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The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours ‘Til Dawn’ Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The Weeknd’s After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Live Nation. The lengthy tour, which launched in Philadelphia in July 2022 and runs through September 2026, has officially grossed $1.004 billion with approximately 7.55 million tickets sold across 153 tour dates, the live entertainment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!K-pop fans’ environmental activism comes to UN climate talks
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fans of K-pop have an intensity that’s turned the music into a global phenomenon. Some are determined to channel that energy into action on climate change. Their push has been on display at United Nations climate talks in the city of Belem on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, including costumed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris wax museum unveils new Diana figure in ‘revenge dress,’ decades after her death in the city
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — A wax museum in Paris on Thursday unveiled a new figure of the late Princess Diana depicted in a black dress that has come to be known as her “ revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The Grevin Museum, one of Europe’s oldest wax museums, dressed the life-size ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Music and AI startup Udio settle copyright battle and ink license deal
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Warner Music Group resolved its copyright battle with Udio and signed a deal to work with the AI music startup on a new song creation service that will allow users to remix tunes by established artists. It’s the second agreement between a major record label and Udio, a chatbot-style song generation tool. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On the world’s coldest stage, a military musician plays with a plastic horn and double gloves
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that’s guaranteed not to freeze to your fingers or face. Natalie Paine is a French horn player in New Zealand ’s navy who since October has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York. With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” – in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lainey Wilson wins entertainer of the year at 2025 CMA Awards
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2025 Country Music Association Awards went to none other than Lainey Wilson, who hosted, performed and barely left the stage Wednesday night. “It takes a village,” she said in her acceptance speech. “We about to party.” She beat out Luke Combs, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Rabih Alameddine’s blend of family comedy and wartime tragedy, “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother),” has won the National Book Award for fiction. The nonfiction prize Wednesday night was given to Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” while the poetry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ella Langley, Riley Green and Lainey Wilson win big at the star-studded 2025 CMA Awards
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a big night for Ella Langley and Riley Green from the jump. The duo’s retro radio hit, “You Look Like You Love Me,” took home both single and song of the year at the 2025 Country Music Association Awards Wednesday night. “This song is the gift that keeps on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ella Langley and Riley Green win big at the star-studded 2025 Country Music Association Awards
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you like … country award shows. And you’re in luck: The 2025 Country Music Association Awards are here. Early on it was a big night for Ella Langley and Riley Green, who took home the first award, single of the year, for their retro radio hit, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louvre boosts security with 100 cameras and other measures after crown jewels heist
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The head of the Louvre Museum said Wednesday that new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark after last month’s stunning crown jewels heist. The cameras — some 100 of them — will be up and running by the end of next year while anti-intrusion systems ... Read More »
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