Musicians

Harry Styles had a rock legend -- and possibly his future father-in-law -- in the building for the latest show in his Madison Square Garden takeover.

Lenny Kravitz was front row Wednesday night for Show 13 of Harry's 30-night residency ... clapping along and soaking up the action from one of the best seats in the house.

Take a look at the clip ... Harry may have been commanding the stage, but Lenny was getting plenty of attention down below.

Diddy's former staffers found a safe place to land amid their former employer's prison stint ... grabbing gigs on Usher's record-breaking tour with Chris Brown.

Diddy's former chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, a personal assistant who was mentioned multiple times at his trial, and a photographer who worked with the mogul on a documentary just before his arrest were all hired for various roles on "The R&B Tour" ... Rolling Stone reports.

It's unclear who exactly hired them. Usher has a long-standing relationship with Diddy ... which began when Diddy took him on as a favor to music producer L.A. Reid.

Macklemore might be persona non grata in U.S. stadiums for saying "Free Palestine" ... but apparently a few places overseas don't have the same issue ... opening up their doors for his "Free Palestine Tour."

The rapper announced the news on social media Thursday ... revealing he's got 3 dates picked out -- October 26 in Dublin, October 29 in Paris, and October 30 in London.

In the caption announcing the tour, Macklemore writes that the world is waking up to "Palestinian liberation" ... which he sees as a major shift over the last few years.

He then seems to take a swipe at his old buddy Ed Sheeran ... adding, "It’s 2026. Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore. People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community. To use the stage for more than entertainment. To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it."

Chalk up a legal victory for Dolly Parton's estate ... a Tennessee judge granted the estate's temporary restraining order against the late country singer's nephew and former head of security, Bryan Seaver, after claiming he sent threatening messages.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ ... She's Alive, the entity created to oversee Dolly's estate, filed a complaint claiming that Bryan and his security company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services (SAPS), threatened to wipe out Dolly's legacy and business empire with threats of violence. 

On Wednesday, the judge signed the restraining order barring Bryan and SAPS from coming within 1,000 feet of She's Alive employees, lawyers, and business partners. The order also prevents Bryan and SAPS from interfering with the entity's business relationships.

Dolly Parton's sister is setting the record straight about the ongoing drama between the late legend's manager and nephew.

Freida Parton took to Instagram on Wednesday, writing ... "I'll say this and this only: there is no feud within our family. No one among the Parton/Owens family is fighting over Dolly's estate."

She went on the clarify that no on in the family has an issue with Dolly's nephew, Bryan Seaver, who was just sacked from his role as head of security for the singer's properties.

Ella Langley and Tucker Wetmore are officially an item ... TMZ has learned the country stars have been dating for quite some time and are enjoying their time together.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... the "Choosin' Texas" singer and Tucker met through the music industry and mutual friends, and their relationship has been going on well before they were spotted together Tuesday night in Nashville.

The couple stepped out to celebrate a huge milestone for Ella ... after "Choosin' Texas" notched its 23rd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the all-time record previously held by Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

The country music duo was seen leaving the NSAI Awards to celebrate her winning "Song of the Year" with friends and artists during the 9th Annual Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday night. Ella was spotted waving to fans before slipping away in a car with her man right by her side.

Peter Byrne, who sang Naked Eyes hits "Always Something There to Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises," is dead.

The singer-songwriter died Sept. 14 in Los Angeles after a brief illness ... according to Billboard. The band's manager told the outlet Peter died peacefully.

Peter's official cause of death is unclear.

Spencer Pratt doesn't think Justin Bieber's "impromptu" park performance is as off the cuff as Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is making it seem ... he says he's maddened by BS "propaganda."

The reality TV star -- who came up short in L.A.'s mayoral primary -- wrote on social media Wednesday ... "Yes, an 'impromptu' set with generator-powered amps and blacked out armed security SUV directly behind him."

Spencer was responding to a Hochman's post about Bieber playing a set at MacArthur Park near downtown Los Angeles ... with Hochman saying the "impromptu" performance was "a testament to the progress we are achieving to take back the park from drug dealers."

The parents of Nevaeh's first baby daddy are pleading with her to let them see their grandson ... just weeks after she had a kid with Blueface and got dumped on his livestream.

The mother and father of Nevaeh's ex, DJ LetThemKnow, spoke out on social media ... saying it was "ridiculous" that they haven't seen their grandson, Superior.

DJ's father asked ... "Why keep Superior away from DJ and us? We all love Superior ... it's sad that she's being like this."

Kanye West is asking a judge to push back his civil trial a few more months ... claiming his tour schedule and Milo Yiannopolous' recent deportation make an October 12 start date difficult ... TMZ has learned.

The rapper's legal team filed docs last week laying out their reasons for wanting the delay ... claiming there's unfinished prep work because the plaintiff, Benjamin Provo, and the plaintiff's lawyer haven't been cooperative during depositions and document discovery.

Provo is suing Ye for allegedly discriminating against him when he was a security guard at the Donda Academy.

Hayley Williams is paying tribute to her ex-husband Chad Gilbert ... days after the New Found Glory guitarist's death.

On Wednesday, the Paramore frontwoman posted an emotional goodbye to Chad, who passed away on September 20 after a cancer battle.

Hayley remembered Chad as "a legend in the scene" and said, "My time connected to him taught me a lot."

B2K singer Raz B was frantic and heartbroken on the 911 call after finding his 3-month-old son unresponsive ... repeatedly begging dispatchers to send help.

TMZ obtained the call from the morning Astro Monte Thornton died ... with Raz telling the operator, "My son died. My son is not breathing."

Raz pleads, "Please hurry up," as the dispatcher tries to confirm the address and Astro's age.

Can you guess which country music star is posing pretty and politely in this green bikini selfie?!

She recently surpassed Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to set the record for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Heading into this weekend's MTV VMA's, she's locked in with two nominations: Song of the Year and Best Country.

Dolly Parton wasn't keeping 9-to-5 hours on her deathbed ... instead, she was closing up and refusing to allow most friends and family to see her -- except for one essential worker.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Dolly's dying wish was that no one could see her on her deathbed because she didn't want anyone to remember her in her fragile, dying state.

However ... we're told there was one exception to the rule -- her longtime wig and makeup artist, Cheryl Riddle -- because Dolly wanted to be all dolled up after she passed.

Dolly Parton's death put the world in mourning ... and apparently put her nephew in main-character mode.

According to text messages submitted in court docs related to the Dolly estate war, her nephew Bryan Seaver boasted, "But I'm now the face of the biggest social media post in human history."

Bryan was referring to the August 25 video in which he announced Dolly's death -- a post that suddenly thrust him into the global spotlight.

The battle between Dolly Parton's nephew and the company managing her assets has allegedly gotten so scary, some employees stopped going to the office ... and the company needed to hire private security at their homes.

TMZ obtained court docs submitted Tuesday by Dolly's management company -- She's Alive, LLC -- supporting its request for a temporary restraining order against Dolly's nephew Bryan Seaver and his security company.

Dolly's management company claims her nephew called himself an "international arms dealer and mercenary" and declared, "I'm a killer."

After Dolly died, Bryan allegedly bragged, "All I do is warfare," and warned, "Everyone needs to be worried about what I might do."