Author: Amanda Collins
Halsey is heading back Down Under! The genre-bending popstar has locked in three huge Aussie dates as part of her Back To Badlands world tour, celebrating the 10th anniversary of her triple-platinum debut album. Local fans can catch Halsey live at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Friday, 13th February, Brisbane’s Riverstage on Sunday, 15th February, and Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Thursday, 19th February. Halsey – ‘Hurricane’ The global run kicks off with a special show at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery this October before hitting the US, Europe, the UK, and finally coming to Australia in early 2026. Originally released in…
After dancing with one of the biggest stars on Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour, Jan Ravnik is more than ready to join Dancing With the Stars. On Thursday (Aug. 28), the pop star’s former backup dancer revealed on Good Morning America that he will be joining the long-running competition show as a pro for season 34. It’s unknown which star he’ll be paired up with on his quest to win the coveted Mirrorball Trophy, as this season’s full celebrity cast has not yet been announced. So far, influencer Alix Earle, conservationist Robert Irwin and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars…
Amazon Prime Video has issued a statement to fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty, urging them to stop bullying the cast online. It comes as the hit show – based on the books by Jenny Han – is currently on its third season, with the first new episodes debuting last month. This season continues to follow the love triangle between characters Belly Conklin, Jeremiah Fisher, and Conrad Fisher, with the latest episode arriving yesterda (Wednesday August 27). Now, with just a few episodes left in the season before it wraps up on September 17, the streaming service has shared…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, and the song she used when she reshared their joint Instagram announcement to her Stories was her 2024 track “So High School,” which accumulated more U.S. streams on Aug. 26 than the previous four days combined. Related On Aug. 26, when Swift and Kelce’s joint post revealing the engagement went live on their respective social media accounts, “So High School” earned 794,000 official on-demand U.S. streams, according to preliminary data from Luminate. Their usage of the song in the post was apt, as Swift’s caption read, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher…
Unveiling a memorable rock sound amidst perspectives of personal identity and the oft-elusive power of creativity, UltraTerrestrial is the latest album from Atlanta-based artist Herman Martinez. The release marks another success from Martinez, who first caught our ears in 2021 with the alt-rock single “Days Without” and then again last year with the epic album Immortal Jellyfish. UltraTerrestrial plays as his strongest collection of songwriting yet. “This album was influenced by the usual ghosts of creativity,” Martinez says of the release. The album’s first single, “Changeling” stirs with its array of soaring guitar work and moody vocal introspections, ruminating on themes…
Sony Music’s global HR boss Andrew Davis has written to staff at the major’s Australian division following a recent newspaper report which claimed that formal complaints had been made internally against Sony Music Australia CEO Vanessa Picken, who is accused of fostering a toxic workplace culture. According to Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Sony hired an external law firm to investigate employee complaints against Picken, but that investigation cleared her of any wrongdoing. However, new complaints have been submitted through formal channels since that investigation concluded Responding to the Telegraph’s report, Davis sent an all-staff memo acknowledging that the “press article over…
People who felt scandalized by Short n’ Sweet songs such as “Juno” or “Bed Chem” probably won’t like Man’s Best Friend, according to Sabrina Carpenter. In a clip released Thursday (Aug. 28) ahead of her appearance on CBS Mornings Friday, the pop star confirmed that her new album is not for the faint of heart — and if they do want to listen, they’ll probably want to do it in the privacy of their own homes. “The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” Carpenter told Gayle King of the LP, which drops Friday (Aug. 29). “But I also think…
Apple Music is making its six radio stations available via the TuneIn platform, seemingly in a bid to better utilise its radio services as a promotional tool for its premium music subscription product. It’s the first time the Apple radio stations have been available outside the tech giant’s own apps. “Apple Music Radio has always been about connection, artists sharing their music and their stories in real time, and listeners discovering something new together”, says Rachel Newman, co-Head of Apple Music, in a statement. “Through our partnership with TuneIn, we’re able to bring that experience to even more people, extending beyond…
Stephen King has revealed he “never liked” Black Sabbath in a recent Reddit AMA to promote The Long Walk, an adaptation of his novel. The film is set in a dystopian United States, ruled by a totalitarian regime, and focuses on a group of young men who enter an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a speed of at least three miles per hour or be killed, with the remaining walker declared the winner. In an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit, the author was asked what playlist he would have for the fictional walk. He replied…
Ariana Grande has announced details of the ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour, taking place across North America and UK next year. Check out the details below. The stint will kick off next June with two shows in Oakland on June 6 and 9, and continues with more arena shows planned across the summer. It marks the singer’s first return to the stage in six years, following her 2019 ‘Sweetener’ tour dates. Multiple shows are planned for every city on the tour, including two shows in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Montreal, and Sunrise, Florida. Four nights are planned for Los Angeles – taking place…