Maybe background music is the new wave of baseball broadcasts. Peacock’s Yankees-Red Sox broadcast Tuesday night featured an awkward moment when an instrumental played in the middle of the fifth inning during the Bronx Bombers’ 9-0 win. The rock-centric theme played while Yankees ace Cam Schlittler pitched to Nick Sogard in a 1-0 game with … Read more
SALZBURG, Austria — An Austrian museum is alive with “The Sound of Music,” a first-ever venue devoted to the classic 1965 singalong movie starring Julie Andrews. The Sound of Music Salzburg museum, situated in an Austrian city famed for music and perhaps best known as the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, opened Sunday. The attendees … Read more
Orville Peck isn’t just kissing and telling. He’s swapping spit and singing. The openly gay country music star revealed in a new song this week that he “made out with a guy on the Raiders.” Peck did not unveil in the tune who the player was, but in an interview with Variety, he said he … Read more
Girl, put your records on — and your face cream, too. Bonjil, a new “neurosensory” skincare line, says listening to soothing music while applying serums and balms will help the products do their jobs. But not just any tune or toner will do. You can buy the brand’s proprietary products in a $3,445 music box … Read more
Tears for Fears star Curt Smith sang about ruling the world — and now he is backing a Hollywood-style bid to transform his hometown soccer club into the next Wrexham. Smith, 65, co-founder of the ’80s hitmakers, is among the investors in an LA-led consortium that has taken over Bath City Football Club, and will … Read more
When Megadeth play BMO Stadium on September 25 and 27, it will likely mark the band’s final shows in their hometown of Los Angeles. Founding member Dave Mustaine has called the band’s self-titled 17th album, released in January, as well as the subsequent promotional tour, their last. “It’s not that I want to,” explained Mustaine, … Read more
Before Freddie Mercury put a gun against a man’s head and pulled the trigger, he considered sending him off to war. An early draft of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 1975 hit that would define the band, included the verse, “Mama, there’s a war began / I’ve got to leave tonight,” according to “A Life in … Read more
A saxophonist who’s gained a massive following on social media for playing to crowds in public spaces drew hundreds of fans to San Francisco’s iconic Palace of Fine Arts — only for officers to swoop in and shut it down. Nathanial Young, whose viral POV videos have gained him hundreds of thousands of followers on … Read more
Rapper J. Cole canceled his Sacramento concert Thursday night after a member of his touring crew died in a fiery crash outside the city earlier in the day. The musician’s touring truck was hauling equipment ahead of the show at the Golden 1 Center when it crashed and overturned shortly after 6:05 a.m. in Yolo … Read more
Talk about an extrovert. Dolly Parton once fooled a marching band into thinking she was old friends with their director — even though the two had never met. Nathan Hickman, the band director at Parton’s alma mater, Sevier County High School, told The Post that he first met the country legend in 2013, when his … Read more
Country music legend Dolly Parton has died at 80. Her family announced the devastating news in a video posted to Instagram Tuesday. “I am representing the Parton and Owens family today, announcing the passing of my Aunt Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean,” a statement read by Dolly’s nephew Bryan Seaver said. Country singer Dolly Parton poses … Read more
Janie Bradford Hobbs, a key player in Motown’s early hitmaking machine, has died in Los Angeles at 87. The longtime LA resident died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following an extended illness, her family said. Bradford Hobbs later became a familiar face in the city’s music scene, where she ran the Heroes and Legends Awards … Read more
“Jam session” just took on a whole new meaning. A recent study found a link between major album releases and deadly car crashes in the US, with traffic fatalities spiking on the day hit records landed on streaming services. The increase came with a star-studded soundtrack, including music from Taylor Swift, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, … Read more
Hundreds of fans lined the streets of a seaside Welsh village on Saturday to bid farewell to late singer Bonnie Tyler as her coffin was brought home. The Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star, beloved worldwide for her 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” died last month in a hospital in Portugal. She was 75. Tyler … Read more
Nearly 30 years after rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas, the only person ever charged in his killing is set to go on trial. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is scheduled to stand trial beginning Monday on a murder charge in the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed Shakur, one of hip-hop’s most influential artists. Davis … Read more
In 1985, when South Africa was still under apartheid, a car drove into the black township of Soweto with an unusual passenger — one of the world’s most famous singer/songwriters — concealed in the back seat. Paul Simon had been invited to Soweto by Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, a black South African pop star at the … Read more
KATSEYE fans hoping to see the group in full this weekend at a Los Angeles music festival are sadly out of luck. Sophia Laforteza, considered the leader of the group behind hit songs including “Gnarly” and “Gabriela,” said she’ll miss the Head in the Clouds music festival the group was scheduled to attend in Pasadena … Read more
He insists there’s nothing artificial about this hit. LA-based rapper Fenix Flexin has been forced to deny allegations that his wildly popular new song “Rubberz” was generated using artificial intelligence — as internet sleuths and music industry figures pick apart everything from his vocals to the track’s production. The song, released in June, has become a … Read more
Urine in the club. Some Lollapalooza attendees are facing the music online after they seen “crowdsurfing” an alleged pee bag across the crowd in a leaked video. “Passing a bag of pee through the crowd is not ok,” Instagram user @edmtrain captioned a clip of the revolting incident, which currently boasts 177,000 views. Lollapalooza fans … Read more
Legendary rock group ZZ Top has canceled its show at the Hollywood Bowl only hours before they were supposed to take the stage. ZZ Top and Cheap Trick were slated to play the legendary venue Wednesday night. The ZZ Top tour has unforeseen personnel matters that have forced the band to cancel its appearance at … Read more