Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: John Medeski's Mad Skillet, Pale Waves/Miya Folick, Travis Scott, Lauryn Hill, The Apartments, Monty Python's Eric Idle, and more tour news. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The tour surrounds Travis' own 'Astroworld' festival in Houston, and support comes from Virgil Abloh, Sheck Wes, Trippie Redd, and Gunna, varying by date. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — "The "Wish You Were Here Tour" commences in November. more info

New York Times — “Queen” and “Astroworld” are the products of two rappers who are preoccupied with the album format, but aren’t especially well-suited to it. more info

Chorus.fm — Travis Scott still has the number one album in the country: Travis Scott’s Astroworld notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 205,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 16 (down 62 percent), a... more info

New York Times — “Astroworld” holds atop the Billboard 200, fending off “Queen” in its debut week. Ms. Minaj complained that industry maneuvering cost her the top spot. more info

The Daily Mail — Nicki Minaj was seated in front of Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner for Monday's MTV Video Music Awards in LA, according to a photo of the seat chart. But according to TMZ , that did not sit well with Scott. more info

TMZ — Travis Scott and the VMAs are taking musical chairs to a whole new level. Travis is on the move after originally being seated behind Nicki Minaj ... a decision that raised eyebrows in the wake of Nicki going nuclear over Travis beating her out for…... more info

TMZ — Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott will have a direct shot at Nicki Minaj during the VMAs ... this after Nicki blasted them for cheating her out of the top spot on the Billboard chart. The seating chart for Monday night's VMAs… more info

E! Online — Nicki Minaj is not pleased with the promotion of her latest album, Queen. On Sunday, Billboard reported that Travis Scott's album, Astroworld, held the top spot on the Billboard 200... more info