Month: March 2022

Harry Styles announced on social media his third album, titled “Harry’s House”, will be released on May 20.  According to a press release, the LP will contain 13 songs.

The 28-year-old Styles also shared the new album cover on social media, which features him standing on the ceiling of an upside-down living room beside a loveseat, a chair and a side table. Styles in wearing blue pants and a flowing white top with pink accents, including a collar. Styles also included a trailer for Harry’s House in the post, which shows him stepping onto the stage in an empty theater and smiling into the camera as a cutout of a house is pulled up around him.

The new project is the Style’s first new music since his second album, Fine Line, was released in December 2019.  Styles also recently wrapped up the North American leg of his Love on Tour concert series, and has been acting in multiple projects, including a cameo in Marvel’s Eternals. He has several more films in the works, including My Policeman, and Don’t Worry Darling – which is directed by girlfriend, Olivia Wilde.

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Miley Cyrus was forced to cancel her headlining appearance at the second day of Paraguay’s Asunciónico festival, when the plane she was flying en route to Paraguay made an emergency landing after being struck by lightning.

Cyrus posted a video clip from the plane, and wrote on Instagram. “To my fans and everyone worried after hearing about my flight to Asunción. Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lighting. My crew, band,  friends and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing. We were unfortunately unable to fly into Paraguay. I LOVE YOU.”

Asunción, Paraguay’s capital city, experienced massive flooding and rainfall on Tuesday, and according to an official announcement from Asunciónico posted on social media, the severe weather conditions forced organizers to cancel the festival’s opening day, which was set to feature Foo Fighters, Doja Cat and Machine Gun Kelly among its performers.

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The Lollapalooza festival has announced their 2022 lineup. The annual Chicago summer fest will feature headliners Metallica, Green Day, Dua Lipa, and J. Cole.  Also set to appear at the festival are Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby, and Kygo, along with more than 150 additional acts. Jane’s Addiction are listed as special guests.

Green Day posted on social media: “”Oh heyyy, Chicago!  Making our return to headline Lollapalooza for the first time since 2010. Can’t wait to kick it at Grant Park.”   Metallica said in a statement: “Has it really been seven years since we hit the stage at Grant Park in Chicago?!?! It’s about time that drought ends. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be headlining one of the nights during this summer’s four-day extravaganza at Lollapalooza in Chicago, July 28 – 31.”

Lollapalooza 2022 will be held in Chicago’s Grant Park from July 28–31. The festival celebrated its 30th anniversary last year with 385,000 fans in attendance, the first music gathering of its size to take place in the U.S. following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four-day tickets on sale now.  For the full lineup and ticket info, head to lollapalooza.com.

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“Saturday Night Live” has announced its April lineup of hosts, including Jerrod Carmichael, Jake Gyllenhaal and Lizzo, who will be pulling double duty as her own musical guest. Gunna and Camila Cabello will perform as musical guests along with Gyllenhaal and Carmichael.

Carmichael will make his “SNL” hosting debut April 2, joined by Gunna, who is also marking his first time at “SNL” musical guest. The Grammy-nominated artist’s latest album, “DS4Ever,” debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart.

On April 9, Gyllenhaal will host “SNL” for the second time, joined by Cabello who makes her second appearance as “SNL” musical guest.

For the April 16 show, Lizzo will be a first-time “SNL” host and second-time musical guest. The Grammy winner stars in the competition series “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” which premieres March 25 on Prime Video.

“SNL” airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC. The show also streams live on Peacock.

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The 94th Academy Awards announced an all-star lineup featuring the show’s music director Adam Blackstone, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and singer Sheila E. as among those who will perform at the ceremony. Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS have also been confirmed to perform their Oscar-nominated song “No Time to Die,” from the James Bond film of the same name, during the ceremony.  Eilish, 20 and FINNEAS, 24, are first-time Oscar nominees, and widely considered the favorites to take home the best original song Oscar statuette, having already been awarded the equivalent Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Grammy awards.

Pianist Robert Glasper and the Samples, a vocal group led by Jason White, are also set to perform, and DJ D-Nice — who united millions of people around the world with his virtual Club Quarantine parties over the past 2 years –will appear during the show, as well as at the Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars celebration.  D-Nice will also host the official Oscars Club Quarantine pre-party featuring special guests via Instagram Live on Friday, March 25th at 9:30 p.m. EST.

More musical guests will be announced in the days leading up to the show. The Oscars, hosted by Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, will air live from the Dolby Theater on ABC Sunday, March 27, at 8 p.m. EST.

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Machine Gun Kelly has announced a global tour across the U.S. and Europe in support of his upcoming album, ‘Mainstream Sellout,’ which will officially drop this Friday, March 25th.  MGK will be joined by Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, Blackbear, Trippie Redd, Willow, Iann Dior, PVRIS an 44phantom on select dates of the tour.

The North American leg of the ‘Mainstream Sellout’ tour will begin June 8 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, wrapping-up on Aug. 13 at the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.

The European leg begins Sept. 17 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, concluding on Oct. 12 at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mainstream Sellout is available for preorder HERE.   Tickets for the tour go on sale starting Friday, March 25th at 10am local time via Ticketmaster.com.

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