Concerts and Tours

Ricky Alvarez was front and center supporting girlfriend Ariana Grande over the weekend ... showing up at her concert and looking like he knew every word.

Check out the video ... Ricky is seen dancing and singing along to Ariana's song "Imperfect for You," smiling as she performs for the packed crowd Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

His appearance comes after TMZ revealed Ariana and Ricky have rekindled their romance following her split from Ethan Slater.

Usher's serving up some hot cakes during his tour with fellow R&B star Chris Brown ... exposing his bare butt to fans during a sensual number ... and it's on video.

The pop star is currently touring the country with Breezy ... and during a recent performance in Maryland, he stood up from a bed on stage and exposed his buck naked bottom.

Usher flashed some serious booty while performing "Seduction" ... he was simulating sex with a woman and he got out of bed while buttoning his pants.

Damon Dash isn't giving Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium victory lap a standing ovation ... saying the three-night spectacle looked less like a celebration and more like a carefully crafted marketing ploy.

Dame unloaded on "The Art of Dialogue," picking apart Hov's anniversary shows from a business perspective rather than a musical one. Instead of praising the performances, he questioned why the concerts happened for the 30th anniversary of "Reasonable Doubt" ... arguing the entire production felt designed to push Yankees-branded merch.

According to Dame, all the Yankees logos, jerseys and merch made the concerts feel less like a celebration and more like an ad campaign ... suggesting the music took a back seat to selling product.

Ariana Grande and her former boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez, are officially back together after weeks of rumors that the two were giving it another go ... TMZ has learned. 

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Ariana and Ricky, who first dated in 2015 for about a year, are dating ... but we're told they are taking things slow.

We've seen Ariana and Ricky hanging out in recent weeks ... including a group hang in Texas in June and a Fourth of July celebration with Ariana's family in Florida.

Bet you never thought an epic soundtrack for a fight would be an Ariana Grande song ... but here we are ... her fans are on video fighting at one of her concerts.

Ya gotta see the footage ... Arianators looked more like Terminators during Ariana's "Eternal Sunshine Tour" stop Thursday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta ... pulling each other's hair and swinging their fists while Ariana performed "Into You."

While a couple folks try to break the cat fight up ... the other concertgoers sort of just hang back awkwardly ... guess they realized Ariana shows aren't the best place for wicked fights.

Shania Twain says she wanted to see the culmination of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's love story in person ... but she'd already committed to T-Swift's ex, Harry Styles.

The country singer says she received an invite to the wedding of the century in an interview with the Canadian TV channel eTalk ... explaining she couldn't make it because she was scheduled to open for Harry at Wembley Stadium the same weekend.

It don't impress Shania much to simply drop out of a pre-planned show ... so she stayed across the pond and performed instead of packing into Madison Square Garden with the A-list crowd for the couple's nuptials.

Ariana Grande may have rekindled her romance with her ex-boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez, dropping another major hint ... this time, during her Monday night concert in NYC.

The singer was performing Thank U, Next" on stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn when she switched up the lyrics to the 2018 song.

The original tune includes the lyrics, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh.” But last night, Ariana flipped the script, singing, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / We always find our way back.”

One hour after Jay-Z was supposed to be onstage Sunday night, almost half the Yankee Stadium crowd was still stuck outside the venue ... creating 3 hours of chaos behind the scenes for Jay, his superstar guests, NYPD, and fans.

Sources smack in the middle of the situation tell TMZ ... the first sign of trouble came at 8:55 PM. Mind you, Jay had been hitting the stage around 9 PM for the first two Stadium shows, but when a few hundred people without tickets bum-rushed an entrance -- some actually got in -- security shut down ALL gates, and no one was allowed in or out.

At 10:15 PM, we're told there were still 20,000 fans lined up outside the Stadium ... and even A-listers like A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator, and Usher -- who were scheduled to perform -- were locked out. Our sources say NYPD was adamant no one was getting in, and they didn't even bend when members of Jay's team tried to get the VIP guests inside.

Jay-Z was so pissed over his Yankee Stadium show being delayed, he wouldn't talk to a soul backstage ... so says Memphis Bleek.

We got Memphis in New York City on Monday and our photog asked him what Hov was like backstage as he waited for hours to take the stage.

Much like his audience, Jay was not too happy about the delays ... after fans reportedly broke through a security checkpoint ... and his buddy Memphis tells us he turned into a "stone-faced killer" and wouldn't talk to anybody.

Memphis thought the function would get shut down if Jay didn't take the stage by midnight ... but Jay finally took the concert at 12:20 am ... over 4 hours after the scheduled start time.

Jay-Z is spitting fiction, not facts, when he claims Colin Kaepernick agreed to be silenced by the NFL ... an allegation Jay dropped live on stage at Yankee Stadium, and one refuted by sources speaking to TMZ Sports.

The moment came during Jay's Friday night opener ... in a freestyle rap aimed at his critics, he said, "They run out of characters, had to bring back up Kap again. Buddy took a check, I ain't even mad at him, but along with that check you have to sign a non-disparagement. I’m the one they can’t control."

The shot at Kaepernick -- 7 years after he and the NFL reached a settlement -- had some fans wondering, "Why now?" But, sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ Sports, the bigger issue is Jay's wrong ... Colin did not sign a non-disparagement agreement when he settled the lawsuit in which he'd claimed NFL teams were colluding to keep him out of the league.

The West Coast may just be the best coast ... because E-40 didn't have his audience waiting for hours to see him perform at SeaWorld ... unlike the Jay-Z concert at Yankee Stadium.

SeaWorld got lit Saturday when the Bay Area rapper made a huge splash at the Bayside Amphitheater in San Diego ... and the crowd was dancing, going dumb and getting hyphy.

E-40 had a sea of people turning up ... and they weren't just in the stands. People swarmed around the banks to dance to his hits ... and tons of ladies -- and even an old head -- were twerking!

Jeezy was supposed to perform in Las Vegas on Sunday night, and when he finally took the stage, he was across the country at Yankee Stadium ... and it's all because of Jay-Z.

The rapper pulled the plug on his scheduled residency performance at PH Live inside Planet Hollywood ... opting instead for a surprise cross-country trip to New York City, where he reunited with Jay during the legend's star-studded "Extra Innings" concert.

Folks back in Vegas were wondering why Jeezy's show was abruptly canceled ... and they got their answer late Sunday when the Snowman emerged onstage alongside Hov to perform their longtime collaborations "Seen It All" and "Go Crazy" ... sending the Bronx crowd into a frenzy.

Jay-Z brought out the big guns on night three of his Yankee Stadium shows ... because fans were in for an epic night when the "99 Problems" artist brought out Rihanna and Beyoncé to wow the packed joint.

The crowd went absolutely nuts for the guest performances, as shown in videos floating around social ... Rihanna, especially when she came out for "Run This Town." Beyoncé killed it with "Drunk In Love."

Of course, both superstars looked amazing ... Beyoncé in a glimmering Yankees outfit and Rihanna rocking a badass leather ensemble complete with shades.

7/13/26 5:09 AM PT -- The show finally went on ... Jay explaining that the delay was due to security concerns over the massive amount of people outside -- and someone trying to force their way into the show. And he apologized.

Jay-Z’s third night performing at Yankee Stadium was delayed for hours … after some fans reportedly broke through a security checkpoint.

Sources at Yankee Stadium tell TMZ the show had yet to start as of midnight … four hours past the scheduled showtime.

Jay-Z kicked off his "Reasonable Doubt" 30th anniversary concert series with a snip-tease -- with Beyoncé giving his hair a trim in the stands of Yankee Stadium!

Check out the clip -- the buzz was shown before the rapper took the stage Friday night ... and fans went wild as they watched the superstar tidy up her man's look. Fans online are seeing the buzzed look as a sign that new music is on the way, BTW!

But that wasn't the only surprise of the night -- Beyoncé ended up joining her hubby to fill in for Mary J. Blige's feature in "Can’t Knock the Hustle." The power couple had fans thrilled ... and she gushed over the rapper before departing, encouraging the crowd to "Give it up for my baby."

This is not what dreams are made of -- a brawl broke out at Hilary Duff's Los Angeles "Lucky Me" tour stop at The Forum this week ... and the sequin-filled incident is on video.

Check out the clip -- a fan in a shining, shimmering crop top appears to be getting their hair yanked by another person in a black outfit as security attempts to pull them apart.

It's not clear what led to the nasty fight -- and bystanders are visibly shocked as they try to do anything they can to help defuse the ordeal. We assume this is not what HD meant when she encouraged fans to "take a crazy chance."