LIVERPOOL, England — Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad “Tattoo,” at a colorful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine. The diva from Stockholm beat acts from 25 other countries to take the continent’s pop crown at the competition … Read more
Foo Fighters come roaring back to rock on “Rescued,” the band’s first song since the death of beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. And you can feel the ghost of Hawkins in the haunting chorus: “We’re all free to some degree/To dance under the lights/I’m just waiting to be rescued/Bring me back to life.” … Read more
Even notorious lady killer John Mayer can get “a little bitchy” after a breakup. The “Your Body Is a Wonderland” crooner, 45, sang his 2013 single “Paper Doll” at a concert at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, on April 8, where he looked back on the song he allegedly penned about ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift. According … Read more
Nothing lasts all night long — even Lionel Richie. During a Tuesday appearance on “The View,” the 73-year-old musician shared details about his hit song “All Night Long (All Night)” in honor of its 40th anniversary — and made an NSFW admission. He appeared on the talk show alongside his fellow “American Idol” judges Katy Perry … Read more
Country music star Morgan Wallen’s hit single “Last Night” has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 29-year-old’s song topped the charts despite his recent controversies surrounding COVID and his use of the N-word. “Last Night” was previously at No. 5 and then soared to the pop pinnacle on March 13; it … Read more
Lady Gaga will perform her Oscar-nominated song at the awards show after all. Just a few days after Oscars producer Glenn Weiss said that Gaga will not be performing at the ceremony, a source close to production confirmed to The Associated Press that she will actually be singing “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.” … Read more
A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt helpless at the images of people fleeing their homes. “The world felt like it was in a new place that it hadn’t been in decades,” the three-time Grammy winner … Read more
Rihanna’s pulling double duty Oscars night. Fresh off her eclectic Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this month, the Oscar nominee will perform at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 12. The “Shut Up and Drive” crooner, 35, will sing “Lift Me Up” — the theme from the Marvel film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the Academy … Read more
It’s a collab for the ages. A reimagined version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” with the late Olivia Newton-John was released Friday. The track will be featured on the “Grease” singer’s album, “Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection,” out May 5, which she recorded before her death. The four-time Grammy-winning Newton-John died after a … Read more
Ellie Goulding, what are you waiting for? The 36-year-old English singer/songwriter will reportedly heat up the bedroom with an X-rated song about sex with her husband, Caspar Jopling, 31. Goulding’s fifth studio album, “Higher Than Heaven,” is slated to drop on March 24, but some details about songs have been leaked. The song “Waiting For … Read more
Move over, autotune. Deepfake vocals could be the next big tool for musical manipulation. This week, Grammy award-winning artist David Guetta claimed the crowd at a Feb. 3 performance “went nuts” when he played a track featuring the voice of Eminem — despite the fact that the 50-year-old rapper never recorded the song. The French … Read more
They’re saying a little prayer. One activist group in Norway is calling for Aretha Franklin’s hit 1968 song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” to be removed from both Apple Music and Spotify after they deemed its lyrics offensive. The Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance took to Twitter last week to condemn the ballad, … Read more
“It’s a song that came to me in a dream and I felt like it was worth putting out there,” she said of the tune, which you can check out here. Source link
Nick Carter, 42, revealed Friday that he will be performing a song he wrote in honor of his late brother Aaron Carter at “The Songs for Tomorrow” benefit concert. The concert — hosted by Carter’s sister Angel Conrad and *NYSNC member Lance Bass — will raise awareness for mental health and was partly inspired by … Read more
The cast of “Saturday Night Live” was getting into the Christmas spirit by drinking away their feelings and shading Elon Musk and Kanye West in a festive musical number. The NBC sketch show began Saturday with Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong and Bowen Yang gathered around the tree to sing about the pitfalls of the holiday … Read more
CNN — Adam Sandler will always Chris Farley. More than twenty years after Farley’s death, Sandler still gets sad when he sings the “Chris Farley Song,” a song he wrote for his late friend and comedian, who died in December 1997 of a drug overdose at age 33. Sandler told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast … Read more
What a difference a song makes — especially when it’s sung by the Greatest Voice of All. That was no doubt the case when Whitney Houston’s epic rendition of “I Will Always Love You” hit No. 1 before “The Bodyguard” — the blockbuster flick that spawned the smash single — was even released 30 years … Read more
Diners at a new Hooters venue were left confused when the girls burst into a performance mid-meal that featured an “awkward” detail. Source link
It’s been 42 years since the release of one of the biggest rock records of all time, AC/DC’s Back in Black. And in the four decades since, English singer Brian Johnson has been haunted by a “conspiracy theory” over who put pen to paper on the ‘80s hit. There have been persistent rumors that the … Read more
When the clock strikes 12, meet her at midnight, just don’t expect to get tickets to the show. As ex-slaying, heartbreak tending, scarf rhapsodizing, self-deprecating Sagittarius Taylor Swift continues her domination of the world (and prepares to tour it), we’re doing an astrological deep dive into the lyrical marrow of her latest album, “Midnights.” Released, … Read more