iHeartMedia Announces 2023 Lineup For Its Legendary “iHeartRadio Music Festival” – iHeartMedia today announced the lineup for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival, the annual legendary concert event takes place on Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23 at Las Vegas’ hottest entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. This year, the epic two-day lineup for the iHeartRadio Music Festival will feature performances by Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne, Lenny Kravitz, Miguel, Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw, TLC, Thirty Seconds to Mars and more. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will once again include one-of-a-kind collaborations and surprise performances. – Read more at IHeartMedia
White House Announces Juneteenth Concert – The White House announced today a Juneteenth Concert on Tuesday, June 13. The South Lawn concert will be a celebration of community, culture and music. Audra McDonald, Broadway Inspirational Voices, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi and more at set to perform. – Read more at Whitehouse.gov
Haven Madison and Oliver Steele to perform Sunday June 11 in Clarksville TN – American Idol alum Haven Madison will perform a free concert in her hometown, Clarksville, Tenn. with fellow contestant Oliver Steele as her opener.
Carrie Underwood To Launch Exclusive SiriusXM Channel Friday – CAPITOL NASHVILLE’s CARRIE UNDERWOOD has set FRIDAY (6/9) for the launch of her previously announced CARRIE’S COUNTRY, an exclusive, year-round channel on SIRIUSXM (NET NEWS 5/1). UNDERWOOD will debut the new channel live from SIRIUSXM’s “Music Row Happy Hour” at the MARGARITAVILLE CAFE in NASHVILLE with SIRIUSXM THE HIGHWAY channel host BUZZ BRAINARD. Special launch day programming will include a pre-taped town hall, with UNDERWOOD discussing the new channel, answering questions from fans, and special performances of her music. It was recorded earlier this year at the new SIRIUSXM studios in MIAMI, – Read more at All Access.com
EMMY AWARD WINNER JULIANNE HOUGH AND STAR OF CBS’ “SO HELP ME TODD” SKYLAR ASTIN WILL HOST “THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE” – Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and star of CBS’ SO HELP ME TODD Skylar Astin will host THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE, a live pre-show with exclusive content that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV – the leading free, advertiser-supported streaming television service – beginning Sunday, June 11 at 6:30-8:00 PM, ET/3:30-5:00 PM, PT. Hough, star of last season’s hit Broadway play “POTUS,” and Astin, who originated the role of Georg in the Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening,” will kick off Broadway’s biggest night with the presentation of the first round of Tony Awards during the exciting pre-show telecast. – Read more at Paramount Press Express
Nutsa Buzaladze Moving To Hollywood Full-Time After Blowing Away ‘American Idol’ Audience – Nutsa was given the full VIP treatment on her last visit to Tinsel Town, joining a small crew as VIP guests for game 4 of the Lakers vs. Nuggets playoff game. The Idol star was even featured on the Jumbotron after Adam Sandler. Now, that’s Hollywood style! Buzaladze tells us, she can’t wait to start her music career in the USA and is about to launch her apparel clothing line soon “Nutsa ??” with t-shirts, hats, hoodies, and other products for men and women some with slogan “Nuts for Nutsa”. She also told us she wants to expand to perfume and jewelry and a clothing collection for women as she considers herself a real fashionista and was highly praised for her sense of style on Idol and prior in Europe. – Read more at The Blast
Lauren Alaina Shares Adorable Story of How She Met ‘Hot’ Fiancé Cam Arnold Through Luke Bryan -“If you spend five minutes with him, you’d be like, ‘I get it,'” Alaina tells ET. “I mean, he’s from Georgia. We’re both from Georgia. Actually, fun fact, we met in Mexico at the [all-inclusive concert vacation] Crash My Playa that Luke Bryan has every year. Luke Bryan brought us together.” Alaina also shared how Arnold found himself backstage at the event and the first words he ever spoke to her that hooked her. Read more at Entertainment Tonight
David Archuleta on ‘The Masked Singer,’ Coming Out and Going “Up”: “I’m Learning to Love Who I Am” – “It’s a little loud for me, I’m not used to being so loud,” Archuelta tells American Songwriter about stepping into the role of the Macaw. “I’m so used to hiding myself. I thought, ‘I’ve done enough hiding in my life. It’s time for me to learn how to be present and let people know this is who I am.’ It was really symbolic for me.” “All those feelings of nervousness and anxiety were coming back to me that I was like, ‘Can I really do this?’” he recalls. “I had an anxiety attack before I did it. But once I got there, I was like, ‘This is so fun. I’m getting to rewrite the narrative for me and take this back.’ – Read more at American Songwriter
