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Electronic-music titans Skrillex, Fred Again and Four Tet have announced that they will be performing live at New York’s Madison Square Garden this coming Saturday, Feb. 18. Skrillex made the announcement on his Instagram account Wednesday; tickets appeared on Ticketmaster around the same time. While the three have already played last-minute shows together at London

Alejandro Fernández has his eyes set on U.S. stages. The Mexican ranchera singer has announced a 21-date trek dubbed the “Amor y Patria” tour, marking his first musical trip around the states since 2021 — the same year his 81-year-old father and Mexican music icon Vicente Fernández died. Naturally, the tour is soaked in nostalgia

Selena Gomez told Vanity Fair as part of its 2023 Hollywood Issue that she no longer feels haunted by her Disney past. The “Only Murders in the Building” actor rose to international fame as the star of Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place,” but being a Disney star put a limit on what she could

In 2018, when industry vet David Massey was leaving his post at the helm of Island Records and returning to his longtime home at Sony Music, he originally was going to give his label a new name — possibly Work of Art, the name of the Sony-affiliated publishing and management company he also heads up.

Move over, Tom Cruise! The “Top Gun: Maverick” legend wasn’t the only star Hollywood’s latest group of Oscar contenders were excited about seeing at Monday’s nominees luncheon. “The Banshees of Inisherin” stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson gushed over meeting Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”). “I spent a long time chatting with him,” Gleeson told me after

Alcon Sleeping Giant (a joint venture between Alcon Entertainment and Sleeping Giant Media) and Surfer Jack Studios has announced the creation of Surfing Giant Studios and Surfing Giant Studios Europe. Surfing Giant Studios, founded by “Phineas and Ferb” producer Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, “Blade Runner 2049” writer and producer Michael Hodges and Alcon Chief Operating Officer

Tom Brady said on a recent episode of his “Let’s Go!” podcast with Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray that Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was “probably a good thing for the NFL.” Brady led the New England Patriots to victory that year over the Carolina Panthers, but it was

After announcing an April 2023 West Coast tour, Phish have unveiled an extensive run of summer 2023 tour dates. Starting with a two-night stand in Huntsville, AL (July 11-12), the band will continue on for performances in Alpharetta, GA (July 14-16), Wilmington, NC (July 18-19), Burgettstown, PA (July 21-22), Syracuse, NY (July 23), Philadelphia, PA (July 25-26),

Univision has announced another wave of performers for the 35th edition of Premio Lo Nuestro, the longest-running awards show in Spanish-language television. Ozuna, Pepe Aguilar, Carin León, Fuerza Regida, Gente De Zona, Mau y Ricky and Grupo Frontera, have joined the jam-packed list of diverse entertainers set to take the stage on Feb. 23. Known

BTS’ Suga has unveiled a string of tour dates for his first solo trek outside of the K-pop supergroup. The tour has no official title just yet but has been tagged under Suga’s own name, as well as his other stage persona, Agust D. With the U.S. leg set to launch this spring, the tour

There’s a moment in “Tears,” Caroline Polachek’s 2017 song with Charli XCX, where she vaults her sky-scraping voice into a stratospheric high note, which is then autotuned into a wild digital screech that soars far above the song’s chorus like a wraith, tuneful and hideous at the same time. In a lot of ways, that song

At last, Bruce Springsteen fans can let go over their angst over whether the performer will reach Los Angeles and many other areas left off the first leg of his U.S. tour this year… and move on to the angst of the difficulty of getting tickets. The fact that some of the added gigs are

Singer Laura Pausini is celebrating three decades as Italy’s top female artist, announcing on Feb. 14 that she will embark on a three-stop concert tour between the U.S. and Europe to take place within 24 hours. Pausini will perform ten songs in each city, representing each decade of her career. Pausini’s run will begin at

Nineties pop stars S Club 7 are reuniting for a 25th anniversary tour, the group announced on social media today (Feb. 13). Tina Barrett, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Hannah Spearritt, Bradley McIntosh, Rachel Stevens and Jo O’Meara will hit the stage for an 11-date tour of the U.K. and Ireland. Formed in 1998, the group

Rihanna made a triumphant return to the world stage wither her Super Bowl Halftime show performance on Feb. 12 — her first solo appearance in seven years. The megastar delivered a spellbinding set as she floated over the football field and zoomed through a dazzling set list that ranged from radio hits like the unapologetic

Awash in Y2K nostalgia and youthful vibrancy, NewJeans is rapidly becoming K-pop’s newest darling. Arriving under the auspices of Hybe Corp. subsidiary ADOR, NewJeans — comprised of members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein — dropped their first, self-titled EP in August with no warning. As the group has taken off, so has its stream

SZA’s sophomore album “SOS” is back atop the albums chart at No. 1, bringing the R&B set’s total number of chart-topping weeks to eight. After dipping out of the slot for a week, the 23-song set returns to top the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 100,000 units sold in the U.S. With another week

Five of this year’s Oscar-nominated songwriters gathered to talk about their process during an hour-long conversation, moderated by Oscar-winning songwriter Paul Williams and Grammy-winning writer Nile Rodgers, released Monday morning by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Four of the five nominated songs were represented. Participants included Chandrabose, lyricist for “Naatu Naatu” from Telugu-language “RRR”; Ludwig

Philippines-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-producer Eyedress has signed with RCA Records and dropped a new, Valentine’s Day-themed single, “Flowers & Chocolate,” the label announced today (Feb. 13). The song’s accompanying music video, directed by Eddie Huang (author of “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir” and director/writer of the upcoming film “Tuna Melt,” starring SZA and Chloe

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. At the Super Bowl halftime show, Rihanna ran through her career-best songs and revealed her pregnancy. She also orchestrated a very strategic product placement. As soon as the instantly recognizable horns of “All of

U2 announced a series of concerts in Las Vegas this fall celebrating their 1991 album “Achtung Baby” in a cryptic 15-second ad aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday — although drummer Larry Mullen Jr., still recovering from surgery, will sit out this run of shows. Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg will fill in.

One of Howard Bragman’s big moments as a public relations giant was engineering a campaign in which singer Chely Wright came out of the country music closet in 2010 — a historic turning point in a genre where the idea of mainstream artists making any such proclamation was unfathomable. Among his other inclinations and accomplishments,

With the exception of a bump that had viewers wondering whether she was pregnant again or merely carrying some baby weight from her son’s birth last May, Rihanna played it relatively straight for her Super Bowl Halftime performance, performing a quick-cut, hits-filled set while soaring high above the State Farm field in Glendale, Ariz. She

A representative for Rihanna has confirmed that the singer is pregnant after her explosive Super Bowl performance that had social media talking. During her hits-filled set, the singer cradled her midsection several times, leading to widespread speculation on social media that she was pregnant with her second child with her partner, the rapper A$AP Rocky.

Chris Stapleton’s turn at singing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII represented the third consecutive year in which a country artist has sung all or part of the pre-game song, following Mickey Guyton in 2022 and Eric Church doing it as a duet with R&B star Jazmine Sullivan the year before. But Stapleton confirmed

De La Soul cofounder Dave Jolicoeur, better known as Trugoy the Dove, has died at the age of 54, a rep for the group has confirmed to Variety. Details were not immediately available, but he has suffered from health issues for several years and in 2018 said Jolicoeur — pictured above, far right, in 2014

What is believed to be one of the last recording sessions that Burt Bacharach took part in, if not the last, was quietly released this weekend, following the songwriter’s death. “You Can Have Her,” a previously unreleased composition by Bacharach and Elvis Costello that was recorded by the latter singer with a full orchestra at

The way that some people remember seeing the Beatles on “Ed Sullivan,” I remember the first time I heard a Burt Bacharach song. I was eight years old and I watched Jackie DeShannon perform “What the World Needs Now Is Love” on our black-and-white TV set. I had never been spellbound like that. Right off,

Howard Bragman, a decades-long veteran of entertainment PR, has died of Leukemia, according to a journal entry by his boyfriend Mike Maimone. He was 66. “The enormity of our shared loss can’t be overstated — Howard was a constant in so many of our lives and the brightest star in his wide constellation of friends and

The BRIT Awards have been many things over their 46-year history, but they have never been Saturday night entertainment. Until now. The 2023 edition moved to Saturday night in search of a ratings boost (the slot traditionally attracts the biggest audience of the U.K. TV week, while last year the ceremony pulled in just 2.7