Merge 104.8 | 09 January 2022
The upcoming Grammy Awards have been postponed just weeks before the ceremony was due to start over what organizers called “too many risks” from the omicron variant. They say it could be the start of another year of pandemic upheaval for the awards season. A back-to-normal show had been scheduled for Jan. 31st with a live audience and performances, but no new date has been announced.
Avril Lavigne has said a host of rock and roll icons will be featured on her upcoming new album thanks to the pandemic. She says it meant she was able to collaborate with people who are usually too busy. She’s marking 20 years in the music industry this year as she prepares to release her seventh studio album. So far there have been no hints who the high profile stars are.
Nicolas Cage is about to become a father for the third time. The actor and his wife are expecting their first child together. The news was officially confirmed by the couple’s representative, who said “The parents-to-be are elated!” He is already father to two sons from his previous relationships, but this is his current wife’s first pregnancy.
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