Music

Amber Riley performed a touching tribute to her late “Glee” co-star Naya Rivera on Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The actor and singer, whose artist moniker is Riley, sang her new track titled “A Moment,” in honor of Rivera, who died in July. Rivera was 33 years old. “Now I need a moment alone

It sounds like the ultimate retail riddle: Is there a way to sell as much product in one day as possible, while having as few customers in-store as possible, at least at one time? “How to throttle store traffic” has rarely led the agenda when music shop owners and managers talk amongst themselves… until 2020.

If ever there was a time to fall in love with The Killers during the band’s 20-year existence, it’s now. One week after the release of “Imploding the Mirage,” which Variety described in its review as “vintage Killers … perfect for singing emotively with an impassioned fist over the chest,” Brandon Flowers’ role as frontman

The MTV VMAs are coming up fast, and the network has revealed its lineup of presenters: Anthony Ramos, Bebe Rexha, Bella Hadid, Drew Barrymore, Jaden Smith, Joey King, Kelly Clarkson, Machine Gun Kelly, Madison Beer, Nicole Richie, Sofia Carson and Travis Barker. Performers include Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, BTS, Doja Cat, CNCO,

Though they only just put their Hollywood Hills starter house up for sale last week, Sophie Tweed-Simmons and Nick Simmons  — the adult children of rock music icon-turned-reality TV star Gene Simmons — have wasted little time in upgrading their L.A. residential circumstances, shelling out $2.3 million for a brand-new contemporary showpiece with multiple flights of

Paul Mescal isn’t sure what he’ll wear to the virtual Emmys. “I’m definitely going to be informal on the bottom — not that anyone is ever going to see it,” the “Normal People” star says on Thursday’s episode of Variety and iHeart’s podcast The Big Ticket from his home in London. Mescal is up for

Like many professional musicians, Roger Neill wears many hats: he’s an in-demand composer for film (including Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women” and “Beginners”), TV (Amazon’s Golden Globe-winning comedy “Mozart In The Jungle,” Fox’s “King Of The Hill”) and radio (NPR’s “This American Life”). He’s an arranger and orchestrator for many musicians’ albums and tours (including

Prince’s songs were always works in progress — he rarely played one exactly the same way twice in concert, and as more of the music from his vast vault has been released in recent years, it’s become clear that many of his songs underwent multiple, drastically different iterations before they were released, if they were

Amid prison, pregnancy and a pandemic, City Girls have still come out on top. With the release of last year’s “Act Up,” the Miami duo — comprised of Yung Miami and JT — had Summer 2019 on lock. But JT (real name: Jatavia Johnson) watched her star rise from prison — she did more than

Hey there: you’re an all-star super-spreader. Or you might be if you attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota earlier this month, where bands including Smash Mouth performed for socially undistanced thousands at a time over the course of 10 days, at an event attended by hundreds of thousands in total. According to the

The unexpected death of Emmy- and Grammy-nominated TV and event producer Dan Parise on Monday brought forth many sad and shocked tributes from his friends in the music industry. A 30-year veteran producer, Parise was nominated for a “Best Music Film” Grammy Award and an “Outstanding Special Class” Emmy Awards for his work as producer

Dirty Hit, the U.K.-based indie label that is home to the 1975 (pictured above), Wolf Alice, the Japanese House, beabadoobee, Rina Sawayama, and more, is expanding with the launch of a new office in Los Angeles and an Australian arm. Established in 2010, the West London-based label’s roster also includes Pale Waves, No Rome, Oscar

Tim Heidecker has been creating delightfully absurd comedy with partner Eric Wareheim under the Tim & Eric moniker for nearly 20 years — but the music Heidecker releases under his own name is anything but comical, instead wrestling with the realities of middle age, mortality and marital mishaps. On his latest album, “Fear of Death,”

The first major round of performers for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards telecast has been unveiled, and it includes a couple of the genre’s biggest 21st century stars — Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw — as well as some of the biggest hitmakers of the moment, including Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Gabby

These are boom times for hit songwriters, with catalogs being snapped up by Hipgnosis, Shamrock and others — and the latest big acquisition comes from Spirit Music Group, which announced that it has acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy-nominated songwriter and former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi. Terms of the deal were not disclosed beyond stating that “The

Billie Eilish and her brother/musical collaborator Finneas were supposed to be six months into their “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” world tour — but just two dates into the tour, it was postponed due to coronavirus. The pair have been keeping busy over the past few months, playing livestream benefits, Billie

As Emmy voting draws to a close, the 2020 music nominations span rookies to regulars. Martin Phipps landed his sixth nomination overall for the dramatic score to Netflix’s “The Crown.” Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and his scoring partner Atticus Ross nabbed a nomination for their first series, HBO’s “Watchmen.” Emmy fave “The Marvelous Mrs.

Akon may be best known for his catalog of hits like “Lonely” and “I Wanna Love You,” but he’s run a parallel career as a record executive, signing Lady Gaga to his KonLive label via Interscope (the two have since parted ways) and his Konvict Muzik imprint, which was founded in 2004 and over the

There was no one better equipped to serve as a musical director for a special Prince tribute concert than Sheila E., who has a place in his legacy for everything from her Prince-helmed 1984 smash “The Glamorous Life” to, later in their careers, simply serving as his drummer. “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to

At the beginning of March, Lady Gaga announced the initial dates of her “Chromatica Ball” tour promoting her new album, which would have seen her playing a half dozen dates in Europe and the U.S., concluding at MetLife Stadium on August 19. Well, we all know what happened next, and while a canceled tour is

A newly remixed version of John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” has long been on the schedule to come out as a single this Saturday as part of a Record Store Day drop — and, of course, fans figured the odds of one song being commissioned for that treatment as a one-off seemed slim. But what did

Stem, the distribution and payments platform for independent musicians and labels, has secured $10 million in new financing and brought in several new investors, senior advisors and Board Members that include prominent music executives. Those execs include Kevin “Coach K” Lee, co-founder and COO of Quality Control Music (Lil Baby, Migos, Lil Yachty), Calvin Harris manager

Riley Gale, the lead singer of the metal band Power Trip, has died at 34, his family announced on Tuesday evening. “It is with the greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,” this family shared on the band’s Twitter account. No cause of death

Van Morrison is doing socially distanced shows in the U.K. — but unlike other artists who have hailed the new way of gigging as a necessary stopgap measure, Morrison is making it clear that he couldn’t be less happy about the compromise. In fact, he’s calling social distancing “pseudo-science” and calling for an immediate return

Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, the directors of “Rising Phoenix,” a documentary airing on Netflix starting Wednesday, knew they wanted a song to conclude their film about the history of the Paralympics, the international competition for athletes with disabilities. But, having demanded from composer Daniel Pemberton a “no excuse, no surrender soundtrack, something that would

The #GlobalAidForLebanon campaign launched by Weeknd manager and XO Records CEO Wassim “Sal” Slaiby in collaboration with Global Citizen and World Food Program USA (WFP USA) has brought in more than $1.2 million in cash and pledges to date, exceeding $1 million in just ten days, with donations continuing to come in. Hundreds of donors

Dan Parise, an Emmy- and Grammy-nominated television television and live-event producer and founder of Diversified Production Services, died Monday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to a rep from Roc Nation, for whom Parise produced many events. A 30-year veteran producer, Parise was nominated for a “Best Music Film” Grammy Award and an “Outstanding Special Class”

Lebanese-British singer-songwriter Mika will stage a livestreamed concert to raise funds and awareness for relief in the wake of the explosion in Beirut last month that killed more than 200 people and devastated a large area in the country’s capital. His “I Love Beirut” benefit concert will take place on Saturday 19 September and will be live-streamed

Things are getting even sweeter between Selena Gomez and Blackpink. After collaborating on the single “Ice Cream” from the K-pop group’s upcoming debut studio album,  Gomez is marking the occasion by creating a new flavor of — what else? — ice cream. Serendipity’s new line of ice cream will release “Cookies & Cream Remix” on

The Guild of Music Supervisors has announced the launch of its Fall Fundraising panel. The series kicks off on August 25 with the 2020 Emmy Nominees for Outstanding Music Supervision, and the panelists include: Nora Felder of “Stranger Things,” Thomas Golubić of “Better Call Saul,” Catherine Grieves of “Killing Eve,” Kier Lehman of “Insecure,” Jen