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Elton John and Bernie Taupin are receiving the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. This is a special award to songwriters of the highest merit who are considered the gold standard. This ... Read More

Yes, I went to a Taylor Swift show last night. Judging by the audience of preteen girls at the Prudential Center in Newark, I doubt many of my colleagues have had this experience. My twin nieces, Hannah an... Read More

Justin Timberlake proves hard work pays off. His “20/20 Experience” just missed selling 1 million copies in its first week. Sales totaled 980,222. Ouch! That was through Sunday. By now it”... Read More

The recent surprising news that the Rolling Stones’ 18 arena concerts in the US would be promoted by AEGLive took only 45 minutes to negotiate. As recently as two weeks ago, I told you that AEG would... Read More

“American Idol” was down 8 percent last night from last Wednesday in the overnight ratings. A 3.5 in the key demo was a marked departure from 3.8 last week. “Idol” still won the nig... Read More

EXCLUSIVE Where in the world is Mike Myers? The “Wayne’s World” and “Austin Powers” comic actor/writer/director hasn’t made a movie since “The Love Guru” bom... Read More

Barbra Streisand is about to take Europe by storm. She’s just announced four dates in Europe for June– London, Paris, Berlin, and Cologne. And more are coming. Barbra was last in Europe in June... Read More

Rod Stewart has written and produced a whole new album of rock songs. “Time”comes out on May 7th. The preview of songs is below. You know. Rod joins David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix in w... Read More

Bobbie Smith, one of the lead singers of The Spinners, died on March 16th. He was the absolutely sterling lead vocalist on the magnificent records — and dare I say major hits– “I’ll... Read More

So: Justin Timberlake has 1o more songs, a “20/20 Experience, Pt. 2,” ready for fall release. On a web forum, Questlove of the Roots made the announcement today in response to criticism that... Read More