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In terms of her public perception, Lizzo hit a rough patch after facing a harassment lawsuit from some of her former dancers in 2023. At this point, Lizzo seems OK with the idea of being “canceled.”

During a panel at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit on October 14, Lizzo spoke about that and about her current relationship with fame, explaining (as E! News notes):

“I’ve been canceled for everything at this point. Only God can cancel me now. I think that I talk about the things that are important to me, and I talk about the things that I can bring a difference to, and I think those are my boundaries now with the public.”

At the same panel, she also clarified her recent comments about taking a “gap year,” saying (as Billboard reports), “‘Gap year’? Girl, who said ‘gap year’? I launched my company Yitty in 2022 at the same time as my album, Special. […] As soon as I stepped down home from tour — I may not be as public-facing — but I went straight to Yitty headquarters, and I’ve just been working, working, working. You may not see me, but I’ve been working. It ain’t a gap year, it’s a grind year.”

In Big Sean‘s new video for “It Is What It Is,” Sean teams up with Gunna to dispel any doubts in their rap credentials. The treatment is relatively straightforward, consisting mostly of performance shots of the two rappers leaning against an SUV. They also flex in a train yard, while Sean delivers his verse hanging out the window of the SUV.

Big Sean and Gunna are both on the comeback trail after career setbacks; while Gunna infamously drew criticism for accepting a plea deal from the Georgia District Attorney’s office, Sean has dealt with hits to his own reputation from skeptics who don’t believe he lives up to his billing as one of rap’s upper echelon entertainers.

The Uproxx cover star aimed to shoot down such rumors with his new album, Better Me Than You, on which “It Is What It Is” appears, alongside “Who You Are (Superstar),” “On Up,” and “Yes.”

Meanwhile, Gunna is fresh off the release of his own bounce back album, One Of Wun, and its supporting tour, the Bittersweet Tour, both of which are helping him find his way back into rap fans’ good graces.

You can watch Big Sean’s “It Is What It Is” video featuring Gunna above.

Charli XCX’s album Brat is one of the year’s biggest hits. Charli didn’t think that would be the case, though, and she actually would have been alright with Brat not being a smash.

In a new Wall Street Journal feature, Charli explains:

“I really had this very concise, strong and strict vision for what it was and how I wanted to work. I also was truly, genuinely OK with it not being successful. When I started making the record, I was telling everyone around me: ‘This is going to be a record with no sacrifices.’ I remember telling the label: ‘You’re probably not going to feel like there are any hits on this record, but that’s just what it is.’”

Of the remixes and the album’s long tail, she also noted, “I’ve always been anti this idea that once an album comes out, that’s its peak. I feel like there are so many more possibilities of what those songs can become.”

Charli’s words echo what she recently said about the now-iconic Brat album cover: “Where the actual first idea of doing a text cover came from was to save money. I was like, ‘This album is not going to appeal to a lot of people.’ I was like, ‘I think I will do a press shoot and maybe save on the album cover.’”

Find the full Wall Street Journal feature here.

It’s been 10 years since Taylor Swift has appeared at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Will she be there tonight? Maybe, maybe not, although she was in New York City, where the show is being held, as recently as last night (she and boyfriend Travis Kelce caught the New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians playoff game). Either way, the VSFS will at least feature an homage to the “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” singer.

Model (and friend of Taylor) Gigi Hadid told Entertainment Tonight that “there’s something on the runway tonight that is new, at least for me on this runway.” She continued, “I can’t remember if it’s ever been done on the VS runway. But there’s an aspect to it that I was trained to do by Taylor on her tour. In one of her rehearsals, she was like, ‘I’m gonna show you how we do this.’ Did that, and now I’m using it tonight.”

Maybe this will be covered in The Eras Tour Book.

Swift has performed during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show twice: in 2013, when she joined Fall Out Boy for “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” and later sang “I Knew You Were Trouble” by herself; and in 2014 to promote her 1989 album with singles “Blank Space” and “Style.” The 2013 show, in particular, is a wild throwback to the last time it was Fall Out Boy featuring Taylor Swift, not the other way around.

You can watch the 2024 fashion show on Victoria’s Secret’s social media channels, including Instagram and YouTube, or stream it on Prime Video.

MJ Lenderman dropped his well-received solo album Manning Fireworks last month, and he’ll be performing it live for essentially the foreseeable future with his many scheduled tour dates. Now his dance card is even more full, as today (October 15), he announced additional North American tour dates for April, May, and June 2025.

New shows include a stop at Chicago’s The Salt Shed, which will be Lenderman’s biggest headlining performance so far.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale October 18 at 10:00 a.m. local time, via Ticketmaster.

Find Lenderman’s upcoming tour dates below.

MJ Lenderman’s 2024 & 2025 Tour Dates

10/16/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall &
10/17/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall &
10/18/2024 — Detroit, MI @ El Club &
10/19/2024 — Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace &
10/21/2024 — Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount &
10/22/2024 — Boston, MA @ The Royale &
10/24/2024 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer &
10/25/2024 — Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg &
10/26/2024 — Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg &
10/27/2024 — Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg &
10/29/2024 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall &
10/30/2024 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club &
11/01/2024 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel &
11/11/2024 — Berlin, DE @ Privatclub ~
11/12/2024 — Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang ~
11/14/2024 — Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
11/15/2024 — Brussels, BE @ Botanique Witloof Bar
11/16/2024 — Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere ~
11/18/2024 — London, UK @ The Garage ~
11/19/2024 — London, UK @ The Garage ~
11/21/2024 — Manchester, UK @ YES Pink Room ~
11/22/2024 — Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club ~
11/23/2024 — Dublin, IE @ Workman’s Club ~
11/24/2024 — Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s ~
01/29/2025 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^
01/30/2025 — Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^
01/31/2025 — Athens, GA @ 40 Watt ^
02/01/2025 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn ^
02/02/2025 — Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s ^
02/04/2025 — New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s ^
02/05/2025 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs) ^
02/06/2025 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s ^
02/08/2025 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall ^
02/10/2025 — Santa Fe, NM @ Tumbleroot ^
02/11/2025 — Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole ^
02/13/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda ^
02/14/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda ^
02/15/2025 — Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre ^
02/17/2025 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
02/18/2025 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
02/20/2025 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
02/21/2025 — Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre ^
02/22/2025 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ^
02/23/2025 — Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom ^
02/24/2025 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell ^
02/26/2025 — Fort Collins, CO @ The Aggie ^
02/27/2025 — Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre ^
02/28/2025 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre ^
03/01/2025 — Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep ^
03/03/2025 — Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck ^
03/04/2025 — Urbana, IL @ Rose Bowl Tavern ^
03/06/2025 — Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern ^
03/07/2025 — Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern ^
04/28/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel $
04/29/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel $
04/30/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #
05/02/2025 — Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
05/03/2025 — Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
05/04/2025 — Portland, ME @ Stage Theatre
05/10/2025 — Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall at Babeville
05/11/2025 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
05/14/2025 — Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live
05/15/2025 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/17/2025 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
05/19/2025 — Richmond, VA @ The National
05/20/2025 — Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
05/21/2025 — Winston-Salem, NC @ The Ramkat
05/29/2025 — Bristol, UK @ The Fleece *
05/30/2025 — Brighton, UK @ CHALK *
05/31/2025 — Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms *
06/02/2025 — Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s *
06/03/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Gorilla *
06/05/2025 — London, UK @ Electric Ballroom *
06/18/2025 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed

& with Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
~ with Hollow Hand
^ with Wild Pink
$ with This Is Lorelei
# with Nap Eyes
* with Trace Mountains

The Buffalo Bills are 4-2 this season and in firm control of the AFC East after beating the Jets on Monday night, but that 23-20 win also showed the issues that remain for the passing game, namely the lack of a consistent top target for Josh Allen.

After trading Stefon Diggs to Houston this offseason, the Bills never got a true replacement No. 1 receiver. Rookie Keon Coleman has had some flashes, but his lack of top end speed and quickness makes it difficult for him to consistently get separation. In total, three Buffalo receivers have 200 to 249 yards receiving through six games, but the lack of a guy Allen can look to in key situations has been noticeable in recent weeks.

With the Jets trading for Davante Adams after Monday’s loss, the Bills decided to make a splash of their own after escaping with the win, sending Cleveland a third round pick for star receiver Amari Cooper, per Jordan Schultz, Tom Pelissero, and Jonathan Jones. The Bills will also get a 2025 sixth round pick and send the Browns a 2027 seventh rounder, per Ian Rapoport.

Adding Cooper gives them a clear top receiver and should help their current receiving corps find more comfortable roles — Coleman, in particular, seems to operate best out of the slot and now could spend more time inside than on the perimeter. For Cooper, he moves on from trying to catch passes from the worst quarterback in the league to one of the best, and gets to compete for a contender, which he doesn’t seem too broken up about.

The Browns, meanwhile, recoup some draft capital for Cooper, who was clearly (and understandably) unhappy in his current situation watching Deshaun Watson put up horrific passing performances not seen since JaMarcus Russell was in Oakland. Cleveland is insisting on sticking with Watson, and now will go forward without their most dynamic playmaker, taking away just about any remaining hope that things will turn around there.

Sick New World is new to the festival scene, but the event — focused on rock, goth, and alternative music — launched with a bang with the 2023 edition. 2024 delivered more of the same greatness, and now we have news of the 2025 edition.

It’s going down at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 12, and it’s headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park. Aside from them, the lineup also includes Queens Of The Stone Age, The Flaming Lips, Mastodon, Evanescence, Gojira, AFI, Tomahawk, 311, Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway, The Sisters Of Mercy, Meshuggah, Cradle Of Filth, and more. The fest will also feature a reunion of Acid Bath, giving their first performance in nearly three decades.

As for tickets, there’s a pre-sale that starts October 18 at 10 a.m. PT, and fans interested can receive an access code for that by signing up for the festival SMS list now via the festival website. Tickets that remain after the pre-sale will be sold in the general on-sale starting October 18 at 2 p.m. PT.

GA, GA+, VIP, and Platinum tickets will be available. VIP tickets include “preferred viewing areas, shaded seating, charging stations, air-conditioned restrooms, a dedicated entry lane into the festival,” and more. Platinum tickets, meanwhile, offer “all amenities of VIP, plus complimentary curated bites, hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, cocktails, and nonalcoholic beverages within the Platinum Lounge, transportation between stages, a dedicated concierge team, complimentary locker rentals,” and more.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is almost old enough to legally drink at Paddy’s Pub.

It’s Always Sunny premiered on August 4, 2005, but that’s not the “true” anniversary of the record-breaking comedy. “20 years ago these three kids made a pilot for FX called It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Today… 20 years later we start filming season 17,” star Glenn Howerton (Dennis) wrote on Instagram. “These kids didn’t know what they were doing, but they had a vision. Thank you to FX for trusting that vision. Thank you to our fans who preached the gospel from the start. We are eternally grateful.”

You can see the post here.

What can fans expect in season 17? Well… creator and star Rob McElhenney (Mac) recently shared a Standards and Practices note for an upcoming episode on Instagram. “Sunny Standards and Practices are something else,” he wrote.

It read:

“Caution on a scene where Dennis [redacted text]. Any graphic bestiality simulation must be avoided for cuts airing on both FX linear channel & the Hulu platform. Given the nature of the scenes always shoot alternate angles and positioning so that there are options to work with should they be needed during Post Production. Please keep the [redacted text]”

It took about 10 seconds for fans to figure out what the blacked-out text reads: “Caution on the scene where Dennis shoots video footage of him masturbating a dog & when Dennis holds up a Tupperware container.” And for the final sentence, “Please keep the semen Tupperware as generic and nondescript as possible.”

Never change, It’s Always Sunny.

Father John Misty previously announced some UK and European tour dates for April 2024, but now North American fans have something to look forward to as well. Today (October 15), he released the new single “She Cleans Up,” and he also announced some North American tour dates.

The newly announced shows run for about a couple weeks in February and early March. Destroyer will be on hand to provide support for all but one of the North American shows.

A fan pre-sale for tickets starts October 16 at 10 a.m. local time, while the general on-sale begins October 18 at 10 a.m. local time.

Check out Misty’s upcoming tour dates below.

Father John Misty’s 2025 Tour Dates

02/12/2025 — Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal (FJM only)
02/13/2025 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
02/14/2025 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
02/15/2025 — Louisville, KY @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall *
02/17/2025 — Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live! *
02/18/2025 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
02/19/2025 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
02/21/2025 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
02/22/2025 — Boston, MA @ MGM *
02/23/2025 — Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center *
02/25/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre *
02/28/2025 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia *
03/01/2025 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
04/03/2025 — Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene +
04/04/2025 — Stockholm, SE @ Fållan +
04/05/2025 — Copenhagen, DK @ Copenhagen Opera House +
04/06/2025 — Berlin, DE @ Huxley’s +
04/08/2025 — Paris, FR @ La Cigale +
04/09/2025 — Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique +
04/10/2025 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg +
04/12/2025 — Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall +
04/13/2025 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester +
04/14/2025 — Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome +
04/15/2025 — London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall +

* with Destroyer
+ with Butch Bastard

Mahashmashana is out 11/22 via Sub Pop. Find more information here.

NBA League Pass has long been a product that fans both love and hate, as the ability to watch games around the country is a great thing, but the functionality of League Pass (and the blackout restrictions) can be frustrating. One of the things fans have wanted out of League Pass for awhile is the ability to watch multiple games at once. On many nights, there are a few games fans want to keep their eyes on, and bouncing back and forth between games isn’t always the smoothest process.

This year, the NBA App will deliver what fans have been asking for as they introduce a multiview option that will allow you to select up to four games to watch at once. Multiview options have become increasingly popular in the sports world, with YouTube TV making it a focal point of their presentation. One thing sports fans with YouTube TV have been calling for is the ability to pick and choose what games they put in — especially for college football — rather than having to simply pick from the pre-selected groupings of games.

NBA fans will have that ability on League Pass this year through the NBA App, and that’s a significant step forward in providing fans more opportunities to watch games from around the league.