Halsey is explaining why she rarely includes herself when talking about black people, despite the fact that she’s biracial. “I’m white-passing. It’s not my place to say ‘we.’ It’s my place to help,” she says. “Nobody is gonna kill me based on my skin color.” She added, “I’ve always been proud of who I am, but it’d be an absolute disservice to say ‘we’ when I’m not susceptible to the same violence.”

Ed Sheeran is among the artists who will pay tribute to frontline workers with the upcoming “Thank You Concert” livestream event. Keith Urban, Katy Perry and Michael Bublé will also participate on June 20 event.

Def Leppard’s March 2019 performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day on August 29. Only 4,000 copies of the five-song EP will be made available.

Nearly 40 years since their last new album, ABBA are releasing an 8LP box set that features their entire studio discography for the first time on coloured vinyl, with replica LP artwork. “ABBA: The Studio Albums” is set for release July 3.

Brandi Carlile has teamed up with the surviving members of Soundgarden to record new versions of ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Searching With My Good Eye Closed’ for Record Store Day. The tribute to Chris Cornell will be released as a 12-inch on September 26, which is the second of three separate “Record Store Drops” this year.

FOX News host Sean Hannity and his wife of 27 years, Jill Rhodes, have gotten a divorce. A source says their split is “very amicable” and that they “still have family dinners and attend tennis tournaments for their two children.”

The Frozen II soundtrack just became the fifth longest-running #1 in the history of the Billboard soundtracks chart. The compilation has now logged its 27th week atop the rankings. It still trails the soundtrack for the first Frozen, which spent a record-setting 44 weeks at #1.

A source says Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker are “hooking up, but they’re not serious.” The insider adds, “She’s talking to a couple different guys. She has so many men after her it’s crazy.” Devin previously dated Kylie Jenner’s ex-BFF, Jordyn Woods.

CNN and Sesame Street are teaming up for a kids’ town hall on racism. The hourlong Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism will air this coming Saturday on CNN starting at 10 a.m. ET. Big Bird will join CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill to moderate the event.

The cast and crew of Brooklyn Nine-Nine donated $100,000 to the National Bail Fund Network on Tuesday. The donation came after an actor who’s not on the show tweeted that stars who’ve become rich playing cops need to pay it forward.

Riverdale star Lili Reinhart announced that she is “a proud bisexual woman.” The 23-year-old came out in a post expressing her support for Wednesday’s LGBTQ #BlackLkvesMatter protest in West Hollywood.

A publicist for Amy Grant confirms that the singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday, after doctors discovered she had a dangerous heart condition during a recent checkup. According to the rep, “the doctor said it could not have gone better.”

CARRIE UNDERWOOD is working on a full-length Christmas album . . . and she plans to release it sometime before the holidays.