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Madonna Plots Rebel Heart Tour for North America, Europe

World tour kicks off in Miami on August 29th

Madonna will start her 35-city, international Rebel Heart Tour this summer. Samir Hussein/Redferns/Getty

Madonna has announced dates for an upcoming 35-city tour in support of her latest album Rebel Heart. Kicking off in Miami on August 29th, the pop star will bring her Rebel Heart tour across North America, Europe and the UK through December.

Tickets for all dates will go on sale on Monday, March 9th, with more dates in Asia and Australia expected to be announced in the near future. As promoter Live Nation noted in a press release, each ticket purchased online will include a digital download of Rebel Heart's Super Deluxe version, which includes four previously unreleased studio tracks. The singer has posted detailed ticket info on her website.

While promoting the upcoming release of Rebel Heart, Madonna has given the public a taste of her dramatic new stage show. At the Grammy Awards, she brought out a gospel choir as she conquered the "bulls" onstage while singing "Living for Love." While making her return to the Brit Awards for the first time in 20 years, Madge took a nasty tumble down a flight of stairs in a similarly matador-themed performance. The singer lifted herself back up to finish strong, though later admitted embarrassment. "It was a horrible nightmare because I like to be amazing," she later told talk show host Jonathan Ross.

This will be the pop icon's first tour since 2012's MDNA Tour, in support of the album of the same name. By December of that year, Madonna earned the top-grossing tour of the year, earning nearly $300 million.

Rebel Heart North American Tour Dates:

August 29 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena

September 2 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

September 5 - San Juan, PR @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico

September 9 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

September 12 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

September 16 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

September 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

September 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

September 26 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden

September 28 - Chicago, IL @ United Center

October 1 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena

October 3 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall

October 5 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

October 8 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

October 11 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place

October 14 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

October 17 - Portland, OR @ MODA Center

October 19 - San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose

October 22 - Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena

October 24 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena

October 27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Forum

Rebel Heart European & UK Tour Dates:

November 4 - Koln, Germany @ Lanxess Arena

November 7 - Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena

November 10 - Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz Arena (02 World)

November 14 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele 2 Arena

November 17 - Herning, Denmark @ Jyske Bank Boxen

November 21 - Turin, Italy @ Pala Alpitour

November 24 - Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi

November 28 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis

December 1 - London, UK @ O2 Arena

December 5 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Ziggo Dome

December 9 - Paris, France @ Bercy

December 14 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena

December 16 - Birmingham, UK @ Barclaycard Arena

December 20 - Glasgow, Scotland @ The SSE Hydro

Wife Dies After Delivering Quadruplets, But Leaves Husband a ‘Road map’ to Raise Them By!

Carlos Morales had every reason to be elated at the birth of his four babies. After all, he and his wife Erica had been trying, but had already had a miscarriage before they went through invitro fertilization . and conceived their four little ones — three girls, one boy, according to People. “We couldn’t have been more excited to finally have a baby,” Carlos, 29, told the magazine this week.

But the couple’s joy was short-lived and took a tragic turn after Erica Morales, 36, delivered the four babies and died early the next morning.

Erica had a C-section following a seven month pregnancy. After delivering four healthy babies, she went into hypovolemic shock, and had severe blood loss, and died a few hours after her children were born. “I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life,” Carlos said in his first interview since Erica’s death. “My four babies came into the world and then my wife died.”

The Phoenix, Arizona dad now cares for Carlos Jr., Tracey, Paisley, and Erica on his own, and he credits the support of friends and family for helping him get through. Carlos Jr. and Tracey came home a month after their January 15th birth, and Paisley and Erica are still in the hospital. Carlos certainly has his hands full, but is embracing fatherhood in every way – including taking parenting classes. “I’m learning everything from how to give them a bath, CPR, feeding, and how to manage their sleep schedule,” he said. “I need to be prepared.”

Erica may have only had a short time with her babies, but she left them and her husband something very special. On her iPad notebook, Carlos found her dreams and wishes for the children. A road map, so to speak. She wants them to be bilingual – to learn English and Spanish; go to college and get good jobs.

“I will try my hardest to make sure that happens,” Carlos responds.

According to the Daily News, a GoFundMe page was set up by family friend Nicole Todman, as of Monday more than 7,000 donors had contributed over 277,000.

ON SET! Idris Elba Spotted Filming “Luther” Series In London

Idris Elba is back on a set. And he’s filming scenes on location in London for the upcoming season of the British crime series “Luther.” According to the BBC, filming is underway on a two-part special, which is due to be shown on BBC One this autumn.

The 42-year-old actor will reprise his role as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, the hardened murder detective whose brilliant mind still can’t save him from the dangerous violence of his passions. The new season will return as a two-part miniseries and it is expected to premiere later this year on BBC.

In other “Luther” news, we told you about the U.S. adaptation of the series currently in the works. The FOX network is bringing the British crime drama to the small screen in the U.S. and it’s being executive produced by Idris, although, he will not be starring in the show. The series creator Neil Cross will also work on the U.S. rendition.

The, the No Good Deed star shared his own shot as he geared up to hit the set. He captioned, "First day back to set of John Luther... stand by East London." We're interested in seeing how the U.S. rendition he's producing will appeal to the masses since he will no longer star as the lead

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Transforms Into Edward Snowden For Oliver Stone Biopic

He’s always up for a challenge and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is gearing up for one of the most exciting roles of his career in “Snowden.”

In a new picture gallery, the “Dark Knight Rises” hunk looks eerily similar to the NSA whistleblower, complete with army fatigues and standard-issue black-rimmed glasses.

“Snowden” is written and directed by the controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone and based on the books “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man,” and “Time of the Octopus.” Along with Joseph, the cast includes Nicolas Cage, Shailene Woodley, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Olyphant.

If You Care! New Music: Christina Milian – “Rebel”

Christina Milian drops a seductive new single, titled “Rebel.” The “Turned Up” star’s focus is on her man.. “It’s me and you, me and you, me and you” she sings. “And the outsiders don’t matter, no no.”

“Rebel is a song about awesome passionate love.. chemistry!” she explained about the song. “The type where nothing else in the world matters but that bond and understanding y’all got. And you’re practically rebelling.”

Season one of Christina’s reality series, Christina Milian: Turned Up, just wrapped on Sunday.

Video By Singersroom.com

Slow it down with “Rebel” ABOVE!

LHH Star & Resident THOT Masika Exposes Tryst With Justin Bieber

Love and Hip Hop Hollywood’s Masika Tucker exposes her tryst with Justin Bieber on the singer’s 21rst birthday.

On Sunday night, Justin Bieber’s 21rst birthday, reality star Masika Tucker posted a picture of her hand on the back of a half-dressed narrow-hipped white guy with the exact same Indian head tattoo on his shoulder as Justin Bieber with the caption: Happy 21.

The post was later deleted.

Meet The Brown’s? Bobby Brown's Siblings REPORTEDLY Shooting A Reality Show During Family Crisis

For many years, reality tv viewers have been "Keeping Up With The Kardashains" and now E! reportedly re-uped their contract for $100 million. Yes...there's money to be made in reality tv, but does everyone need a show?

As outrageous (and inappropriate) as it might sound, the siblings of Bobby Brown (namely sisters Tina and Leolah) have allegedly started filming a reality show.

Sources told TMZ that Bobby won't have any involvement in the series (thankfully), but his sisters, brother and their kids have already shot scenes about their life. By the way, you guess it, their confessionals include the Bobbi Kristina situation.

Could this series could be even messier that "Being Bobby Brown." You'll recall that time Tina went upside her sons' head with a bottle? Or the prayer vigils (where they invited the press)? What about that time Leolah blamed Ray J for Whitney Houston's death (and cocaine habit). Or when Tina claimed she did crack with Whitney? The Browns enjoy attention....

but at what cost?

Who’s LYING? Mo’Nique was NOT Considered For Role As Cookie Lyon Says ‘Empire’ Co-Creator

Mo’Nique has been talking a lot these days; from snapping back at Lee Daniels for claiming she was blackballed to dropping a gem last week saying she was offered the lead role as Cookie Lyon on Empire.

That last comment made everybody clutch their pearls though. Mo’Nique as the fierce and ghetto fabulous Cookie? Many people have been doubting her ability to pull off that role as great as Taraji P. Henson has. But Mo’Nique told Inside Edition Lee in fact did offer up the role to her. Mo’Nique said Lee came back to her and said that FOX executives thought she was difficult and that’s why she didn’t get the role as Cookie.

This weekend, however, Empire co-creator Danny Strong went on the defense and set the record straight on Twitter saying Mo’Nique was never offered the role on Empire or on The Butler.

Danny Strong on Twitter Mo'Nique was never offered roles in Empire or The Butler. #SettingRecordStraight @leedanielsent

So who’s telling the truth?

Many fans took to twitter to throw their support behind Taraji:

Danny Strong continued to set the record straight too.

Gabourey Sidibe also weighed in on the back-and-forth exchange of words between Lee Daniels and Mo’Nique. Lee made claims that Mo’Nique made a lot of demands when she did the movie Precious.

Well I guess we won’t see Mo’Nique in a guest starring role on Empire anytime soon.

SAY WHAT? New Wu-Tang Clan Album Will Go Unreleased Until 2103?

*Wu-Tang Clan’s new album “Once Upon A Time In Shaolin” will remain largely unheard for the next 88 years because of a copyright clause in its conditions of sale.

As previously reported, he rap group is releasing just one copy of the double album, which took five years to record. Fans were hoping the lucky owner would release the tracks to a wider audience.

However, it has now been reported that a clause in the conditions of sale will ban the owner of the album from releasing it publicly for 88 years.

In a statement online, group member RZA writes: “When you buy a painting or a sculpture, you’re buying that piece rather than the right to replicate it. Owning a Picasso doesn’t mean you can sell prints or reproductions, but that you’re the sole owner of a unique original. And that’s what Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is. It’s a unique original rather than a master copy of an album.”

But there’s a loophole… The owner of the album could just as easily take the record on tour, or place it in a central location for people to visit and hear.

The record will be sold online by auction house Paddle8. It has previously been reported the band has already received an offer of $5 million.

Phaedra Parks says she’s disappointed in Cynthia Bailey

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast nearly found themselves in a violence scandal, once again, when Phaedra Parks almost hit Kenya Moore after Moore accused her of cheating on Apollo Nida with a man named Chocolate. Luckily, Parks made the wise decision not to hit Moore. However, she’s now opening up about the incident and saying that she’s disappointed in Cynthia Bailey for instigating things that night.

The drama began during Sunday night’s episode when the whole cast sat down for dinner and Bailey told Parks that Apollo Nida showed her husband, Peter Thomas, screenshots of sext messages that she exchanged with Chocolate.

When Parks denied the affair, Moore chimed in and accused Parks of being a hypocrite for previously calling her a “w—-.” That’s when Parks jumped up and nearly smacked Moore with her purse.

In her latest Bravo blog, Parks opens up about the incident and claims that Bailey was wrong for accusing her of cheating.

“I was disappointed that Cynthia, a fellow wife and mother, would be so insensitive to repeat such an absurd notion less than 24 hours following my husband’s incarceration and the drama that occurred with it,” Parks said.

Parks then explained that she felt unsupported by Bailey during her tough divorce and seemed more interested in destroying her than helping her.

“At no point have Cynthia and Peter ever reached out to check on me or my children. I was amazed that she was more interested in spreading a lie than supporting me as a woman and newly single mother. I guess the purported class she touts must have been on winter break, because that was the most classless thing I have ever witnessed,” Parks explained.

Well, considering that Bailey and Parks haven’t been friendly towards each other in years, we’re not surprised that neither of these two women have been supportive of each other. But, as NeNe Leakes said, Bailey could’ve confronted Parks privately about the text messages.

Houston Rockets James Harden Suspended For Kicking LeBron James In The Groin

Gabrielle Union will get her wish. James Harden has been suspended by the NBA for one game after

Reports Sporting News: The kick happened in the third quarter of the game when James tried wrestling the ball away from Harden, who fell to the ground. After he was down, Harden tried kicking James in the groin.

Despite the kick, Harden was not ejected from the game, which resulted in the Rockets defeating the Cavaliers in overtime, 105-103.

Harden denied kicking James on purpose and blamed his reflexes.

Chris Brown, Trey Songz bring out R&B legends during Between the Sheets concert in Atlanta

Multi-platinum selling artists Chris Brown and Trey Songz landed in Atlanta for a heart-pounding show which featured their roadie Tyga and surprises by R&B legends R. Kelly and Keith Sweat, as well as rap luminaries T.I., Jeezy, B.o.B., Future, Migos, YG, Fabolous and OG Maco at Philips Arena Monday night.

The “Between the Sheets” tour didn’t disappoint I-just-can’t-stay-in-seat fans as both Virginia-born headliners left hearts pounding after opening their respective sets with the sex inventor singing “Foreign” then later in the show Brown with “X.”