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Mariah Carey is extending her Las Vegas residency run. As she prepares to return to the Dolby Live at Park MGM on Friday (July 26) for the next run of her Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas show, MC announced eight additional gigs in early 2025.
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The new performances will slated to start with a January 31 show and run through a February 15 gig, with tickets for the new shows going on sale to the general public on Friday beginning at 10 a.m. PT. Carey’s Vegas residency kicked off in April with the first of what was planned as 16 shows at the Dolby Live.
The career-spanning show billed as a 20th anniversary celebration of Carey’s beloved 10th album, 2005’s The Emancipation of Mimi, is a trip through the singer’s illustrious career, from her debut 1990 single “Vision of Love,” through “Dreamlover,” “Hero,” “Fantasy,” “Butterfly,” “Heartbreaker,” “Shake It Off,” “We Belong Together” and “Fly Like a Bird.”
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In addition to celebrating The Emancipation album, Carey dropped an expanded edition of her Rainbow album on honor of its 25th anniversary in June. The Pride month gift to fans including new remixes of such hits as “Heartbreaker” and “Thank God I Found You” as well as a new song, “Rainbow’s End.”
A Citi cardmember presale for the new dates will begin on Tuesday (July 23) at 10 a.m. PT and run through Thursday (July 25) at 10 p.m. PT; for more details click here. SiriusXM, Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers can get access to a presale for the new dates beginning Wednesday (July 24) at 10 a.m. PT and MGM Rewards, MGM Resorts loyalty rewards program members can access a presale beginning on Thursday at 10 a.m. PT; all presales will end on Thursday at 10 p.m. PT. In addition, according to a release, a limited number of tickets are still available for previously announced performances on July 26, 27 and 31, as well as August 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10.
See the new 2025 dates for Carey’s Las Vegas residency below:
January 31
February 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14 & 15
Jessie J revealed to her fans on Saturday that she was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive behavior (OCD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder three months ago and that the information has helped her understand a lot about her struggles as a child and adult.
In the lengthy post that was accompanied by a vintage video of Jessie singing “Out Here On My Own” from Fame as a teen and a more recent video of her singing Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t Nobody,” the 36-year-old star explained how her diagnoses have affected how she thinks about herself.
“I was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD about 3 months ago. In telling people a lot of the reaction I got was ‘Yeah I mean we knew that’ (which I’m sure some of you are doing right now) 😂 and ofcourse I knew to some extent but having a baby has let’s say… exposed it a lot more 🤪🥴which was comforting in a way, as it made it feel less heavy and scary,” she wrote. “But also in moments has made me feel like I can’t talk about it. F*** that. Here I am talking about it. Embracing it with the 🌎 😂.”
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Jessie, who welcomed son Sky with partner Chanan Colman in 2023, added that, “It’s weird when you know you have been a little different and felt things differently your whole life, and finally one day when you least expect it, someone really explains why and you can’t avoid it. ADHD has such a wide spectrum it’s like a mystery putting your version of it together, that’s how it’s felt for me. In really understanding ways to cope, excel and grow with it. Tbh I low key feel like it’s a superpower as long as you look at it from the right perspective and have the right support and people around you that can navigate it with you.”
The new information has made Jessie think about her life in a whole new way, she said. “The way I’ve been, the way I deal with things. The relationships I have had. How I work and how I love,” Jessie wrote. “It’s empowered me and honestly sometimes has overwhelmed me all at the same time. If there is one thing social media has given me, it’s the chance to relate, connect and heal with strangers that have kinds hearts and are going through a similar thing. I have always been honest in the journey I’m going through in life.”
Understanding that there are many people who are going through the same struggles — more than 366 million adults worldwide were diagnosed with ADHD as of 2020 and approximately 1%-3% of the global population has OCD — Jessie said, “I’m honestly just reaching out to hold your hand and because I need mine held too. I have no boundaries lol we know that. It has made me love myself even more. I’m hugging 11 year old me. Who would clean her trainers with a toothbrush when she was stressed and to this day has lived with a 1000 lists to not feel like life will crumble 😂.”
In 2020, Jessie wrote a series of Instagram posts in which she revealed that she’d been hospitalized with the inner ear condition Meniere’s disease, which can cause severe vertigo and which left her unable to walk and deaf in one hear. She’s also previously opened up about having a stroke when she was 18 as well as a painful throat condition and miscarriage in 2021.
The singer ended with a uplifting note about how the diagnosis has allowed her to love and understand herself even better. “Here’s to getting to know yourself even more through life,” she wrote. “And loving yourself all the way. Nothing in life defines us, but it helps us grow and become a more wholesome version of ourselves.”
Back in September, Jessie announced that after a 17-year-run with Republic Records she had split with her longtime label and plans to release her next project independently.
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Pop star Sam Smith has seen plenty of highs and lows in their career, but in a new interview, they detailed a personal low that left them immobilized. On the latest episode of the Sidetracked With Annie and Nick podcast, Smith revealed that in January, they were in a horrific skiing accident and tore their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
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“I completely ripped my ACL. I was skiing,” they said in the interview. “I was an idiot and went on a black slope on the second day … I got taken down in a blood bag. It was the worst.”
They explained that while they have since recovered, some of the effects are a “permanent thing” due to the nature of the injury. “It’s in between your bones and helps you jump and spring around, and it completely ripped,” they said. “I decided to go down the non-surgical route, but I couldn’t walk for a month on this leg and it was awful, it was the first time I’d ever not been able to move.”
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But, as Smith puts it, the injury served as a call to action, allowing them to “get my s–t together” as they recovered. “I was very anxious and had been struggling with anxiety for years,” they said. “So, I started icing every morning, I started getting into my circadian rhythm. And a big part of that is light exposure to your eyes … in the evening, you stay off your phone and basically try to live by candlelight for last hour before you sleep.”
Smith’s revelation comes after a momentous year for the pop singer. In 2024, Smith celebrated the 10th anniversary of their debut album, In the Lonely Hour. In a note posted to commemorate the seminal project’s first decade, Smith thanked their fans for their support and revealed that they’d re-recorded “Stay With Me” to feature more gender-neutral identifications. “[I included] the updated lyric ‘but I still need love, baby understand,’ which felt really important to me,” they said. “It’s beautiful to know that sometimes, we can change the past.
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The 2024 presidential campaign was thrown into even further chaos on Sunday (July 21) when President Joe Biden announced that he would drop out of the race just weeks after a calamitous debate performance against Donald Trump drew renewed calls for the commander-in-chief to step aside.
Biden, 81, quickly gave VP Kamala Harris his endorsement, vaulting his second-in-command to the front of the line for the democratic party’s nomination when they gather in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention from August 19-22.
And while Biden’s shoulder tap is crucial, Harris also got another very important endorsement from a pop powerbroker: Charli XCX. The British star — who cannot vote in U.S. elections — joined a raft of celebrities cheering on Harris’ anointing, including Barbra Streisand, Lizzo, Cardi B, Cher and many others, while announcing that “Kamala IS brat.”
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The reference is to the title of the singer’s new record, brat, and an lifestyle Charli has described for someone who can be high luxury at times, or who has a “pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra” at others. The whole vibe is perfect for what Charli has deemed “brat summer,” a time when her fans are invited to get grimy and sweat it out on the dance floor with a few essentials (courtesy of Glamour) including: square-rimmed sunglasses you never take off, messy hair, a smudged, smoky eye, bad tattoos and old, corded Apple headphones.
At press time Charli’s original post had racked up more than 243,000 likes and more than 19 million views. Harris’ Kamala HQ campaign X account immediately appeared to hop on the coveted nod from Charli, changing the banner on its X page to the signature Brat lime green palette and font.
While it’s unlikely that Harris, 59, will show up at a club with a pack of smokes, messy hair and shades to cement the coveted XCX brat endorsement, the veep has been known to show off her dance moves in the past and is now running against the current oldest person to ever seek the presidency in former one-termer Trump, 78.
The democratic party must now scramble to officially name a replacement for Biden before the upcoming convention following the surprising announcement from Biden. The 81-year-old president who is currently battling COVID, was pressured to step down after weeks of mounting pressure from Democratic leaders for him to drop out of the tight race against twice-impeached convicted felon Trump, who was grazed on the ear by a bullet two weeks ago in an attempted assassination during a rally in Butler, PA.
At press time Harris had also begun following Charli on Instagram and X, in addition to her other pop star follows, which include Rihanna, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Janelle Monae, Lizzo and many more.
See Charli’s tweet below.
Remember that time in Deadpool 2 where Wade (Ryan Reynolds) rocked that adorable T-shirt that featured a snap of two of Taylor Swift‘s beloved cats and the message, “Olivia & Meredith. Best Friends Purrr-ever?”
Well, as it turns out Swift did not find the bit funny. In a SiriusXM Town Hall last week in New York, Deadpool & Wolverine star Reynolds talked about the cat cameo in the 2018 sequel, joking that it got him into legal hot water with his pop superstar pal. “Yes, I had a T-shirt made. Yes, of [Swift’s cats] Meredith and Olivia on Wade’s shirt,” Reynolds told the audience. “Yeah, you know, just little details, that’s all.”
When host Jess Cagle asked if Reynolds had to get Swift’s permission to feature her kitties in the film, Reynolds went into full deadpan Deadpool mode. “Did you have to call her and get permission?” Cagle wondered. “No, I was sued. I lost everything in that one,” Reynolds teased.
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“And getting sued by a friend is tough to swallow,” Reynolds went on. “Also, she has just a lot of very, very powerful lawyers. I found out later those are just the paralegals. The real lawyers didn’t even bother with it.” He didn’t let the bit hang that long though, adding, “But… I would never do such a thing” in reference to wearing a shirt with Swift’s pets on it without her blessing.
The question came as speculation has continued to swirl that Swift may have a cameo in the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, which hits theaters on Friday (July 26).
Reynolds and his wife, actress Blake Lively, have been friends with Swift for years and Swifties are convinced Taylor might have a cameo in the upcoming film after Ryan recreated the Evermore cover art in a post earlier this month in which Deadpool showed up in the album cover’s misty forest. There was also an IMAX poster in which the heroes were depicted holding hands and wearing Eras Tour-like friendship bracelets. Recently, though, EW reported that Swift is definitely not in the film.
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In an unexpected crossover of pop titans, Coldplay’s Chris Martin paid homage to Taylor Swift during their Düsseldorf concert on Saturday (July 20).
Before performing their 2016 track “Everglow,” Martin dedicated the song to Swift and her fans, acknowledging her recent departure from nearby Gelsenkirchen after completing her Eras Tour shows in the city last Friday.
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“This is for Taylor Swift because she left town,” Martin said from behind the piano, eliciting cheers from the crowd at Merkur Spiel-Arena. “This is for all of you who feel sad today because Taylor had to go to the next city. So we sing this love song, this heartbreak song, and send it to Taylor wherever she is today.”
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The thoughtful dedication comes as Swift continues her record-breaking Eras Tour across Germany, with upcoming stops in Hamburg and Munich.
The “Anti-Hero” singer recently celebrated the enthusiastic reception from German Swifties, praising their “amazing” and “thoughtful” support during her three-night run in Gelsenkirchen.
“Those 3 Gelsenkirchen crowds were AMAZING, and so thoughtful???” she wrote on Instagram. “There were signs and paper hearts, the ‘Betty’ wave, and tons of DIY ‘willow’ orbs made out of balloons + phone flashlights. Thank you!!!”
Swift also expressed her appreciation for the support of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, and the fact that the album had stayed at number one for its first 12 weeks, a milestone she had never achieved before.
“I also wanted to say to everyone who’s supported The Tortured Poets Department, I am completely blown away by what you’ve done – it stayed at #1 for the first 12 weeks of its release and that’s never happened to an album of mine before, not even close!!” the “Blank Space” singer wrote.
She added, “You’re just the greatest. Anyway, now that we’ve officially kicked off our shows in Germany, I can’t wait to see you all in Hamburg next!”
Coldplay’s European tour leg follows their headline-grabbing performance at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival in late June. The band is set to continue their run with another show in Düsseldorf on July 21.
On the Billboard charts, both Coldplay and Taylor Swift continue to make waves. Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department remains a fixture in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, while Coldplay’s latest single “Higher Power” is climbing the Hot 100.
Check out Coldplay’s dedication to Taylor Swift below.
Chris Martin before signing Everglow at Coldplay’s show in Düsseldorf tonight!“This is for Taylor Swift, because she left town – this is for all of you who feel sad today because Taylor had to go to the next city! We sing this love song and send it to Taylor wherever she is” pic.twitter.com/NwDso2qjiX— kaia (@kaiamal13) July 20, 2024
Jimin‘s Muse has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 19) on Billboard, choosing the BTS star’s second solo album as their favorite new music release of the past week.
Muse brought in 68% of the vote on the poll, securing a notable edge ahead of new releases from Stray Kids (Ate), Joe Jonas (“Work It Out”), JADE (“Angel of My Dreams”), Childish Gambino (Bando Stone & The New World), and others.
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Jimin first announced Muse in June, with BigHit Music writing in a statement that the album would showcase his “expanded musical spectrum.” “Following his first solo album, ‘Face,’ where he sought to explore his true identity, ‘Muse’ documents his journey in search of the source of his inspiration,” the release continued.
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The project features collaborations with Loco and Sofia Carson, with the K-pop icon experimenting with bold new sounds and styles throughout. The set follows 2023’s Face, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Jimin first made his solo debut in 2018, when he dropped the single “Promise.” Five years later, he became the first South Korean soloist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Like Crazy.”
Muse is just one of a few projects that Jimin has been working on amid his time in the South Korean military, in which all of his BTS bandmates — except for Jin, who finished his enlistment in June — are currently serving.
Jimin is also gearing up to release a docu-series titled Are You Sure?! with Jung Kook chronicling the two friends’ travels through parts of their home country, the U.S. and Japan.
Trailing behind Muse on this week’s poll is Stray Kids’ mini-album Ate, with 27% of the vote. The eight-member K-pop group dropped the project two months after the arrival of their Charlie Puth-assisted single “Lose My Breath,” marking the group’s third single of 2024.
See the final results of this week’s poll below. Check out Billboard‘s Friday Music Guide to catch up with more must-hear releases from this week.
Ryan Reynolds is opening up about how Madonna approved the use of “Like a Prayer” for use in Deadpool & Wolverine.
During an interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM on Friday (July 19), Reynolds shared the story of how he and co-star Hugh Jackman, along with director Shawn Levy, convinced the Queen of Pop to license her 1989 hit for the highly anticipated superhero flick.
“It did involve a personal visit to Madonna, where we showed Madonna the sequence where ‘Like a Prayer’ would be used,” Levy said.
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“Also, let’s preface it with the fact that they don’t license — that Madonna doesn’t just license the song, particularly that song,” Reynolds added. “It was a big deal to ask for it and certainly a bigger deal to use it. We went over and met with her and and sort of showed her how it was being used, and where, and why.”
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“It was a big deal to ask for it and certainly a bigger deal to use it,” the Deadpool actor continued. “We went over and met with her and and sort of showed her how it was being used, and where, and why.
During the visit, Reynolds joked that he had to ask one of Madonna’s team members how to appropriately address the iconic singer.
“Like am I allowed to just say, ‘Madonna?’” he said. “Like, ‘Hello Madonna, I’m Ryan.’”
Madonna ended up granting them permission to use “Like a Prayer” — which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989 — and even provided some ideas on how to use the classic track in the film.
“She gave a great note,” Reynolds said. “She watched it, and I’m not kidding, [she said], ‘You need to do this.’ And damn it, if she wasn’t like spot on.”
“We literally went into a new recording session within 48 hours to do this note,” Levy added. “It made the sequence better.”
Deadpool & Wolverine opens in theaters on July 26.
Watch a clip from Reynolds’ SiriusXM interview here.
Lady Gaga is paying tribute to her beloved friend and musical collaborator Tony Bennett one year after his death.
On Saturday (July 20), the 38-year-old pop superstar and actress shared a heartfelt message on social media about the late crooner, who passed away on July 21, 2023, in his hometown of New York City of undisclosed causes after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. He was 96.
“It’s been one year since Tony passed away,” Gaga wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself with Bennett. “This picture says it all. I’m so grateful for my continued friendship with his wife Susan — the legacy of jazz music he left — and for the community of jazz musicians I still work with who all knew and loved Tony. We’re gonna keep on swingin’. Miss you … life is a beautiful thing.”
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The black-and-white photo shows Gaga posing for a tuxedo-wearing Bennett as he sketches a notebook drawing for their 2021 collaborative album, Love for Sale. A video from that year shows Gaga crying after the drawing is revealed to her.
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Bennett’s family first shared his Alzheimer’s diagnosis publicly in 2021. That same year, the iconic singer announced that he was retiring from touring and performing after one last show with Gaga at Radio City Music Hall, titled One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
In addition to Love for Sale, Gaga and Bennett recorded the full-length jazz standards albums Cheek to Cheek in 2014. The project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Following his death last year, the “Million Reasons” singer paid loving tribute to her good friend on social media.
“I will miss my friend forever. I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together,” she wrote alongside an Instagram photo of Bennett giving her a warm hug. “With Tony, I got to live my life in a time warp. Tony & I had this magical power. We transported ourselves to another era, modernized the music together, & gave it all new life as a singing duo. But it wasnt an act. Our relationship was very real.”
Gaga added Bennett taught her about music, showbiz and life, but she said he also showed her how to “keep my spirits high and my head screwed on straight. ‘Straight ahead,’ he’d say. He was an optimist, he believed in quality work AND quality life. Plus, there was the gratitude … Tony was always grateful. He served in WWII, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and sang jazz with the greatest singers and players in the world. I’ve been grieving the loss of Tony for a long time. We had a very long and powerful goodbye.”
See Lady Gaga’s recent tribute to Bennett on Instagram here.
Katy Perry continues to tease new music ahead of her upcoming album.
On Friday (July 19), the 39-year-old pop superstar shared a 30-second snippet on YouTube of the dance-pop track “Lifetimes,” which will appear on her long-awaited new release, 143.
“I know you feel it/ Can you believe it?/ I’m gonna love you ’til the end and then repeat it,” Perry sings on the Dr. Luke-produced track. “For life/ For life.”
In addition to the YouTube teaser, the singer also shared a brief video of herself dancing along to “Lifetimes” with fans during what appears to be an album preview event.
“143 IS A PARTY AND EVERYONE’S INVITED: SOUND ON,” Perry captioned the clip on Instagram.
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143, which is code for “I love you,” is scheduled for release on Sept. 20 through Capitol Records. The forthcoming set marks Perry’s first album since 2020’s Smile, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200.
Last weekend, Perry appeared to respond to a wave of criticism for the music video of 143‘s lead single “Woman’s World,” sharing behind-the-scenes clips to explain her intentions for the visual that mixes feminist tropes and lyrics with lots of cheeky visuals.
“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! EVEN SATIRE!” Perry captioned her Instagram post.
Between criticism that Perry’s song misfired in its attempt to be a feminist anthem and her team-up with track co-producer Dr. Luke — who was accused of sexual misconduct by Kesha before the singer and producer settled a bitter, nine-year legal battle in 2023 before it went to to trial — “Woman’s World” did not appear to land the way the singer intended.
“We’re kind of just having fun being a bit sarcastic with it, it’s very slapstick, and very on the nose,” she says in the first half of the video that seemed to anticipate some potential backlash. “With this set, it’s like, ‘We’re not about the male gaze but we really are about the male gaze,’ and we’re really overplaying it and on the nose because I’m about to get smashed, which is like a reset, a reset for me, and a reset for my idea of feminine divine, and it’s a whole different world we go to after this.”
Watch Perry’s “Lifetimes” preview posts on Instagram and YouTube below.
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