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Tim McGraw ‘Standing Room Only Tour’: Where to get last-minute tickets to this weekend’s concert

• Updated: May. 09, 2024, 9:30 a.m. |
• Published: May. 09, 2024, 9:29 a.m.

Tim McGraw will perform on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and on Thursday, June 20, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Here, he performs at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, on May 27, 2022. Al Mannarino | For NJ Advance Me

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Country music superstar Tim McGraw will bring his “Standing Room Only Tour” to Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.

The “Live Like You Were Dying” and “I Like It, I Love It” singer will get support from CMA award, ACM award, CMT award and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Carly Pearce.

The concert is on Saturday, May 11, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre - that’s only about a two-hour drive.

McGraw has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association awards, 10 American Music Awards and three People’s Choice Awards so there is little doubt it will be a great show.

Fans will have one more chance to catch him in Pa. when he performs on June 20 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Here is where to get tickets (prices are as of the time of this post):

Saturday, May 11, Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre

• SeatGeek, prices start at $55
• Stubhub, prices start at $55
• Vivid Seats, prices start at $58

Thursday, June 20, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

• SeatGeek, prices start at $34
• Stubhub, prices start at $40
• Vivid Seats, prices start at $38

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• 72 Gut Reactions to Taylor Swift’s New Eras Tour Set List

On May 9 at 3:02 p.m., news reached Vulture (Slack) headquarters that Taylor Swift had radically rearranged the Eras Tour set list. Chaos ensued. The first show in the European leg of her tour, held in Paris (of Midnights fame), featured new visuals, new outfits, and several revised eras, including the addition of her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department . When did she have time to do this, and why weren’t the Swifties notified in a series of overengineered puzzles? What follows is a transcript of innocent fans (Vulture writers and editors) processing the new set list raw in real time. The old Eras Tour can’t come to the phone.

➼ “‘Archer’ cut!!!”

➼ “Wait, what if she cuts ‘cardigan’?”

➼ “This could be a bloodbath.”

➼ “I wonder if the Eras Tour movie was also an experiment to see how the show would be.”

➼ “I think everything not in the movie will be cut.”

➼ “WHAT IS HAPPENING.”

➼ “My jaw is on the ground.”

➼ “‘This is not Taylor’s version!!’”

➼ “The way I am inconsolable and crying watching this stream.”

➼ “I have the old set list memorized. It’s like relearning the English language.”

➼ “‘You are so present right now’ as I watch three people livestream it on their phones.”

➼ “If she cut evermore entirely, I would die of laughter.”

➼ “If she cut ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version),’  I would self-immolate.”

➼ “We cannot let this overwritten monstrosity overwrite the legacy of a perfect song.”

➼ “I’m so excited for new outfits and then TikToks of people re-creating them.”

➼ “This song should be 20 minutes, actually.”

➼ “These are new visuals?!”

➼ “She should make a dancer do the Post Malone face tattoos for ‘Look What You Made Me Do.’”

➼ “WHERE IS EVERMORE. ”

➼ “New flower!!!!”

➼ “It’s crazy that ‘Castles Crumbling’ is getting the same treatment as ‘Nothing New.’”

➼ “I bet she’s merging folklore and evermore into one era.”

➼ “She’s gonna cut her ‘betty’ speech down to just ‘no homo.’”

folklore/evermore

➼ “Let’s pray she cuts the damn christmas trees.”

➼ “‘cardigan’ lives to see another day!?!?!”

➼ “Sorry to ‘the 1.’”

➼ “This supports the idea that ‘the 1’ was about Matty.”

➼ “I hate everything about Matty because it ruins all my Karlie Kloss theories.”

➼ “I canceled my barre class. This is too important.”

➼ “To me, ‘champagne problems’ is about the movie The Family Stone .”

➼ “ TTPD is so evermore -ish that this makes sense tbh.”

➼ “Vulture investigates: Was Marjorie a good singer?”

➼ “Does she close the era on ‘willow’ now???”

➼ “WE WON.”

➼ “I have watched the concert on Disney+ like five times, in theaters twice, and then in person at Met Life once. In terms of watching clips, like hundreds of times.”

➼ “Omfg the outfit is two colors!!!”

➼ “I am howling.”

➼ “This is fucking up my day.”

➼ “I can’t begin to fathom what the surprise songs will be.”

➼ “I think the surprise song will be something TTPD .”

➼ “I think she will for sure end on ‘I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.’”

The Tortured Poets Department

➼ “THESE VISUALS.”

➼ “She read the traffic-violation list .”

➼ “SHE’S OPENING WITH ‘BUT DADDY, I LOVE HIM.’”

➼ “I wanna cry, but there’s no tears left.”

➼ “FUCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH.”

➼ “I NEED TO GET TICKETS.”

➼ “‘But Daddy I Love Him’ and ‘So High School’ are literally my top two. I play them in this order every day.”

➼ “She needs to release this remix of ‘Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?’”

➼ “The clear, close-up clips of her singing these lyrics are gonna go so hard.”

➼ “Taylor, please do the rock album.”

➼ “ TTPD is alien.”

➼ “She looks like SpongeBob at the Super Bowl .”

➼ “I am willing to say this jacket is the ugliest thing Taylor has ever worn ever.”

➼ “This woman loves FILM!”

➼ “How do you sit through Midnights after that?”

Surprise Songs — “Paris” and “loml”

➼ “It’s crazy how poor Midnights has aged.”

➼ “So Obamacore.”

➼ “‘Parees!’”

➼ “Her love of geography really lends itself to the surprise-song concept.”

➼ “I think every other surprise song is gonna be TTPD .”

➼ “It’s so weird to end on Midnights after doing one of the greatest things I have ever seen.”

➼ “Oh, I love this song. Sorry for my Taylor slander.”

➼ “I’m a Midnights apologist.”

➼ “It’s just weird because these songs are now 18 months old, and outside “Antihero” and sorta “Karma,” most of them didn’t really have a cultural impact.”

➼ “I do like how it’s fully a Joe Alwyn breakup album and she just lied.”

➼ “The only reason ‘Vigilante Shit’ made the cut was because of the choreo.”

➼ “Did the songs she cut have boring choreography?” “Yeah, kind of, except ‘tolerate it.’ Can you please explain how you’ve avoided all this for a year? In a way, I am jealous you’re experiencing all this for the first time.” “It feels like watching the final-season premiere of a show that’s been on for years.”

➼ “I can’t believe no cuts to Midnights . I bet we’ll see a few more cuts as the tour goes on.”

➼ “She made Travis Kelce join that Ryan Murphy show so she can keep singing, ‘Karma is that guy on the screen.’”

➼ “This has been fun. I need to do my real job now.”

➼ “I’m gonna go touch grass.”

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Thirteen-time LPGA Tour winner Nelly Korda attended the Met Gala on Monday evening. Korda was a guest of Casey Wasserman at the annual fashion event and was dressed by Oscar de la Renta.

This year’s Met Gala theme was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” and Korda stepped out in a stunning ankle-length dress with red and green floral embellishments, complimented with elegant silver jewelry and a simple nude heel. It was the 25-year-old’s first time attending the Met Gala.

Korda will be working to collect her sixth straight LPGA Tour victory this week at the Cognizant Founders Cup in Clifton, N.J. She most recently won The Chevron Championship, earning her fifth consecutive win of the 2024 season and second major title in The Woodlands, Texas. The Bradenton, Fla. native is currently No. 1 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings and will be looking to win a second gold medal later this year at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Go Inside Airbnb’s ‘X-Men ’97’ Mansion: Wolverine’s Bedroom, Beast’s Lab, Danger Room Training and More

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The X-perience of a lifetime is here.

Airbnb has redesigned a private mansion in Westchester, N. Y. — the home of the X-Men in Marvel comics — into a replica of the mutant manor from “X-Men ’97.”

The mansion, decorated in the 2-D animation style of the Disney+ series, is complete with replicas of Wolverine’s and Jubilee’s bedrooms, Beast’s science lab, the telepathic Cerebro device, the Danger Room and other features. There’s even the severed head of an evil, robotic Sentinel laying in the front yard to greet you as you arrive.

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Variety toured the “X-Men ’97” mansion ahead of the announcement and got the full superhero experience. The mutant home is tucked away in scenic Westchester, surrounded by woods and a sparkling lake that makes it feel like a real Marvel getaway. Upon arriving, the iconic “X-Men ’97” theme song blasts from the mansion as you walk up. The life-sized Sentinel head sits on a pile of rubble, a leftover that hasn’t been cleaned up after a previous X-Men battle.

Every nook and cranny of the mansion is vibrantly colored, with bold comic book sketch lines applied to surfaces to make it feel like you’re actually in an episode of “X-Men ’97.” Portraits of Charles Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Gambit, Bishop, Beast and more adorn the entryway. As you go inside, you’re greeted by three X-Men “trainees” who guide you through the experience.

The bright, purple colors of Jubilee’s bedroom stand out against Wolverine’s rustic room. Music posters, star decals and a working TV with a VHS player decorate the young mutant’s quarters. There’s even an arcade machine with the classic “X-Men” game in the corner you can play. Jubilee’s yellow jacket, pink shirt and gloves hang in the closet. Next door, two guests can sleep in twin beds covered with blue X-Men bedspread.

After the room tour, Jubilee has a special welcome message for the visitors in a gadget room downstairs, filled with the rest of the X-Men’s costumes and weapons. You can get up close to Wolverine’s yellow spandex and mask, try on Cyclops’ visor and check out the “X-Men ’97” outfits for Gambit, Storm, Rogue and Sunspot.

Beast’s bedroom doubles as his science lab, and visitors are taught by an instructor how to make two fruity drinks. Beakers of juice, simple syrup and crushed ice await you for a quick refresher. After that, it’s trivia time in the Cerebro room. You can test your X-Men trivia and take a personality quiz to determine your mutant power — plus there’s a wearable Cerebro that’s perfect for a photo op.

The Danger Room is the final stop on the tour. A super-strong trainer will help you awaken your mutant abilities with some exercise warm-ups. You’ll play a few games in the huge training room, which has oversized dumbbells, laser cannons and whirring saws on the walls. After that, you’ll be led into Charles Xavier’s office and say goodbye to your guides as they’re whisked away to battle more Sentinels. Dinner (and breakfast the next morning) will be prepared for you; you’ll have the rest of the night to hang out in the mansion before your mutant vacation comes to an end.

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• Spend the night in the Ferrari Museum  – Immerse yourself in the world of racing with a stay at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy. You’ll sleep on a bed crafted from the same leather as Ferrari seats, take a lap with Scuderia Ferrari ambassador driver Marc Gené, and head to Emilia-Romagna’s premier race as a VIP. 
• Go VIP with Kevin Hart  – Kevin Hart is taking you inside his members-only Coramino Live Lounge for an A-list evening. You’ll join Kevin and his friends in this secret speakeasy, where they’ll treat you to a tequila tasting and live stand-up by the best comedians in the game.
• Wake up in the Musée d’Orsay   – Stay in the Paris art museum’s iconic clock room, which has been transformed into a luxurious bedroom by Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Paris 2024 Games torch and cauldron. From the terrace, you’ll witness the historic Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games along the River Seine.
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Remarks by Vice President Harris During the Nationwide Economic Opportunity   Tour

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     THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Good afternoon, Detroit.  Good afternoon.  (Applause.)  It’s good to be back.  Good afternoon.  Please have a seat.  Please have a seat.      I want to thank Ron Busby.  We have — many of us have worked with him over the years and know: As president of the U.S. Black Chambers, he has been an extraordinary leader to an essential organization in our fight for economic empowerment.  Can we please hear it for Ron Busby and his courageous leadership?  (Applause.)      And I want to thank all of the extraordinary leaders who are here today.  Secretary of Energy and the former governor of this state, Jennifer Granholm — (applause) — who traveled with me today on Air Force Two from Washington, D.C.  She said, “I have got to be in Michigan.”  (Laughter.)      I want to thank Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for all you do to fight for the working people of America.  (Applause.)       Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves, thank you for your extraordinary leadership.  (Applause.)      Representative Shri Thanedar, thank you for you and your being here.  And he is somewhere here.  Thank you.  (Applause.)      And I want to thank also Representative Steven Horsford, who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.  (Applause.)      And Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Garlin Gilchrist.  Thank you.  (Applause.)      So, Michigan, you know, I believe that America’s economy is powered by the ambition and the aspiration of her people — the ambition and aspiration to innovate, to create, and to prosper.       Therefore, to grow our economy, we must invest in that ambition and those aspirations.  I believe every person in our country, then, must have access to the opportunity to compete, to succeed, and to thrive; the ability to achieve what I call financial freedom, which means having enough not just to get by but to get ahead — (applause) — to be able to build a business, to own a home, to start a family, and to create intergenerational wealth.       Which is why, over the past three years, the President and I have invested now trillions of dollars in America’s infrastructure, in clean energy and a clean energy economy, in manufacturing, and in supply chains.       Our work is also guided by the understanding that there are certain communities that have faced, historically and currently, profound obstacles to acquire that opportunity.       And I’ll tell you over the last three years, both in the White House and at the Vice President’s Residence, where I live — (laughter) — I have convened Black entrepreneurs from around the country to solicit their advice and leverage their expertise as to how we can have the greatest impact with the billions of dollars that we are investing and to identify the challenges they face in building financial security and wealth, including disparities in access to capital and lending, disparities in homeownership and access to government contracts, to obstacles like student loan debt and medical debt.       President Biden and I have invested hundreds of billions of dollars to address these disparities.  And I launched, then, this national tour, the Economic Opportunity Tour, to bring together entrepreneurs, businessowners, and community leaders together with representatives from the United States Departments of Commerce and Energy and Housing and Labor and Treasury and the Small Business Administration — and the Undersecretary the SBA is with us as well — to make sure founders and families have the information and assistance to access the resources they need.       For example, on the subject of access to capital.  We all know Black entrepreneurs do not lack for ideas or ambition but often lack the capital that is necessary to turn an idea into a thriving business, to invest in inventory, hire employees, to scale up.       In fact, Black entrepreneurs are three times as likely to not apply for a loan, for fear they’re going to be turned away from a bank.       So, two years ago, I founded the Economic Opportunity Coalition — a group of 31 companies and nonprofits — including, for example, the Bank of America, MasterCard, and the Ford Foundation — that are working currently to invest $3 billion in community banks — banks which we know are uniquely designed to serve minority and women entrepreneurs.       And this builds on the work that I did when I was a United States senator in 2020 to invest $12 billion more in our community banks.  (Applause.)  Thank you.      And understand: This work is helping Black businesses receive loans not only for thousands of dollars, but for millions of dollars.       For example, I’m proud to announce we are investing $100 million in small- and medium-sized auto supply companies, many of which — (applause) — many of which are Black-owned and based right here in Michigan.  These grants will allow businesses to upgrade production and production lines to produce parts for electric vehicles.       I’m also pleased to announce the launch of a new program that will match government-backed loans with private equity capital to help small- and mid-size auto suppliers access loans from a quarter million dollars to 10 million dollars.  (Applause.)      The strength of America’s economy is also based on the strength of America’s supply chains.  We all learned that in the pandemic, if we weren’t clear before.       This investment will help to keep our auto supply chains here in America, which strengthens America’s economy overall, and keep those jobs here in Detroit.  (Applause.)      We are also axpending [sic] — expanding, excuse me, access to government contracts — government contracts.  At the beginning of our administration, President Joe Biden and I pledged to increase federal contracts for minority-owned small businesses by 50 percent, knowing that, traditionally and historically, folks didn’t necessarily have access to the relationships to get those contracts.       And we are on track to meet our goal by the end of next year, which means — (applause) — which means thousands more minority entrepreneurs with contracts worth hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars — contracts which can last up to five years with the option to renew for 10, 20, and 30 years.  Think about what that means in terms of a sustained investment and all of the folks that, over a period of time, will benefit.       Now, I also want to point out — because there is a contrast here between us and the last administration.  The last administration invested access to tax cuts for billionaires.  We are investing in access to capital for entrepreneurs.  (Applause.)      And this work and our overall perspective is that we must understand that if we want a great return on investment, we must understand the natural resources that are available and then see that and invest in those resources.       To strengthen America’s economy, we are also helping more people buy a home.  Homeownership is one of the most powerful engines of intergenerational wealth.  It builds equity, which can help pay for a child’s college education or provide equity that then can be used as startup capital to start a business.      But as a result of lasting legacies of structural inequities — such as segregation, redlining, and so-called urban renewal — today, Black Americans are 40 percent less likely to own a home.  And homeown- — this is a sad fact — and homeownership rates for Black men have been falling for three decades straight.  We’ve got to do something about that.       So, to help address these disparities in our budget, President Biden and I outlined a blueprint to provide folks who are first in their family to buy a home with $25,000 toward a down payment — (applause); to give families up to $400 a month to help with a mortgage; and to build 2 million units of affordable housing to lower costs for homebuyers and renters.  (Applause.)      We are also calling out and addressing the issue of racial bias in home appraisals.  (Applause.)  We all know the stories.  We’ve heard the stories.  The stories like of a Black family that gets a home appraisal and the valuation is much lower than they know what their home is worth.  So, they get a new appraisal, only this time they replace their photographs with photos of a family friend who is white, and they ask that family to bring in the appraiser.  And the new appraisal is much higher.  We’ve heard those stories.       Today, I’m proud to report that we have made it now easier for more homeowners to appeal home appraisals.  And we have reached a commitment that all licensed home appraisers be required to complete racial bias training.  (Applause.)      And, by the way, one of the people who is not present with us today that I want to thank is former Secretary of HUD Marcia Fudge — (applause) — all that she did to make sure this would happen.       So, the bottom line is that every family, I believe — every family, whatever their background, their race, their geographic location — has a right to the full and fair value of their home.       In addition to increasing opportunity, we have also focused on removing obstacles.  One big obstacle to wealth-building is debt.  While an issue for many people, Black Americans are twice as likely to have medical debt and more likely to struggle to repay student loan debt.       For anyone carrying debt, we know it is much more difficult, then, to save for a house, to grow a small business, to build intergenerational wealth.  And it just plain makes people feel like they can never get ahead.       So, President Biden and I have made debt forgiveness a central pillar of our economic agenda.  And we have already forgiven about $500 million of medical debt for hundreds of thousands of Americans across the nation.  (Applause.)      And in Wayne County, Michigan, we will forgive an additional $700 million of medical debt for as many as 300,000 people.  (Applause.)      And there’s more.  We are also implementing a rule — and this is critically important — we are also implementing a rule that medical debt cannot be used in calculating your credit score — (applause) — which means medical debt cannot be the reason someone is denied a car loan, a home loan, or a small-business loan.  (Applause.)      On the issue of student loan debt, we have also forgiven nearly $160 billion — billion — for more than four and a half million people.       On average, more than $30,000 per person and $70,000 for our public servants, like nurses, firefighters, and teachers — and God knows we don’t pay them enough as it is, so it’s only right.       And please, to everyone here, all the leaders, help us get the word out on the student loan debt issue.  Your student loan debt can be forgiven, even if you didn’t graduate.  Please help us get the word out because it’s only logical.  Think about it.  How many people have to drop out because they can’t afford tuition?  (Applause.)  They don’t graduate, and they still have the debt.       So, Detroit, I’ll end with this.  All of our work — whether it be debt forgiveness, affordable housing, government contracts, or access to capital — it is all guided by a fundamental principle.  President Biden and I believe in you.  We believe in the people of our country.       And so, we believe that it is a great return on the investment to invest in the people of America and to invest, as we have discussed today, in your business, in your financial security, and your wealth.       And this approach is working.  Since taking office, we have seen record Black small-business growth and we have created more than two and a half million new jobs for Black workers.  And since 2019, Black wealth is up 60 percent.       So, President Biden and I are clear.  These are not only our accomplishments, they are yours.  It is the result of your drive, your creativity, and your power.       And so, I’ll end with this, Detroit.  Together, let us continue to invest in the ambition and aspirations of our people — of the American people.  Together, let us continue to help folks create wealth and achieve financial freedom.  And together, let us continue to build a nation where every person has the opportunity to compete, prosper, and thrive.       Thank you, all.  God bless you.  And God bless the United States of America.  Thank you.  (Applause.) END                                 2:41 P.M. EDT

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