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STAYC have announced their 2023 ‘Teenfresh’ world tour, featuring shows in the US, Asia and more.STAYC are set to embark on their newly announced ‘Teenfresh’ world tour, in support of their upcoming mini-album of the same name, which will be released in August. The tour will first kick off with a two-date concert in Seoul, South Korea on September 23 and 24.Following which, STAYC will head stateside to play seven shows across five states in October.

posted Monday and has already clocked nearly 2 million views, shows the “Single Ladies” singer at Soldier Field in Illinois, belting her hit “1+1” from her 2011 album “4.” Then, Ms. Knowles-Carter, 41, can be seen gesturing to members of the stage crew to turn the fan on.

A shopkeeper is set to become a millionaire thanks to a loophole after selling a lucky $1billion Powerball ticket. Raul Nabor Herrera changed the life of one of his customers when he sold the historic winning slip on Wednesday.

A new study has found changing eight habits could see the population live up to 20 years longer - if they follow the healthier options in life. Researchers identified that not exercising enough, smoking often, and using opioids had the biggest impact on a person's length of life, and these habits were associated with around a 30-45 per cent bigger chance of dying.

Drake and Central Cee have shared a new radio freestyle for the New York-based On The Radar – check it out below.READ MORE: Central Cee – ‘23’ review: drill star finds himself on the brink of greatnessThe drill-based platform, which is hosted by Power 105.1 DJ Gabe P, has seen a host of artists including Ice Spice come through to share freestyles on the radio.In the latest edition, Drake took a day off from his ‘It’s All A Blur’ US tour with 21 Savage to join Central Cee for a freestyle performance.Watch the pair’s freestyle for On The Radar below.The ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour began last month at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where Drake and Savage delivered a mammoth 48-song set that included numerous live debuts and rarities.The rapper at one point performed as a large hologram of a sperm floated above him. Another visual of a group of sperm cells, meanwhile, appeared to circle him on stage.You can find the full list of dates and any remaining tickets for Drake and 21 Savage’s 2023 North American tour here.Central Cee, meanwhile, teamed up with Dave this summer on the four-track ‘Split Decision’ EP.

Luann de Lesseps is trading golds, diamonds, caviar for… deep-fried testicles?!The  alum chows down on the delicacy in ET's exclusive sneak peek at Sunday's all-new episode of . Lu and co-star Sonja Morgan hit up the annual Testicle Festival in Benton, Illinois, to mix and mingle with the locals, as they continue their six-week project of helping to refresh the town in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jamie Foxx is sharing a hopeful message with fans.Three months after being hospitalized for an undisclosed medical condition in April, the actor took to Instagram on Thursday to share a photo of himself in Las Vegas.The photo showed Foxx rocking a slick black suit and sitting on the top of a golden Formula One racecar.«Thankful for my @betmgm family and a great few nights in Vegas. We got BIG things coming soon,» Foxx captioned the post.A post shared by Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx)It should be noted, the post was part of a paid sponsored partnership with Aria Resort & Casino.

Pitchfork Music Festival is returning to Chicago’s Union Park for three full days of indie rock, folk, pop, Hip-Hop and everything in between.Occupying the top spots on this year’s bill are Radiohead side project The Smile, folk star turned electro wunderkind Bon Iver, Killer Mike aka half of Run The Jewels, Animal Collective member Panda Bear and folksy “it” group Big Thief.They’ll be joined by industry darlings Perfume Genius, Alvvays, King Krule, JPEGMAFIA and Weyes Blood.Julia Jacklin, Snail Mail, Kelela, Youth Lagoon and Koffee are also set to perform.Basically, it’s like your Spotify “For You” playlist decided to all meet one weekend and throw a festival.Most importantly, tickets are still available for the finely curated musical extravaganza.At the time of publication, three-day general admission passes can be purchased for as low as $199 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $152 before fees.Want to hit the coolest festival around but need a bit more info?Keep scrolling.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the Pitchfork Music Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A breakdown of all the best single and multi-day pass prices can be found right here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Thania Garcia Dead and Company’s sold-out “Final Tour” has raised $2 million dollars for charity thanks to the band’s specially curated memorabilia auctions. The funds go towards benefitting the voter registration non-profit HeadCount, along with environmental group Reverb and numerous other organizations. The summer trek, which kicked off earlier this May in Los Angeles, features original members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane and officially concluded on July 16 with a sold-out show at San Fransisco’s Oracle Park. According to HeadCount, the show raised over $700,000 — $275,000 of that sum coming from the sale of the official tour guitar and over $150,000 coming from Hart’s fine art sale.

Jamie Foxx's recovery is looking good! A source tells ET that the 55-year-old actor is «doing so much better and is getting back to being himself» after his hospitalization for an undisclosed medical condition was first revealed back in April. «He has been talking to people about his work projects and looking forward to the future,» the source adds. «He feels grateful that his recovery has been going well.»Fans have been privy to Foxx's better health, as the actor has recently been seen on the move in Chicago, Illinois, where he has been recovering. The actor was spotted for the first time since his hospitalization in early July when he was seen cruising along the Chicago River in a large boat.

Drake‘s ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour hit Montreal last night (July 14), with the rapper welcoming J. Cole to the stage in place of the absent 21 Savage.Drake and Savage are currently heading around North America in support of their collaborative album ‘Her Loss’.At the Montreal show, Savage wasn’t present, but Drake welcomed Cole to the stage by way of apology to his fans.During his cameo, Cole and Drake played 2014 collaboration ‘No Role Modelz’ before Cole played a short solo set of his own tracks including ‘Wet Dreamz’ and ‘Middle Child’.He then also covered Savage’s track ‘A Lot’ as a nod to his absent friend.See footage from the show below.Rest in peace Uncle Phil!! #jcole #drake #fyp #itsallablurtour ♬ original sound – rio.mtl What a show!! #jcole #drake #itsallablurtour #fyp ♬ original sound – rio.mtl The ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour began last month at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where Drake and Savage delivered a mammoth 48-song set that included numerous live debuts and rarities.The rapper at one point performed as a large hologram of a sperm floated above him.

We did not see this coming! Back in the day, for like a whole week

According to a law enforcement source for People on Friday, police now have a suspect in custody for the Long Island serial killer case! A man has been arrested in connection to multiple murders of young women around the Gilgo Beach area in Long Island, New York, more than a decade ago.

A 22-year-old man from Illinois has been accused of torturing and killing several kittens – and warning, Perezcious readers, the details in this case are sickening. According to CWB Chicago, Thom

Us Weekly on Thursday, “Jamie is doing so much better and he’s starting to feel like himself again. He’s not 100% and is still taking things easy, but he’s definitely on the road to recovery.”The 55-year-old “Blame It” singer also “has a huge support system around him and his friends and family are making sure that he doesn’t take on too much,” the insider added.

Jamie Foxx has returned a woman’s lost purse, just months after suffering an unknown “medical complication“.On Monday (July 10), the Oscar-winning actor was spotted in Chicago, Illinois returning the purse to its owner.A clip of the moment was posted on Instagram by a user named Quan Ellis, who wrote in the caption: “Mom lost her bag in Chicago today Jamie Foxx found it and brought it to her and he said he feels good y’all god is good.”In the video, two different voices can be heard shouting “thank you” to Foxx as he makes his way into a black SUV. “He saved your purse!” a woman says.The video comes just one day after Foxx made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with an unknown “medical complication” in early April.

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan apologized Wednesday after a correspondent allegedly "misgendered" trans woman and biological male Dylan Mulvaney.  Multiple LGBTQ Twitter activists ripped a Tuesday segment on "CNN News Central" during which Ryan Young reported on the ongoing backlash against Bud Light for making the trans activist a brand spokesperson. After Young referred to Mulvaney as "he" twice, Bolduan took a moment on air the next day to say, "We apologize for that error." According to the 26-year-old activist’s social media pages, Mulvaney prefers to go by "she/they" pronouns.

Jamie Foxx is on a steady uphill climb after his mystery health scare earlier this year!

Porno for Pyros have announced their first tour in 25 years in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their self-titled album.Titled ‘Horns, Thorns En Halos’ tour, the 21-city run will kick off on October 8 in Wheatland, California. From there, the band will be making stops all across North America including Las Vegas, Nevada, Chicago, Illinois,  Boston, Massachusetts,  Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee and more.The tour will wrap up on November 20 at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas.

“medical complication.”A man named Quan Ellis shared a clip on Instagram and claimed that the comedian found their mom’s pocketbook and gave it back to her.“Mom lost her bag in Chicago today Jamie fox [sic] found it and brought it to her and he said he feels good y’all god is good,” the caption read. In the video, Foxx was seen getting back into his black car after the save and gave the hand signal for “right on” as he smiled widely.The Post has reached out to Ellis and reps for Foxx for comment.Foxx has been spotted out and about in recent days, including chilling on a boat and playing golf as he recuperates.Amid those appearances, a source close to the Oscar winner recently told People that he is “doing great.”“He is just taking it easy,” the insider added.

Soap star Andrea Evans, known for her roles as Tina Lord on One Life to Live and Rebecca Hotchkiss on Passions, has died at age 66.

Andrea Evans, the two-time Daytime Emmy nominated actor who rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s as the troublemaking teen Tina Lord on the ABC soap One Life To Live, died Sunday of cancer. She was 66.

Daytime drama actor, Andrea Evans, has died at the age of 66.

Windy City Smokeout Festival is returning to Chicago, IL for four days of good ol’ fashioned country, BBQ and brews.Over the course of the four-day weekend, mega honky-tonk headliners Zach Bryan, Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker and the Randy Rogers Band will entertain audiences.They’ll be joined by country icons Jo Dee Messina, Bailey Zimmerman, Eli Young Band, Chris Lane and Dylan Scott.That’s not all though.In total, 25 (!) huge acts are set to take the stage at the tenth Windy City Smokeout.And if you want to catch them all live (and indulge in the mouth-watering BBQ and beer selection), it’s not too late to scoop up last-minute general admission passes.At the time of publication, we found four-day passes going for $680 before fees on Vivid Seats.The cheapest single-day passes available are $88 before fees.Looking for a little more information about the year’s Smokeout?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all single and multi-day passes for this year’s Windy City Smokeout can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Jamie Foxx is looking good!

Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps traveled to Benton, Illinois, for the content, but it sounds like one of them may have made a potential love connection while filming their new series.

Drake began his delayed ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour this week – where he performed with a giant sperm hologram. Check out fan-shot footage and the full setlist below.The Canadian artist is currently out on the road in North America for a run of joint shows with 21 Savage, which was originally scheduled to kick off in June.Opening the tour at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday (July 5), Drake and Savage delivered a mammoth 48-song set that included numerous live debuts and rarities.The rapper at one point performed as a large hologram of a sperm floated above him.

Opening night of Drake‘s It’s All a Blur Tour featured so many hits, a promise of new music and some inappropriate behavior from a fan in the audience.

Drake is opening up about the “high” of auditioning for Degrassi… Literally.

Thania Garcia Drake and 21 Savage delivered a jam-packed setlist for the opening night of the “It’s All A Blur” tour that launched at Chicago’s United Center on July 5. The show marked Drake’s first concert stretch across North America since the “Aubrey & the Three Migos” tour hit over 40 arenas in 2018. Drake opened the concert sitting on a couch where he recited “Look What You’ve Done,” a cut from his 2011 album “Take Care,” while reading the lines off of a composition notebook. A younger version of Drake (there’s online debate regarding whether or not the boy is a hologram or if he’s real… it appears to be an actor whose face they’ve digitally altered on the venue’s jumbo screens) regularly appeared beside him for songs released earlier in his discography.

Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps aren't sure any other Housewives could handle a trip to Crappie Lake.«I know we are so similar, we are both small town girls who get a little fancy, but we can get our hands dirty,» Sonja explains, sitting beside her former  co-star at the iconic Central Park Boathouse in New York City.The two star in the new spinoff, , a sort-of  meets  reality comedy that finds the two revitalizing the town of Benton, Illinois. Luann says she's the Paris Hilton to Sonja's Nicole Richie, a reference Sonja doesn't get because she's never seen the early aughts hit.

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, the latest in-depth documentary portrait by Sid & Judy director Stephen Kijak.Kijak’s films, both narrative and nonfiction, have delved into cultural icons from Judy Garland to Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Backstreet Boys. For this entertaining bio, he worked closely with author Mark Griffin — whose 2018 All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson is considered definitive — “to look at all the facets and angles, and the reflections and double meanings and mirror selves” presented by the bright, ex-Navy seaman from Winnetka, Illinois, who became Rock Hudson.“He was in some of the more indelible films of those classic eras,” Kijak says, ticking off Hudson’s famous Douglas Sirk-directed romances Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows.

McKinley Franklin editor Dick Biondi, an acclaimed Chicago radio personality and Radio Hall of Fame member who was the first American DJ to play the Beatles on air, died June 26. He was 90. The Chicago Tribune confirmed his death per an announcement released by WLS-AM 890. Biondi is one of the earliest personalities to play classic rock music on American radio, commonly referred to as the “King of the Oldies.” He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1998.  “He spent most of his 67 year career entertaining the greatest radio audience in the greatest city in the world, Chicago! Heard on WLS, WCFL, WMAQ, WBBM and WJMK, his Radio and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voice will remain as part of the soundtrack of our lives,” read the Facebook statement posted by WLS-AM 890. 

“The Spectacular” (Dutton, out now). The novel follows Marian, a plucky young dancer in the 1950s, who defies her family’s expectations when she runs away from home to join the Rockettes — right as a mysterious bomber is terrorizing the city, leaving explosives in some of the Big Apple’s most iconic landmarks.Davis interviewed about a dozen Rockettes in the course of her research, but Lachenauer proved to be an invaluable resource, plying her with old programs and photos from her time there, as well as reading a manuscript and providing notes for Davis to make her tale as authentic as possible.“I was really intimidated because I don’t have a dance background,” Davis explains.

LaRoyce Hawkins was completely on board with former Chicago P.D. costar Jesse Lee Soffer directing a season 10 episode of the show — and it went off without a hitch.

HBO documentary, “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,” and has alleged that Hudson made sexual passes at costar James Dean.Hudson — who died from an AIDS-related illness in 1985 — kept his homosexuality a secret among the social circles of Tinseltown.Griffin claimed in the special that Hudson was “privately hitting on Dean” during shooting the 1956 drama.“According to some accounts, James Dean was rather disdainful of Hudson,” he went on.“Dean considered it hypocritical that Rock was maintaining this hetero facade in public,” Griffin explained. “Some might consider that a case of the pot calling the kettle black.”“Giant” also starred Hudson’s friend Elizabeth Taylor, and was Dean’s last movie he shot before his 1955 death in a car crash.The “East of Eden” alum portrayed a ranch hand, who enters into a bitter feud with a wealthy Texas rancher (played by Hudson) for over a period of several years.Griffin also alleged in the documentary that Dean was involved with a gay media executive who was pals with Hudson’s agent, Henry Willson.“If you’re talking about shrouded sexuality, they weren’t all that different,” he noted.In an archived interview featuring Hudson from 1983, he stated that he despised his younger castmate.The “Dynasty” actor said that the only reason that “Giant” director George Stevens had cast Dean, was because he was “new and hot.”“As I said, I didn’t like the fella too much.