Keith Urban announces new Las Vegas residency at Fontainebleau

Keith Urban will take the stage at Las Vegas’ newest resort for a new residency entitled “Keith Urban’s HIGH in Vegas” running for 10 shows at Fontainebleau Las Vegas and featuring new music from Urban’s upcoming album.

The country star announced he will headline a new residency at Fontainebleau’s 3,800-capacity venue BleauLive Theater, posting on social media: “10 NIGHTS AT @fblasvegas October 4-12, 2024 & February 14-22, 2025 Phoenix Club Presale Begins Tues. May 7th @ 10am PT General On Sale Fri. May 10 @ 10am PT http://keithurban.com

Dates for Keith Urban’s HIGH in Vegas include October 4, 5, 9, 11, 12; and February 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 2025. Ticket information can be found here: Ticketmaster.com/KeithUrbanVegas.

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Megan Moroney to drop sophomore album ‘Am I Okay?’

Megan Moroney has revealed that her sophomore album, Am I Okay?, will drop on July 12 via Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records. Moroney teased the album’s name on social media recently, before finally revealing the news officially.

Moroney posted on her socials: “MY SOPHOMORE ALBUM “AM I OKAY?” IS OUT JULY 12TH!!! wowowow i can’t believe it’s happening again already 💙 my debut album came out 362 days ago & i’ve spent the past year doing nothing but touring, writing this record & basically living in the studio getting it ready for y’all. i love these songs SO much & i can’t wait for you to hear them! you can pre-order the vinyl now on my website (signed copies are also available)… and in case you forgot, TRACK 6, INDIFFERENT, IS OUT 😉💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 OMGGG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING ME & MY MUSIC I COULD CRY”

Moroney has yet to reveal the full tracklist, but dropped her new track “Indifferent” shortly after announcing the album. That song, along with “28th of June” and “No Caller ID” will all be featured on the album. Moroney has also been performing a new song dubbed “Man On The Moon,” which is expected to be on the album, as well. Additionally, Am I Okay? was produced once again by Kristian Bush, who has helmed all of Megan’s previous work.

To stream ‘Indifferent’, head here.
To pre-order ‘Am I Ok?’, head here.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle embarking on two new projects for Netflix

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will embark on two new Netflix projects have been revealed.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Productions revealed two new nonfiction series are in the “early stages” of production at Netflix.

Deadline reports that a series curated by Meghan, 42, (who is also serving as an executive producer), will “celebrate the joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and friendship.” The series will be directed by Michael Steed, who worked on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, with Leah Hariton as show runner, who was a producer on Selena Gomez’s Selena + Chef cooking show on HBO.

The second project will “provide viewers unprecedented access to the world of professional polo” and was primarily shot at the U.S. Open Polo Championship. Harry, 39, has been an amateur polo player for years and often plays in charity matches, including a flagship fundraiser for Sentebale, the charity Harry co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 to help children and young people affected by poverty, inequality and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. According to a statement on the project, “known primarily for its aesthetic and social scene, the series will pull the curtain back on the grit and passion of the sport, capturing players and all it takes to compete at the highest level.” It is unknown, however, if Prince Harry will participate on camera.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are both serving as executive producers on the project, primarily at the US Open Polo Championship in Florida, while Miloš Balać (Welcome to Wrexham) is the showrunner. Titles and release dates for the two shows are expected to be announced in the coming months.

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Maya Rudolph, Jake Gyllenhaal set to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ this month

Saturday Night Live is closing out Season 49 with Maya Rudolph and Jake Gyllenhaal as hosts, along with musical guests Vampire Weekend and Sabrina Carpenter.

NBC announced that Rudolph will host ‘SNL’ for the third time on May 11 with Vampire Weekend making its fourth appearance as musical guest; and on May 18, Gyllenhaal will return to host the Season 49 finale, also marking his third time as host, with Sabrina Carpenter making her musical guest debut for the finale.

Rudolph’s Apple TV+ series “Loot” just returned for its second season; and she was an “SNL” regular from 2000 to 2007. Rudolph also voices Diane Birch and Connie on the Netflix animated series “Big Mouth. The Grammy-winning band Vampire Weekend is currently on tour with its new album, “Only God Was Above Us.”

Gyllenhaal’s limited series “Presumed Innocent” premieres June 12 on Apple TV+. Carpenter recently earned her first Billboard top 10 hit with her hit song, “Espresso,” and she acted as support on Taylor Swift’s ‘The ERAS TOUR’ this past year.

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TikTok sues U.S. over First Amendment violation stemming from potential ban of the platform

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit against the federal government Tuesday over what it called an “unconstitutional” potential ban in the U.S. of the social media platform.  The company is suing to stop enforcement of a recently signed law that effectively would ban the app unless they sell it. The White House did not immediately comment on the lawsuit.

TikTok said in its 65-page petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday: “For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than 1 billion people worldwide.”

In March, the House Energy and Commerce Committee had unanimously approved the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that would essentially ban TikTok from American app stores unless ByteDance sold the app in a year or less. President Biden and some congressional leaders have argued that the ultimatum against TikTok was necessary because of security concerns about ByteDance and its connections to the Chinese government. The House on March 13 passed the bill in a 352-65 vote, and Biden signed it into law on April 24 as part of a massive, $95 billion foreign aid package to commit foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

In TikTok’s lawsuit, they argue that what the United States has proposed is not based in any kind of workable reality, and “certainly not on the 270-day timeline required by the Act.”  ByteDance also argued there has been no tangible evidence that the app poses any security risk: “Congress itself has offered nothing to suggest that the TikTok platform poses the types of risks to data security or the spread of foreign propaganda that could conceivably justify the act … The ‘qualified divestiture’ demanded by the Act to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally.”

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NBA Playoffs: Celtics defeat the Cavaliers, Thunder beat Mavericks in Game 1 matchups

The Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 120-95 win in Game 1 of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs at TD Garden in Boston.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 32 points and six rebounds, while Derrick White scored 25 with five assists, Payton Pritchard had a 16-point performance off the bench, and Jayson Tatum scored 18 to go along with 11 rebounds. For the Cavs, Donovan Mitchell had a standout performance, finishing with 33 points in Clevelands loss.

Game 2 will take place Saturday night in Boston.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-95 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help the top-seeded Thunder defeat the Dallas Mavs, while Chet Holmgren added 19 points, seven rebounds and three blocks for Oklahoma City.

The Thunder and Macs will meet for Game 2 on Thursday night in Oklahoma City.

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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Rangers beat Canes, Avalanche defeat Stars

The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in double overtime to take 2-0 series lead. Vincent Trocheck scored a power-play goal at 7:24 of the second overtime to give New York the win against Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Alexis Lafreniere scored twice, Chris Kreider also had a power-play goal and Artemi Panarin added two assists for the Rangers, while Igor Shesterkin stopped a season-high 54 shots.

The Rangers will meet the Canes for Game 3 in Raleigh, North Carolina on Thursday.

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The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 4-3 in OT on Tuesday night in the opening game of their second-round Western Conference series at American Airlines Center. After trailing by three goals in the first period, Miles Wood scored the game-winner on a hard-charging backhander 11:03 into OT after getting the puck from Andrew Cogliano to help Colorado beat the top-seeded Stars. Cale Makar had a goal and two assists for Colorado, while Valerie Nichushkin had a goal and an assist.

Game 2 between the Avalanche and Stars is set for Thursday night in Dallas.

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Mickey Guyton to embark on North American fall tour, shares new single ‘Scary Love’

Mickey Guyton is hitting the road this fall for a North American tour, announcing dates for her 22-city headlining 2024 ‘CMT On Tour Presents Mickey Guyton.’  The tour will launch at Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on Sept. 18, with stops in New York, Chicago, Columbus, St. Louis, Toronto, Boston, Washington, D.C. and more through Nov. 9.

Guyton also dropped the lyric video for her new single, “Scary Love,” which features a montage of family footage of Guyton, her husband Grant, and 3-year-old son, Grayson.  The song, written by Guyton, Emma-Lee, Karen Kosowski and Victoria Banks, is dedicated her son, and showcases the artist’s undying appreciation for motherhood. Shared Guyton: “There’s so many types of love, but for parents who truly love their kids, there’s nothing we won’t do for them. That kind of love is so scary because your heart is literally outside of your body and you’re seeing your heart grow up and become somebody. All you want to do is protect this person—that’s the scariest love that you’ll ever experience.”

Take a look at the lyric video for ‘Scary Love’ – here.

Tickets for the CMT On Tour Presents Mickey Guyton are on sale now via: Ticketmaster.  For additional details, head to Guyton’s website.

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Hilary Duff welcomes baby No. 4 with husband Matthew Koma

Hilary Duff welcomed her fourth baby, and her third with husband Matthew Koma, on Friday, May 3.

Duff, 36, announced her new daughter’s arrival on Instagram, sharing photos of her home water birth along with the caption: “Townes Meadow Bair 🧸 , now we know why she made us wait so long…She was perfecting those Cheeks! I Have been dreaming of holding you in my arms for months and the past 5 days of getting to know you, stare at you and smell you has been pure moments of magic. We all love you like you’ve been here all along beauty. 5/3/24”

Duff first announced she was pregnant with her fourth baby in December 2023 on social media, sharing a family holiday card with herself, Koma and their kids posing in pajamas along with the caption: “Surprise Surprise”. A note on the family’s Christmas card read: “So much for silent nights. Love, the Duff, Bair, Comrie crew.”

Duff and Koma, who tied the knot in 2019, share daughters Banks Violet, 5, and Mae James, 2½. Duff also shares eldest son Luca, 11, with ex-husband Mike Comrie.

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Take a listen to Hardy’s cover of Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s ‘Gin and Juice’

Country artist Hardy was personally invited by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Iovine to cover of Snoop and Dre’s iconic track “Gin and Juice” for the launch of their new beverage line of the same name.  Hardy first teased the cover with an Instagram post featuring a flick of him posing with the two hip-hop legends, where the three musicians appeared to be on the set of a forthcoming “short film” tied to Gin & Juice.

Said Hardy (per Billboard): “A while back, I got a phone call saying that Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg would like for me to record my own version of ‘Gin and Juice’ for the launch of their new drink, Gin&Juice. I’m still in disbelief, but I am so stoked that I’m dropping my version of ‘Gin and Juice’ with the blessing of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg themselves. Thankful for the opportunity.”

The new track follows Hardy’s headlining set at Tortuga, as well as his Stagecoach performance alongside longtime friend and collaborator Morgan Wallen. He will also perform at events including CMA Fest, Harley Davidson Homecoming, and is set to play his first-ever stadium this fall (and biggest headline show to date) in his home state  at Mississippi State University’s Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss. on Sept. 12. HARDY also confirmed two nights at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre Oct. 20 + 21, with Randy Houser and Travis Denning joining as support on all new dates.

Take a listen to Hardy’s cover of “Gin and Juice” – here.
For touring and other information, head here.

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