The Kennedy Center has lost another one of the few remaining stars on its 2026 schedule, as the legendary soprano Renée Fleming has dropped out of an appearance at the embattled venue previ…
"Comedy is my day job," says Eddie Izzard. "Shakespeare started with his comedies, then he moved to his dramas and tragedies, and that's what I'm doing." Even the Bard might have to step bac…
When the history of great voices in 21st century pop is told, Brandi Carlile and Sam Smith will both be part of the discussion. That's before getting to the conversation about queer icons of…
Neil Young will be the artist feted at this year's Americana Pre-Grammy Salute, the Americana Music Association announced today today, with an annual tribute concert again scheduled for Gram…
MusiCares has announced a lineup of artists set to perform the music of Mariah Carey at the org's Person of the Year gala benefit this month, with a diverse cast that runs from fellow pop-R&…
In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate "The Pr…
Contemporary viewers may watch the 1976 film "All the President's Men" and ask: Could it happen today? No, not the Nixon administration's crimes and cover-ups " not much need to question whe…
In a statement probably anyone could have seen coming, Richard Grenell, the controversial president of Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, spoke out to claim that it was the organization's le…
Rock legend Nick Cave might have been a natural to ask to write a theme song for "Train Dreams," even if he didn't have any personal connections or ins with the filmmakers or cast. One of hi…
Backstage at the benefit that took place Wednesday night under the name A Concert for Altadena, star and co-organizer Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes was talking about how he came close to thinkin…
A new David Byrne cover version of Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" has been released to celebrate Thursday's fifth anniversary of the release of her blockbuster debut single. It's the fir…
The Resonator Awards will return in late January in what is being billed as a "kick-off" to Grammy week, with Chaka Khan, St. Vincent and Haim among the figures being honored in a program be…
Stephen Schwartz, the songwriter behind classic musicals from "Godspell" and "Pippin" to "Wicked," has revealed he will not be taking part in a program spotlighting him at the Kennedy Center…
Some pop fans might have gone into 2025 anticipating a year's worth of the shakes, suffering from Eras Tour withdrawal. But there was no need for anyone to go cold turkey on live music these…
Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they're either cash grabs or sops to sentimental…
Elizabeth Chan is in her 15th consecutive year of releasing a new Christmas album every year, and going through a divorce and becoming a single mom was not about to put a stop to that person…
It will be A Very Harlequin Christmas for Lady Gaga fans. The singer is announcing today that her long-awaited concert film "Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live " One Night Only" will arrive down fa…
Cheap Trick has been feeling the heat from some fans since performing at the Donald J. Trump-hosted Kennedy Center Honors, an event that has become a political flashpoint since the president…
Hitchcock & Herrmann " the alliteration rolls off the tongue almost as agreeably as the collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann came to fruition in the 1950s and '60s…
Variety won 20 first-place trophies Sunday night at the 18th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, up from the 14 the publication scored in last year's competition. Varie…
"I'm so young and you're so old," Paul Anka sang in the very first line of his very first hit, "Diana," in 1958. It's the kind of lyric you could seemingly only get away with when you're 15,…
Finding the ideal artist to reopen the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs might have seemed like a tall order, at least if the 89-year-old venue's new operators wanted to touch every pos…
While Dead & Company fans await word on whether that band will be returning to Sphere next year, there's some other good news for fans of improvisationally rich rock bands: Phish will be…
What a long, strange bubble ride it's been. But the work of songwriter Stephen Schwartz on "Wicked" " the property he first discovered as a source novel and has led into Broadway and dual fi…
Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. chose the CMA Awards telecast for the live television premiere performance of their theme for the Stephen King adaptation "The Long Walk." Titled "Took a Wal…