Monday, April 9, 2018
The Mattel-owned American Girl doll line — familiar to virtually any adult with female children — today announced a partnership to launch a new musical production inspired by the storie…
Linked From Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, March 21, 2018
Bruce Springsteen will extend his “Springsteen on Broadway” one-man show until December 15, he announced today. Eighty-one additional shows will go on sale for performances July 10 thro…
Linked From Variety at 11:14AMMonday, March 19, 2018
French composer and multiple Oscar- and Grammy-winner Michel Legrand is scoring Orson Welles’ final film, “The Other Side of the Wind,” Variety has learned. This will mark …
Linked From Variety at 04:10PMThursday, March 15, 2018
A constant question hanging over “Springsteen on Broadway”’s ongoing seven-or-so-month-long run has been: How long can he do it? How long can veteran road warrior Bruce Springs…
Linked From Variety at 05:10PMTuesday, February 13, 2018
Independent music publisher Big Deal Music Group announced today that they have entered into a long-term worldwide administration agreement with Notable Music, the company founded by legend…
Linked From Variety at 12:00PMMonday, February 12, 2018
Dan Cohen has joined Nonesuch Records as vice president of marketing, the company announced today. Cohen comes to the Warner Music Group label from Republic Records, where he was vice presid…
Linked From Variety at 01:23PMThursday, January 25, 2018
For 42 years now, “The Clive Party” — officially Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Present “The Pre-Grammy Gala” — has been the hottest ticket in the music industry, …
Linked From Variety at 05:02PMFriday, December 15, 2017
On Friday morning, a press release arrived from “Hamilton” mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda announcing The Hamildrops, which is basically a long-term mixtape, with unspecified “new ‘Ham…
Linked From Variety at 10:40AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced an exclusive consultancy with music industry veteran Jay Landers and his Lighthouse Company that will see him mining Sony/ATV’s catalog of songs and…
Linked From Variety at 06:08PMTuesday, November 28, 2017
As expected, on Monday evening, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation into law that will repeal the 91-year-old “cabaret law” that has long bedeviled nightclub owners.…
Linked From Variety at 04:41PMMonday, November 27, 2017
Bruce Springsteen announced today that “Springsteen on Broadway,” his 16-week series of performances at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre will be extended, with additional sho…
Linked From Variety at 04:38PMMonday, November 6, 2017
Marilyn Manson caused a fair amount of outrage in San Bernardino on Sunday when, on the day of yet another mass shooting — Sunday’s in Texas, where 26 people were killed — he turned a …
Linked From Variety at 04:40PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
Overturning a 91-year-old rule that has long bedeviled nightclub owners in New York, city lawmakers have voted Tuesday to repeal the “cabaret law,” according to The Associated Press.…
Linked From Variety at 06:25PMThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballots were mailed out to 800 potential voters this week, and Bon Jovi already has one big supporter in their corner: Bette Midler. Speaking to Variety on the…
Linked From Variety at 01:54PMMonday, October 30, 2017
“Saturday Night Live” announced the lineup for two more November shows on Monday morning, and it includes a bounty of musical guests: Chance the Rapper will host on Nov. 18 — with Emin…
Linked From Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, October 25, 2017
A new song by Bruce Springsteen is featured during the end credits of the new Miles Teller film, “Thank You for Your Service.” The song, “Freedom Cadence,” was written specifically f…
Linked From Variety at 05:03PMFriday, October 20, 2017
“We’re three sisters from the Valley playing the Greek,” marveled Este Haim, one-third of the sisterly trio bearing their last name. “I’m ‘Stone Cold’ Steven Austin when it com…
Linked From Variety at 04:57PMThursday, October 19, 2017
While his “boss,” Bruce Springsteen is lighting up Broadway with an acclaimed one-man show, E-Street Band guitarist/consigliere Little Steven Van Zandt is rocking the Sunset Strip 3,000 …
Linked From Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, October 17, 2017
Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee made the leap from goth-rocker to opera diva last night, as she and the band led a 20-piece orchestra through a sold-out performance at the Greek Theater Sund…
Linked From Variety at 01:59PMThursday, October 12, 2017
As Bruce Springsteen began the last verse of “The Promised Land” on Tuesday night, he wandered away from the microphone but kept singing, and his voice carried, purely under its own powe…
Linked From Variety at 07:57PMFriday, October 6, 2017
Walking in to this most iconic of music venues, under a full harvest moon, concert-goers were greeted by a digital billboard of Tom Petty and the stark message, “1950-2017.” So i…
Linked From Variety at 08:13PMWednesday, October 4, 2017
During the course of Variety’s cover-story interview with Bruce Springsteen, we asked who some of his favorite contemporary songwriters are. “Let me get my computer and get it for ya,”…
Linked From Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, October 3, 2017
While they were unquestionably kindred spirits, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen never really collaborated, apart from sharing stages at events like the 1979 “No Nukes” concert, a…
Linked From Variety at 03:27PMThis is part one of Variety’s two-part cover story with Bruce Springsteen. For part two, click here. The woodsy rolling hills and vivid green pastures of central New Jersey are ab…
Linked From Variety at 10:00AMThis is part two of Variety’s two-part cover story with Bruce Springsteen. For part one, click here. If you ran for governor of New Jersey, you’d win — is that ever a temptati…
Linked From Variety at 10:00AMSunday, October 1, 2017
Things got a little reckless at the Invictus Games in Toronto when Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams got together for an onstage jam Saturday night (Sept. 30). Springsteen — who performed …
Linked From Variety at 11:26AMFriday, September 22, 2017
The Laid Back Fest in New Jersey was anything but mellow Thursday night when Bruce Springsteen jumped onstage to jam with headliners Jacksone Browne and Little Steven and the Disciples of So…
Linked From Variety at 10:24AMWednesday, August 30, 2017
Tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s eight-week run of Broadway shows went on sale at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday (Aug.30), and despite the efforts of Ticketmaster’s “Verified Fan” program,…
Linked From Variety at 01:28PMThursday, July 20, 2017
The loss of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, found dead of an apparent suicide at his home in a Southern California coastal community, leaves a hole in the hearts of family, friends, …
Linked From Variety at 08:16PMWednesday, June 21, 2017
SiriusXM announced Wednesday that Guns N’ Roses will perform at Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater for a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers on Thursday, July 20…
Linked From Variety at 09:30AMFriday, June 16, 2017
Move over, “Dear Evan Hansen”: Bruce Springsteen may be heading to the Great White Way this fall. The New York Post reports Springsteen is set to play an eight-week run at the W…
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