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International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, announced today her premiere residency, DITA LAS VEGAS: A Jubilant Revue, at Horseshoe Las Vegas, opening in the Jubilee Theater on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.

Bob Marley's immortality continues with Africa Unite, a majestic, posthumous album celebrating the vibrant fusion of Reggae and Afrobeats!

School of Rock, the leader in performance-based music education, was recently honored by Franchise Business Review with the Gold Award for outstanding corporate culture and employee satisfaction in the franchise sector in the medium class (25–99 employees) category of the 2023 Franchising@WORK Awards. The awards recognize franchise companies with the highest employee satisfaction based on an independent survey.

Fast-growing adult beverage brand Loud Lemon has partnered with country music superstar Parker McCollum. What began as an investment at the brand's inception during Covid has now blossomed into a full-blown collaboration that includes a co-created flavor for the brand's new line of vodka-based Lemonade Cocktails: a flavor they call Cranberry Sunrise.

Usaopoly (The Op Games), the board game and puzzle publisher behind iconic licensed games and best-selling party games Telestrations®, Blank Slate™, and Hues and Cues™, has teamed up with Iron Maiden, one of heavy metal's most prolific and influential bands of all time, and global leader in play Hasbro to bring fans the ultimate piece of tabletop memorabilia - MONOPOLY®: Iron Maiden Somewhere on Tour.

Pepsi today unveiled an iconic new commercial with Bad Bunny, his first for the brand, in which the world's most-streamed artist takes on the dual role of lifeguard and vibe curator. The music-video-styled spot features "WHERE SHE GOES," the latest Bad Bunny track that is dominating the global music charts, giving fans the perfect beat to kick off summer with up to three months of unlimited Apple Music as part of the "Press Play On Summer" program launched last month.

When Queen took a break for the first part of 1983, Brian May put his time to good use. Waking up one morning in Los Angeles, he decided to phone a few friends and invite them to collaborate on some tracks in California's famous Record Plant studios. The resulting collaboration was a great success, and Brian would later mold the recordings into a unique mini-album, Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project.

PrizePicks, the largest fantasy sports operator in North America, announced today that multi-platinum recording artist Meek Mill has joined the company as Brand Ambassador & Culture Advisor. The Grammy-nominated icon will be focused on onboarding new audiences to the PrizePicks platform and integrating the brand within the hip-hop community.

boombox.io, a collaboration platform for music makers, announced today it has closed $7 million of seed capital. The round was led by Forerunner with participation from super{set} startup studio and Ulu Ventures.