Month: February 2025

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Sports Daypop

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett requests trade from team

Myles Garrett Cleveland Browns Jacksonville Jaguars TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville Florida August 12^ 2022

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett announced on Monday morning that he h as formally requested a trade from the Browns.

Garrett’s statement (as shared by ESPN’s Ian Rapoport) reads: “As a kid dreaming of the NFL, all I focused on was the ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl – and that goal fuels me today more than ever,” wrote Garrett. “My love for the community of Northeast Ohio and the incredible fanbase of the Cleveland Browns has made this one of the toughest decisions of my life. These past eight years have shaped me into the man that I am today … While I’ve loved calling this city my home,” he continued. “My desire to win and compete on the biggest stages won’t allow me to be complacent. The goal was never to go from Cleveland to Canton, it has always been to compete for and win a Super Bowl. With that in mind, I have requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns.”

The 29-year-old Brown was selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Browns in the 2017 NFL draft. Over the last eight seasons, Garrett was a four-time first-team All-Pro, a two-time second-team All-Pro, a six-time Pro Bowler, and was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. The defensive end is coming off another excellent season with Cleveland, recording 14 sacks and a career-high 40 solo tackles, and is a finalist for 2024 Defensive Player of the Year.

Garrett signed a five-year, $125 million extension in 2020, and as recently as last week Browns general manager Andrew Berry told reporters at the Pro Bowl that he was not planning on trading Garrett, and was instead aiming to sign him to a contract extension.

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Country Daypop

2025 Faster Horses Festival cancelled by organizers

crowd enjoying live music at Huercasa Country Festival in Riaza^ Segovia^ Spain in 2017.

The 2025 Faster Horses Festival, which has been held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 2013, will not return this summer.

The three-day 2024 Faster Horses festival featured headliners Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and Hardy, along with performances from Cody Johnson, Riley Green, Shane Smith and the Saints, Zach Top and more.

A message on the festival’s website announced what it described as a “pause” this year: “Dear fans, we have made the decision to pause Faster Horses Festival in 2025. We are taking the year to make plans for a bigger and better Faster Horses for our fans who deserve the absolute best. We love our friends at Michigan International Speedway, the community, and all of those all those behind the scenes. While we hope to bring you something in the future, for now we encourage you to keep the community strong and support live music in Michigan!”

Faster Horses has had the reputation in past years for being  rowdy in the on-site camping areas, where fans created weekend communities centered around partying. In 2023, Rolling Stone wrote an investigate feature about the 2021 festival, where four fans died, including three young men who were poisoned by carbon monoxide in their camper trailer.  The families of the victims accused Live Nation and the Michigan International Speedway of creating unsafe camping conditions, with a Michigan appeals court upheld a decision finding Live Nation not liable for the deaths last October.

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Country Daypop

Dustin Lynch announces Las Vegas Wynn Nightlife residency

Dustin Lynch performs during the 'Kick The Dust Up' Tour at Vanderbilt Stadium on July 11^ 2015 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Dustin Lynch is headed to Las Vegas, unveiling plans for his new 2025 club residency.

Dustin announced on his socials: “HERE WE GOO VEGAS! Excited to announce my 2025 residency at the @WynnLasVegas in Las Vegas! Honored to be the first country artist to hold a club residency at the Wynn. We’re turning up unlike anything we’ve done before… See y’all in Vegas!  The @wynnnightlife Nightlife family welcomes Dustin Lynch for 2025, the first ever country music resident! Join us at #EncoreBeachClub & #XSLasVegas for a party unlike any other in country music! The five-date residency is set for Feb. 7, March 14, April 23, July 4 and Aug. 17.”

Lynch, 39, will be the first-ever country artist to perform a Wynn Nightlife residency in Las Vegas. Special guest Brandi Cyrus will be in attendance when Lynch kicks off his residency over Super Bowl Weekend, playing at XS Nightclub on Friday, February 7.  Additional dates will be added soon.

For ticket and other information, head to dustinlynchmusic.com.

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Entertainment Daypop

‘Dune: Prophecy’ returning for Season 2 on HBO Max

Emily Watson poses at the 'The Happy Prince' photo call during the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 17^ 2018 in Berlin^ Germany.

HBO announced that it has renewed its sci-fi drama, Dune: Prophecy, for Season 2.

Showrunner Alison Schapker announced at a press conference that the series will return for a second season. Based on the novel, Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the show takes place 10,000 years before the ascension of hero Paul Atreides (played by Timothee Chalamet in the film franchise) and follows the Harkonnen sisters — Vayla (Watson) and Tula (Williams) as they establish the powerful, supernatural, Bene Gesserit religious and political organization.

The season one cast included Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Camilla Beeput, Jihae, Tabu, Charithra Chandran, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning and Yerin Ha.

Jason Clodfelter, Legendary’s president of television, said in a statement: “This new season will allow us to continue building out the groundbreaking, epic Dune franchise that has captivated audiences worldwide across its installments. We look forward to continuing our incredible partnership with HBO and are thrilled for Alison Schapker, her team, and the cast and crew who have worked so passionately to bring this world-class source material from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to life.”

Sarah Aubrey, head of Max original programming, added: “Dune: Prophecy has captivated audiences around the globe thanks to the visionary leadership of showrunner and executive producer Alison Schapker, who will continue to guide this grand tale of truth and power. We are incredibly grateful to our partners at Legendary and to our extraordinary cast and crew for their service to the Imperium. We’re excited to collaborate with this team again to see what they have in store.”

Jason Clodfelter, president of television at Legendary (which produced the two Dune films), shared: “This new season will allow us to continue building out the groundbreaking, epic Dune franchise that has captivated audiences worldwide across its installments. We look forward to continuing our incredible partnership with HBO and are thrilled for Alison Schapker, her team, and the cast and crew who have worked so passionately to bring this world-class source material from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to life.”

According to HBO, the premiere episode of Dune: Prophecy racked up 15 million viewers worldwide on Max since its Nov. 17 debut. No premiere date for Season 2 has been announced yet.

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Entertainment Daypop

Christopher Nolan’s next project is adaptation of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’

Christopher Nolan at the 76th Annual Directors Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton. LOS ANGELES^ USA. February 10^ 2024

Christopher Nolan’s next project has been revealed, with the Oscar-wining filmmaker taking audiences to mythical Greece with his latest project. Nolan is the filmmaker behind epic films including “Inception,” “The Dark Knight,” “Dunkirk” and his most recent film “Oppenheimer,” which scored big at the 2024 Oscars.

Universal Pictures announced that “Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.”

The screen adaptation of the ancient Greek poem (believed to be written by Homer between 750 and 650 BCE) about a hero’s perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan War is expected to start filming next year, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron.

Holland recently spoke about signing onto the project, saying on “The Dish” podcast that the film hasn’t started shooting yet. Pattinson, Damon and Hathaway have all previously appeared in Nolan’s films, including “Tenet,” “Interstellar” and “Oppenheimer.”

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Rock Daypop

‘Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later’ to stream on Paramount+

Eric Clapton in concert in Rio de Janeiro^ at HSBC Arena. Rio de Janeiro-Brazil December 20^ 2012

MTV has announced Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later, a 30th anniversary edition of Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged performance. The 90-minute special, which was screened in select U.S. and U.K. theaters last month, will be available to stream Feb. 12 on Paramount+.

Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later will revisit Clapton’s iconic hour-long 1992 performance at Bray Studios in Windsor, England, for ‘MTV Unplugged.’  Clapton’s setlist included acoustic versions of “Layla,” “Tears in Heaven” and other hits, as well as covers of classics such as “Before You Accuse Me” and “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.” Unplugged, the 1992 live album capturing Clapton’s performance, sold over 26 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling live album of all time.

See the trailer for Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later:  HERE.

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Rock Daypop

Jethro Tull announces 24th studio album ‘Curious Ruminant’

Ian Scott Anderson^ the Jethro Tull lead singer and flautist^ performs at a concert hall in Moscow on March 22^ 2005.

Jethro Tull have announced their 24th studio album, titled Curious Ruminant, due out on March 7th.

After taking a nearly 20-year break, the nine-track Curious Ruminant is Jethro Tull’s third LP in the past few years — following 2022’s The Zealot Gene and 2023’s RökFlöte.  Joining singer-flautist Ian Anderson on this album are current Jethro Tull members David Goodier (bass), John O’Hara (piano, keyboards, accordion), Scott Hammond (drums) and new guitarist Jack Clark. Also appearing on Curious Ruminant are the band’s former keyboardist Andrew Giddings and guest drummer James Duncan.

Ahead of its release on March 7th, the legendary band have shared the title track along with an animated music video for the song “Curious Ruminant” (created by Costin Chioreanu). You can check it out – HERE.

The album is available for pre-order in various formats – including a super deluxe edition featuring clear vinyl and an accompanying artbook. Pre-order – here.

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Pop Daypop

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars go platinum with ‘APT.’

Rose of South Korean girl group BlackPink. BlackPink BORN PINK 2nd Album photobook

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars have earned one of the first RIAA-certified Platinum singles of 2025 with their smash hit song, “APT,” which also held the #1 spot on the Billboard Global 200 chart for 10 weeks, amassing over 2.6 billion global streams since release.

The song makes ROSÉ the highest ranking female Korean artist in the chart’s history (and first ever to reach the top 10).   The collab with Mars marks the lead single off ROSÉ’s first studio album ‘rosie’ which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart after its release.  The 12-track album rosie also marks the biggest US debut and highest-charting album by any Korean female soloist in history.

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Katy Perry announces U.S. leg of 2025 ‘Lifetimes World Tour’

Katy Perry at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood^ USA on November 9^ 2024.

Katy Perry will bring her Lifetimes Tour to the U.S. this spring and summer, announcing the first North America dates for the tour in support of her 143 album.

The U.S. leg kicks-off with a May 7 show at the Toyota Center in Houston, making stops in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Las Vegas and Austin, TX before hitting Dallas’ American Airlines Arena on May 21.

Perry will perform a series of previously announced arena gigs across Australia in June 2025, before she makes her way back to the U.S. for July stops in Phoenix, Anaheim and Inglewood, CA and San Francisco before wrapping up that leg at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on July 21.

Throughout the summer, Perry will perform at previously announced Canadian dates in July/early August before another run of U.S. gigs in Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Neward, Baltimore, Raleigh, Nashville, Atlanta and Tampa, winding down on August 23 at Keseya Center in Miami. Perry heads to South America and then back to Europe in the fall before wrapping-up on Nov. 5 at the Accor Arena in Paris.

Tickets for the U.S. dates are available now, head here for more information

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Rock Daypop

2025 Grammy Awards: See the complete list of winners

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will honor the best recordings^ compositions^ and artists from September 16^ 2023^ to August 30^ 2024^ chosen by recording acad

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards returned to L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, February 2, with Trevor Noah hosting the ceremony for the fifth year in a row.

Kendrick Lamar earned five Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for his Drake diss track “Not Like Us.” Beyoncé won Best Country Album and took home the coveted Album of the Year award for Cowboy Carter, an award she has never won previously, despite being the most Grammy-nominated artist in history.

Sabrina Carpenter won three Grammys — including Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n’ Sweet; Charli XCX won three awards for her album Brat; and Chappell Roan won the Grammy for Best New Artist.

This year’s ceremony also centered on raising money for the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The Academy, along with its MusiCares organization, launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to raise money for people in the music industry who were affected by the fires, raising and pledging more than $4 million so far.

For the full list of winners, head to Grammy.com.

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