May 24 Weekend Notice To Readers

We return with a full complement of news and columns on Wednesday and updates to the website will be added at various times tomorrow (Tuesday, May 22).

By David Farrell

Please note the FYI team is taking a break this long weekend and returns with a full newsletter on Wednesday, May 23.

Tomorrow, we will add posts to the website, which will include an up-dated obituary for former entertainment lawyer Bernie Solomon who passed away late last week.

- Appreciatively and sincerely - David Farrell

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Ed Sheeran Recounts How He Convinced Justin Bieber to Collab on ‘I Don’t Care’ Onstage at Toronto's Rogers Centre

At the first of three shows at the stadium, the chart-topping hitmaker offered some insight into the pair’s 2019 track, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

Ed Sheeran gave some love to Justin Bieber at his first night at Toronto’s Rogers Centre last night (Aug. 20), shedding new light on their 2019 hit “I Don’t Care.”

Onstage at the Toronto stadium, Sheeran recounted Bieber’s lack of interest in the industry at the time, but the British star still asked Bieber to work together.

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Ed Sheeran Recounts How He Convinced Justin Bieber to Collab on ‘I Don’t Care’ Onstage at Toronto's Rogers Centre

At the first of three shows at the stadium, the chart-topping hitmaker offered some insight into the pair’s 2019 track, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

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At the first of three shows at the stadium, the chart-topping hitmaker offered some insight into the pair’s 2019 track, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

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