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Janet Jackson made a live announcement on Instagram Monday about her 2023 North American arena/amphitheater “Together Again” tour. Rapper Ludacris will serve as opening act, and, as she put it, “There will be new music.”
ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced the co-headlining “The Sharp Dressed Simple Man” tour. The 2 groups will hit 21 US cities this summer, beginning July 21 in West Palm Beach FL, plus a date in Toronto Aug. 27.
The National Basketball Association will award the best player in the league by acknowledging the greatest of all time. On Tuesday, the NBA announced their MVP award would be named after Michael Jordan. A new trophy was revealed, showing Jordan rising for a dunk.
Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard are taking their friendship on the road. The duo announced that they will be teaming up in 2023 for a joint tour, “Twenty The Tour”, across the United States and Canada. Both signers competed on season 2 of “American Idol” with Ruben winning it all!
SZA announced the dates for her first-ever arena tour. The 2023 “S.O.S North American Tour” — named after the singer’s just-released sophomore album — is slated to kick off on Feb. 21 in Columbus, OH.
Adam Sandler will receive the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He’ll be honored at the Kennedy Center on March 19th.
Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted a two-part tribute special for Chris Farley on their podcast, “Fly on the Wall”. It came out today and includes guests like Chris Rock, Mike Myers, and Conan O’Brien.
When Snoop Dogg started in the game, he was writing his raps on a typewriter. He borrowed it from 2Scoops from the rap trio The Dove Shack. And he could type 65 words a minute, because he learned in junior high.
Megan Thee Stallion testified in court yesterday that Tory Lanez offered a her a million-dollar bribe after he allegedly shot her. She said he told her, quote, “I can’t go to jail, I’m already on probation . . . don’t tell on me.”
Keith Urban has picked up some extra Christmas spending money this week . . . by selling his music catalog. He parted ways with the master recordings from 10 studio albums, as well as a greatest hits package. It’s unknown how much he cleared in the deal . . . but if you bump into Keith at a bar, HE’S BUYING.
The other day we heard a clip of a new song from Luke Grimes, who plays Kayce Dutton on “Yellowstone”. There’s more on the way. Luke signed a record deal with Universal Music Group and is currently working on his debut album. No word on a release date.
Sam Smith performed their 2014 ballad “Stay With Me” at the White House’s Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony Tuesday. Cyndi Lauper also attended the event and sang her iconic hit, “True Colors”.
Taylor Swift celebrated her 33rd birthday in studio with Jack Antonoff. The “Anti-Hero” singer shared a photo of herself and her producer on Twitter, writing, “Thanks for all of the beautiful wishes today!! I spent my 33rd birthday in the studio of course. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Love you!”
Jonas Brothers are heading back to Las Vegas. The guys announced that they will be returning to the Dolby Live at Park MGM for Presidents’ Day Weekend. They wrote on Instagram, “We couldn’t be more excited to start sharing everything we’re planning for 2023 and 3 more shows in Vegas is the perfect way to kick things off.”
Jin debuted his newly shaved head in a selfie shared to WeVerse on Sunday. The oldest BTS member, and the first to serve his mandatory military service in the South Korean Army, captioned the photo with, “Cuter than expected.”
Howard Stern is clearly not a fan of the new Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan”. “It’s been painful. I don’t — I wouldn’t stay with it, but my wife Beth wants to watch it, so, you know, we have shows we watch, but they come off like such whiny b—ches,” he said. “I gotta tell you man, I just don’t get it.” Stern also quipped that docuseries is “like the Kardashians except boring.”
Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski are “going strong and getting a little more serious.” A source says, “They have a love of the East coast in common and similar vibes personality-wise and style-wise. And it’s always the same thing with him: he really makes her laugh and keeps things fun.”
Eugene Levy will return to television as the host of a new travel show called “The Reluctant Traveler”. The Apple TV+ series will premiere on February 24th, 2023, and will show Eugene visiting Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa and the U.S.
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