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Justin Timberlake performs onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024 in Hollywood, California.

Concert review: Justin Timberlake launches new tour at Vancouver's Rogers Arena

Stuart Derdeyn · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

If you were at the Rogers Arena launch of Justin Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow World tour at Rogers Arena last night, you know you caught the best show the singer has ever played in Vancouver. Rehearsing in town for almost a month, Timberlake, his ...

Alicia Keys attends the Breakthrough Prize awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 13, 2024.

'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations

Reuters |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970s rock-inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominations for the 2024 Tony awards, American theater's highest honors, followed by "The Outsiders," "Cabaret at the Kit Kat ...

People look at the completed Eurovision stage for the Eurovision Song Contest in May, at Malmo Arena during a press conference in Malmo, Sweden, April 25, 2024.  TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson via

Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024

Isabelle Yr Carlsson |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will take place in Sweden in the second week of May with 37 participating countries. Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89 countries are ...

Axl Rose (left), lead singer of rock band Guns N' Roses, performs with Slash at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2017.

Guns N' Roses pulled off greatest comeback tour of past decade: Study

Jane Stevenson · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Welcome to the jungle. According to research done by online casino Spingenie.ca, Guns ‘N Roses top the top 10 greatest comeback tours of the past decade. GNR’s Not in this Lifetime Tour started in 2016 and had 175 shows at 159 venues with 136,220 ...

Billie Eilish attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood.

Billie Eilish tour to include three Canadian cities

Jane Stevenson · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Billie Eilish has announced two dates at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 1 and 2 with tickets available on Friday at ticketmaster.com. Her Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is named after her new album, out May 17. Other Canadian tours dates include ...

Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives for a news conference to promote the movie 'Saint Amour' at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 19, 2016.

French actor Gerard Depardieu to be tried in October over alleged sexual assaults

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried next October for alleged sexual assaults against two women during a 2021 film shoot, the Paris public prosecutor said on Monday. Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has been at ...

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda poses on the red carpet to attend the closing ceremony and the screening of the animated film "Elemental" Out of competition, during the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 27, 2023.

Lily Gladstone returns to Cannes as jury member

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lily Gladstone, the first Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar, will return to this year's Cannes Film Festival as a member of the nine-strong main jury, organizers said on Monday. Gladstone got her Academy Award ...

Mick Jagger of the rock band The Rolling Stones performs, as the band kick off their 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2024.

Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston

Arathy Somasekhar |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a sold-out venue in Houston on Sunday, with people traveling from various cities to watch one of the world's most enduring rock bands amid worries that ...

Hipgnosis logos are seen in this illustration taken, June 28, 2021.

Blackstone beats Concord with $1.6 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

(Reuters) -Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, trumping an offer from Concord for the music rights owner of artists such as Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the companies said on Monday. Blackstone's ...

Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 11, 2023.

Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts

Reuters |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" during its first week of release in the U.S., Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No. 1" on ...

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