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It's official, a date has been set for the BTS comeback concert. Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook will perform October 15 at Busan Ilgwang, in South Korea.

The free performance, will be the first by the K-pop stars since the June announcement that they would take a break. In the last few months members have been pursuing solo projects.

The in-person show is expected to attract more than 100,000 and another 10,000 people will be watching on a big screen in the parking lot of Busan Port International Passenger Terminal.

More details about a livestream are expected to be announced soon. As for now, it will stream on Weverse, ZEPETO, and NAVER NOW.

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Multi-platinum, 12-time Grammy Award-winner, John Legend has debuted the video for "All She Wanna Do" and it features Grammy nominated artist, Saweetie.

The unique storyline shows a group of dancers who think they're at an open casting call until Legend and Saweetie surprise them on set to reveal the audition is actually the official music video shoot.

The song is from his upcoming 24-track, double-album and features Ty Dolla $ign, Rapsody, Rick Ross, Jada Kingdom, and several others.

Legend, will be out on September 9.

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• John Legend has debuted the video for "All She Wanna Do" and it features Saweetie.
• Legend, will be out on September 9.

Mick Jagger is a Coldplay fan.

The Rolling Stones' frontman posted a video on Twitter of him singing along and swaying to the music.

He wrote: "Had a great time watching Coldplay last night. A real busman's holiday!" The video captured the entire audience singing along to Coldplay's "Fix You."

The concert took place earlier this week at Wembley Stadium in London.

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• Mick Jagger posted a video of himself singing along at a Coldplay concert.

Justin Timberlake is set to perform at a gala to support the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

The Black-tie event will kick off with red carpet arrivals, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is the largest provider of care for children in Los Angeles County and the funds raised will provide expert critical care to the hospital's pediatric patients.

Film star Chris Pine and his father, veteran TV actor Robert Pine, will co-host the event on October 8^th, in Santa Monica, California.

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On a podcast this week, Demi Lovato talked about experimenting with drugs and alcohol when she was a teen. She was in a car accident and was prescribed opiates at around age 12 or 13. Once Lovato's mother realized that she was taking more than prescribed, she locked them up to keep them away from her. Lovato admitted to later experimenting with cocaine, and was in treatment right after turning 18.

Taylor Swift is facing a new copyright lawsuit that claims she stole a book design that accompanied her album Lover. The case claims that she copied key elements, including the title. The alleged similarities between the covers include - the color pattern of pastel pinks and blues, as well as an image of the author photographed in a downward pose. Legal experts told Billboard the case is highly questionable and unlikely to succeed.

ENHYPEN has landed their first #1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart. The group's Manifesto: Day 1 climbs 2-1 in its third week on the list.

Michael Jackson's nephew, Taj Jackson, has called out claims that Harry Styles is the "King of Pop."

Referring to a profile Rolling Stone UK did on the former One Direction member, Taj tweeted earlier this week, "There is no new King of Pop. You don't own the title @RollingStone, and you didn't earn it, my uncle did. Decades of dedication and sacrifice. The title has been retired. No disrespect to @Harry_Styles, he's mega talented. Give him his own unique title."

Another fan said, "Rolling Stone (uk) calling harry styles the king of pop is a very bold move considering the most notable person to hold the king of pop title is michael jackson. how do you put michael jackson and harry styles on the same level with a straight face?"

A third person typed, "How much did Harry Styles' team pay @RollingStone? OR did they just get a 15 year old editor with no clue?"

Kanye West won't face charges for allegedly punching a fan outside of an L.A. hotel room. According to TMZ, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office confirmed that there wasn't enough evidence to charge the hip hop and fashion icon with any crimes.

The D.A.'s office said in a statement, "After a thorough and careful review of all the evidence, our office is declining to file based on no reasonable likelihood of conviction."

A collaboration between Demi Lovato and Paramore's Hayley Williams is on Demi's bucket list.

During a recent interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, Demi shared that Williams played a role in her artistic development.

Demi explained, "I had a lot of people pulling for me that I didn't necessarily talk to. She seems like the type of person that would be pulling for me during those times. But yeah, I didn't get to know her that well but... she's one of my biggest influences."

She continued, "Vocally—oh, my God. I mean, she's still my dream collaboration. It's never happened, but she's still my dream collaboration. To be honest, I gave up on that dream collaboration. So, I didn't say it for years, but that's always been my dream collaboration."

Demi recently released her latest album, HOLY FVCK.

Elton John posted a bit of his new collaboration with Britney Spears on his Instagram page. The "Rocket Man" was filmed at the La Guerite in Cannes and sat in the DJ booth and he had him play a bit of the new track, "Hold Me Closer," which features the troubled pop star singing the chorus to his 1971 classic "Tiny Dancer."

Elton stated on the page the new collaboration will drop this Friday, August 26th.

Elton John spoke about how the big screen provided a second life for "Tiny Dancer": "'Tiny Dancer' is one of my favorite Elton John / Bernie Taupin songs -- and from one of my favorite albums, Madman Across The Water. And it was written about Bernie's first wife, Maxine. I've always played it on and off, y'know, throughout my career, and obviously with the film, Almost Famous, which Cameron Crowe made. I mean, there was this great sequence and 'Tiny Dancer' featured very heavily in it. It came as a renaissance for the song and for my music to people who hadn't really heard. . . young kids who hadn't really Elton John before."

Elton John will next perform on September 7th and 8th at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

Panic! At the Disco has dropped a new video for their track "Sugar Soaker."

The video, which features Brendon Urie as the life of the party, is centered around a house party from the 1970s.

The song goes: "Little sugar soaker/ Breakin' my bed/ Red tail lights in the back of her head/ Such a cherry leather looker/ Drive her till I'm dead/ Little sugar soaker/ C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, yeah!"

The song appears on the group's seventh album, Viva Las Vengeance, which also contains singles "Don't Let the Lights Go Out," "Sad Clown" and the title track.

Collaborations with Dolly Parton, Lady A, Jimmie Allen, Brett Young, Russell Dickerson, Little Big Town and Mitchell Tenpenny are featured on the new album by Cheat Codes. The project called One Night in Nashville- Presented by the Cheat Codes, is the EDM DJ trio's first foray into Country music. The project is due out early next year, and their first single, "I Remember," with Russell Dickerson will be released on Friday (August 26th).

Cheat Codes orignally turned to Little Big Town to add their vocals on a song while making their last album, Hellraiser PT 3. They loved the results, saying, "We had set out to make a dance song and the vocals were so right it just made sense. We didn't know if anyone would want to do this with electronic artists but we found that they were just as keen to work with us as we were to work with them and that comfort set the tone for the type of album we wanted to make and who we wanted to work with moving forward."

Shortly thereafter the members of Cheat Codes made their first trip Nashville. They said, "Going to the coolest city ever after us making one song turned into us wanting to make an entire album. We knew it was a different world musically from the one we lived in but we knew we wanted to be a part of it."

Ozzy Osbourne has opened up about the songs on his upcoming album Patient Number 9, saying that some may be controversial. He told Classic Rock Magazine that on his song "One of Those Days," he sings "One of those days that I don't believe in Jesus." He told the magazine, "That's going to cause sh*t, I suppose. It's not an 'I am an anti-Christ song. It's about those days when everything goes f*cking wrong, and you're going nuts trying to fix everything up."

Osbourne revealed that when Eric Clapton, who plays guitar on the track, first heard the line, he was apprehensive. "He said, ‘Oh, I'm not sure about that lyric.' So we tried to replace it with some alternatives. We did 'One of those days where I don't believe in Christmas,' but it didn't sound right. Losing faith in Jesus makes much more sense when the world is turning to sh*t."

Patient Number 9 Is Due Out On September 9th.

RM of BTS has a book project about to launch. The group announced that the book of photography will be called Me, Myself, and RM: Entirety.

The images follow RM's solo trip to Switzerland, where he attended his very first Art Basel.

He isn't the only member of BTS with a photo book. Jung Kook has been teasing about one online with a similar title, Me, Myself and Jung Kook: Time Difference. His book will have a vampire theme with him pictured with blood-red lips and pale skin.

No release dates were mentioned.

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In the cover story interview with Rolling Stone, Harry Styles revealed that he's already working on his next album.

Although it's only been 3 months since the release of Harry House, he's already collaborating with musicians and coming up with ideas.

He's so serious about it, that he extended his tour to have residencies in L.A., New York, Austin and Chicago in order to accommodate the studio time to write and record it.

He said, "I'm always writing. I think all of us are so excited to get back to it, which feels insane because we've just put an album out."

His latest single, "As It Was," is in it's 10^th week at #1 on Billboard.

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Billie Eilish and her mom, Maggie Baird will be honored by the Environmental Media Association at the upcoming EMA Awards gala.

They'll receive the EMA Missions in Music Award for their work as "role models for sustainable behaviors."

Together, they created an organization called Overheated, and produced climate-focused activities for her tour to encourage fans to participate and learn about the environment.

Maggie Baird, who's been a climate and animal advocate for more than 40 years says she's so proud of her daughter for using her voice to inspire a younger audience in a good way.

She stated: "Billie and I share the same passion in tackling the climate crisis. We are stronger together and I know that she'll continue to make a tremendous impact on this earth for the next generation."

Past honorees include Willie Nelson, Don Henley, Diane Warren, Alanis Morissette, Dave Mathews, and Adam Levine.

The 32nd annual gala will take place on October 8.

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• Billie Eilish and her mom, Maggie Baird, are to be honored by the Environmental Media Association at the upcoming EMA Awards gala.
• They'll receive the EMA Missions in Music Award for their work as "role models for sustainable behaviors."
• The 32nd annual gala will take place on October 8.

Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer have teamed up to write and record a song called, "Take Me Back Home." It'll be used for Frozen Planet II and premiers on BBC One this Friday August 26.

In making the announcement on social media, Cabello wrote that her life "is a dream."

She told the BBC, "To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer."

Frozen Planet II is a powerful look at the world's ecosystem and how it can be protected from global warming.

The first of the series was released in 2011 and the new series has six-episodes.

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The Weeknd appeared in a new teaser for HBO's upcoming series, The Idol.

Its a drama that takes place inside the Los Angeles music industry and features Lily-Rose Depp as an up-and-coming pop singer.

The short glimpse at the series shows that The Weeknd has a substantial role and looks to be a love interest to Depp's character.

Other cast members include Dan Levy, Suzanna Son, and the late, Anne Heche.

HBO is yet to announce a release date but stated that it was coming soon.

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• The Weeknd appeared in a new teaser for HBO's upcoming series, The Idol.
• Its a drama, set in the Los Angeles music industry.
• The Weeknd has a substantial role and stars alongside Lily-Rose Depp.

Silk Sonic has reached Platinum status for their debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. And their first #1 single, "Leave The Door Open" has now certified 2x Platinum.

The superstar duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak recently picked up Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year at the 64^th Grammy Awards.

With the success of their music not slowing down, they're now slated to release a vinyl version of the album. It will be available on Friday, August 26.

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• Silk Sonic has reached Platinum status for their debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic.
• They will release a vinyl version on Friday, August 26.

Cardi B clapped back at UFC star Jake Shields for dragging her while defending Andrew Tate. Last week, Tate was banned by Meta from using their platforms due to violations of their policies on "dangerous organizations and individuals." Shields compared young boys looking up to Tate with young girls looking up to Cardi and The Kardashians, saying, "Tate's main message is stop being lazy and making excuses and go work hard and get in shape and make money. Cardi's is go do drugs, f*ck random men, and go through life as a brain dead moron."

Cardi responded, "I'm married, I don't smoke weed, I don't pop pills, I don't do coke, I'm a mom of 2 kids and I do a lot of charity work.. but hey let me put cardi into it to defend a man who defend misogyny and rape"

BLACKPINK's Jennie is continuing her collaboration with Calvin Klein. As part of her responsibilities, she'll appear in a new campaign for the Fall 2022 season. In the first images released, she's seen wearing black jeans and a black sports bra. The campaign has launched on billboards throughout New York City and Los Angeles with more to be revealed later this month.

Now that Demi Lovato has released her new album, HOLY FVCK, she's looking ahead to singing the new songs on the road. She'll be in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia through mid-September and will be in the states following that. She'll kick of the U.S. leg of her tour in Sacramento, California on September 22.

Dove Cameron, Yung Gravy, and Saucy Santana are set to perform during next week's pre-show for the MTV Video Music Awards. The show will air live on August 28 and will be hosted by Nessa and Kevan Kenney.

Travis Barker has tested positive for Covid. The Blink-182 drummer made the announcement on Instagram over the weekend and included a photo of himself jamming on the floor with some drumsticks.

He wrote "Covid sucks I'd rather be playing drums."

Just last week, his buddy Machine Gun Kelly announced that despite his doctor's orders, Barker was touring with him and his band.

There was no mention of test results for Barker's wife, Kourtney Kardashian.

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Britney Spears dropped another dance video over the weekend.

Wearing black strappy high heels and a very revealing, red, one-piece swimsuit, she danced to "Feel It Still."

She wrote, "Just playing around in the studio!!!."

Being the perfectionist that she is, she posted it a second time to make sure the music was heard correctly.

Aside from the dance video, Spears has a new song coming out this week (8-26). She recently teamed up with Sir Elton John to rerecord his 1972 classic, "Tiny Dancer." This will mark her official return to music since her 13-year conservatorship ended.

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