Broadway Across America Announces New Executive Team, Richard Jaffe Named CEO

Shania Twain has announced a new Las Vegas residency in 2024 featuring hits from her 1997 album ‘Come On Over’.The singer is set to perform 24 shows at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood, from May 10 until December 14.Tickets for what will be her third residency will go on sale next Monday (June 21) and can be purchased here. A pre-sale will also be held from tomorrow (August 16) from 6pm BST until Sunday (August 20) until 6am BST and tickets will be available here.She said in a press release: “I am excited to be returning to Vegas for my third residency COME ON OVER, performing in Vegas is a huge honour and I love this theatre.

American actress Zooey Deschanel has announced her engagement to Jonathan Scott, the co-host of a US reality TV show, Property Brothers.The New Girl star, 43, and Jonathan, 45, both posted a photo to their Instagram accounts which showed Deschanel sporting pink nails and an engagement ring with a photo caption that read: “Forever starts now”. A number of celebrities commented on Zooey’s post, offering their best wishes.

Sufjan Stevens has announced his new album ‘Javelin’ and shared lead single ‘So You Are Tired’ – listen to it below.‘Javelin’ is due out on October 6 via Asthmatic Kitty Records, and is available to pre-save/ pre-order here. The LP marks the artist’s first solo album since 2020’s ‘The Ascension‘, and his first back in “full singer-songwriter mode” since ‘Carrie & Lowell‘, according to a press release.It also follows his April release ‘Reflections’, a studio recording of his score for the ballet by choreographer Justin Peck.Lead single ‘So You Are Tired’ is a gentle piano number that gradually swells to introduce guitars, percussion and a choir of powerful vocals. “So you are tired of us / So rest your head,” Stevens sings.Listen to it below.The forthcoming 10-track album sees “the entire experience of Stevens’ 25-year career brought to bear in four-minute bursts of choral, orchestral, and electric wonder”, as per the release.The musician worked with a close circle of collaborators on the new LP, including adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui, Nedelle Torrisi and Bryce Dessner.

Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in California Wednesday night.“There’s something that I’ve been planning for a really, really, really, ridiculously, embarrassingly long time, and instead of telling you about it, I think I’ll just sort of show you,” Swift said onstage as the “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” graphic popped up on a screen behind her.The “Blank Space” singer also confirmed the album drop on her social media accounts.“Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27,” she wrote.Her album re-record of “1989” will feature mega-hits such as “Shake It Off,” “Bad Blood” and “Welcome to New York.” This will be the musician’s fourth remake since announcing her re-recording project in 2019, after a highly publicized dispute with Scooter Braun over the ownership of her masters. Since then has re-released several albums: 2008’s “Fearless,” 2010’s “Speak Now” and 2012’s “Red.”“To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced her next single, ‘Bad Idea Right?’ – check out the artwork below.The song will appear on the pop singer’s second studio album ‘Guts’, which is due for release on September 8 via Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).Following on from the record’s lead single, ‘Vampire’, ‘Bad Idea Right?’ is scheduled to arrive this Friday (August 11). Rodrigo shared the news on social media yesterday (August 7), where she also posted the track’s cover art.The image sees the star looking into a mirror after scrawling the song’s title across the glass with red lipstick.Additionally, Rodrigo said in an email to fans that she was “so stoked” to share ‘Bad Idea Right?’ with them (via the Line Of Best Fit).“The song is pretty different from ‘Vampire’ & shows another side of ‘Guts’that’s a little more fun & playful,” she continued.

Former MasterChef champion Simon Wood has announced a new style menu for his award-winning Manchester restaurant WOOD. The acclaimed chef is to celebrate the restaurant's sixth year on First Street with a 'more casual approach to dining'.

Kim Se-jeong has announced her return as a musician with a new album titled ‘문(門)’ due out in September.The announcement was made over Twitter (X) at midnight KST today (August 8), detailing the upcoming project’s format, title and release date of September 4 at 6pm KST. ‘문(門)’ directly translates to English as “door”.

Kristin Cavallari is going beyond the beach in her brand new podcast!Dear Media'spremieres Sept. 12, and will feature the reality star, lifestyle entrepreneur and mom of three getting real about all different kinds of relationships — from personal, romantic and family bonds, to relationships with food, wellness, spirituality, career and more.«Every Tuesday, the Uncommon James founder will welcome a special guest, ranging from celebrities to experts, for candid, thought-provoking conversations to gain insight and develop new tools for building healthy relationships in every area of life,» Dear Media shared while announcing the new pod.

Broadway Across America, a leading presenter of first-class touring productions in North America, has announced a new executive team, with current co-CEO Rich Jaffe named sole CEO.

Jaden Thompson Unity Wētā Tools has launched its newest tools to help artists work more efficiently on digital character creation and in film production. Wētā Tools, recently acquired by Unity, is a platform offering tools for creating 3D content and experiences. This new division of Unity aims to deliver solutions for artists to collaborate and create 2D and 3D content.

Taylor Swift has announced a further run of North American ‘Eras’ dates for 2024.Swift is currently playing the final dates of the mammoth world tour’s first leg, but has now confirmed she will be playing more US dates, as well as shows in Canada with multiple dates in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto.“Turns out it’s NOT the end of an era!” Swift tweeted to announce the new dates, for which she will be supported by Gracie Abrams.

Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

Nicolas Cage‘s son Wes Cage has announced details of a new solo single called ‘The Wolf’.He previously fronted the California black metal band Eyes Of Noctum, and emerged with a solo career in 2014, sharing ‘Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)’.Discussing the new song, which is set to land on October 27, he said: “The music we’re doing is part of my essence and always needed to be released.“Lyrically, ‘The Wolf’ touches on the dichotomy between the higher and lower selves. One represents strength, intelligence, organisation, responsibility; the other, destitution, failure, depression, sadness.”See the track’s artwork below.A post shared by Weston Cage Coppola (@westoncagecoppola)In 2014, Cage spoke of how he bonded with his father over music, telling Journey Of A Frontman (via Blabbermouth): “The last concert we went to was Mötley Crüe in Vegas where Tommy Lee almost started a fight with me.

A post shared by Charlie Puth (@charlieputh)The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter shared with the world that his upcoming single is titled “Lipstick.” The tune is scheduled to drop on Friday, August 18, just about two weeks from now. Puth’s announcement didn’t arrive in the form of a simple text post or a conventional image.

One day after Justin Trudeau announced his divorce, Taylor Swift may have just turned things around for the Canadian Prime Minister.

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Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood have announced a new London art exhibition.The show, which is titled ‘The Crow Flies Part One’, is due to run at the Tin Man Art gallery at Cromwell Place in South Kensington between September 6-10.It’ll feature a series of new paintings that long-term friends and collaborators Yorke and Donwood created together over the past two years.Per a description, the works began as cover artwork for ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’, the 2022 debut album from Yorke’s side-project The Smile, whose line-up is completed by Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner.“The wider series will be presented alongside a Flemish woven tapestry commissioned by the artists in London to celebrate the album’s one-year anniversary,” the official listing reads.“This exhibition marks a significant moment in a 30-year artistic partnership for Yorke and Donwood, who worked on it together in Oxford and Brighton between 2021 and 2023. It takes its name from Ted Hughes’ poem Crow (1966-69), from which the band name The Smile is also derived, and draws inspiration from the Bodleian Libraries’ collection of Islamic pirate maps and 1960s US military topographic charts.“The works comprise a mixture of gouache, tempera and powdered mushroom on canvas and feature an extensive language of signs and symbols developed by the artists and codified via supporting imagery.”Tickets for the exhibition are available free of charge – you can book yours here.Donwood has created the art for all of Radiohead’s albums and promotional materials since 1994, as well as all of Yorke’s solo records.

Ethan Shanfeld Wilco is gearing up to release its 13th studio album, “Cousin,” on Sept. 29.

Burna Boy has shared the launch single ‘Big 7’ along with details of his upcoming seventh studio album ‘I Told Them’. Check it out below.Last month, the Nigerian star released his Brandy-sampling nostalgic song ‘Sittin’ on Top Of The World’ with Atlantan rapper 21 Savage.

Manchester United have penned a new 10-year deal with sportswear giants Adidas worth £900million across the course of the agreement.