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292 stories by "Chris Willman"

‘Brigadoon’ Review: Pasadena Playhouse’s Enrapturing Revival Is Worth What Seemed Like a Hundred-Year Wait by Chris Willman

In the classic musical “Brigadoon,” the Scottish townspeople who inhabit the mysterious town of the title keep referring to “the miracle,” which confounds the two American travelers …

SOURCE: Variety at 3:45pm on May 27, 2026

Hayley Williams Is the Fierce, Fun, Finely Tuned Rock Star We Need, as Her ‘Bachelorette Party’ Theater Tour Winds Down at the Wiltern: Concert Re by Chris Willman

Hayley Williams has some mixed feelings about both Los Angeles and Nashville, evidently. Kicking off a three-night stand at the Wiltern Wednesday night to conclude her “Hayley WIlliams at …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:46pm on May 15, 2026

Rita Wilson on Her ‘Sound of a Woman’ Album, Growing Up a Music Lover in L.A. and the Advice From Nora Ephron and Bruce Springsteen That Kickstart by Chris Willman

Rita Wilson is hardly the first Hollywood actress who’s complained of a dearth of interesting parts for women, or to have met that by realizing that she might have to proactively create ch…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:55pm on May 10, 2026

Lily Allen’s One-Woman Show Is the Least Populous Pop Tour of the Year. Is It Also the Best? by Chris Willman

There’s something deeply counterintuitive about the idea that we would go to a pop concert — the most communal-seeming of all gathering places, outside of a football game or church — i…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:58pm on May 2, 2026

Where in the Actual Hell Is Randy Newman? And Other Questions Raised by the New York Times’ Greatest Living American Songwriters List by Chris Willman

“Who’s Madeline?” is still the year’s preeminent pop-music question. But coming up close behind that: “Where the eff is Randy Newman on the New York Times’ list of the 30 greates…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:50pm on April 29, 2026

ASCAP Screen Music Awards Honor Composers for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Pluribus’ and ‘Stranger Things’; David Vanacore Gets Lifetime by Chris Willman

At the annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards Tuesday night, the performing rights organization announced the winners of its Composers Choice Awards, a set of honors voted upon by members, with tr…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:39am on April 29, 2026

Ringo Starr on Making a Second Album With T Bone Burnett, ‘Long Long Road’: ‘I’d Love to Be Ray Charles, but My Voice Works for Country’ by Chris Willman

Ringo Starr, crooner. It’s not everyone’s first go-to when we’re talking about someone who has rightly earned a reputation as the most important, and many would say best, drummer in th…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:16pm on April 26, 2026

Indigo Girls Receive Outpouring of Love After Emily Saliers Tearfully Acknowledges Two Incurable Conditions That Will Affect Vocals on Tour by Chris Willman

The Indigo Girls have been receiving an outpouring of support and love from fans and famous admirers, after the duo released a video statement in which Emily Saliers got exceptionally frank …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:41pm on April 19, 2026

No Doubt's Tom Dumont Reveals He Has Parkinson's Disease: 'It's a Struggle Every Day' " but 'I Can Still Play Guitar' by Chris Willman

Headed into an upcoming residency at Las Vegas' Sphere, No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont revealed in a video statement over the weekend that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease years ago,…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:20am on April 13, 2026

Bruce Springsteen Turns L.A.'s Forum Into the Promised Land With a Show That Mixes American Resistance and Rapture: Concert Review by Chris Willman

When Bruce Springsteen brought his "Land of Hope and Dreams Tour" to the Los Angeles area this week, it followed the same template as the opening night of the tour in Minneapolis exactly sev…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:16pm on April 9, 2026

Mitchell Fink, Gossip Columnist, Author and Entertainment TV Personality, Dies at 82 by Chris Willman

Mitchell Fink, whose career as a celebrity gossip columnist and entertainment journalist included stints ranging from People magazine to the New York Daily News to the Los Angeles Herald Exa…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:39pm on April 8, 2026

Mitski Brings Mania and Serenity to a Momentous Residency at Hollywood High School: Concert Review by Chris Willman

As Mitski played a five-night engagement at Hollywood High School this past week, any teachers who might have made it into the school auditorium for the shows must have been insanely jealous…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:21pm on April 5, 2026

Hollywood High Forever: Mitski's Residency Shines a Fresh Light on the Famed School's Rich Show-Biz History by Chris Willman

When Mitski wraps up a five-night residency at Hollywood High School this weekend, it will conclude an engagement that follows in a very limited tradition of rock or pop stars doing shows in…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:46pm on April 4, 2026

Bruce Springsteen Isn't Just Doing Protest Songs " With His 'Land of Hope and Dreams' Trek, He's Embarked on a Whole Protest Tour: Concert R by Chris Willman

First of all, let's dispense with some Bruce Springsteen mythology: It is a fallacy that all his concerts last three hours. Opening a fresh tour Tuesday night at the Target Center in Minneap…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:27pm on April 1, 2026

Bruce Springsteen Slams Trump, 'the Richest Men in America' and Pam Bondi  in Fiery Speech at Minneapolis Tour Opener: 'We Have a President Who by Chris Willman

Bruce Springsteen has said that his 2026 "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour with the E Street Band will be political, and he was not exaggerating. On the tour's opening night in Minneapolis, aft…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:20pm on March 31, 2026

Paul McCartney Gives His Regards to Hollywood in a Fantastic Underplay at the Fonda: Concert Review by Chris Willman

Playing the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood Friday night, Paul McCartney acknowledged the tiered arrangement that had VIPs up in the balcony and the hoi polloi down on …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:50pm on March 28, 2026

T Bone Burnett, Maren Morris and Master P to Be Honored at NYC Benefit for Top School Music Education Program, Music Will by Chris Willman

A benefit for Music Will, described as the largest non-profit school music education program in the U.S., will salute T Bone Burnett, Master P and Maren Morris as its honorees at a gathering…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:14pm on March 26, 2026

Chip Taylor, Songwriters Hall of Fame Member Who Wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning,' Dies at 86 by Chris Willman

Chip Taylor, the Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee who is best known for writing the classic hits "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing," died Monday at age 86. The death was reported on so…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:17pm on March 24, 2026

Bob Dylan Adds West Coast Dates to 2026 Summer Touring by Chris Willman

Bob Dylan's touring continues to appear never-ending, to use the catchphrase that fans long ago applied to his near-constant bouts of road work. Now the west coast will be the beneficiary of…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:00pm on March 24, 2026

Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Returns for 2026 to a Scaled-Back 12 Cities, With Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Wilco, Stephen Wilson Jr. Among by Chris Willman

Willie Nelsons Outlaw Music Festival will return for an 11th anniversary tour in summer 2026, it was announced Tuesday. But for some fans of these Americana extravaganzas, it may require a b…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:32am on March 24, 2026

Pacific Electric Rises in L.A.: Mumford and Sons' Ben Lovett on Becoming 'a Bill Graham Figure' and Opening the Club He Hopes Will Kickstart a W by Chris Willman

Taylor Goldsmith, the frontman of Dawes, was addressing the crowd from the stage at the grand opening of Pacific Electric, a brand new venue near downtown L.A., when he made it clear that he…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:39pm on March 21, 2026

Taj Mahal on Resurrecting a Lost Bill Withers Song as Title Track of New Album, 'Time,' More Than 60 Releases Into His Career: 'I'm in It for by Chris Willman

The title of Taj Mahal's just-announced album, due out May 1, is "Time," a simple concept that the blues-folk-soul-reggae artist is better equipped to address than most musicians, in part be…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:15pm on March 20, 2026

Lola Young Proves She's a Bona Fide Rock Star in a Bravura Return to the Stage in L.A.: Concert Review by Chris Willman

How many phenomenal young British female singers can one world withstand? It's hard to imagine a more enjoyable onslaught than the wave that has brought us Olivia Dean, Raye and Sienna Spiro…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:57pm on March 18, 2026

Paul McCartney Announces Two Intimate Shows at L.A.'s Fonda Theatre, His First Concerts Since Arena Tour Wrap-Up Last Year by Chris Willman

Paul McCartney is putting on sale two performances in an intimate setting at Hollywood's Fonda Theater for March 26-27, his first shows since wrapping up an arena tour in November. The conce…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:31pm on March 17, 2026

Heart's Ann Wilson to Premiere New Documentary, 'In My Voice,' With 10-City Screening/Q&A Tour (EXCLUSIVE) by Chris Willman

Fresh off the road from a stint with Heart, Ann Wilson will undertake another tour in the coming months " this time hitting theaters, clubs and museums with the rolling premiere of a new doc…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:03am on March 17, 2026
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