Music

Grammy Awards Announce Country Superstar Segment, Plus Daft Punk, and Pink

The Grammy Awards are juicing up for their CBS broadcast on January 26, 2014. Producer Ken Ehrlich is putting together his usual performance segments...

Beyonce Scores Number 1 with Surprise Album, Sells 618.5K Copies Friday to Sunday

Beyonce broke a lot of rules and records this past weekend. She sold 618,500 copies of her fifth album digitally only, on iTunes, in...

Katy Perry and John Mayer Audition for “A Star is Born” on GMA

How badly do Katy Perry and John Mayer want Clint Eastwood to cast them in "A Star is Born"? They took their audition to...

Rock Hall Finally Admits Cat Stevens, Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, Makes up Award for E Street Band

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years ago refused to induct the E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen. But now, after considerable leaning...

Beyonce Releases Unscheduled Surprise 14 Track Album on iTunes–and It’s Very Good

Beyonce surprise! Today, Friday the 13th, arrives a surprise new album from R&B pop star Beyonce. It wasn't on any schedule. But here is...

Billy Joel Adds 8th Monthly Consecutive Show at Madison Square Garden

The Billy Joel streamroller is here. Last week Madison Square Garden announced Billy's monthly residency. We jokingly said he'd play 1 show per month...

The Beatles Want Us to Buy All of Their CD’s Again in Yet Another Box Set

Ok, even I have to say this is nuts. The Beatles are going to issue a new box set on January 21st. Of all...

Tears for Spears: Britney’s New Album Comes in a Lackluster 5th Behind Duck Dynasty Carols

Britney Spears: do she even have a constituency? As the 31 year old former teen queen heads to Vegas, her recording career is on...

Good News! New Bieber Album No One Wants Will Be Available Only Briefly and Digitally

This is a relief. Justin Bieber is releasing his Manic Mondays singles as a digital-only album on iTunes. And it will only be available...

Grammys Snub Timberlake, Allow Pink’s Album from Last Year, Are Mostly a Fail

The Grammy nominations are bewildering and a little more awful than usual. Announced last night, the Grammys failed to put Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20...