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Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Nothing like offering up something non-existent as a prize at a charity auction.As USA Today reports, the organizers of a charity event called the 12th Unbridled Eve Derby Gala, set for May 2 in Louisville, Kentucky, had to apologize after it was reported that one of the prizes for the event's auction was tickets to Taylor Swift's 2026 tour.  The problem? Taylor hasn't announced […]

Katia Temkin/Republic Ariana Grande has released a deluxe version of her most recent album, eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead, along with a short film that continues the story she began in one of her videos from 2024. Why is she putting so much effort into this particular album? Apparently it's because she likes it the best.In a behind-the-scenes feature about the making of the short film, brighter days ahead, Ari […]

Courtesy Blue Origin Following Katy Perry's trip to space on Monday as part of an all-female Blue Origin mission, the official social platform X account for Wendy's made headlines by poking fun her. The burger chain has now apologized — sort of.In response to a post that said, "Katy Perry has returned from space," the Wendy's account wrote, "Can we send her back?" It also wrote, "When we said women in […]

Taylor Swift and Selena Williams onstage in 2016; Brian Rasic/LP5/Getty Images for TAS Serena Williams and Taylor Swift were both at the Super Bowl earlier this year — Serena onstage with halftime performer Kendrick Lamar and Taylor in the stands — but the two didn't interact, even though Serena wanted to.Serena is featured on the TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people of 2025, a list that Taylor made in […]

Glen Luchford As promised, Miley Cyrus has released a video showing her performing her new single "End of the World" live at LA's Chateau Marmont last year, as part of her appearance on the Netflix show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.Before she begins the stripped-down, intimate performance, Miley says, "This song, I wrote for the woman sitting next to the man that I don't know, David […]

Courtesy Ed Sheeran What does it look like when a ginger-haired British guy crashes a Persian wedding? A lot like Ed Sheeran's new video for "Azizam."The clip starts with Ed in the studio trying to come up with ideas. He gets up and starts walking, trips over a rug and finds himself magically transported into a building where preparations for a Persian wedding are underway. He's swarmed by the guests, […]

Heather Hazzan Gracie Abrams has rocked arenas all over the world, but is a stadium tour in her future?  "Hell yeah," she tells Billboard in a new cover story, but then adds, "I could have never imagined myself admitting to that.”While on tour with Taylor Swift, Gracie performed in stadiums every night. She tells Billboard, "I think having had the privilege of opening for Taylor in the stadiums that we […]

TAS Rights Management For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was named major tour of the year at the Pollstar Awards, held Wednesday night in LA.  The awards were given by Pollstar, the industry publication that covers live entertainment.Taylor wasn't present at the ceremony, but many of the winners were, including Jelly Roll, whose Beautifully Broken tour was named country tour of the year, and John […]

Dave Benett/Getty Images Ed Sheeran's last two albums -- 2023's Subtract and Autumn Variations -- were both downbeat records inspired by Ed's grief and depression as he dealt with the death of his best friend, his wife's medical issues, being sued for copyright infringement and more.  As such, they didn't exactly set the charts on fire, but Ed says his pal Elton John told him not to worry about that.Speaking to […]