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After 13 years, the Backstreet Boys will return to India in May

Mumbai [India], February 24: The Backstreet Boys, one of the best-selling bands of all time, will visit India in May of this year as part of their DNA world tour, celebrating thirty glorious years of musical journey.


Pritish Bagdi

After 13 years, the band will return to India to perform. According to a press release, Book My Show, in collaboration with Live Nation, will bring Backstreet Boys: DNA World Tour to the country in a two-city tour, stopping in Mumbai, the entertainment capital, and New Delhi, the national capital. Backstreet Boys: DNA World Tour will stop in India on May 4th at Jio World Gardens in Mumbai and May 5th at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. For over three decades, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, and Kevin Richardson have enthralled fans all over the world and are expanding their massive world tour to India due to popular demand.

The DNA World Tour honours their rich history of flawless choreography, harmony-laden vocal prowess, and an arsenal of mega-watt hits such as 'I Want It That Way,' 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back),' and 'As Long As You Love Me,' as well as the latest hits from their recent album 'DNA,' such as 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart,' 'Chances,' and 'No Place,' among others. The band also debuted the first episode of their new documentary series Making Of The DNA Tour, which takes fans behind the scenes of the band's highly anticipated and massively successful world tour! There will be more episodes available on The Backstreet Boys' YouTube channel.



RIHANNA TO PERFORM AT THE OSCARS®

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that music superstar Rihanna will perform the Oscar®-nominated song "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at the 95th Academy Awards®.

Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson composed the music for "Lift Me Up," and Tems and Ryan Coogler wrote the lyrics. Rihanna has received her first Academy Award nomination.

Rihanna is a nine-time Grammy Award winner who has eight multi-platinum albums and 14 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In the coming weeks, the producers will continue to announce new cast members for the show.



Following the slap incident between Will Smith & Chris Rock, the Oscars have added a 'crisis team'

Los Angeles [US], February 23: Following the slap incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock, the Oscars have added a 'crisis team' to their 2023 show.


Swati Bhat

The crisis team was formed in response to Will Smith's infamous walk on stage and slap on presenter Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. According to Variety, Academy President Janet Yang previously stated that the organization's response to the incident was inadequate.

Kramer, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told Time magazine, "We have a full crisis team, which we have never had before, and numerous plans in place. We've run a number of scenarios. So we're hoping to be ready for anything that we don't expect to happen right now but are planning for just in case it does."

'Because of last year, we've opened our minds to the many possibilities at the Oscars,' he added. But these crisis plans — the crisis communication teams and structures we have in place — allow us to say, 'This is the group that we have to gather very quickly. This is how we all connect. This is the representative. This will be the declaration.' And obviously, depending on the specifics of the crisis, and let's hope nothing happens and we never have to use these, but we already have frameworks in place that can be modified."

Smith slapped Rock during the best documentary feature category presentation at the 2022 Oscars. Rock made a controversial joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head, which she shaved after being diagnosed with alopecia. Smith returned to his seat after the slap and screamed at Rock repeatedly. Later that night, the Academy issued a statement saying it "does not condone violence in any form," and Smith apologised the following day. Smith resigned from the Academy as well.




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