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New York (AFP) - Rapper Ms. Lauryn Hill canceled the first leg of her US tour, a reunion with the Fugees, ticketing giant Ticketmaster said on Wednesday without saying why. Seventeen concerts due to have been held between August 9 and September 21 were marked as canceled on Ticketmaster's website. "Unfortunately, the event organizer has had to cancel your event," the company said in a message to ticket holders that also promised automatic refunds. On Tuesday night, some customers who had purchased tickets for a number of the concerts began to be informed of the cancellations, according to loca...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Controversial rapper Kanye West repeatedly yelled at Black employees and praised Adolf Hitler as an "innovator" according to a new lawsuit filed in California on Tuesday. The creative brains behind the Yeezy designer brand, whose music and fashion ventures have made him fabulously wealthy, has repeatedly courted controversy in recent years with racist or antisemitic language and some odd historical revisionism. Now a former employee is claiming the author of the hit "Stronger" told schoolchildren he was being persecuted by Jewish people. Trevor Phillips, who like West is Bl...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Posters threatening the life of Mexican singer Peso Pluma were put up in Tijuana on Tuesday, Mexican authorities said, as he was set to perform in the United States at the MTV Video Music Awards later in the evening. Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero said the prosecutor's office is investigating the posters, which promised that the artist would be killed if he performed in the border town as scheduled in October. One person has already been arrested, Caballero said. "It is up to me to protect the citizens of Tijuana, and therefore in the next few days we will determin...
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Mexico City (AFP) - Excitement is building among Taylor Swift fans in Latin America who have endured months-long queues, expensive tickets and, in one case, assault to realize their dream of seeing the pop superstar. The 33-year-old singer-songwriter, who holds the women's record for most number one albums, will bring her "Eras" tour to the region from Thursday starting in Mexico, followed by Argentina and Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, Renan Rodrigues camped out for several nights to buy tickets for Swift's November 17-19 concerts at the Nilton Santos stadium. The 24-year-old DJ, who performs at ...
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Gardena (United States) (AFP) - If you've ever fancied yourself as a disco legend -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- this could be your chance, as John Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" suit goes up for auction. The most famous three pieces of polyester in movie history are going under the hammer in California this month, offering one lucky buyer the opportunity to set the dance floor on fire -- just don't get too close to the naked flames. The wing-lapelled suit, in which a dashing young Travolta broke many a 1970s heart, is the centerpiece of the "Hollywood: Classic and Contemporary" co...
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Miami (AFP) - A former girlfriend of Bad Bunny has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Puerto Rican megastar, alleging he used a recording of her voice in several songs without permission. Carliz De La Cruz Hernandez, who dated Bad Bunny from 2011 to 2016, filed the lawsuit at a Puerto Rican court in San Juan earlier this month, though the outlet Noticel first reported it just this week. In 2015, before Bad Bunny had skyrocketed to global fame, she recorded a voice note for him saying the phrase "Bad Bunny, baby," court documents say. She alleges that the singer, born Benito Martinez Ocasi...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - The anthem of this summer's protests in Cuba cleaned up at the Latin Grammys Thursday, winning prizes including the coveted best song, as the gala's Person of the Year Ruben Blades won best album. The 22nd edition of the awards show celebrating hits from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds returned to an in-person ceremony in Las Vegas for the 2021 show, complete with electrifying performances and impressive outfits. The 73-year-old Blades, a Panamanian innovator of salsa and swing, was heralded as 2021's Person of the Year which celebrates musical contributions as wel...
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Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela's Gustavo Dudamel was only a teenager when he first picked up a conductor's baton, and has since conquered many of the world's orchestral stages. Having just turned 40, the lively maestro with a mop of curly hair is taking on a new challenge: he will be the new musical director of the Paris Opera. For more than a decade, Dudamel has been wielding his baton at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he rose to be artistic director and secure a multi-million-dollar contract and he will keep that role even as he takes over in Paris. He is certainly one of the most in-demand...
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