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Jay-Z is keeping fans guessing ahead of his highly anticipated Yankee Stadium shows ... but he couldn't dodge TMZ's questions entirely when we caught up with him in New York City on Monday!

Check out the video ... Hov dropped a couple hints about what's in store for his trio of Yankee Stadium shows coming in July and even weighed in on a question fans might be wondering about -- whether he'll keep the afro, switch to braids or bring back his signature Caesar cut.

But before the conversation could go much further, Jay politely shut things down.

Madonna goes way back with Billy Idol ... she says she's known him since he was swiping her taxi cabs.

The pop star recently told Bilt she and Billy both lived at The Music Building during her early days in New York ... and they had anything but a meet-cute.

Taxis are a hot commodity in the Big Apple, and Madonna recalled a time she had just flagged one down ... when Billy himself swooped in.

Madge recalled ... "He steps in front of me with his punk, like, regalia ... He didn't even say 'sorry' or 'thanks' or nothing." She said the interaction left her wanting payback.

Cut the music ... John Summit says his DJ set in Monaco came to an abrupt end after another artist forced his way on stage ... and his production director is seemingly blaming Travis Scott.

Here's what happened ... John was playing Lilly's Club in Monte Carlo for the F1 after party on Sunday when someone climbed up onto the stage, causing such a commotion that the whole show got shut down.

You can see in the video ... it looks like Travis is the person who pulled himself up on stage. John sounded off on the incident, saying ... "last night was out of my control. my show got shut down due to another artist showing up late and forcing his way onto the stage."

Madonna is proving she's still the Queen of Pop ... and she's doing it in her signature boundary-pushing style with a new music video full of sexual innuendos.

Ya gotta check out her new video for "CONFESSIONS II - The Film' ... the 67-year-old gets seriously provocative, appearing in a bathroom stall with a mystery man in a scene that leaves very little to the imagination.

The rest of the visuals are just as wild, with Madonna roaming through a club bathroom while surrounded by all sorts of risqué behavior ... plus a stacked lineup of celebrity cameos, including British supermodel Kate Moss.

Morgan Wallen's got an arm on him -- the country superstar was caught on video ripping a phone out of a security guard's hand and launching it across the stage during a concert in Pittsburgh.

The bizarre moment went down Friday night at Acrisure Stadium ... with footage showing Wallen spotting the guard holding up a cellphone near the stage before suddenly grabbing it and chucking it away mid-show.

Fans who witnessed the incident reportedly claimed the phone wasn't being used by the guard for personal reasons -- instead alleging he was helping record video for someone in the crowd. Either way, Wallen didn't seem thrilled about the device being pointed in his direction.

Steven Tyler is pushing for another crack at questioning his accuser ... claiming newly disclosed information points to a possible alternative source of her alleged emotional trauma.

According to new court filings obtained by TMZ, Tyler's legal team says Julia Holcomb -- who claims the Aerosmith rocker sexually abused her after they began a relationship when she was 16 years old -- recently revealed a separate issue in her life that led her and her husband to seek marriage counseling.

Tyler says he only learned about it earlier this year, when Julia -- now known as Julia Misley -- also disclosed she'd recently started seeing a therapist. Now, he wants to question both her and her husband again before trial.

Morgan Wallen is firing back at what he’s calling "nonsense" rumors following his sudden decision to cancel a Pittsburgh stop on his tour ... just days after the piano-flipping incident had already sparked online chatter.

In a video posted to his Instagram, the country star explained the chain of events leading up to the cancellation ... saying the decision came down to safety concerns tied to severe weather forecasts, despite "a lot of nonsense about me that just isn’t true."

Wallen said his team informed him they had been in contact with local officials who were monitoring potentially dangerous wind conditions in the area. According to Wallen, he initially questioned the call before ultimately trusting his team’s recommendation.

Ariana Grande is officially back on the road putting her solo performance career on ice for the last nearly 7 years ... stepping right back into the spotlight like she never left.

The pop superstar officially launched her highly anticipated "Eternal Sunshine" Tour Saturday night in Oakland, California -- marking her first major concert tour since 2019.

Fans inside the arena erupted as Ariana made her long-awaited return to the stage, opening a show that blended songs from her "Eternal Sunshine" era with some of the biggest hits from her catalog.

Justin and Hailey Bieber were enjoying a date night out together Friday night, with eagle-eyed fans spotting the couple in the crowd at The Kid LAROI's concert.

Several videos circulating on social media appear to show Justin and Hailey watching the show from a VIP area at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles -- with fans quickly sharing clips online after noticing the famous pair among the crowd.

In the videos, Justin can be seen dressed casually while appearing focused on the performance, while Hailey stands nearby as the two take in the concert -- smiling and singing along.

Charlie Puth's fans in Orlando, Florida just got a huge letdown -- he canceled Saturday night's performance due to an illness.

The artist hopped on Instagram and told his fans he was "devastated" to scrap the show, but explained ... "I've been sick for the last few days and am now being instructed to rest or else risk canceling more dates on this tour."

He did not reveal what illness he is fighting, but it sounds pretty serious -- he said he's physically "unable to perform" and "without a voice."

The "How Long" hitmaker is currently on his "Whatever's Clever!" world tour, supporting his newest album of the same name. The trek kicked off in San Diego, California in May and has dates in America through June 13 before hitting pause for about two weeks. He'll then resume the tour on June 27 in Europe before wrapping on July 30.

This isn't the first time Charlie has had to cancel a show due to illness ... and he's certainly not the first artist to axe a show -- or in some cases, entire tours -- for various factors.

Meghan Trainor and Zayn Malik just canceled their tours, while The Pussycat Dolls scrapped most of their U.S. dates ... rumored to be due to poor ticket sales. Dolly Parton also just canceled her upcoming Las Vegas residency due to ongoing kidney stone treatments.

Wade Robson and James Safechuck -- 2 prominent Michael Jackson sexual abuse accusers -- just posted together for a chummy selfie as they gear up for trial against the singer's business entities this fall.

Check it out -- the pair's child molestation accusations were at the center of the controversial 2019 HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland" ... and they're still supporting one another to this day. They each posted the casual snap and gushed over one another in the captions.

Wade called James his "brother in trauma and triumph," while James wrote ... "I had a great time with Wade. I can’t thank him enough for his bravery and support. So much love."

M.I.A. says Kid Cudi didn't have the guts to fire her directly ... claiming she found out she'd been dumped from his tour when her son called from school and told her she was out.

The "Paper Planes" artist revisited her fallout with Cudi during an appearance on the New York Times' "Popcast," claiming the two still haven't spoken about her removal from the tour. M.I.A. says she never received a call from Cudi or his team and even tried to speak with him after the controversy erupted, but says he wouldn't meet with her.

According to M.I.A., she was in another state when her son called and casually broke the news ... saying, "My son called me from school. He's like, 'Oh, I guess you're coming home.'"

Madonna didn't wait for a sold-out arena to launch her new era ... she took over Times Square instead -- delivering a surprise performance that stopped tourists and commuters in their tracks!

The Queen of Pop turned NYC into her own giant dancefloor Thursday, teaming up with Grindr for a special Pride Month concert celebrating the upcoming release of her album, Confessions II.

When showtime arrived, Times Square was awash in Madonna and Grindr's branding as the pop icon emerged on a raised stage draped in a sheer pink-and-purple veil, mirroring the look from her upcoming album's artwork.

Latto says her new song is about Cardi B calling her a "p***y ass" ... but she says her response isn't exactly a diss ... and it sounds like she might be down to mend fences.

Big Mama went on "The Breakfast Club" Thursday and addressed the drama head-on, telling the show's hosts those lyrics in her new song "Gimme Dat" are, in fact, about Cardi.

The rapper says she was caught off-guard when she caught a stray during Cardi's leaked rant about Ice Spice ... because she had just rushed out her verse for the "ErrTime" remix so it would count toward Cardi's first-week album sales.

Latto recalled how a couple days after she tried to help out Cardi, a peer she thought was a friend was all over the internet calling her a "p****."

She was pregnant at the time, and Latto says she put her feelings on wax while her hormones were raging.

As we reported ... on "Gimme Dat," Latto raps ... "Bitch said what? Let’s clock it / Really got a Hermes store in my closet / Talkin’ ‘bout buyin’ big mama a bag like my n**** ain’t already bought it."

Cardi apologized online ... but Latto says they have each other's numbers and have texted before, so she wasn't feeling the way Cardi handled things.

While Latto says she hasn't spoken to Cardi since the “ErrTime” remix was released in September, she says she's open to hashing things out.

Latto says folks think it's a diss because they're just hearing the song now ... but she says she was just rapping about what was going on in her life at the time ... and while it's not a textbook diss track, Cardi still left a bad taste in her mouth.

Legendary bassist John B. Williams -- best known for playing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" -- is on hospice being cared for by 'round-the-clock nurses, TMZ has learned.

His wife, Jessica Williams, tells TMZ ... he recently suffered a fall and subsequently underwent brain surgery as a result of his injuries. Jessica, an accomplished musican herself, says John had dementia prior to the fall, but the fall greatly accelerated its progression.

At this point, John is unable to walk and can't talk, and his health is on the decline. We're told one if his last conversations was with his daughter.