Month: February 2024

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Country Daypop

Jelly Roll announces 2024 ‘Beautifully Broken Tour’

Jelly Roll performs on stage during 2024 New Year's celebration on Times Square in New York on December 31^ 2023.

Jelly Roll will embark on the 2024 ‘Beautifully Broken Tour’, sharing the news on his socials with the message: “The Beautifully Broken Tour 2024, with my friends @warrenzeiders and @alexandrakaymusic , is coming to a city near you! Pre-sale begins 2/27 at 10am local time. Sign up for a pre-sale code at JellyRoll615.com. This is the biggest tour of my life y’all and I’m going to do it really really big this year— I can’t wait to see y’all at a show. Come party with us!”

The arena tour will kick-off on Tuesday, August 27th at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT, making stops across the US including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and more before wrapping up in Charlotte, NC at Spectrum Center on Sunday, October 27th. Serving as support on the Beautifully Broken Tour will be Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay.

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning March 1, with various presales beginning on Monday, February 26th. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, March 1st at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.

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Gabby Barrett shares video for ‘Growin’ Up Raising You’

Gabby Barrett at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards Arrivals at Allegient Stadium on March 7^ 2022 in Las Vegas^ NV

Gabby Barrett has shared the music video for her personal ballad “Growin’ Up Raising You,” off her sophomore album, Chapter & Verse. 

Barrett wrote “Growin’ Up Raising You” with Jon Nite, Zach Kale and Jimmy Robbins, and says of the song: “‘Growin’ Up Raising You’ is a very sensitive song for me, I would say. It talks about exactly what the title says, ‘Growin’ Up Raising You. I’m only 23. I don’t have all the answers to everything. I have not got everything figured out. I am doing the best that I can, while trying to raise other people to be the best people that they can be. And so, it’s just so interesting and I feel so blessed to be able to have three little lives that I can help to flourish in life while I am also trying to figure out life myself.”

Barrett, 23, and her husband, Cade Foehner, 28, met as contestants on American Idol in 2018 and married the following year. The couple shares daughter Baylah May (born in January 2021), son Augustine Boone, (born in October 2022) and their newborn daughter, Ivy Josephine.

Take a look at Barrett’s new music video “Growin’ Up Raising You” – here.

Gabby Barrett delivers ‘Grown’ Up Raising You’ video

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Taylor Swift reveals new ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ bonus track

Taylor Swift performs at Madison Square Garden; New York^ NY^ USA - December 13^ 2019

Taylor Swift announced another special edition of her upcoming LP, The Tortured Poets Department, featuring an addition bonus track titled “The Albatross.” Swift posted to her socials: ‘File Name: The Albatross 🤍 Pre-order the new edition of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT with exclusive bonus track “The Albatross” on my website now’

Swift’s latest announcement comes just a week after she announced a separate special edition of the new album, with the bonus track “The Bolter.” The new album – dubbed ‘TTPD’ for short – is set for release April 19, and was announced Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2024 Grammy Awards after winning the trophy for best pop vocal album for her 10th album, Midnights.  Swift said: “This is my 13th Grammy. I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way, but I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans. So I want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years — which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19.”

The 16-song TTPD tracklist features from Post Malone and Florence + the Machine, along with a 17th bonus track titled “The Manuscript.” (to pre-order, head here.)

Swift also continues to tour the world on her Eras Tour, currently taking the show to Australia with performances in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Jennifer Lopez shares trailer for upcoming documentary ‘Greatest Love Story Never Told’

Jennifer Lopez at the Dolby Theatre; LOS ANGELES^ USA. February 13^ 2024

Prime Video shared a poster and trailer for the upcoming Jennifer Lopez documentary, ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told,’ posting on X: “Go behind the making of Jennifer’s love story. The Greatest Love Story Never Told, a new documentary from @jlo, arrives February 27.”

The documentary “offers unflinching access to Jennifer’s most personal moments as she works hard to reclaim her narrative through the making of her album and film, ‘This is Me…Now.’” Lopez released the album This is Me…Now and an accompanying narrative film, This is Me…Now: A Love Story last week; the projects explore Lopez’s past romances, her love story with husband Ben Affleck, and her “twenty-year journey to self-love.”

The Greatest Love Story Never Told documentary follows Lopez’s ups and downs on set and features interviews with her inner circle, along with candid home moments. An official synopsis reads: “This is a vulnerable portrait of an icon who put it all on the line and discovered a newfound determination in self-acceptance and love.”

The documentary ‘Greatest Love Story Never Told’ is set for release Feb. 27 on Prime Video, you can check out the trailer – here.

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Federal judge says MyPillow’s Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute

'MyPillow' founder/Political activist Mike Lindell speaks during CPAC Texas conference at Hilton Anatole. Dallas^ TX - August 5^ 2022

A federal judge said that ‘MyPillow’ chief executive Mike Lindell must pay $5 million to a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Lindell, who says he plans to appeal, pointed out that the breach-of-contract lawsuit was against one of his companies, Lindell Management LLC, and not against him personally.

Lindell launched his “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge” as part of a “Cyber Symposium” he hosted in South Dakota in 2021. Lindell offered a $5 million reward through Lindell Management for anyone who could prove that “packet captures” and other data he released there were not valid data “from the November 2020 election.” Software engineer Robert Zeidman entered the challenge with a 15-page report that concluded the data from Lindell did not “contain packet data of any kind and do not contain any information related to the November 2020 election.” A panel of contest judges, including Lindell’s attorney, declined to declare Zeidman a winner.

Last April, a panel of three arbitrators unanimously ordered Lindell to pay Zeidman $5 million, concluding that he had satisfied the contest rules. In the new ruling, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim expressed concern about how the panel interpreted what he called a “poorly written contract,” but said courts have only limited authority to overrule arbitration awards and ordered Lindell to pay up with interest within 30 days.

Lindell has conceded that he doesn’t have the money to pay the money awarded Zeidman: “We’re not able to pay — I can’t borrow money to pay these attorneys. MyPillow can’t pay because of what happened. I have $10,000 to my name.”  Lindell has previously said that MyPillow had to work to stay afloat after stores like Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond “canceled” his product.

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Pres. Biden blasts Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling on frozen embryos

President Joe Biden at the end of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Rome^ Italy. October 31^ 2021

President Joe Biden blasted the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent decision on in vitro fertilization which ruled that frozen embryos are people. The state court’s decision prompted the University of Alabama at Birmingham pause IVF treatments.

Biden said that the Alabama high court’s decision is a “direct result” of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and also casted blame on former President Donald Trump with his appointments of conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement Thursday afternoon, Biden condemned the Alabama high court’s ruling: “Today, in 2024 in America, women are being turned away from emergency rooms and forced to travel hundreds of miles for health care, while doctors fear prosecution for providing an abortion. And now, a court in Alabama put access to some fertility treatments at risk for families who are desperately trying to get pregnant. The disregard for women’s ability to make these decisions for themselves and their families is outrageous and unacceptable.”

Biden’s statement came a day after the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, which marked the first time a court has ever given rights and protections so early after conception, but did not ban in vitro fertilization (IVF) and is limited to Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through IVF are children under state law, prompting legal concerns among doctors and patients over unused embryos that get discarded in the process. As a result of the ruling, The University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that it would stop IVF treatments, citing possible legal repercussions as a result of the decision: “we are saddened that this will impact our patients’ attempt to have a baby through IVF, but we must evaluate the potential that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for IVF treatments.”

Biden said he and Vice President Kamala Harris are committed to fighting for reproductive rights and “won’t stop until we restore the protections of Roe v. Wade in federal law for all women in every state.” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a Thursday morning statement: “What is happening in Alabama right now is only possible because Donald Trump’s Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade. Across the nation, MAGA Republicans are inserting themselves into the most personal decisions a family can make, from contraception to IVF. With their latest attack on reproductive freedom, these so-called pro-life Republicans are preventing loving couples from growing their families. If Donald Trump is elected, there is no question that he will impose his extreme anti-freedom agenda on the entire country.”

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Pendleton Whisky Music Fest 2024 lineup features headliner Thomas Rhett

Thomas Rhett at the iHeartRadio Theater in New York City.

Pendleton Whisky Music Fest has unveiled the list of artists who will perform at the annual event on Saturday, July 13, with Thomas Rhett serving as headliner along with Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina and Thomas Mac. The festival will be held at Pendleton Round-Up Grounds, 1205 SW Court Ave., in Pendleton.

Co-organizer Andy McAnally in a release: “Building on the incredible momentum created by Kane Brown, Flo Rida, Maddie & Tae, and Niko Moon in 2023, we are excited to welcome fans back to the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest. Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lunch, Jo Dee Messina, Thomas Mac, plus a special ‘90s throwback performance — this year’s performers are ready to deliver the show of a lifetime.”

The annual Friday night kick-off party for the fest. will take place 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, July 12, in downtown Pendleton. There will also be local food vendors and signature cocktails at the outdoor bars, and musical acts at this free event will include Joel Gibson Jr., Precious Byrd and DJ Sovern-T. Concertgoers can also expect an immersive dance party led by Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc and Sugarhill Gang.

Pendleton Whisky Music Fest tickets are available at pendletonwhiskymusicfest.com.

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2024 Met Gala reveals theme and co-chairs Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth

Zendaya arrives for the ‘Euphoria’ FYC Party on April 20^ 2022 in Los Angeles^ CA

The co-chairs for the 2024 Met Gala were announced with a reveal on social media: “Just in: This year, #BadBunny, @ChrisHemsworth, @jlo, @Zendaya, and Anna Wintour will serve as this year’s official #MetGala co-chairs! Tied to the aforementioned exhibition, the dress code is “The Garden of Time.” http://vogue.cm/JeWLw0Z”.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed that Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth will serve as the Costume Institute Benefit event’s co-chairs. Honorary chairs are Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. The announcement on Vogue’s social channels came along with a comical video of text messages Wintour sent to the co-chairs, asking if they’re free on May 6.

The stars and Wintour will welcome guests to the museum for an exhibition entitled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”  Vogue described this year’s “Garden of Time” theme as one that has “nothing to do with the Brothers Grimm or Disney, but is rather a celebration of clothing and fashion so fragile that it can’t ever be worn again — and are therefore sleeping beauties in the scrupulously maintained archives of The Costume Institute … we can expect to see a range of fashion on display, dating back as far as a 17th-century Elizabethan-era English bodice, that embodies the beauty of the natural world — its fragility and its inevitable decay. More modern, less delicate pieces imbued with the same spirit as the spotlit fashions will be showcased alongside them, and broken up into three sub-themes: Land, Sea and Sky.”  Vogue also notes that the dress code was inspired by a short story of the same name written by JG Ballard in 1962. (

Hemsworth will attend his first Met as a co-host, with Bad Bunny marking his third year at the Met. Zendaya has attended the Met five times, and Lopez is a 13-time attendee. TikTok is a sponsor of this year’s gala, which will take place on May 6.

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Wendy Williams, 59, diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia

Wendy Williams at Star Ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 17^ 2019

Former talk show host Wendy Williams, 59, has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, according to a statement released Thursday by her medical team. Williams was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023 and those diagnoses have “enabled Wendy to receive the medical care she requires,” according to the press release.

The press release explained that the former host of the “Wendy Williams Show” underwent a battery of tests in 2023 after her memory started to fail and she began to “lose words” and “act erratically.” The statement read: “As Wendy’s fans are aware, in the past she has been open with the public about her medical struggles with Graves’ Disease and Lymphedema as well as other significant challenges related to her health. The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances. Wendy is still able to do many things for herself. Most importantly she maintains her trademark sense of humor and is receiving the care she requires to make sure she is protected and that her needs are addressed. She is appreciative of the many kind thoughts and good wishes being sent her way.”

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of disorders that occur when nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain are lost. FTD can affect behavior, personality, language and movement. The National Aphasia Association describes primary progressive aphasia is “a neurological syndrome in which language capabilities become slowly and progressively impaired.” Unlike other forms of aphasia, primary progressive aphasia does not result from a stroke or brain injury and instead is caused by the “deterioration of brain tissue important for speech and language.” And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dementia is an umbrella term that describes “the impaired ability to remember, think or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities.”

The disclosure of Williams diagnosis comes ahead of the release of Lifetime’s documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The two-part documentary, filmed over the course of two years and executive produced by Williams, dives into her declining health and alcoholism, all of which contributed to her being placed under a court-ordered guardianship in 2022. Williams’ health issues first came to light after she collapsed on-air during her daytime talk show’s Halloween episode in 2017. At the time, she attributed the incident to her Graves’ disease diagnosis, but not long after she revealed she was living in a sober house to treat her alcoholism. Williams seemed to relapse numerous time, and checked in and out of rehab throughout 2022 and 2023.

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Post Malone teases country music song with Luke Combs

Singer Post Malone at Rock in Rio at the Olympic Park. September 3^ 2022.

28-year-old singer/rapper Post Malone is teasing new music with country artists Luke Combs. Posty shared a video which shows him jamming along to a new collaboration featuring the 33-year-old Combs.

After Combs had previously shared a photo on Instagram showing himself with Malone and retired NFL star Peyton Manning backstage at his concert Feb. 10 in Las Vegas, fans started calling for a Malone/Combs collab. The two artists have both had headline-making performances of late — Malone performing “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl LVIII, and Combs performing “Fast Car” with Tracy Chapman at the Grammys.

In addition to the country music teaser with Combs, Malone will perform a set of country music covers at Stagecoach music festival in April. Combs last released new music with his LP, 2023’s Gettin’ Old; he will launch his Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old tour in April.

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