Let’s be real: Dolly Parton is not a rock singer. Nor — as her much-hyped head-banger makeover on “Rockstar” demonstrates — does she have any business making a “rock” album. But, at 77, the country legend has, as much as any living artist today, more than earned the right — at least three lifetimes over … Read more
When Drake announced the surprise release of his “Scary Hours 3” EP — in an elaborate, two-minute trailer posted on Instagram — mere hours before it dropped at midnight on Friday, I could barely muster up a shrug. Nor was I impressed that he apparently came up with all six of these new songs just … Read more
It was a “Barbie” world at theaters this summer. And now that the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster has taken over the 2024 Grammys, with multiple “Barbie” soundtrack songs occupying the nominations list — announced Friday morning — it’s as if the Recording Academy is her own personal Dream House. First, there’s Billie Eilish, who not-so-surprisingly scored … Read more
Barbie isn’t the only one taking on the patriarchy in 2023 — so is Grammy. In fact, when the nominees for the 66th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, women ruled — make that, owned — the Big 4 categories: Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist. The diva … Read more
Thirty years ago, Sheryl Crow proved that she was more than “Strong Enough” to hang with the heavyweights of the pop world with her Grammy-winning debut, 1993’s “Tuesday Night Music Club.’ Now the 61-year-old singer is joining music’s most exclusive club in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when the induction ceremony takes place … Read more
With the string of hits that Taylor Swift had on “1989” — including “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Style,” “Bad Blood” and “Wildest Dreams” — it’s tough to see how she could have any good stuff left over from that era. But with Friday’s release of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” — her re-recording of her fifth … Read more
Fans have been sitting and anxiously waiting by Spotify for Taylor Swift’s newest album, “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” The 33-year-old pop star dropped her fourth audio that she decided to re-record on Oct. 27. Aside from the 19 OG tracks from her 2014 “1989” album version, she also added five new songs that never made the … Read more
Although they were arguably the biggest rock band in the world at the time — riding high off the smash success of “Every Breath You Take” — the Police were hardly in sync with each other when their “Synchronicity” Tour hit Shea Stadium on Aug. 18, 1983. But it was a playful wrestling match with … Read more
Jason Kelce is set to release a second holiday album — and he joked that Taylor Swift could make a cameo in the future. “Maybe. Not this one, not this time around,” Kelce, 35, said when asked by the Today show if Swift, 33, could be featured on a track. “Talk about raising money for … Read more
When you’re Cher, you shouldn’t have to share icon status on your album release day. But unbeknownst to the legendary diva, a little band called the Rolling Stones was also releasing their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” on Friday — the same day that she was dropping her first holiday LP, “Christmas.” “You know, I met … Read more
It may still be only rock ’n’ roll for the Rolling Stones. But that apparently does not include camera rolls. At Thursday night’s album release party for “Hackney Diamonds” — the legendary British band’s first LP of new material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — the Stones put the “old” in old-school by requiring all … Read more
The last time The Rolling Stones put out an album of new material — 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — it was all the way back in the pre-Taylor Swift era. In the interim, the pop superstar has dropped 10 studio LPs — and rocked the music world the way the Stones once did in the … Read more
Drake, now this is not the way to take care of Rihanna. After Drake was long rumored to have an on-again, off-again relationship with Rihanna while the two superstars cozied on up the charts together for some iconic collabs — from 2010’s “What’s My Name?” and 2016’s “Work” to, most memorably (for this critic), 2011’s … Read more
Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No. 1-selling album of 1966. And six decades later, he recently found himself in the same conversation with Taylor Swift when she tied his long-standing record … Read more
Before he found pop glory with “Take Me to Church” — released 10 years ago on Sept. 13, 2013 — it was more like “Take Me to College” for Hozier. “When I started working on the lyrics for a lot of that song, I was in college,” the suburban Dublin native — who was born … Read more
Nick Jonas almost lost his cool with one fan. The 30-year-old rock star called out a fan Monday while performing and asked him to stop throwing things onto the stage while his brothers perform. The incident occurred while Jonas and his brothers performed in Sacramento, California, as part of the Five Albums. One Night. The … Read more
LOS ANGELES — The wait is over: The Rolling Stones will soon release new music. On Monday, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the band will share details of the release at an event in East London’s Hackney … Read more
Taylor Swift said, “Speak Now” — but now some fans are concerned she’s “Haunted.” Some Swifties who received the new “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album on vinyl experienced a “creepy” issue when they went to listen. “Send help I got speak now (not Taylors version) this is so funny,” a fan captioned a video on … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Just like that, we’ve entered another ‘Eras Tour’ era. On Friday, July 7, Taylor Swift fans all over the globe prepared to ‘Never Grow Up’ while listening to … Read more
Taylor Swift re-introduced another era with the release of her re-recorded “Taylor’s Version” of her third studio album Speak Now. “It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours,” Swift wrote in an emotional social media post. “It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman … Read more