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Lady Gaga says she thought she’d “never be on stage again”

Lady Gaga has said she thought she’d “never be on stage again” ahead of her current world tour. READ MORE: Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: pure pop celebration from an icon in a world of her own The singer and actor has faced a number of health issues over the years, including anxiety and depression as well as fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain. Gaga said she had been helped out by “trust, truth, bravery, talent and dedication” ahead of her tour, which began in Germany on July 17. Advertisement She tweeted: “There was a time I thought I’d never be on...
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Rookie girl group IVE to return in August, Starship Entertainment confirms

K-pop girl group IVE will be making a comeback with new music in August. READ MORE: KPOP.FLEX Frankfurt 2022 recap: Dreamcatcher cover BLACKPINK, Kai captivates and more On July 18, South Korean news outlet Asia Today reported that the six-member rookie girl group will be making a summer comeback next month. IVE’s agency Starship Entertainment then responded to the report via Newsen, confirming that “IVE is working hard to prepare with the aim of making a comeback in August,” as translated by Soompi. Further details on the project’s release date and format are expected in the coming weeks. Advertisement...
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aespa reach new peak on Billboard 200 with new mini-album ‘Girls’

K-pop girl group aespa’s sophomore mini-album ‘Girls’ has debuted at Number Three on the Billboard 200, marking their highest entry on the chart. READ MORE: aespa reflect on their “unreal” 2021: “It takes a little time for everything to start kicking in” On July 17, Billboard announced that the quartet’s latest mini-album ‘Girls’ had debuted at Number Three in the week ending July 14. It’s aespa’s highest-charting album yet, after their debut mini-album ‘Savage’ charted at Number 20 following its release last October. According to Billboard, the girl group had earned 56,000 equivalent album units, of which 53,000 were...
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Dave Coulier describes moment he realised Alanis Morissette’s ‘You Oughta Know’ was about him

Dave Coulier has opened up about the moment he realised he was the subject of Alanis Morissette’s song ‘You Oughta Know’, which remains one of the singer-songwriter’s biggest hits. READ MORE: Alanis Morissette – ‘Such Pretty Forks In The Road’ review: a cutting return after eight years away Morissette dated the Full House star between 1992 and 1994, breaking up around the time that Morissette was writing her third studio album, ‘Jagged Little Pill’. ‘You Oughta Know’ was released as the album’s first single in July of 1995 (around a month after the album itself came out), and has gone...
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The Delfonics’ William Hart has died aged 77

William Hart, a founding member of influential Philadephia soul group The Delfonics, has died aged 77. The news of Hart’s death was broken by his son to TMZ, revealing that the singer was hospitalised due to having trouble breathing, and died from complications from subsequent surgery. Hart founded The Delfonics with brother Wilbert in 1966 as an offshoot of their group The Orphonics, who had formed two years earlier. Their most popular single, ‘La-La (Means I Love You)’, came out in 1968, and was subsequently covered by worldwide stars including Prince and the Jackson 5. The band officially broke...
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Ray J defends tattoo he got of sister Brandy, says she was “a little uneasy about it”

Ray J has defended a tattoo he recently got on his leg of his older sister, R&B legend Brandy. The new tattoo was inked on the singer, actor and reality star’s leg earlier this month by tattoo artist Alexey Mashkov, more commonly known as Mashkow. The tattoo is of Brandy’s face, but heavily incorporates Mashkov’s signature style – she has glowing pink eyes, and graffiti-like tattoos that say “Best friends 4 ever” and “From Ray with love”. Ray J shared a video of the process on his Instagram account. He added that he plans to get his “whole leg...
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Lady Gaga debuts ‘Free Woman’, ‘Sour Candy’ and more during first night of ‘The Chromatica Ball’

Lady Gaga has officially kicked off ‘The Chromatica Ball’, premiering her new stage show to over 54,000 fans at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany tonight (July 17). READ MORE: Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: pure pop celebration from an icon in a world of her own It comes after a lengthy string of delays were imposed on the tour, which initially scheduled to begin in 2020 before being postponed to last July, and then again to this month. The final run of dates was locked in back in March. Gaga performed 20 songs on at the first ‘Chromatica Ball’...
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Kid Cudi to replace Kanye West as headliner of Rolling Loud Miami 2022

Kanye West will no longer headline this year’s edition of Rolling Loud in Miami, with Kid Cudi – a longtime colleague of West’s, with whom the controversial rapper shares a storied past – confirmed as his replacement. READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ event in Miami: “It felt like a cult convention” The line-up change was announced earlier this afternoon (July 17), with Rolling Loud’s organisers saying it came “due to circumstances outside of our control”. West is yet to address the cancellation of his set, and in a statement offered by the festival’s co-founders,...
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Watch Drake make a surprise appearance during Black Coffee’s Ibiza residency

Drake made an unannounced appearance in Ibiza last night (July 16), showing up onstage during Black Coffee’s gig at the Hï Ibiza nightclub. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boost The two artists have been connected since 2017, when Drake featured Black Coffee on the ‘More Life’ cut ‘Get It Together’ (which also incorporated elements of the latter’s own song ‘Superman’). For Drake’s recent seventh album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’, Black Coffee co-produced the songs ‘Currents’ and ‘Overdrive’, and also performed drums on the latter. Black Coffee has been performing at Hï Ibiza weekly...
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Billy Corgan announces virtual benefit concert for Highland Park shooting victims

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced ‘Together And Together Again’, a virtual concert to support victims of the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. READ MORE: 50 geeky facts about The Smashing Pumpkins The show is scheduled to take place at 8pm CST on Wednesday July 27, and will be livestreamed for free via the Pumpkins’ YouTube channel (save the link here). It’ll be hosted in person at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel.  Viewers will be able to make donations through the stream...