Month: December 2023

Bon Jovi have released the official video for their new original holiday song “Christmas Isn’t Christmas.”

Frontman Jon Bon Jovi says of the song: “‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas’ is a song that I wrote about family. The sentiment that Christmas really isn’t Christmas without YOU which can bring up a lot of memories for people. I also liked to turn it around and know that because of you Christmas IS Christmas.”

Bon Jovi also recently released a video to Spotify listeners, teasing surprises are in store for the new year: “In 2024, it’s Bon Jovi’s 40th anniversary. We’re gonna have a new (bleep). We’ve archived everything we’ve ever owned — (bleep). There’s many, many songs that have never been released before. In fact, many I’ve forgotten about. There’s (bleep) that you’ll be able to see in the first quarter of the year, and lots of other big, big surprises to celebrate Bon Jovi’s 40th.”

Take a look at the video for ‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas’ – here.

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Maroon 5 are returning are returning to Las Vegas in 2024 for 16 performances of their residency, M5LV The Residency, taking place at Dolby Live, Park MGM’s 5,200-seat entertainment venue.

Maroon 5’s M5LV The Residency, produced by Baz Halpin and directed by Parker Genoway, sees the band performing their top hits including “Sugar,” “Girls Like You” and “Moves Like Jagger.” Presented in partnership by Live Nation and MGM Resorts International, dates include May 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31; June 1; September 27, 28; and October 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12.

Tickets for the 2024 residency dates are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ has set a new world record with over $1 billion in gross ticket sales.  The tour has earned an estimated $1.04 billion in 2023, with 4.35 million tickets sold to 60 shows – becoming the first in history to reach the billion-dollar milestone.

Additionally, Eras Tour merchandise earned an approximate $200 million in 2023, while Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film has grossed $250 million in worldwide ticket sales — making it the highest-grossing concert film of all time.

It is already estimated that Swift’s Eras Tour ticket sales will reach $1 billion again in 2024, which would take the tour’s total to more than $2 billion.

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Cole Bennett has unveiled the latest music off his upcoming Lyrical Lemonade debut compilation album All Is Yellow, featuring Kid Cudi, Lil Durk, Lil Tracy, Corbin, Juice Wrld and Cordae. All is Yellow drops January 26, 2024.

Jack Harlow and Dave have teamed for the album’s closing track “Stop Giving Me Advice,” which comes along with a new music video, directed by Bennett. The video – shot in black and white with accents in yellow – sees the two rappers traveling around Dave’s hometown of London.

Bennett wrote in an Instagram caption:  “”STOP GIVING ME ADVICE. JACK X DAVE. FROM THE LL ALBUM this one has been in the works for awhile. jack and I took a trip to london a couple weeks back to knock this out with Dave. bringing these 2 together on this feels like a moment. every bar.”

“Stop Giving Me Advice” can be streamed- here; and you can take a look at the video – here.

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Sabrina Carpenter dropped her debut holiday EP, ‘fruitcake’ featuring six-tracks including original seasonal songs, including the previously released, ‘A Nonsense Christmas’ (which is a seasonal twist on Sabrina’s smash hit, ‘Nonsense’).

‘fruitcake’, produced by John Ryan and Julian Bunetta, arrived shortly after Sabrina finished her stint as support for Taylor Swift on the South American leg of her The Era’s Tour.  Carpenter will continue her ‘Eras’ Tour’ supporting run in Australia and Singapore at the beginning of 2024.

Sabrina also shared the video for one of the tracks off ‘fruitcake,’ titled ‘santa doesn’t know you like i do’. Take a look at the video – here.

To stream ‘fruitcake’ – head here.

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K-pop band Stray Kids topped the Billboard 200 for the second time this year with their latest mini-album, ‘ROCK-STAR’, released on November 10.

‘ROCK-STAR’ is Stray Kids’ fourth consecutive Billboard 200 chart-topper and second of 2023, following ‘5-Star’ in June. ‘ROCK-STAR’ topped the chart with 224,000 equivalent album units earned in the US, with the majority of those coming from traditional album sales.

Stray Kids’ first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was their March 2022 mini-album ‘Oddinary’, which featured the hit single ‘Maniac’. They topped the chart again in October 2022 with ‘Maxident’.

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