You never know what you’re going to get when an artist primarily known for their musical talents hosts Saturday Night Live. For every Bruno Mars and Ariana Grande (incredible surprises) you get a Blake Shelton or Justin Bieber (expected train wrecks). Halsey ended up somewhere squarely in the middle: You …

Rascal Flatts put together a playlist of classic-radio staples for their Jukebox EP this past December, a collection of covers by Hall & Oates, Huey Lewis and others. In May, the enduring vocal group will unveil its own live playlist: their new warm-weather tour dubbed the Summer Playlist Tour. Launching …

Three years ago this week, on February 9th, 2016, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide. There were immediate whispers about which “normal” GOP candidate would be craven enough to drop out and legitimize Trump’s candidacy with an endorsement. The man who made that historic decision, New …

Remember when The Lego Movie came out in 2014, and how we all thought it would be the cinematic equivalent of cheap plastic — only to end up laughing our asses off at how meta-clever it was at skewering brand culture? And remember how, in 2017, The Lego Batman Movie …

For most artists, the likelihood of writing a major hit diminishes over time — pop success is often synonymous with youth. But at the end of January, Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” was comfortably ensconced at Number Four on the Hot 100, making it the biggest hit of the …

After a hugely successful run in London’s West End, Tina, the Tina Turner Musical will make itsBroadwaydebut this fall. To get fans excited, the producers announced on Tuesday that Adrienne Warren will reprise her critically lauded portrayal of the rock legend. They also released a video of the performer singing …

Danny Goldberg, one of Nirvana‘s managers from 1990 to 1994, documents his stint with the iconic grunge band in a new book, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, out April 2nd via HarperCollins’ Ecco Press imprint. Serving the Servant mines Goldberg’s own memories of the songwriter, files that previously haven’t …

Zac Brown Band will uphold their road-warrior reputation through 2019. The band just announced the Owl Tour, an extensive summer trek that will feature support from Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Caroline Jones on select dates. Launching May 25th in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Owl Tour will conclude …

Missy Elliott, John Prine and Yusuf/Cat Stevens are among the 2019 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Country great Tom T. Hall, R&B hitmaker Dallas Austin and “Peaceful Easy Feeling” writer Jack Tempchin will also be honored at the June 13th induction ceremony at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. …

Spotify surpassed 200 million monthly active users at the end of 2018, the 10-year-old streaming service announced during an interview at Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show this week. In November, Spotify said in a financial disclosure to investors that it had 191 million monthly active users, 87 million of them …