Friday, October 5, 2018
Hollywood’s allure, insatiable ambition, and the price of fame are at the center of one of the most oft-told stories in show-biz history: “A Star Is Born.” The latest editi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05AMFriday, September 28, 2018
In a recent interview with “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels, he said that Kanye West was not the first choice as the musical guest on this weekend’s season premiere: Michaels …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:01PMTuesday, September 25, 2018
“Can I walk up to the microphone again?” Patti Smith asks the audience gathered at the Minetta Lane Theater for her “Words and Music” retrospective. “I feel like the way I just did…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:12AMFriday, September 14, 2018
On Friday, a week after Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Ariana Grande took to Instagram to post a message about her former boyfriend of two years. The message comes a…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:28PMSaturday, September 8, 2018
The day after Mac Miller died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 26, Ariana Grande, whom he dated for two years, on Saturday posted a photo of the rapper on her Instagram page. It’…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:17PMSaturday, September 1, 2018
The bishop who officiated Aretha Franklin’s funeral has apologized to Ariana Grande for his “too friendly” physical contact with her onstage and for making fun of her name.…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PMThursday, August 30, 2018
Interscope has released the tracklist for the soundtrack to “A Star Is Born,” which features new music from six-time Grammy Award-winner Lady Gaga and first-time director Bradley C…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:34AMTuesday, August 7, 2018
Lady Gaga has announced dates and details for her residency at Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort in Las Vegas, which launches on Friday, Dec. 28. The residency will feature two u…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25AMFriday, July 13, 2018
In the wee hours of Friday morning Ariana Grande dropped “God Is a Woman,” the second single from her forthcoming fourth studio album “Sweetener,” and the song features surprisingly …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:21AMThursday, July 12, 2018
This year’s Emmy race in the music categories takes on greater interest because a win in the song category could instantly give songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul an EGOT, having a…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:42PMWednesday, July 11, 2018
On Tuesday night Bruce Springsteen played the first in what is expected to be the final run of his “Springsteen on Broadway” one-man show — and he observed the occasion by playing the…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Today, Amazon Music announced that Ariana Grande will headline the Amazon Music Unboxing Prime Day concert in New York on July 11, streaming for fans globally on Amazon.com beginning at�…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:42AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
Bring on the puns: “Knight Fever,” “Knights on Broadway,” “Lonely Days, Lonely Knights”… Barry Gibb, 71, the Bee Gees’ frontman and possibly the world’s most famous male fa…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:59PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
Bruce Springsteen broke from the scripted set of his ongoing “Springsteen on Broadway” show Tuesday night to slam the “inhumane” treatment of the children who have been separated fro…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:33PMFriday, June 15, 2018
Kesha’s legal team responded today to the uproar around a recently revealed claim that Dr. Luke, the singer’s former collaborator, assaulted Katy Perry. Their statement clams that an unn…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMAlthough they can seem formulaic, any major awards show, particularly one like the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is very difficult to pull off. While it’s a hallowed honor, the absolute apex f…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Songs For Screens is a Variety column sponsored by music experiential agency MAC Presents, based in NYC. It is written by Andrew Hampp, founder of music marketing consultancy 1803 LLC an…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:05PMTuesday, June 12, 2018
When a stadium-sized artist does a “club show,” they usually play an acoustic-ish set or a scaled-down (i.e. intimate but incomplete) version of their usual headlining concert. Sometimes…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AMThursday, May 17, 2018
Scooter Braun, manager of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber and the key organizer of last year’s One Love Manchester concert, was awarded the Harry Chapin humanitarian award at the Music Biz…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:55PMTuesday, May 1, 2018
The Tony Awards will honor Bruce Springsteen in June for his production of “Springsteen on Broadway.” In the live-streamed ceremony early Tuesday morning announcing this year&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:24AMMonday, April 23, 2018
Thanks to nearly two decades of over-the-top performances and secret guest spots, Coachella’s first weekend is under an international microscope, and this year sets like Beyonce’s Saturd…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMMonday, 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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 …
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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, …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:02PMThursday, January 18, 2018
Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects and Variety’s Industry Hitmaker of 2017 will receive the first-ever Hall of Fame Award at the Midem conference in Cannes, France in June. Braun, whose…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:59AMFriday, 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PM 
