♪ tonight, the stars bringing the fireworks onstage. >> it's an explosion. sbl it's "e.t.'s" independence day special with behind the scenes details on summer's biggest music shows. only we're with britney, talking her return to touring, her workouts, and her surprising diet plan to get in shape. >> you're kidding me. >> then -- ♪ new surprises from beyonce and jay-z as their tour hits the u.s. and gwen stefani shows off with a career first. >> you know it's going to work out. it has to. >> plus the real reason elton john is ready to say good-bye to the stage for good. >> this is the last hurrah. >> and backstage with tim mcgraw and faith hill. >> let me out!

>> this is "entertainment tonight." >> we hope that you are having a fantastic fourth of july. we have tonight your favorite music artist who's are setting off their own brand of fireworks onstage this summer. >> let's get started with britney spears. she has ruled the las vegas strip for the last five years. she looked amazing doing it. now she is hitting the road and only talking to us about it. ♪ your piece of me show is going on tour this summer. how do you keep in shape on tour? >> this round of shows we're doing for the tour, they're back-to-back. so each show is like i don't have any time apart besides flying. my show is a workout in itself, so it kind of keeps you really strong. ♪ >> britney's been doing serious gym time to prep for her u.s. and european tour. she's practicing new dance routines in her itty-bitty short shorts and squeezing in some fun time with the guy she calls my

other half, sam asghari, who is a pretty darn good workout partner as well. >> are you really careful about what you eat? >> sometimes i just want a hamburger, but when i'm in real work mode, i want very clean, clean chicken and veggies. my stomach is so sensitive. if i have a steak i'll be sick for three days. >> what about a burger? >> a burger is fine. i have the small burgers from mcdonald's. >> those are good. >> the happy meal. >> we're just so happy that you like mcdonald's and you can look like this. this is fabulous thing. ♪ i love rock and roll >> the 36-year-old will do 30 shows in 51 days. many concerts are already sold out. ♪ >> do your kids get to go on the tour with you? >> yes, they'll come with me. they enjoy it. the other day my kids -- i'm putting new remixes into my show, and my mom, said, that's

so cool. i'm putting all these new songs in my show. they're coming along. ♪ piece of me >> kids and the fans, that's's good combo. beyonce and jay-z have made their three children a larger than life presence in their show. it's just one of the ways they're on the run 2 tour this summer is their most personal ever. the carters' relationship, the good and the bad, play out in their show. they descend hand in hand on an elevator platform, no doubt a reference to the tmz posted 2014 met gala fight involving beyonce's sister, solange. ♪ a source exclusively tells "e.t." beyonce and jay-z want to let fants into their lives on their own terms. they start the show as a united front, symbolic of the couple working through their previous issues. closing out the show is this intimate moment projected onto a screen. it appears to show beyonce and

jay-z renewing their vows. all in white, surrounded by daughter blue ivy and the twins, rumi in a flower crown and her brother, sir, this ceremony may have coincided with the couple's tenth wedding anniversary, which was april 4th. ♪ beyonce's bringing a bunch of hot fashion on the road too. how about the three ls, latex, lame, and leopard. all custom from the house of givenchy. ♪ more tour deets by the numbers. 36 shows run through october featuring a ginormous floating platform and two cat wauks that jut into the audience. there's 17 dancers and a 26-person orchestra arranged vertically onstage. ♪ no doubt the couple will also be performing songs from the surprise album they dropped, everything is love. ♪ >> mm. >> can't wait. another concert that everyone is talking about, taylor swift. you, nischelle, were raving

about it. >> say what you want about taylor. she puts on a very good show. another thing i love about her, because she brings her friends onstage. we all love the community. on this tour, she's keeping that reputation intact. ♪ can't keep my hands to myself ♪ >> taylor showed selena a lot of love at the rose bowl. her response to this lyric was, i mean i could, but why would i want to, selena gomez. then from selena, not our tradition, and i love you. just the night before, it was shawn mendes basking in t-swift affection. >> make some noise for shawn mendes. >> and taylor's been getting love from the fans on her reputation stadium tour, taking

on the day the tour started, taylor posted this. >> i just got to my dressing room, and there's an actual olive branch. >> it was a peace offering from katy perry. that feud was finally over. >> i'm ready to let it go. >> this means so much to me. >> look, ladies, i just want y'all to work it out, all right? fans are still waiting for taylor's good friend ed sheeran to join her on tour. ed is featured on taylor's track, end game. ed is kind of busy too as he gears up to do something he's never done before. ♪ >> sing out. >> yep, ed's getting ready to headline his first ever stadium tour, performing hits of his album divide. >> the staging and what's behind me, i put a lot of time and effort into. it's going to look impressive. ♪ darling you look perfect >> the midsummer tour across north america kicks off in august. while he's excited about it, the singer, who is engaged to his long time love cherry seaborn

admits hitting the road isn't always easy. >> it's not the most stable place for a relationship or a life. you know, it's just you kind of live in a bubble that you create. it's a very weird reality because it's not actually real. you know, you're like, oh, i'm hungry, can i have some food? then it comes. you don't go out and get the food. it's like weird. ♪ i'm in love with the shape of you ♪ >> i could just listen to him croon all day, right? >> it's like a perfect voice. >> a perfect melody. speaking of ed, remember that he served as an adviser to christina aguilera's team on season 5 of the voice. >> more women of the voice are hitting the stage. if you're gwen stefani, you're hitting the stage and making a sweet escape to las vegas. >> first of all, a giant congratulations. >> thank you so much. i'm still like -- >> during her res dency at planet hollywood, she sings live for nearly two hours. and the fashionista has no fewer than five costume changes. >> do you have a favorite

costume? you came down those stairs stomping in those thigh high glitter boots. >> those budget restrictions where i want more diamonds and you're like it's pay to play. let's go. ♪ >> kelly clarkson is another big voice hitting the road. ♪ in august, she'll preach the meaning of life in america's heartland with festival stops in iowa, montana, and nebraska. >> shakira, shakira. >> and the hip shaking shakira is in the midst of her first world tour in seven years. it's support of her latest album, el dorado. the 41-year-old took time off to raise her now 5 and 3-year-old sons with soccer star gerard pique. shakira's u.s. leg started august 3 in chicago. as for the men, well, blake shelton is playing a handful of country music festivals this summer including milwaukee's summer fest on friday, and adam levine's band, maroon 5, is currently on their tour through

october. adam told me the secret to their touring success. >> every time we go on tour, you know, we have this luxury of having become more successful over time. so it's really rare to keep it to a minimum, keep just the band onstage and just kick as much ass as we can. coming up, we're with the stars taking over sin city, bruno, celine, the backstreet boys. >> me and katy may have something in the works. >> why former idol judge steven tyler is going country crazy. ♪ as he relives the good old days with "e.t." >> it feels like it was yesterday. i don't have a sense of time really.

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♪ i'm not going to say that i'm jermaine's favorite, but i should be his favorite. >> mariah carey helps induct her long time friend and collaborator, producer jermaine dupree into the song writers hall of fame last month. everybody was talking about how good mariah looked. she looked incredible. >> she's on fire. it's like, honey, 1990s mariah again. >> the whole butterfly.

i'm feeling her again. >> speaking of butterfly, tomorrow night the butterfly returns. that of course is the name of her new vegas residency and that kicks off at the coliseum at caesar's palace. earlier we talked about gwen stefani's sin city residency. here's a look at the other stars joining them on the strip. >> what is the song that everyone loses their mind every night? >> you know, obviously when we do everybody back street's back. it's one the biggest song because it's the last song in the show. ♪ >> quit playing games. ♪ quit playing games with my heart ♪ >> no games here. back street is back july 25th at planet hollywood, the same theater as lionel richie, who resumes his residency in mid-august. >> every deejay wants to be here. every singer wants to be here. it's the hang place. >> oh, yes, you can hang vegas

style and get the 24 karat treatment as bruno mars continues his residency. that's before he kicks off the final leg of his "24k magic" tour with special guest cardi b. ♪ we love us some cardi b, but when it comes to vegas, all hail the queen. ♪ my heart will go on >> celine is coming back to the trip. right now she's touring in asia. >> i had a little issue. >> that was celine in may returning to the vegas stage after undergoing ear surgery. celine returns in october and listen to this. since 2003, she's performed more than 1,000 shows at caesar's palace. ♪ >> i just saw her. it was so good. who do you want to see go to vegas next? >> two people. jay cole and a whole multimedia experience, and then stevie wonder, come on. >> oh, good one! okay. >> still ahead.

>> elton john's farewell tour. how he plans to make it a family affair. >> i love my boys. as long as i'm with them, i'm happy. >> then steven tyler's big career change at age 70. >> and i'm exclusively behind the scenes with tim and faith. the country couple's secret to keeping their romance red hot while on the road. >> it's your hot wife, tim. >> my hot wife. closed captioning provided by --

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you may have something in the works one day. it would be fun. me and lionel. >> is it going to come out? >> i doubt it. >> why? >> i don't know. lionel ran out of money. >> luke bryant in a possible collaboration with one or perhaps both of his fellow american idol judges. however, here's what we know for sure. he is in the middle of his own what makes you country tour and his next stop, fenway park on friday. how fun is that? >> underneath the stars at the stadium. that same night, another super couple, tim mcgraw and faith hill will be playing for their fans in wisconsin. their bond stronger than ever after two decades together. it's clear they still only have eyes for each other. i'm exclusively behind the scenes with tim and faith. >> you don't want to know what happens back here. >> let me out!

♪ >> making sweet music together throughout the course of their nearly 22-year marriage, tim and faith are now in the midst of their summer leg of their tour. in the fall they invited me backstage to see what life on the road is like. >> dolly parten told me that the secret to her long marriage was not spending too much time together. but you guys are the exact opposite. >> i'm going to go on a man vacation after this is over. >> okay. okay. >> i need a girl vacation although i'm surrounded by girls. we have a great time in my dressing room. ♪ >> you kind of fall in love over and over again every time. but the woman onstage is your wife. hey, it's your hot wife, tim. >> my hot wife, man. that's my wife. i don't know how either, but i'm hanging on as hard as i can. >> another country artist on the road, the incomparable shania twain. on tour, she's performing her new songs and classic hits and expect a fashion show as well. >> now, the costumes are very

exciting for me. what are we planning? >> i've gone in more of a direction that no one has seen of me yet. a little bit more glamorous, like a ball gown. very sexy. >> ooh! >> i'm having fun with it. ♪ feel like a woman >> now, i know so many people were worried but i'm happy to report one of her looks does include her signature leopard, head to toe, even the gloves. >> wrapping up some canadian dates, and she heads to boston on july 11th. >> country music is also at the heart of stephen tie alreaven t gig. talking to brooke anderson. >> i took a risk and came down to nashville, bought a house, and i wrote with a bunch of people i've never met before, and it worked. >> the ultimate risk to pursue a solo country career has certainly paid off.

♪ the documentary, steven tyler, out an a limb, follows that journey and his life on the road with the loving mary band. ♪ where did this hunger for country music come from? >> well, if you listen to the song cryin', ♪ there was a time when i was so bre brokenhearted ♪ that's really country. they didn't know that this guy existed. over here looks so bad now. >> age hasn't slowed him down one bit. steven celebrated his 70th birthday back in march, and even he finds that hard to believe. >> 70. how does it feel? >> i get to do what i love. i get to sing dream on, walk this way, and when i sing that, i'm back to then literally. i may have my eyes closed and doing this, but in my head i'm

there. ♪ walk this way it feels like it was yesterday. i don't have a sense of time really. >> he has had so many classics, but steven's greatest production, his four kids. he recently posted this shot with the caption "the greatest songs i ever wrote." and it seems sir elton john knows something about that. the rocket man announced that his farewell yellow brick road tour which kicks off in september will be his very last. and it's because his kids come from. ♪ all i ever needed >> it is all about them now. i love my boys. i hate being away from them. and i've had so many wonderful memories from touring. i love performing. but i love my sons more. >> while elton said his sons with husband david furnish have changed the entire orbit, don't expect the 71-year-old to go out

quietly. >> this is the last hurrah. to do that, you've got to go around and say to all the continents and say, this is it. good-bye. thank you very much. i want you to see the best show i've ever done. >> his farewell yellow brick road tour will kick off in september and stretch over three years. elton's family will join him as much as possible. how adaptable are they to life on the road? >> as long as they're with us, they're happy. as long as i'm with them, i'm happy. you know, they travel with us a lot, and they've been to a lot of countries. as soon as i get offstage, they go back and play with their lego. they're still little boys and not obsessed with what i do, thank god. >> elton was not missing a beat performing some of his iconic hits prior to the announcement. ♪ as "e.t." has seen over the years, elton has a history of teasing an end of life on the road. ♪ don't go breaking my heart

>> i said in 1977, i think, i was going to retire. of course i didn't. >> elton is adamant, this time he means it. >> this is a different part of my life. i've had this fantastic life. my boys are far more exciting to me than going out abroad and playing a show. >> got his priorities straight. >> yes, he does. by the way, coming up, why justin timberlake and pink are completely in sync on the road. >> ha ha ha.

travel considerations provided by -- thank you so much for making us a part of your fourth of july celebration. and we're going to say bye bye bye with two more music superstars, justin timberlake and pink. >> they're both out on tour this summer. did you know, nancy, that these two, j.t. and pink, will forever be connected? >> bye, bye, bye. ♪ >> my first was opening for in sync. then in 2004 i was opening for justin. and the first day i saw him, i was like, i've come far. >> that's a concert, though. you and justin? >> it was fun. >> that's a concert.

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