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Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.
Beyoncé identifies groups receiving $6M in coronavirus aid

Beyoncé identifies groups receiving $6M in coronavirus aid

Beyoncé is focusing her coronavirus relief efforts on organizations that are helping communities of colour that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Whitney Houston biopic in the works

Whitney Houston biopic in the works

LOS ANGELES — A feature film about Whitney Houston's life is in the works from the screenwriter of “Bohemian Rhapsody.
Wainwright brings his 'Robe Recitals' to fans on lockdown

Wainwright brings his 'Robe Recitals' to fans on lockdown

Despite cancelled tour dates and a delayed album release, Rufus Wainwright is still working hard in lockdown.
Tamil-Canadian Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on being a role model with 'Never Have I Ever'

Tamil-Canadian Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on being a role model with 'Never Have I Ever'

TORONTO — About a year ago, budding actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was getting ready to graduate high school in Mississauga, Ont., when she saw a social media post that would change her life.
Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

TORONTO — Live concerts are cancelled in most parts of the country for the foreseeable future, yet Ticketmaster and other Canadian ticket portals have continued to sell access to upcoming events that aren't happening.
Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home

Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home

Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home.

Literary scholar Cheryl A. Wall dies at age 71

NEW YORK — Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime Rutgers University professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers who edited two Library of America volumes of Zora Neale Hurston's work, has died at age 71.
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'

A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'

NEW YORK — The big-budget action thriller “Extraction” belongs, in many ways, to another world. It’s set in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose career was derailed after five women accused him of sexual misconduct.
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