Paul taking his ‘good vibes’ on road
It has been 21 years since Sean Paul’s dancehall anthem “Get Busy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 — which means “Get Busy” is finally old enough to hear “Get Busy” at the club.
“It’s changed for me now,” Paul said from his studio in Jamaica, reflecting on the song’s legacy. “Because when I say, ‘Get busy,’ I’m telling the kids to do their homework or clean stuff up.”
In the years since Paul helped introduce dancehall riddims and reggae to new audiences, he has released six ambitious albums, including two straight out of the coronavirus pandemic: 2021’s “Live n Livin” and 2022’s “Scorcha.” He has become a father and a devoted husband. (The “Jodi” in the “Get Busy” lyric “Shake dat ting, yo, Donna Donna/ Jodi and Rebecca”? That’s his wife.) And his ambition to make joyful, danceable music has never wavered.
“It’s a timeless piece for me,” he says of “Get Busy.” “Every time I try to do a song, I try to put the same butterflies that I had in my belly when I was flirting with the first girl on the first dance floor I went to. It’s just a feeling.”
That translates to his goal of bringing positivity to the masses. “I have a lot of help with the riddim tracks. The genre itself is very infectious,” he says.
“It gives you joy.”
Now he’s taking that energy on a 22-date U.S. run dubbed the “Greatest Tour,” kicking off May 2 in Florida and ending June 16 inNorth Carolina. “Why am I doing it now? I feel that the people are ready for me again,” Paul says.
At his shows, fans will get a little taste of everything. But “good vibes,” mostly, he says: “I think people feel the fun from me, and it bounces back and forth.”
Fox open to acting again: Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in late 2020 but now says he’s open to making a return to the screen if the right role comes along.
The “Back to the Future” star, 62, spoke about the possibility with Entertainment Tonight this week.
“If someone offers me a part, and I do it, and I have a good time, great,” he said. “I would do acting if (a role) came up that I could put my realities into it, my challenges, if I could figure it out.”
Fox also reflected on his experience working on “Still,” his 2023 documentary, which chronicled his battle with Parkinson’s disease. Fox was diagnosed in 1991 when he was 29.
“It was fun,” Fox said of filming the documentary, which he also wrote. “I never would have set that as a goal. It just happened.”
Lopez rebrands tour: Jennifer Lopez is pivoting
the direction of her “This Is Me... Now” tour amid weak ticket sales.
After canceling seven dates of the North American tour, Lopez has decided to broaden the appeal by rebranding the tour from “This Is Me... Now” to “This Is Me... Live: The Greatest Hits.”
Instead of focusing on new material, the shows will now highlight her whole career, with a set list spanning her discography in hopes that it will “entice listeners who didn’t connect with her latest material.”
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