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Nancy Wilson performs at the Des Plaines Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Des Plaines, Ill. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)

B.C. date set as rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour

Wilson sisters set perform in Vancouver on Dec. 3 as world tour kicks of this weekend

Nancy Wilson performs at the Des Plaines Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Des Plaines, Ill. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)

Taylor Swift drops ‘Tortured Poets’ and the surprises keep coming

Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few…

This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)
FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from left, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson, eating at the H&H Restaurant in downtown Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

Allman Brothers guitar legend Dickie Betts dead at 80

Lead guitarist, writer of Ramblin’ Man dies after long battle with cancer, COPD

FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from left, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson, eating at the H&H Restaurant in downtown Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)
Beyonce walks onstage to accept the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Beyoncé tops Billboard country albums chart, first Black woman to do so

Act ll: Cowboy Carter also topped the all-genres Billboard 200, marking her eighth No. 1 album

Beyonce walks onstage to accept the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FILE - Singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Los Angeles. The CMT Music Awards return Sunday night, April 7, 2024, live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center, with host Kelsea Ballerini. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Roll continues for Jelly Roll at this year’s CMT Music Awards

Kelsea Ballerini hosted the awards for fourth time in a row

FILE - Singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Los Angeles. The CMT Music Awards return Sunday night, April 7, 2024, live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center, with host Kelsea Ballerini. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FILE - Missy Elliott performs “Lose Control” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Inside Missy Elliott’s first headlining tour, kicking off in Vancouver

Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland joins hip-hop icon on her first headlining tour

FILE - Missy Elliott performs “Lose Control” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
This image released by Netflix shows Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in a scene from “Ripley.” (Netflix via AP)

What to stream this week: Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

Looking at what is new for your entertainment pleasure this week

This image released by Netflix shows Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in a scene from “Ripley.” (Netflix via AP)
FILE - Gene Simmons, from left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the “Kiss Farewell Tour”at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kiss sells its brand and its music to Swedish firm owned by ABBA founder

Estimated $300M deal will see Kiss entertainment continue with holograms and other ventures

FILE - Gene Simmons, from left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the “Kiss Farewell Tour”at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Anne Murray prepares to present the award for group of the year at the Juno awards, in Halifax, Sunday, March 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Surprise welcome from Anne Murray opens Junos Halifax bash

Charlotte Cardin, Talk, the Beaches among top award winners at annual Canadian music gala

Anne Murray prepares to present the award for group of the year at the Juno awards, in Halifax, Sunday, March 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Tatiana Blades, left, and Sheenon Olson have their picture taken during Shakira’s official “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” album release party and immersive experience red carpet event, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Hollywood, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

What to stream: Roadhouse revisited and Shakira’s first album in 7 years

A guide to what’s premiering this week for your entertainment pleasure

Tatiana Blades, left, and Sheenon Olson have their picture taken during Shakira’s official “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” album release party and immersive experience red carpet event, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Hollywood, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
Music producer Ikky photographed in Toronto, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

B.C. artists taking centre stage as Punjabi music takes off

Punjabi music taking the world by storm and its new sound is based in Canada

Music producer Ikky photographed in Toronto, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Bruce Springsteen, left, and Stevie Van Zandt, right, play their guitars on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Springsteen returns to stage, concludes tour in B.C. in November

The Boss is back after postponing 2023 dates due to health issues

Bruce Springsteen, left, and Stevie Van Zandt, right, play their guitars on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This combination of album covers shows, from left, “Deeper Well” by Kacey Musgraves,” and Everything I Thought It Was” by Justin Timberlake. (BMG/Interscope/RCA via AP)

What to stream this week: Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake

What’s new and streaming for your entertainment this week

This combination of album covers shows, from left, “Deeper Well” by Kacey Musgraves,” and Everything I Thought It Was” by Justin Timberlake. (BMG/Interscope/RCA via AP)
This combination of photos shows country music stars Megan Moroney, left, performing April 2, 2023, in Austin, Texas, Jelly Roll performing Feb. 2, 2024, in Los Angeles, center, and Kelsea Ballerini performing Sept. 11, 2023, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo)

5 artists top CMT Music Awards nomination list

Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Cody Johnson up for 3 honours each

This combination of photos shows country music stars Megan Moroney, left, performing April 2, 2023, in Austin, Texas, Jelly Roll performing Feb. 2, 2024, in Los Angeles, center, and Kelsea Ballerini performing Sept. 11, 2023, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo)
FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo the Apple logo is displayed at the Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. European Union fines Apple nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over rivals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

EU slaps Apple with nearly $2B fine for music streaming violation

Antitrust ruling says firm unfairly favoured its own music streaming service over others

FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo the Apple logo is displayed at the Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. European Union fines Apple nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over rivals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Aysanabee performs at the Polaris Music Prize gala in Toronto, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Junos to feature tributes to Gordon Lightfoot and Robbie Robertson

Aysanabee and Allison Russell to be involved as part of next month’s awards ceremony

Aysanabee performs at the Polaris Music Prize gala in Toronto, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Andrew Scott in a scene from “All of Us Strangers.” (Searchlight Pictures via AP)

What to stream this weekend: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ ‘Priscilla’

A guide to what’s new for your entertainment pleasure this week

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Andrew Scott in a scene from “All of Us Strangers.” (Searchlight Pictures via AP)
FILE - Members of The Eagles, from left, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh pose with an autographed guitar after a news conference at the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, an unusual criminal trial is set to open over the handwritten lyrics to the band’s classic rock blockbuster’ “Hotel California.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Welcome to the Hotel California courtroom

Original Eagles lyric sheets focus of unusual trial tied to ownership of band material

FILE - Members of The Eagles, from left, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh pose with an autographed guitar after a news conference at the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, an unusual criminal trial is set to open over the handwritten lyrics to the band’s classic rock blockbuster’ “Hotel California.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016. Beyonce teased the possibility of new music during a Verizon Super Bowl ad, and then added a cryptic Instagram video that ended with the words “act ii” and a release date of March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beyonce first Black woman in history to top U.S. country charts

Becomes just the 4th act and first woman to top both Hot Country and Hot R&B song listings

FILE - Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016. Beyonce teased the possibility of new music during a Verizon Super Bowl ad, and then added a cryptic Instagram video that ended with the words “act ii” and a release date of March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FILE - The Beatles address the media in the press room of Kennedy International Airport on their arrival, Feb. 7, 1964 in New York. The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own film, all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes. (AP Photo, File)

John, Paul, George and Ringo each to get their own Beatles biopic

Beatles grant full life and music rights to a ambitious four-movie project

FILE - The Beatles address the media in the press room of Kennedy International Airport on their arrival, Feb. 7, 1964 in New York. The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own film, all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes. (AP Photo, File)