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    Moneybagg Yo Gets His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'A Gangsta's Pain'

    Joining the rapper’s new album ‘A Gangsta’s Pain’ as the new entry in this week’s chart is Eric Church’s ‘Soul’ as it debuts at No. 4 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned.

    May 3, 2021

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    Congratulations are in order for Moneybagg Yo. The rapper has reached a milestone in his music career as he earns his first No. 1 album on Billboard 200 chart with his latest set “A Gangsta’s Pain”. The album bows atop the tally with 110,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 29, according to MRC Data.

    Of the number earned by the 22-track album which was released on April 23 via CMG/N-Less/Interscope, SEA units comprise 106,000. That equals to 147.4 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks. Album sales are 4,000, while less than 1,000 are in the form of TEA units.

    Trailing behind at No. 2 is Young Thug’s former leader “Slime Language 2”. The album earns 62,000 equivalent album units in its second week. Later at No. 3 is Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” which earns 54,000 units.

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    Joining “A Gangsta’s Pain” as the the new entry this week is Eric Church’s “Soul”. Debuting at No. 4, it earns 53,000 equivalent album units. Meanwhile, Justin Bieber’s “Justice” dips one spot from No. 4 to No. 5 with 47,000 equivalent album units earned. As for Rod Wave’s “SoulFly”, it is stationary at No. 6 with 40,000 units. The Weeknd’s “After Hours”, meanwhile, re-enters Top 10 of Billboard 200 chart as it lands at No. 7 after earning 39,000 units.

    Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” ascends one rang from No. 9 to No. 8 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 album “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)”, meanwhile, plummets significantly from No. 2 to No. 9 with 33,000 equivalent album units. Rounding out the Top 10 this week is Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon”. The posthumous album is steady at No. 10 with nearly 33,000 units.

    Top Ten of Billboard 200:

    “A Gangsta’s Pain” – Moneybagg Yo (110,000 units)
    “Slime Language 2” – Young Thug (62,000 units)
    “Dangerous: The Double Album” – Morgan Wallen (54,000 units)
    “Soul” – Eric Church (53,000 units)
    “Justice” – Justin Bieber (47,000 units)
    “SoulFly” – Rod Wave (40,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd (39,000 units)
    “Future Nostalgia” – Dua Lipa (35,000 units)
    “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” – Taylor Swift (33,000 units)
    “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (nearly 33,000 units)

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    Lil Wayne Remembers Touring With DMX During Trillerfest Performance

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    A week after X’s family and friends staged a memorial service in New York, the ‘Lollipop’ hitmaker takes a moment during the Miami, Florida concert to honor the fallen rapper.

    May 3, 2021

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    Lil Wayne heaped praise and respect on late rapper DMX during a gig in Miami, Florida on Saturday night, May 1. The “Lollipop” hitmaker was performing as part of Trillerfest when he took a moment to honor the fallen star, who died last month (April 21), aged 50.

    Sharing a story about touring with DMX, Wayne said, “When I was a younger kid, we used to be on tour a lot, right. Like six months a year. We used to have so many artists we didn’t need to have no opening acts ’cause we just needed another record label, and it was just us and them. So back then we went on this tour called The Cash Money/Ruff Ryders Tour.”

    “Being from New Orleans, it’s so far away from New York and Cali [California] and s**t like that. We didn’t know if it was real when we seen it on TV [sic], the New York guys, the L.A. people. So when we saw DMX, we all fell in love.”

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    He added, “When I got on tour with him, and now you’re in the hotel lobby, you’re backstage, you run into a n**ga and he actually says something to you, and when you see this n**ga talk like how he rap, and you see this n**ga is what he is, and you see this n**ga has a zillion dogs with him…, it’s impossible not to be obsessed, infatuated, impressed, whatever [sic].”

    Wayne’s tribute came a week after DMX’s family and friends staged a memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York.

    “DMX: A Celebration of Life” was attended by Nas and Swizz Beatz, who both gave speeches, Eve, and Jadakiss, among others, while Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir also paid tribute with performances at the memorial.

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    Lauren Jauregui Debuts Mental Health Anthem, Big Sean Releases Wellbeing Video Series

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    As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Fifth Harmony alum releases a new song called ‘Temporary’ while the ‘Finally Famous’ MC teams up with his mother for a video series.

    May 2, 2021

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    Former Fifth Harmony star Lauren Jauregui has dropped a new track focused on mental health issues in an effort to encourage teens and their caregivers to open up about anxiety and depression.

    Temporary has been released as part of The Ad Council’s ongoing Sound It Out campaign, which was created to promote music as a tool for troubled U.S. middle school kids.

    Lauren says she wrote the song after having a “deeply moving conversation” with a student named Anna.

    “I’m so grateful to Ad Council and the Sound It Out project for having me be a part of such a necessary conversation,” the singer explains. “I would say it’s the time we’re in but I feel as though my parents, my grandparents and great grandparents would’ve benefited greatly from these kind of conversations around mental health when they were kids.

    “The stigmas are only ever going to go away if we talk about it and I’m grateful to have been able to express how I feel and to have had such an open, honest conversation with Anna and her mom about our experiences. I hope others feel as warm listening to it as we felt making it.”

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    Similar to Lauren Jauregui, rapper Big Sean is also raising awareness of mental health issues. He and his mother have partnered for a new wellbeing video series.

    The hitmaker and Myra Anderson will release a weekly episode offering tips on sleep patterns, meditation and diet on the rap star’s Sean Anderson Foundation site and IGTV channel every Saturday in May, as part of Mental Health Awareness Month.

    Announcing the news, Myra says, “Sean and I wanted to share some of the no or low-cost techniques that we have used over the years to help us attain and maintain emotional balance. In the future, we may do a deeper dive into some of these techniques and other tools that we use.”

    Sean adds, “I feel that Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect time to talk with my mom about some of the things I have learned from her that have helped me along the way, and I hope will help others.”

    Sean’s foundation previously hosted a mental health awareness panel, as well as fundraisers to help COVID-19 response efforts.

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    Travis Scott Expands 2021 AstroWorld Festival, Gary Numan Plans to Debut New LP at Livestream Gig

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    The ‘Sicko Mode’ rapper is expanding his Houston music festival to two days while the ‘Cars’ hitmaker is set to perform his new album ‘Intruder’ live at an online concert.

    May 2, 2021

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    Rapper Travis Scott is bringing his AstroWorld festival back to Houston, Texas and adding a day due to overwhelming demand.

    The two previous festivals sold out in advance, prompting Scott to make the 2021 event a weekend gig in November (21) at NRG Park.

    Scott, who will curate the concerts around the creative theme “Open Your Eyes to a Whole New Universe,” will also headline.

    The full line-up will be announced in the coming weeks.

    He launched AstroWorld as a tribute to the amusement park of the same name that was located across the street from the current festival grounds, which Scott attended as a child.

    In 2019, the festival became the largest single-day, artist-curated music festival in America, as well as the largest music festival in Scott’s native Houston.

    Previous invitees have included Post Malone, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, and Megan Thee Stallion.

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    Tickets for this year’s festival will go on sale next week (05May21).

    Meanwhile, Gary Numan will perform tracks from his new album “Intruder” during a global livestream launch gig.

    The singer will drop his latest collection on 21 May (21) and, in support of the LP, he’ll hit the stage on 17 June for a special performance.

    “I have big news. We will be performing a one off, global online concert premiere of my brand new album Intruder on June 17th for you, wherever you are in the world,” the “Cars” hitmaker announced in a social media post.

    “This will be the very first time the album has been performed live anywhere, and the set will include songs from throughout my career.”

    Fans who pre-order the album, and subscribers to Gary’s email newsletter, will receive a link to purchase tickets at a discounted rate on 5 May.

    Standard access will be available at full price from 6 May onwards, For more information, click here: garynuman.tmstor.es.

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    Razorlight Reuniting for First Time in Decade for New Music and Special Gig

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    Johnny Borrell and his original bandmates announce a reunion to work on new music and perform a livestream concert, ten years after they went their separate ways.

    May 2, 2021

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    The original members of Razorlight have reunited after a decade apart.

    Johnny Borrell, Bjorn Agren, and Carl Dalemo formed the group in 2002, before being joined by drummer Andy Burrows two years later, and they’ve announced they’ve all been back in the same room for the first time together since 2011.

    As well as working on new music, Razorlight have announced a special live-stream gig on 2 June (21). The show begins at 8 pm BST, tickets are available here: universe.com.

    On getting the band back together, Johnny told “The Chris Evans Virgin Radio Breakfast Show with Sky”, “Here we are in the studio and we’re going do some new Razorlight stuff and the big news is that we’re back with the classic lineup, so I would like to introduce to my right, the incomparable Andy Burrows.”

    Andy added, “We are back together. It’s amazing. I didn’t think this would happen in a million years… this feels very special.”

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    Meanwhile, frontman Johnny reflected on their split and admitted he craved a normal life after years of non-stop touring.

    “I was disappointed, definitely but I think the reason I wasn’t really getting into how I felt about it was because, most people, having been raised in a culture where asking yourself what you feel about anything is the last thing you ever do.”

    “We hit the road for about six years in early 2004. Just touring and touring and touring which on the one side makes you the best musician you can possibly be.”

    “When we started doing it, it was our first job so you don’t know what’s normal and what isn’t. It’s a pleasure, I’m not going to complain about it in any way, but when it got really tight and you’re trying to do eight hours of interviews and shows every day in different countries… There’s a lot of pressure. You just think, well that’s normal. It must be normal to try and live on a bus with three other blokes.”

    In 2020, guitarist Bjorn re-joined the band and Johnny admitted at the time that he was hoping to persuade bassist Carl to make a comeback.

    Razorlight’s last studio album was 2018’s “Olympus Sleeping”.

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    Olly Alexander Confirms Reunion With Bandmate Mikey Goldsworthy

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    The ‘It’s a Sin’ actor reveals one of his Years and Years bandmates is returning as a touring member, only a year after departing the group in March 2020.

    May 2, 2021

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    Olly Alexander has confirmed Mikey Goldsworthy is staying in Years & Years as a touring member of the band.

    The pop trio – which originally formed in 2010 – became a solo project for Olly when, in March (21), it was announced that founding members Mikey and Emre Turkmen would be departing the electropop group.

    Olly, 30, has now revealed that only Emre has left the band full-time, as bassist and keyboard player Mikey will continue to tour with him.

    He said, “I love Mikey and Emre, we met over 10 years ago when we started Years & Years.”

    “Honestly, the truth is we just changed in that time, people change, we grew apart in the way that we make music. The pandemic just made us have a totally honest conversation about where we were at and this made the most sense, it’s definitely different.”

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    He added, “Mikey is still going to come on the road with us, he’ll still get some perks.”

    Olly also revealed he scrapped an entire album’s worth of songs for his third LP after deciding in lockdown that he wanted to make a record packed with up-tempo dance tunes.

    He said, “I started working on new Years & Years music straight after we released the second album back the end of 2018 and in 2019. ‘It’s a Sin’ started filming towards the end of 2019.”

    “Then last year, 2020, I scrapped all of the music I had been working on and started again because I wasn’t happy with it and I just listened wanted to listen to upbeat dance music so I was like, ‘OK, that’s what I want to make now.’ In my head it’s quite difficult to remember everything.”

    After receiving rave reviews for his performance in Russell T. Davies TV drama “It’s a Sin” – which was set during the 1980s AIDS epidemic – Olly is very keen to continue acting and is dreaming of a role in in racy Netflix period drama “Bridgerton”.

    He said, “Oh my gosh, I could be in Bridgerton Season 3, I could be a gay, something.”

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    Travis Scott to Bring AstroWorld Festival Back to Houston With Two-Day Expansion

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    The November concerts set to take place at at NRG Park will be curated by the ‘Sicko Mode’ rapper around the creative theme ‘Open Your Eyes To A Whole New Universe’.

    May 1, 2021

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    Rapper Travis Scott (II) is bringing his AstroWorld festival back to Houston, Texas and adding a day due to overwhelming demand.

    The two previous festivals sold out in advance, prompting Scott to make the 2021 event a weekend gig in November at NRG Park.

    Scott, who will curate the concerts around the creative theme “Open Your Eyes To A Whole New Universe”, will also headline. The full line-up will be announced in the coming weeks.

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    He launched AstroWorld as a tribute to the amusement park of the same name that was located across the street from the current festival grounds, which Scott attended as a child.

    In 2019, the festival became the largest single-day, artist-curated music festival in America, as well as the largest music festival in Scott’s native Houston.

    Previous invitees have included Post Malone, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, and Megan Thee Stallion.

    Tickets for this year’s festival will go on sale next week (May 5). A portion of proceeds will benefit Scott’s nonprofit organization, Cactus Jack Foundation, which aims to provide educational access and creative resources for youth in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

    Scott himself has teased his plan in releasing his latest studio album, “Utopia,” in 2021. In October 2020, the ex-boyfriend of Kylie Jenner tweeted, “AFTER THIS TWEET IMMA THROW MY PHONE. IM TURNT. F**K I LOVE YALL SO MUCH. THIS SONG MAKE WE WANNA JUST RUN THREW A WALL AND PUKE !!!!! GOING TO GO COOK UP AND BUILD THESE WALLS FOR UTOPIA. SEE YOU GUYS SOON.”

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    Rufus Wainwright to Stage Special Judy Garland Tribute Concert to Mark Her 99th Birthday

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    The musician behind 2007’s ‘Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall’ will stream his digital performance from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles where he is joined by Kristin Chenoweth and Renee Zellweger.

    May 1, 2021

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    Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright will honor Judy Garland on her birthday with a special digital performance of his popular tribute concert.

    The musician recreated Garland’s famed gig at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in 1961 for his own 2007 showcase, titled “Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall”, and to mark what would have been the late icon’s 99th birthday on June 10, Wainwright is staging the gig once more for fans to view online.

    The pre-recorded event, which airs at 8 P.M. ET, will be streamed from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, where he got to use the same microphone as Garland once did.

    Fans will see him joined onstage by Kristin Chenoweth, and virtually by his singer sister Martha Wainwright, who was beamed in from Montreal, Canada.

    And there was one very special person making up the intimate audience – actress Renee Zellweger, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Garland in 2019 biopic “Judy”.

    Announcing the one-off show, which will close out his current series of virtual gigs, known as the “Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective!”, the star said, “The American Songbook and Judy Garland’s famed 1961 Carnegie Hall concert gave me a lot of hope after 9/11 and lead [sic] to the idea for my first song by song recreation of that show at the same venue.”

    “It felt fitting to do the entire set again as the dazzling finale of my Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective and hopefully the beginning of the finale of this global pandemic.”

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    “Once again, these songs revealed their healing power,” he continued. “To be able to sing them in front of Renee, to sing with Kristin Chenoweth and still have my sister Martha be part of these shows was particularly meaningful, although to sing them into the very microphone that Judy used for her recordings at Capitol Studios was the most mind-blowing.”

    His special guests were equally as thrilled about the show.

    “I’ve been wanting my moment with Rufus forever. It’s finally happening!” gushed Chenoweth, while Zellweger added, “I am still awed by Rufus’ voice just as I was 22 years ago in a friend’s living room where I heard him perform for the first time.”

    “Witnessing Rufus do the entire Judy Garland Carnegie Hall show was the most special day and I loved sharing the time.”

    To celebrate the occasion, the first complete performance of the “Rufus Does Judy” tribute in five years, the musician has teamed up with his friend and fashion designer Michael Kors to create a limited edition T-shirt commemorating the birthday tribute, with proceeds benefitting the LGBTQ human rights organization, OutRight Action International, until the end of June, which is also Pride Month 2021.

    For tickets, visit Veeps.

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