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Machine Gun Kelly has shared a new video for ‘9 Lives’, which takes viewers behind the scenes of his recent 2022 Mainstream Sellout world tour.

MGK just rapped up the UK and European leg of his world tour in Amsterdam on October 12, and the new video for 9 Lives mixes performance clips with shots of Kelly and his band backstage, on the road between gigs and other behind-the-scenes footage.

Get a glimpse of the ‘Mainstream Sellout’ tour in MGK’s 9 Lives video – here.

Machine Gun Kelly Hits The Road In Vibrant ‘9 Lives’ Video

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Lewis Capaldi shared on social media details of his long-awaited sophomore album titled ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent,’ the follow-up to his 2019 debut, ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.’ Capaldi also announced a headlining world tour in support of the album, with his North American leg launching next spring.  General ticket sales will begin Friday, October 21st at noon local time via Ticketmaster.

‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ is set release on May 19, 2023; Capaldi says of the project:  “I felt like I was sounding better because I was just chilled out in my own gaff. Also, a lot of this record was made with most of the same people who I worked with on the first one: TMS, Phil Plested, Nick Atkinson, and Edd Holloway. At least one of them is on almost every song.  I don’t want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself. The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss.”

The official video for Capaldi’s latest hit song, “Forget Me” is directed by Louis Bhose and is a shot-for-shot remake of Wham’s 1983 hit “Club Tropicana.” Capaldi has also unveiled an acoustic version of the track, which you can listen to here.

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Billie Eilish took to social media to announce Happier Than Ever, The Hometown Encore, which will see her play two more shows at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on December 15 and 16 (just days after her 21st birthday!).

Billie shared in an Instagram post:  “I’M COMING BACKKKKKKKK!! ‘Happier Than Ever, the hometown encore!!!!!!!  LA i am so excited to see you one last time for the year!!! playing two extra final shows for you at the forum!!! register for verified fan now to get early ticket access on oct. 25th before tickets go on sale to the public on oct. 26th!!”

Fans can register here for the Verified Fan presale on October 25.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am on October 26.

Billie Eilish announces two encore Los Angeles shows

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Sam Smith has just announced their fourth studio album, titled ‘Gloria’, will arrive on Jan. 27, 2023.

“Gloria” was made with longtime collaborators Jimmy Napes, Stargate, and Max Martin stablemate ILYA, and was recorded in Jamaica, Los Angeles, and London. The album will explore Smith’s personal journey through “sex, lies, passion, self-expression and imperfection.” Smith said about the album: “It feels like emotional, sexual and spiritual liberation. It was beautiful, with this album, to sing freely again. Oddly, it feels like my first-ever record. And it feels like a coming of age.”

Smith’s worldwide smash hit “Unholy’ featuring Kim Petras is the lead single from ‘Gloria’, and has already amassed over 300 million combined global streams. Fans who pre-order the digital edition of ‘Gloria’ will receive one of its unreleased tracks, “Love Me More.”  To pre-order Gloria, head here.

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Louis Tomlinson has shared his latest single “Out of My System,” the second offering from his forthcoming sophomore album Faith in the Future set for release on Nov. 11.

“Out of My System” follows “Bigger Than Me,” which served as the lead single from Faith in the Future. Tomlinson said in a statement:  “It was my first moment of excitement making this record, and where it felt we were on to something which honors the live show. I realized from doing those live shows what it means to my fans and how everything I do is bigger than me. It’s almost a coming of age for myself and putting opinions about myself to the back of my mind and thinking about what it potentially means for other people.”

Tomlinson also announced his Faith in the Future world tour, which will see him perform across the United Kingdom and Europe.

Take a look at the lyric video for “Out of My System” – here.

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BTS member Jin has announced a new solo single, ‘The Astronaut,’ set to be released October 28th. According to a statement posted to social media and on Weverse (the proprietary communication platform of BTS’s management company HYBE), the song “expresses Jin’s fondness for his fans, ARMY … and is meant to be a gift for the fans.” A promotional schedule detailing the timeline leading up to release was also shared, which can be found – here.

The first trailer for ‘The Astronaut’ features an astronaut drifting through space before greeting a haze of purple, the color most strongly associated with BTS and their ARMY fanbase. Jin’s new single makes him the second member of BTS to officially release solo material, following the full-length release from bandmate and rapper j-hope titled ‘Jack in the Box.’  Other BTS members have been collaborating with other musicians, including Jungkook appearing on Charlie Puth’s “Left and Right,” RM offering a verse on Balming Tiger’s “Sexy Nukim,” and the vocal line appearing on Benny Blanco’s “Bad Decisions” with Snoop Dogg.

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Saturday Night Live announced that the rapper Jack Harlow is set to pull double duty, serving as hosting and musical performer on the October 29th episode of the late night comedy show. Megan Thee Stallion also recently performed double duty as host and performer during the October 15 show.

This will be Harlow’s second time performing on the show but first time hosting  Harlow first made his debut on the show in March 2021 alongside SNL alum Maya Rudolph.

Harlow tweeted: “HOSTING” while reposting SNL’s announcement showing a bulletin board featuring the rapper’s name as both host and musical guest for the upcoming show.

Harlow recently wrapped up the U.S. leg of his Come Home The Kids Miss You tour over the weekend.

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Taylor Swift is sharing details of the first single from her upcoming album ‘Midnights’ by sharing some of its lyrics on billboards in NYC’s Times Square. Swift will release her 10th album on Friday (October 21), and in a social media post the singer confirmed a host of events happening in the week leading up to the album’s release, including the release of an official video for the single ‘Anti-Hero’ at 8am EST on Friday, 10/21.

Among the other events detailed by Swift:  on Thursday (October 20), a teaser trailer will be shown in the third quarter of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video, while a “special very chaotic surprise” is also set to take place at 3am EST (8am BST) on Friday. Lyric videos will then follow later that evening.

Swift has been promoting Midnights with a series of videos explaining the stories behind each of the tracks.  She revealed the full tracklist for Midnights by way of her ‘Midnights Mayhem With Me’ series on TikTok.

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BTS’s record label Big Hit Music confirmed on Monday, October 17th, that the band will be on hiatus as all seven members of the K-pop group will soon start their mandatory military service. All able-bodied men are to serve at least 18 months in the armed forces by the age of 28 due to ongoing threats from North Korea. The label told fans that the group will reconvene three years down the road in 2025.

Big Hit Music tweeted: “After the phenomenal concert to support Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030, and as each individual embarks on solo endeavors, it’s the perfect time and the members of BTS are honored to serve. Since the creation of BTS over ten years ago, the band has risen to international success, broken records, and catapulted K-Pop into the global stratosphere. BIGHIT MUSIC has focused to the milestone moment when it would be possible to respect the needs of the country and for these healthy young men to serve with their countrymen, and that’s now.”

BTS’s oldest member, Jin, is expected to start the process at the end of October. Big Hit Music’s statement continued: “Group member Jin will initiate the process as soon as his schedule for his solo release is concluded at the end of October. He will then follow the enlistment procedure of the Korean government. Other members of the group plan to carry out their military service based on their own individual plans. Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment.”

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Marshmello has released a new single called “Bye Bye” featuring the late Juice Wrld, along with an accompanying music video.

Says Marshmello: “I made this song the first night that I met Juice. I was already such a big fan of his and being able to work with him and make music with him was an absolute honor. With this song, I intended to keep it exactly the way we made it that night. I hope everybody enjoys.”

The new single is the third song Marshmello has released in collaboration with Juice Wrld. They previously teamed up for the smash hits “Come & Go” and “Hate The Other Side” which were both featured on Juice Wrld’s first posthumous album, Legends Never Die.

Take a look at the video for ‘Bye Bye’ – here.

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