MUSIC

 Freddie Mercury got
together with Michael Jackson in 1983 to work on new music
together, but it all came to a quick end because of Michael's pet LLAMA,
Louie

Beyoncé began her Cowboy
Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit tour in Los Angeles on Monday
night. 

The Red Clay Strays were surprised early with the news that they won
the ACM Award for Best New Group of the Year.  Fans online were happy for the redemption after they were "snubbed" at last year's CMAs.

Christie Brinkley released a memoir yesterday called "Uptown
Girl", and in it, she includes stories about her marriage to Billy
Joel and his drinking problems. 

Billy and Chloe Corgan must be thinking
about installing some parking bollards in front of their Madame Zuzu's tea shop
in Highland Park, Illinois. A car drove through their front window last
October, and on Tuesday another car drove into the front of the shop near the
window.

Halestorm's new album, Everest, will be out on
August 8th.

Metallica are re-releasing their 1996 and sixth
album, Load on June 13th in multiple formats with the
Expanded and Deluxe digital versions. The Load Remastered Limited Edition

Last week, Sammy
Hagar released a new song, "Encore. Thank You. Good Night.”, which was inspired by a dream he had about
writing a song with Eddie Van Halen.

 TV

Landman is bringing more star power for Season 2
as Sam Elliot has been added to Taylor Sheridan’s drama series for
Paramount+. 

AND FINALLY

  Mother's Day is
in a few weeks on Sunday, May 11th.  So to get ready, Billboard put
together a special playlist with 30 songs that celebrate mom.

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