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Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas Kelly Clarkson is the latest artist to sell off a portion of her musical legacy.HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired a portion of Kelly's catalog — what's described in a press release as "her life's works" — which includes "Since U Been Gone," "Because of You," "Stronger," "Underneath the Tree" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes.""My music is such a huge part of my […]

Bettmann Archive via Getty Images. Chuck Mangione, the Grammy-winning jazz bandleader and musician who scored an unlikely top-five hit in 1978 with the jazz instrumental "Feels So Good," has died at age 84, according to a note on his official website.Born in Rochester, New York, on Nov. 29, 1940, Mangione early on performed and recorded as the Mangione Brothers with his brother, keyboardist Gaspare "Gap" Mangione. After graduating from the […]

Courtesy Capitol Records Sam Smith has a new song — and is planning new shows, as well.The award-winning singer has released their new single, "To Be Free," along with a video filmed at Warsaw, a small venue in Brooklyn, New York. Sam has also announced that they will be doing a 12-night residency at Warsaw, which holds about 1,000 people. The residency will run from Oct. 8 to Oct. 31.A […]

Ragan Henderson Chappell Roan fans, brace yourselves: She's returning to the stage for headlining shows in the U.S. this fall. The "Pink Pony Club" star announced she will perform several shows in New York; Pasadena, California; and Kansas City, Missouri. She'll do four shows at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, in September, followed by two nights at Kansas City's Museum and Memorial Park in early October. She'll wrap things […]

Beth Garrabrant Five years ago, on July 24, 2020, Taylor Swift shocked the world by releasing her album folklore.Taylor had planned to launch her Lover Fest series of concerts in 2020, but they were scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 23, 2020, Taylor revealed on Instagram, "Most of the things I had planned this summer didn’t end up happening, but there is something I hadn’t planned on that DID happen. […]

Sarah McLachlan at Lilith Fair 1997; Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, a documentary about the all-female '90s music festival, is coming to Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ this fall.The film documents the beginnings of the groundbreaking festival, which was started by Sarah McLachlan and her team. It includes interviews taken from more than 600 hours of never-before-seen archival footage, as well as new interviews with artists, […]

Mauricio Santana/Getty Images What's worse than a concert being canceled because of the weather? Finding out that said concert was going to include a special guest appearance.Teddy Swims revealed on Instagram Wednesday that he was recently set to perform in Chicago and his "good buddy" Lewis Capaldi had come out to the show. The two had planned to duet onstage, but the show was cut short due to rain.  "Unfortunately, […]

XNY/Star Max/GC Images Travis Kelce and his brother, Jason Kelce, recently screened the 1990 Julia Roberts/Richard Gere classic Pretty Woman as part of the "Film Club" segment of their New Heights podcast, which led them to conclude that Travis is living in a gender-flipped version of the film.The brothers had never seen the film and weren't aware that Vivian, Julia Roberts' character in the film, was a sex worker. When they discussed […]

Robert Ascroft/Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books We finally have a release date for David Archuleta's memoir: Devout is due Feb. 17.The book traces the American Idol star's journey from his early years as a religious, closeted Mormon teen to his current life as an openly queer man. The book details Archie's struggle with fame, faith and identity, and reveals what's described in a press release as "the emotional abuse and inner turmoil" he had to deal with from […]