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We have Stranger Things to thank for giving ’80s music another chance to hit the music charts (remember “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush?). And while the final chapter of Stranger Things won’t be coming until sometime in 2025, according to The Hollywood Reporter, that doesn’t mean you can’t bring the town of Hawkins to your home. Netflix has teamed up with Bath & Body Works to release an official Stranger Things candle collection with scents inspired by some of the most-loved characters and locations on the show — and you can shop the scented candles now.

There are four candles to collect including Steve’s Scoops, Eleven’s Waffles, Hopper’s Coffee and Argyle’s Pineapple Pizza. For a limited-time you can also get the collection for $10 off, which takes the price down from $30 to a wallet-friendly $20. All four scented candles feature a three-wick design that comes with a burn time of up to 45 hours.

Before you grab your wearable blanket to binge-watch the series, again, keep reading to shop the Stranger Things x Bath & Body Works collection to add an Upside Down touch to your next watch session.

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Steve’s Scoops

$19.95 $29.95 33% off

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Enter Scoops Ahoy with just the light of a match and immediately indulge in the scents of vanilla ice cream, waffle cones and sprinkles. The candle uses a soy-wax blend and features lead-free wicks for a safe and delicious-smelling experience.


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Eleven’s Waffles

$19.95 $29.95 33% off

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Eleven’s favorite food takes the spotlight in this waffle candle. Every light will fill the room with aromas of frozen waffles, maple syrup and melted butter. Even the container comes with a decorative waffle pattern to help complete your breakfast ambiance.


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Hopper’s Coffee

$19.95 $29.95 33% off

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Fill your days with coffee, but without having to make a cup of joe yourself. This Hopper-inspired candle comes with a diner-inspired coffee scent mixed with notes of tonka bean as well as half and half.


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Argyle’s Pineapple Pizza

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In the mood for something more savory? Argyle’s Pineapple Pizza candle is serving up notes of pizza dough, pineapple and basil that’ll have you feeling like you’re in a pizza shop without even having to leave your home.


The Stranger Things merch doesn’t end with this latest collection though, collectors can stock up on more official merch based on the hit series through the official Netflix store. You can find everything from collectible figurines, Hellfire Club apparel and even posters inspired by the most recent season. You may even be able to find remaining Metallica-themed pieces from the exclusive collection that was released last summer in collaboration with Stranger Things.

For more product recommendations, check out ShopBillboard‘s roundups of the best dorm essentials, vinyl record player accessories and board games for adults.

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TOMORROW X TOGETHER recorded the anthem for Samsung’s latest Galaxy series. “Open Always Wins,” released on Wednesday (July 17), features lyrics penned by TXT members SOOBIN, YEONJUN, TAEHYUN and HUENINGKAI.

“We’re excited to collaborate on this meaningful project with Samsung. We’ve infused our single with a sincere message of encouragement, rooting for everyone to bravely face challenges without being disheartened by failure,” the K-pop group said in a statement. “We believe those who overcome and progress through obstacles are the true champions.”

The song was first teased during Galaxy Unpacked in Paris on July 10. Samsung announced its all-new Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6, the Galaxy Buds3 and Galaxy Buds3 Pro at Galaxy Unpacked.

The Fold 6 and Flip 6 feature Samsung’s Galaxy AI capabilities. The phones will be released July 24 and are available for pre-order now.

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“Open Always Wins” is also part of Samsung’s partnership with the Olympics. The music video follows the group as they prepare for a live concert and includes clips from Team Samsung Galaxy athletes. The track is available to stream on YouTube Music, Spotify, Melon, Genie, Bugs, Flo and Vibe.

“We are proud to have collaborated with our Galaxy Ambassadors, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, to create a brand anthem that encapsulates the spirit of openness authentically,” said Jamie Park, VP & head of the Experience Marketing Group, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics. “We hope it inspires listeners to embrace openness in their own lives, and the experiences and opportunities that come with it.”

Watch the music video for “Open Always Wins” below.

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The Foo Fighter’s kicked off the Everything or Nothing at All tour in New York earlier this week. Tickets to the highly anticipated stadium tour went on sale last fall, but fans can still score passes to upcoming shows.

Read on for pricing info and more details on how to get affordable tickets online.

When Did the Foo Fighters Tour Start?

The Foo Fighters Everything or Nothing at All tour opened at Citi Field in Queens, New York on Wednesday (July 17) but was forced to end early due to rain storms in the area. The band posted photos from opening night on Instagram with the caption, “Thank you NYC” and a heart emoji.

The Foo Fighters will perform a second New York show on Saturday, July 19, before traveling to Boston; Hershey, Penn.; Minneapolis and Cincinnati throughout the rest of the month. Other shows include Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle.

Where to Get Tickets

Foo Fighters tickets are in high demand. According to a post on band’s Instagram account last fall, passes for shows in Boston, Hershey, Cincinnati and Minneapolis sold out almost immediately, and now that the tour is off and running, resell tickets are currently selling out on sites like Vivid Seat and StubHub.

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A limited number of tickets are still available for Saturday’s Citi Field shows. If you act fast, you should be able to find a nice selection of tickets priced at around $200 and up.

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From what we’ve seen, ticket prices currently range from around $100 on the low end to $400, and under $100 for nosebleeds seats in select cities. Tickets to the tour are available on Ticketmaster as well as Vivid Seats, StubHub and Seat Geek.

The Everything or Nothing At All tour marks a second round of shows for the Foo Fighters since the death of band member Taylor Hawkins in 2022.

After kicking off their first round of shows last year, frontman Dave Grohl penned an emotional message thanking fans for their support. “Now that we’ve returned from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us,” he wrote at the time. “Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder. When I see you screaming, it makes me scream louder. When I see your tears, it brings me to tears. And when I see your joy, it brings me joy. But, I see you… and it feels good to see you, churning up these emotions together. Because we’ve always done this together.”

aespa achieves its fifth top 10-charting effort on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart as the female K-pop quartet’s new Armageddon – The 1st Album debuts at No. 2 on the chart dated July 20. All five of the act’s entries on the chart have debuted in the top 10.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department nets a sixth week at No. 1 (and with a 154% sales increase), the 30th anniversary reissue and first vinyl pressing of Selena’s Amor Prohibido pushes it back onto the chart at No. 4 and Agust D (aka BTS’ SUGA) sees his D-Day album re-enter at No. 8 after its release on vinyl.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Armageddon arrives with 18,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending July 11, according to Luminate. The album was released widely on CD on July 5 after previously being available as a digital download and via streaming services. CD sales power nearly all of the 18,000 sales in the week ending July 11, and the set was issued in eight collectible CD variants, all containing paper merchandise.

Meanwhile, Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales with 90,000 copies sold – up 154% for the week. CD sales comprise 67,000 (up 127%), digital album download sales comprise 19,000 (up 1,266%) and vinyl sales comprise 4,000 (down 10%).

The Tortured Poets Department’s overall weekly increase was bolstered in part by sales generated from Swift’s official webstore, which restocked seven earlier-released CD variants of the album (including a signed edition). The restocked items were available to purchase for a few hours on Sunday, June 7 and shipped shortly afterwards. In addition, Swift released three new digital album download variants of the album on Thursday, July 11, sold exclusively in her webstore for $4.99 each, and were only available to purchase that day. Each contained the original standard 16-song album tracklist, along with one bonus live acoustic track, recorded during her The Eras Tour stop in Stockholm (“Guilty as Sin?,” “How Did It End?” or “Peter”).

ATEEZ’s former No. 1 Golden Hour: Part.1 rises 7-3 with nearly 13,000 copies sold (up 3%).

Following its 30th anniversary reissue, Selena’s Amor Prohibido re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 4 with 11,000 sold – its best sales week since 1995. The set, which was initially released in 1994 and spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums in 1994-95, was reissued on July 4 across digital and physical configurations, including its first pressing on vinyl.

Amor debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart with 10,000 sold on wax – Selena’s best sales week ever on vinyl. It’s her second leader on the 13-year-old Vinyl Albums ranking. The album was available in four vinyl variants – a standard clear color edition, a Target-exclusive pink color (containing a poster), a Spotify-exclusive coke bottle clear edition and a picture-disc variant sold via Selena’s webstore.

Amor was also reissued on CD and as a cassette tape, with the latter exclusively sold in Selena’s webstore.

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft rises 9-5 on Top Album Sales with 10,000 (down 12%), Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess steps 8-6 with 9,000 (down 26%) and Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene shoots 21-7 after its first full tracking week, with 8,500 sold (up 66%). The set was released on July 4, the final day of the tracking week for the July 13-dated chart, and sold 5,000 copies that day (enabling it debut at No. 21). The album is only available to purchase as a digital download; its CD and vinyl are due out on Oct. 11.

Agust D’s chart-topping D-Day re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 8 with nearly 8,000 sold following the set’s vinyl release on July 5. Rounding out the top 10 are a pair of former No. 1s from Swift, as Lover jumps 19-9 with just over 5,000 sold (though down 3%) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vaults 20-10 with nearly 5,000 (down 5%).

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Dyson is taking another shot at headphones, and they just might rival that of Apple, Bose and Sony. Dyson OnTrac headphones, announced on Thursday (July 18), feature up to 55-hours of battery power, high-fidelity sound and customizable ear cushions and outer caps.

The newest edition to Dyson’s growing lineup of luxury headphones is equipped with two, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries centered in the headband to even the distribution of weight. The battery takes up to three hours to fully charge and lasts up to two weeks, even with ANC enabled (you can switch the ANC setting on and off by tapping on either ear cap, or on the top of the headband).

OnTrac headphones will retail for $499.99 at Dyson.com – much cheaper than the Dyson Zone headphones. No air filter needed this time around, OnTrac offers a more traditional design with a custom Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) algorithm that utilizes eight microphones and cancels up to 40dB of unwanted noise along with 40mm drivers with “advanced audio signal processing,” and a speaker tilted at 13-degrees to “ensure that every note or word is delivered with precision,” according to Dyson.

Dyson On Trac Headphones
Dyson On Trac Headphones

OnTrac headphones come in four colorways: CNC Aluminum, CNC Copper, Ceramic Cinnabar and CNC Black Nickel. The removable caps retail for $49.99 and come in several colors such as chrome yellow, prussian blue, ultra blue, ceramic cinnabar, CNC copper, coarse titanium, dark iron, oyster pink and ceramic blue.

“Dyson’s audio engineering mission is to preserve the integrity of the artist’s sound wave, free from interference,” Jake Dyson, the brand’s chief engineer, said in a statement. “We also wanted to create a set of headphones that people would cherish, be excited by, and be proud of. With over 30 years of experience in aeroacoustics, we’ve mastered sound physics. By reducing noise through in-house anechoic chambers and expert engineers, we’ve applied and further expanded our audio knowledge to develop the Dyson OnTrac headphones. Our first over-ear audio only headphones deliver best-in-class ANC, exceptional sound quality, and all-day comfort through unique materials, design and customization.”

I had the chance to test the OnTrac headphones during a press preview in London and one of the most appealing features are the customizable ear cuffs, and the one-touch ANC feature. The headphones are incredibly comfortable — the cuffs are made from “ultra-soft microfiber and high-grade foam” per Dyson — and easy to use.

With over 2,000 customizable color combinations, you can mix and match the OnTrac design to your liking. The outer caps and ear cushions are made from “ultra-soft microfiber” with “high-grade foam for superior comfort and acoustic seal,” per Dyson. Another feature that caught my interest was the multi- pivot gimbal arm design. I also like the idea of the battery being in the headband, which ensures balanced weight distribution, says Dyson.  

 OnTrac delivers from a sound perspective and comfort level, and even though I haven’t had a chance to test out the 55 hour battery (yet), it was easily one of the headphone’s most appealing features. For comparison, the battery on Apple’s AirPods Max lasts up to 20 hours, Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra Headphones offer 24 hours of battery life and Sony’s WH-100XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones lasts up to 30 hours.

OnTrac headphones are the latest on a list of new releases from Dyson, which includes the Dyson Nural Supersonic Hair Dryer and Dyson Vis Nav Robot Vacuum.

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Are you traveling or looking to refresh your makeup bag collection this summer? When it comes to makeup pouches, finding the perfect one that fits all your items can be tricky. However, once you find it, you’ll be able to keep everything organized and quickly spot your eyeliner. With this short list of travel-friendly makeup bags, you’ll be able stay organized and stylish on your summer getaways, ensuring you’re ready to look your best while on the move.

From sleek travel bags to spacious organizers, this list of versatile accessories are sure to keep your makeup collection tidy. This can also help reduce the risk of forgetting any of your essential items while keeping you organized.

If you’re shopping on Amazon, consider taking advantage of all Amazon Prime has to offer and sign up for a 30-day free trial, which also comes with access to Prime VideoPrime Gaming and Amazon Music. And to help make sure you get your purchases quickly, being a Prime member means you get fast, free shipping in two days or less with Prime Delivery. Want free shipping on Walmart items? Join Walmart+ for free for the first 30 days. The membership includes free shipping and free delivery from your local store, free Paramount+ and so much more!

Lazyher Travel Makeup Bag

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This Lazyher travel makeup bag provides lots of space for all your cosmetics, from makeup brushes to toiletries. In fact, this makeup travel bag is designed to keep you fully organized. So if you’re seeking ways to declutter, your bag is an easy solve. According to Amazon, it also includes a detachable brush board to maintain a separate spot for your brushes.

Relavel Travel Makeup Train Case Makeup Cosmetic Case Organizer


Whether you’re traveling or just need a makeup bag that suits your on-the-go needs, consider buying yourself this Relavel makeup case. This high-quality leather makeup bag is perfect for all occasions. It includes adjustable dividers that allow you to move it around and organize your items based on your preferences. You can DIY it and make it your own. It also has plenty of space to fit all you want. With its waterproof and wear-resistant features, cleaning it will be easy. It also comes with an attachable shoulder strap. If you’re looking for a versatile option, add this one to your cart. 

Étoile Duo Vanity Case


Consider one of TikTok’s favorite trendy makeup bags: the Étoile Duo Vanity Case that’s all over my FYP. This limited edition comes in gray, black, beige, lavender pink, and so many other colors. Hurry, though: There are only three left in stock in lavender pink! This makeup bag has you covered with a top and bottom compartment. This bag also includes a fold-out mirror, making it easier for you to apply your makeup or skincare routine when on the go. Its vegan leather material and makeup-stain-proof lining make it truly one of a kind.

Semezuxx Checkered Makeup Bag, Brown 2Pcs Cosmetic Travel Bags


If you’re looking to spice up your style, this checkered two-piece makeup bag is the one for you. Its vintage and elegant brown plaid pattern design is perfect for any outfit and any occasion. According to Walmart, it is super lightweight with waterproof anti-wear and water-resistant interior. This multi-purpose bag can be used not only for makeup, but also as a personal travel bag for both men and women.

Ulta Beauty Clear Sage-Trimmed Weekender


Can’t keep track of what’s in your makeup bag? Don’t fret: Consider this Ulta Beauty clear sage-trimmed alternative with see-through pockets and multiple compartments. Its spacious and sage-green tassel zipper pulls offer a clean look. You’ll get easy access to your items with just one glance.

For more product recommendations, check out other must-have makeup products to add to your makeup bag and discover the best Ulta Beauty deals now.

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While you could splurge on a new laptop, a sleek tablet offers basically all the functions of one in a portable and convenient design. The features are almost endless, too, as you can use it to surf the internet and even stream your favorite shows and movies through Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock and more. If you love to read, then you’ll have access to digital book libraries, as well as Audible if you prefer audio books.

Avoid paying full price on one of the sleek devices and take advantage of ongoing tech deals that can have your snagging one of the best tablets on the market — and for a wallet-friendly price. While holidays come and go, sales, discounts and promos never end with current tablet deals offering up to $200 off the highly-wanted Apple iPad Air.

Keep reading to learn more.

What Time of Year Is Best to Buy a Tablet?

Major sales such as Black Friday and Prime Day usually feature some of the best tablet deals as brands are looking to make room for new launches. This includes discounts on top-rated luxury brands like Google, Samsung, Amazon and Android.

What Are the Best Tablet Deals?

Rather than hunt for the best tablet deals on your own, ShopBillboard took put together a list of tablets with some of the biggest slashes in price.

Check below to shop the most recent deals available.

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Apple iPad Air (5th Gen, 2022)

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If there’s one deal you should race over to, it’s Walmart’s $200 discount on one of Apple’s most recent iPad Air’s. The tablet comes in a chic light purple making it the ultimate travel accessory while the M1 chip promises to deliver fast speeds, practically eliminating slow lag times. You’ll also be able to indulge in the brand’s beloved retina display, featuring life-like picture quality that’s perfect for FaceTiming or streaming movies. If you plan on using the device for work, it’s compatible with the Apple Pencil and wireless keyboard.


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Treat yourself to the 2021 edition of Apple’s coveted iPad. It’s not only a bestseller, but already more than 500 have been purchased on Walmart since yesterday, proving its popularity in the tablet industry continues to reign. The screen boasts a 10.9-inch display that’s perfect for multitasking or getting a closer look at your latest video game obsession. You can also worry less with the device’s touch ID security feature that’ll help keep your files more protected.


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AEEZO Android 13 Tablet

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For some major non-Apple savings, this Android tablet is being discounted a whopping 69% off dropping the price to only $66. You’ll be able to stream your latest Netflix show or video chat with friends using the front-facing camera. As an added bonus, you’ll also have 6GB of RAM for downloading all the apps you may need.


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Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet

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Get all your streaming and web-surfing needs met through the Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet, currently being discounted by 42%. The multipurpose design makes it easy to use for work purposes, as it can download Microsoft Office and Zoom. Or keep it for personal use and scroll through social media and listen to your favorite songs and playlists using Amazon Music Unlimited, Spotify and more.


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2024 Android 13 Tablet

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One of Android’s latest tablets gets a 40% discount, marking the model down to a wallet-friendly $120. Some of the tablet’s most notable features include 128 GB of storage to hold your photos and gaming apps. It also comes with a Bluetooth keyboard, protective case, wireless mouse, stylus and charger allowing you to take your work on the go.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Tablet

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is being dropped 18% off and already more than 10,000 Amazon shoppers have purchased the device in the past month. Besides showing off a crystal clear display, the tablet comes with a slim and lightweight design that’s easy to store in your bag and take with you on the go.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9

Or, you can pick up a Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 for $50 off and take advantage of Bluetooth capabilities that’ll connect to your speakers or wireless eearbuds. It’s also built with a rear camera for taking photos and 4GB of RAM to store pictures, videos and apps on.


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Google Pixel Tablet

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Score Google’s tablet for 24% off right now — and it even comes with a stand and Bluetooth capabilities so you can surf the web and listen to music hands-free. There are three shades to choose from — Hazel, Rose and Porcelain — that’ll add some display-worthy style to your countertops.


For more product recommendations, check out ShopBillboard‘s roundups of the best portable CD players, Xbox deals and the best Apple Watch deals.

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From “Please, Please, Please” to “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter has been dominating the charts and soon, she’ll be taking virtual reality by storm. The 25-year-old songstress is set to host her first VR show in Meta Horizons Worlds on Friday (July 19).

Fans can stream the VR concert in Music Valley, one of the Meta Horizons Worlds available on Meta Quest headsets. Thinking about buying one? Good news! Meta Quest 3 is currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy. This deal isn’t part of Amazon Prime Day, but Quest 3 doesn’t go on sale often (if at all), so it’s best to grab it at a discount while you still can.

For a limited time, shoppers can save $70 off the VR headset at Best Buy and Amazon. Meta Quest 3 usually retails for $500.

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Meta Quest 3 VR Headset

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Meta Quest 3 is available at other major retailers such as Walmart, QVC and Target, though not on sale.

Touted as the “most powerful” yet, the mixed reality headset allows you to have a truly immersive VR experience. Jump between worlds, enjoy gaming, fitness, wellness, entertainment and more, plus stream listen to music, make beats, watch TV shows and movies with over 500+ immersive apps. Meta Quest 3 comes with a headset and two Meta Quest Touch Plus Controllers (batteries not included).

The Music Valley concert series gives fans front-row access to music concerts in an immersive, virtual reality space that lets you watch VR concert live and interact with other concertgoers. Enjoy music performances, exclusive rewards and lots of games to play in Music Valley – enough to keep you occupied for hours at a time (the battery in Meta 3 lasts for a couple hours before it needs to be charged).

Other artists who have been featured in Meta’s VR concert series include Doja Cat, BLACKPINK, Victoria  Monét, Raye and Imagine Dragons.

Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert kicks off in Music Valley on July 19 at 5 p.m. PT.

The Greatest Night in Pop, deep dive into the 1985 recording session that produced “We Are the World,” is nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special — and Lionel Richie is celebrating the accomplishment.

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“I am still amazed by what we accomplished in 1985 and I’m even more amazed after receiving an Emmy nomination for ‘The Greatest Night In Pop,’” the icon wrote. “It has been an absolute joy to be able to bring this moment in history to life alongside @netflix. A big thank you and congratulations to all of the artists and participants for making ‘We Are The World’ happen, and thank you to the @televisionacad for recognizing our documentary.”

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The documentary follows the group of 45 all-star musicians — Richie included — who gathered together Jan. 25, 1985, as they “checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history,” the official synopsis for the film reads. The Greatest Night in Pop included never-before-seen footage of the song’s planning and writing process, as well as Henson Studios where the recording of the track took place.

The film is also up for directing for a documentary/nonfiction program and sound editing for a nonfiction or reality program.

Ye (formerly Kanye West) is facing another lawsuit accusing him of illegal sampling, this time over allegations that he incorporated an instrumental track into two songs from Donda even after he was explicitly denied permission.

The case, filed Wednesday (July 17) in Los Angeles federal court, claims that Ye borrowed elements from a song called “MSD PT2” for his own “Hurricane” and “Moon” — both of which reached the top 20 on the Hot 100 when they were released in 2021.

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Filed by a company that owns the rights to the earlier song, the case claims that when Ye was refused a license to use it, he simply “decided to steal it.”

“This lawsuit is about more than defendants’ failure to pay a fee,” writes Oren Warshavsky and other attorneys from the law firm BakerHostetler, representing the plaintiffs. “It is about the rights of artists, musicians, and songwriters to determine how their works are published and used. Intellectual property owners have a right to decide how their property is exploited and need to be able to prevent shameless infringers from simply stealing.”

In an act of particularly “blatant brazenness,” the lawsuit claims that Ye even credited the song’s four creators — Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard, Sam Barsh, Dan Seeff and Josh Mease — as songwriters despite their refusal to work with him.

Wednesday’s case was filed not by the artists themselves, but by a company called Artist Revenue Advocates (ARA), which owns the copyrights to “MSD PT2.” Lawyers for the company say the four artists turned to ARA after they “unsuccessfully attempted to collect their share of the proceeds from these songs” for nearly three years.

A spokesperson for Ye could not immediately be located for comment on the new case.

The new allegations come less than a month after Ye settled a separate lawsuit filed by the estate of Donna Summer over a very similar accusation. In that earlier case, Summer’s estate claimed the rapper had used her 1977 hit “I Feel Love” in his own “Good (Don’t Die)” despite a similarly explicit refusal.

“Summer’s estate … wanted no association with West’s controversial history and specifically rejected West’s proposed use,” the estate’s attorneys wrote at the time. “In the face of this rejection, defendants arrogantly and unilaterally decided they would simply steal ‘I Feel Love’ and use it without permission.”   

Even before the two recent cases, Ye has been sued repeatedly for uncleared samples and interpolations in his music.

In 2022, Ye was hit with a lawsuit claiming his song “Life of the Party” illegally sampled a song by the pioneering rap group Boogie Down Productions; accused in another case over allegations that he used an uncleared snippet of Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 house track “Move Your Body” in the song “Flowers”; and sued in a different case by a Texas pastor for allegedly sampling from his recorded sermon in “Come to Life.”

Before that, West and Pusha T were sued in 2019 for sampling George Jackson‘s “I Can’t Do Without You” on the track “Come Back Baby.” That same year, he was sued for allegedly using an audio snippet of a young girl praying in his 2016 song “Ultralight Beam.” Further back, West was hit with similar cases over allegedly unlicensed samples used in “New Slaves,” “Bound 2” and “My Joy.”