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| Ella Langley, Red Clay Strays join ACM Awards performers lineup | Ella Langley and the Red Clay Strays will take the stage at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards. The Academy of Country Music said in a press release Friday that Langley, the Red Clay Strays, Zach Top, Thomas Rhett and Blake Shelton have joined the performers lineup. Avery Anna, Carter Faith, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, Kane Brown and Tucker Wetmore will also take the stage. Previously announced performers include Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert and Riley Green. Shania Twain will host the 61st annual ACM Awards May 17 in Las Vegas. The show will stream at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video and also broadcast on the Amazon Music Twitch channel. |
| Met Gala 2026: Where to watch, what to expect | The 2026 Met Gala will take place Monday, May 4, in New York City. The star-studded gala, formally known as the Costume Institute Benefit, is an annual fundraiser benefiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. It is considered the premier fashion event of the year. Grammy-winning singer Beyonc, Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, tennis star Venus Williams and former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will co-chair the event, which will have a "Costume Art" theme. The dress code will be "Fashion is Art." The gala celebrates the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibit at the Met, the first exhibit to be shown in the new Cond M. Nast Galleries. |
| Zayn cancels U.S. tour dates following hospitalization | Zayn is cancelling the U.S. portion of his Konnakol tour. The former One Direction singer, 33, announced the news Friday in the wake of his hospitalization for an unspecified illness. In a post on Instagram Stories, Zayn thanked fans for supporting him amid his health issues. "Thank you so much for all the support and love you've shown me on the album release and more importantly, your love, prayers, and well wishes for my health. I've felt it, and it's meant the world," the star wrote. "I've been at home recovering and I'm doing well and will be better and stronger than before. I've had to take another look at my schedule for the months ahead and have to reduce the number of shows on the KONNAKOL Tour. |
| Hannah Waddingham, Ncuti Gatwa to close out 'SNL UK' Season 1 | Saturday Night Live UK has tapped Hannah Waddingham and Ncuti Gatwa to close out its debut season. Waddingham, an actress known for playing Septa Unella in Game of Thrones and Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, and Gatwa, an actor who played the Fifteenth Doctor on Doctor Who, will host the final two episodes of Season 1. Waddingham will host the May 9 episode, with "Stargazing" and "Nice to Meet You" singer Myles Smith to perform as musical guest. Gatwa will host the May 16 finale, which will feature a performance by Holly Humberstone. The U.S. version of SNL, meanwhile, will conclude its 51st season Saturday with singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo to serve double duty as host and musical guest. |
| Kacey Musgraves returns with 'Middle of Nowhere' album | Kacey Musgraves is back with new music. The singer-songwriter, 37, released her seventh studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on Friday. Middle of Nowhere marks Musgraves' first new album in over two years, since Deeper Well in 2024. The new album features the singles "Dry Spell" and "Middle of Nowhere," along with 11 other songs. Miranda Lambert joins Musgraves for "Horses and Divorces," while Willie Nelson is featured on "Uncertain, TX." "I wrote these in the throes of Deeper Well," Musgraves said of the songs in an interview with Texas Monthly. "I was going through a really ridiculous breakup." "I needed to step back and reevaluate things," she added, "to hang in the discomfort of an undefined time period between knowing what to do next. |