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The Darkness bringing their 20th Anniversary ‘Permission to Land’ tour to North America

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The Darkness is celebrating the release of their album ‘Permission to Land’ 20 years ago by bringing their 20th anniversary tour to North America. The band will also celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary by releasing an expanded, deluxe version of Permission to Land this year.

The British rock band announced U.S. dates for the tour on social media: “🇺🇸⚡PTL20 USA Tour 2023 Announcement⚡🇺🇸 That’s right, people of the USA we are coming back to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Permission to Land! We will be playing Permission to Land in full along with of some of your other favourites. It’s going to be a night of rock you will not want to miss. Come and celebrate with us! Tickets go on sale Friday June 9th at 10am local time here: https://www.thedarknesslive.com/tour-dates/ or click the link in our bio! Tell us which gig you’re going to come to! 💋”

Released on July 7, 2003, Permission to Land sold more than a million copies and went to No. 1 in the U.K. Frontman Justin Hawkins said in a statement: “When Permission to Land landed, twenty short years ago, we were bathed in shock and awe. As if by magic, Rock wasn’t dead! Fun wasn’t banned! And Spandex was almost acceptable again…Well, guess what? Twenty years on, the same rules apply. So please to squeeze yourselves into those inappropriate leggings, back-comb your mullet, splash on a big handful of attitude, and come celebrate with us! We promise everything and we deliver, every time. Bring on the next twenty!”

The tour kicks-off on October 3 in San Francisco, California, heading through major cities in the U.S. before concluding Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C. The Darkness previously announced European dates, which kick off in November. Each concert will see The Darkness perform Permission to Land in its entirety, along with other fan-favorite tracks. For tickets, head to www.thedarknesslive.com.

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Pop Daypop

See Latto and Cardi B in the video for the remix of “Put It on da Floor Again”

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Latto has released the remix for her viral hit “Put It On Da Floor” featuring Cardi B, and the two ladies also appear in the official music video for the updated track. The visual features cameos from Offset, Baby Drill, and Louisiana State University women’s basketball star Angel Reese.

The 24-year-old Atlanta rapper first previewed “Put It On Da Floor” while performing at Coachella earlier this year before officially releasing the track following the festival. Put It On Da Floor is Latto’s second single of the year, following the pop song “Lottery” featuring Lu Kala. The rapper is also gearing up for a summer of performances including a summer festival run in Europe that includes Wireless Festival in London, Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and Rolling Loud Germany.

Take a look at the video for “Put it On Da Floor Again” with Latto and Cardi B – here.

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News Daypop

Canadian wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality across Northeast

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As hundreds of Canadian wildfires burn, unhealthy levels of smoke and haze continued to spread across portions of the Northeast, worsening air quality for millions of people. More than 400 active wildfires were burning across Canada Wednesday, with the worst affecting the eastern province of Quebec, which borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Skylines looked orange and the air was smokey, as officials instructed people to stay indoors.

About 128 million people were under air quality alerts because of wildfire smoke and ozone in the U.S. as of Wednesday night, and the Federal Aviation Administration slowed air traffic at some major airports. For smoke alone, around 100 million were under alerts across 16 states.

The National Weather Service said that the smoke in major metro areas, including Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., was expected to continue through Thursday and cause air unhealthy for all groups
Air quality advisories were in place for all five boroughs of the city of more than 8 million people, and NY Mayor Eric Adams called the situation unprecedented.

An Air Quality Alert issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect in parts of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut through Thursday night.

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Sports Daypop

NBA Finals: Nuggets take 2-1 series lead over Heat with 109-94 win

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The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 109-94 in a Game 3 victory on Wednesday in Miami, giving them a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.

The Nuggets’ Jamal Murray scored a game-high 34 points and logged 10 assists and 10 rebounds, while Nikola Jokić had 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists — becoming the first teammates in NBA history to log 30-point triple-doubles in the same game. Meanwhile for the Heat, forward Jimmy Butler scored a team-high 28 points, and center Bam Adebayo totaled 22 points and 17 rebounds in the loss.

Nuggets coach Mike Malone said: “Guys understood Game 2 was not who we are. It’s not who we can be, especially at this stage of the season. And they responded like they always do. That’s one thing I know about our group, when we don’t play well, we own it. We find a way to be resilient and get back to playing Denver Nuggets basketball. That’s what we did tonight.”

Game 4 between the Nuggets and Heat will take place Friday at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

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CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht resigns after one year

CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed in a statement that CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht resigned on Wednesday, effective immediately. Warner Bros. Discovery said they have undertaken “an active search for a replacement,” and that executives Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley, Eric Sherling and David Leavy will lead CNN. David Leavy, a key Zaslav ally, was recently named the network’s new chief operating officer, which was intended to allow Licht to focus more on programming. Licht helped launch MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” as its executive producer in 2007 and later became executive producer and showrunner of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS.

President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, said: “I have great respect for Chris, personally and professionally. The job of leading CNN was never going to be easy, especially at a time of huge disruption and transformation, and he has poured his heart and soul into it. While we know we have work to do as we look to identify a new leader, we have absolute confidence in the team we have in place and will continue to fight for CNN and its world class journalism.”

Licht’s tenure was faced with controversy, beginning when he eliminated the CNN+ streaming service.  He drew criticism in recent weeks after the network hosted a town hall with Donald Trump that was packed with Trump supporters. Despite drawing 3.3 million viewers, CNN’s ratings plummeted afterward and two days after the town hall, CNN’s prime-time viewership came in below right-wing outlet Newsmax.

Additionally, an unflattering 15,000-word profile of Licht in The Atlantic titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN” seemed to seal Light’s fate. Top brass at Warner Bros. Discovery, including Zaslav, weren’t happy with the article and the aftermath, and Licht apologized to staffers Monday morning.

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Sports Daypop

French Open 2023: Coco Gauff defeated by No. 1-seeded Iga Świątek in quarterfinal

Top-ranked Iga Świątek defeated Coco Gauff with a 6–4, 6–2 victory to reach the semifinals on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Świątek recorded another straight-set victory over the American and will face Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil. The 19-year-old Gauff fell to 0–7 against Swiatek, and has yet to take a set against her in any match. Swiatek won 6–1, 6–3 in last year’s final.

Earlier on Court Philippe Chatrier, the 14th-seeded Haddad Maia scored another comeback win, upsetting Ons Jabeur 3–6, 7–6 (5), 6–1 to become the first Brazilian woman since 1968 to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.

Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff at French Open; U.S. major drought now longest in history

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Country Daypop

Chris Stapleton postpones Syracuse, NY concert due to dangerous air quality conditions

Chris Stapleton has postponed his concert on Thursday, June 8th at the St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview in Syracuse, New York due to the dangerous air quality issues affecting the northeast stemming from wildfires raging in Canada. The air quality is so poor in New York that the state is making 1 million N95 masks available to the public, with NY Governor Kathy Hochul calling the situation “unprecedented” and a “very serious, dangerous situation.”

Stapleton tweeted: “Due to the ongoing air conditions in the greater Syracuse area, tomorrow night’s show at @StJosephsAmp will be rescheduled. All previously purchased tickets for the original date will be honored for the new date. We expect to have an update by mid-day June 9th. – Team CS”

Stapleton, who is touring with his All-American Road Show, was slated to kick off the 2023 season at Lakeview’s Amphitheater’s with special guests Charley Crockett and The War and Treaty; approximately 17,000 people were expected to attend. The amphitheater expects to have an update by mid-day Friday.

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Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley & Elle King to host ‘CMA Fest’ on ABC

Dierks Bentley, Elle King and Lainey Wilson have been announced as the hosts of the CMA Fest, a three-hour primetime television event set to air this summer.

Returning as co-hosts are Bentley and King, who had the gig at last year’s 2022 CMA Fest special. Wilson is a new  to the hosting lineup for 2023. The CMA Fest television event shares all the highlights and behind-the-scenes fun of the 2023 CMA Fest, set to take place in Nashville from June 8-11. In addition, this year marks the festival’s 50th anniversary, and a number of special celebrations marking the anniversary are expected to take place.

Bentley and Wilson are both set to perform on the Nissan Stadium stage during the 2023 CMA Fest, along with Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Eric Church and Tim McGraw and more.

CMA Fest — the ‘Music Event of Summer’ — will air on Wednesday, July 19 at 8/7c on ABC.

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Entertainment Daypop

Shannen Doherty shares that her cancer has spread to her brain

‘Beverly Hills 90210’ alum Shannen Doherty is sharing an update about her battle with Stage 4 cancer, revealing on social media that her breast cancer has spread to her brain.

In a post shared on Instagram, Doherty spoke about her fear as she was placed under a machine for radiation treatment, alongside a video that shows her crying as she’s inside the machine: “January 12, 2023. On January 5th, my ct scan showed Mets in my brain. Yesterdays video was showing the process of getting fitted for the mask which you wear during radiation to your brain. January 12, the first round of radiation took place. My fear is obvious. I am extremely claustrophobic and there was a lot going on in my life. I am fortunate as I have great doctors like Dr Amin Mirahdi and the amazing techs at cedar sinai. But that fear…. The turmoil….. the timing of it all…. This is what cancer can look like.” The actress had earlier shared a video of the process of the medical professionals fitting her head for a mask that will hold it steady while she goes under the machine, captioning that video “January 9, 2023.” A doctor talks with Doherty through the process as she lays flat.

Doherty was first diagnosed in 2015 with breast ancer, and has open about her long battle with the disease. In 2016, she revealed that she underwent numerous rounds of chemotherapy before her cancer went into remission in 2017. However in 2020, Doherty revealed that her cancer returned and was now Stage 4, having spread from it’s original location.

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Netflix shares the trailer for the upcoming thriller ‘Bird Box Barcelona’

Netflix has shared a teaser trailer for the post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box Barcelona, which expands on the 2018 film Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock as a mother who must shield her children from an evil force while also fighting for her own survival. The Barcelona-set thriller is the first of what is expected to be a series of movies to expand the Bird Box universe.

Bird Box Barcelona stars Mario Casas and Georgina Campbel, and is described as “an expansion” of the original movie. A film synopsis reads: “After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian (Casas) must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.” The cast also includes Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Diego Calva, Patrick Criado, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo De Castro, Michelle Jenner and Leonardo Sbaraglia.

Bird Box Barcelona premieres July 14. Take a look at the trailer – here.

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