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☆ A complete timeline of Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift's friendship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Claudia Willen | Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss became inseparable after meeting at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementThe friendship of Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss dates back to 2013, when the musician and the supermodel met backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementApril 2014: Kloss and Swift are spotted together in New York CityTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss often spent time together in New York City. November 23, 2014: Swift brings Kloss as her date to the American Music AwardsTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss at the 2014 AMAs. July 11, 2015: Kloss appears at another of Swift's concerts in New JerseyTaylor Swift's friends went to her concert in New Jersey.

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CNN —British singer Ed Sheeran wowed the stage in Mumbai with Diljit Dosanjh over the weekend as the pair sang a rendition of the Indian artist’s hit track “Lover” in Punjabi, a duet that promptly lit up India’s social media. Both artists posted videos of their performances on Instagram, with huge cheers from the crowd as Sheeran invited his singing partner onto the stage. “Got to bring out @diljitdosanjh tonight in Mumbai and sing in Punjabi for the first time. I’ve had such an incredible time in India, more to come!” Sheeran wrote in a post. Fans and Indian celebrities on social media praised Dosanjh for getting Sheeran to sing in an Indian language.

Persons: Ed Sheeran, Dosanjh, Sheeran, “, I’ve, ” Sheeran, Singer, Diljit, ”, Varun Dhawan, Sahil Bulla, ” Dosanjh, “ Hass Hass, Sia Organizations: CNN, Spotify Locations: British, Mumbai, India, London, Australia, Punjab, Pakistan

☆ Adele candidly shares she was ‘borderline alcoholic’ in her 20s but is now sober
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Adele has said goodbye to drinking alcohol. Oh my god, it’s boring.”“I mean, I was literally a borderline alcoholic for quite a lot of my twenties,” she said. The “Hello” singer told her audience she has also stopped drinking caffeine. Konecki and Adele announced their separation in 2019 and share one child, Angelo, who was born in 2012. Adele did not share why she decided to stop drinking in recent months.

Persons: CNN — Adele, “, ”, Adele, Oprah, Simon Konecki, Konecki, Angelo Organizations: CNN Locations: Vegas

☆ Music festival attack: Revellers in Israel first took cover from rockets, then Gaza militants began firing on them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The rockets began around 6:30 a.m., Tal Gibly told CNN. Thirty minutes later, she and hundreds of others attending a music festival were running as Gaza militants fired at them. “We didn’t even have any place to hide because we were at [an] open space,” she told CNN. Gibly began taking more video of the traffic jam. We took cover.”Gibly told CNN she ran to the forest, and after about an hour, came across a car driving down the road.

Persons: Tal Gibly, Gibly, “, ”, ” Gibly Organizations: CNN, Israel’s Channel, “ Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israeli

☆ The Rolling Stones Start Up Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jon Pareles | More About Jon Pareles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For the band members, the most crucial part of the Rolling Stones sound is what Richards calls “weaving” — the ever-changing, spur-of-the-moment interplay between the instruments, particularly the guitars. The band recorded the core of most of the songs together in the studio, playing off one another as they would onstage. Of course we have disagreements about how things should be, but I think that’s pretty normal. And that’s a matter of rhythm.”The Stones groove got its foundation from Watts, who died at 80. “There would have been a Rolling Stones without Charlie Watts, but without Charlie Watts there wouldn’t have been the Rolling Stones,” Richards said.

Persons: Richards, Watt, “, ”, ” Wood, Jagger, Taylor Swift, Keith, I’m, ” Richards, Charlie Watts Organizations: Beyoncé Locations: Watts

☆ Taylor Swift’s Viral Era
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Matt Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift, wearing a long green gown, takes a swan dive pose and jumps into a hole in the stage. A large crowd of Taylor Swift fans sing together in a parking lot outside of her concert. Taylor performs in a “full on deluge.”Rain pours down on a smiling Taylor Swift as she performs onstage. Taylor Swift, sitting at a piano, explains to concertgoers that it is malfunctioning and playing itself. The actor Taylor Lautner enters the stage with a backflip to greet Taylor Swift.

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☆ Taylor Swift is slated to give a $320 million boost to a single US county - more than WeWork's entire market value
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Six nights of Taylor Swift concerts may be worth more than the whole of WeWork, a new study finds. Swift is slated to give a $320 million boost to LA County, exceeding WeWork's market capitalization. The Eras Tour will give a $320 million boost to Los Angeles County's gross domestic product (GDP), the California Center for Jobs & The Economy estimates. WeWork shares have plunged by 97% in the past year to trade as low as 15 cents on Thursday, giving the shared-workspace company a market capitalization just below $320 million. Swift's shows in Inglewood, Los Angeles promise to create 3,300 jobs and lift local earnings by $160 million, the new report finds.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift Organizations: Service, California Center, Jobs, Philadelphia Locations: LA County, Philadelphia, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, Inglewood , Los Angeles

☆ Opinion | From Taylor Swift to Beyoncé, Concerts Are Turning Into Something New
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Elamin Abdelmahmoud | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Ms. Swift’s tour alone is on pace to earn over a billion dollars, while Harry Styles’ Love On Tour ended a couple of weeks ago as the fourth-highest-grossing tour of all time. Elton John wrapped a tour earlier this summer that stands as the highest-grossing of all time — at least for now. While the average ticket price for the Bruce Springsteen tour is an already hefty $250, thanks to so-called dynamic pricing, tickets have been on sale for as much as $5,000. Beyoncé’s tour this summer boasts a giant metallic tank and robot arms, and Ms. Swift’s set is like a traveling Vegas production. For everyone else, there’s social media — and there’s been plenty this summer for online audiences to enjoy.

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CNN —A concertgoer has filed a report with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) after being “struck by an item that was thrown from the stage,” police said in a statement to CNN Monday. Police did not mention Cardi B in their statement, but the address on the incident report matches the location where she was performing on Saturday. “According to the victim, she was attending an event on July 29, 2023, at a property located in the 3500 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. In another video shared to social media from the concert, Cardi B and her DJ are seen asking the crowd to “splash” her with water due to the heat. CNN has reached out to a representative for Cardi B for comment.

Persons: Cardi Organizations: CNN, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, CNN Monday . Police, Drai’s Beach, Clark County District, Cardi Locations: Las Vegas, Clark County

☆ Cardi B threw her microphone at a concertgoer who tossed drink at her while performing on stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Audience members at concerts in recent months have continued a pattern of throwing objects at artists who are on stage performing, and rapper Cardi B has had enough. In the clip, Cardi B is seen getting splashed with liquid from the cup while performing her 2018 hit “Bodak Yellow.” Clearly upset, she reacted immediately by throwing her microphone into the crowd as security guards rushed to the stage. In another video posted to TikTok on Saturday, Cardi B is seen throwing her microphone at a DJ who appeared to cut off her song early during a performance at Drai’s Nightclub on Friday. CNN has reached out to a representative for Cardi B for comment. Last week, Monica jumped off the stage after witnessing someone allegedly assault a female audience member in the crowd at her Detroit show.

Persons: Cardi, Drake, Kelsea Ballerini, Harry Styles, Bebe Rexha –, Monica, Miranda Lambert, CNN’s Abby Phillip, ” “ Organizations: CNN, WAP, Drai’s Beach, Cardi Locations: Las Vegas, Detroit

CNN —Taylor Swift fans are in their record-breaking era. The “Swift Quake” has been compared to the 2011 “Beast Quake,” when Seattle Seahawks fans erupted after an impressive touchdown by running back Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch. The ensuing celebration was detected on the same local seismometer as the Swift concert, Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. Seismograms compare seismic activity from the 2011 'Beast Quake' with activity recorded during one of Taylor Swift's July concerts in Seattle. While the magnitude difference between “Beast Quake” and “Swift Quake” is only 0.3, Caplan-Auerbach said the Swifties have the Seahawks fans beat.

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☆ Ellen Hovde, ‘Grey Gardens’ Documentarian, Dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | More About Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ellen Hovde, a documentarian who was one of the directors of “Grey Gardens,” the groundbreaking 1975 movie that examined the lives of two reclusive women living in a deteriorating mansion on Long Island and inspired both a Broadway musical and an HBO film, died on Feb. 16 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 97. Her death, which had not been widely reported, was confirmed last week by her children, Tessa Huxley and Mark Trevenen Huxley, who said the cause was Alzheimer’s disease. In 1969 she was a contributing editor on “Salesman,” a documentary by the Maysleses and Charlotte Zwerin that followed four salesmen as they peddled $49.95 Bibles door to door in New England and Florida. The next year she was an editor on “Gimme Shelter,” the documentary by the Maysleses and Ms. Zwerin that captured a Rolling Stones tour, including the concert at Altamont Speedway in Northern California in late 1969 at which a concertgoer was killed by a Hells Angel.

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☆ Harry Styles hit in eye with object while performing on stage at Vienna concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Harry Styles was hit in the eye by an object thrown at the stage while he was performing in Vienna on Saturday, marking the latest incident in an ever-growing list of similar situations in recent weeks. Video footage posted on social media by concertgoers shows the “As It Was” singer walking on the stage as an object hits him square in the eye during a “Love on Tour” concert. Styles has yet to update his followers on his social media, but CNN has reached out to a representative for the singer seeking comment on the incident. The unfortunate incident isn’t the first time Styles has been the target of a flying object while he was performing on stage. In 2022, videos posted on social media showed Styles was hit by Skittles thrown at him during a Los Angeles concert.

Persons: Harry Styles, Styles, Skittles, “ Didn’t, ” Styles, who’ve, Drake, Bebe Rexha, Kelsea Ballerini, Ava Max, Ballerini, Max, Adele Organizations: CNN, Los, Las Locations: Vienna, Los Angeles

☆ Concert season is so weird right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Which “hurls” us into this week’s newsletter…Something to sip on…Pink performs on stage during a concert in Vienna, on July 1. ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images“No home training.” – That’s what my late grandmother would have said about people who are throwing things at artists during concerts these days. Because clearly, if you are throwing things during a concert, you want to be a part of the performance. The married couple have a new weekly podcast, “The Best Podcast Ever.” Part of iHeartMedia’s Outspoken series, the project aims to amplify voices throughout the LGBTQ+ community. “The Best Podcast Ever” debuts July 10.

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☆ Bruce Springsteen suffers fall on stage during Amsterdam concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Bruce Springsteen proved over the weekend he’s tougher than the rest. The singer fell on stage while performing in Amsterdam on Saturday, but he quickly recovered after stumbling on a set of stairs during “Ghosts.” The audience applauded as The Boss, 73, got to his feet and he joked, “Goodnight everybody!”One concertgoer tweeted, “Bruce Springsteen took a nasty fall during a concert in Amsterdam on Saturday but was able to finish the rest of the concert.”Another wrote they were glad he was able to get back up. “Thank goodness nothing happened to Bruce Springsteen when he fell on stage last night,” a supporter wrote.. Thank goodness nothing happened to Bruce Springsteen when he fell on stage last night🇳🇱 - May 27, 2023#brucespringsteen #Springsteen pic.twitter.com/VqIf0gbuhk — HellesBruceCorner (@JustMyBSCorner) May 28, 2023Springsteen and the E Street Band are currently on tour across Europe, stopping in France, Italy, Germany, Zurich, Birmingham, Oslo, London, Vienna, Munich, England and more. The tour hits the United States in August, and he will tour across the country with a final show set for Dec. 10 at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

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☆ Live Nation shows why concert tickets aren't going down anytime soon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We kicked around the idea of going, until someone said that ticket prices were likely $1,000 and up for the sold-out event. Ticket seller Live Nation on Thursday reported astonishing numbers: fourth quarter revenues at $4.29 billion were up about 60%, well north of the $3.6 billion expected. Live Nation said this reinforced "the global nature of untapped fan demand and the opportunities we have for growth." Regarding the high ticket prices, Live Nation addressed the problem directly:"We believe that greater transparency on the entire ticketing ecosystem will improve the industry, and we have been engaging with policymakers to advocate for reforms. Live Nation made several suggestions to combat this, including that artists should decide resale rules.

☆ Mountain Girl’s heartbreaking memoir: An icon of the Sixties opens up about Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, and what the age of free love was really like
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Now 76 and living in Oregon, Mountain Girl has gave us an exclusive look at her memoir. Altamont, the free concert that Mountain Girl and Jerry Garcia helped organized, was meant to revive the spirit of the Sixties. Today, 60 years since she took that ride with Neal Cassady, Mountain Girl is still forging her own path. Before I leave Kesey's farm, Mountain Girl and I walk outside to the old brown barn where Furthur now rests. But for Mountain Girl, it lives forever, an emblem of everything her generation believed in, and all that they achieved.

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