Ed Sheeran only has one year left of touring in support of his +, –, =, ÷ and × albums, but he’s found a way to make sure that the global Mathematics trek lasts for ∞.

On Instagram Monday (Sept. 9), the 33-year-old superstar announced plans to drop a collection of live recordings from his three-year tour Sept. 27 following the conclusion of his 2024 run of dates. “It’s been 15 years of releasing these Mathematics albums and it’s been a hell of a journey so far,” Sheeran wrote, sharing a video of highlights from his time on the road.

“I wanted to make a collection of the songs I play on the tour, but also just to have all the big songs in one place for fans, or new coming fans, a journey of where its been and where it is now,” he continued. “The tour collection vinyl / CD will also have some voicenotes from me hidden in them, talking about all my memories behind the songs and from tour, so look out for them.”

The announcement comes more than two years after the Mathematics Tour kicked off in 2022, which ended with Sheeran selling more concert tickets that year than any other musical act. In July, the “Bad Habits” singer confirmed that the trek would finally end in 2025, unveiling a final set of European dates for spring and summer next year.

“We have one more year of this tour then Mathematics is over for good, and onto the next set of symbols…,” he added in his post, seemingly teasing his next era.

Sheeran released the first of his math-themed albums in 2011, with + marking his breakthrough into global stardom. Since then, he’s fleshed out the series with four more albums, three of which — =, ÷ and = — topped the Billboard 200 and helped make him Billboard‘s 24th greatest pop star of the 21st century.

See Sheeran’s announcement below.

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Taylor Swift brought her iconic style (including her signature red lip) to the 2024 U.S. Open men’s finals on Sunday (Sept. 8) while she takes a break from her record-breaking Eras tour. This marks her second attendance after singing “America the Beautiful” 22 years prior — except this time, she attended solely as a spectator and with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.

The 34-year-old appeared in one of her most “Miss Americana”-coded outfits yet: a red-and-white checkered dress from Reformation that’s less than $250, and is still in stock (for now). To complete her match-day look, she paired the flirty dress with oval sunglasses from Crap Eyewear ($99), Gucci platform sandals ($1,100) and a Gucci mini purse ($3,980), according to Taylor Swift fashion blogger Sarah Chapelle.

Swifties can still buy the exact Reformation dress seen on the “Fortnight” singer, but not for long, as sizes are almost sold out. While the “Cruel Summer” artist chose to wear the minidress as a tank style, the versatile straps also can be worn as an off-the-shoulder look for a more cottagecore-inspired feel. There are also two additional colors to choose from — black and white — if your size is sold out.

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Rich Homie Quan‘s father and girlfriend have spoken out on social media following the 33-year-old rapper’s sudden death on Sept. 5. 

In statements posted to Instagram Stories a couple days after the star born Dequantes Lamar’s passing, his dad, Corey Lamar, and partner Amber Williams, both used the word “unbearable” to describe the depths of their grief. “Unbearable pain,” Corey wrote in white text over a black background, according to  the Los Angeles Times. “Lord please please please help me to understand this … let this be a dream.” 

“Yall pray for me and my family,” he continued. “I feel like I’m crushed into a million pieces.” 

In an interview with Atlanta’s ABC affiliate WSB-TV, Corey remembered his son as a trendsetter. “I used to tell him that it’s a difference in making songs and making hits,” he shared. “He made hits and I know that his music will live on forever.” 

In her statement, Williams thanked fans for the “overflow” of kind messages they’ve sent her way in the wake of Rich Homie’s death, the cause of which has not yet been revealed to the public. “This pain is unbearable,” she wrote, according to Complex. “I’m traumatized from a moment that’ll forever be in my head. I have nothing to prove because my love for my other half was ALWAYS shown. I had nothing to hide.” 

“Please respect me and the family at this time,” she added. “Our house is no longer a home. I’m completely heartbroken. 15 years gone. I’ll never be the same. This is a complete nightmare.” 

Williams has since shared a number of old photos and videos of her late boyfriend on her Story, as well as reshared condolences from fellow mourners. “Praying for your strength to be strong for those babies,” one friend wrote, which the Brows by Rella founder reposted. 

In addition to his friends and family, news of the Atlanta rapper’s death has also left much of the hip-hop world reeling. Playboi Carti, Quavo, Jacquees and Boosie Badazz were among some of the names who posted their respects to the “Flex” musician — who was dad to four sons — while engineer Alex Tumay tweeted that his late collaborator was “One of the nicest people I ever worked with and a true artist.” 

See screenshots of Corey Lamar and Amber Williams’ statements below.

Sony Music Entertainment Korea signed a deal to distribute the roster of K-pop label Attrakt, including its most successful act, FIFTY FIFTY. Sony Korea will also oversee global marketing campaigns and business development initiatives for the company, while Arista Records will handle U.S.-based marketing and distribution. FIFTY FIFTY has a new album slated for release at the end of September.

Apple Music partnered with Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel in a deal that will give the latter company’s customers access to Apple Music later this year by bundling it with Bharti Airtel’s Wynk Music platform, greatly expanding the streamer’s footprint in the world’s most populous country. Access to Apple TV+ is also included in the agreement for Bharti Airtel’s Xstream customers.

Flo Rida and his JettSet1 Enterprises struck a partnership with High Point Gamer, Dash Media Partners and executive producer Damon Jones that’s aimed at building out the gaming lifestyle segment for underserved communities globally, including by increasing educational and career opportunities to those communities in the gaming and tech sectors. Under the deal, the partners also plan to tour High Point’s Madden God tournament series and other console games via a festival-style model. “Together, we’re building career pipelines that will empower the next generation of leaders in gaming and entertainment,” said High Point Gamer co-founder Derek Watford in a statement, adding that the Madden God 4 tournament will be held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. at the end of the year.

Seat Unique, an online platform that connects fans with hospitality packages and premium tickets for live events, raised 14.5 million pounds ($19.04 million) as part of an extended Series A funding round led by Nickleby Capital. The funds will be used to further develop the Seat Unique platform, expand its reach into new sectors and more.

Myst Music, a label dedicated to showcasing South Asian music to a global audience, announced a global distribution and label services deal with The Orchard. Under the agreement, Myst artists will have access to The Orchard’s full suite of artist and label services. Sri Lankan musician, actress and model Jacqueline Fernandez will be the first artist to release music under the deal later this month.

Three Norwegian indie labels — PropellerRecordings, IndieRecordings and 777 Music — merged to form the new label group Sounds Like Gold. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, the label group will be partnered with Virgin Music Group worldwide. The company is being managed by the founders of Propeller Recordings, Indie Recordings and 777 Music to provide distribution, marketing, administration and creative support to executives working with artists including boy pablo, Highasakite, Gåte and Jan Eggum. The management team includes Kristine Bjørnstad and Tim Dunham, the founders of 777 and former heads of Virgin Music Group’s Nordic operation. Additionally, Sounds Like Gold has assumed operations of the historic record label Grappa and its affiliates, with Grappa founder Helge Westbye serving as the label group’s chairman of the board.

Independent distributor IDOL signed a global partnership with Berlin-based indie label City Slang. Under the deal, IDOL will handle digital distribution, digital marketing and audience development for City Slang’s frontline and catalog releases globally. IDOL will service Caribou’s upcoming album Honey, due out Oct. 4, along with music from Eferklang, Faux Real, Jessica Pratt, Lambrini Girls, Los Bitchos, SPRINTS, Calexico, Tindersticks and Lambchop.

Indie hip-hop label Backwoodz Studioz signed a global distribution deal with Rhymesayers Entertainment that will bring Backwoodz’s catalog to retailers for the first time, including releases by Armand Hammer, billy woods, Kenny Segal, Blockhead, ELUCID, Cavalier, ShrapKnel, Moor Mother, AKAI SOLO, Fatboi Sharif and Fielded. The first release under the deal will be a reissue of artist and Backwoodz founder billy woods and Kenny Segal’s 2019 album Hiding Places on Sept. 27th. “For much of the last ten years, our physical distribution network has been an a la carte affair, working with a variety of different entities on a case-by-case basis,” said woods in a statement, adding, “This distribution partnership should benefit our artists by bringing all our titles under one umbrella, thus simplifying and streamlining our operations, while simultaneously increasing our reach and marketing abilities.”

Licensing platform Soundstripe partnered with DAACI to launch its new AI song editing feature. The tool “analyzes a song and instantly identifies its short, self-contained sections,” allowing editors to rearrange, loop, add or delete those sections in-browser to produce different variations and mixes of a track, according to a press release. They can then download them to insert into their projects. Soundstripe also saves the Content ID of the original track, “keeping producers within the parameters of the original license while editing the track,” the release adds.

iHeartMedia and TelevisaUnivision struck strategic media partnerships with Airtasker, a global marketplace for local services including home repairs, pet care and event planning. iHeart will contribute $5 million in audio advertising media in exchange for a four-year, $5 million convertible note with a 5.0% coupon rate. Univision will invest $4.75 million in terrestrial and digital broadcast services for 17.2% equity in Airtasker.

Turntable Labs secured $8.2 million in seed funding ahead of the public launch of its new social music platform Hangout, which allows music fans, coworkers and more “to gather, DJ together and interact in a playful virtual setting,” according to a press release. The round, which will be used to expand Hangout’s engineering infrastructure team, was led by Founders Fund, Elizabeth Street Ventures, 468 Capital and f7 Ventures, with contributions from angel investor Michael Giumarin, CEO of WordOut. Created by Turntable.fm co-founder Joseph Perla, Hangout boasts virtual DJ booths that allow users to privately spin selected tracks for themselves and their friends while also offering “public themed rooms based on their tastes and interests.” The platform, which is slated for a full public launch later this year, also offers custom digital avatars and chat options.

Canada’s ACTRA Recording Artists’ Collecting Society (ACTRA RACS) partnered with no-code metadata platform Noctil to streamline the ingestion and processing of artist and sound recording metadata. The move is designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of ACTRA RACS’ operations. Noctil uses AI and machine learning technologies to improve matching and identification, leading to faster and more accurate royalty distributions to artists and performers.

In addition to being a double nominee at the Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 15, Selena Gomez is slated to present on the show. Gomez is nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series for the first time for her role in Only Murders in the Building. She is also nominated as an executive producer of the show, which is up for outstanding comedy series for the third year in a row. Her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, who are also double Emmy nominees this year, are also slated to present on the show.

Another music superstar, Reba McEntire, is also a presenter. McEntire’s new sitcom, Happy’s Place, is set to premiere on NBC on Friday, Oct. 18. McEntire’s first sitcom, Reba, ran from 2001 to 2007. 

The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by the father-and-son team of Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, will broadcast live on ABC Sunday, Sept. 15 (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, and will be available for streaming on Hulu Sept. 16-22. Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing the show.

Both father and son won multiple Primetime Emmys four years ago for Schitt’s Creek. Dan won four; Eugene won two.

Jimmy Kimmel, who won his third Primetime Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmys over the weekend as host of the 2024 Oscars and is also nominated for outstanding talk series, is also set to present. Kimmel had hosted the Primetime Emmys the last three times it aired on ABC (in 2012, 2016, 2020), but is not hosting this year. (The show rotates among the three legacy networks and Fox.)

TV legend Dick Van Dyke, whose legacy was saluted when Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic won outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) at the Creative Arts Emmys, will also present.

In addition, there will be special appearances from Olympic gold medalist swimmer Caeleb Dressel and Olympic bronze medalist rugby player Ilona Maher.

Here’s a complete list of the presenters for the 2024 Primetime Emmys