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Edmonton Oilers defeat Dallas Stars to advance to Stanley Cup Final

Edmonton Oilers logotype. Vector hockey club logo. Hockey team.

The Edmonton Oilers are advancing to the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Sunday with a score of 2-1.  The Oilers will advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006.

The Oilers’ Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, Zach Hyman also scored and Evan Bouchard had a pair of assists, while Stuart Skinner made 34 saves to clinch the series.

Edmonton will face the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final, with Game 1 set to take place on Saturday, June 8th in Florida.

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Yuka Saso wins 2024 U.S. Women’s Open, earning second major title

Yuka Saso of Japan tees off during at hole 1 the Honda LPGA Thailand 2022 Round1 at Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course on March 10^ 2022 in Chonburi^ Thailand

Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women’s Open champion for the second time on Sunday at Lancaster Country Club, becoming the first Filipino to win the Women’s Open in 2021, and the first from Japan.

The 22-year-old Saso rallied with a final-round 2-under 68, running off four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the back nine, to become the youngest two-time major champion in history,

Saso finished at 4-under 276, winning by three shots over Hinako Shibuno, who in 2019 became the first Japanese player to capture the Women’s British Open.

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Country Daypop

Latest round of performers added to CMA Fest 2024 lineup

Kelsea Ballerini performs at the 2018 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium on June 9^ 2018 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

The Country Music Association shared a slew of performers and artists appearing at CMA Fest, taking place across multiple stages June 6-9 in downtown Nashville, adding to the hundreds of artists previously announced for the four-day festival lineup.

Kicking-off the run of nightly shows at Nissan Stadium will be Reyna Roberts, who has been tapped to perform the national anthem on Thursday, June 6, while Terri Clark, Craig Morgan, Josh Turner and Gretchen Wilson will open the shows throughout the weekend.

Old Dominion has also been added to the main stage lineup alongside previously announced acts including Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, The War and Treaty, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman.

The Tennessee State University marching band, The Aristocrat of Bands, returns for a second year on Thursday morning as they march across the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. Reyna Roberts will kick off Thursday night at Nissan Stadium performing the national anthem. Additional acts taking the stages include Sophia Scott performing the national anthem at the Chevy Riverfront Stage, as well as sets by Julia Cole, Allie Colleen, Shelby Darrall, Exile, Chris Housman, Willie Jones, Tiera Kennedy, Love and Theft, Dylan Marlowe, Matt Schuster, Sister Hazel, The Chattahoochies and Louie TheSinger.

Head to CMAfest.com/tickets for available ticket information.

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Country Daypop

Take a listen to Thomas Rhett’s latest single ‘Beautiful as You’

Country music artist Thomas Rhett performs at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Thomas Rhett on September 28^ 2015 at the iHeartRadio Theater in New York City.

Thomas Rhett has dropped his latest single, “Beautiful As You”, the first music off his upcoming seventh studio album set for release on August 23rd.

Rhett, 34, and wife and Lauren, 34, are parents to daughters Willa Gray, 8½, Ada James, 6½, Lennon Love, 4, and Lillie Carolina, 2½. Shared Rhett (per Taste of Country): “I feel like in the last four or five years, ‘drowning’ is not the word. For the first time in eight years I feel like Lauren and I — like our kids are doing things for themselves. They’re waking up for school, they’re bathing alone … I feel like Lauren and I are in this freedom phase of life… a different phase of life than we have been for a while. Now it’s a little easier to go on date nights, do stuff with friends, stay up a little bit later – I don’t know, maybe even sleep in a little bit! So much of my music is a reflection of the stage of life we are in – we’re in a very joyful season – and this song is just the tip of the iceberg to the rest of this next album.”

Rhett adds in a statement: “This is an anthem for everybody who feels like they out-kicked their coverage. There was one day a couple years back when I was looking at my wife, and I was like, ‘Why in the world did you choose me?’ I get to be with someone who could easily be on the cover of a magazine, and I get to see her in all her forms — a partner, a mother, a friend, even a philanthropist. I just feel like I’ve got a first row seat at almost-perfection, if you will. And like the song says, ‘Seriously, what is somebody as amazing as you doing with somebody like me?’”

Take a listen to ‘Beautiful as You’ via the lyric video – here.

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Pop Daypop

Jennifer Lopez cancels her summer ‘This Is Me…Now The Tour’

Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's 'Atlas' held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood^ USA on May 20^ 2024.

Jennifer Lopez has canceled her This Is Me…Now The Tour, which was set to kick off next month.

Rumors had been circulating in recent months that many shows were set to be canceled due to poor ticket sales; however, Lopez shared that the tour cancellation was done so to take time off to spend with her ‘children, family, and close friends,’ which was announced directly to fans via her ‘OntheJLo’ Newsletter. Lopez, 54, wrote: “I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down. Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary. I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much. Until next time…”  The news also comes amid rumors that Lopez and her husband, Ben Affleck, have separated.

The 30+ city tour was set to begin on June 26th in Orlando with stops across North America in Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, her hometown of New York City, and more before wrapping up in Houston on August 31st. The tour was intended to support the release of Lopez’s first studio album in nearly a decade, ‘This Is Me…Now’, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.

Live Nation said fans who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster will automatically be refunded. Lopez is currently promoting the release of her Netflix movie “Atlas,” which debuted on the streaming platform on May 24.

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Entertainment Daypop

Jennifer Lopez cancels her summer ‘This Is Me…Now The Tour’

Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's 'Atlas' held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood^ USA on May 20^ 2024.

Jennifer Lopez has canceled her This Is Me…Now The Tour, which was set to kick off next month.

Rumors had been circulating in recent months that many shows were set to be canceled due to poor ticket sales; however, Lopez shared that the tour cancellation was done so to take time off to spend with her ‘children, family, and close friends,’ which was announced directly to fans via her ‘OntheJLo’ Newsletter. Lopez, 54, wrote: “I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down. Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary. I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much. Until next time…”  The news also comes amid rumors that Lopez and her husband, Ben Affleck, have separated.

The 30+ city tour was set to begin on June 26th in Orlando with stops across North America in Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, her hometown of New York City, and more before wrapping up in Houston on August 31st. The tour was intended to support the release of Lopez’s first studio album in nearly a decade, ‘This Is Me…Now’, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.

Live Nation said fans who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster will automatically be refunded. Lopez is currently promoting the release of her Netflix movie “Atlas,” which debuted on the streaming platform on May 24.

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Ellen DeGeneres’ final special coming to Netflix, to embark on standup tour

Ellen DeGeneres at the world premiere for "Finding Dory" at the El Capitan Theatre^ Hollywood^ CA. June 8^ 2016

Ellen DeGeneres is returning to Netflix with a new stand-up special, her second for the streaming service, and according to the comedian, ‘her last.’ DeGeneres said in a statement: “To answer the questions everyone is asking me — yes, I’m going to talk about it. Yes, this is my last special. Yes, [wife] Portia [de Rossi] really is that pretty in real life.”

DeGeneres’s special comes six years after the former talk-show host’s last comedy special, 2018’s “Relatable,” as part of a two-special deal with Netflix. The special also marks DeGeneres’ first special since the 2022 end of her eponymous daytime talk show after 19 seasons, which came after she faced personal criticism and claims of a toxic workplace in the summer of 2020. Robbie Praw, VP of stand-up and comedy formats at Netflix, shared in a statement: “There is nobody quite like Ellen. She is a true legend and pioneer in so many ways. We can’t wait to bring fans another one of her hilarious comedy specials later this year.”

DeGeneres is also set to embark on a standup tour titled “Ellen’s Last Stand… Up.” A press release from the show’s producer Live Nation reads: “this summer, she will grace stages across North America for the last time, delivering her iconic and hilarious performances. This will be the last opportunity for fans to witness a comedy legend in her final curtain call.”  

DeGeneres also posted the news on her social media channels, with the caption: “Here it is! These are the cities and dates for my final stand-up tour. ..  Get your tickets at ellenshop.com/tour.”.  The tour will kick-off beginning in San Diego, Calif. on June 19, and culminate in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Aug. 17.  Head HERE for more information.

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Rock Daypop

Jane’s Addiction to embark on first tour with original lineup since 2010

Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro at Uproar Festival in Nampa^ Idaho September 5th^ 2013.

Jane’s Addiction – who played the first show with their original lineup in 14 years just a week ago –
have announced a 23-date North American tour, along with fellow reunited rockers Love and Rockets.

The band played with guitarist Dave Navarro for the first time since 2021 during a gig at the 400-capacity Bush Hall in London on May 23, completing the original lineup of frontman Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. Navarro had been out of the group due to symptoms from long COVID and was replaced on the road in recent years by former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist/Pearl Jam multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen.

The 23-city tour kicks off on August 9th at Fontainebleau Las Vegas making stops across North America in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, and more before wrapping up in St. Louis at Evolution Festival on September 29th.

Tickets will be available starting with artist presales beginning Tuesday, May 28th. Additional presales will run throughout the week with the general on-sale beginning Friday, May 31st at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.

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Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless bitten by a bat onstage opening for AC/DC

Taylor Momsen (R) and Mark Damon of The Pretty Reckless perform at MGM Resorts Village on September 20^ 2014 in Las Vegas^ Nevada.

The Pretty Reckless front woman Taylor Momsen was bitten by a bat while performing in Spain last week, where the band were the opening act for AC/DC. Momsen, 30, shared the moment on Instagram, showing her noticing that the crowd is pointing at something before she looks down at her leg and says: “There’s a (expletive) flying bat on my leg right now. Can someone help me, please?”

Momsen commented that the incident occurred during a performance of the song “Witches Burn,” to which Taylor shared: “I must really be a witch.” The video clip later shows Momsen receiving medical attention and showing her leg with red marks, writing on Instagram: “A BAT flew onto me and clung to my leg … in the moment I was performing and had no idea until the incredible crowd kept screaming and pointing … he was cute, but yes he bit me … so rabies shots for the next two weeks.”

Momsen thanked the staff at the hospital for treating her, saying that they “dubbed me #batgirl after seeing it on the local news that morning.” She used the hashtag “Batgirl” in the caption of several subsequent Instagram posts, one of which showed her walking off stage after being bitten. “He was very cute,” she said of the bat. Momsen later shared a photo of herself backstage posing next to a joking “no bats” sign.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bats are the “most commonly reported animals to have rabies” in the United States. The Pretty Reckless are currently on tour in support of AC/DC on their Power Up Tour through August, with upcoming shows scheduled for the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.

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Pop Daypop

Eminem drops video for new single ‘Houdini’

Eminem^ Marshall Bruce Mathers III at the 50 Cent Star Ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 30^ 2019 in Los Angeles^ CA

Less than a month after announcing his next album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem has dropped its first single, “Houdini.”  Em, 51, announced The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) with a Detroit Murder Files crime show teaser that aired during the NFL Draft; and earlier this month, he placed a fake obituary in the Detroit Free Press to say ‘goodbye’ to Slim Shady, his alter ego.  The rapper has yet to share a release date for the album, but it is expected to debut this summer.

Eminem had announced the arrival of ‘Houdini’ in a video clip on Instagram last week, captioned “Please do not try this at home. Or anywhere else. 🐰🎩🪄” Eminem was shown FaceTiming with magician David Blaine and asks him for help, saying “I was wondering, how far can we go with this magic? Like, can we do like a stunt or something?” After Blaine drinks a glass of wine and proceeds to bite off the rim of the glass, Em ends the FaceTime with: “Well for my last trick, I’m going to make my career disappear.”

‘Houdini’ arrived alongside an accompanying music video, which sees Eminem receiving a call from Dr. Dre who shows him that a portal from 2002 has opened in the city. Eminem takes on his younger self as he raps about “the days of old me” and what his 20-something self would think of the present day. The video also features cameos by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Shane Gillis, Pete Davidson and more.

Check out the video for ‘Houdini’ – here.
To stream ‘Houdini’, head HERE.

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