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Since scoring a pair of left-field slow jam hits in duets with H.E.R. (“Best Part”) and Kali Uchis (“Get You”) six years ago, Daniel Caesar has sidestepped the quest for the male R&B throne and has instead opted to focus on further developing his dedicated community of fans — one that has grown to the size of a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night (Oct. 17).
The Grammy winner has come a long way since those controversial comments on race relations and the subsequent backlash, but a sobering, apologetic self-reflection and a string of major career moves kept the Caesar train chugging. In the time since “Best Part” emerged as Freudian’s breakout hit, Caesar found Billboard Hot 100 success as a songwriter for fellow Canadians Justin Bieber (“Peaches,” No. 1 — also with Caesar as a featured artist) and Shawn Mendes (“Monster,” No. 8), launched another acclaimed Grammy-nominated studio effort in Case Study 01, and released collaborations with Common, Brandy, FKA twigs and Omar Apollo.
On Tuesday night, the acclaimed singer-songwriter took over one of the world’s most iconic venues to perform the biggest show of his career thus far. His Superpowers World Tour — a global trek in support of his major label debut album, Never Enough, a stunningly introspective slice of R&B that peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 — is a terrific showcase of musical dexterity.
On the latest stop of his Superpowers Tour, Caesar tore through his lush discography, showcasing impressive vocal endurance and an intriguing yet entrancing approach to staging. Before he hit the stage, however, Grammy-nominated pop&B lothario Omar Apollo sparkled with an energetic set that dripped with sensuality and playfulness. Evoking Michael Jackson one second and Mick Jagger the next, Apollo swaggered through renditions of hits like “Evergreen,” “Tamagotchi” and “3 Boys.” Between a heartfelt tribute to Mexico (“En El Olvido”) and a hilarious streak of frankness — after he flubbed a riff, he quipped, “Oop, my fault!” before seamlessly executing an even harder falsetto riff — Apollo seemed incredibly comfortable in front of the packed arena.
Caesar began his set enclosed in translucent drapery, with a guest appearance from Mustafa the Poet — the pair performed their “Toronto 2014” collaboration — adding to the enigmatic tone of the night. Once he hit “Cyanide,” the drapes fell, revealing a close-up of a humbled Caesar, ready and excited to delight the crowd with a slew of songs off Never Enough, as well as some fan-favorites (“Entropy”) and a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Not one for much banter, Caesar instead channeled his appreciation into a series of moving vocal performances that cast his greatest love songs in the context of the love story between him and his fans.
Here are the five best moments of Daniel Caesar’s Superpowers World Tour at Madison Square Garden:
Caesar in the Shadows
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Sir Rod Stewart has turned down what could likely have been one of his biggest career paydays ever as a symbol of protest against what he said was the repressive policies of the Saudi Arabian government. “I’m grateful that I have a choice whether or not to perform in Saudi Arabia,” the singer wrote in an Instagram message on Thursday (Oct. 12).
“So many citizens there have extremely limited choices — women, the LGBTQ community, the press,” it continued. “I’d like my choice not to go… to shine a light on the injustices there and ignite positive change.” It was unknown at press time what Stewart, 78, was being offered to play in the kingdom where members of the LGBTQ+ community do not have state-recognized rights and where same-sex sexual activity is illegal and punishable by up to life imprisonment.
Human Rights Watch reported earlier this year that despite talk of reforms for women in the nation, “authorities continue to implement a male guardianship system requiring women to obtain male guardian permission to get married, leave prison, or obtain some forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare.”
While Sir Rod turned down the gig — at press time a spokesperson for the singer had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on the details of his decision — the Kingdom has hosted other Western pop stars in recent years, including Bruno Mars, David Guetta, Mariah Carey, Black Eyed Peas and Iggy Azalea, among others. In 2019, Nicki Minaj pulled out of the Jeddah World Festival in Saudi Arabia in support of LBGTQ and women’s rights while Chris Brown, Janet Jackson, Future, 50 Cent and others agreed to play the event in the country whose morality police once frequently raided venues playing loud music.
In a statement to People magazine a spokesperson for Stewart added, “Sir Rod Stewart has once again turned down one of the most lucrative concert offers of his career to perform in Saudi Arabia. Sighting his ‘moral compass in making the decision,’ Stewart chose to refuse the offer over the kingdom’s long history of human rights abuses, including discrimination against women and LGBTQ+ people, and of silencing its critics.” Stewart also said in 2022 that he had turned down a chance to more than $1 million payday to play a show in the Gulf state of Qatar, which also has a history of human rights and labor abuses and discrimination against women and the LGBTQ community.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been trying to polish the Kingdom’s profile for many years by opening its first movie theaters and announcing an end to its ban on women driving. Those reforms have not expanded to a free and open press, however, as evidence by the savage 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents close to the crown prince in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which the Saudi government reportedly attempted to cover up by destroying evidence and denying involvement.
See Stewart’s message below.
After pushing back the launch of her eagerly anticipated career-spanning Celebration Tour due to a health scare earlier this year, Madonna is set to kick off the outing at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday (Oct. 14).
And according to the tour‘s musical director, Stuart Price, fans can expect more than 40 songs from across her four-decade career, plus some special surprises that will nod to the pop icon’s legendary impact on pop culture. “A greatest hit doesn’t have to be a song,” Price told BBC News. “It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement.”
So whether your jam is “Material Girl,” “La Isla Bonita,” “Ray of Light,” “Frozen,” “Live To Tell” or “Into the Groove,” Price said there will be something for everyone, including archival footage and studio recordings that will help tell the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s story in what he described as “a documentary through her vast career.”
The O2 launch will be the first of six shows at the venue, where Price noted fans will not see a band on stage for the first time since the beginning of Madonna’s career. “There are live musicians that perform at different parts of the show,” he explained. “But what we realized is that the original recordings are our stars. Those things can’t be replicated and can’t be recreated, so we decided just to embrace that.”
Price said honing the set list was a “big” challenge given Madonna’s decades of hits — including 50 No. 1s on Billboard‘s Dance Club Songs chart — so many of the big ones will be played in full, while others will be interpolated into other songs and some will be used as “bridges” between acts. Price, who produced Madonna’s 2005 Confessions On a Dance Floor album and has been music director on three of her previous world tours, added that there will be around 25 songs performed in full, with elements of 20 others appearing in “some form.”
The show will also employ Madonna’s original multi-track recordings, including a vocal take Price said includes the sound of a “car going by in the background,” and, cryptically, a “solo from a guitarist who’s no longer with us.”
The long-awaited beginning of the tour comes nearly five months after Madonna was rushed to the hospital in June after being found unconscious in her New York apartment due to a “serious bacterial infection.” The hospitalization resulted in the tour being pushed back from July to October, with the North American dates — which were originally slated to kick off the run on July 15 in Vancouver — delayed until later this year. The North American dates are now slated to kick off on Dec. 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and run through an April 24 gig at Palacio De Los Deportes in Mexico City.
“The person that is going to take the stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible,” said Price of the 65-year-old singer he noted has “fully” recovered. In fact, he said the legendarily detail-oriented star used the three-month delay to further tweak and dial-in the show.
“Madonna has very high expectations of how much hard work people will put into something,” Stuart said. “It’s very uncompromising – but she’s equally as hard on herself. So when she took a break, that pause created an opportunity to further enhance the show. And I’m sure the opportunity [for her] to focus on being 100% well was greatly received as well.”
He described the story line as reflecting the arc of Madonna’s career, “from being a young woman in New York and learning the scene, all the way through to motherhood, spiritual awakenings, and all the ups and downs. The storyline was just really, really compelling.” If that sounds similar to a since-shelved biopic that was to star Julia Garner, Price said that’s no coincidence since Madonna is expert at cross-pollinating ideas from different projects.
“In this case there’d been consideration about doing a biopic [which gave] this tour the potential for having a documentary aspect to it as well,” he said, which explains why the show will incorporate news footage, classic costumes and videos.
Check out Madonna’s tease of the tour launch below.
Chris Stapleton isn’t necessarily “starting over,” but the country superstar is postponing several dates of his ongoing All-American Road Show Tour. In a message posted to his official Instagram page Wednesday (Oct. 11), the “Tennessee Whiskey” singer revealed that “doctor’s orders” have forced him to reschedule the next three dates of his nationwide trek.
“To all my friends in Corpus Christi, Houston and Lafayette, I am very sorry to let you all know that I am unable to perform this weekend’s shows,” he wrote. “I have bronchitis and laryngitis, and on doctor’s orders am on vocal rest through the weekend in order to heal. I’m grateful for your patience and understanding, and hope to see you all in November.”
In the photo set’s caption, Stapleton clarified that “all tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates.” The rescheduled dates are as follows: on Nov. 16, Stapleton will hit Lafayette, LA (originally Oct. 14), then make his way to Houston, TX, on Nov. 17 (originally Oct. 13), before finally gracing Corpus Christi, TX, on Nov. 17 (originally Oct. 12).
Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour is the “You Should Probably Leave” singer’s first solo headlining concert tour. The trek has served as promotional support for his second, third, and fourth studio albums: 2017’s From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2, and 2020’s Starting Over. Myriad opening acts have made their mark on the tour, including recent support acts such as Marcus King, Margo Price and The War and Treaty.
The eight-time Grammy winner is currently prepping the release of his forthcoming fifth studio album, Higher. He released the set’s lead single, “White Horse,” over the summer (Jul. 21), and the song has since reached No. 7 on Hot Country Songs and No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Stapleton has earned 15 career entries on the Hot 100, including his sole top 10 hit, “Say Something” (with Justin Timberlake). Over on the Billboard 200, the “Scarecrow in the Garden” singer has collected four consecutive top 10 albums, including his sole No. 1 title, 2015’s Traveller (two weeks).
Check out Chris Stapleton’s statement below:
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will reboot their postponed 2023 tour in early 2024. After pulling the plug on all their 2023 dates last month to give the 74-year-old rock icon time to recover from peptic ulcer disease, Springsteen announced the rescheduled shows on Friday morning (Oct. 6).
The tour will now recommence on March 19 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix (a make-up for a show originally scheduled for Nov. 30), followed by a March 25 show in San Diego at Pechanga Arena through a Sept. 13 show at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. All tickets for postponed shows will be valid for the newly announced dates, with fans encouraged to reach out to the ticketing company for each date about refunds.
The new dates for the group’s Canadian shows will be announced next week, all at the original venues. Ticketholders unable to make the new dates have 30 days to request a refund.
Peptic ulcer disease is fairly common, though painful, gastrointestinal condition that can cause severe abdominal pain as a result of an imbalance in the protective lining of the stomach.
“Bruce Springsteen has continued to recover steadily from peptic ulcer disease over the past few weeks and will continue treatment through the rest of the year on doctor’s advice,” read a statement released last week announcing the push of all 2023 dates to 2024.
Check out the rescheduled 2024 dates below.
March 19 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center (originally Nov. 30, 2023)
March 25 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena (originally Dec. 2, 2023)
March 28 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center (originally Dec. 10, 2023)
March 31 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center (originally Dec. 12, 2023)
April 4 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum (originally Dec. 4, 2023)
April 7 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum (originally Dec. 6, 2023)
April 12 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (originally Sept. 16, 2023)
April 15 — Albany, NY @ MVP Arena (originally Sept. 19, 2023)
April 18 — Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome (originally Sept. 7, 2023)
April 21 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena (originally Sept. 21, 2023)
August 15 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena (originally Sept. 12, 2023)
August 18 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena (originally Sept. 14, 2023)
August 21 — Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (originally August 16, 2023)
August 23 — Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (originally August 18, 2023)
Sept. 7 — Washington, DC @ Nationals Park (originally Sept. 29, 2023)
Sept. 13 — Baltimore, MD @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards (originally Sept. 9. 2023)
The Foo Fighters will hit a run of U.S. stadiums next summer on their Everything or Nothing At All tour. The Dave Grohl-fronted band announced the dates for the 12-show string of 2024 gigs on Monday morning (Oct. 2), with the shows slated to kick-off on July 17 with the first of two shows at Citi Field in New York.
The outing hitting major league stadiums will then move on to legendary Fenway Park in Boston (July 21), before touching down at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA (July 23), Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (July 25) and Minneapolis’ Target Field (July 28).
The tour — with a rotating group of support acts including The Pretenders, The Hives, Mammoth WVH, Amyl and the Sniffers, Alex G and L7 — will also include gigs in Denver, San Diego, Los Angeles and Portland before winding down on Aug. 18 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. Tickets for the summer stadiums shows will go on sale on Friday (Oct. 6) at 10 a.m. local time; click here for information on pre-sales and ticketing.
The Foos have been on the road all summer in support of their 11th album, But Here We Are, with the new stadium shows marking their biggest headlining U.S. gigs announced so far. The Foos’ next scheduled show is on Tuesday (Oct. 3) at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, AZ, followed by a handful of other U.S. shows before the band heads to Dubai for the F1 Grand Prix Event on Nov. 26 and then shows in Australia and New Zealand from late November through late January 2024.
Check out the dates for the Foo Fighters’ 2024 Everything or Nothing At All U.S. stadium tour below:
July 17 — New York, NY @ Citi Field * July 19 – New York, NY @ Citi Field # July 21 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park # July 23 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium # July 25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Great American Ballpark * July 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field ** August 3 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High * August 7 – San Diego, CA @ Petco Park $August 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium #August 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium % August 16 – Portland, OR @ Providence Park Soccer Stadium %August 18 – Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park %
* Pretenders & Mammoth WVH Support ** Pretenders & L7 Support # The Hives & Amyl and The Sniffers Support$ The Hives & Alex G Support% Pretenders & Alex G Support
Aerosmith is postponing the remainder of their farewell tour, due to frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal chord injury. “Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought,” the band wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Friday (Sept. 29). “His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he […]
You might be so not invited to Adam Sandler‘s daughter’s bar mitzvah, but the comedian is giving his fans ample opportunity to see him live this fall. On Wednesday (Sept. 13), Live Nation announced that Sandler is set to embark on a 25-date North American trek titled the I Missed You Tour.
Produced by Live Nation, the tour will commence on Oct. 12 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, and make stops in Las Vegas, Memphis, Toronto and more before closing in Denver at Ball Arena on Dec. 12. The I Missed You Tour marks Sandler’s second major trek of the year. In March, the three-time Grammy-nominated comedian and actor added seven more shows to his Adam Sandler LIVE tour.
The new tour comes on the heels of several acclaimed films from the five-time Emmy nominee. This year, Sandler produced and starred in You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah alongside Tony winner Idina Menzel, wife Jackie Sandler and daughters Sadie and Sunny Sandler. Last year, he acted opposite Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah in the sports dramedy Hustle, for which he won the People’s Choice Award for The Comedy Movie Star of 2022. Back in 2019, Sandler flaunted his dramatic chops in the award-winning thriller Uncut Gems.
Sandler has charted five titles on the Billboard 200, peaking with 1999’s Stan and Judy’s Kid at No. 16, while his “Chanukah Song” peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1999. Earlier this year, Sandler was honored with the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Through a Live Nation presale, fans will be able to purchase tickets to the I Missed You Tour beginning Thursday at noon local time. The general sale starts Friday at noon local time.
Here are all the dates for Adam Sandler’s I Missed You Tour:
Thu. Oct. 12 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers ArenaFri. Oct. 13 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge ArenaSat. Oct. 14 — Portland, OR — Veterans Memorial ColiseumSun. Oct. 15 — Nampa, ID — Ford Idaho Center ArenaMon. Oct. 16 — Spokane, WA — Spokane ArenaWed. Oct. 18 — San Jose, CA — SAP Center at San JoseThu. Oct. 19 — Stateline, NV — Tahoe Blue Event CenterFri. Oct. 20 — Fresno, CA — Save Mart CenterSat. Oct. 21 — Palm Desert, CA — Acrisure ArenaMon. Oct. 23 — Anaheim, CA — Honda CenterTue. Nov. 7 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank ArenaWed. Nov. 8 — Rochester, NY — Blue Cross ArenaThu. Nov. 9 — Washington, DC — Capital One ArenaSat. Nov. 11 — Milwaukee, WI — Fiserv ForumSun. Nov. 12 — Minneapolis, MN — Target CenterMon. Nov. 13 — Des Moines, IA — Wells Fargo ArenaWed. Nov. 15 — Indianapolis, IN — Gainbridge FieldhouseThu. Nov. 16 — Memphis, TN — FedExForumSat. Dec. 2 — Las Vegas, NV — Michelob ULTRA ArenaSun. Dec. 3 — Salt Lake City, UT — Delta CenterThu. Dec. 7 — San Antonio, TX — AT&T CenterFri. Dec. 8 — Thackerville, OK — WinStar CasinoSat. Dec. 9 — Oklahoma City, OK — Paycom CenterSun. Dec. 10 — Wichita, KS — INTRUST Bank ArenaTue. Dec. 12 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena
