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had quite a renaissance the past year, with everyone from dabbling in platinum. Now that temperatures have cooled, however, honey blonde hair is reigning supreme, and is predicted to continue to do so well into the spring.According to hairstylists, this is right on cue, since 2024’s are all about warmth.

Tammy Faye, the Olivier-nominated Elton John–Jake Shears–James Graham musical about ’80s-era televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, will premiere on Broadway during the 2024-25 Season.

Jaden Thompson The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has opened applications for its second annual Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grant, presented by ASCAP. Last year’s grant recipient was up-and-coming songwriter and artist Mondaii, who is based in Atlanta. Mondaii said of the grant’s impact, “The music maker grant and the $5000 funding helped to kick start my career.

Conor Oberst has announced a run of 2024 residencies in New York and Los Angeles titled ‘Conor Oberst and Friends’.The Bright Eyes frontman will embark on a handful of solo residencies across the two major cities that will see him play a discography-spanning set list along with surprise guests and a rotating backing band.Oberst will kick off his residency in Los Angeles at the Teragram Ballroom where he will play weekly shows on March 7, 14, 21 and 28. The following month, the musician will head to the East Coast to play New York’s Bowery Ballroom on April 4, 11 and 18.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Get ready for Gawker 3.0: The twice-shuttered blog site has a new owner, who plans to bring the gossipy pop-culture brand back to life — but not in exactly the same way. Meng Ru Kuok, CEO and founder of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group, acquired the assets of Gawker from Bustle Digital Group. In an email to Variety, Kuok confirmed that he has closed the deal buying the Gawker trademarks and domain name but not its article archives.

The Human League have announced the support acts for their 2024 UK headline tour – find all the details below.The synth-pop group are due to hit the road for a run of arena shows next December, with dates scheduled in Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Leeds and London.You can find any remaining tickets for the forthcoming concerts here.In a recent post on social media, The Humann League said they were “very pleased” to confirm “two wonderful artists” who will be opening for them on the tour.Sophie Ellis-Bextor and T’Pau are both set to appear at the gigs as “very special guests”. Check out the announcement post below.pic.twitter.com/QVlS2boxkG— The Human League (@humanleagueHQ) November 10, 2023The Human League’s 2024 UK tour dates are as follows: DECEMBER 05 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff 06 – AO Arena, Manchester 07 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 09 – Brighton Centre, Brighton 10 – Windsor Hall (BIC), Bournemouth 12 – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow 13 – First Direct Arena, Leeds 14 – OVO Arena Wembley, LondonThe band formed in Sheffield in 1977 and achieved huge success in the ’80s with hits including ‘Don’t You Want Me’, ‘Mirror Man’ and ‘Tell Me When.’ They won a BRIT Award for Breakthrough Artist in 1982.Lead singer Philip Oakey has been the group’s consistent member since 1977 while keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band to form Heaven 17.

Lil Uzi Vert has claimed that they never agreed to perform a headlining set at Rolling Loud‘s California festival in March next year.The ‘Just Wanna Rock’ rapper – who uses they/them pronouns – took to Instagram to post a story last night (November 14) hours after the rap and hip-hop festival unveiled its 2024 line-up for California. Besides Lil Uzi Vert, Nicki Minaj and Post Malone were also named as headliners.A post shared by Rolling Loud (@rollingloud)However, Uzi wrote on their Instagram Story: “I never said I was doing rolling loud don’t understand why my name is on here”.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Comedian Tom Segura has announced the first leg of his new global stand-up comedy tour “Tom Segura: Come Together.” “This tour is bigger and blacker than anything I’ve ever done,” Segura said. “But that name has already been used, but ‘Come Together’ gets the point across. Let’s all come together for a night.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Forget Valentine’s Day, Singles Day is this weekend! For the uninitiated, Singles Day is a counter-holiday to Valentine’s Day where people who are single just spend quality time (and money) on themselves. The holiday lands on Nov.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman announced a big change in the schedule for the live show. Claudia confirmed that this week's Strictly Come Dancing will be aired at an earlier time by BBC bosses for a very important reason.

The Libertines have today (November 10) announced details of a new intimate club tour for 2024. Check out all the dates below.Last month, the group announced their forthcoming new album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, out March 2024, with the single ‘Run Run Run’.The Albionay Tour will see the band travel to Stockton, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Cardiff and Derby next January to tour the new album, before heading to Falmouth, Southampton, Stoke, Leeds and Glasgow the following month.Tickets for the dates go on sale Tuesday (November 14) at 10:30am here.

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio, paying tribute to the late, revered film composer Ennio Morricone.

Music mogul L.A. Reid has been accused of sexual assault and retaliatory behavior by a former executive who worked with him at Arista.

The hit 2004 movie Mean Girls is getting a musical update!

Lucy Rose has shared details of a one-off performance, set to take place in London next spring. Find ticket details below.The upcoming live show follows on the heels of her recently released new single, ‘Could You Help Me’, and is set to arrive shortly after the singer performs at her previously announced intimate show at Ronnie Scott’s.Set to take place on April 25, the headline stop will take place at The Roundhouse venue, and will be held as part of the venue’s annual ‘In The Round Festival”.

Blue have announced a career-spanning tour, which will take the boy band to venues across the UK throughout April and May of next year. Dubbed the ‘Greatest Hits Tour’, Blue’s 2024 jaunt spans 13 dates and kicks off at Liverpool’s Philharmonic on April 16.

Manchester Orchestra would be one of the acts appearing.The event will take place on July 10-13, 2024 with the Thursday July 11 main stage headliner being confirmed as The Gaslight Anthem alongside Manchester Orchestra.Other bands appearing at the event include Kids In Glass Houses, Hot Mulligan, Boston Manor and Cleopatrick.

Echo & The Bunnymen have announced ‘The Very Best Of’ 2024 UK tour – find all details down below.The Liverpudlian band will perform a setlist taken from the best of their 40-year-long career. It will include songs all the way up to their most recent LP, 2018’s ‘The Stars, The Ocean and The Moon’.They will then embark on a tour throughout the UK, where they’ll stop off at Brighton (3), Cardiff (10), Manchester (16) and more.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced another free trial for Diablo 4 – and this time, users are able to play until they hit level 20.In order to get involved, PC players should download and install Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment’s own online digital distribution platform.

Bonobo, Shygirl, Eliza Rose and more.The upcoming instalment will mark the third edition of the Lisbon-based festival and will be taking place between March 22 and March 24 next year.As ever, the three-day event will be returning to Parque Eduardo VII in the heart of the Portuguese capital for the 2024 edition, and is set to host two days and two nights of music, creativity and technology. Now, organisers for Sónar Lisboa have announced the first wave of names set to appear at next year’s event.These include DJ sets from Bonobo, Eliza Rose and CC:DISCO, as well as a never-before-seen set from Belgian duo 2manydjs, featuring special guests Éclair Fifi and Erol Alkan.Other artists performing at Sónar Lisboa ‘24 include Sevdaliza, Oneohtrix Point Never, Tommy Cash and Wata Igarashi.