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Rapper/actor DMX will be remembered at an April 24 memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, his manager said today. DMX died on April 9 of a heart attack that followed a drug overdose. He lingered for more than a week in a vegetative state before finally passing. Details on how many people will be able to…

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards have decided against holding an indoors event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Instead, it will stage a series of outdoor performances in various NYC boroughs. The show will still be held on Aug. 30. The outdoors shows will take place in front of limited or no audiences. “In…

UPDATED at 1pm PT with more details from MTV, Barclays officials New York City, which was the initial global epicenter of COVID-19, will host the MTV Video Music Awards on August 30 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed the date and venue Monday during one of his regular briefings about the…

2ND UPDATE wth charges filed: UFC fighter Conor McGregor has been criminally charged in connection with Thursday’s brawl at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. McGregor, who attacked a van carrying rival fighters after a press conference at the arena ahead of Saturday’s UFC 223 card, was charged with felony criminal…

Barbra Streisand paused during her standing-room-only concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center tonight to shine a spotlight on an audience member seated near the stage: Hillary Clinton. According to a video tweeted by one nearby concertgoer (see below), Streisand gave a full-throated introduction to “our groundbreaking…