Music

In the latest celebrity contribution to the “Tiger King” craze, the punk band the Offspring has shared its cover of “Here Kitty Kitty,” Joe Exotic’s Carole Baskin diss track that was featured in Netflix’s documentary series. Though the series led viewers to believe Exotic had a country music career on the side, “Here Kitty Kitty”

Since the release of “What’s Up?” in 1993, the 4 Non Blondes hit has solidified its place as a call-to-action as well as an anthem of hope. Now, in a time of great uncertainty and isolation brought on by coronavirus, 16-year-old singer-songwriter Willa Amai has framed the song for a new generation as the question

FYI Brand Group is launching a new webinar series via Zoom, “FYI Firesides,” featuring experts across the entertainment, pop culture, music, fashion, sports, and philanthropy sectors. The series launches Tuesday (April 28). According to the announcement, FYI will offer in-depth conversations on how to navigate the changing landscape and implement new strategies, forward-thinking ideas, and

Along with Sade albums, new Daft Punk music is among the rarest of the rarities in contemporary music — and while it’s not a new album proper, Italian film director Dario Argento revealed in an interview with Repubblica that the duo has reached out to him to collaborate on his next film, “Occhiali Neri” (aka “Black Glasses”).

Ingrid Andress’ single “More Hearts Than Mine” has reached the top spot on the country radio chart, supplanting Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” — marking a historic first, as never before have two debuting female artists’ first singles succeeded each other back-to-back at No. 1 in the format, according to statistician Jada E. Watson. Moreover, songs

UPDATED: The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund, recently purchased a large stake in Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live-entertainment company, according to SEC filings released Monday. Public Investment disclosed that it owned a 5.7% stake in the company, a total of 12.3 million shares valued at approximately $500 million. The fund’s stake

As the coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed the live-entertainment industry the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has formed to fight for the survival of independent venues and their employees, as well the communities around them. Consisting of more than 800 venues, including New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom and the Troubador in Los Angeles, NIVA, which recently appealed to Congress for more aid during

iHeartMedia today announced the launch of “The iHeartRadio Living Room Concert Series Presented by State Farm,” a weekly performance series with the goal of bringing Americans together for performances by some of music’s top artists. In honor of essential workers, a donation will be made to a featured charitable organization for each episode in the

Broadway sent in the A-team for “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,” an online salute to Stephen Sondheim that had theater lovers across America in full “You’re not crying, I’m crying” mode. The cast of dozens of performers consisted mostly of the biggest names in musical theater from the last 40

Harold Reid, the bass singer in the long-running country vocal quartet the Statler Brothers, died Friday night at age 80. A post on the group’s website said that Reid “had bravely endured a long battle with kidney failure.” The group had retired in 2002 after being together in various configurations since 1955. They were inducted

The second-ever “Saturday Night Live: At Home” edition was a star-studded affair. Brad Pitt was the first special guest in the April 26 virtual episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy show. Delivering a cold open in which he played Dr. Anthony Fauci and addressed rumors about the testing of and cure for coronavirus, Pitt

Miley Cyrus was the surprise musical guest for the April 25 “At Home” edition of “Saturday Night Live.” The singer performed a cover of Pink Floyd’s classic “Wish You Were Here” while seated fireside and accompanied by Andrew Watt, a noted guitarist, songwriter and all-around hitmaker, who recently recovered from coronavirus and spoke of the

Hamilton Bohannon, one of the great musicians of the disco era, died on Friday. He was 78. The Newnan Times-Herald, a local newspaper in Newnan, Ga., where Bohannon was born, reported the news on Saturday after speaking with several members of his family. Bohannon played the drums for Stevie Wonder in 1964, and that gig

Lucinda Williams had “blues” in an album title as far back as her second release, 1980’s “Happy Woman Blues,” but it took until 2020 for her to truly get as bluesy — in an electrified, garage-y kind of way — as she does on her new album, “Good Souls Better Angels.” It’s as raw and

British singer-songwriter and author Ian Whitcomb, a long-time resident of Los Angeles, has died at the age of 78. While studying in Dublin, he formed the band Bluesville, which released the single “This Sporting Life.” It reached number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100. Whitcomb’s next song, “You Turn Me On,” reached number 8 on

Andy King, the viral star of Netflix’s “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,” is hosting the Room Service Music Festival. The virtual festival, taking place from Friday to Sunday — on the third anniversary of the infamous Fyre Festival — will include performances by Yungblud, Channel Tres, Pink Sweats, Chromeo, A Boogie wit da

Live Nation’s ticket-refund site with details about events cancelled or postponed due to the coronarvirus pandemic, announced last Friday, is now live. Details of the refund program, now called Ticket Relief, were announced April 17, on the heels of a similar program from AEG Presents, but were not posted until the afternoon of the 24th. They can

Civil rights activist Tarana Burke founded “Me Too” in 2006, fire-starting a movement that would take down dozens of industry titans guilty of misogyny, sexual misconduct and abuse against women, most famously movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who last month was sentenced to 23 years in a New York State prison on charges of sexual assault

UPDATED: After a wave of criticism, Live Nation has revised its ticket-refund policies for events cancelled or postponed due to the coronarvirus pandemic. “Fans, we hear you. We don’t want you to be waiting in limbo while shows are being rescheduled,” Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino tweeted Friday. “Thanks to your feedback, @LiveNation has revised our refund policy. If

Eminem announced today the “Love Your DJ” contest via his Marshall Mathers Foundation, which will aid DJs in his home state of Michigan who may have been financially impacted by the closure of venues and events due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The competition features cash prizes of $313 (the Detroit area code) to the first 500

The song that Travis Scott promised to drop during “Astronomical,” his concert on Fortnite Thursday night, turns out to be a collaboration with Kid Cudi — and both the song and the “group” are called “The Scotts.” Slow, menacing and low-key, the song was produced by Daytrip, Dot Da Genius and Plain Pat, with co-production by

Juice WRLD’s family has released “Righteous,” the first posthumous single from the rapper, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year. According to a statement from the family, the song was recorded at the rapper’s home studio in Los Angeles. “Juice was a prolific artist who dedicated his life to making music. Choosing how

Universal Music Group’s merchandise division Bravado is releasing a line of artist-branded face masks. Under the banner “We’ve Got You Covered,” the reusable, washable, cloth face masks are available via a special e-commerce site, www.wegotyoucoverednow.com, for the very affordable price of $15. Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Willie Nelson and Bob Marley are among

It’s not hard to see what country fans are enjoying about Hot Country Knights, the group that subsists on 1990s tropes and nothing but 1990s country tropes. The band — whose debut album, “The K Is Silent,” arrives May 1 — would seem to be the brainchild of post-’90s country star Dierks Bentley, who will

The Production Music Conference set for fall has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Production Music Association announced Thursday. The annual confab for the global production music community was set to take place Oct. 5 but will now wait it out till fall 2021. The show will go on for the conferences’s Mark

Afrobeats superstar Davido is putting some muscle into the fight against Covid-19, enlisting R&B standout Summer Walker and producer London On Da Track for a visual to the track “Dolce & Gabbana.” Co-produced with Nigerian producer Kiddominant, it comes from Davido’s sophomore album “A Good Time.” In it, all three are decked in head-to-toe D&G.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has made an incredibly generous financial donation to organizations representing working songwriters: the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and Songwriters of North America (SONA). The two will split $500,000 and provide additional support to their constituents struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic and shifting needs in the music marketplace. Both organizations will

Taylor Swift was not pleased when fans began alerting her Thursday to the impending release of a live album from her early days as a recording artist, taking to social media to slam Big Machine for being “tasteless” and showing “shameless greed” in exploiting her catalog by putting out “Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008”

Frederick Thomas, best known as his rap alias Fred the Godson, has died from coronavirus-related complication. He was 35. The Bronx rapper revealed his diagnosis on April 6 via social media, sharing a picture of himself on a ventilator in the hospital. His wife, LeeAnn Jemmott, told Brooklyn’s News 12 on April 8 that Thomas

Sometimes it snows more than once in April. “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince” did well enough in the ratings for CBS Tuesday night that the network has scheduled the special for an instant rerun, to air Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The two-hour tribute, well received by casual fans as