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Usher has scrapped plans for his long-awaited return to Australia, with all dates on his Past Present Future tour now officially canceled. The R&B superstar was due to play 12 shows across Melbourne and Sydney in November and December, marking his first Australian tour in nearly 14 years. Tickets for the trek went on sale in May, with strong demand leading promoters to add four extra dates after the initial announcement. Live Nation confirmed the news Friday (July 4), sharing a brief statement via Ticketek: “The promoter of Usher’s Australian tour regrets to advise that the scheduled shows to take…

Unlike their neighbors, though (or, maybe just like them, Malibu being a celebrity-friendly enclave), they have a few other spots to hang their hats as well, including the 30-acre ranch near Taos, N.M, where Roberts and Moder tied the knot on July 4, 2002, and where the actress historically loved spending as much time as possible. But since the kids spent their formative years in Southern California—Finn and Hazel are now in college at an undisclosed location, though Roberts assured Jimmy Fallon in 2023 that she wears the colors and does “the whole thing,” school spirit-wise—Malibu is where the majority of…

“Arresting” seems an appropriate word to describe Hamburg writer-director Steffen Goldkamp’s feature film debut Rain Fell on the Nothing New (Regen fiel auf nichts Neues), starring Noah Sayenko in his first acting role. No pun intended! After all, the German movie, which world premieres in the Proxima Competition lineup of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Saturday, July 5, confronts us with questions about what detention and prison do to individuals, especially young ones. The festival promises “surgically precise direction, carefully constructed atmosphere, and also the discreet empathy with which the filmmaker discovers the intimacy…

India’s quick-commerce sector is growing rapidly, but struggles to scale profitably beyond metros, with non-metro areas contributing a mere 20% of gross merchandise value (GMV) due to lower demand, digital maturity, and local shopping habits, a report said.According to market research firm Redseer, the Indian quick commerce industry grew by approximately 150% year-on-year during the first five months of 2025, fuelled by the rapid rollout of “dark stores,” aggressive category expansion, and fierce competition.Yet, despite this explosive growth and the presence of quick-commerce platforms in over 100 cities, non-metro cities (excluding the eight metros) contribute just over 20% of the…

Japanese trio Number_i is outright earnest about the way they love making music. Made up of members Sho Hirano, Yuta Jinguji and Yuta Kishi, the chart-topping J-pop act is wading into the U.S. music market. Last year, the group joined management company and music label 88Rising’s Futures stage lineup at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It was their first U.S. performance and first major music festival as Number_i. The three-member group performed their first featured festival set in the U.S. at 88Rising’s Head in the Clouds Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The performance came on the…

Swedish entertainment company Pophouse has named a new CEO, Jessica Koravos, who will take over leadership of the company in January 2026. A statement from Pophouse says that Koravos will “lead the company’s ambitious next phase of global expansion and its journey to become a world leader in music IP investment and development.” Koravos was previously president of Oak View Group International, president of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s The Really Useful Group and a board member for ABBA Voyage, the ABBA hologram show developed by Pophouse that debuted in London in 2022. (Pophouse was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus.) Pophouse’s current…

Manchester’s Radar Festival says it was left with no choice but to pull Bob Vylan from its 2025 lineup, following the punk-rap duo’s controversial set at Glastonbury Festival. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The pair sparked headlines during their performance on Glastonbury’s West Holts Stage, leading chants of “Death to the IDF” while also calling out the BBC, the US and UK governments, and more. Frontman Bobby Vylan told the crowd, “We are the violent punks, because sometimes you gotta get your message across with violence because that is the only…

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has paid tribute to Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota, who tragically died in a car accident in northern Spain on July 3. The Portuguese international was 28. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Plant, a lifelong Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter and Vice President of the club, expressed his grief on X (formerly Twitter), writing: “What a tragic loss. The dimming of a bright, shining light. Thank you for your magic, Diogo.” The accident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning as Jota was traveling from Portugal to…

Hello,MobiKwik Securities Broking Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of One MobiKwik Systems, has received regulatory approval from India’s market regulator to act as a stockbroker and clearing member, the company said in a statement on Thursday.Moving on, the tech world’s love for The Lord of the Rings is well known. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel has returned to Middle Earth to name his new national bank. Called Erebor Bank, the new venture hopes to fill the gap left by Silicon Valley Bank. Sherwood News has an interesting interactive game about company names inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien!“Erebor Bank” is named after Erebor, also…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. The highly-anticipated Oasis Live ’25 Tour kicks off on Saturday, July 4, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The 41-show run continues across England, Scotland and Ireland. The Gallagher brothers will then head to North America — Toronto, the U.S. and Mexico City — and wrap with two more England dates followed by shows in South Korea, Japan, Australia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. While the North American leg (among others) sold out within an hour of…