Month: February 2022

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Country Daypop

Eric Church announces plans for Lower Broadway bar in Nashville

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Eric Church will be the latest country singer to open a bar on Lower Broadway in Nashville. The singer and his partners bought the Cotton Eyed Joe’s building at the corner of Second Avenue and Broadway.  They plan on converting it into a six-story bar, barbecue restaurant and seated venue called Chief’s.  Church joins Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Kid Rock in the list of artists with bars/restaurants in Nashville’s Lower Broadway area.

Church said in a statement: “I remember driving through downtown Nashville over 20 years ago with a pawn shop guitar, riding shotgun in a beat-to-hell truck just trying to chase a dream. Chief’s is the culmination of catching that dream. Like everything else we do in our career, I wouldn’t even attempt a project like this if I didn’t think it would be the best, so that’s what Chief’s will be: the best.”

Church said Chief’s will open in 2023. He added: “I am partnering with my closest friend and, in my opinion, the greatest hotel entrepreneur on earth, Ben Weprin, and the greatest barbecue chef in the world, Rodney Scott. Together we will create an experience unique to Nashville and absolutely unparalleled in the world of music, food, fellowship and entertainment. This is my hometown. This is personal. This matters. Every detail of Chief’s will feel that way. I cannot wait to get started.”

Eric Church Announces Six-Story Bar and BBQ in Downtown Nashville

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Entertainment Daypop

David Letterman to guest on ‘Late Night’ for 40th anniversary

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David Letterman will be dropping by as a guest Feb. 1 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of NBC’s Late Night. Letterman was the original Late Night host who launched the after-hours franchise in 1982, before eventually moving over to the Late Show on CBS.

Late Night’s current host Seth Meyers announced the news in a video, saying: “The 40th anniversary is next Tuesday, and to celebrate, my guest that evening will be the man who started it all, David Letterman.” Meyers added, “Now that is a show that would make college-age Seth Meyers very happy. Also, current Seth Meyers.”

Letterman moved to CBS in 1993 following the hiring of Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show.  Late Night has been hosted by Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Meyers throughout the show’s 40-year history.

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Entertainment Daypop

Today’s Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman end their engagement after 8 years together

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Today show host Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman have ended their engagement, breaking up after eight years together. The former couple were engaged in November 2019, and will continue to co-parent their daughters, 4-year-old Haley and 2-year-old Hope.

The 57-year-old Kotb shared on ‘Today With Hoda & Jenna’:  “People have written in and asked why I wasn’t wearing my engagement ring. Joel and I have had, we’ve had a lot of prayerful and really meaningful conversations over the holidays, and we decided that we’re better as friends and parents then we are as an engaged couple.  We decided that we are going to start this New Year and begin it on our new path, as loving parents to our adorable, delightful children and as friends. It’s not like something happened. They say that sometimes relationships are meant to be there for a reason or a season or for a lifetime, and I feel like ours was meant to be there for a season.”

Kotb added: “This is weird and awkward. I really was struggling with this. I was like, ‘What do I say, how do I say it?’ But I feel like often we share the joyous pieces of our life… and then the difficult part sometimes you want to forget about. You want to erase them, you don’t want to share them because that’s not part of a pretty picture. But I think a lot of women know what this feels like in this moment, to be changing course in life. And I feel really brave in this moment, I really do.”   Speaking of Schiffman, Kotb said: “He’s a great guy. He’s a very kind and loving person, and I feel privileged to have spent eight years with him.”

In October 2020, Kotb shared she was considering adopting a third child with Schiffman. When announcing her breakup, however, Kotb did not mention whether she and Schiffman are still planning on going forward with another adoption.

Hoda Kotb, Joel Schiffman Split After 8 Years Together: ‘Better as Friends’

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Rock Daypop

Joe Rogan and Spotify address controversy after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell remove their music from the platform due to COVID-19 misinformation

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has announced that the platform will direct listeners to correct Covid-19 information on any and all podcasts discussing the pandemic. The announcement comes in the wake of the company losing billions in market value, after musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removed their music from the platform in protest at podcasters such as Joe Rogan sharing misinformation to millions of listeners.

Ek released a statement outlining the streaming platform’s plan to battle misinformation on the podcasts it hosts. Content advisories will be added to any podcast that discusses coronavirus directing users to a website that “provides easy access to data-driven facts, up-to-date information as shared by scientists, physicians, academics and public health authorities around the world, as well as links to trusted sources.” Spotify also revealed guidlines for creators to the public for the first time, saying that creators cannot publish “content that promotes dangerous false or dangerous deceptive medical information that may cause offline harm or poses a direct threat to public health.” 

When announcing his decision to pull his music from the platform, Neil Young singled out Rogan and a conversation he had with cardiologist Dr Peter McCullough and immunologist/virologist Dr Robert Malone on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Rogan’s podcast is downloaded an average of 11 million times per episode and is exclusive to Spotify as part of a $100 million deal the company has with Rogan.  In an Instagram video published on Monday, Rogan issued a statement about the controversy, saying “I’m not trying to promote misinformation, I’m not trying to be controversial. I’ve never tried to do anything with this podcast other than just talk to people and have interesting conversations.”  Rogan added he will do his best “try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people’s perspectives, so we can maybe find a better point of view.”

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Rock Daypop

KORN announce livestream event prior to release of new album ‘Requiem’

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Korn will release their new LP Requiem this Friday, February 4. The band has now announced an in-person and livestream event, dubbed “Requiem Mass,” to be held at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA.  The concert and livestream are set for Thursday (February 3rd) at 8 p.m. PT.  Limited ticketing will be available for the in-person show at @AmoebaHollywood on Tuesday, Feb 1 at 11AM. The livestream will be available free on Korn’s YouTube channel.

For the 300 in-person attendees, a face covering must be worn, and proof of vaccination required. In addition, attendees must wear appropriate black funeral attire. The band’s press release states: “Guests are encouraged to bring a token or item of remembrance to honor a loved one who has passed to leave in the casket as part of the ceremony.”

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Pop Daypop

Halsey announces 2022 North American ‘Love And Power’ tour

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Halsey has announced a new North American tour for 2022, dubbed Love And Power, which will launch this summer in support of her fourth album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.”  Halsey will be supported by Beabadoobee and newcomer PinkPantheress between May 17 to June 8 (except May 21).  The Marias and TikTok make-up artist-turned-pop star Abby Roberts will join them from June 16 to July 9, excluding June 21 which will be supported by Wolf Alice.

Halsey wrote on Twitter: “it’s been far too long and i could not be more excited to see you all. the love and power tour is coming this summer.”   For more information, you can head to loveandpower.com.

The Love And Power tour will kick off in West Palm Beach, FL on May 17 and continue through July 9, concluding at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA. All shows will be held at outdoor venues and will follow Live Nation’s COVID-19 protocol, which requires all attendees to show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test.

Tickets will go on general sale on Friday (February 4) and will be available to purchase via Ticketmaster – here.

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Pop Daypop

Rihanna is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky

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Singer and fashion mogul Rihanna is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky. The couple, both 33 years old, were photographed in New York this weekend, with Rihanna debuting her baby bump underneath a long pink jacket, gold cross and colorful jewels. A$AP Rocky was holding her hand and kissing her forehead in the photos.

People reported in November 2020 that the two were a couple after years of friendship, and they’ve recently been spotted together in New York, making a red carpet appearance at the 2021 Met Gala. A$AP Rocky confirmed the romance In an interview with GQ last May, calling Rihanna the “love of my life” and “my lady.” Of Rihanna, Rocky said: “So much better when you got the One. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. … I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”  When asked about parenthood, the rapper replied: “If that’s in my destiny, absolutely. … I think I’d be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very.”

Rihanna — whose real name is Robyn Fenty; and A$AP Rocky — whose real name is Rakim Mayers, have not publicly commented on the pregnancy news.

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