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Nadav Kander Peter Gabriel's recent song "Road to Joy" has led him back to the Billboard airplay charts for the first time in years. Gabriel hasn't appeared on a Billboard airplay chart as a lead artist since 2002. He did chart in 2008, but it was as a featured artist on a song called "Burn You Up, Burn You Down," credited to Big Blue Ball.  In 2002 he reached #20 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart with the […]

Paul Natkin/Getty Images Sting is not on the Barbie soundtrack, but he did — albeit inadvertently — inspire Christopher Nolan to make the movie Oppenheimer. Now, he's reaping the benefits of "Barbenheimer" mania. As previously reported, Nolan has said in several press interviews that he first became interested in J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb and the subject of Oppenheimer, while growing up in the '80s. Amid mounting fears of a nuclear war, Nolan said, he heard Sting's 1986 […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc In March, Kip Winger revealed on the Appetite for Distortion podcast that Metallica's James Hetfield apologized to him for that scene in their "Nothing Else Matters" video where Lars Ulrich throws a dart at his photo. Now, Winger's come to an understanding with the creator of the Winger-bashing content on Beavis & Butt-Head. During the original MTV run of Beavis & Butthead, the boys' nemesis Stewart Stevenson always wore a "Winger" T-shirt, which Winger says was harder to laugh off than the Metallica thing. "Apparently […]

ABC/Connie Chornuk Keith Urban, Kix Brooks, David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard and Rafe Van Hoy have been announced as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame's Class of 2023 inductees. Keith will be inducted into the contemporary songwriter/artist category, Kix in the veteran songwriter/artist category, and David and Casey in the contemporary songwriter category, while Rafe will join as the veteran songwriter. "Gathering for this occasion – to recognize and welcome the members of our incoming class – is always one of the […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Pop superstar Pink recently played two shows at Boston's Fenway Park, breaking the venue's attendance record on both nights. Opening those two record-breaking shows? Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, who are on the bill for the remainder of Pink's shows in August and her October date at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. How did the unexpected pairing come about? It all started at the Rock & Roll Hall of […]

Presley Ann/Getty Images for Icelandic Glacial Reese Witherspoon is officially closing a chapter of her life. She's reportedly settled her divorce with her estranged husband, Jim Toth, just four months after she first filed. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Reese and Jim both put pen to paper on a marital dissolution agreement. They also worked out a parenting plan for their 10-year-old son Tennessee James, though the exact […]

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Resort & Casino Robert Plant isn't from Liverpool, but he's received a special honor from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). The school was founded by Paul McCartney in 1995 in the same building as the ex-Beatle's former childhood school. Plant visited LIPA in November for a session with the students, the BBC reports, and now, the legendary Led Zeppelin frontman has been made a companion of the school. The honor is given […]

Courtesy of Warner Music Nashville Get ready to hear a new Michael Ray song on the airwaves. The country singer has announced that his duet with Meghan Patrick, "Spirits and Demons," will be the next song he sends to country radio. "IT’S OFFICIAL! Our new single #SpiritsAndDemons is headed to country radio. Listen starting August 28th!!! Swipe to see our reaction [whiskey + broken heart emojis]," Michael captioned an Instagram post alongside the single artwork and a surprise text […]

(KANSAS CITY) --Months after a grand jury indicted a Missouri man accused of holding a Black woman captive in his basement on nine charges, a potential witness that police had been trying to find for months in the case has been found dead. Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced in a press release Monday that remains found June 24 were positively identified as Jaynie Crosdale, a potential witness in […]