Halsey Splits From Capitol Records

It was reported this week that Kym Marsh has called time on her marriage to Army Major Scott Ratcliff just 18 months after tying the knot, allegedly a result of their busy careers. And detailing the realities of what being an 'army wife' entails, the soap actress, 46, said that being busy means "it’s quite easy to forget who you are as a person" while chatting with OK! last year following the couple's honeymoon.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Aerosmith has announced a 40-date farewell tour for this fall, saying in an announcement Monday morning that the band is calling it quits on road dates after a more than five-decade career. Their “Peace Out” tour begins Sept. 2 in Philadelphia and is scheduled to wrap up Jan. 26, 2024 in Montreal. The hometown show for Boston on the tour is slated for New Year’s Eve. The Black Crowes will open the Live Nation-produced trek. All dates go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. There was little — actually, no — sentimentality in the group’s announcement. “It’s not goodbye, it’s peace out!” said a statement jointly attributed to the band members. “Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives.”

Moving on in more ways than one. Halsey’s $11.95 million home is officially for sale amid her split from boyfriend Alev Aydin.

The Blast. However, the singer wants joint split legal custody, requesting Aydin, 40, has "reasonable visitation" as they begin to establish a legal custody schedule. Neither Halsey nor Aydin have addressed their split on social media, but a source close to the singer said the pair are on good terms.

We didn’t see this one coming! Halsey and baby daddy Alev Aydin have split after over two years together! But… what about the baby??

Halsey and boyfriend Alev Aydin have officially called it quits.On Tuesday, ET learned that the pair, who share 1-year-old son Ender, have decided to go their separate ways, with the «Bad at Love» singer requesting full physical custody of the little one.Per court docs obtained by ET, Halsey, whose real name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, filed a petition to determine parental relationship with the film producer — a filing used by parents who share a child together and are not married, to establish child custody, visitation, and/or child support.While Halsey is requesting full physical custody, the docs show that the 28-year-old musician is seeking joint legal custody of Ender and «reasonable» visitation to be granted to Aydin.According to the docs, Ender has lived with both parents for the past year and eight months of his life, including in Los Angeles, from February until the «present» day. Halsey is asking the court to order both parties to split the costs of establishing paternity and their attorney's fees. Following the filing, a source told ET that the split was amicable, and that the pair plan to co-parent.ET has reached out to both Halsey and Aydin's reps for comment.Halsey and Aydin welcomed Ender back in July 2021, with the singer announcing his arrival by sharing a black-and-white shot from their hospital room.

It’s over. Halsey has split from partner Alev Aydin and is seeking full physical custody of their son, Ender, Us Weekly confirms.

Halsey and boyfriend Alev Aydin have officially called it quits.On Tuesday, ET learned that the pair, who share 1-year-old son Ender, have decided to go their separate ways, with the «Bad at Love» singer requesting full physical custody of the little one.Per court docs obtained by ET, Halsey, whose real name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, filed a petition to determine parental relationship with the film producer — a filing used by parents who share a child together and are not married, to establish child custody, visitation, and/or child support.While Halsey is requesting full physical custody, the docs show that the 28-year-old musician is seeking joint legal custody of Ender and «reasonable» visitation to be granted to Aydin.According to the docs, Ender has lived with both parents for the past year and eight months of his life, including in Los Angeles, from February until the «present» day. Halsey is asking the court to order both parties to split the costs of establishing paternity and their attorney's fees. ET has reached out to both Halsey and Aydin's reps for comment.Halsey and Aydin welcomed Ender back in July 2021, with the singer announcing his arrival by sharing a black-and-white shot from their hospital room.

Scots Love Island winner Paige Turley has reportedly split from her boyfriend Finley Tapp three years on from meeting in the South African villa.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift is looking at becoming the first artist to have an exclusive Record Store Day release enter the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart when the next results are reported this coming weekend. That’s because nearly all 75,000 domestic copies of her RSD-exclusive double-LP, “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions,” are believed to have sold through within a day of having gone on sale Saturday. Even though the 75,000 copies of “Long Pond Studio Sessions” issued in the U.S. was almost four times as many copies as any RSD release has been issued with before, it was no surprise that it was a hot enough commodity to sell out in a day. The 115,000 copies that went out globally are said to be the only pressing the album will ever receive. While that might be a high quantity for anybody else, it’s worth remembering that Swift’s previous album, “Midnights,” sold about 400,000 copies in its first day out — and that was without the promise that it would never be available again.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic U2 has announced the first dates this fall for a series of shows being billed as “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” — just five nights in late September and early October, for now, although the possibility of more shows being added seems more like a probability. The ambition and logistical planning of creating a unique show for Sphere, the world’s most technologically advanced space for music, certainly ultimately augurs for a longer run, even if U2 has studiously been avoiding sticking around Vegas quite long enough to merit the avoided word “residency.” U2’s guitarist, the Edge, got on a Zoom with Variety last week to discuss the enormously ambitious run of shows, following a demonstration of the design and technology for Sphere that was held for a handful of media representatives at a scale model of the building in Burbank. Although the concerts will be themed around the 1991 “Achtung Baby” album (with the “UV” in the show’s title referring to the album track “Ultraviolet”), the Edge said that Sphere itself was the reason for conceiving the new show. “When we found out about what this venue was really offering us creatively, we kind of saw it as a throwdown … as a challenge,” he says.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The checkout lines for Record Store Day might move more swiftly than usual this year, due to the likely numbers of customers who will be buying one exclusive album and one exclusive alone — Taylor Swift’s “Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions,” the most massively coveted item RSD has seen or ever might see. And listen, we’ll be picking it up, too… if supplies last. (The title has been pressed in quantities of 75,000 for the U.S. and 115,000 for the world — about four times as many as any previous RSD title. Will those be enough to last on shelves for even a day? We’ll find out.) But slow down, Swifties. There are 300 other new releases where that one came from, and this is a chance to indulge some other retail-therapy whims or make some new discoveries. Yes, there are hundreds of middle-aged guys outside in line behind you who weren’t motivated to get up quite so early, and why should they be the only ones who get to enjoy newly minted LPs from the Cure, Arooj Aftab, Nas, Orville Peck, Charlie Parker or the Pixies on a Saturday night? There’s more to life than hoarding Taylor Swift, and it is hoarding absolutely everything that has a “limited edition” sticker slapped on it, with no prejudice as to the genre, level of obscurity or how long the artist has been dead.

Tom Parker's widow Kelsey Parker has reportedly split from her boyfriend of five months, electrician Sean Boggans. The 32 year old mum of two, who shared children Aurelia, three, and Bhodi, two, with The Wanter star, is said to have been struggling with the anniversary of Tom's death in March and subsequent funeral this month, as she opened up on her Instagram. Kelsey was thought to have started dating Kent-born Sean, 44, eight months after the death of her late husband, who had been fighting an incurable brain tumour in the months before his death.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Eric Clapton announced Monday that his recurring Crossroads Guitar Festival will take place in Los Angeles this fall, with a roster of 41 guest musicians or bands set to take the stage across two nights at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Sept. 23-24. Musicians due to perform one or both nights include Santana, the War on Drugs, the John Mayer Trio, ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr., H.E.R., Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Vince Gill, Stephen Stills, Jimmy Vaughan, Robbie Robertson, the Del McCoury Band and Joe Bonamassa. Others announced include John McLaughlin, Albert Lee, Doyle Bramhall II, Keb’ Mo’, Roger McGuinn, Robert Randolph, Jakob Dylan, Sierra Hull, Marcus King, Eric Gales, Sonny Landreth, Pedro Martins, James Bullard, Andy Fairweather Low, Samantha Fish, Ariel Posen, Ben Haggard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the Bros. Landreth, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gustavo Satnaolalla, Danial Santiago and Bradley Walker.

Halsey and their record label Capitol Records are going their separate ways.

Halsey has reportedly left Capitol Records in a “bittersweet” split.Spokespersons for both the artist and the label are reported to have confirmed the end of Halsey’s time at Capitol this evening (Saturday, April 15). Variety claims that both Halsey’s managers at Anti-Pop and the record company have confirmed the ‘Without Me’ singer and Capitol have agreed to end their collaboration.“After eight great years the decision to leave Capitol is bittersweet, but we are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said the pop star’s managers, Jason Aron and Anthony Li, in a statement seen by the publication.Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Capitol issued a statement saying: “Everyone at Capitol poured their hearts and souls into helping Halsey achieve their dreams and present their music to the world.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Bob Dylan made a performance film, “Shadow Kingdom,” that streamed via the Veeps platform for one week in July 2021, Variety reviewed the special, writing that it had “new arrangements so good that pretty much everybody who was watching Sunday was clamoring for a soundtrack to the event, preferably on LP.” That wish is coming true, two years later. (But not just on vinyl.) The music from “Shadow Kingdom” will be released in album form in June. The album version shall be released June 6 on streaming platforms and as a CD and double-LP. The film itself, out of circulation since that initial one-week pay-per-view window, will become available for rental and download for the first time in June, as well.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress has issued its annual list of 25 recordings that will be added to the esteemed list, covering a range that runs a gamut from the very first time mariachi music was captured for posterity in the early 1900s to Daddy Yankee’s “Carolina” about a hundred years later. In-between are some curiosities and monster hits that the Library deems worthy of preservation for all time — although, in the case of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the prospect of it the recording falling into disrepair due to neglect will probably not be an issue any century soon. Among the enduring smashes from the second half of the 20th century that made the list: Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Queen Latifah’s “All Hail the Queen,” Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s “Déjà Vu,” Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville,” John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe,” Irene Cara’s “Flashdance… What a Feeling,” Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and the Police’s “Synchronicity.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Brandi Carlile has been added as a participant in the NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif. Thursday, where she will be interviewed about the insights she has gleaned into record production over her career. The biggest annual conference for musicians is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center Thursday through Saturday. Her session, “Brandi Carlile on Producing and Uncovering the Artist in the Studio,” will take place Thursday from 1-1:50 p.m. and will have the singer-songwriter-producer being interviewed by producer/engineer/mixer Dave Way, who has worked on Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” and “Extraordinary Machine” as well as albums by Ringo Starr, Pink and others.

Coronation Street star Alex Bain has reportedly split from his fiancee just six months after the pair got engaged. The 21-year-old actor, who has played Simon Barlow for over 15 years, is said to have split up with fiancée Mollie Lockwood last month after three years together, writes The Mirror.