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Bebe Rexha is set to perform at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 4. She'll sing her hit, "I'm Good (Blue)" a collaboration with David Guetta. Taylor Swift leads in nominations this year with five nods.

After a 10 month engagement, Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun have broken up. The two musicians first met when introduced by Machine Gun Kelly. They recorded the song, "Flames," for Mod Sun's album, Internet Killed the Rockstar.

Daft Punk will mark the 10th anniversary of Random Access Memories by releasing an expanded edition of the album. It features 35 minutes of unheard music including nine previously unreleased tracks, demos, sketches, and other rarities. The set will be available in a variety of formats beginning on May 12^th.

Gavin Rossdale is being sued by Bush's original drummer Robin Goodridge. The former bandmember claims he was kicked out of the group abruptly and without cause.

Blast reports that Goodridge agreed to join Rossdale for Bush's 25th anniversary tour in 2019 but was booted from the band before its first stop. According to the drummer's lawsuit, Rossdale refused to pay him for any of the tour's profits and violated Bush's trademark agreement.

In addition to damages, Goodridge is seeking a permanent injunction enjoining Rossdale and Bush, Inc. from using the trademark Bush.

The band's original lineup, Rossdale, Goodridge, guitarist Nigel Pulsford and bassist Dave Parsons parted ways in 2001, but according to the court filing, each founding member maintains 25% of the registered trademark "Bush."

Florence Welch's Broadway-bound musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby is ready to make its theatrical stage debut next year.

Consequence reports that Gatsby, the musical will premiere at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2024.

Aerosmith's Joe Perry is taking his solo project on the road.

The guitarist announced Wednesday (February 22nd) that The Joe Perry Project will play a handful of gigs in North America this April, starting in Mashantucket, CT on April 15th and concluding in Los Angeles, CA on April 16th.

Tickets go on sale Friday (February 24th).

The Joe Perry Project 2023 tour dates:

April 15 - Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino
April 16 - Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
April 18 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
April 20 - Des Plaines, IL @ Des Plaines Theatre
April 21 - St. Charles, IL @ Arcada Theatre
April 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

Shawn Mendes recently told The Wall Street Journal that he thinks "everyone should know what they look like with a shaved head."

The "When You're Gone" singer further explained his newly buzzed hair by saying, "I also was just feeling this urge to just shake myself up a little bit."

Mendes also opened up about his mental health struggles after calling off his world tour in July.

He told the outlet, "It's been a lot of work, but I think the last year and a half has been the most eye-opening and growing and beautiful and just healing process of my life. I'm also really grateful for all the people that were so accepting and loving and kind and understanding.

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande took to social media to tease a remix of the 2016 hit "Die For You."

Grande revealed that she worked on the song after a long day of filming Wicked in the caption of a TikTok posted Tuesday (February 21st). She explained, "Wrote and recorded a verse for my friend after a 14 hour day on set. This certain exception had to be made…."

The Weeknd reposted the video to Instagram, simply captioning the post with a smiling teary-eyed emoji.

A release date for the track has not yet been revealed.

Jimin revealed on WeVerse Tuesday (February 21st) that his forthcoming album will be called FACE. The K-pop star's first solo effort will drop on March 24th.

RM just dropped the music video for "Closer." The BTS rapper wrote on Instagram Tuesday, "We mixed some lo-fi arrangement to go with the video. It's an honor to be part of a movie I love." The visual included scenes from the 2022 romantic mystery film Decision to Leave, featuring actors Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.

This spring, Graham Nash is releasing a new album titled Now.

Through a press release the 81-year-old commented, "I believe that my new album is the most personal one I have ever made. At this point in my life, that's something to say."

The first song from the collection, "Right Now," was released on Tuesday (2 -21).

The first leg of Nash's spring U.S. Tour kicks off April 12, in Phoenixville, PA and wraps May 17, in New York City. The second leg, beginning in June, will consist of rescheduled West Coast concerts. Several shows are already sold out.

Commemorating the six decades since his first release with the Hollies, he's calling it Sixty Years of Songs and Stories.

Nash released a live recording last year, but this will mark his first studio album in seven years.

Now, will be out on May 19.

TL;DR:

• On May 19, Graham Nash is releasing a new album titled Now.
• Nash's spring U.S. Tour kicks off April 12 in Phoenixville, PA. Several shows are already sold out.

On Tuesday, February 21, Guns N' Roses announced an extensive world tour that includes 37 dates across the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

The global trek is slated to kick off on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel and they'll be in North America in August with shows scheduled in Boston, Chicago, Nashville, Toronto, St. Louis, Houston, San Diego, Phoenix and several other cities.

The Axl Rose-led group will wrap October 16, in Vancouver.

Ticket presales are available now and all general sales start on Friday, February 24.

TL;DR:

• Guns N' Roses announced an extensive world tour that includes 37 dates across the Middle East, Europe, and North America.
• The global trek will be in North America in August.
• Ticket presales are available now and all general sales start on Friday, February 24.

JONAS BROTHERS REVEAL 'THE ALBUM'S' ONLY FEATURED ARTIST: The Jonas Brothers have revealed the name of the only artist to feature on their forthcoming album. Joe Jonas told Billboard Tuesday (February 21st), "This is a big reveal here for Billboard, Jon Bellion is is featured on one of our songs on The Album." Kevin Jonas added that the album's executive producer is "the only feature" on their follow up to 2019's Happiness Begins.

CHRIS MARTIN AND HUGH JACKMAN TO CO-CHAIR GLOBAL CITIZEN NOW: Chris Martin and Hugh Jackman have been named co-chairs of the Global Citizen Now leadership summit planned for April 27th-28th in New York City. According to an announcement from Global Citizen, the duo will join political, corporate and philanthropic leaders for the program that is "focused on turning ideas into impact and driving urgent action to end extreme poverty.

After his hilarious Super Bowl commercial for Workday, Ozzy Osbourne is taking on another one, this time for PlayStation VR 2. In the ad, you see him wearing virtual reality goggles and commenting on dinosaurs that he's watching.

At one point, he says, "I'm very technical these days." Of course, much of it is bleeped.

His wife Sharon walks into the living room at the end and throws a toy bat at him.

Ozzy posted the clip on his social media pages.

TL;DR:

• Ozzy Osbourne is in a new commercial for PlayStation.
• Much of it is bleeped.
• Ozzy posted the clip on his social media pages.

Metallica posted a glimpse of what it looked like on the set of their new video for "Screaming Suicide."

You see them and the crew loading into a large empty warehouse on a cold day in January and taking instructions from the director.

The 10 minute clip also shines light on some funny interactions between band members.

"Screaming Suicide" is the second single from 72 Seasons, which will be out on April 14. The 72 minute, 12-track album, will be Metallica's first full-length collection of new material, since 2016's Hardwired… To Self-Destruct.

TL;DR:

• Metallica posted a glimpse of what it looked like on the set of their new video for "Screaming Suicide."
• The 10 minute clip shines light on some funny interactions between band members.
• "It's the second single from 72 Seasons, which will be out on April 14.

Madonna joking about how "cute" she is, following the unflattering remarks people made about her appearance at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

The Material Girl posted a photo of herself to Twitter Monday (February 20th) wearing a black cap that read, "Spiritually Hungry," and wrote, "Look how cute I am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol."

Earlier this week, the "Ray of Light" singer chastised her critics on Instagram, writing, "Instead of focusing on what I said in my speech which was about giving thanks for the fearlessness of artists like Sam Smith and Kim Petras - Many people chose to only talk about Close-up photos of me Taken with a long lens camera By a press photographer that Would distort anyone's face! "Once again I am caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny."

A trespasser was caught on camera roaming around John Mayer's Los Angeles area home last month.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ Monday (February 20th) that the suspicious person got out of the camera's range and just disappeared.

According to the outlet, police searched on foot and by helicopter but were unable to find anyone. However, authorities did not enter the singer's home because his personal security said there was no indication that the trespasser ever made it inside.

Mayer was not home at the time of the incident.

Chris Stapleton is featured on Pink's new release, "Just Say I'm Sorry." The heart-wrenching love song finds the two Grammy winning vocalist, pleading with each other to put their pride aside and live up to their mistakes. Both are listed as co-writers.

The song was posted on YouTube, but was audio only. The duet is from Pink's new album, Trustfall.

In 2019, they collaborated on a song called "Love Me Anyway" that charted on Country and Top 40 radio charts.

BRITNEY AND HUSBAND SPOTTED OUT AMID INTERVENTION RUMORS: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari were spotted dining out amid intervention rumors. The couple was spotted with her manager, Cade Hudson, at Nobu in Malibu Sunday (February 18th) night. TMZ reported earlier this month (February 9th) that friends and family were planning to stage an intervention over concerns about her mental health and substance abuse.

ADELE AND ED SHEERAN SNUB THE KING: Adele and Ed Sheeran will not be performing at King Charles' coronation. OK! reports that the King of England specifically wanted the duo to perform at the concert, which is scheduled for May 7th, the day after he will be sworn in to replace the late Queen Elizabeth III. Sheeran will be unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts, but Adele did not offer an explanation.

Kelsea Ballerini has reached another milestone in her career, as she will make her debut as a musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live next month. The episode will be hosted by Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl winning tight end Travis Kelce.

She shared the news on Instagram and wrote, "It's not 7AM and I'm not on a mountain with a view but I am in my living room screaming crying and throwing up."

After her March 4, appearance she'll head back out on her Heartfirst Tour with concerts scattered across the U.S. Currently she's in the U.K. making appearances in Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, and London this week.

Paul Rudd recently told Rolling Stone about an encounter with Neil Diamond during his DJ days.

The Ant-Man star said that he was performing at a woman's 40th birthday party, at which the "Sweet Caroline" singer was a guest. Diamond and the woman danced to his hit "September Morn" and then Rudd went around to each table to see how everyone was doing.

The actor recalled, "Neil Diamond was sitting by himself at this table and I said, 'Hello, Mr. Diamond, are you having fun tonight?' And he said, 'I am.' And then I asked him very seriously, 'That's good. But more importantly, are you Wanging Chung tonight?'

"And he looked at me, and he was even more serious, and he said, 'Well, I try and Wang Chung every night.'"

Rudd claims there "was an understanding" on his part of "how badass" Diamond is.

Halsey will release a solo version of the Post Malone collaboration, "Die For Me" on Friday (February 24th).

The singer announced on social media Friday (February 17th), "Some of you guys know there's a demo of "Die For Me" with just me on it. I performed my verse on the tour all summer long & since so many people have asked for it, I decided to put my full version out as "Die 4 Me" on 2/24."

The original track was a part of Malone's 2019 album, Bleeding.

Pink reignited rumors of a feud between herself and Christina Aguilera during a recent interview with Buzzfeed UK.

After ranking the music video for "Lady Marmalade" in last place on her list of favorite music videos, the singer explained, "It wasn't very fun to make; I'm all about fun and it was a lot of fuss. There were some ~personalities~ … Lil' Kim and Maya were nice."

When social media accused Pink of "shading" the "Beautiful" singer, she tweeted, "Y'all are nuts. Xtina had shit to do with who was on that song.If you don't know by now- I'm not "shading" someone by telling it over and over and over what actually happened."

Back in a 2009 episode of VH1's Behind The Music, The So What" singer described her experience working on "Lady Marmalade."

She explained that during a meeting, "Label executive Ron Fair walked in. He didn't say hi to any of us and said, ‘What's the high part? What's the most singing part? Christina's going to take that part. And I stood up, and I said ‘Hi. How are you? So nice of you to introduce yourself. I'm Pink. She will not be taking that part. I think that's what the f–king meeting's about.'"

Olivia Rodrigo celebrated the end of her teens in her home studio.

The "drivers license" singer shared a photo of herself wearing headphones and sunglasses on Instagram Sunday (February 19th). She referenced Weatus's 2000 hit in her caption, writing, "2day is my last day of being a teenage dirtbag."

The singer-songwriter turns 20 on February 20th.

Def Leppard and Motley Crue are on the road together again. This time they decided to all travel in the same rented plane, but couldn't agree on who would get their name first on the side of the aircraft.

So, in a video posted online, the bandmembers all gathered to make the decision. As they all joked around, Joe Elliot flipped the coin and it landed in favor of Def Leppard. The Crue's Tommy Lee picked it up and said… "Didn't you say the best of three, right?" They all laughed when told that top billing had to pay more.

At one point they joked about naming the plane… Def Crue. One thing for sure, the two super groups are having a great time hanging out together.

Shows are currently scheduled through mid-August and all concerts that month include special guest, Alice Cooper.

NIALL HORAN SAYS LEWIS CAPALDI COLLAB WON'T BE RELEASED: Niall Horan says there's "not much point" in releasing the songs he recorded with Lewis Capaldi. The former One Direction singer told the Daily Star, "There was a night we went into the studio and wrote a couple of songs. They clearly weren't good enough because we would have heard them by now. He added, "One of them was actually decent to be fair. But you get one go at a collab and until we both absolutely adore it and spend more time in the studio, there's not much point in releasing it I don't think."

LOUIS TOMLINSON SPOTTED WITH SOFIE NYVANG: It looks like Louis Tomlinson may have a new woman in his life. E! News reports that the One Direction alum was spotted holding hands with Sofie Nyvang in Los Angeles on Wednesday (February 15th) as they grabbed coffee at a local café. The news comes one month after it was reported that Tomlinson split from his on-and-off girlfriend Eleanor Calder.