Disney/Eric McCandless The new season of American Idol — which is technically its 22nd — gets underway February 18 on ABC, and host Ryan Seacrest says this time around, the show is going home. Or at least, back to Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Katy Perry‘s homes. “We’re taking all of the judges back to their roots, backRead More →
JC Olivera/Getty Images The life of hitmaking songwriter Diane Warren is coming to the Broadway stage — along with the hits she’s written over the years. The musical, called Obsessed, has started production and will include Diane’s hits for artists like Cher, Aerosmith, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga and Toni Braxton, plus Taylor Swift‘s “Say Don’t Go,” the recently released “FromRead More →
ABC/Eric McCandless Music manager Martin Kirkup died February 4 at age 75, and one of his clients, Katy Perry, has now taken to Instagram to pay tribute to him — and to reveal that he approved of her new music. “It’s taken me a little while to make this post…something about posting it makesRead More →
Beyoncé may be going country, but Lady Gaga is not going rock. After posting a series of photos of herself working on new music — including one of her strumming an electric guitar — Gaga clarified on Instagram, “No I’m not making a rock album.” Jennifer Garner commemorated the anniversaryRead More →
Interscope Last year, Selena Gomez was celebrating being “Single Soon.” This year, she’s singing about love. The star has announced a new single, “Love On,” dropping February 22 at 6 p.m. ET. It’s her first release of 2024, ahead of her upcoming album. Selena co-wrote the “fun and flirty” song with Julia Michaels,Read More →
Columbia Records Maren Morris, who brought us hits like “The Middle” and “The Bones,” is now putting a new spin on a classic song from the ’80s: Billy Idol‘s “Dancing with Myself.” Maren has released a video for the song, which shows her going into the legendary Nashville record store Grimey’s, picking theRead More →
Christopher Victorio/WireImage for KAABOO Del Mar via imageSPACE No Doubt hasn’t played together since 2015, and Gwen Stefani says she’s going to have to hit the books before the band’s reunion gigs at Coachella in April. Appearing on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 14, Gwen noted the band hasn’t started rehearsing for the gigs —Read More →
MEGA/GC Images via Getty Images Love is in the air in Gotham City. Director Todd Phillips shared three new images from Joker: Folie á Deux, his highly anticipated sequel to the 2019 Oscar-winning film Joker. The Valentine’s Day surprise came Wednesday night over on Instagram. The pictures feature Joaquin Phoenix in costume as Arthur Fleck/The Joker, theRead More →
Todd Owyoung/NBC Rod Stewart is joining artists like The Beach Boys, Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills and The Beach Boys on the roster of Iconic Artists Group, which acquires and manages the rights to artists’ music and brands. Iconic’s CEO is music industry veteran and manager Irving Azoff. Rod has sold the rights to his recordings to Iconic, as wellRead More →
Kanye West and Taylor Swift in 2015; Kevin Winter/MTV1415/Getty Images For MTV After mentioning Taylor Swift in one of the songs on his new album, Vultures, Kanye West has taken to Instagram to address the perceptions of his relationship with Taylor. In the song “Carnival,” Ye raps, “I mean since Taylor Swift/ since I hadRead More →
