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SZA postponed the Toronto date of her SOS tour a few hours before she was set to take the stage on Wednesday evening, explaining that illness got in the way. The singer took to Instagram to post a video from her on stage during sound check at Scotiabank Arena, apologizing to her fans and explaining

The process of guts-spilling was the focus of a conversation between Olivia Rodrigo and veteran songwriter-producer Linda Perry at the Grammy Museum Wednesday night, before the young pop champion took to piano and acoustic guitar to sing solo versions of three hits and/or fan favorites from her new album, “Vampire,” “Making the Bed” and “Lacy.”

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce told his brother Jason on their “New Heights” podcast that the NFL is going a bit overboard when it comes to Taylor Swift coverage. UPDATE: The NFL has responded. The Grammy-winning pop star and Kelce have captured the media zeitgeist in recent weeks amid dating rumors. While neither

Forest Hills Stadium could have been a condominium. The legendary Queens, New York, tennis-stadium-turned-amphitheater — longtime home of the U.S. Open, which would later host outdoor concerts by the likes of the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones — had gone decades without live music and was casually

“West Side Story” Golden Globe winner and upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel star Rachel Zegler recently took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to support Taylor Swift against a viral clip in which a Barstool Sports podcast host joked about needing to see a sex tape featuring Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce

Opening for Sting at the Hollywood Bowl makes for some album release show. That’s what Joe Sumner will be doing Saturday night, the day after his debut solo album, “Sunshine in the Night,” is released. If he’s taking it in stride, there is the fact that they’re father and son; the familiarity has been compounded

Although Doja Cat‘s “Paint The Town Red,” the lead single off her latest LP “Scarlet,” leads the Hot 100 for a second week thanks to its command on radio (53 million impressions in the last week, per Billboard), the parent record failed to debut in the top three of the albums chart. “Scarlet” debuts at

Country star Hardy announced on social media Tuesday that he is canceling or postponing his next three concerts, due to what he described as “serious anxiety” and panic attacks that have “landed me in the hospital.” He indicated that these conditions have “taken over my life” over the last two weeks, and represent delayed trauma

Matty Healy took some time out of the 1975 concert at the Hollywood Bowl Monday night to issue an updated apology for “some of my actions have hurt some people.” Healy has been under fire numerous times throughout his musical career for controversial comments and behavior but he incited a mass hate storm when he

The Renaissance World Tour may have come to an end this past Sunday in Kansas City, but it’s safe to call it a smashing success for Beyoncé. Live Nation has announced that the superstar’s global trek earned more than $579 million worldwide, with 2.7 million fans attending across 56 dates in 39 cities. The tour,

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After being released for preorder on Mattel’s website on Monday morning, Stevie Nicks‘ first-ever Barbie version of herself sold out within minutes. Now, it’s popping up on resale sites such as Ebay for almost

Burna Boy is on fire. In September, the Nigerian singer created a little slice of U.K. chart history as his seventh album, “I Told Them…,” went straight to No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart, making him the first international Afrobeats artist to top the ranking. Atlantic Records U.K. executive VP and president of Black

Latin music revenue is growing at an unprecedented pace in the United States, rising in consumption by 15% compared to the first half of 2022. Not only that, Spanish is now the second most listened-to language in music across the U.S. accounting for an estimated 23% of listeners. These landmarks follow a breakthrough year for Latin

A gloomy Los Angeles weekend ushered in the first day of October on the same evening the Arctic Monkeys put a cap on three sold-out nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood. The band was appropriately dressed for the occasion, conjointly sporting black and white suits while frontman Alex Turner masqueraded behind a pair of

Ed Sheeran is donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of “Autumn Variations” — both the original release and the newly-released “Fan Living Room Sessions” — to music education non-profit Save The Music. The announcement comes on the heels of “Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions),” an extended version of the album that arrived

Record Store Day has announced a lineup of more than 170 exclusive titles for its annual Black Friday event this fall, with the “black” almost being a misnomer for this particular Nov. 24, 2023 rollout — given the amount of purple, gold, red, blue, green, marble, clear and splatter-colored vinyl variants on the list. The

Scott Strode is the founder and executive director of The Phoenix. Colette Weintraub is the head of Stand Together Music.  If there’s anything National Recovery Month and Sober October remind us, it’s that recovery isn’t a solo gig. It’s more like being part of a massive band, playing the same tune of resilience and strength.

It’s that time of the year again: Mariah Carey is getting back in the Christmas spirit. On Monday morning, the singer revealed her “Merry Christmas One and All” tour, spreading holiday cheer across North America starting in mid-November. The 13-date trek kicks off in Highland, CA on November 15, with plans to make stops in

Steve Nicks all but confirmed in a new interview with Vulture that Fleetwood Mac is done and will no longer perform following the November 2022 passing of singer-songwriter and longtime band member Christine McVie. Nicks’ comment echoes similar thoughts that Mick Fleetwood shared in February when he told the Los Angeles Times, “I think right now,

Madonna’s life — and the relentless ambition that fueled her rise — could be the stuff of a great book. And now Pulitzer finalist Mary Gabriel has taken on the challenge. Gabriel, who wrote about the women who helped invent modern art in “Ninth Street Women,” turns her attention to the Material Girl in “Madonna:

During her performance in Las Vegas Sunday night, Lady Gaga dedicated her 2011 hit “Born This Way” to the victims of the mass shooting that took place in the city six years earlier. Gaga stopped midway through a stripped-down version of the song and said, “I just want to remind everyone here what a resilient

Taylor Swift arrived at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday night to see her rumored boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, play the New York Jets. Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner, Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Levy, Olivia DeJonge and several other celebrities joined the singer-songwriter at the game. Much

Stories about nonverbal autistic teens rarely galvanize the public imagination. But when one such youth has made the transition in a few short years from having a limited ability to communicate to having co-written a symphony, people are going to take notice, and be touched. That’s the case with Jacob Rock, a 19-year-old from Eagle

Spectacle is underrated. This is pretty much the antithesis of any accepted, traditional rock ‘n’ roll orthodoxy. It is also the natural human reaction to just about any or all of “U2:UV Live at Sphere Las Vegas,” the greatest-show-on-earth that opened Friday night in an enormous dome just off the Strip. The just-over-two-hour show marks

Guitarist Al Di Meola has announced his plan to resume touring in 2024 after suffering a heart attack during a performance in Romania on Wednesday. The musician posted a statement on Thursday addressing the incident: “I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love and support that

The first date of U2‘s 25-night run at Las Vegas’ Sphere is on the books, and for anyone who doesn’t mind spoilers, the makeup of the setlist can be revealed — although there is a mid-section that, judging from what Bono said, may be different each night during the run. The setlist for “U2:UV Live

This particular Friday has been a long time coming for Becky G: Her third studio album, “Esquinas,” (“Corners”), finally sees its release via Kemosabe-RCA Records after living only as a concept in her mind for the last several years. It’s a truly intimate project. In it, the singer is overwhelmed with moments of gratitude, at

Cleo Sol is a British R&B singer who first made her mark as a teenager nearly 15 years ago but has risen to prominence as the most prominent vocalist in Sault, the prolific and deliberately anonymous alt-soul collective masterminded by musician-producer Inflo that has released a mind-boggling 11 albums in just four years. Sol has

Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection to the fatal drive-by shooting of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. The Las Vagas Metropolitan Police Department served a new search warrant in relation to the 1996 unsolved murder earlier this July, resulting in the launch of an investigation a few miles away from the Las Vegas

Aerosmith has pushed their 2023 tour to next year after Steven Tyler suffered an injury that led to “bleeding vocal cords,” and has now been revealed to be “more serious than initially thought.” In a statement shared on social media, the band said Tyler’s doctor “he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care,” adding that