Lil Uzi Vert Plots North American ‘Pink Tape’ Tour, Their First Headlining Trek Since 2018

Sam Smith has arrived in North America for the latest leg of their Gloria Tour, and they’re playing a slightly different setlist than the one that was used in Europe!

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In one of the big deals announced out of Canada’s Fantasia Film Festival, XYZ Films has boarded North American sales rights to “New Life,” John Rosman’s feature directorial debut which is hailed by Fantasia itself as “one of the major discoveries of Fantasia 2023.” “New Life” stars Sonya Walger (“For All Mankind,” “Lost”) and Hayley Erin (“Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,” “General Hospital”) and Tony Amendola (“Annabelle,” “Curse of Llorona”). XYZ Films has also dropped the film’s first teaser, shared in exclusivity with Variety, ahead of “New Life’s” world premiere on Aug.

Naman Ramachandran XYZ Films will represent documentary “London Recruits” for North American sales, it was revealed at the ongoing Durban FilmMart. Directed by Gordon Main, the film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa’s history. In 1970, the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won. To mark the partnership, Ronnie Kasrils, now 86, the former underground African National Congress (ANC) freedom fighter at the heart of the story, participated in detonating a bucket “leaflet bomb” outside the market hotel. These were the devices deployed in 1970 by amateur secret agents that Kasrils recruited in London on orders from Tambo. The devices brought messages of hope from the banned ANC to the South African population at large.

The Harry Potter film franchise came to a conclusion with 2011′s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and our favorite young witches and wizards of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are all grown up.

A new era dawns in Washington. NFL owners have unanimously approved the Commanders’ sale from the Dan Snyder family to a group led by Josh Harris for a record $6.05 billion.

EXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has partnered with New Europe Film Sales to handle North American rights for animated feature The Peasants, directed by Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent filmmakers D.K. Welchman and Hugh Welchman. 

Bella Hadid, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Lady Gaga and Megan Fox, teamed up with Frankies Bikinis, spotted on Sydney Sweeney, Gigi Hadid, Lily Rose Depp, Camila Cabello and Sofia Richie, to launch the cutest summer swimwear collab.The 14-piece collection, created by designers Danielle Guizio and Francesca Aiello, blends Guizio’s New York flair with Aiello’s California vibe while drawing inspiration from both brands’ hottest styles.Think: Summer swim and clothing essentials featuring chic details including rosette accents, floral embroidery, and dainty ribbons on a new rose gingham print, crochet maxi and mesh dresses, a cozy lounge set, and more. «It all started in my small suburban hometown in New Jersey, where I grew up watching shows based in California, like and, completely awestruck by the West Coast lifestyle. Fast forward to now, living in New York City, I continue to seek inspiration from the contrast of both places,» Guizio said in a press release.«As Francesca and I designed the collection, I still felt that giddy burst of inspiration from the West Coast, like I was about to be a part of a lifestyle even though it wasn’t completely my own.

Thania Garcia Gunna has announced a pair of headlining concerts — his first in two years — set to take place later this September. The shows will support the release of his fourth studio effort “A Gift and a Curse,” and come months after his release from jail following his plea in the YSL gang case. Gunna will perform first on Sept. 9 at New York’s Barclays Center in Brooklyn for a show dubbed “The Gift,” and follow up with another show, “The Curse,” at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 28. Tickets for both shows will be available for general purchase starting July 21, and presale tickets for Citi card members will be available July 18. Artist Fan Club and Spotify Fan First presales go on sale July 19. In partnership with PLUS1, Gunna is also donating $1 per ticket to the Goodr Foundation, an organization supporting hunger relief initiatives.

Lionel Messi isn’t the only mega star hitting Miami this weekend.On July 21-23, the Rolling Loud Festival will take over Hard Rock Stadium for three days of hip-hop featuring some of the biggest names in music.Just a few of the icons on this year’s lineup include Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, Ice Spice, Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert.They’ll be joined by Lil Durk, 21 Savage, City Girls, Latto and Kodak Black.Trippie Redd, Ski Mask the Slump God, Don Toliver, Polo G and Chief Keef will be there too.Heck, even Anuel AA, El Alfa, Rae Sremmurd and Freddie Gibbs are on the bill.And we’re still getting started.All in all, over 100 (!) artists are set to take the stage over the long weekend.Best of all though, last-minute general admission passes are still available.At the time of publication, we found three-day passes going for as low as $307 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $144 before fees.Need a few more details before securing your tix?Keep reading.We’ve got all the Rolling Loud 2023 information you’re looking for just one short scroll away.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown including all the best single and multi-day Rolling Loud passes can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Grillo action film MR-9: Do or Die has struck a North American distribution deal with Canadian outfit Swapna Scarecrow.

Hip Hop 50 concerts at Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden, Playboi Carti just announced his 28-concert ‘Antagonist Tour’ that will take him all over North America from Sept. 6 through Oct.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Strand Releasing has acquired the North American rights to Pierre Creton’s “A Prince,” a French film which world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “A Prince” won the SACD Prize from France’s Writers’ Guild for the best French-language film at Directors’ Fortnight. Represented in international markets by Andolfi, “A Prince” follows a horticultural student, Pierre-Joseph, whose sexual encounters with his botany teacher and mentors lead to a unique hybrid tale of science, sex and meditation. “We’re thrilled to be handling ‘A Prince,’ Creton’s work is such a rarified vision that fits so well with the Strand Releasing brand, we look forward to taking this out to some of the top festivals across North America,” said Marcus Hu at Strand Releasing. 

Following her recent health scare, Madonna has canceled her summer and fall North American tour, with plans to reschedule the dates later.

Madonna is speaking out after her recent hospitalization.«Thank you for your positive energy, Prayers and words of healing and encouragement,» Madge shared in an Instagram update on Monday. «I have felt your love.» The 64-year-old artist continued, «I'm on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life.»The «Like a Prayer» singer is recovering after she spent several days in the ICU due to a bacterial infection.

Thania Garcia Madonna’s “Celebration” tour has been delayed again after being postponed after the singer developed a serious bacterial infection. The tour was originally scheduled to begin July 15 in Vancouver though the 64-year-old was rushed to the hospital on June 24 due to the infection, according to an Instagram post from her manager Guy Oseary. For the first time since her hospitalization, Madonna addressed the tour and her health writing that she was “on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life.” She additionally added that she was going to reschedule the North American leg of the tour and bein in October in Europe.

Lil Uzi Vert has shared details of their upcoming headlining tour of the United States in support of their third studio album, ‘Pink Tape’.The tour, announced on Friday (July 7), will begin on October 21 at The Armory in Minneapolis. It will continue for another month, wrapping in Philadelphia at the city’s Wells Fargo Center.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Pham Thien An’s debut feature “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.” The Vietnamese drama appeared in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and was winner of the Camera d’Or. The company plans a theatrical release as well as a digital and home video releases on all major platforms after the film makes multiple stops on the international film festival circuit. “The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his five-year-old nephew Dao to their countryside hometown. On the road, Thien is drawn into a search for his long missing older brother, haunted and spurred forward by a series of sublime dreams that reignite suppressed memories, forbidden desires, and specters of his own youth. What began as a journey home becomes a pilgrimage marked by visual splendor and mystical overtones, a quest for understanding and certainty in a Vietnam that seems unable to provide any clear answers. As Thien battles with his own existential question of what is worth living for, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell interrogates the persistence and complexity of faith, not only in the spiritual but in the delicate beauty of earthly existence,” said Kino Lorber by way of a long synopsis.

Suede have reflected on their first gigs together as a band, recalling how: “For the first three years, we just weren’t very good.”In the latest instalment of NME’s Firsts video series, frontman Brett Anderson and bassist Mat Osman looked back at the first gigs they ever played.“When I was first in a band with Mat, we were in a band called Geoff and it was me and Matt and this guy called Gareth Perry. We got a gig at Clair Hall which was in Haywards Heath and you [Mat] couldn’t make it so it was literally me and Gareth and it was just terrible,” recounted Anderson.He continued: “I had this really really tricky 12-string that the action was really high, I couldn’t really play it.

Lil Uzi Vert has included a cover of System Of A Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ on his latest album. Check it out below.The cover arrived as part of the American rapper’s third studio album, ‘Pink Tape’, which arrived last week (June 30).However, the cover has remained somewhat overlooked since the album’s release — especially in light of star-studded collaborations from artists including Bring Me The Horizon — as it wasn’t clearly labelled as a cover of the heavy metal hit.Instead, the rendition arrived as the 17th song on the 26-song tracklist, and was simply titled ‘CS’ — leading to a few fans missing it at first glance.Arriving immediately after a song called ‘Fire Alarm’ and just before the Bring Me The Horizon collaboration ‘Werewolf’, ‘CS’ is a straight-up cover of the 2001 hit, taken from the band’s second album ‘Toxicity’.

The Harry Potter film franchise came to a conclusion with 2011′s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and our favorite young witches and wizards of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are all grown up.