Thursday, December 13, 2018
After 235-odd shows, with grosses in excess of $100 million, a Special Tony Award and a hotly anticipated Netflix special debuting Saturday, “Springsteen on Broadway” is an unprecedente…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:54AMMonday, December 10, 2018
Ariana Grande has added multiple dates to her “Sweetener” world tour, which is scheduled to launch in March. Second arena shows have been added in major cities including Chicago, Philade…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMTuesday, December 4, 2018
Since Drake shattered virtually every streaming record with his “Scorpion” album, released in June, it’s no surprise that his 8.2 billion streams in 2018 make him not only Spotify’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:10AMSaturday, December 1, 2018
Late Friday night Eminem dropped the latest in his recent string of surprise releases, this one a fiery 11-minute freestyle that covers a multitude of topics including the 2017 terrorist bom…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:01PMTuesday, November 27, 2018
On December 15, after 236 performances since October of last year, all at the Walter Kerr Theatre, the cast of “Springsteen on Broadway” — Bruce and, for two songs, singer/wife Patti S…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:33AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Ariana Grande performed her new single “Thank U, Next” on “Ellen” Wednesday morning, amplifying the song’s theme by appearing with two dancers on a set made up to look like a weddi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50AMSaturday, November 3, 2018
Ariana Grande’s personal life has been in the headlines for most of 2018: her breakup with longtime boyfriend Mac Miller and whirlwind engagement to “Saturday Night Live” s…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03PMFriday, November 2, 2018
To the surprise of basically no one, an album of Bruce Springsteen’s Tony-Award-winning one-man show “Springsteen on Broadway” will be released on December 14. The autobiographical sho…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:54AMTuesday, October 23, 2018
Anyone seeking an inspiring music-industry talk with some good stories along the way, look no further than Scooter Braun — manager of Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber and on-again-off-again wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:32PMAriana Grande posted a touching video late Monday of Mac Miller getting dressed for Oscar night, taken just weeks before the couple split and two months before he died of an apparent drug ov…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AMFriday, October 5, 2018
During an otherwise lighthearted appearance promoting her new film “A Star Is Born” on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Thursday night, Lady Gaga made impassioned statements in suppor…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25AMHollywood’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 10:24AM 
