Janet Jackson, The Weeknd & More Set For The Global Citizen Festival
The lineup for the 2018 Global Citizens Festival was just announced and it’s going to be quite a show. This year’s headliners include Janet Jackson, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Cardi B, and Janelle Monáe, in addition to a special performance by John Legend.
The 2018 Global Citizen Festival will take place September 29th and once again be a free-ticketed event on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park. Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness will host the concert, with Camren Bicondova, Cynthia Erivo, Danai Gurira, Forest Whitaker, Gus Kenworthy, Kal Penn, La La Anthony, Naomi Campbell, and Rachel Brosnahan serving as co-hosts.
Fans can earn tickets by joining the Global Citizen movement through their website or app.
Lady Gaga Reveals Details & Dates For Las Vegas Residency
Lady Gaga has announced details of her new Las Vegas residency, and it turns out she’s putting on not one, but two shows.
The first, “Lady Gaga Enigma,” is described as a “brand-new odyssey of her pop hits built as an experience unlike any other,” while the other “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” will feature stripped-down versions of her songs, as well as music from the Great American Songbook.
The residency, at the Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort, will kick off December 28th with "Enigma,” with the first “Jazz & Piano” show set for January 20th, 2019.
"I can't wait to share Enigma with all of my fans and with Las Vegas. We're creating a show unlike anything I've done before,” Gaga shares “It will be a celebration of all that is unique and different within us. The challenges of bravery can be overcome with creativity and courage that is grown out of adversity, love and music."
Tickets go on sale to members of Gaga’s Little Monsters fan club starting today at 10 am, with a Citi pre-sale set for tomorrow at 10 am, and a general on sale set for August 13th at 10 am.
Ariana Grande Doing “Carpool Karaoke”
It looks like Ariana Grande will be the next artist getting into the car with James Corden for “Carpool Karaoke.
Corden seemed to let the cat out of the bag on Twitter, sharing lyric sheets to Ari’s songs “No Tears Left To Cry,” and “God Is A Woman,” with the caption, “Learning these…”
When Ari chimed in with “sick what for…” Corden replied, “Just, y’no, life and In case I get stuck in traffic x.” He later added, "This has made my day. The #CarpoolKaraoke we just shot might be one of my favorite ever! I can’t wait for you to see it. @ArianaGrande is the real deal."
So far there’s no word on when Ari’s segment will air, but her new album, “Sweetener,” drops August 17th.
Music Quickies Pink cancels another show:, Pink has been hospitalized in Australia with a gastric infection, and unfortunately it’s wreaking havoc on her tour. The singer was forced to postpone last night’s show in Sydney, the third date she’s had to postpone due to illness. All three shows are expected to be rescheduled. Plain White T’s hit being turned into a TV series: “Hey There Delilah,” the hit song by Plain White T’s, is being developed into a scripted TV series by the band’s frontman Tom Higgenson, theatre book writer Jeremy Desmon and Lively McCabe Entertainment’s Michael Barra. The series is being described as “a contemporary fairytale,” with Higgenson noting, “I’m excited to reimagine the story I’ve told a million times, and make something fun and fresh that people can fall in love with all over again.” The tune, released in 2006, spent multiple weeks at number one.