Author: Arabian Media staff

To JW Roth, the future of the concert business looks a little like his own backyard. At his Colorado Springs, Colo., estate, the 62-year-old says he has “the largest residential firepit in the world” — approximately 300 square feet — around which he constructed “a small venue” where he gathers over 100 people for private concerts. The fifth-generation Coloradan made his name as a founder of Roth Premium Foods, currently the third-largest prepared-food company in the United States. But despite lacking a professional background in entertainment or hospitality, the lifelong music fan and concertgoer got to thinking: What if the…

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Starz is keeping its Outlander franchise alive for another season. The newly independent cable and streaming outlet has ordered a second season of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a prequel to its long-running drama. The renewal for the Sony Pictures TV-produced series comes about six weeks before Blood of My Blood’s Aug. 8 series premiere; production on season two began Monday. Blood of My Blood, which Starz ordered in conjunction with the final season of Outlander in early 2023, is a prequel — in both of its fictional world’s timelines — that follows the parents of the main series’ lead characters, Jamie…

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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. EXO’s Chanyeol is getting in on the blind-box craze. The “Love Shot” singer shared a carousel of photos to his Instagram June 19, showcasing his latest blind-box pull, a HACIPUPU. The little bear-shaped keychain figure is a new Pop Mart creation hailing from the Gummy Bear series that was released on June 20. The K-pop idol was able to snag the Cherry “flavor” plush in a…

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Anderson Cooper faced a scary scenario live on air.   The CNN correspondent was broadcasting from Tel Aviv, Israel, alongside reporters Clarissa Ward and Jeremy Diamond around 3 a.m. local time on June 23 when an alarm went off indicating a possible incoming missile attack. As Ward told cameras, “I should just say that we’re now hearing an alert.” At which time Cooper pulled out his phone, noting, “These are the alerts that go out on all of our phones when you’re in Israel.” “It’s a 10-minute warning of incoming missiles, or something incoming from Iran,” he continued. “So now…

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The Blockheads were out in full force for the opening night of New Kids on the Block‘s residency in Las Vegas, which kicked off with a high-energy show featuring classic hits and newer tunes. The hyped-up crowd — mostly middle-aged females, though it ran the gamut from elementary-school age to the gray-haired set — packed inside the Dolby Live theater at Park MGM on Friday to watch the group’s two-hour performance, which didn’t disappoint. The set list featured favorites including “Cover Girl,” “Please Don’t Go Girl,” “I’ll Be Loving You Forever,” “Valentine Girl,” “Hangin’ Tough,” “The Right Stuff,” “Step by…

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Ice Spice gave fans a peek behind the curtain of her relationship with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, calling the superstar couple some of the funniest people she knows. The Bronx rapper caught up with Entertainment Tonight on the orange carpet for the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday (June 21), where she gushed about T-Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s sense of humor. “They’re, really, really funny,” Ice Spice said. “They’re probably some of my funniest friends. They’re funny, you guys, that’s the scoop. They’re like us.” Ice and Swift originally connected when the pop superstar’s camp…

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Tesla officially launched its first robotaxis on Sunday to a small group of invited users, marking the beginning of what CEO Elon Musk envisions as a promising new business.The robotaxis are driverless 2025 Tesla Model Y cars outfitted with “unsupervised self-driving technology.” For the launch, which took place in Tesla’s hometown of Austin, per TechCrunch, a Tesla employee sat in the passenger seat as a safety precaution, but the passenger seat did not have a steering wheel or pedals.The first riders were a small group of retail investors and social media influencers selected by Tesla. One recipient, Herbert Ong, said…

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Maroon 5 is set to release their first album in over four years in August as the band announced their upcoming Love is Like on Monday.  Love is Like will come out Aug. 15, and with the announcement the band also released the album’s latest single “All Night.” They’ll share the song’s accompanying music video on Friday. The band had already dropped the album’s lead single “Priceless,” which features Blackpink’s Lisa, back in May. Love is Like follow’s 2021’s Jordi, which peaked at No. 8 on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart. “I feel like we’ve gone back to what we used…

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Across their first three albums, Durand Jones & The Indications have delved into sounds from decades past to create a fusion of heartbreaking jazz, ravishing soul and electrifying disco. For its fourth studio album, Flowers (out June 27 on Dead Oceans), the trio of Jones, Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein is tapping its own history for a sound that melds the members’ individual influences. “There’s a lot of fantastic music that sounds very similar act to act,” Frazer says. “We’ve found a sound that people can’t imitate — and sounds distinctly us.” Here’s what inspired the group to achieve that sound while…

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