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Generally speaking, the announcement of Grammy-winning pop powerhouse Pink as the host of the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday was met with two immediate reactions: a) will she fly, and b), why he…
America’s 250 th anniversary this summer may be a bittersweet celebration, but Christina Aguilera, Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, the Roots, Jill Scott, Seal, State Property, Kathy Sledge, Inf…
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment has announced the full slate of programming for the 9th annual New York Music Month, the city’s official music festival, held …
In response to multiple complaints online from Harry Styles fans who paid for special “VIP” floor tickets on the first two nights of the singer’s “Together Together” tour, but foun…
Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw will be honoroed by the T.J. Martell Foundation, the music industry foundation that provides funds for cancer research, at its 51st annual New York…
Harry Styles launched his “Together Together” tour at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena on Saturday, launching into the set with “Are You Listening Yet.” He previewed the tour with a…
R&B-pop artist Dawn Richard, singer-songwriter Valerie June, Nigerian guitar innovator Mdou Moctar and electronic artist Porches will perform at the 2026 Libera Awards, the Foundation fo…
Pete Townshend — Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, solo artist and legendary main songwriter for the Who — has partnered with powerhouse publisher Primary Wave Music in a nine-figure deal tha…
Veteran singer-songwriter-actor Steve Earle and veteran actor-director Steve Buscemi are two people who would seem to have known each other for ages. Their work, whether it’s Earle’s vas…
Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency, which had been rescheduled for September, citing her previously reported health issues, while adding that she’s been “responding really…
Laurie Anderson, Angélique Kidjo, Mavis Staples, De La Soul, Spoon, Julieta Venegas, Black Country, New Road and Horsegirl are among the artists who will grace the stage of the 2026 season …
Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving founding member of the early 1960s-era girl group and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Ronettes, has died, according to a post on the group’s Facebook…
If there were ever truth in advertising, it can be found in the poster for Raye's sensory-overload "This Tour May Contain New Music": "This tour may also contain: dramatic endings, a brass s…
In the wake of the verdict against Live Nation Wednesday, in which a New York jury found that the company runs an unlawful monopoly in the concert industry, two questions have towered above …
New York's Bryant Park has announced the 2026 schedule for its summer Picnic Performances, presented by Bank of America " a free outdoor performing arts festival in the heart of Midtown. The…
Anne Hathaway has played many roles across her two-decade career, but pop star is a new one. As a singer, she's usually gravitated toward musical theatre " with an exception being her stella…
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and four colleagues are urging the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to use its authority under the Tunney A…
Spotify and the National Independent Venue Association have announced a year-long partnership intended to strengthen independent live music in the U.S. As the live-music business has exp…
United Talent Agency has signed "10-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, author, actor, world builder and HalloQUEEN" Janelle Monáe for global representation in all areas. …
Megan Thee Stallion is recovering after being rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after falling "very ill" while starring in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" on Broadway. She is expected to return …
Blackpink's Lisa has announced her first Las Vegas residency, "Viva La Lisa," coming to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for two weekends: Nov. 13 and 14 and Nov. 27 and 28. The announcement …
Melanie Martinez may be the most reluctant star ever to sell out two nights at Madison Square Garden. Even as she rose to stardom as a teenager on "The Voice" a dozen-plus years ago and plat…
Top communications firm Shore Fire Media has named Angela Barkan CEO as founder Marilyn Laverty moves to chairman of Shore Fire and senior advisor to parent company Dolphin. Laverty will foc…
The Live Nation ticketing employee who told a coworker that some of the company's customers were "so stupid" called his remarks "very immature and unacceptable" during testimony at the compa…
Radiohead are gearing up to play 20 shows per year on different continents in the coming years, guitarist Ed O'Brien told Rolling Stone in an interview published late Monday, with the group'…
Barely a week after the surprise settlement of the antitrust case leveled by the Department of Justice that threatened to separate Live Nation from its Ticketmaster division, Senator Amy Klo…
Legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins will embark upon what is being described as her farewell tour, "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes," on July 4, 2026. "Spanning iconic venues and cities across Nor…
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has for many years been a forceful advocate for a level playing field in the live-entertainment industry, whether leading the "Save Our Stages" bill that b…
Live Nation Entertainment has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in the antitrust case that had threatened to separate the company from its subsidiary Ticketmaster, acc…
Thursday's tenth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, featuring Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Hozier, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Mavis Staples, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more, raised over…
"Ever feel like you're losing touch with who you really are?," Lizzo said about halfway through her Sunday night set at the iconic Blue Note jazz club in New York's Greenwich Village. "I hav…
As expected, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its "Life Burns Faster" residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this year. The eight-show run will take place on October 1 and 3,…
For four decades, Jesse Malin was the music mayor of New York's East Village. Beginning in the early '80s with his teenaged hardcore band Heart Attack through his years with the rock band D-…
Country star Jelly Roll will officially become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and will be inducted by his friend, collaborator and Opry member Lainey Wilson on March 10. Also scheduled to pe…
The estate of legendary jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader John Coltrane will mark the 100th anniversary of the musician's birth with "Coltrane 100," a year-long global celebration in…
Veteran pop auteur Lykke Li has signed a new deal with Neon Gold Records via Futures Music Group and will release her sixth album " her first in four years " titled "The Afterparty" on May 8…
Three-time Grammy winner " and 2023 Variety Hitmakers honoree " Victoria Monét has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for touring representation in North America as well as all other ag…
Actor-singer Bijou Phillips has been hospitalized for a second kidney transplant and is urgently seeking a donor, a rep tells Variety. A previous transplant, in 2017, was unsuccessful; the r…
Multiple artists are seeking to leave the Wasserman Agency after details regarding founder-CEO Casey Wasserman's connection to late financier and convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein's …
Mary J. Blige, Paul Simon, Jon Batiste, Elvis Costello and Hozier are among the artists topping the bill of the Love Rocks NYC 10th anniversary concert, taking place Thursday, March 5 at its…
"Phantom Thread" director Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood have asked for a segment of music from the 2017 film to be removed from the controversial "Melania" documentary…
Bad Bunny promised "the world will dance" in his advertisement before the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, and his joyous, elaborate, unity-themed performance did not disappoint as he "…
CNN and Universal Music Group have announced that comedian-actor-musician Fred Armisen will host a new series that looks into Universal Music Group's vaults " the world's largest music archi…
14-time Grammy winner and multiple 2026 nominee Lady Gaga will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, the Recording Academy announced on Thursday. The artist is up for seven awards, t…
Harry Styles has announced dates for his hotly anticipated tour in support of his forthcoming fourth solo album with the intriguingly punctuated title of "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasiona…
Zayn did not come to Las Vegas to do the obvious. From the moment the singer took the stage, it was clear he wasn't catering to casual concertgoers looking to sing along with classic hits: t…
Sabrina Carpenter, who is up for six Grammy Awards, will perform at the show, which is taking place Sunday, Feb. 1 and broadcast live on CBS. Carpenter, who Variety's 2026 Hitmaker of the Ye…
Bad Bunny has released a video trailer for his forthcoming appearance at Super Bowl LX, and the message is so clear it's stated at the end: "The world" " all different ages, races and styles…
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a budget proposal that, among other things, funds both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at lev…
Barry Manilow, who announced in December that he was undergoing treatment for stage-one lung cancer, has announced new and rescheduled tour dates for March. According to the announcement, Ma…
