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Feb 20, 2019 | 5:30 AM

 

BTS TO EMBARK ON ‘LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF’ WORLD TOUR: K-pop group BTS have announced new dates for their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself world tour. The stadium shows include three in the U.S. along with concerts in Brazil, Europe and Japan. The tour follows the group’s first-ever stadium show at Citi Field Stadium in New York last fall, which sold out. The set list included their big hits “Idol,” “Fake Love,” “Mic Drop,” “DNA,” “I Need U” and “I’m Fine.” Their upcoming 10-date stadium run kicks off on May 4th at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles before proceeding to Soldier Field in Chicago and MetLife Stadium in E. Rutherford. The group then heads to Brazil for one show before two dates in Europe and four more in Japan. North American tickets will go on sale beginning March 1st.

BACKSTREET BOYS & *NSYNC JOIN FUNKO POP TOY LINE: Funko has announced Funko Pop figures of all five Backstreet Boys and all five members of *NSYNC. The Backstreet guys are shown all dressed in white, while the *NSYNC boys are dressed in the height of ’90s fashion, complete with embarrassing hairstyles and headset microphones. The figures were unveiled at the New York Toy Fair – along with figurines of rockers KISS and rappers Post Malone and Migos – but so far, there are no release dates or prices.

JOHN MAYER ANNOUNCES NEW SONG, ‘I GUESS I JUST FEEL LIKE,’ COMING THIS FRIDAY: John Mayer announced on social media that his new song, “I Guess I Just Feel Like,” will be dropping this Friday. John originally debuted the song at an acoustic performance back in October. Last month, John unveiled dates for his summer tour, which kicks off July 19th in Albany, New York, and runs through September 14th in Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale now.

‘AGT: THE CHAMPIONS’ FINALIST BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM RELEASES NEW SINGLE: Brian Justin Crum, who was part of the 12 remaining final acts in America’s Got Talent: The Champions, has released a brand new single called “Circles.” “We go over and over again we just can’t get this right… One more time till I let this go,” Brian captioned with his Instagram post. “CIRCLES is OUT NOW!”

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Lady Gaga and her fianc Christian Carino have split. The singer and the CAA agent are no longer together, Gaga’s rep confirmed yesterday.Rumors swirled that the two were no longer together when Gaga was pictured without her engagement ring at the Grammy Awards. Carino didn’t attend the ceremony with her, and she also failed to thank him when she won one of two trophies for “Shallow.” And on Valentine’s Day, instead of a couples photo, Gaga showed off her huge new back tattoo.In the past, Carino had attended other events with Gaga, including the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The two were confirmed to be a couple in February of 2017. In October of 2018, she referred to him publicly as her “fianc” at an event in L.A.Gaga had previously been engaged to Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney, while Carino had been linked to actress Lauren Cohan from The Walking Dead. The 32-year-old singer, previously confessed that she has a hard time balancing success and romance. “It’s a sad day when I’m doing the Super Bowl and I’m so excited to do it, but I can’t help but realize that when I sold 10 million records, I lost Matt [Williams]. I sold 30 million, I lose Luc [Carl]. I get the movie [A Star Is Born], I lose Taylor [Kinney],” Gaga disclosed in her 2017 Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two. “It’s like a turnover.”

 

James Bay announced he is teaming up with Julia Michaels on a brand-new track.The singer announced the new on his Instagram page, along with a photo of himself and Julia. “This Friday! New song featuring my friend @juliamichaels,” he captioned it. Julia posted the same pic to her Instagram page, writing, “Got to feature on this guy’s new song coming out soon that’s pretty cool.” Meanwhile, Julia performed her duet “What a Time” with Niall Horan on The Late Late Show with James Corden Monday night. The two had to complete an escape room before getting to take the stage. They cut it close, but they just made it. The full clip of them finding their way out the door through a series of clues has yet to be released. But ahead of the challenge Niall let everyone know “I need a wee” before going in. The performance began with Julia sitting on a park bench surrounded by flowers. Niall appeared in the audience to kick off the second verse and made his way onto the stage, where they continued the emotional ballad together.The track appears on Julia’s new Inner Monologue, Part 1 EP.