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Courtesy MTV While the MTV VMA telecast on Sunday was pretty star-studded, with acts like Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey performing, the show's producer revealed which stars he tried and failed to book on the show.Speaking to Rolling Stone, producer Van Toffler said there were "undoubtedly, absolutely" artists that he wanted on the show, but he just couldn't swing. When asked if Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift were among them, Toffler said […]

Ed Sheeran performs in Madrid, Spain in May, 2025 Ed Sheeran's Mathematics tour officially started in April 2022 in Dublin, and on Sunday it finally ended in Germany after 160 shows. Ed took to Instagram on Tuesday to reflect on the success of the tour and to thank those involved."When the Divide tour ended in 2019, I had already planned Mathematics in my head," he wrote. He added that his vision […]

Alex Warren at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for MTV) A day after taking home the best new artist trophy at the MTV VMAs and performing for thousands at the UBS Arena in Queens, New York, Alex Warren scaled things down for an intimate show in Manhattan.As part of Verizon's Concerts in the City program, Alex performed a mostly acoustic set for about 350 sweepstakes winners […]

Lady Gaga The MAYHEM Ball (Live Nation) Fresh off her MTV VMA wins, Lady Gaga has expanded her MAYHEM Ball tour into 2026.The new dates start Feb. 14 in Glendale, Arizona, and will feature Gaga returning to New York's Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles' Kia Forum for more shows, as well as visiting additional cities including Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C., Montreal, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Fort Worth, Texas. She's also rescheduled […]

'Fa La La Family' by Scott & Mark Hoying (Henry Holt and Co./Artwork by Steph Lew) Scott Hoying of Pentatonix has got a lot going on at the moment: He was just announced as a contestant on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and he and his husband Mark Hoying just released their second children's book, Fa La La Family -- and a whole children's holiday album to go with it.Scott tells ABC Audio […]

Celebrities won’t stop volunteering to help Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce out with their wedding. Martha Stewart offered to be their wedding planner; the band Foreigner wants to be their wedding band. Now, Cake Boss Buddy Valastro has offered to make the couple’s wedding cake, noting on his Instagram Story that he'd created one for Taylor's Speak Now tour in 2011.Pink's pre-birthday celebration on Sunday involved attending the U.S. Open, where she was […]

Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV) Sabrina Carpenter has the #1 album in the country with Man's Best Friend, but she probably isn't crying over the fact that her new single, "Tears," debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.That's because she currently has two songs in the top five. In addition to "Tears" at #3, Sabrina's former chart-topper "Manchild" has rebounded […]

Britney Spears and Elton John at the 21st Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, February, 2013 (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for EJAF) Britney Spears' Instagram musings are interesting, to say the least, but now the subject of one of her musings has responded.Back in 2022, Elton John and Britney teamed up for "Hold Me Closer," a song that mashed up Elton's hits "The One" and "Tiny Dancer." Britney's […]

Ed Sheeran, 'Play' album (Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records) Sabrina Carpenter partnered with Van Leeuwen ice cream last year for a signature flavor inspired by her hit "Espresso." Now Ed Sheeran is teaming with the company for a flavor inspired by the color of his upcoming album.People reports that on Wednesday, Van Leeuwen will launch Play Pink ice cream — two days before Ed's album Play, which has a pink cover, is released. […]