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Texas police have taken a couple's son into custody as a person of interest in his parents' double murder. Johnson County Deputies on Oct. 5 conducted a welfare check on Michael Scarlett, 66, and Kay Scarlett, 68, after receiving a phone call from a concerned family member who was unable to get in touch with the couple, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO).

Kings Of Leon have announced a 2024 world tour with dates in London and North America.The band – comprised of Caleb, Jared, Nathan and Mathew Followill – are set to embark on a string of live dates in support of their forthcoming ninth album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’.They are set to play BST Hyde Park in London on June 30, with the likes of Paolo Nutini and The Vaccines performing as well along with other special guests who have yet to be announced.From there, the band will then head off to the Moody Center in Austin Texas on August 14 to kick off the US leg of tour. The band will make their way through the states, making stops in major cities such as Houston, Fort Worth, Phoenix, Inglewood, Palm Springs, Berkley, Santa Barbra, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Toronto and Laval.

Radical with Eugenio Derbez built on its smash opening in Mexico to hit no. 5 at the U.S. box office with a super $2.7 million at 416 theaters. The Pantelion film had delayed its debut Stateside by two weeks to skirt The Eras Tour juggernaut, allowing word of mouth to build for the drama about a dedicated teacher in a troubled Mexican border town.   

Chris Stapleton can’t stay away from the stage.The eight-time Grammy winner — who’s also touring with George Strait next summer — just announced yet another leg of his ongoing ‘All-American Road Show Tour’ from March through August 2024 to promote his upcoming album “Higher.”Along the way, he’ll stop into Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Thursday, June 6 and Darien Center, NY’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Thursday, July 11.He’s bringing some A-List talent along for the ride, too.Willie Nelson & Family, Sheryl Crow, Lainey Wilson, Elle King and Turnpike Troubadours are just a few of the special guests he tapped for the sprawling trek.Other big names set to join Stapleton include The War And Treaty, Marcus King, Nikki Lane, Marty Stuart, Allen Stone and Grace Potter.And if you need tickets to catch Chris and co. on the road next year, you can grab them right here, right now.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.

Iron Maiden have announced a North American leg of their ‘Future Past Tour’ set to commence in autumn 2024.Kicking off on October 4, 2024, the metal veterans will play at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in San Diego, CA. From there, the band will head off to major cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Denver, Rosemont, Toronto, Quebec and Montreal.The following month, the group will take on the East Coast on November 1 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The 1975‘s Matty Healy has delivered a lengthy speech regarding the band’s recent ban from Malaysia for criticising the government’s LGBTQ+ stance at their show in Texas last night (October 9).The band were banned from Malaysia after their set was cut short during day one of Good Vibes Festival on July 21, when Healy criticised the Malaysian government for anti-LGBTQ laws during their headlining set at Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes Festival.Healy also kissed bandmate and bassist Ross MacDonald on the lips onstage before their set was cut short two songs later – just seven songs into their setlist – and it was announced that the band were, from then, banned from Malaysia.Future Sound Asia (FSA), the organiser of Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes Festival (GVF), then demanded the band pay RM12.3million (£2,099,154) in damages after Healy‘s “indecent behaviour” caused the cancellation of the festival, with artists and vendors complaining of lost earnings. The Malaysian LGBTQ+ community also condemned Healy over his actions, arguing that: “Foreigners don’t get to come in and shit on us and tell us how to do things, especially when they only make it worse for us”.During the band’s set last night, ahead of their performance of ‘Love It If We Made It’, Healy gave his views on the incident and spoke about in great length.Matty Healy’s full speech on Malaysia incident in Fort Worth tonightThanks to Emily and talktorossabouit#The1975 #SATVB pic.twitter.com/1DfP18kXND— The 1975 TH (@the1975_thteam) October 10, 2023Matty Healy’s full speech on Malaysia incident transcribed by 1975Archives #The1975 #SATVB pic.twitter.com/lkhBcBKXxF— The 1975 TH (@the1975_thteam) October 10, 2023“Alright ladies and gentlemen,” he began.

Gayle Hunnicutt, whose best-known work came as Vanessa Beaumont, the mother of J.R. Ewing’s illegitimate son, in the final three seasons of Dallas, has died per multiple U.K. reports. Hunnicutt died last Thursday at a hospital in London, according to her ex-husband Simon Jenkins. She was 80 years old.

xikers have announced the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour.On August 31, xikers announced the dates and venues for the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour. It’ll kick off in October, with shows in New York and Illinois, as well as two in Texas.In November, the boyband will wrap up their six-date US tour with two shows in California.

Ms. Lauryn Hill has announced a North American tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her debut album ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill‘.The former Fugees member will be performing her 1998 Grammy award-winning album on a 12-run tour across America this autumn.

tripleS have announced their 2023 ‘Authentic’ LOVElution in US tour, featuring shows in the New York, Chicago, Houston and more.tripleS are set to head on their 2023 ‘Authentic’ US tour this September and October. This upcoming tour will feature members from the sub-unit LOVElution, which features the members Seoyeon, Hyerin, Yubin, Kaede, Dahyun, Nien, Sohyun and Xinyu.LOVElution will play 10 shows across the US, kicking things off at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on September 24.

Phish, Dave Matthews Band and Dead and Company certainly come to mind.Pearl Jam does too.Luckily, the legendary grunge rockers are embarking on a brief nine-concert tour this summer.From Aug. 31 through Sept.

Tennis pro Martina Navratilova has revealed she is now “cancer free” after her diagnosis had left her fearing she “may not see next Christmas”. The former world number one announced in January she had been diagnosed with early stage throat and breast cancer after noticing a lymph node in her neck during the WTA finals in Fort Worth in 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning documentary filmmaker Lysa Heslov (Served Like a Girl) has signed with Gersh, also announcing that she’ll soon make her narrative feature directorial debut with Reinhard Denke’s 2009 Black List script, Sex, Greed, Money, Murder and Chicken Fried Steak.

Wynonna Judd returned to stage for the first time as part of the 11-show stint with The Judds, a final tour which was initially scheduled as a series of reunion concerts including her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd.  But weeks after the slate of programs was announced, Naomi died by suicide on April 30 at the age of 76. Wynonna enlisted the help of a few women in the industry to make sure the tour continued on as planned, only now more so to honor her mother for the trailblazing path she paved in the country community. "It’s devastatingly beautiful to go back to the past and relive some of these memories," Wynonna told the Associated Press said earlier this week after practicing on stage.

Ginger Zee has never shied away from the dangers of meteorology, and she had fans wishing she'd stay safe on Wednesday as she reported from where Hurricane Ian was due to strike.DISCOVER: Ginger Zee's move regarding her sons and social mediaThe Good Morning America presenter took to her Instagram to share the update, where she made sure she was protected from the rain and high winds in a blue coat.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Jamie Yuccas’ new Los Angeles assignment at KCAL is likely to make waves among followers of local news. But it’s part of a big national effort by the station’s owner, Paramount Global. Yuccas, a veteran correspondent at CBS News, will be one of the anchors of a new seven-hour morning block of local newscasts on the CBS-owned station. Yuccas, who will continue to serve as a CBS News correspondent, will anchor from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on KCAL each morning, making her one of the faces viewers will likely see as they get ready for their day. KCAL intends to show news from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day. The company is trying to offer more local news via 14 owned affiliates to both their linear and streaming audiences. Local news spurs deeper connections with viewers, says Wendy McMahon co president of CBS’ news and stations unit, in an interview. “The local news we produce drives impact, and that impact is service to our community, she says. “Ultimately, it has a positive impact on the business.”

Roku announced today it is partnering with NBCUniversal Local to bring several NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel. Starting today, the channels will be available for users to access through the Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide, marking the first time that local news programming is accessible on the platform.

TWICE have announced an additional date for their upcoming encore concert in Los Angeles.The group shared earlier today (April 7) that they would be performing for an additional night in Los Angeles for their upcoming encore concert, after reportedly selling out tickets within 15 to 25 minutes of sales going live for what was previously meant to be a one-night-only performance.The second show will also be held at the Banc Of California Stadium, which boasts a rough seat capacity of 22,000, and will take place on May 15. The addition of both encore performances comes after the girl group wrapped up the U.S leg of their ‘III’ world tour last month, which saw all seven shows in L.A, Oakland, Fort Worth and New York sell out.Tickets for the newly-added show will be going on sale on April 11 at 3pm PDT through the Live Nation website.TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR ‘Ⅲ’ ENCORE / ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO■SHOW INFO-LOS ANGELES 2022.05.15 (SUN) 7:30PM @ BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM■TICKET OPEN-2022.04.11 (MON) 3PM (PDT)-WEBSITE: https://t.co/ugDHoZSOol■MORE INFOhttps://t.co/3u7cpM9Rtr#TWICE_4TH_WORLD_TOUR_ENCORE pic.twitter.com/NfbXWlqFYX— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) April 7, 2022With this, TWICE will also be first K-pop girl group in history to perform in a North American stadium, and are also the second K-pop act to do so overall, following BTS, per Soompi. Last year, TWICE released ‘Formula Of Love: T+O=<3’ alongside the music video for its lead single ‘Scientist’.

Taylor Hawkins has been honoured with a drum circle tribute in his hometown of Laguna Beach – you can see footage below.The Foo Fighters drummer died last month (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given.“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins,” the statement read.

TWICE are set to return to Los Angeles for a one-night-only encore performance of their sold-out ‘III’ US tour.At midnight KST today (March 31), the group’s label JYP Entertainment announced on social media that the K-pop girl group will be performing at Los Angeles’ Banc Of California Stadium, which boasts a rough seat capacity of 22,000. The concert will take place on May 14.The addition of the encore performance comes after the girl group wrapped up the U.S leg of their ‘III’ world tour last month, which saw all seven shows in L.A, Oakland, Fort Worth and New York sell out.Tickets for the upcoming Banc Of California Stadium performance will be go on sale on April 6 at 3pm PDT through the Live Nation website.TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR ‘Ⅲ’ ENCORE■SHOW INFO– LOS ANGELES 2022.05.14 (SAT) 7:30PM @ BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM■TICKET OPEN– 2022.04.06 (WED) 3PM (PDT)– WEBSITE : https://t.co/ugDHoZSOol■MORE INFOhttps://t.co/3u7cpM9Rtr#TWICE #트와이스#TWICE_4TH_WORLD_TOUR_ENCORE pic.twitter.com/xQbwX7A7TC— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) March 30, 2022With this, TWICE will also be first K-pop girl group in history to perform in a North American stadium, and are also the second K-pop act to do so overall, following BTS, per Soompi. Last year, TWICE released ‘Formula Of Love: T+O=<3’ alongside the music video for its lead single ‘Scientist’.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the face of it, Grammy-winning R&B singer Leon Bridges and left-field alt-rock Khruangbin, led by guitar wizard Mark Speer, seem a very unlikely combination. But Bridges started pushing the boundaries of the vintage soul sounds of his 2015 debut, “Coming Home,” almost immediately, veering off into more organic, esoteric directions with the two albums he’s released since then — particularly his latest, “Gold-Diggers Sound” — and collaborating with everyone from Kacey Musgraves and John Mayer to Bun B and the Avalanches.

19 cities total in both red and blue states includes: Phoenix, Denver, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Raleigh-Durham, Northern New Jersey (to include Elizabethland Highland Park), Las Vegas, Buffalo, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Salt Lake City.Tucker looked at the list and said: “You may notice that these communities include an awful lot of swing districts in swing states all over the United States.

EXCLUSIVE: Candidates backed by Fran Drescher in local SAG-AFTRA elections are racking up impressive wins as early results from around the country continue to come in. Candidates that her Unite for Strength slate deem “Drescher-friendly” already have won in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Austin, Miami, the Missouri Valley, Portland, San Francisco, the Twin Cities and elsewhere.

The WWE, whose lucrative live events business was neutralized last year during the coronavirus pandemic, has set a 25-city schedule as it gets set to resume touring on July 16.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWWE is getting back on the road.The sports entertainment company announced Friday that it will return to its live touring schedule this summer, with a 25 city tour schedule set to run from July through Labor Day.The tour will kick off with three shows in Texas: a taping of “SmackDown” on July 16 at the Toyota Center in Houston; the “Money in the Bank” pay-per-view at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on July 18; and finally a taping of “Monday Night Raw” at the American

Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' family is expanding. The couple is expecting another baby girl, they revealed on Saturday night. «Well… we are pregnant again! Tonight when I was on stage in Fort Worth about to play 'to the guys that date my girls' my wife talked to me in my (ear monitors) and said 'you can tell them if you want' so anyways, now you know,» Thomas Rhett wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of him and Lauren showing off her baby bump.

Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins are going to be parents yet again!

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe FBI arrested a Texas man who allegedly plotted to blow up an Amazon data center in an attempt to “kill… about 70% of the internet” and bring down “the oligarchy” in power in the U.S.Seth Aaron Pendley, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was apprehended Thursday after allegedly attempting to obtain an explosive device from an undercover FBI agent in Fort Worth — with the intent to destroy an Amazon Web Services facility in Virginia, according to the Justice Department.

Bill Mack was a singer-songwriter and disc jockey known for his “Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show,” popular with country music fans and long-haul truckers nationwide.Mack began working as a DJ on the overnight shift at WBAP-AM in Fort Worth in 1969, playing country music favorites and interviewing stars on his show. As a clear channel station – one that didn’t share its frequency with any other stations – WBAP could be heard far and wide across about half of the country.

Facebook message, Mack’s son Billy Mack Smith said his father died Friday of COVID-19 but had underlying health conditions. Mack’s “Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show” overnight program on clear channel WBAP-AM in Fort Worth kept truckers entertained for decades and earned him a place in the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Jim Nantz returns to the task of presenting live golf this weekend, he knows the job will feel nothing like the one he’s done for decades.Viewers typically see Nantz seated alongside analyst Nick Faldo.

TMZ obtained an emotional letter the former big cat zoo owner, who was made famous by the 2020 Netflix documentary "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness" (real name: Joseph Maldonado-Passage), addressed to his "Supporters, Fans, loved ones" on June 1.

Netflix crime documentary Tiger King is based on the life of American zookeeper Joe Exotic. Exotic was sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment after being accused of several charges, including two murders-for-hire and 17 other wildlife violations.

Here's the latest turn in the very strange saga of the man known as Joe Exotic: He's reportedly being isolated in COVID-19 quarantine while in prison.

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