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Harry Styles treated fans to a sort of breakfast-in-bed Wednesday morning with the new music video for “Late Night Talking,” the second single off his latest studio album, “Harry’s House.” The new video sees Styles spending the whole day in bed — many, many beds, with dozens of different people — while performing the cheerful
Phoebe Bridgers, who has been outspoken about abortion rights since news of the Supreme Court’s Roe reversal first leaked earlier this year, discussed her stance in further detail on MSNBC’s digital series “Mavericks with Ari Melber” on Tuesday night. In the past, Bridgers has led “Fuck the Supreme Court” chants at music festivals and even
Three Six Zero, the management company behind the Smith family (Will, Jada Pinkett, Willow and Jaden) and Calvin Harris, has announced the purchase of Sarm Studios in West London. Based in Notting Hill, the recording facility houses six studios and a suite of purpose-built offices. The space was previously owned by English musician and producer
During today’s testimonials for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a former spokesman for the far-right militia Oath Keepers delivered his statements while sporting a t-shirt for punk band The Descendents. In response, the band tweeted: “We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology.” We
A Manhattan district attorney has announced the indictment of three men in a New York court on charges of conspiracy to sell Don Henley’s original lyrics and notes for the Eagles’ landmark 1976 “Hotel California” album. The manuscripts fell out of Henley’s hands in the late ’70s and eventually came into the possession of the
Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumford has shared the first substantial details surrounding his debut solo album, which is called “(self-titled).” In a handwritten note uploaded as the first post to the singer’s Instagram account, Mumford disclosed that the album is produced by Blake Mills, will be released on Sept. 16 and features contributions from
Again this year, Emmy voters in the seven music categories snubbed most of the superstars who entered songs or scores, with a single exception: “Euphoria” star Zendaya earned two nominations for co-writing songs with her series composer Labrinth. Both are previous winners for the HBO series. Voters ignored country stars Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert,
During the second stop of the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour in Chicago on Monday, Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha injured his leg and had to continue the set while seated. According to Consequence, the accident happened four songs into the band’s 90-minute show at Chicago’s United Center. De la Rocha was
Eurovision’s global expansion continues. Following a U.S. edition, NBC’s “American Song Contest,” and with “Eurovision Song Contest Canada” on deck for 2023, the European Broadcasting Union has announced its next stop: Latin America. The beloved 66-year-old competition, which pits countries against each other in a show of musical talent, has yet to announce a host
In efforts to increase diversity in the scoring world and help underrepresented groups break into film and TV music, First Artists Management (FAM), an international talent agency representing composers and music supervisors, is launching its inaugural Composer Assistant and Mentor Programme (C.A.M.P.). The initiative, being done in partnership with Youth Music, opens for applications today.
Kurt Langer is CEO at Climate Control Projects. Previously, he was minister of information for the Beastie Boys’ Milarepa Fund, where he produced the Tibetan Freedom Concerts, and later was a founder of Scratch, an international hip-hop tour, film studio, and merchandise company. He also has produced three feature films, most recently about climate change,
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s long-awaited North American tour is set to launch Feb. 1, 2023 in Tampa, Florida, the band announced today. The two-and-a-half-month tour will unfold with 31 shows in the U.S., continuing through through a home-state finale April 14 in Newark, New Jersey, before the group heads to Europe for
Spotify is adding buzzy music game Heardle to its arsenal — acquiring the daily name-that-tune website patterned on the massively popular Wordle game. Financial terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed. Heardle popped up in February 2022, based on the format pioneered by Wordle, which was itself bought by the New York Times for more
Universal Music Thailand has announced an expanded partnership with Hype Train Group, a hot music label. The move is pitched as a springboard for Thai artists to export their creativity to music lovers around the world. Hype Train launched in late 2020, with Universal Music Thailand as its exclusive distributor. Since then, it has launched
It’s been 20 years since “Into the Woods” was last on Broadway, but it’s the first time that Stephen Sondheim won’t be there in person to witness his show being revived for new audiences. “I think he’s smiling down on us from above,” T’Anika Gibson, who plays Cinderella’s stepsister Lucinda, told Variety on opening night.
Bad Bunny’s latest release tops the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row, and earns its fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 overall. More impressive that that, perhaps, though, is the fact that “Un Verano Sin Ti” has now become the first album in six years to rack up more than 100,000
Cat Power has announced plans to visit London’s Royal Albert Hall on Nov. 6 to recreate Bob Dylan’s so-called “Royal Albert Hall concert” in its entirety… regardless of whether the historic 1966 concert that was bootlegged under that moniker actually took place there. The artist, also known as Chan Marshall, is currently touring behind an
The music of “Ms. Marvel” is as colorful as the bright, splashy visuals of the Disney+ series, and composer Laura Karpman — who has just finished five months scoring it — relished the challenge. Karpman frames it this way: “How do you bring somebody like a Kamala Khan into the Marvel Universe, give her the
Eminem has announced that his second greatest-hits album, “Curtain Call 2,” will be released on Aug. 5 via Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records, following the Detroit MC’s first such collection, 2005’s “Curtain Call: The Hits.” “Curtain Call 2” will be comprised of music from Eminem’s releases since 2009’s “Relapse” and will also include songs from guest
It’s official: Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of “Funny Girl.” Feldstein on Sunday night announced she would be leaving the show on July 31, roughly two months before she was slated to depart the production. She attributed her early exit to a decision by the production “to take the show in
Monty Norman, the composer behind the iconic James Bond theme, has died at the age of 94. A statement posted on his official website said, “It is with sadness we share the news that Monty Norman died on 11th July 2022 after a short illness.” Norman most famously composed the score for “Dr. No,” the
In a big step forward for a greener music industry, Danish singer-songwriter Lukas Graham has teamed up with the renewable-technology company Vestas to launch a tour that will replace carbon-emitting diesel generators with transportable batteries containing green electricity to power six outdoor shows around Denmark. According to the announcement, the process reduces the carbon emissions
Meek Mill has left Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Management, the company that has overseen his career since 2012. While reps for the rapper and the company did not respond to Variety’s requests for comment, he is no longer featured on the Roc Nation website or its social media profiles. The news was first reported in Billboard.
Virtual overnight superstars don’t come any more unlikely than Luke Combs. It’s been five short years since his major-label debut, and in that relatively short amount of time, he’s achieved nearly every professional achievement a country singer could hope to, not least of all being named entertainer of the year at the CMA Awards last
Tyler, The Creator has accused a pair of ex-collaborators, Brandun Deshay (who also goes by Ace Hashimoto) and Tyler Major, of selling some of his unreleased music without his consent — and Deshay tells Variety that the accusation is off-base, to put it mildly. Both Deshay and Major worked alongside Tyler shortly before and during
Jason Isbell, performing the penultimate set at the inaugural Palomino Festival in Pasadena on Saturday, took time out near the end of his performance to comment on the rock-solidness of the day’s nearly 20-artist bill, giving voice to what a lot of impressed attendees were no doubt thinking. “Most of the time on these festivals,
After 11 years of dormancy, including a pandemic-induced delay, Rage Against the Machine played to a sea of over 30,000 people at Alpine Valley Music Theater in Wisconsin Saturday evening. Rage fans have been waiting for the band’s big reunion experience since it first announced this current tour back in 2019. The original plan was
Veteran guitarist Carlos Santana, who passed out onstage during a concert in Michigan earlier this week and was rushed to the hospital, has postponed the next six shows of his “Miraculous Supernatural 2022” tour with Earth, Wind & Fire. The postponements were made “out of an abundance of caution for the artist’s health,” his manager,
Shawn Mendes is postponing his “Wonder” world tour for three weeks to focus on his mental health, the singer announced on Friday. “This breaks my heart to have to say this, but unfortunately I’m going to have to postpone the next three weeks of shows through Uncasville, CT until further notice,” Mendes wrote in an