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The future of live music remains uncertain, but The Weeknd seems to think that things will be better in 2022: He has announced new tour dates in support of After Hours, which are set for next year.

The North American leg of the tour will start in Vancouver in mid-January before wrapping up in Tacoma, Washington in early May. After a few months off, The Weeknd will then tour Europe in September, October, and November. The majority of the new dates are rescheduled shows, although there are new performances included as well.

This is actually the second time the tour has been rescheduled: It was originally set for 2020, but a couple months into the pandemic, it was pushed back to 2021.

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

01/14/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
01/15/2022 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
01/17/2022 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
01/19/2022 — Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
01/21/2022 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
01/23/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
01/24/2022 — Chicago, IL @ United Center *
01/26/2022 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum *
01/27/2022 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
01/29/2022 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
01/30/2022 — Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
02/01/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
02/02/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
02/03/2022 — Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell
02/05/2022 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
02/06/2022 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
02/08/2022 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
02/09/2022 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
02/11/2022 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
02/12/2022 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center *
02/13/2022 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
02/15/2022 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
02/16/2022 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
02/19/2022 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center *
02/20/2022 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
02/22/2022 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center *
02/24/2022 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
02/25/2022 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
02/27/2022 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
03/01/2022 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
03/03/2022 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
03/04/2022 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena *
03/06/2022 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
03/08/2022 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
03/09/2022 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
03/11/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum *
03/13/2022 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena
03/15/2022 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
03/16/2022 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center *
03/18/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/19/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/20/2022 — Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/22/2022 — Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
03/25/2022 — Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
03/28/2022 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
03/29/2022 — Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
03/30/2022 — Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
04/01/2022 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
04/03/2022 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center *
04/04/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/05/2022 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
04/07/2022 — Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena *
04/08/2022 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
04/10/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
04/11/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena *
04/14/2022 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
04/16/2022 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha
04/18/2022 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center *
04/19/2022 — San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
04/23/2022 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena *
04/24/2022 — Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Suns Arena *
04/27/2022 — Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center *
04/30/2022 — Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena *
05/01/2022 — Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
09/10/2022 — Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwall Arena *
09/13/2022 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericcson Globe
09/15/2022 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
09/16/2022 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena *
09/18/2022 — Oslo, Norway @ Telenor
09/20/2022 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclaycard Arena
09/21/2022 — Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
09/23/2022 — Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
09/24/2022 — Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
09/26/2022 — Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle *
09/28/2022 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
09/29/2022 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis *
10/01/2022 — Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena *
10/03/2022 — Amsterdam, Holland @ Ziggo Dome
10/04/2022 — Amsterdam, Holland @ Ziggo Dome *
10/06/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/07/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/08/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/10/2022 — Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena
10/11/2022 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
10/13/2022 — Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena Belfast *
10/15/2022 — Newcastle, UK @ Utilita Arena
10/16/2022 — London, UK @ The O2
10/18/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/19/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/20/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena
10/22/2022 — Bordeaux, France @ Arkea Arena *
10/24/2022 — Madrid, Spain @ Wizink Center *
10/25/2022 — Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena *
10/28/2022 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi *
10/29/2022 — Montpellier, France @ Sud de France Arena *
11/01/2022 — Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum *
11/02/2022 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion *
11/04/2022 — Budapest, Hungary @ Arena *
11/05/2022 — Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena
11/07/2022 — Krakow, Poland @ Tauron Arena *
11/10/2022 — Mannheim, Germany @ SAP Arena *
11/12/2022 — Lyon, France @ Halle Tony Garnier *
11/13/2022 — Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena *
11/15/2022 — Glasgow, Scotland @ SSE Hydro *
11/16/2022 — London, UK @ The O2 *

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With a month to go until its release, Amazon has dropped a new trailer for Coming 2 America the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy classic starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. While the first trailer didn’t go big on the plot and, instead, focused on showcasing the two leads reuniting with the original cast, including Murphy and Hall once again playing several side characters, this latest trailer sheds more light on the story in Coming 2 America.

As Murphy’s Prince Akeem returns to New York to locate a son he didn’t know he had, he also reunites with the boy’s mother played by Leslie Jones who brings the comedy right from the jump. Tracey Morgan is also along for the ride as Uncle Reem who tags along when Akeem flies the whole family to his royal palace where he’s dealing with an unhappy family, who are not thrilled about his illegitimate son, and Wesley Snipes‘ General Izzi who’s making it very known that he plans to overthrow Akeem and become the new ruler of Zamunda.

Here’s the official synopsis:

In the sequel, Prince Akeem is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America — a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle. To honor the former king’s dying wish to groom his grandson as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America. Murphy, Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones are reprising their roles. Additional cast includes Tracy Morgan and Jay Pharaoh.

Coming 2 America starts streaming March 5 on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via Amazon Prime Video)

Like everyone else, Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t get enough of Mike Lindell’s unhinged interview on Tuesday. The MyPillow CEO was spewing so many baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud that even Newsmax, the Trump-loving “news” network, (legally) had to cut him off. “You know it’s bad when Newsmax is like, dial it down, buddy,” Kimmel joked before getting to the “nuttiest part of the interview,” when one of the anchors simply walked off screen. Then the host offered a conspiracy theory of his own.

“Has anyone ever looked into any kind of correlation between MyPillow and QAnon because maybe there’s something in those pillows that makes people go insane?” Kimmel asked. “Your head’s on it for eight hours every night. The guy who invented them was on crack. Who knows, they might be stuffed with mothballs and thermometer mercury.”

Of course, after Lindell’s interview went viral, he returned to Newsmax for an off-hours segment later that night. He did not bring up Dominion Voting Systems (which threatened to sue the network), but he did rant about how “cancel culture keeps on spreading” and mentioned “a documentary I put together” about the election. Kimmel might be onto something with his theory… Watch the Jimmy Kimmel Live! clip above.

A few days ago, Ariana Grande got her fans excited by revealing that she’s dropping a deluxe edition of Positions, which will feature four new tracks. She didn’t say what those songs are or who might be featured on them, which sent fans into speculation mode. One common guess/hope is that SZA will find her way onto one of the tracks, but unfortunately, SZA herself has confirmed she isn’t on the deluxe album.

A Grande fan page on Instagram asked, “SZA in positions deluxe ?! ( track15 ).” SZA herself took to the comments to debunk the rumor, writing, “Lol I wish but nah.” She definitely wants a Grande collaboration, though. In an Instagram Story from yesterday, SZA shared a tweet that reads, “SZA ft. Jhene Aiko is what the world needs right now,” and added, “I agree. Summer Too and kehlani and Ari.”

All the positive energy SZA has been putting out into the world lately seems to line up with the New Year’s resolution she shared at the end of 2020 when she tweeted, “I want better friendships 2021 so imma be a better friend.” Meanwhile, she may also be trying to get a collaboration with Frank Ocean to happen: One fan suggested that she should get Ocean to feature on a “Good Days” remix and she responded, “Imma ask [watery eyes emoji] lol.”

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Well, Golden Globes nominations usually drop in December, but all of us know exactly what’s happened to push back life itself. Nonetheless, the 2021 Golden Globes nominations now intend to honor the most deserving TV shows and movies of the past year. This year, though, most of those movies went to streaming, which puts an interesting spin on the struggling movie business, which will hopefully prevail later this year. With that said, Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson announced the nominations this morning, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association event will be hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey (on separate coasts!). The 78th Golden Globe Awards air on February 28, 2021. Here are the full list of nominees.

Please follow along with the below list as we update it live.

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Maso

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat 2
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Anya Taylor Joy, Emma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, Personal History Of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya-Taylor Joy, The Queen’s Gambit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDorman, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami

Best Director, Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin, Trial of Chicago Seven
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Cecil B. deMille Award
Jane Fonda

Carol Burnett Award
Norman Lear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
News of the World
Mank
Soul

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Best Television Series – Drama

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

After almost a week filled with film premieres, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival came to a close on Tuesday night by handing out awards for some of the films that were presented during the festival. One of the big winners of Sundance this year was Questlove who took home an award for his Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) documentary, which is about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. He was given the U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award and ecstatically reacted on Twitter saying, “OOOOMMMGGGGHGGG WE DID IT.”

In a statement shared by Picthfork, he expressed gratitude for receiving the award. “It has always been a dream of mine to direct films and telling this story has truly been an amazing experience,” he said. “I am overwhelmed and honored by the reception the film is receiving and want to give special thanks to Sundance, and my production partners: Radical Media, Vulcan Productions, Concordia, Play/Action Pictures and LarryBilly Productions.”

Questlove’s Summer Of Soul made its premiere at the festival and is comprised of previously unseen footage that sat in a basement for 50 years. It also flaunts appearances from Stevie Wonder, the Staples Singers, Nina Simone, Sly And The Family Stone, and other notable names.

You can read Questlove’s reactions to the awards above.

Morgan Wallen‘s sophomore effort Dangerous: The Double Album recently earned its third consecutive week atop the Billboard album charts. Now, the country singer finds himself in controversy after a video surfaced showing him using a racial slur as he walked home with friends on Sunday night. According to TMZ, the singer and his friends had arrived at Wallen’s home around midnight after spending the night out. Between talking loudly and honking horns, the group was loud enough to disturb their neighbors, causing one to exit their home to record them.

The video captures Wallen telling one of his friends to watch over one of the members of the group. “Take care of this p*ssy ass motherf*cker,” he says in the video before adding, “Take care of this p*ssy ass n*****.” In a statement to TMZ, Wallen apologized for his use of the n-word. “I’m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” he said. “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”

The incident comes months after he was dropped as the musical guest for an October episode of Saturday Night Live after he attended a maskless party in Alabama. He had to wait nearly two months to finally perform on the show.

You can watch the neighbor’s video here.

Everyone who’s served at one time or another on Trump’s post-election “Elite Strike Force” was, shall we say, a bit eccentric. But none moreso than Lin Wood. All Rudy Giuliani did was rattle off increasingly deranged conspiracy theories and constantly screw up in inventive ways. Lin Wood, however, actually called for Mike Pence’s “execution.” So it’s maybe it’s not even ironic that someone who peddle voter fraud lies is now himself being investigated for potential voter fraud. Perhaps it’s just inevitable.

As per CNN, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — whom you might remember as one of Trump’s most frequent targets in his futile attempt to overturn the 2020 election — is looking into whether Wood had voted illegally in November’s election. Wood voted in Georgia, but he told a reporter early Tuesday that he’d been “domiciled” up north, in South Carolina, in a property he purchased last April.

That statement caught the eye of investigators, but Wood told CNN that that wasn’t true — that he’d only recently registered in South Carolina, after the election. He then called the actions taken by Raffensperger “pure harassment.” (Previously, Wood had called for Raffensperger to be imprisoned for his role in one of his baseless election conspiracy theories.)

Wood was one of the pro-Trump lawyers who spent much of the last few months filing one failed lawsuit after another, alleging elaborate and increasingly bizarre voter fraud schemes. He also told Georgia that the system was so rigged they’d be better off not voting at all. Shortly thereafter, in the state’s early January runoff, Republicans lost control of the Senate.

(Via CNN)

On Saturday, the music industry was shocked by the news of the death of producer Sophie. The Scotland native died after a tragic fall during a climb to watch the full moon in Athens, Greece. Her death impacted many in the industry, and names like Sam Smith, Rina Sawayama, Charlie XCX, Christine And The Queens, and more mourned her on social media. Now Vince Staples has spoken with Rolling Stone about someone he’d become good friends with over the years.

The rapper revealed he met Sophie back in 2016 when they were both opening acts on Flume’s Australia tour. “I remember once we were at the pool. She was on her computer, I was doing whatever I was doing. I was like, ‘I’ll see you later, Sophie!’” he said. “She looked at me like I was crazy, like, ‘How the f*ck do you know who I am?’” He also praised the way her demanded listeners’ attention. “One thing about Sophie’s music, it demanded attention … Her music demanded attention. While 30,000 people were waiting for one guy to go on, her music demanded attention.”

Sophie would eventually produce two songs for Vince, “Yeah Right” and “Samo,” both from his 2017 album Big Fish Theory. He shared his initial struggles with the beat for the former track. “I tried something, but she said that it wasn’t the attention-grabbing thing that she goes for. So I reapproached it,” he recalled. “Sophie was like, ‘Don’t tell stories. I don’t care what you’re talking about. The attention is what’s important.’ That’s how she worked. At that time in my career, I was at the point where you’re reassessing how you feel about yourself, what your purpose is, what your sonics are. Sophie had something that we were looking for.”

While this attention-grabbing attribute to Sophie’s music definitely caught the eye of Vince, it wasn’t the thing he’ll remember her for. Rather, it was the Scotland native’s fearlessness that impacted him the most.

“I’ve seen Sophie around a dozen sessions, around different kinds of people, different genres, different races, different backgrounds, and she was never afraid. I never saw her once afraid to be who she was, to wear what she wanted, to say what she wanted, to play what she wanted. Not once. I think that’s the most important takeaway: You don’t have to be afraid. Producers, musicians, trans people, people all over, no matter who you are, to be honest — I don’t care who you are, that’s something you could take something from. You don’t have to be fearful. I haven’t once seen fear on Sophie’s face, no matter what

(via Rolling Stone)

It didn’t take long after Ricky Gervais’ withering, poorly received stint hosting the 2020 Golden Globes back in January for the awards body to announce his two replacements: that reliable dynamic duo, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. What they didn’t know then was that the nation was on the verge of being slammed by an out-of-control, poorly contained pandemic. Since things are still bad, nearly a year later, it makes sense that the two hosts will social distance — although they’ll be taken extra-extra precaution.

According to Variety, the pair will do their hosting from separate coats — Fey from Rainbow Room in New York City (at her old 30 Rock stomping grounds in Rockefeller Center), Poehler from inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, in Los Angeles. It’s a departure from previous mid-pandemic awards shows, which have often found one host spending most of their time alone on an empty stage, occasionally interacting with someone hanging no closer than six feet away. (Sometimes they accidentally start fires.)

Other details — such as if presenters and/or nominees will be remote or present — are still up in the air. But having the Globes’ first bicoastal ceremony means there’s plenty of awards show work to spread around both sides of the country. On the other hand, that means nominees and guests at the loosest (read: drunkest) awards show in the business may have to wind up paying for their own booze themselves.

The Golden Globes will air on Feb. 28. The nominees will be announced this Wednesday, Feb. 3.

(Via Variety)