Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott says his band’s upcoming stadium tour with Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett could keep them on the road for three years. Def Leppard wants to do more shows to promote their new album, “Diamond Star Halos”, but Joe said “It’s always a bit nice to do anything. But this stadium tour is potentially going to run for three years all over the world. It’s a case of finding space between when we stop this year and start again next year to get in and do something that would benefit that situation.”
Katy Perry is back in the shoe biz with her latest spring collection. Katy relaunched her Katy Perry Collections brand. This is the first collection Katy has released since retaining ownership of the label she first launched in 2017 with Global Brands Group. The new lines feature 19 styles that are floral and beach-themed and colorful of course like Katy!
Katy Perry will narrate a podcast about Elizabeth Taylor. “Elizabeth The First” is a 10-episode series about Taylor as “the original influencer”. The podcast will also discuss how Elizabeth used her celebrity to call attention to HIV/AIDS and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, with rare stories from people who knew her. It’ll debut this spring.
“Bridgerton” Season 2 has pushed the show to the #1 spot on Netflix’s worldwide Top 10 list for English language shows, becoming the streamer’s most-viewed English TV title in its premiere weekend. According Netflix, viewers watched more than 193 million hours of the show’s second season, which has just 8 episodes, and it only began streaming last Friday.
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Sea Cruise Line is set to sail. His latest venture will take on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian for Caribbean sailings from Florida when it makes its maiden voyage this month. Margaritaville Paradise features 10 passenger decks and 658 cabins.
How does Shawn Mendes’ ex-Camila Cabello feel about his new breakup song ‘When You’re Gone’? Fans might be surprised to hear that she got a sneak peek before its release. “Ultimately, we both are writers and we both know what it is to make music and what the bigger picture of making art is. I would never really put a song out about her before she would hear it.”
Elton John credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White with saving his life. He told the crowd at his Indianapolis show on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to get “clean and sober”. Ryan died at 18 in 1990, after contracting HIV years earlier through a tainted blood transfusion.
Heart singer Ann Wilson wants to make another album with sister Nancy for release in 2023 – the 50th band’s 50th anniversary. The siblings have been pursuing solo projects in recent years, but Ann told an interviewer: “I’m writing songs again now. I don’t know if they’ll be for my solo thing or for Heart. But yes, I would like to make another Heart album.”
Eric Church is extending an olive branch to angry fans for scrapping a concert so he could attend the North Carolina vs. Duke NCAA Final Four game. Eric says he’ll return to Texas in September for a “one of a kind” free show for those who bought tickets to the canceled concert.
Bill Skarsgard, who starred as Pennywise in the movie “It”, has reportedly been tapped to play Eric Draven in a reimagining of “The Crow”. The original film saw the late Brandon Lee lose his life onset in 1994 due to an improperly loaded stunt gun.
JIM CARREY is probably going to retire, unless an important script were to come his way. He said he likes his quiet life and making art and said, quote, “I have enough, I’ve done enough, I am enough.”
WILL SMITH has resigned from the Academy, and he apologized to CHRIS ROCK again. Meanwhile, several movies he was working on appear to be on the back burner now, including “Bad Boys 4”.
ESTELLE HARRIS died Saturday of natural causes. She was 93. She was best known for playing George Costanza’s mom on “Seinfeld” and being the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” movies.
MILEY CYRUS caught Covid-19, but she knew the risk of playing shows and meeting fans and said it was, quote, “definitely worth it.” She’s feeling fine, but had to cancel a performance at a Grammy viewing party for STEVEN TYLER’s foundation, Janie’s Fund.
HARRY STYLES broke Spotify’s single-day streaming record for a male artist. His new song “As It Was” received 16.1 million streams. DRAKE previously held the record with 12.4 million streams for “Girls Want Girls”.
Hours before the 2022 Grammy Awards aired Sunday night, Ariana Grande announced that she would not be attending the ceremony in Las Vegas. The singer, who was nominated for multiple awards, shared her “positions memories” and wrote, “have a beautiful time, i am celebrating all of you there today!” She was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Positions”. Olivia Rodrigo won both awards.
A source told “Entertainment Tonight” that Kanye “Ye” West is “going away to get help” in order to stop harassing Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. “For the sake of their kids, Kanye told Kim he’s not making any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements, and he will go away somewhere to get better,” the source said.
Jared Leto’s “Morbius” had a decent pandemic opening at $38 million, replacing “The Lost City” for the number one spot. Some projections showed the film bringing in $40-50 million over the weekend, so results were a little short. However, to Sony’s credit, they kept their expectations relatively low at $33 million.
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