Month: December 2021

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Country Daypop

Maddie & Tae postpone tour dates after pregnant Taylor Kerr is placed on temporary bedrest

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Maddie & Tae have postponed tour dates, including the dates on their upcoming CMT Next Women of Country Tour: All Song No Static run. Bandmate Taylor Kerr — who is pregnant — has been placed on doctor-ordered bedrest.

The duo broke the news on social media on Monday (Dec. 27), assuring fans that postponing their shows is a precaution to help Kerr and her unborn baby girl stay healthy. They said: “Tae and her baby are doing great, but the doctor has placed her on temporary bedrest. Out of precaution, we are postponing our upcoming tour dates…We appreciate your understanding and we’ll be back on tour with new music as soon as we can!”  Their headlining CMT Next Women of Country Tour was originally scheduled to launch on Jan. 6 in Oklahoma City, Okla., and run through mid-February.

Kerr shared the news of her pregnancy with fans in late November, indicating at the time that her baby girl is due in the spring of 2022. It’ll be the first child for Kerr and her husband, Josh, a Nashville songwriter. The couple tied the knot in February 2021.

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Country Daypop

Kane Brown teases upcoming new song ‘Whiskey Sour’

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Kane Brown revealed the news of his new song “Whiskey Sour” on social media via a video, which he captioned, “I love getting to sing other people’s stories! This is my next song to release January 14th tag a friend.”  The caption also included the hashtag #WhiskeySour, and finds the country superstar in the kitchen of his Tennessee home singing along to the unreleased new song, which was playing through a speaker situated on the countertop beside him. Listen to the clip of “Whiskey Sour” – here.

Brown has been teasing fans with unreleased new music since the release of his EP, Mixtape Vol. 1.  Over the course of the last few months, Brown shared small clips of unreleased songs on social media including an untitled rap song, “Leave You Alone,” “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” “Something I’d Love To See,” “Riot,” “Nothing ‘Bout Loving You I’d Change” and “Drunk or Dreaming” and more.

Brown is also currently in the midst of his massive 35-date headlining ‘Blessed & Free Tour,’ The tour kicked off on October 1 in Sacramento and will visit all 29 NBA basketball arenas throughout 2021 and 2022.

“Whiskey Sour” will be available everywhere on January 14.

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Entertainment Daypop

Meghan King reveals separation from husband Cuffe Biden Owens after 2 months of marriage

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Former “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Meghan King has split from husband Cuffe Owens after just two months of marriage. Owens is the son of Valerie Owens, who is President Biden’s younger sister.

The 37-year-old King revealed news of the split from Owens, 42, in a series of Instagram stories on Monday. King wrote: “I’ve been asked by many outlets and individuals to comment on the state of marriage. I am rattled. This situation is profoundly devastating. This is obviously not what I imagined when I made my vows — and I’m shocked and saddened by the way things turned out. I am moving forward with my children as we privately process our pain and begin to let go of shattered dreams. At this time I ask for your grace and gentle kindness as I navigate this labyrinth of grief with my family.”

King and Owens were married in Pennsylvania on October 11 in an intimate family ceremony that was attended by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. King first introduced Owens as her boyfriend in late September on social media, sharing a photo of her and Owens with their arms around each other and saying: “Trying my best to avoid any cheesy introductions like ‘my main squeeze’… so just meet my man.”

King was a main cast member on “Real Housewives of Orange County” for three seasons from 2015 to 2017.  She split from Jim Edmonds in 2019 after five years of marriage.  Edmonds and King share daughter Aspen, 5, and twin sons Hart and Hayes, 3.

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Entertainment Daypop

Take a look at the new trailer for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’

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Marvel released the first trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a sequel to 2016’s Doctor Strange. 

The film is a follow-up to Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) most recent appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and will pick up on the revelations around Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) from ‘WandaVision.’

The trailer originally was released as the final post-credit scene for Spider-Man: No Way Home earlier in December, but Marvel has now put it online for everyone to see.   Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is set to hit theaters on May 6. Take a look at the trailer – here.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Trailer Reveals No Way Home Fallout: Watch

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Rock Daypop

The Strokes postpone New Year’s Eve 2021 concert due to Omicron

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The Strokes are postponing their 2021 New Year’s Eve concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “We were so excited to be performing for everyone in Brooklyn this New Year’s Eve, but the Omicron variant has thwarted our plans,” the band explained on social media. “All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date and details regarding refunds will be offered when the new date is announced.”

The Barclays show would have been the Strokes’ first New Year’s Eve concert in two years. Scheduled to open the event were Idles and Hinds. Last year, the Strokes released The New Abnormal, their sixth studio album and first in seven years, which earned them the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album — the band’s first ever Grammy win.

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Rock Daypop

Green Day tease new music recorded in London

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Green Day are teasing new music with the release of a video snippet,  sharing footage from an unspecified period at RAK Studios in London, UK that features images of the band members accompanied by a soundtrack with Billie Joe Armstrong singing before the clip ends with the phrase “1972.”

Green Day have not shared any additional context or details about the video preview; however, Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool were all born in 1972 and will turn 50 in 2022.

The band have issued three new singles this year, including “Here Comes the Shock”, “Pollyanna”, and “Holy Toledo!”

Watch the video preview – here.

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Pop Daypop

Alicia Keys shares video for “Come For Me” featuring Khalid & Lucky Daye

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Alicia Keys released the video for her song “Come For Me (Unlocked)” featuring Khalid and Lucky Daye.  Keys directed the video and all three artists are present in the clip. The official music video shows snippets from the “Come For Me” recording process, and Keys, Khalid, and Lucky Daye sing, dance, and even play games with each other throughout the video.

In a social media post shortly after the video’s premiere, Lucky Daye said, “Know you know the vibes 😏. I could’ve never imagined an artist I have so much respect for would return it by working with me. ‘Come For Me’ video out now with my sis @aliciakeys and @thegr8khalid 🚨🍀.”

“Come For Me (Unlocked)” is Keys’ eighth studio album and first-ever double album. The 26-track double record also features artists like Pusha T, Brandi Carlile, Lil Wayne, and Swae Lee.

Check out the official music video for “Come For Me (Unlocked)” – here.

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Pop Daypop

Doja Cat shares that she wants to release a double album containing pop & hip-hop

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Doja Cat recently took to Instagram Live to let fans know she would love to make a double album consisting of pop-rap on one side and hip-hop on the other. Additionally, Doja revealed who her dream team would be, saying:  “New project. 12 songs. All of them, every f–kin’ one, Jay Versace and 9th Wonder.”

Both producers seem to be on board with the idea. Jay quote tweeted a clip from Doja’s Instagram Live saying, “Brah.” Meanwhile, 9th Wonder wrote, “Say what now?”

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News Daypop

Retail holiday sales jump 8.5% compared to 2020, with big online gains

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According to a report published Sunday by the credit card company Mastercard, retail sales during the holiday season jumped 8.5% compared with 2020  E-commerce sales were up 11% in 2021 for the holiday season running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 compared to the previous year, and online sales were up a massive 61% from 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic led to a historic increase in shopping online.  Online shopping made up 20.9% of all retail sales in 2021, up from just 14.6% in 2019 while the e-commerce boom rages, according to the report.

Steve Sadove, senior adviser for Mastercard, said in a statement that the growth in holiday sales happened early because of “conversations surrounding supply chain and labor supply issues.  Consumers splurged throughout the season, with apparel and department stores experiencing strong growth as shoppers sought to put their best-dressed foot forward.”

The Mastercard report noted that jewelry sales increased 32% percent in 2021 from 2020, and are up 26.2% compared to 2019. Apparel sales are up 47.3% in 2021 compared to 2020, and up 29% compared to 2019.

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Dr. Fauci warns Omicron cases may get ‘much higher’ as more flights are canceled over the Christmas weekend

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On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant are likely to climb “much higher” as the variant wreaked havoc on holiday traveling, with 2,271 flights cancelled as of Sunday.  Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC New’s This Week that  “every day it (Omicron cases) goes up. The last weekly average was about 150,000, and it will likely go much higher.”  As of Sunday, 71,044 people nationwide had been hospitalized with COVID-19. New York on Sunday reported 36,454 new COVID-19 cases, down from a record 44,431 on Friday.

Delta canceled 212 flights, JetBlue 195, American Airlines 158 and United 115 as the major airlines cited staff shortages due to COVID-19 outbreaks. A JetBlue spokesman told CNBC that the airline came into the holiday with is highest staffing levels since the beginning of the pandemic but was still forced to cancel flights amid the Omicron surge.

Fauci on Sunday urged Americans not to “get complacent” despite studies showing Omicron appears to be less severe in terms of causing hospitalizations, noting that a high volume of new infections “might override a real diminution in severity. If you have many, many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people. And we’re particularly worried about those who are in that unvaccinated class … those are the most vulnerable ones when you have a virus that is extraordinarily effective in getting to people.”

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