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Drake performed his first headlining North American tour show since 2018 on Wednesday night, July 5, when his and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur Tour sent Chicago’s United Center spinning.

Drake’s historic Apollo Theater performance in January, which Uproxx’s Wongo Okon reviewed, was a 41-song triumph. In terms of volume, it was also something of a dress rehearsal for It’s All A Blur.

Drake and Savage will return to United Center on Thursday, July 6, before logging thousands of miles until October 9. See all of the remaining It’s All A Blur Tour dates here, and check out the full opening night setlist below (as logged by setlist.fm).

Drake

1. “Look What You’ve Done”
2. “Wu-Tang Forever”
3. “Marvins Room”
4. “Say Something” (Hook Only)
5. “Shot For Me”
6. “Can I”
7. “Feel No Ways”
8. “Jaded”
9. “Jungle”
10. “Over”
11. “Headlines”
12. “HYFR (Hell Ya F*cking Right)”
13. “The Motto”
14. “Started From The Bottom”
15. “Energy”
16. “Know Yourself”
17. “Nonstop”
18. “Sicko Mode”
19. “Way 2 Sexy”
20. “BackOutsideBoyz”
21. “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin”
22. “Laugh Now Cry Later”
23. “God’s Plan”
24. “Crew Love”
25. “Childs Play”
26. “Wait For U”
27. “In My Feelings”
28. “Nice For What”
29. “Controlla”
30. “One Dance”
31. “Fountains”
32. “Work”
33. “Too Good”
34. “Yebba’s Heartbreak”
35. “Texts Go Green”
36. “Calling My Name”
37. “Massive”
38. “Sticky”
39. “Search & Rescue”

Drake And 21 Savage

40. “On BS” (Played From Tape)
41. “P*ssy & Millions”
42. “Spin Bout U”
43. “Knife Talk”
44. “Jimmy Cooks”
45. “Rich Flex”

Drake / Encore

46. “The Ride”
47. “How Bout Now”
48. “Legend”

Remember, mere months ago, when Drake had people believing he might be on the cusp of retirement? That was cute.

Drake couldn’t be more active right now. Two weeks ago, he surprise-dropped a poetry book and printed a QR code in select newspapers to tease an accompanying album, entitled For All The Dogs. His and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur Tour kicked off its three-month North American leg at Chicago’s United Center on Wednesday night, July 5, and he didn’t waste time stoking the anticipation.

According to the Drake fan account Word On Road, Drake told the crowd, “I have an album coming out soon for you’ll.”

The account also relayed that Drake began his set with the Take Care track “Look What You’ve Done” and chronicled his setlist in real time.

Photos surfaced online prior to the show of the It’s All A Blur Tour merch, including Nike hats, bucket hats, and several graphic tees.

Drake and Savage will perform again in Chicago on Thursday, July 6, before hitting Detroit, Michigan for back-to-back shows at Little Caesars Arena. The exhaustive leg is scheduled to conclude in early October. Drake will stage two assuredly epic hometown shows at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on October 5 and October 7, ending with the rescheduled Columbus, Ohio date on October 9.

The It’s All A Blur Tour is Drake’s first North American tour since 2018.

See all of the dates here, and check out more opening night footage below.

Despite what he sometimes claims, Donald Trump clearly loves Vladimir Putin. He didn’t get along with many world leaders, but he always cozied up to the despots. When Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Putin’s private mercenary army the Wagner Group, launched a quickly aborted mutiny a couple weeks back, it clearly left Trump verklempt — no less so because he reportedly wanted (and may still want, should he win re-election) one of his own.

As per Raw Story, yet another Trump tell-all is coming out. It’s called Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump, and it was penned by Miles Taylor, former chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security during Trump’s reign. The tome won’t be released until July 18, but Taylor has already discussed some of the shocking things revealed within. In a piece for Real Clear Politics, Taylor wrote of Trump’s “envy of private armies, like Putin’s wayward Wagner Group.

“The former president once sought his own mercenaries and might do so again if he wins back the White House,” Taylor added, saying there was real “alarm” among his colleagues that he could make this a reality.

Taylor writes that Trump first came up with the idea in the summer of 2017, when he wanted to “yank U.S. troops out of Afghanistan without any planning” because he was “impatient” and was tired of spending money on the issue. The DHS team tried to come up with some new solutions, only to discover that Trump had come up with his mercenary gang idea. What did Taylor think of it?

I explained that this was a horrible idea for many reasons, not least of which was that a Trump-controlled mercenary group would circumvent public scrutiny, erode checks and balances around the use of force, and undermine confidence in the American military.

But by then Trump’s advisers were already talking to Erik Prince about siccing Blackwater upon Afghanistan. Taylor then cobbled together a “thick briefing memo” about why this was a bad idea. But knowing Trump’s attention span, he condensed his 50-to-60-paged book into two pages, writing “in the president’s voice.” They even gave it a Trumpian title: ‘Afghanistan: How to Put America First—And Win!’

Here’s a primer on the then-president’s primer:

If we pulled out of the country too fast, I wrote, we would be mocked as ‘losers’ by terrorists. If we wanted to be ‘winners,’ we needed to fight smarter and harder, then cut a ‘great deal’ to hand over security to the Afghans. I made no mention of deploying a private army to finish the job.”

Thing is, it worked — because Trump was convinced that it would make him look like a “loser,” not a “winner.”

Alas, it was a pyrrhic victory: Trump circled back to the mercenary gang idea the following year when he wanted a 5,000-man team to help overthrow the regime in Venezuela. Someone else had to write the memo dissuading him from that one.

Now that Trump is back on the campaign trail, Taylor’s worried third time’s the charm. After all, he often referred to the U.S. military as “his” — “his military,” “his generals.”

“Next time we won’t be so lucky,” a person familiar with the matter told Taylor. “We’ll have a military run by mercenaries.”

For now, though, Trump’s a little distracted by his various legal woes, and by rage-posting on his rinky-dink Twitter clone.

(Via Raw Story)

On Wednesday night, July 5, Drake and 21 Savage’s winding It’s All A Blur Tour kicks off at Chicago’s United Center. Drake reminisced on his formative Degrassi days to hype up himself and fans for opening night, and the tour’s staging is reflective in an especially sentimental way.

“Our brother is watching,” Drake wrote to his Instagram Story atop a photo of a larger-than-life statue of the late Virgil Abloh.

NFR Podcast also tweeted, “Drake & 21 Savage’s tour stage design honors the late great Virgil Abloh with a statue [dove emoji] It pays homage to Virgil’s first Louis Vuitton fashion show in 2018!”

Abloh was an artistic polymath. He died aged 41 in November 2021 after an intensely private two-years-plus battle with cancer. The Chicago-area native’s seemingly sudden passing was met with an outpouring of grief on social media from prominent figures in music, fashion, and entertainment.

In the immediate aftermath, Drake paid tribute by getting a tattoo depicting the same photo that the It’s All A Blur statue recreated.

Abloh served as the Artistic Director Of Menswear for Louis Vuitton until his death, and Pharrell Williams stepped into the vacant role earlier this year.

Drake and Savage’s It’s All A Blur Tour will return to the United Center on Thursday, July 6. They’re then set to perform back-to-back nights at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, July 8, and Sunday, July 9.

The ambitious trek is scheduled to last into October. See all of the dates here.

The 15th staging of Nos Alive is stacked. The lineup boasts the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Machine Gun Kelly.

Thethree-day event all starts on Thursday, July 6, at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Portugal. The schedule is headlined by the aforementioned acts and so many more — enough that it needs seven stages to handle them all, including Palco Nos Stage, Palco Heineken Stage, Palco WTF Clubbing Stage, Palco Coreto Stage, Palco Fado Cafe Stage, Palco Comedia Stage, and Portico Nos Alive Entrance.

On July 6, Red Hot Chili Peppers won’t take the Palco Nos Stage until 11:30 p.m. local time, just after The Black Keys’ 9:30 p.m. set.

The same stage will welcome Lil Nas X at 1:15 a.m. to conclude the festivities on Friday, July 7. The anticipation for that will be built by Arctic Monkeys (10:45 p.m.), Lizzo (8:50 p.m.), Idles (7:20 p.m.), Girl In Red (8 p.m.), and more.

Saturday, July 8 — or, technically, Sunday, July 9 — will conclude with Rufus Du Sol at 1:15 a.m. Prior, Sam Smith is set for 11:05 p.m., Queens Of The Stone Age at 9:15 p.m., and Machine Gun Kelly at 7:30 p.m. Other July 8 performances will be delivered by Omah Lay, Rina Sawayama, Angel Olsen, and King Princess.

See the full Nos Alive lineup and schedule below, and find more information here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Despite their entire job being able to throw the ball accurately, some pitchers can have a difficult time dialing things down for a throw over to first base.

There’s a reason a lot of pitchers will pitch the ball underhand to the first baseman if they can, because it’s tough to slow things down when you’re accustomed to trying to throw the ball as hard as possible. There are some fairly famous examples of pitchers struggling to make what should be a very simple throw for them, with Jon Lester’s yips being the all-timer, as for years he quite literally could not make a throw to first.

On Wednesday night in Miami, Cardinals pitcher Jordan Hicks was the latest pitcher to succumb to a throwing error to first base, but his came with heightened stakes as there were runners on first and second in the bottom of the ninth with St. Louis clinging to a one-run lead. So, as a chopper bounced back to him, he double clutched and airmailed his first baseman, allowing the game-tying and game-winning runs to score on the most painful walkoff of the season.

The worst thing to do when throwing a baseball is trying to aim it, and you can see Hicks take a second little hop to try and get his throw perfect, while not rocketing it full speed at his first baseman. The result is a lollipop throw that goes bounding into foul territory, with no one able to back up the play and prevent Miami’s runners from rounding the bases and ending the game.

Sometimes things happen that are just plain embarrassing, where you know three years down the road you’re likely going to wake up in a cold sweat remembering the thing that you hope everyone else has forgotten. But with the power of the internet, those hilariously humiliating moments can be cemented into internet history.

And if you’re really unlucky, your embarrassment can become a meme. One that haunts you every few months for the rest of your life—unless you’re the one that posts the video, then it’s safe to assume you’re perfectly fine with the entire world having a belly laugh at your expense. At least that’s the logic that makes the most sense in this instance.

Toria Townsend uploaded a video to her TikTok page @classy_Melita, which has since taken over the app thanks to her side-splitting misfortune that involves the police, concerned citizens and a hair appointment.

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Townsend had just gotten her hair done and returned home when she heard a knock on the door. The video looks to be recorded by a home surveillance system from the doorway and shows the woman answering the door as two police officers stand on the porch. By one officer’s question, it seems obvious that he wasn’t concerned that there could be a person trapped in the trunk of her car.

“The craziest thing you’re not going to believe,” the officer says. “So we got a call, somebody was concerned. Are you like a hairstylist?”

Likely to the officer’s brief dismay, Townsend says she’s not a hairstylist, which is the moment he informs her that there’s hair sticking out of her car.

“Oh, my Jesus,” Townsend screeches while trying to get out the door.

It wasn’t a person at all. As she runs towards the car, the officers chuckle while she screams that it’s her wig hanging from the trunk and giving passersby heart palpitations. The hilarious video has racked up a massive number of views as people continue to reshare it, including It’s Gone Viral, where it has nearly 9 million likes and over 58 million views.

Watch the unforgettable interaction below:

@classy_melita

#rvp #wig #hilarous #icantmakethisup #police #policeoftiktok #embarrassing #blowthisup Police receive a call called that there was a body in my trunk.

Tom Hanks’ wholesome, relatable and reassuring on-screen presence has been said by many to have fatherlike qualities. Over the years, Hanks’ portrayal of genuine, honest characters in films such as “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and “Cast Away” has etched him into the heart of many Americans, earning him the endearing title “America’s Dad.”

Further, Hanks’ off-screen personality closely tracks many of his “everyman” characters, solidifying his reputation as a father figure. And the fact that he’s maintained this reputation in the cutthroat world of Hollywood is a true feat, given the number of years he’s been in the limelight.

So, if Tom Hanks is “America’s Dad,” who in popular culture could take the role of “America’s Cool Uncle”? You know, the guy who gives you your first sip of beer, introduces you to great music and has conversations with you that dad was too embarrassed to discuss.

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A Reddit user named Galactic Splurge posed the question to the AskReddit subforum, and over 6,500 people chimed in with their thoughts. “If Tom Hanks is America’s Dad, who would be America’s cool Uncle?” they asked.

So, to determine the winner of the great uncle debate, I looked at the number of upvotes each suggestion received and then ranked the top 15. It’s not the most scientific way of doing things, but it gives us a pretty good idea about who people think should win the award.

The funny thing is that the results weren’t even close. Actor and musician Jack Black had around five times the number of upvotes over second place. Who else made the list? Here are the top 15 most popular responses for who should be America’s favorite “Cool Uncle.”

1. Jack Black

“This is the only correct answer.” — _HuntressWizard

​2. Matthew McConaughey

​“Like… Uncle Matt is DEFINITELY the guy to set up a bonfire for you when you’re 16.” — pm_me_your_clippings

3. Jeff Bridges

“That’s just like, your opinion, man.” — Downvote4grammar

4. Robin Williams

“He is the fun uncle that you have sweet memories of as a child and teenager but then passed away. But every time someone brings them up, it’s never sad, it’s just ‘remember when Uncle Robin used to….’ and everyone laughs and smiles.” — Sandvich48

5. Danny DeVito

“I was just going to say no he’s more like Nana’s new friend we just call Uncle Danny,” — sew_u_thnk_ur_a_hero

6. “Weird Al” Yankovic

“‘Weird Al’ is your mom’s wacky cousin who makes every party a good time.” — KiribakuFriend

7. John Candy

“The good uncle who passes when you were little, John Candy.” — itsearlyyet

​8. Snoop Dogg

“The uncle that you go on walks with during family get-togethers, same come back all bleary-eyed.” — Bonnedraco

9. Keanu Reeves

“Rides motorcycles, plays with weapons, knows martial arts, is humble and genuinely kind. Definitely the cool uncle.” — Phil_MyNuts

10. Bill Murray

“He’s the uncle who seems really cool when you’re a kid but once you’re an adult, you realize that he’s a drunk and there’s a reason why he keeps getting remarried and divorced.” — Yellow_Vespa_Is_Black

11. Paul Rudd

“I still feel like Paul Rudd is the corny friend you’ve known since childhood and comes up with weird nicknames like Jobin or City Slicka.” — Sandvich48

12. Dave Grohl

“I was watching Dave Grohl interviews one day, my son was 10 at the time and I didn’t realize he was paying attention to the TV. He asked me later that day, ‘Can we please watch ‘the nice man’ again?’ Dave is forever known as ‘The Nice Man’ in my house.” — Background_Ad5873

13. Woody Harrelson

“I had a dream that he married my aunt and bought me a Nintendo during his ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ era. I’ve called him Uncle Woody ever since. This is the only answer.” — DJTrpTrp59

14. Jeff Goldblum

“A lot of the other options here are ‘goofy silly uncle who lives one suburb over.’ Goldblum is more ‘cool uncle who lives in the city and used to hang with rock stars.'” — Pylo_The_Pylon

​15. Danny Trejo

“He’s the uncle that everyone thinks is intimidating as hell and maybe a gun-runner or something, but it turns out he runs a soup kitchen and reads to kids in the hospital.” — Geminii27

Big Boss isn’t just the title of Keke Palmer’s May album and accompanying film. It also describes her lifestyle. Palmer attended Usher’s July 4 concert, as part of his ongoing Las Vegas residency, and she chronicled how much fun she had on her Instagram Story. Palmer danced and sang along to “My Boo,” but her reported real-life boo, Darius Jackson, seemingly wasn’t too happy back home.

A fan-taken video circulated on Twitter by RNB RADAR shows Palmer hugging and slow-dancing with Usher as he sings “There Goes My Baby,” eventually showing off her own voice. A Twitter account believed to be Jackson’s quoted it, writing, “It’s the outfit tho.. you a mom.”

In a separate post, Jackson wrote, “We live in a generation where a man of the family doesn’t want the wife & mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he gets told how much of a hater he is. This is my family & my representation. I have standards & morals to what I believe. I rest my case.”

Palmer has not publicly acknowledged the comments, and Jackson’s Instagram account has no traces of similar commentary. Page Six reached out to Palmer’s representation for comment but, as of this writing, hasn’t heard back.

Palmer confirmed her pregnancy while hosting Saturday Night Live in December. She and Jackson welcomed their son, Leodis, in February. Neither comments on their relationship publicly, but there has been a long-running assumption that they are together.

The beef between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk isn’t just about the cage fight that may or may not happen. (And may not go well for Musk if it does.) It’s about the fact that the former is trying to snuff out the latter’s social media service. On Wednesday, the Meta honcho launched Threads, his long-threatened “Twitter killer” (as some techies have dubbed it). He even did it a day early. But to really rub it in, Zuckerberg did something else: He tweeted for the first time in over a decade.

Zuckerberg’s post was simple, perhaps even inevitable: It was a meme, specifically the one of two Spider-Men pointing at each other. The joke was obvious: He was joking about how he’d created a Twitter clone, one that’s supposed to if not kill Twitter then at least provide the services Twitter, under Musk, no longer does.

“I think there should be a public conversations app with 1 billion+ people on it,” Zuckerberg posted on Threads shortly after it went life. “Twitter has had the opportunity to do this but hasn’t nailed it. Hopefully we will.”

Threads appeared soon after Twitter went through some stuff over the weekend, including limiting the number of tweets users — even paid subscribers — could see and generally acting glitchy. It got so bad that its co-founder Jack Dorsey took sympathy.

Zuckerberg was never a big tweeter. It is, in fact, only the 13th tweet that still lives on his profile. (He could have always deleted a bunch.) He first tweeted in 2009 about being on a boat. He’s twice described things as “neat” — once TweetDeck, once an ambiguous “This.” In one, before the (original) blue checkmark days, he assured people it was really him. (His account has over 500,000 followers.) He didn’t tweet for three years, returning in 2012 to link to a since-deleted Facebook post about being “pro-internet.” That was his final tweet until now.

Zuckerberg’s Threads is an off-shoot of Instagram. It even allows users to subscribe to all their Instagram buds with one click. That also makes it easier to quickly amass a large user base who can set up an account in less than a minute. (By contrast, Bluesky Social, whose board includes Dorsey, is still not only in the Beta phase, but requires one to painstakingly rebuild their base, depending on who’s scored an early account.)

Threads is also touting itself as an “open, friendly” place, said Instagram head Adam Mosseri. That stands in contrast to Twitter, where blue checkmarks are now largely wielded by Musk heads willing to fork over monthly payments, not famous or notable people trying to prove they’re them.

There are already complaints about Threads — on Twitter as well as Threads, of course — but it is its first day. In fact, one of the jokes being bandied about is that there are now too many social media services.