Music
Broadway: Sting’s “Last Ship” Tightens Up for a Big Hit Sunday Launch
"The Last Ship" is ready to sail. I stopped in to see a Tuesday night performance of Sting's musical, directed by Joe Mantello, last...
Music
Bono Chart Bust: U2 Sells 23,142 Copies of New Album, Comes in at Number 12
UPDATE: "Songs of Innocence," the new U2 album, did much less well than anyone thought. Hitsdailydouble says it sold 23,142 copies. That's the deluxe...
Music
Mick Jagger Finally Admits He Moves Like James Brown, Not Like Jagger
There are many interesting reveals in HBO's new documentary about James Brown. The most pressing one is a completely revealing interview with Mick Jagger,...
Celebrity
Taylor Swift’s Big Music Machine Churns Out a Third Anthem Week Before New Album
What came first? Taylor Swift or her record label, called Big Machine? Because Swift, who's still under 25, has become a Big Machine. Her...
Music
Exclusive Premiere: Aretha Franklin’s Gorgeous Version of “Teach Me Tonight”
Dinah Washington made Sammy Cahn's "Teach Me Tonight" (lyrics by Gene dePaul) a hit in 1954. Twenty years later, Phoebe Snow did likewise. Now...
Music
U2: iTunes Giveaway Results in Only Sales of 30,000 Physical CDs– Much Lower Than Previously Guessed
U2' s experiment with iTunes reaped lot of publicity -- and maybe even some part of the "$100 million worth of marketing" that's been...
Music
Neil Young’s Pono Music Library Website is Up and Semi-Functional
Neil Young's Pono Music library website is up and semi-functional (www.ponomusic.com). The site offers quite a few albums that feature 30 second samples from...
Music
American Music Awards Nominate Grammy Left Overs, B Listers
The nominees for the American Music Awards are really awful, as usual. They're also a collection of songs and artists who either aren't eligible...