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Trevor Noah, winner of the award for outstanding variety talk series for “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” poses in the press room during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

SZA leads with 9 nominations for this year’s Grammy awards

Here are the liner notes annual music industry awards gala looms on the calendar

 

Avril Lavigne performs during the Juno Awards in Toronto on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Lavigne promises to keep it simple on her 2024 concert tour.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

May Vancouver date for Avril Lavigne as greatest hits tour announced

‘Complicated’ artist promising to keep things simple with tour focused on her chart-topping songs

  • Jan 22, 2024

 

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, clockwise from left, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Nathalie Emmanuel, Vin Diesel, Leo Abelo Perry, Rita Morena, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson in a scene from “Fast X.” (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via AP)

What to stream: Mamoa goes travelling, ‘Fast’ franchise gets even louder

A look at what’s new for your entertainment pleasure this week

 

The Weeknd performs in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada’s Weeknd 1st artist to hit 4B Spotify streams with ‘Blinding Lights’

The Weeknd also continues to be Spotify’s top artist with 113 million monthly listeners

The Weeknd performs in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
File - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Megastar Swift dominated popular culture in 2023, going on the first-ever $1 billion tour and getting named Time magazine's Person of the Year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Music streaming makes a Swift dash beyond the 4 trillion plateau

Global music industry set new record for the amount of online listening

File - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Megastar Swift dominated popular culture in 2023, going on the first-ever $1 billion tour and getting named Time magazine's Person of the Year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic, from left, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain pose after receiving the award for best alternative video for “In Bloom” at the 10th annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 2, 1993, in Universal City, Calif. A federal appeals court has revived a child sexual exploitation lawsuit filed by the man who appeared naked as a 4-month-old infant on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind.” Spencer Elden’s lawsuit against the grunge rock group was dismissed last year but a the court in California revived it on Thursday and sent it back to a lower court. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Nirvana naked baby album cover lawsuit revived by U.S. court

Lawsuit alleges Spencer Elden has suffered ‘permanent harm’ from photo taken when he was a baby

FILE - Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic, from left, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain pose after receiving the award for best alternative video for “In Bloom” at the 10th annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 2, 1993, in Universal City, Calif. A federal appeals court has revived a child sexual exploitation lawsuit filed by the man who appeared naked as a 4-month-old infant on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind.” Spencer Elden’s lawsuit against the grunge rock group was dismissed last year but a the court in California revived it on Thursday and sent it back to a lower court. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Burton Cummings, left, and Randy Bachman perform during a Canada’s Walk of Fame fundraising event in Toronto on July, 18, 2019. A lawsuit filed by Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman against two of their former band mates in the Guess Who is being called “a complete farce” by the musicians who are seeking to see it dismissed. Drummer Garry Peterson and bassist Jim Kale filed a motion earlier this month asking a Los Angeles court to throw out allegations they’ve infringed on the trademarks for the Winnipeg band. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Guess Who co-founders seek to dismiss lawsuit from Cummings and Bachman

Band members in struggle over control of legendary Canadian outfit’s name

Burton Cummings, left, and Randy Bachman perform during a Canada’s Walk of Fame fundraising event in Toronto on July, 18, 2019. A lawsuit filed by Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman against two of their former band mates in the Guess Who is being called “a complete farce” by the musicians who are seeking to see it dismissed. Drummer Garry Peterson and bassist Jim Kale filed a motion earlier this month asking a Los Angeles court to throw out allegations they’ve infringed on the trademarks for the Winnipeg band. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Celine Dion’s sister says the Grammy Award-winning singer doesn’t have control of her muscles as she continues to live with a rare neurological disorder. Claudette Dion says in a new French-language interview that her sister is working hard to overcome her illness, called “stiff person syndrome.” Dion performs in concert at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Sunday, July 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Celine Dion has ‘stiff person syndrome’, lacks muscle control: sister

Poorly-understood disorder causes rigid muscles and painful spasms

Celine Dion’s sister says the Grammy Award-winning singer doesn’t have control of her muscles as she continues to live with a rare neurological disorder. Claudette Dion says in a new French-language interview that her sister is working hard to overcome her illness, called “stiff person syndrome.” Dion performs in concert at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Sunday, July 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
This image released by A24 Films shows Hong Chau in a scene from “Showing Up.” (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)

What’s streaming now: Nicki Minaj’s birthday, Julia Roberts is in trouble

New this week for your entertainment pleasure

This image released by A24 Films shows Hong Chau in a scene from “Showing Up.” (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

With Eras, Taylor Swift becomes first artist to stage a $1B tour

Pollstar says pop star sold 4.35 million tickets across 60 tour dates

FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift waves from a suite alongside Brittany Mahomes, right, during the first half of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, Oct. 22, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Taylor Swift named Time magazine’s person of the year

Pop star follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was Time’s 2022 person of the year

FILE - Taylor Swift waves from a suite alongside Brittany Mahomes, right, during the first half of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, Oct. 22, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
Gene Simmons, left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour" on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Long Kiss goodbye ends with a promise for digital avatar future

Iconic rock band announces avatar plan at end of farewell tour to a cool reception

Gene Simmons, left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour" on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
FILE - Hall of Fame Inductees, Hall & Oates, John Oates and Daryl Hall appear in the press room at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April, 10, 2014, in New York. Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate a business agreement the duo had. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Hall says Oates Out of Touch as iconic pop duo embroiled in messy breakup

Hall suing his estranged partner in bid to stop Oates from selling off his share in their business

FILE - Hall of Fame Inductees, Hall & Oates, John Oates and Daryl Hall appear in the press room at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April, 10, 2014, in New York. Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate a business agreement the duo had. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Former Pogues member Shane MacGowan performs on stage with his group The Popes, at the 10th annual Fleadh, in Finsbury Park, north London, July 10, 1999. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died. He was 65. His family said in a statement that “it is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan.” The singer died peacefully early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 with his family by his side, the statement added. (Michael Walter/PA via AP, File)

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, laureate of booze and beauty, dead at age 65

Singer’s songwriting and persona made him an iconic figure in contemporary Irish culture

FILE - Former Pogues member Shane MacGowan performs on stage with his group The Popes, at the 10th annual Fleadh, in Finsbury Park, north London, July 10, 1999. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died. He was 65. His family said in a statement that “it is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan.” The singer died peacefully early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 with his family by his side, the statement added. (Michael Walter/PA via AP, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2023. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023’s most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion global streams since Jan. 1, 2023. That means the pop powerhouse has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetón star Bad Bunny, who held the coveted title for three years in a row: 2020, 2021, and 2022. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Taylor Swift elbows Bad Bunny off podium as Spotify’s most-streamed artist

Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ is Spotify’s most-streamed song of the year with 1.6 million streams globally.

FILE - Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2023. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023’s most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion global streams since Jan. 1, 2023. That means the pop powerhouse has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetón star Bad Bunny, who held the coveted title for three years in a row: 2020, 2021, and 2022. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
This combination of photos shows SZA performing at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021, center, and Morgan Wallen at the 57th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo)

Apple Music’s chart-topping song of the year is so ‘Last Night’

Country star Morgan Wallen’s hit wspent 52 day atop the music service’s Global Top 100 in 2023

This combination of photos shows SZA performing at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021, center, and Morgan Wallen at the 57th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo)
This image released by Netflix shows Leo, a 74-year-old lizard voiced by Adam Sandler, center, being held by Summer, voiced by Sunny Sandler, as Squirtle the turtle, voiced by Bill Burr, looks on at left, in a scene from “Leo.” (Netflix via AP)

What’s streaming now: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Sandler as a lizard and dancing to T-Swift

A look at what’s new this week for your entertainment pleasure

This image released by Netflix shows Leo, a 74-year-old lizard voiced by Adam Sandler, center, being held by Summer, voiced by Sunny Sandler, as Squirtle the turtle, voiced by Bill Burr, looks on at left, in a scene from “Leo.” (Netflix via AP)
Award-winning singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie poses for a photograph on the red carpet for the 2022 Canada’s Walk of Fame Gala in Toronto, on Saturday, Dec.3, 2022. Sainte-Marie is pushing back on a report that questions her Indigenous heritage, maintaining she has never lied about her identity.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

Buffy Sainte-Marie calls report questioning Indigenous ancestry an attack

‘This is my life – I am not a piece of paper’

Award-winning singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie poses for a photograph on the red carpet for the 2022 Canada’s Walk of Fame Gala in Toronto, on Saturday, Dec.3, 2022. Sainte-Marie is pushing back on a report that questions her Indigenous heritage, maintaining she has never lied about her identity.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
A documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie, made before her Indigenous ancestry was called into question, has won an International Emmy Award. Award-winning singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie poses for a photograph on the red carpet for the 2022 Canada’s Walk of Fame Gala in Toronto, on Saturday, December 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

Documentary about Buffy Sainte-Marie wins International Emmy Award

Film predates CBC story calling her Indigenous ancestry into question

A documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie, made before her Indigenous ancestry was called into question, has won an International Emmy Award. Award-winning singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie poses for a photograph on the red carpet for the 2022 Canada’s Walk of Fame Gala in Toronto, on Saturday, December 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
FILE - The Rolling Stones perform at a celebration for the release of their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” Oct. 19, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, the legendary English band announced that they’re taking “Hackney Diamonds,” their first album of original material in 18 years, on the road. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Rolling Stones to play Vancouver as part of 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour

Date one of 16 announced for North America in the spring and summer of 2024

FILE - The Rolling Stones perform at a celebration for the release of their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” Oct. 19, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, the legendary English band announced that they’re taking “Hackney Diamonds,” their first album of original material in 18 years, on the road. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)