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Lady Gaga’s long-awaited “Chromatica Ball Tour” is due to arrive this summer and will see the pop singer performing in stadiums in Paris, London, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, and more. 

Mary J. Blige celebrates Mother’s Day weekend by bringing the inaugural  “Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit” devoted to music, comedy and community building to Atlanta May 6-8, in partnership with Live Nation Urban. 

Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday for this summer’s Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amazon has seen solid returns from its investment in streaming live sports, but its upcoming experiment with its first live music awards show is more of a gamble.

Japanese media are still buzzing about the announced opening this fall of Ghibli Park, the theme park dedicated to the work of Japan’s most famous animation house, Studio Ghibli, which has produced such worldwide hits as “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro.”

Foo Fighters fly into Melbourne from the United States for a one-off show March 4 to launch a new showcase initiative called Always Live.

Glastonbury has revealed its full lineup for 2022, with the event topped by Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, and Diana Ross. This year will see the landmark festival return for the first time since 2019, with the event set to take place from June 22 to 26 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset. 

Davey Johnstone was playing guitar in a British folk rock band called Magna Carta when in 1970 a producer friend asked him to play on an album being recorded for a songwriter named Bernie Taupin. That led to an introduction to another British musician by the name of Elton John.