Kesha's legal team responded today to the uproar around a recently revealed claim that Dr. Luke, the singer's former collaborator, assaulted Katy Perry. Their statement clams that an unnamed…
Although they can seem formulaic, any major awards show, particularly one like the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is very difficult to pull off. While it's a hallowed honor, the absolute apex for…
Songs For Screens is a Variety column sponsored by music experiential agency MAC Presents, based in NYC. It is written by Andrew Hampp, founder of music marketing consultancy 180…
When a stadium-sized artist does a "club show," they usually play an acoustic-ish set or a scaled-down (i.e. intimate but incomplete) version of their usual headlining concert. Sometimes, th…
Scooter Braun, manager of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber and the key organizer of last year's One Love Manchester concert, was awarded the Harry Chapin humanitarian award at the Music Biz c…
The Tony Awards will honor Bruce Springsteen in June for his production of “Springsteen on Broadway.” In the live-streamed ceremony early Tuesday morning announcing this ye…
Thanks to nearly two decades of over-the-top performances and secret guest spots, Coachella's first weekend is under an international microscope, and this year sets like Beyonce's Saturday s…
The Mattel-owned American Girl doll line " familiar to virtually any adult with female children " today announced a partnership to launch a new musical production inspired by the stories …
Bruce Springsteen will extend his "Springsteen on Broadway" one-man show until December 15, he announced today. Eighty-one additional shows will go on sale for performances July 10 throug…
French composer and multiple Oscar- and Grammy-winner Michel Legrand is scoring Orson Welles’ final film, “The Other Side of the Wind,” Variety has learned. This will mark …
A constant question hanging over “Springsteen on Broadway”'s ongoing seven-or-so-month-long run has been: How long can he do it? How long can veteran road warrior Bruce Springste…
Independent music publisher Big Deal Music Group announced today that they have entered into a long-term worldwide administration agreement with Notable Music, the company founded by lege…
Dan Cohen has joined Nonesuch Records as vice president of marketing, the company announced today. Cohen comes to the Warner Music Group label from Republic Records, where he was vice presid…
For 42 years now, "The Clive Party" " officially Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Present “The Pre-Grammy Gala” " has been the hottest ticket in the music industry, a night-…
Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects and Variety's Industry Hitmaker of 2017 will receive the first-ever Hall of Fame Award at the Midem conference in Cannes, France in June. Braun, whose m…
On Friday morning, a press release arrived from "Hamilton" mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda announcing The Hamildrops, which is basically a long-term mixtape, with unspecified "new 'Hamilton' c…
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced an exclusive consultancy with music industry veteran Jay Landers and his Lighthouse Company that will see him mining Sony/ATV's catalog of songs and d…
As expected, on Monday evening, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation into law that will repeal the 91-year-old “cabaret law” that has long bedeviled nightclub owners.…
Bruce Springsteen announced today that “Springsteen on Broadway,” his 16-week series of performances at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre will be extended, with additional sho…
Marilyn Manson caused a fair amount of outrage in San Bernardino on Sunday when, on the day of yet another mass shooting " Sunday's in Texas, where 26 people were killed " he turned a fake g…
Overturning a 91-year-old rule that has long bedeviled nightclub owners in New York, city lawmakers have voted Tuesday to repeal the "cabaret law,” according to The Associated Press. T…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballots were mailed out to 800 potential voters this week, and Bon Jovi already has one big supporter in their corner: Bette Midler. Speaking to Variety on the…
"Saturday Night Live" announced the lineup for two more November shows on Monday morning, and it includes a bounty of musical guests: Chance the Rapper will host on Nov. 18 " with Eminem as …
A new song by Bruce Springsteen is featured during the end credits of the new Miles Teller film, "Thank You for Your Service." The song, "Freedom Cadence," was written specifically for the m…
"We're three sisters from the Valley playing the Greek," marveled Este Haim, one-third of the sisterly trio bearing their last name. "I'm 'Stone Cold' Steven Austin when it comes to emotion,…