Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Music

Desert Trip aka #Oldchella “Ticket Dump” for This Weekend with McCartney, Stones, Dylan, Who Etc

You know, I broke the story of Oldchella, aka Desert Trip. That's the two mega concert weekends out near Palm Springs, California with Paul...

Pop: 18 Year Old Sensation Shawn Mendes Hits the Charts at Number 1 with Second Album

Shawn Mendes's second album, "Illuminate," is number 1 this week. The 18 year old sold 120,000 CDs and downloads, and about 23,000 more streams. This...

Exclusive UPDATE Lady Gaga Will Write a Whole New Album of Songs for the New “A Star is Born” — If It Happens

Bradley Cooper's "A Star is Born" with Lady Gaga is a go go-- that's what a Hollywood insider insists. I am still hearing, however,...

Grammy Deadline is Friday: Here are the likely nominees for Album, Song, Record of the Year

The deadline for Grammy eligibility is Friday. The year in the music industry is over. Another ignominious year. And we're still waiting for a...

Beyonce’s Sister Solange Dropping New Digital Album “Everywhere” Not Just on Jay Z’s Tidal

Solange Knowles is not stupid. When Beyonce's sister drops her new digital album on Friday, it will be "everywhere" according to a press release....

Bruce Springsteen’s New Memoir Says He Wrote the Song “Fire” for Elvis Presley, But He Died Before It Could Happen

Bruce Springsteen's memoir, "Born to Run," is chock full of interesting stories. If there had been galleys and time to read it before publication,...

Denzel Washington Scores 13th $20 Mil Opening in a Row with “Magnificent Seven”

Denzel Washington set his own record today. "The Magnificent Seven" scored a $35 million opening weekend. It's Denzel's 13th opening in a row over...

Pop: Top 40 Breakdown as Total Sales Plummet, Number 1 Album Sells Just 38,000 Copies

Please someone tell me again: how are the record companies surviving? This week total sales for the top 20 came to just over 300,000...