the partnership will allow the label “to scale our vision while staying true to our core values of independent artistry, innovation, and quality.”
This is the second high-profile acquisition Create has made in the electronic space this year, with the company announcing in March that it acquired the deadmau5 catalog, along with the catalog of the producer’s mau5trap records, for $55 million.
!K7 will be an asset to Create with its global brand recognition, ubiquity in and knowledge of the European music industry ecosystem, and its physical distribution network. Meanwhile, !K7’s artists and label partners will leverage Create’s in-house services spanning distribution, marketing and more.
“Horst was a special music entrepreneur who built !K7 over 40 years into a globally renowned brand,” said Create CFO William Smith in a statement. “Long before he passed, we spent many hours discussing ways that we could invest more into !K7 to help the business reach new heights, while also preserving the culture and principles that make the business so unique. We’re proud that Horst has trusted us with his legacy and the next chapter of !K7’s growth, and are excited to partner with Tom and the rest of the team in achieving this shared vision.”
“We are thrilled to welcome !K7 and its iconic DJ-Kicks series to the Create Music Group family,” added Create’s senior vp of global corporate development and M&A Eric Nguyen. “This acquisition not only deepens our footprint in electronic music but also reinforces our commitment to forward-thinking music across a wide spectrum of specialist genres represented by its globally respected imprint Strut Records. We’re proud to support the innovative spirit that defines the !K7 catalogue. We look forward to powering the next chapter for !K7, its exceptional roster of artists, and its visionary label partners around the world.”
SZA is sharing her tricks to having good days on the latest episode of Sesame Street, which finds the hitmaker singing an adorable song about practicing kindness and gratitude with Elmo and more Muppet friends. In a clip from the episode airing Thursday (April 10), the Grammy winner slips pieces of paper into a clear […]
It’s been nearly three years, but Lizzo is still apologizing to Seth Meyers’ dad for calling him a b–ch during the pair’s epic “Day Drinking” segment in December 2022. The singer/rapper dropped by Late Night on Wednesday (April 9) to chat about her upcoming album and recall the bad old times when she had to do anything she could to get her early, meager audiences to love her. But mostly she wanted to make up for insulting Larry Meyers.
The host replayed a bit of the drinking segment, in which he called up his dad and asked an innocuous question about whether he was going to watch the game the next day, then handed the phone over to the “Truth Hurts” star, who playfully growled, “Bye b–ch!!” to Seth’s shock and horror.
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Afterwards, Meyers revealed, Lizzo managed to get his dad’s address and sent flowers to his parent’s house with the note, “Dear Larry, I’m sorry I called you a b–ch.” And, because it’s late night TV, of course Meyers called up his dad again, with Lizzo promising, “I’ll call him, but I won’t call him a b–ch.”
“Hey, I love you so much, um, this is Lizzo,” she told the elder Meyers, adding, “I miss you so much and, um…” jokingly whispering to Seth that this time he should hurl the same insult at his dad. “She called you a b–ch backstage,” Meyers quickly blurted before taking the phone away from Lizzo. “No, you said b–ch!” she protested.
Meyers also recalled that he saw Lizzo at the Met Ball in 2023 shortly after the initial boozy segment, when the after effects of their day of drinking was still so fresh she just wagged a finger at him when he said hello. “You were not ready to see me,” Meyers said. “I think you were still a little bit hung over.”
“I was probably drunk. I probably never, ever recovered,” she said.
The singer who will make her fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend began her chat with Meyers by charging into the stands and slapping hands with the studio audience and doing a twirl to show off her “nearly-naked” bodysuit from her Yitty brand. “I’m scared,” she admitted about performing on SNL again, joking, “It’s live television! In front of, like, 50 people by the way, who can see up your nose and see if you got lipstick on your teeth. 20,000 people? I’m a bad b—ch. 150 people? You can smell me, b–ch!”
Noting that she took a few years off recently, Meyers asked Lizzo what she’d learned about being famous in the interim. “People conflate fame and rich, which is just not true,” Lizzo explained. “Some people are famous and they are not rich. Some people are rich and they don’t have fame. I have both. So to be honest with you I can’t complain.”
She also talked about working her way up from playing biker bars in Oklahoma, turning “haters into congratulators” every single night on her way to global fame. Lizzo recently revealed that her upcoming album, Love in Real Life, is officially complete, though no released date has been announced yet.
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The 2025 Montreux Jazz Festival revealed the stacked lineup for its 59th edition on Thursday (April 10), with Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Noah Kahan, RAYE, Alanis Morissette and Diana Ross slated to perform.
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The beloved festival set on the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva will take place between July 4-19 and feature an opening night celebration of the late music icon Quincy Jones by soul legend Chaka Khan (“To Quincy With Love”), as well as a set marking Kahn’s half-century of music-making, with the Casino stage hosting a James Blake solo piano set that same night.
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“I feel honored to be returning to open the Montreux Jazz Festival this year, joining so many world class artists,” Khan said in a statement. “I’m equally proud to be bringing some special guests with me, to pay musical tribute to my friend Quincy Jones; one of the best friends that music and Montreux ever had.”
The always eclectic programming will then bring Argentinian rapper Trueno and Colombian superstar J Balvin to the stage on night two, while Brazilian singer/songwriter Seu Jorge will share a bill with fellow Brazilians Anavitória. Among the other acts slated to perform this summer are: Brandi Carlile, Royel Otis, Samara Joy, Dianne Reeves, London Grammar, Rüfüs Du Sol, Leon Thomas, Jorja Smith, Lionel Richie, Portishead singer and solo artist Beth Gibbons, Shaboozey, Yseult, Jamie XX, Leon Bridges, Pulp, Bloc Party, Finneas, FKA Twigs, Benson Boone, Sam Fender, The Black Keys, Santana, Sigrid and many more.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday (April 11) at 12 p.m. CET here; each order is limited to four tickets per concert and a minimum of 10 tickets total.
See the full lineup below.
Britpop legends Pulp have shared news of their first album in 24 years. The new LP, More, will be released on June 6 via Rough Trade, and will end their fan’s long wait for a follow-up to 2001’s We Love Life.
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The Jarvis Cocker-led band made the announcement on Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6 Music show on Thursday morning (Apr. 10) and shared the first taster in lead single “Spike Island.” Take a listen below.
Rumours of a new album had swirled in recent years following their reunion shows in 2023. The band split for the first time a year after 2002’s We Love Life, then reunited for a string of shows between 2011 and 2013, before another decade-long hiatus. During the tour they began playing new songs titled “Hymn of the North,” “Background Noise,” “Spike Island,” “My Sex,” and “Farmer’s Market,” all of which will appear on More.
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In late 2024, the band announced they had signed a record deal with Rough Trade, following their time on Island Records. The group released a standalone single, “After You,” in 2013.
In an accompanying statement, Cocker said, “Well: when we started touring again in 2023, we practiced a new song called ‘Hymn of the North’ during soundchecks & eventually played it at the end of our second night at Sheffield Arena. This seemed to open the floodgates: we came up with the rest of the songs on this album during the first half of 2024. A couple are revivals of ideas from the last century.”
He added, “The music for one song was written by [former Pulp member] Richard Hawley. The music for another was written by [All Seeing I band member] Jason Buckle. The Eno family sings backing vocals on a song. There are string arrangements written by Richard Jones and played by the Elysian Collective.
“The album was recorded over 3 weeks by James Ford in Walthamstow, London starting on November 18 2024. This is the shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record. It was obviously ready to happen.” He added in a closing note that “no A.I. was involved during the process.”
The band is currently made up of Cocker, Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums) and Mark Webber (guitar). Longstanding bass player Steve Mackey, who performed on their hit albums His N Hers (1994) and Different Class (1995), died in 2023 following a short illness.
In the coming months Pulp will play a number of shows in the U.K. including arenas in Glasgow, London, Birmingham and Manchester. They will co-headline a number of shows with LCD Soundsystem later this year in North America.
Pulp’s More tracklist
“Spike Island”“Tina”“Grown Ups”“Slow Jam”“Farmers Market”“My Sex”“Got to Have Love”“Background Noise”“Partial Eclipse”“The Hymn of the North”“A Sunset”
Billy Idol is feeling nostalgic about his wild New York City nights — and so is Drew Barrymore.
The punk legend appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show this week, where he and the actress reflected on their shared experiences in the 1980s club scene. Though Barrymore was still a child at the time, she grew up frequenting legendary venues like Studio 54 and Limelight — often in the company of musicians like Idol.
“Please, control room, tell me you have the picture of me and Billy at Limelight, the club,” Barrymore said, as a black-and-white photo of the two from 1986 appeared onscreen. “Yes! I mean, Billy, that is where I see us when I think of you in my mind is back in the old club days. What the hell do you remember from those days?”
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“Not very much,” Idol replied with a laugh, prompting Barrymore to joke, “Me neither — I was hoping you could color stuff in for me.”
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Even if the memories are hazy, Idol said he remembers the freedom of the era vividly. “It was a really incredible time. I really enjoyed those ‘80s years. New York was kind of bankrupt so anything kinda went. It was like post-apocalyptic… you felt like the end of the world had sort of happened.”
Barrymore smiled as she recalled how much the rocker meant to her growing up. “The only thing I knew was that I loved you, I got to hang out with you, we were obviously playful and silly.”
The two reunited years later when Idol made a memorable cameo in 1998’s The Wedding Singer, which Barrymore starred in alongside Adam Sandler. “I was so excited to be together again,” she said. “It felt like, ‘Oh! Just yesterday we were like, out in the clubs together!’”
As their conversation came to a close, Barrymore became visibly emotional. “I’m really in a very nostalgic sort of avalanche in my mind,” she said. “It just doesn’t feel like any time has gone by. I feel like we’re back in the club, we’re at The Wedding Singer, we’re doing our thing. You don’t look any different. You look good!”
She added, “God, I miss dancing so much. I miss the clubs! And those places played, as we said, every type of music, but you really pushed through and… changed the world. We all thank you for that.” Idol added, “It was a super fun time.”
