Month: February 2025

The Jonas Brothers -Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas – are reuniting with Disney to produce and star in a Christmas comedy movie air over the 2025 holiday season.

In the film (with a working title of “Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie)” will see Kevin, 37, Joe, 35, and Nick, 32, “face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families,” per the logline.

Jessica Yu, well-known for her work on This is Us, will direct the film, which begins streaming on Disney+ during the holidays. The Jonas Brothers produce alongside Adam Fishbach, Spencer Berman and Scott Morgan. Grammy nominee Justin Tranter serves as executive music producer and will write original songs for the project.

Disney+ released a teaser announcement video about the flick, which you can watch here.

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The Weeknd just dropped his album Hurry Up Tomorrow marking the final album in his trilogy (following After Hours and Dawn FM), and now the musician has announced he’ll be embarking on an extensive North American stadium tour in support of the trilogy.

The After Hours Til Dawn 2025 Tour kicks off on May 9, with album contributors Playboi Carti serving as support and Mike Dean as a special guest. The tour will then make stops in Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Toronto, Miami, Atlanta and a handful of other major cities. Closing out the run will be a September 3 show at the San Antonio, Texas Alamodome.

Tickets are on sale to the general public, with VIP packages include an opening week ticket to see Hurry Up Tomorrow in theaters. Head to www.theweeknd.com/tour/ for more info

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The Backstreet Boys will be the first pop group to take the stage at Las Vegas’ Sphere. The man band announced the initial nine dates for their summer 2025 “Into the Millennium” residency at the venue last week, and shortly thereafter added additional dates to the residency.

The band also shared that they will release Millennium 2.0 on July 11th, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their chart-topping Millennium album. This deluxe reissue will feature 25 tracks, including all 12 remastered originals, live recordings, demos, including “I Want It That Way” and B-sides, including the alternate version of “I Want It That Way.” Fans can stream the new single, “Hey” when they pre-save Millennium 2.0; you can also preview the new track: here.

The Backstreet Boys — comprised of Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough — initially announced performances at the Sphere on:  July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27.  The group later wrote on Instagram: “Due to popular demand we’ve added three more shows, August 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, to the Into The Millennium @SphereVegas residency!”

According to a press release, fans “can expect an unforgettable experience as the Backstreet Boys bring their legendary Millennium album to life, alongside a selection of their greatest hits. Beloved classics like ‘I Want It That Way,’ and ‘Larger Than Life,’ will be delivered or enhanced with cutting-edge visuals and sound made possible by Sphere’s revolutionary immersive technology.”

Tickets for Backstreet Boys’ Sphere residency will first go on sale via an artist pre-sale beginning Tuesday, February 18th at 9:00 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster (use code DUET). A public on-sale will follow on Friday, February 21st at 9:00 a.m. PT.

For further information, head: HERE.

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Post Malone has been named as the 2025 Record Store Day Ambassador, which celebrates its 18th anniversary on Saturday, April 12th. The Record Store Day website has a list of participating locations.

The artist said in a statement: “What an honor, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025. Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive. We love hitting local shops when we’re on the road, seeing all the crazy artwork, the whole energy in a record store is just super inspiring. I feel at home. It’s really an unexplainable feeling to hit up a shop and dig through crates, just see what grabs your eye. You can be looking for something super specific and end up finding something totally different. It’s the best. Keep supporting y’all and let’s keep records and these local shops going strong. Happy Record Store Day everybody!”

Fans can pick up limited edition and exclusive physical releases by Gracie Abrams, Tori Amos, The B52’s, Kelsea Ballerini, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Charli XCX, The Doors, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, George Harrison & Beck, Jethro Tull, Elton John, The Killers & Bruce Springsteen, Geddy Lee, Megan Thee Stallion, Joni Mitchell, Motley Crue, Oasis, Post Malone, Prince, Queen, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Stone Temple Pilots, Taylor Swift, Tesla, U2, and many others.

Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton adds:  “I’m very excited about Ambassador ‘Posty’. Musically, he’s all over the place — just like record stores and their customers, especially some of the newest, youngest people to embrace their local brick-and-mortar spaces.”

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Selena Gomez  will release a new album along with her fiancé, songwriter-producer Benny Blanco, titled I Said I Love You First — due out March 21 (preorder: HERE.)

Gomez wrote on Instagram, alongside a series of photos with Blanco: “I always trick you guys. my NEW album ‘I Said I Love You First” with my best friend @bennyblanco, is out on 3/21 Our first song, Scared of Loving You is out now on all streaming platforms. Merchandise and signed products for the album are available for pre-order now. We can’t wait to share this special project with you soon!”

Blanco also announced the album on his own social media, and followed up with a separate post featuring video clips of the couple’s album photo shoot, writing, “i cant believe i get to spend the rest of my life with you.”

The first single, “Scared of Loving You,” is out now. Gomez posted a video on Instagram featuring her and Blanco enjoying a day at Disneyland with the caption: “How would they love you, as much as I love you Scared of Loving You, song and lyric video, with @itsbennyblanco out now!” 

Take a listen to Scared of Loving You: HERE.

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Sabrina Carpenter released the deluxe version of her album, Short n’ Sweet, including a new version of “Please Please Please” featuring the legendary Dolly Parton. The expanded version of ‘Short n’ Sweet’ features five new tracks, including “15 Minutes,” “Couldn’t Make It Any Harder,” “Busy Woman” and “Bad Reviews,” and Parton joining Carpenter on “Please Please Please.”

Upon debuting the video for their collab, Carpenter posted: “Dolly and me singing in a pickup truck!!!!!! I am so honored to have one of my biggest idols on a song that means so much to me.  Short n’ Sweet deluxe is out now!  Go watch and listen!!!! Love you forever @dollyparton

Carpenter and Parton appear together in the black and white music video for ‘Please Please Please,’ which shows Carpenter behind the wheel of a pickup truck, while Parton reads the Nashville Banner in the passenger seat. The pair sing together and take turns driving, while viewers later see that a man is held hostage in the bed of the pickup.  Parton shared a behind-the-scenes look at the video on her social media, writing: “Turns out, two things can be short and sweet Listen to “Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton)” everywhere now! @sabrinacarpenter”

Take a look at the video for Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton) – HERE.
To stream Short n’ Sweet deluxe, head HERE.

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