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Foo Fighters to rock Madison Square Garden later this month

NEW YORK – New York City’s Madison Square Garden is ready to rock again. MSG Entertainment announced Tuesday that Foo Fighters will shake the famed arena with a concert on June 20 – the ven...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

Grammys change rules for album of the year award

NEW YORK – The Recording Academy has updated its rules for the album of the year Grammy, giving more producers and songwriters a better chance at winning the top award. The academy announce...

DATE: May 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jim Steinman, hitmaker for Meat Loaf and Celine Dion, dies

NEW YORK – Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling “Bat Out Of Hell” debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, ...

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk break up after 28 years

NEW YORK – Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

J. Lo, Billy Porter to perform at ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

NEW YORK – Jennifer Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.” ...

DATE: Dec 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bad Bunny gets 8.3B streams on Spotify

NEW YORK – The year’s most played artist on Spotify? Globally speaking: Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of the year with 8.3 bil...

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Stones’ Keith Richards cools his jets at home

NEW YORK – Keith Richards is so old-school that when he does his interviews he does them from a landline. The Rolling Stones icon isn’t a fan of technology. Years ago, he admitted...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode set for Rock Hall induction

NEW YORK – Years after their deaths, Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex’s Marc Bolan will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joining them as part of th...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Whitney Houston makes history with third diamond album

NEW YORK – The late Whitney Houston has earned her third diamond-certified album, becoming the first Black artist to achieve the feat. The Recording Industry Association of Americ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Stevie Wonder releases new songs

NEW YORK – Stevie Wonder released two new songs Tuesday reflecting the current times that he hopes inspires change. The piano-playing icon dropped the tracks “Where Is Our Love So...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Elton John announces new North American dates for final tour

NEW YORK – After postponing several shows because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elton John announced Wednesday that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will return to North America on Jan. ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

New solo version of Aretha song about race, faith released

NEW YORK – A never-before-heard solo version of the late Aretha Franklin’s riveting and powerful collaboration with Mary J. Blige about faith and race, 2006’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” h...

DATE: Jun 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music