Barely a week after the surprise settlement of the antitrust case leveled by the Department of Justice that threatened to separate Live Nation from its Ticketmaster division, Senator Amy Klo…
Legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins will embark upon what is being described as her farewell tour, "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes," on July 4, 2026. "Spanning iconic venues and cities across Nor…
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has for many years been a forceful advocate for a level playing field in the live-entertainment industry, whether leading the "Save Our Stages" bill that b…
Live Nation Entertainment has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in the antitrust case that had threatened to separate the company from its subsidiary Ticketmaster, acc…
Thursday's tenth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, featuring Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Hozier, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Mavis Staples, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more, raised over…
"Ever feel like you're losing touch with who you really are?," Lizzo said about halfway through her Sunday night set at the iconic Blue Note jazz club in New York's Greenwich Village. "I hav…
As expected, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its "Life Burns Faster" residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this year. The eight-show run will take place on October 1 and 3,…
For four decades, Jesse Malin was the music mayor of New York's East Village. Beginning in the early '80s with his teenaged hardcore band Heart Attack through his years with the rock band D-…
Country star Jelly Roll will officially become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and will be inducted by his friend, collaborator and Opry member Lainey Wilson on March 10. Also scheduled to pe…
The estate of legendary jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader John Coltrane will mark the 100th anniversary of the musician's birth with "Coltrane 100," a year-long global celebration in…
Veteran pop auteur Lykke Li has signed a new deal with Neon Gold Records via Futures Music Group and will release her sixth album " her first in four years " titled "The Afterparty" on May 8…
Three-time Grammy winner " and 2023 Variety Hitmakers honoree " Victoria Monét has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for touring representation in North America as well as all other ag…
Actor-singer Bijou Phillips has been hospitalized for a second kidney transplant and is urgently seeking a donor, a rep tells Variety. A previous transplant, in 2017, was unsuccessful; the r…
Multiple artists are seeking to leave the Wasserman Agency after details regarding founder-CEO Casey Wasserman's connection to late financier and convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein's …
Mary J. Blige, Paul Simon, Jon Batiste, Elvis Costello and Hozier are among the artists topping the bill of the Love Rocks NYC 10th anniversary concert, taking place Thursday, March 5 at its…
"Phantom Thread" director Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood have asked for a segment of music from the 2017 film to be removed from the controversial "Melania" documentary…
Bad Bunny promised "the world will dance" in his advertisement before the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, and his joyous, elaborate, unity-themed performance did not disappoint as he "…
CNN and Universal Music Group have announced that comedian-actor-musician Fred Armisen will host a new series that looks into Universal Music Group's vaults " the world's largest music archi…
14-time Grammy winner and multiple 2026 nominee Lady Gaga will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, the Recording Academy announced on Thursday. The artist is up for seven awards, t…
Harry Styles has announced dates for his hotly anticipated tour in support of his forthcoming fourth solo album with the intriguingly punctuated title of "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasiona…
Zayn did not come to Las Vegas to do the obvious. From the moment the singer took the stage, it was clear he wasn't catering to casual concertgoers looking to sing along with classic hits: t…
Sabrina Carpenter, who is up for six Grammy Awards, will perform at the show, which is taking place Sunday, Feb. 1 and broadcast live on CBS. Carpenter, who Variety's 2026 Hitmaker of the Ye…
Bad Bunny has released a video trailer for his forthcoming appearance at Super Bowl LX, and the message is so clear it's stated at the end: "The world" " all different ages, races and styles…
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a budget proposal that, among other things, funds both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at lev…
Barry Manilow, who announced in December that he was undergoing treatment for stage-one lung cancer, has announced new and rescheduled tour dates for March. According to the announcement, Ma…