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Tickets for Machine Gun Kelly's Mainstream Sell Out Tour 2002 go on sale Friday (March 25th).

The "Emo Girl" singer announced on social media Monday (March 21st) that his North American and European tour will kick off on June 8th in Austin, Texas and feature Avril Lavigne, Blackbear, Willow, Travis Barker, Trippie Redd, Iann Dior, 44 Phantom and Pvris.

He will hit cities like Dallas, Boston, New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland before wrapping up the North American leg in Cologne, Delaware on September 17th.

Reports say that Beyonce is set to perform "Be Alive," her song off of the King Richard soundtrack at the Academy Awards.

According to Variety, a source said, "Beyoncé's camp has been in deep talks with producers to mount a satellite performance of the song — one that would possibly open the show, and broadcast live from tennis courts in Compton, Calif."

The Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 27th.

Rumors are going around that Kanye West is looking to go for full custody of his four children with Kim Kardashian. According to The Jasmine Brand, an insider said that Kanye feels that he is the "better parent" and claims that his kids are always with nannies because Kim is "away a lot working and spending time with Pete and that he'd be a better parent."

The source continued, "People close to him were pretty shocked and have been trying to persuade him not to, but he is adamant that he wants the kids full time. Kanye thinks the children spend too much time with the nannies and that he'd be around more than Kim."

KIM KARDASHIAN TRIES TO SELL HER YEEZYS

Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian has posted her Yeezy shoes to Kardashian Kloset, her family's version of Depop. According to Page Six, Kardashian listed the used heels for $350 and $375 each, plus a $14.95 shipping fee.

Of course people had a lot to say. One Reddit user responded to the listing, "I don't get my a** up everyday to go to work so I can buy her used shoes." Another wrote, "She might be the greediest person on planet, selling stuff you've gotten for free when you're already a ‘billionaire' is so GROSS."

Following the backlash, the site took down the listing.

During an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Kid Rock declared himself "uncancelable." Carlson asked, "Why haven't you been canceled?"

He responded, "I am uncancelable. I'm not in bed with any big corporate things. At the end of the day, there's nobody I'm beholden to — no record companies, no corporate interests, no nothing. You can't cancel me. I love it when they try."

Lorde's newest music video is set to make its debut Tuesday (March 22nd).

The singer shared the news on her website that "Secrets From A Girl (Who's Seen I All)" will be the next single to get an accompanying visual.

According to information posted on YouTube, the video was directed by Lorde and her frequent collaborator, Joel Kefali.

In an interview posted on People.com, Shawn Mendes talked about life after splitting with girlfriend, Camila Cabello. He said that he hates being on his own.

"You don't realize when you're breaking up with someone … all the s*** that comes after it. Which is like, who do I call when I am, like, in a panic attack, who do I call when I am, like, f***ing on the edge, you know?"

Last November, Mendes and Cabello, announced their breakup after two years of dating.

He's now working on a new album and gearing up for his Wonder World Tour, which kicks off in June in Portland, Oregon.

TL;DR:

• Shawn Mendes said that he hates being on his own.
• Last November, Mendes and Cabello, announced their breakup after two years of dating.
• Tour kicks off in June.

During a concert last week that went dark due to a power outage, Justin Bieber updated fans about his wife's health.

After the 30 minute break from the show, he told the crowd that Hailey is ok, doing good, and is home now, but the incident really scared him.

As he put it, "Life randomly throws you curveballs. You know, we can't really control much. It's been really scary but I know for a fact that God has her in the palm of his hands."

Hailey, 25, revealed that she had been hospitalized after having "stroke-like symptoms" just over a week ago. She was treated for a small blood clot in her brain, and said she has now recovered completely.

TL;DR:

• Justin Bieber updated fans about his wife's health.
• Hailey is ok, and doing good, and is home now, but the incident really scared him.
• "It's been really scary but I know for a fact that God has her in the palm of his hands."
• She has now recovered completely.

The Recording Academy has banned Kanye West from performing at the 2022 Grammys. According to The Blast, an insider said that the decision to ban the rapper and fashion designer from the show was based off of his recent Instagram activity, which included Ye calling Trevor Noah a c**n. Noah is hosting the Grammys for the second year in a row.

Noah responded to the news, saying, "I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye." A source also told CNN, "Trevor never asked the Grammys to ban Kanye from performing. He was not offended by Kanye's Instagram post and Trevor responded on Instagram. The notion that Trevor or his team asked the Grammys to ban Kanye is ridiculous."

West had used a racial slur to call out Noah in a post on Instagram, which led to him being suspended from the platform for 24 hours.

The 64th annual Grammy Awards are set to air Sunday, April 3rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

It's now official, Normani has released her new single called, "Fair."

She says the song captures one of her most vulnerable moments, to the point that it makes her uncomfortable in sharing it. It details difficulty moving on after heartbreak.

She said, "I am really forcing myself to let go here. This is huge for me and hopefully, this piece of art resonates. Love is beautiful yet so soooo terrifying"

"Fair" marks her first release since "Wild Side" with Cardi B last year. "

Wild Side" was released as the lead single off of Normani's upcoming debut solo album.

TL;DR:

• Normani has released her new single called, "Fair."
• She says the song captures one of her most vulnerable moments,
• It's from Normani's upcoming debut solo album.

Dave Grohl's metal album that he recorded with fictional band Dream Widow is due out this month. Acccording to Variety, the album is due out on March 25th.

In the Foo Fighters' horror-comedy film Studio 666, the band move into an Encino mansion to record their much-anticipated tenth album. Once in the house, Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces related to the studio's former residents -- Dream Window — that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the Foo Fighters.

Grohl opened up about Dream Window, saying, "The singer went crazy and murdered his whole band because of creative differences… We come in 25 years later to record, having no idea what happened 25 years ago, and I start becoming possessed by the spirit of the guy from 25 years ago and the spirit of the house. But this song, 'March Of The Insane', this is their lost record. This is the record they were making before their singer murdered them."

On the LP, he said, "It will be the lost album. It'll be the album they were making before he f*cking killed the entire band." According to Grohl, "some of it sounds like doom-metal pioneers TROUBLE; some of it sounds like Corrosion of Conformity; some of it has a KYUSS vibe."

Two days after her Instagram account mysteriously disappeared, Britney Spears is back on the platform. She disabled the account last week and some fans were concerned as to what happened.

Her first posts back included a movie throwback showing off her Clueless look. She was wearing a velour miniskirt paired with a white crop top with puffy sheer sleeves, clearly inspired by the preppy style of Alicia Silverstone's character.

One curious repost was video of a baby moving around its mom's pregnant belly, with the caption "Mommy … get me out of here."

No explanation for her disappearance was given.

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Hayley Williams of Paramore offered up some powerful advice to young artists in the pop-punk group, The Linda Lindas. They range in age from 11 to 17.

She told them to not always say yes. And make sure you always do "what matters to you." She also said it's important to "know the value of saying no, because No' is just as powerful as saying Yes."

Father of two members of the group, Carlos de la Garza, has been producing Paramore's new album. The conversation took place when they all recently did a photo shoot together.

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Ed Sheeran has been constantly surprising fans with new music this year and says more is coming next week.

Appearing on The Project NZ earlier this week, he described his next mystery as "a bit more of a curveball." And said, "We've got the first thing of it dropping in 10 days… in 10 days there's gonna be something coming out."

Leaving fans with a mind puzzle, he shared that he doesn't expect it to be a hit in New Zealand. He said, "When you hear it you'll understand. You'll be like, 'Yeah.'"

The four-time Grammy winner released his latest album, =, in October.

TL;DR:

• Ed Sheeran described his next mystery as "a bit more of a curveball."
• He said, "in 10 days there's gonna be something coming out."
• He doesn't expect it to be a hit in New Zealand.

Rihanna was spotted shopping at a Target store in Los Angeles yesterday earlier this week. According to The Daily Mail, the singer sparked speculation that she is having a baby girl when she was spotted holding an orange dress. According to Target.com, the Cat & Jack dress that caught Rihanna's eye costs only $18.

RiRi also checked out a few unisex items as well.

The singer is currently in her third trimester.

Lil Nas X took three months off from social media, but came back this week with a big announcement and showed off his body.

He dropped a short sneak-peek and listen at a new track, titled "Lean On My Body." He's shirtless in the video, wearing a hat, some grey sweatpants, and showing a glimpse of his orange Nike briefs.

The lyrics you hear are full of expletives… "You know I love you, so I sing this s**t with love/ But please tell your fans they need to shut the f**k up," he raps on the new track.

He didn't reveal when the full track would be released.

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There's a petition going around asking Coachella to drop Kanye West after his social media antics towards ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Pete Davidson.

The petition reads: "We have watched Kanye harass, manipulate, and hurt Kim, Pete, and others for over a year now. No one seems to want to stand up to him, and the ones that do, he puts under fire as well. Most recently, he has been threatening actual bodily harm on others. This is ridiculous that he is allowed to freely do this."

The petition continued, "Coachella (along with other brand names that are still working with him) should be ashamed of themselves and should not be giving him any more of a platform. Please sign & share!"

The petition was started on Change.org on March 16th and has been signed by over 2,000 people.

The lights went out at a Justin Bieber concert this week in Denver and delayed the show. He in the middle of his hit, "Yummy" when it happened.

According to TMZ, it was the result of an electrical fire within the venue. It caused an entire city block to go dark, but thankfully the fire department was able to quickly get it under control .

Justin sat down and lounged on the stage for about 30 minutes, until technicians were able to get a generator running to restore the power.

He later thanked the audience for their patience and performed the rest of the show without video screens, lasers, or extra stage lighting.

TL;DR:

• The lights went out at a Justin Bieber concert in Denver and delayed the show by 30 minutes.
• It was the result of an electrical fire within the venue.
• He later performed the rest of the show without video screens, lasers, or extra stage lighting.

Now in her 5^th record deal, Charli XCX has released her 5^th album today (3-18) called Crash. And it's more pop than the others.

She says there was a time when artist like her stood out, but now thinks she is "more the norm" and thinks people now understand who she is, more than ever.

She said, "I've arrived at this place where I'm incorporating all of the different things that I've done in the past into one body of work. I also feel like we're at a time in the music industry where the music industry is beginning to catch up with me a little bit."

Charli recently performed two songs from the new album on Saturday Night Live.

TL;DR:

• Charli XCX has released her 5^th album today called Crash.
• Charli recently performed two songs from the new album on Saturday Night Live.

Despite Dolly Parton's request earlier this week to be removed from this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, the Hall has declined to pull her nomination. In a post on social media yesterday (Thursday, March 17th), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame wrote in part, "Dolly's nomination, along with the other 16 artists for the class of 2022, was sent out earlier this month to our 1,200 general ballot voters, the majority of whom are artists themselves, for consideration for induction at our ceremony. We are in awe of Dolly's brilliant talent and pioneering spirit and are proud to have nominated her for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

On Monday (March 14th), Dolly turned to social media writing that while she was "flattered and grateful" for the nomination, she "must respectfully bow out." She explained, "I don't feel I have earned that right. I really do not want votes split because of me . . . "

The Tennessean reports that prior to the Hall's public decision to keep her name on the ballot, Dolly appeared on Fox & Friends yesterday morning where she said, "Because my perception, and I think the perception of most of America – I just feel like that's more for the people in rock music. I've been educated since then, saying that it's more than that, but I still didn't feel right about it. It kind of would be like putting AC/DC in the Country Music Hall of Fame. That just felt a little out of place for me."

At press time, Dolly had not reacted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's decision to keep her on the ballot.

Muse is dropping bits of information about their next album and if you can judge a song by its title, the track list is politically charged. A couple other song titles on Will of the People are "Liberation," and "Kill or Be Killed."

The band said the recordings were influenced by the "increasing uncertainty and instability in the world."

In a statement about their new single, "Compliance," they said, "it's about submission to authoritarian rules and reassuring untruths just to be accepted to an in-group, such as gangs, governments, demagogues, and social media..."

Look for the full album to be released on August 26^th.

TL;DR:

• Muse' next album looks to be politically charged.
• The band said it was influenced by the increasing uncertainty and instability in the world.
• To be released on August 26^th.

The highly sought after opening night at the Hollywood Bowl belongs to Gwen Stefani. The first show of the season will serve as a benefit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, with funds going to its learning and community programs.

The venue is celebrating its 100^th season. Technically it was last year, but due to the pandemic, the date is being celebrated this year.

Stefani, showing her diversity played Rodeo Houston in Texas this week.

Her show at the Bowl will take place on June 3.

TL;DR:

• Gwen Stefani will play opening night at the Hollywood Bowl.
• It's a benefit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Her show at the Bowl will take place on June 3.

Joe Jonas is starring in a hilarious video campaign promoting the upcoming season of Bridgerton on Netflix. It also serves as a commercial for Tanqueray Gin.

In each video, he's dressed for the part, based in 1800's England… all except for his high-top tennis shoes. Showing his comedic side, he goes through the key elements that come with being a Bridgerton and explains how to look fancy while sipping gin with your pinkies up, and how to dance with elegance.

He joked in an interview with People.com and said, "I feel pretty comfortable in the clothes, so it might have to be a part of my new wardrobe."

He and his siblings, the Jonas Brothers are scheduled for a Vegas residency in June.

TL;DR:

• Joe Jonas is starring a video campaign promoting the upcoming season of Bridgerton on Netflix.
• In each video, he's dressed for the part, based in 1800's England.
• He and his siblings, the Jonas Brothers are scheduled for a Vegas residency in June.

Kanye West has been suspended from Instagram for 24 hours for violating policies on harrassment and bullying. Ye called Trevor Noah a coon for commenting on his behavior on Instagram. According to TMZ, a Meta spokesperson said that Ye "violated Instagram's policies on hate speech, harassment and bullying," so West will not be able "to post, comment, send DM's, among other things."

In other news, D.L. Hughley responded to Kanye's recent disses towards him, saying, "Now Kanye! When you say you had to explain my jokes to people, are these real people, or the ones you keep in your head?"

He continued, "Ye is at it again huh?? Welp at least I wasn't crying on the phone about how big Pete's Peter is! If you want her back instead acting up, why don't you try doing some d**k ups!"

He added, "Kanye do you know how horrible you gotta be to make a Kardashian date a white man?" He also defended his fashion choices and said, "All those people in your head and not one of em got a Macy's card?"