Why wait for a tour or scheduled performance to play some new music? Diplo decided on Tuesday (Feb. 8) that, instead, he would make his own rave at a park.

The DJ shared a video to TikTok and Twitter, in which he’s seen spinning records, writing, “I popped up at a random park to play new music just for fun.” The one-minute clip then shows his team bringing speakers, generators and all the necessary equipment into Los Angeles’ Elysian Park, before he shared his location to his Instagram followers and started playing a new song, titled “Don’t Forget My Love,” at his outdoor DJ booth.

By sundown, the park was filled with fans, who expressed their excitement over Diplo’s impromptu performance. “F— what I’m doing, I’m stopping everything and I drove up here,” one fan is seen telling the cameraman.

“Can’t wait for the next one,” Diplo captioned the video on Twitter.

Throughout the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic, Diplo didn’t stop his musical hustle, live-streaming DJ sets from his living room.

“You guys want me to do this every night,” he asked the internet at the and of one of his 95-minute sest. “Like and subscribe, wash your hands and stay 6 feet away from your friends.”

 

Ontario natives Justin Bieber and Tory Lanez spent some time together in the studio this week, and the duo marked the occasion with a photo.

Tory Lanez shared the snap on Tuesday (Feb. 8) of the Canadian stars hanging out by the audio board, captioning the post, “@justinbieber !! [champagne emoji] [muscle flex emoji] One of the most honest and solid people I’ve met throughout my career … incredible human being … timeless soul !
I owe bro 1000000 favors,” he wrote, adding that JB is his “lil big bro.”

While the post didn’t indicate that a musical collaboration between the two was on the horizon, fans on Twitter expressed concern that Bieber was hanging out with the controversial rapper, who pleaded not guilty in November 2021 to charges related to allegedly shooting an unarmed Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in July 2020.

Lanez was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. If convicted, the rapper faces a maximum state prison sentence of 22 years and eight months.

“Men stay showing that they support abuse every day,” one Twitter user wrote. “For YEARS Justin Bieber and many other big artists did not acknowledge Tory Lanez’ existence until he shot a woman in the foot. Then they all want to be friends. But ‘not all men’ right?”

“He really don’t be thinking about the consequences and just goes all in it,” another wrote of Bieber’s decision.

Another user added that the photo made them “sick to my stomach” as another example “of men in the entertainment industry ‘protecting’ each other.”

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Bob Saget’s family is providing an update to his fans after he passed away last month at 65.

In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, the late Full House star’s relatives confirmed that authorities have determined the cause of death to be head trauma. The message added that drugs and alcohol were not involved.

“They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the family stated of the investigation into Saget’s death.

The comedian was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on Jan. 9. At the time, no information was released on the cause of death, but the sheriff’s department said no signs of foul play or drug use had been found.

The family’s full statement is below.

In the weeks since Bob’s passing, we have been overwhelmed with the incredible outpouring of love from Bob’s fans, which has been a great comfort to us and for which we are eternally grateful.

Now that we have the final conclusions from the authorities’ investigation, we felt it only proper that the fans hear those conclusions directly from us.

The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep. No drugs or alcohol were involved.

As we continue to mourn together, we ask everyone to remember the love and laughter that Bob brought to this world, and the lessons he taught us all: to be kind to everyone, to let the people you love know you love them, and to face difficult times with hugs and laughter.

The Saget Family

This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.

John Mayer helped fans find joy in a pandemic with the release of his ironically titled eighth studio album Sob Rock, and the LP’s second single “Wild Blue” makes the feeling of loneliness a bit more groovy.

“Wild Blue” marked Mayer’s eighth No. 1 on Billboard‘s Adult Alternative Airplay and second in a row, following his two-week ruler “Last Train Home.” He first topped the chart in December 2001 with “No Such Thing.”

If you need a guide to follow along with the words of John Mayer’s guitar-filled “Wild Blue” below.

Never seen the sun before
Lyin’ on the ocean floor
I’m walkin’ through the wilderness
And livin’ off the loneliness

Oh, wild blue, deeper than I ever knew
Wild blue on a bed of grey
Oh, baby, what a wild blue
I found myself when I lost you

Yeah, yeah
Oh

All the tears I meant to cry
Dance across the evenin’ sky
And in my sorrow, I can see
That missin’ you belongs to me

Oh, wild blue, deeper than I ever knew
Wild blue on a bed of grey
Oh, baby, what a wild blue
I found myself when I lost you

Wild blue, deeper than I ever knew
It’s a wild blue since you went away
Oh, baby, what a wild blue
I found myself when I lost you

And you’ll never know
The unlikely beauty in letting you go

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Lyrics © REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING

Written by: John Clayton Mayer

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