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Following the release last fall of her single “Bite Me,” Avril Lavigne has dropped “Love It When You Hate Me” featuring blackbear — the second single from her upcoming album Love Sux.  Lavigne posted a video of her rocking out to her newest single on Twitter shortly following the drop.  You can watch the official lyric video for “Love It When You Hate Me” – here.

Lavigne also announced Love Sux is due out Feb. 25 via Travis Barker‘s DTA Records, and will feature appearances from Machine Gun Kelly and blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus.  In addition, Lavigne is set to head out on her 2022 world tour next month, kicking-off in Amsterdam on Feb. 26 and finishing up in Victoria, California, on May 25.  Check out the full list of tour dates and ticket information – here.

To pre-save/pre-order Love Sux – head here.

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Celine Dion announced over the weekend that she is canceling the remaining dates on the North American leg of her latest concert tour. The 53-year-old Dion wrote on her website that she was suffering from “severe and persistent muscle spasms,” which were preventing her from taking the stage.

Dion posted on Instagram: “I was really hoping that I’d be good to go by now, but I suppose I just have to be more patient and follow the regimen that my doctors are prescribing,

There’s a lot of organizing and preparation that goes into our shows, and so we have to make decisions today which will affect the plans two months down the road. I’ll be so glad to get back to full health, as well as all of us getting past this pandemic, and I can’t wait to be back on stage again. Meanwhile, I’ve been very touched by all the words of encouragement that everyone’s been sending to me on social media. I feel your love and support and it means the world to me.”

The North American leg of Dion’s Courage World Tour was set to kick-off March 9 at the Ball Arena in Denver, before wrapping up on April 22 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The European leg of the trek is still scheduled to begin on May 25 in Birmingham, England as of press time.

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Shawn Mendes has shared the official music video for his latest single “It’ll Be Okay,” which showcases the streets of Mendes’ hometown of Toronto. The video is directed by Jay Martin, who also helmed the visuals for Mendes’ “Stitches,” “Mercy,” and “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back.”

“It’ll Be Okay” marks the first release from Mendes since teaming up with Latin superstar Tainy for “Summer of Love.” Both tracks follow the release of the singer’s fourth studio album, Wonder, which featured the hit songs “Wonder” and “Monster” featuring Justin Bieber.

Next up, Mendes will hit the road on the Wonder world tour, which begins in Denmark on March 14 and wraps in Newark, New Jersey on October 26. Throughout the tour Mendes will be joined by special guests King Princess, Tate McRae, and Dermot Kennedy on select dates. For more information and ticket sales, visit the official Wonder world tour website.

Take a look at the video for “It’ll Be Okay” – here.

To stream or purchase “It’ll Be Okay”, head here.

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The full Coachella 2022 has been announced, with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Ye headlining.  Coachella announced the lineup on social media, tweeting: “Presale for Weekend 2 starts Friday 1/14 at 10am PT. Weekend 1 is sold out. Register now at http://coachella.com“.  Ye (formerly Kanye West) was the first headliner to return to the SoCal festival, which will be held back-to-back the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24, 2022.

Other performers include Phoebe Bridgers, Lil Baby, Big Sean and Daniel Caesar, who will perform alongside Friday headliner Harry Styles; Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Anitta and Giveon joined Saturday headliner Billie Eilish; And Doja Cat, Run the Jewels, Karol G, Maggie Rogers and Ari Lennox to join headliner Ye on Sunday.

The last time Coachella was held was in 2019; the 2020 and 2021 iterations were canceled due to COVID-19. Rage Against The Machine had been announced as the headliner along with Travis Scott and Frank Ocean 2020, but none will be performing at the 2022 festival.

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Adele is starting off the new year with a new music video for her hit single, “Oh My God.”

Adele had teased the latest video on Instagram last Thursday, sharing a short black and white clip of herself singing in a vintage-style dress.  “Oh My God” is the second track from Adele’s album 30 to receive a music video, following the release of her smash hit “Easy On Me,” which garnered over 200 million views.

Take a look at the music video for Adele’s “Oh My God” – here.

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The Weeknd has released the official video for “Gasoline,” the second track off his most recent album, Dawn FM.  Directed by Matilda Finn, the eccentric “Gasoline” video features The Weeknd portraying his character off the cover of Dawn FM—an old version of himself.

The Weeknd just dropped Dawn FM on January 7, and is his first album since After Hours was released in March 2020.  The Weeknd’s video for “Sacrifice”– the fifth song on the record — premiered the day of Dawn FM’s release, and he hinted on Twitter that Dawn FM may be part of a new trilogy of albums, tweeting: “i wonder… did you know you’re experiencing a new trilogy?” 

Dawn FM is also the musician’s fifth studio album, and it features collaborators including Oneohtrix Point Never, Quincy Jones, Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, and Jim Carrey. The Weeknd is set to embark this summer on a stadium tour, supporting both After Hours and Dawn FM.

Take a look at the video for “Gasoline” – here.

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Actress Megan Fox and musician Machine Gun Kelly are engaged.

On Wednesday, Fox wrote in the caption of an Instagram post announcing the engagement:  “In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree. We asked for magic. We were oblivious to the pain we would face together in such a short, frenetic period of time. Unaware of the work and sacrifices the relationship would require from us but intoxicated off of the love. And the karma.  Somehow a year and a half later, having walked through hell together, and having laughed more than I ever imagined possible, he asked me to marry him.  And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes … and then we drank each other’s blood.”

Kelly wrote on his Instagram along with a picture of the couple’s ring: “Beneath the same branches we fell in love under, I brought her back to ask her to marry me. I know tradition is one ring, but I designed it with Stephen Webster to be two: the emerald (her birth stone) and the diamond (my birth stone) set on two magnetic bands of thorns that draw together as two halves of the same soul forming the obscure heart that is our love. 1-11-2022.”

The pair met in March of 2020 while filming “Midnight in the Switchgrass,” and the couple confirmed their relationship in June 2020. This will be MGK’s first marriage, and Fox’s second.  Fox was married to ‘90210’ actor Brian Austin Green for 10 years, with whom she shares three sons.

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The soundtrack to the Walt Disney animated musical film ‘Encanto’ has hit No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.  The soundtrack jumped from 7-1 in its sixth week on the list, and is the first soundtrack to hit No.1 in more than two years, since Disney’s Frozen II sat atop the list for one week in Dec. 14, 2019.  Encanto earned 72,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 6. Streaming activity of the set’s songs drove the majority of that unit sum.

The Encanto soundtrack, with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was released on November 19, before the film arrived in U.S. theaters on November 24. The movie was released via the Disney+ streaming service a month later. Additionally, Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” becomes the first Disney Animation song to hit the top five on the Hot 100 since Frozen’s “Let It Go.”   You can take a listen to “We Dont Talk About Bruno” – here.

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The BottleRock Napa Valley music festival is scheduled to take place May 27-29 at the Napa Valley Expo, with Pink, Twenty-One Pilots and Metallica among the headliners of the three-day event.  Pitbull, Mount Westmore, and Luke Combs are also among the featured acts.

Along with the musical actds scheduled to perform on five stages, BottleRock Napa Valley features a culinary stage with celebrity chefs as well as food and drinks from the finest area restaurants, wineries and craft breweries.  BottleRock will follow all local and state health and safety guidelines in place at the time of the festival and will communicate such requirements to ticket holders before the festival.

You can check out the full lineup on the event’s official website.

For ticket information, head here.

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SZA has dropped the video for her hit song “I Hate U.” The single had been released on Soundcloud via an anonymous account in August 2021, and then made its official debut on streaming services last month. “I Hate U” went on to become the most-streamed R&B track by a female artist on Apple Music after only a week on the platform.

LaKeith Stanfield stars in the video clip, which features a picturesque coastal landscape and has Stanfield arguing on the phone, then shown solemnly walking across the beach while he contemplates his relationship.

Check out the video for “I Hate U” – here.

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