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Petros Studio Now that Ed Sheeran has released "Azizam," the first single from his new album, Play, you'd think the album wouldn't be too far behind. But it turns out we're going to have to wait quite a while for it.In an interview with London's Hits Radio, Ed revealed, "The album will come after summer, and I know it's, like, a long wait but I'm doing a lot of music drops […]

Capitol/UMe There's a new remix out and it's so good, so good, so good!Neil Diamond's iconic hit "Sweet Caroline," heard at sporting events, weddings and Sweet 16s worldwide, has been given its first-ever official remix by DJ duo Two Friends.Katie Diamond, Neil's wife and manager, says, "An official dance remix of 'Sweet Caroline' has been a long-standing idea and the new Two Friends version both honors the song’s legacy while […]

Dave Simpson/Getty Images Dua Lipa continued her trend of covering songs by local acts during her April 4 show in New Zealand.Having previously performed Lorde's "Royals" at her first show in Auckland on April 2, Dua raised the bar for Friday's show: She didn't just perform a tune by a famous New Zealand musical act, she did it with the guy who originally wrote and sang it.The song in question […]

XNY/Star Max/GC Images Justin Bieber is so moving on. He's posted an animated short film on Instagram that serves as an ad for his new clothing brand, skylrk — which is possibly pronounced "skylark," though that hasn't been confirmed. In the film, set to Eddie Benjamin's song "Maniac," Justin is seen riding an electric scooter to a house that represents his former clothing brand, Drew House. That brand's logo is on […]

Live Nation If you didn't get a ticket to Lady Gaga's upcoming tour The MAYHEM Ball, you may have to conjure one up by saying "Abracadabra," because they're all sold out.After all the original dates on the tour sold out, she added 13 new dates, and those sold out as well. The new dates included third shows in Las Vegas, Miami, Toronto, Chicago and Barcelona, four shows in London and Paris […]

Glen Luchford Third time's a charm for Miley Cyrus. After releasing "Prelude" -- a spoken word piece -- and "Something Beautiful," which combined jazz-pop and metal, Miley has now given us a straight-ahead pop tune as the first official single from her upcoming album. "End of the World" is out now, along with a video that shows Miley singing the tune while writhing on the floor. She's rocking a tiny green […]

Petros Studio Ed Sheeran has finally released his new single "Azizam," along with a video, but it's not the "official" one.The video that's out now is the "pink heart" version, which shows Ed traveling to various cities -- including New York, LA, Nashville, New Orleans Boston and the home of his favorite soccer team, Ipswich, England --  while holding a pink, heart-shaped balloon. "we filmed this across USA (and a bit […]

Interscope Records Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote the songs for the 1973 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in just 2 1/2 weeks, with Elton sometimes knocking out a tune in 30 minutes or less. So it's not surprising that Elton's new album with Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels? — which also features songwriting from Bernie and producer Andrew Watt — took just 20 days to complete.Watt tells ABC Audio, "Elton is like […]

Disney/Gizelle Hernandez For the first time ever, American Idol will be airing an Easter-themed special episode. The three-hour episode, called "Songs of Faith," will air April 20 — Easter Sunday — on ABC. It'll feature performances from Jelly Roll, who is American Idol's artist in residence this season, as well as gospel star CeCe Winans, Christian artist Brandon Lake and Idol alum Roman Collins.In addition, judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan […]