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A.D. Amorosi It’s difficult to imagine that an intensely theatrical performer like the Weeknd — whose videos, concerts, 2021 Super Bowl Halftime performance and lyrics are loaded with vibrant, at times disturbing imagery — would launch his first-ever stadium tour without spectacle.And thankfully, after several  incidents of unwanted drama — including two Covid-related delays, the postponement of the tour’s intended opening date in Toronto last weekend due to a Canada-wide wireless outage, and original opening act Doja Cat dropping out due to tonsil surgery — for the belated first night of his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour in Philadelphia, the theatrics were all onstage.The concert took place on a humid July night in Philadelphia, which had a temperature of 87 degrees as the show opened with sets from producer-artist Mike Dean and Canadian electronic act Kaytranada, but it had cooled down by the time the Weeknd’s headlining set began at around 9 p.m.

The Weeknd has announced new support acts for his upcoming North American stadium concerts – dubbed the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour – after Doja Cat pulled out.Back in May, Doja Cat announced that she was to cancel all her 2022 live dates, including festival shows and the tour with The Weeknd, to recover from tonsil surgery.The tour, which begins in Abel Tesfaye’s native Toronto on Saturday night (July 8), will now see support on select dates from Snoh Aalegra, Kaytranada and Mike Dean.After its opening in Toronto, ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ will take The Weeknd to Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more.See the full list of dates below.JULYWednesday 8 – Toronto, Rogers Centre Tuesday 14 – Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field Thursday 16 – New York, Metlife Stadium Tuesday 21 – Boston, Gillette Stadium Friday 24 – Chicago, Soldier Field Monday 27  – Detroit, Ford Field Thursday 30 – Washington, FedExField ThursdayAUGUSTThursday 4 – Tampa, Raymond James Stadium Saturday 6 – Miami, Hard Rock Stadium Thursday 11 – Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz Stadium Sunday 14 – Arlington, AT&T Stadium Thursday 18 – Denver, Empower Field at Mile High Saturday 20 – Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium Tuesday 23 – Vancouver, BC Place Thursday 25 – Seattle, Lumen Field Saturday 27 – San Francisco, Levi’s Stadium Tuesday 30 – Phoenix, State Farm StadiumSEPTEMBERFriday 2 – Los Angeles, SoFi StadiumAccording to a press release, the North American dates are just the first leg in a world tour that will also includes stops in Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and the Middle East which are yet to be announced.Additionally, the singer – real name Abel Tesfaye – has

The Weeknd announced three new opening artists who will replace Doja Cat as the openers for his upcoming stadium tour.Swedish R&B star Snoh Aalegra, Canadian soul singer Kaytranada, and hip hop DJ/producer Mike Dean will play various dates ofthe After Hours Till Dawn Tour that's set to begin on Friday, July 8, in Toronto, Canada, according to Variety.Originally billed as a 'special guest', Doja Cat was forced to pull out of the North American jaunt when she had surgery on her tonsils. And while the procedure is admittedly 'routine', the Planet Her star revealed the 'recovery can take awhile due to swelling' in an Instagram post.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd’s opening acts for his global stadium tour, which launches in his hometown of Toronto next Friday, will be R&B singer Snoh Aalegra, Canadian electronic artist Kaytranada and top DJ/producer Mike Dean, his team reveals in an exclusive interview with Variety. The full 19 dates, noting which acts are playing in which cities, appear below.The tour’s original opener, Doja Cat, pulled out last month to undergo throat surgery, and although “the phone was ringing” with calls from interested parties, according to Omar Al-joulani — Live Nation’s president of touring and a Toronto native who has worked with the Weeknd since 2014 — the choices reflect the artist’s long practice of having up-and-coming acts open his tours, even one as massive as the stadium show that will work its way across North America (slowly) through Labor Day weekend before moving on to the rest of the world.

Kid Cudi has announced and shared dates for his To the Moon tour, a late-summer U.S. and Canada run followed by an October performance in Tokyo and six November European shows.

Premier League referee Mike Dean said he would have “taken the hit” by not booking Sergio Aguero for removing his shirt, had he been carrying a yellow card after scoring Manchester City’s iconic Premier League clinching goal.While Agueroooo was the man at the heart of that historic game against Queens Park Rangers, Dean was the one in the middle brandishing the cards and making the calls. In fact, he even sent Joey Barton for an early shower after a clash with Carlos Tevez resulted in the former Newcastle United man being given a straight red card.Exactly 40 minutes later, Aguero dinked his way past the defenders and fired in the 94th minute strike that gave City their first league title in 44 years.

We don't know exactly when Brent Faiyaz will share his second solo studio album, but on Monday, the R&B star shared a big hint that it could be coming soon. On Twitter, Faiyaz posted a new trailer detailing the featured artists and producers on his upcoming full-length, a project Faiyaz said in 2021 was titled Make It Our Alive but may now be titled Wasteland.

Kanye West has teamed up with Vory on his new track, ‘Daylight’ – listen to it below.Vory featured as a guest on West’s last two albums, ‘Donda’ and ‘Donda 2’. The new track ‘Daylight’ will feature on Vory’s upcoming album, ‘Lost Souls’, which is released this Friday (June 3) via Dream Chasers/Universal Music Group.West produced the track alongside collaborators 88-Keys, Ojivolta, and Ratatat’s Evan Mast, aka E*vax. The song was mixed by Mike Dean.Vory and West last worked together on ‘Donda2′ track ‘Lord Lift Me Up.’Listen to ‘Daylight’ here:Last week, West‘s collaboration with the late XXXTentacion was released.‘True Love’ appears on West’s recent ‘Donda 2’ album, which until last week had only been available on the Stem Player that was launched to release the rapper’s album in February.

Madonna is celebrating her dance floor domination.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMadonna recently became the first artist to top Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart for the 50th time, making her the first and only recording artist to have 50 No. 1 hits on any single Billboard chart.She is commemorating the event in characteristically outsized fashion with two new compilations: “Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones,” a new 50-track collection that includes her favorite remixes of her dance hits, and an abridged 16-track version, simply titled “Finally Enough Love.” The full tracklists appear below.The collections mark the first album releases to be part of the newly announced partnership between Madonna and Warner Music Group, which will feature an extensive series of catalog releases across her career.

BTS, following a series of tweets where he criticised the septet.On April 4, the night of the Grammys 2022, Dean took a jab at the K-pop boyband by responding to a tweet from the Recording Academy. The Grammy organiser had dared followers to “name a group smoother than BTS”, which Dean replied with “Anyone”.A post shared by thinker (@the.thinkings)Later that night, while responding to BTS fans, the producer added further fuel to the fire by questioning BTS’ songwriting credits.

Producer Mike Dean was apparently irked when Kanye West’s album Donda — which he produced — didn’t win the Album of the Year award at Sunday’s Grammys, and seemed to take it out on BTS.

Premier League. But once upon a time, the official from Wirral had to graft his way to the top - and it has not been an easy ride - after starting out life at a chicken factory. Dean's life was a mixture of long hours and a lack of sleep as he tried to combine his passion with his job, and he admitted that he killed 135,000 chickens during his time at the factory.

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson when naming the most intimidating manager throughout his time in the Premier League.The vociferous Scotsman, 80, was known as a nightmare for officials during his tenure at Old Trafford due to his belligerent nature on the touchline. Constantly appealing every decision, 'Fergie Time' was a concept brought about due to a referee supposedly needing a Man Utd goal to avoid the hairdryer treatment themselves.Dean though, who is hanging up his boots after 22-years as a Premier League, has named another as his most intimidating manager when speaking to BBC Sport.

Premier League referee Mike Dean has spoken out about the death threats he received after sending off West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek last year.The 53-year-old is set to retire at the end of the season after being an official for the past 22 years. Dean is one of the most famous referees to ever grace the English top flight and has been at the heart of several iconic Premier League moments.However, the horrible side of refereeing has taken its toll on Dean previously. He showed Hammers midfielder, Soucek, a red card last season for elbowing Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic in the face – but the dismissal was questionable and successfully appealed by West Ham.But before the red card was rescinded, the referee received a torrent of abuse.

Shirley Ju Separately from each other, producers Mike Dean (pictured above) and Jeff Bhasker (below) are both synth gods in their own right. As a unit, performing their first show on Friday (April 1) at OffSunset in West Hollywood, the two were otherworldly.The intimate set reunited the Kanye West collaborators, who each have five Grammy Awards, and included an all-star guest list that both teased on socials prior to the event.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing will return to our screens in September this year. Strictly will be back following a break from December, when the last series was won by Rose Ayling Ellis.

ITV I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here is returning to Australia this winter. And now the bookies have released their odds for the cast. Danny Dyer heads William Hill’s market of candidates who might enter the jungle for this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!.

Ellise Shafer Jack Antonoff is the world’s top music producer, according to Jaxsta’s inaugural list of the 100 most successful producers in the business.Jaxsta, the world’s largest public database of music credits, determined the list by analyzing statistics provided by record labels, publishers, distributors, industry associations and charts from the period of March 2021 to February 2022. Jaxsta’s weighted algorithm calculated each producers’ chart performance, Grammy wins and nominations, Spotify streams, RIAA certifications and number of total credits to determine the world’s 100 most successful producers.

Premier League decisions after retirement as he is likely to continue as a full-time VAR official.The Wirral whistle-blower, 53, is set to call time on a 22-year career as a top-flight referee at the end of the season. Dean has been officiating in the Premier League since the start of the 2000/01 season, taking charge of more than 550 matches in all competitions.Famed for his animated on-field persona, Dean's love-hate relationship with fans has made him an iconic figure in the English game.

Premier League referee Mike Dean is a “nutter” who is happy to engage in foul-mouthed exchanges with players on the pitch, a former referee has claimed.The Wirral-born official is one of the most infamous referees in the top flight, having been involved in controversies including appearing to celebrate a Tottenham Hotspur goal, as well as once reportedly telling a Watford player that he was claiming an assist for an opening day goal.On Monday, reports emerged that the icon is set to quit officiating at the top flight after 22 years, with some suggesting the 53 year-old is being lined up to feature on the next series of I’m a Celebrity.Now, one of Dean’s former peers Jeff Winter has praised Dean’s impact on the English game during an appearance on the Undr The Cosh podcast.The recognition arose when Jeff was asked by the podcast’s panel about who he thought was the best referee in the Premier League.“At the moment, best referee? I’ll cause some controversy with you now, and you’ll have been refereed by him. I love Mike Dean,” he said.“He’s gone showboat with his decisions… Deano is a character, he’s gone into this mode of all these demonstrative signals and that, but he’s one of the lads.”Jeff recalled how, when the referees were training at their camp in Daventry, they would tune into live games to watch Mike’s antics unfold.He remembered: “We used to sit in the room and watch the game, and if Deano was refereeing he had this habit of, if a player gave him a mouthful – you know he’s from the Wirral so let’s call him a posh scouser – he’d turn around and go, ‘shut up yo f***ing knobhead’.“We could see his lips.