Gaga sets album release date

After scrapping the original release date for her new album because of the spreading coronavirus, Lady Gaga has announced that her sixth studio release will be out on May 29.

Gaga announced the news Wednesday. "Chromatica" was originally supposed to be released on April 10. The album includes collaborations with Ariana Grande, Elton John and Blackpink, and features the single "Stupid Love," which peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Several artists have postponed albums because of the coronavirus pandemic, including Luke Bryan, Dixie Chicks, Alanis Morissette, HAIM and Kehlani. Hundreds of live tours have also been canceled or postponed.

Gaga's last full-length studio album was 2016's "Joanne." In 2018 she released the soundtrack for "A Star Is Born," which won her four Grammy Awards as well as an Oscar for the hit song "Shallow."

— Associated Press

Copeland leads virtual benefit ballet

A ballerina in Australia floats across the dining room floor in a hijab. Another leaps in the air on a rooftop in the Philippines, while still another showcases her intricate footwork in her backyard in the United States.

Wearing tutus or tank tops, bowing to kitchen stoves or trees blowing in the wind, 32 dancers from 14 countries strapped on their toe shoes to perform a dance for a virtual audience to benefit the struggling dance community.

"It really felt like an opportunity to bring the dance world together and to really bring our forces together. And I felt like we could have more impact that way," said Misty Copeland, who is the first dancer featured in the video and who came up with the initiative with her former colleague, Joseph Phillips.

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