Monday, March 2, 2026
"Ever feel like you're losing touch with who you really are?," Lizzo said about halfway through her Sunday night set at the iconic Blue Note jazz club in New York's Greenwich Village. "I hav…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 25, 2026
As expected, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its "Life Burns Faster" residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this year. The eight-show run will take place on October 1 and 3,…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:08AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
For four decades, Jesse Malin was the music mayor of New York's East Village. Beginning in the early '80s with his teenaged hardcore band Heart Attack through his years with the rock band D-…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
Country star Jelly Roll will officially become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and will be inducted by his friend, collaborator and Opry member Lainey Wilson on March 10. Also scheduled to pe…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:46AM[SHARE]The estate of legendary jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader John Coltrane will mark the 100th anniversary of the musician's birth with "Coltrane 100," a year-long global celebration in…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2026
Veteran pop auteur Lykke Li has signed a new deal with Neon Gold Records via Futures Music Group and will release her sixth album " her first in four years " titled "The Afterparty" on May 8…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Three-time Grammy winner " and 2023 Variety Hitmakers honoree " Victoria Monét has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for touring representation in North America as well as all other ag…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Actor-singer Bijou Phillips has been hospitalized for a second kidney transplant and is urgently seeking a donor, a rep tells Variety. A previous transplant, in 2017, was unsuccessful; the r…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:41PM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
Multiple artists are seeking to leave the Wasserman Agency after details regarding founder-CEO Casey Wasserman's connection to late financier and convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein's …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:07PM[SHARE]Mary J. Blige, Paul Simon, Jon Batiste, Elvis Costello and Hozier are among the artists topping the bill of the Love Rocks NYC 10th anniversary concert, taking place Thursday, March 5 at its…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:43AM[SHARE]"Phantom Thread" director Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood have asked for a segment of music from the 2017 film to be removed from the controversial "Melania" documentary…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 8, 2026
Bad Bunny promised "the world will dance" in his advertisement before the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, and his joyous, elaborate, unity-themed performance did not disappoint as he "…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
CNN and Universal Music Group have announced that comedian-actor-musician Fred Armisen will host a new series that looks into Universal Music Group's vaults " the world's largest music archi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
14-time Grammy winner and multiple 2026 nominee Lady Gaga will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, the Recording Academy announced on Thursday. The artist is up for seven awards, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
Harry Styles has announced dates for his hotly anticipated tour in support of his forthcoming fourth solo album with the intriguingly punctuated title of "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasiona…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Zayn did not come to Las Vegas to do the obvious. From the moment the singer took the stage, it was clear he wasn't catering to casual concertgoers looking to sing along with classic hits: t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Sabrina Carpenter, who is up for six Grammy Awards, will perform at the show, which is taking place Sunday, Feb. 1 and broadcast live on CBS. Carpenter, who Variety's 2026 Hitmaker of the Ye…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:28PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
Bad Bunny has released a video trailer for his forthcoming appearance at Super Bowl LX, and the message is so clear it's stated at the end: "The world" " all different ages, races and styles…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a budget proposal that, among other things, funds both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at lev…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Barry Manilow, who announced in December that he was undergoing treatment for stage-one lung cancer, has announced new and rescheduled tour dates for March. According to the announcement, Ma…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:49AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2026
John Mayer paid tribute to Bob Weir, Grateful Dead cofounder and his bandmate for a decade in Dead and Co., in a short but heartfelt tribute posted late Sunday. "Okay Bob. I'll do it your wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 8, 2026
David Bowie's childhood home south of London will be restored and opened to the public late in 2027, Heritage of London Trust announced on Thursday. The property, located at 4 Plaistow Grove…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Lawyers for Live Nation and Ticketmaster are calling for the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against them last September by the Federal Trade Commission and seven states in a motion filed Jan…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2026
Dionne Warwick, Saweetie and Mya have joined forces to record a new version of the Diane Warren-penned song "One Heart (Can Change The World)" as title song from the forthcoming film, "OZi: …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01AM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2025
Rufus Wainwright, Lucius, Lord Huron, and Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas have joined the lineup for "A Concert for Altadena," a one-night-only benefit concert marking one year since the Eaton …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2025
I interviewed Rob Reiner twice in the last six months, both times about "Spinal Tap" " once solo and once with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, his longtime friends and t…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The Music Hall of Williamsburg, for two decades one of the New York City area's most popular and best-sounding venues, will lose its lease at the end of 2026 and be forced to relocate or clo…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the posthumous induction of legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer. Summer, who passed away in 2012 at age 63, was honored during an intimate…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Jack Antonoff's annual benefit concert for the Ally Coalition " his and his sister Rachel's charitable organization, which has raised over $2 million to support unhoused LGBTQ+ youths "Â h…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Grammy-nominated opera, classical and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his Santa Monica home on Monday " allegedly by his son, police told KTLA. He was 71. Officers were …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Foo Fighters are playng a special benefit concert on Wednesday, January 14 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, with proceeds benefiting organizations that Dave Grohl and his wife Jordyn and the…
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