The daily gossip: The Jonas Brothers canceled their tour due to 'a deep rift within the band,' and more

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. The Jonas Brothers canceled their tour due to a "deep rift within the band"

If you're one of the dozens of people who have been breathlessly anticipating the Jonas Brothers' upcoming tour, we have some bad news for you: The squeaky-clean band has canceled all 19 scheduled shows just two days before the tour was scheduled to begin. "There is a deep rift within the band," explained spokesman Jesse Derris in an interview with People. "There was a big disagreement over their music direction." Guess we won't be getting that Jonas Brothers death metal album we've all been dreaming about... [People]

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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.

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