Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Music

Taylor Swift “Showgirl”: The Fix Is In as iTunes X Account Posts for 1st Time in Six Years, Rolling Stone Turns Over Magazine to...

Before September 10th of this year, iTunes hadn't posted a Tweet, now an X, since 2019. That was six years ago. Suddenly, about a dozen posts...

Fleetwood Mac 2026 Farewell Tour Possible: Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood Wish Lindsay Buckingham a Happy Birthday on Social Media

No one's said anything yet, but a Fleetwood Mac 2026 farewell tour looks all but certain. Today both Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood each wished...

Antisemitic Singer Lorde, Who Has Few Record Sales Worldwide This Year, Sees Songs Pulled from Apple in Israel

Lorde, the New Zealand singer with one hit in twelve years, has underscored her previous antisemitism. She's seen her music pulled from iTunes in Israel...

Taylor Swift’s New Album So Far Hasn’t Generated Any Hits on iTunes or Spotify But Rolling Stone Is All In

What is going on here? "The Life of a Showgirl" album by Taylor Swift -- released at midnight -- is number 1 on amazon and...

Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers May Have to Decide If Their Songs, “Life of a Showgirl” and “Cool,” Sound Pretty Similar

I can't take credit for this. Sean McNulty, who writes the excellent The Wake Up newsletter at The Ankler -- I guess he's a Jonas...

Taylor Swift Drops Airless New Album, “The Life of a Showgirl”: Is It Good? Is It Bad? Does it Matter? Marketing Machine is Humming

Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Life of a Showgirl," has been out for 40 minutes. It's easily number 1 everywhere. Is it good? Is it...

Keith Urban Counting on Concertgoers Still Buying Tickets After Scandal Because His Album Sales Are a Bust

Keith Urban is gone from good guy husband to philanderer over night. Nicole Kidman filed for divorce this week from her husband of 19 years....

Grammy Nominations Predicted: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga Stand Out In An Otherwise Dull Year

I see some Grammy nominations predictions starting to pop up. This was not a great year, folks. There was "Flowers" or "Birds of a...