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Celebrity Scoop – 12/18/2018
ED SHEERAN’S ‘DIVIDE’ TOUR BREAKS 30-YEAR POLLSTAR RECORD – (12/18/2018)
Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour grossed just over $432.4 million dollars in a calendar year, with sales of 4,860,482 tickets across 53 cities and 94 shows. That’s the highest tour gross and most tickets sold in any year in Pollstar’s 30 year history.
Ed’s tour isn’t the highest grossing tour in history – that would be U2’s 360 tour, which took in $736 million and 7.36 million tickets. But U2’s tour took over two years to reach that amount, 2009 through its 2011 end.
Not only is Ed’s tour impressive for the money it earned, but it’s even more impressive that his top ticket price was about $89. The average ticket price for 2018 for a top 10 tour was over $126. Not only that, but Ed also didn’t sell any VIP tickets for the tour, which other artists make big bucks on.
Stuart Camp, Ed’s manager, tells Pollstar, “Our adage has always been to be as democratic and fair as possible. We do meet and greets, but they’re for disadvantaged kids or contest winners; we don’t sell them, and similarly with VIP ticketing… Some kid who’s there and hasn’t got a job should have the same chances and the same access as anyone else.”
The Divide tour resumes in February and wraps up in August. By the end of 2019, Ed may have broken U2’s record.
According to Pollstar, 2018 saw the Top 10 of the Worldwide Tours chart surpass $2 billion in grosses for the first time, up from 2017’s $1.8 million, as the whole concert industry saw a record-setting amount of $10.4 billion.
CLEAN BANDIT AND DEMI LOVATO’S ‘SOLO’ MOST-SHAZAMED SONG OF 2018 – (12/18/2018)
Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato’s collaboration “Solo” tops the list of the most-Shazamed songs of 2018, according to the song recognition app.
No. 2 on the list was “X,” by Nicky Jam and J Balvin, followed by “One Kiss” by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa, which was also the most added track to a playlist worldwide after being Shazamed.
Last year’s most-Shazamed artist, Ed Sheeran, made a splash this year as well. His song “Perfect” was the fifth most-Shazamed song of the year, as well as the No. 1 Shazamed pop track of the year.
“Perfect” was also the longest-running No. 1 song in Shazam’s global charts this year, reigning for nine weeks, and was the most shared song worldwide after being Shazamed.
As for the most-Shazamed artist of the year, that honor goes to Drake, with J Balvin coming in at No. 2.
ARIANA GRANDE & HALSEY FIRST TWO WOMEN TO SCORE THE TOP TWO CHART SPOTS IN MORE THAN A YEAR / MARIAH CAREY SCORES HIGHEST-CHARTING HOLIDAY HIT IN 60 YEARS – (12/18/2018)
Ariana Grande and Halsey are currently holding down the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 – Ariana with “thank u, next,” which spends a fifth week at No. 1, and Halsey with “Without Me,” which has risen to No. 2.
The last time two women held the top two spots on the chart was in September of 2017, when Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” and Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” were No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
The last time it happened before that was all the way back in 2014, when songs by Taylor and Meghan Trainor swapped positions for 14 weeks.
Meanwhile, Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has just become the highest-charting Christmas song on the Hot 100 in 60 years.
When it was first released in 1994, it wasn’t eligible to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 because it wasn’t commercially available as a single, and Billboard’s rules back then prohibited any such song from charting on the Hot 100.
The last time a Christmas song ranked higher on the Hot 100 was in 1958, when “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville hit No. 1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now also Mariah’s highest-charting hit since 2008, when “Touch My Body” hit No. 1.
MAN GOES ON RAMPAGE HOPING TO GET TAYLOR SWIFT’S ATTENTION: An Ohio man was arrested following a destructive rampage that he hoped would draw Taylor Swift’s attention. Cody Hann, 29, is accused of driving his car onto a local airport runway, and then into the playground equipment at a park on Saturday night. After his car got stuck in the mud, he started hitting it with a metal pipe – which is how police found him. They also found an inert hand grenade in his car. Hann was charged with reckless operation, criminal damage and inducing panic. He told police that he’s in love with Taylor and wanted her to notice him. A day earlier, police responded to a report that Hann had been pacing back and forth and screaming on the street. Hann told police then he was yelling “I love you” because he was in love with Taylor. According to family members, Hann has been struggling with drug and alcohol addiction and was trying to get sober.
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Celebrity Scoop – 12/14/2018
TAYLOR SWIFT LIGHTS UP THE STAGE IN TRAILER FOR NETFLIX CONCERT SPECIAL; USING FACIAL RECOGNITION AT CONCERTS – (12/14/2018)
Taylor Swift has released the first trailer for her upcoming Reputation Stadium Tour concert special coming to Netflix on New Year’s Eve.
The clip features Swift performing songs from her Reputation album in front of thousands of screaming fans. The special promises to give fans the experience of seeing Swift perform live during the tour, which featured the singer using a number of backup dancers, props, special effects and elaborate video presentations.
The Reputation tour, which also featured special guests Camila Cabello and Charli XCX, started on May 8th in Glendale, Arizona, before wrapping up October 6th in Arlington, Texas.
Meanwhile, Taylor reportedly used facial-recognition software to I.D. possible stalkers in the audience of her tour.
According to Rolling Stone, it took place at least once, at her May 18th show at the Rose Bowl. Fans who stopped to watch rehearsal footage at a kiosk were unknowingly having their pictures taken. According to concert security expert Mike Downing, those pictures were then transferred to a “command post” in Nashville, where they were cross-referenced with a database of Taylor’s known stalkers, which number in the hundreds.
Dowing tells Rolling Stone, “Everybody who went by would stop and stare at [the kiosk], and the software would start working.”
Rolling Stone says the technology, in which Ticketmaster has invested, might also be helpful by allowing certain fans to move through turnstiles quickly at events, without them having to stop and go through security.
POST MALONE’S CUSTOM-MADE BARBED WIRE CROCS SELL OUT IN MINUTES – (12/14/2018)
Post Malone proves Crocs are still in style. The rapper teamed up with the footwear company to create a colorful custom pattern for slip-on shoes, which sold out in 10 minutes after going on sale on Tuesday. Croc’s website even crashed.
Posty’s new Crocs design features bright yellow shoes with barbed wire graphics – a nod to the barbed wire tattoo he has sprawled across the top of his forehead. Post’s stylist, Catherine Hahn, told Page Six that the rapper loved wearing Crocs and he can make them look cool.
The six jibbitz charms designed by Malone, including one inspired by his “Stay Away” tattoo and personal logo, were still available for purchase at the price of $9.99.
The company tweeted that the shoes were sold out. Fans who missed out took it to Twitter to share their frustration.
Various sizes of the barbed wire Croc designed with Post’s jibbitz charms are selling for $200 and higher on eBay.
Malone’s first Croc collaboration came in November and also sold out in less than 10 minutes. The original design featured a white classic Croc with the yellow devil in a repeating pattern across the shoes. He released a small collection of Jibbitz as well.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA TO HEADLINE ‘NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE’ 2019: Christina Aguilera is set to headline the 2019 Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest celebration this year – her first time back since 2007. She will perform just minutes before the ball drops in Times Square, marking the official start to 2019. The event will kick off at 8 p.m.[ET] on December 31st. Bastille, Dan + Shay and New Kids On The Block will also perform live in the hours leading up to New Year’s Eve in New York City’s Times Square. Other performers will also be joining in from other cities to perform as well.
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Celebrity Scoop – 12/13/2018
ARIANA GRANDE TEASES NEW SONG ‘IMAGINE’ & NEW ALBUM – (12/13/2018)
Ariana Grande revealed that she’s dropping a new song called “Imagine” on Friday at midnight ahead of her upcoming Sweetener follow-up.
“A lot of this album mourns failed yet important, beautiful relationships in my life (as well as celebrates growth / exploring new independence). But for those of you asking about ‘imagine’: I would say if ‘thank u, next’ = acceptance…’imagine’ = denial,” she wrote. Hope that makes sense,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. She also teased a brief snippet of the song!
So far, there’s no release date for Ariana’s new album, which she’s said would arrive by the end of 2019.
JOHN LEGEND PARTNERS WITH 1-800-FLOWERS – (12/13/2018)
John Legend has teamed up with 1800flowers.com this season to deliver free copies of his new album, A Legendary Christmas.
Although the project was released in October, Legend is offering fans a free digital download of his latest effort, from now until December 22nd, with any bouquet ordered from the site’s exclusive “Legendary Christmas Collection.”
“This year, send a Christmas bouquet that will be music to their ears,” the flower delivery services advertises on their site.
A Legendary Christmas debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart. Executive produced by Raphael Saadiq, the album features both familiar standards and original tracks, and includes collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Esperanza Spalding.
LUKAS GRAHAM OFFERS FANS THE CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS – (12/13/2018)
Lukas Graham has launched a new contest in celebration of their song “Love Someone,” which will send one lucky winner to visit a loved one this holiday season. To enter, you just need to post a photo of you and/or your loved one on Instagram, tag the destination, name your current country of residence and explain why you should win. Top it off with the hashtag #whenyoulovesomeone.
The contest runs through December 17th and the winner will be chosen on or about December 19th. Participants will be judged on the originality and emotiveness of their post. The winner will get a return flight to the destination tagged in their entry.
KESHA PERFORMS ‘HERE COMES THE CHANGE’ ON ‘ELLEN’ – (12/13/2018)
Kesha stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform her anthem “Here Comes the Change” yesterdasy. Kesha took the stage to perform the moving song and played the harmonica along with her band.
Kesha wrote the song for the upcoming Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic, On the Basis of Sex, due in theaters on December 25th. The film tells the story of a young Ginsburg, long before she was an iconic champion of women’s rights, as she brings a groundbreaking case of gender discrimination to the Supreme Court.
“Here Comes the Change” captures the powerful message of the film, while also drawing strong parallels to Kesha’s ongoing legal battle with Dr. Luke, which began in 2014 when she sued the producer for sexual assault.
ELLEN DEGENERES MULLS LEAVING HER SHOW – (12/13/2018)
Ellen DeGeneres has been a reliable entrée on America’s TV diet for decades, most recently with her long-runing The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
But in an interview published in The New York Times Wednesday, the 60-year-old confesses that the can’t go on forever; while she did extend her contract through 2020, she says she seriously considered quitting.
So why did she continue? She says her brother Vance DeGeneres told her that “in the age of Trump, the country needs her positive, unifying voice on television every day.”
But her wife Portia de Rossi wants her to quit, DeGeneres reveals.
“I just think she’s such a brilliant actress and stand-up that it doesn’t have to be this talk show for her creativity,” admits de Rossi. “There are other things she could tackle.”
Another surprising motivation for her possible exit is the nonstop burden of being nice, which everyone expects: “There’s been times someone wants a picture, and while I’m doing a selfie, they’re like: ‘You’re not dancing!’ Of course I’m not dancing. I’m walking down the street.”
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