Month: May 2024

Billie Eilish has announced a pair of free listening events for her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, taking place on May 15 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and May 16 at KIA Forum in LA.

Fans can request up to two tickets for the free events in New York and Los Angeles. Requests must be submitted by Tuesday, May 7th at 9 am PT via Ticketmaster, with confirmations to be sent out on May 10. Submissions do not guarantee tickets to the event. Billie encourages fans to take public transportation to the parties to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

Hit Me Hard and Soft is out on May 17; to pre-order the LP, head here.

Eilish will also embark on a massive world tour in support of the album, kicking-off in September, running through 2025. For ticket information to Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ tour, head here.

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12-year-old Blue Ivy Carter will join her famous mom, Beyoncé, in the upcoming ‘Lion King’ prequel film, ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’.

The film’s first trailer has been released, in which Blue Ivy voices the role of Kiara, the daughter of King Simba and Queen Nala (to be voiced again by Donald Glover and Beyoncé, who also appeared in the 2019 film). Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, who previously played Timon and Pumba, are also set to reprise their roles in ‘Mufasa’.

‘Mufasa’ director Barry Jenkins told Good Morning America it was “really special” to see the mother-daughter duo at work: “I was so glad that both Beyoncé and Blue Ivy were down to do [Mufasa], and watching them work together was just really special. Beyoncé is this larger-than-life figure, but when she’s working with her daughter, when she’s in the room with her daughter, she’s a mom first. So much of that energy bled into the film.”

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ hits theaters on December 20; you can take a look at the trailer – here.

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24-year-old singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter has shared the official music video for her hit single, ‘Espresso’, which is co-written by Carpenter alongside her previous collaborators Amy Allen, Julian Bunetta, and Steph Jones.

The video for Espresso, directed by Grammy-nominated music video director Dave Meyers, shows Carpenter push a potential suitor overboard and use his credit card to enjoy a sunny day on the beach with her girls.

Carpenter shared with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on the song: “Weirdly enough, we ended up writing this song in France, and I think that that probably had a little bit of inspiration to how the song ended up feeling. It just had that excitement and that energy of almost kind of traveling the world. There was something really exciting about the fact that there was so much personality throughout the entire song, because those are the ones that are really, really fun to sing live with a crowd. Those are the ones that people, I think when they don’t know my music or who I am or anything, they can just tune in to a single song and kind of leave with a better idea of my sense of humor.”

Carpenter also told Vogue that the song celebrates self-confidence: “The song is kind of about seeing femininity as your super power, and embracing that confidence of being that [expletive]. Since the day I heard the song, I saw a beach atmosphere — and more specifically this kind of old school [and] modern environment. [I wanted to capture] the playfulness that I like to use throughout all of my videos.”

Take a look at the video for ‘Espresso‘ – here.

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Blink-182 are hitting the road for the very last American leg of their massive 2024 tour. The new announcement comes just weeks after the band wrapped their Australian and New Zealand leg of the One More Time Tour.

The band has announced a new run of dates with original Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge, featuring support from Pierce The Veil, Hot Milk, jxdn, Live Without, Drain, Landon Barker, Astronoid, and EKKSTACY for select dates.

The 30-date trek gets underway June 20 at Orlando’s Kia Center wrapping around the U.S. and Canada until an Aug. 15 finale in Toronto. There are a variety of VIP packages available via vipnation.com; further ticket details can be found through the band’s website.

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Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are teaming up for their 2024 co-headlining arena tour, Charli XCX & Troye Sivan Present: Sweat with special guest Shygirl. Troye Sivan and Charli XCX have previously worked together on the singles “1999” and “2099.

The 21-city tour kicks off on September 14th at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, making stops across North America including Toronto, New York City, Boston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more before wrapping up in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena on October 23rd. Tickets are on sale via  sweat-tour.com.

Charli is also gearing up for the release of her sixth solo album, BRAT, set to arrive June 7.  Charli shared the 15-song tracklist for the LP which includes her hit single ‘Von Dutch,’ and also dropped another pair of songs from the album: “Club Classics” and “B2b”.

To pre-order ‘BRAT’, head here.

Listen to “Club Classics” – here.
check out “B2b“ – here.

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