Gaga Announces Joanne World Tour
Following her epic Super Bowl 51 halftime show performance, Lady Gaga revealed plans for her Joanne world tour.
Gaga kicks things off in Canada at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC on August 1st. Other Canadian dates include:
Aug. 03 - Edmonton, AB
Sep. 04 - Montreal, QC
Sep. 06 - Toronto, ON
For more dates, CLICK HERE.
Last year, she played a handful of intimate gigs as part of the Dive Bar Tour leading up to Joanne's release. This tour will see Gaga play massive venues like Chicago's Wrigley Field, Fenway Park in Boston and a slot at the Rock in Rio music fest in Brazil.
Ticket sales for the first North American leg (Aug. 1 through Sep. 1) go on sale February 13th while the second leg (Nov. 5 through Dec. 14) become available the following week, February 20th.
Zayn Releases Acoustic Cover
Zayn shows off his tattooes and jet sets in this acoustic version of the 50 Shades Darker hit single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever".
Hours after Taylor Swift released her acoustic version of the 50 Shades Darker duet, Zayn Malik followed suit.
Swift is busy prepping for her "Super Saturday Night" performance as part of this weekend's Super Bowl festivities.
To see the official music video featuring both artists, CLICK HERE. In it's first week, that version has been viewed over 27 million times. You'll be able to get your hands on a copy of the 50 Shades Darker soundtrack featuring music from John Legend, Sia, Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj February 10th (which coincides with the movie's release).
Disney Drops Final Beauty and the Beast Trailer
Disney's live action remake of the 1991 classic Beauty and the Beast has just blessed us with a final trailer ahead of the film's March release. Look closely... It's a shot-for-shot remake of the original.
Beauty and the Beast hits theatres March 17th. It's directed by Dreamgirls' Bill Condon and stars Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as the Beast. In the latest trailer (above) we see the most in-depth look at the classic love story and get to hear Ariana Grande and John Legend's take on the movie's theme. "Beauty and the Beast" was originally sung by Angela Lansbury (in the movie) and performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson (in studio/for the soundtrack).
Leo DiCaprio To Present At 89th Academy Awards
The Oscars are usually a star studded event but this year, that's been guaranteed!
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander and Mark Rylance have all signed on to present statues at the upcoming 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. This proves we'll have an equal amount of star power on stage and in the audience on February 26th.
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Traditionally, the previous year's winner will present the Oscar to the person who's won in that category this year. DiCaprio won his very first Oscar in 2016 for Best Actor in The Revenant so he'll be presenting in the Best Actor category. Larson won Best Actress for Room.
Best Supporting Actress went to Vikander for The Danish Girl and Best Supporting Actor went to Rylance for Bridge of Spies.
There are more announcements coming soon regarding additional presenters and live performances. While we don't have official word from the Academy as to who might be performing, we do know who's up for Best Original Song... So maybe we can make some educated guesses!
Trolls - "Cant Stop the Feeling" (Justin Timberlake)
Jim: The James Foley Story - "The Empty Chair" (J. Ralph and Sting)
Moana - "How Far I'll Go" (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Auli'i Cravalho and Alessia Cara)
And two from La La Land
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Emma Stone)
"City of Stars" (Hurwitz, Pasek, Paul, Stone and Ryan Gosling)
What Would Get YOU to a Sens Game?
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center just went public with their desire to end their relationship with the New York Islanders. The Islanders have the third worst attendance this year according to NHL statistics and the arena’s owner says it makes more money off of concerts and other events (they do have an NBA team, too).
At home, our Ottawa Senators rank 10th from the bottom when it comes to attendance which isn’t great. You’ve heard we’re in a “seat slump” from various news outlets and sports bloggers. The National Post has a great article on this topic: “Ottawa Senators could be in trouble if attendance doesn’t rise for big games in January” – CLICK HERE to see what they had to say.
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“I’m a big sens fan but [it’s] not worth a month of groceries for one game.”
The big question on Facebook today: What would get YOU out to a Sens game?
Some people voiced their concern with the lack of metal detectors creating longer wait times for entry and confusion at the gates, some didn't like the heavy restrictions placed on smokers while others have changed their sport related routines opting for the RedBlacks or 67s.
Over one hundred comments shared between my personal and professional posts indicated two main causes for a slump in the stands: prices (admission, parking and concessions) and location.