Elton's Farewell
Elton John is ending his touring career with a bang! The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour has officially become the highest-grossing concert tour ever. It first kicked off in 2018 and has since grossed $817.9 million after performing in 278 shows, according to Billboard. John surpassed Ed Sheeran's 2019 The Divide Tour, which raked in $776.4 million. But it's not over yet, as the shows will continue through July 2023.
Lil Wayne on Road
Also in touring news, Lil Wayne announced a slate of shows set for Spring 2023. The Welcome to Tha Carter tour is set to kick off in Minneapolis in April and will run through May with the final show in Los Angeles. The news comes days after the Recording Academy revealed that Wayne would be one of four recipients of its Global Impact Award at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
DC Cinematic Universe
The DC Universe is kicking it into high gear with a newly announced full slate of films and shows. DC Studios heads James Gunn, co-CEO with Peter Safran, unveiled the 10 projects in a new first chapter which he called "Gods and Monsters," with the titles being connected to each other in the same universe (unless otherwise labeled like Matt Reeves' The Batman). Some of the new titles revealed include the film Superman: Legacy, to be written by Gunn and slated for a July 2025 release, and TV projects Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Lanterns.
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Kanye West is bringing his Yeezy brand to Gap. The rap superstar will design adult and kids clothing that will be sold at Gap next year.
Jill and Carlo end the week discussing the explosion in COVID cases in the south, and why young people are fueling the surge. Plus, Facebook's problems grow, Amazon solves climate change & Love, Hate, Ate because it's Friday.
The daily U.S. count of new coronavirus cases stood near an all-time high Thursday.
Marking another milestone in France's recovery from coronavirus lockdown, the Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors Thursday after its longest-ever closure in peace time: 104 days.
As nightly fireworks displays have been disrupting and confounding residents across the country, it's explicitly clear that sellers of the popular incendiaries have been seeing a massive bump in their sales.
A grim milestone as the U.S. breaks its two-month-old record for new daily COVID-19 cases. The Marshal service is called in to protect monuments. Joe Biden opens a commanding lead in the presidential race. Plus, Apple didn't tell us the most important of its new software updates.
Cheddar's J.D. Durkin shares his experience with COVID-19 and donating plasma it aid in the fight against the pandemic.
Head of Google for startups, Jewel Burke Solomon and head of Google startup developer ecosystems, Jason Scott talk about the company's plan to invest long-term as well as its dedication to diversity.
