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Manilow and Mario Banks, the Manilow Music Teacher Award winner in Newark, NJ. (Photo Credit: Mark Ashe ) Barry Manilow will be using his upcoming arena tour to celebrate music educators across the country.The “Mandy” singer will be handing out the Manilow Music Teacher Award at each stop on his upcoming tour. The award “recognizes educators whose passion and dedication bring music to life for their students.”Winners, chosen by the […]

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey speak onstage at Universal Pictures presents a special screening of 'Wicked' at DGA Theater on Nov. 14, 2024, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Universal Pictures) If you’ve been eager to snatch tickets to Ariana Grande’s London stage debut, you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer.Ticket sales for the Stephen Sondheim musical revival Sunday in the Park with George, starring Ariana and her […]

'The Game of Love' artwork (BMG) Michelle Branch is reimagining her past.The singer is releasing an EP, Everywhere and Back Again, that celebrates her 25-year career and revisits some of her old songs in a new way.The first of those reimaginings is “The Game of Love,” out Wednesday, featuring New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander. The new version is produced by Alexander, who wrote and produced the original track in 2002.The […]

Goo Goo Dolls perform on ABC's 'New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026' (Disney/Chris Willard) Goo Goo Dolls are drowning in emotion in the new video for their song “Ocean.”The black-and-white visual for the track, off their Summer Anthem EP, features shots of the band performing the song intercut with images of a woman underwater.The band has also announced the release of the 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition of their 2006 album, […]

Teddy Swims (Claire Marie Vogel) Ahead of his fall headlining tour, Teddy Swims has been spending the summer performing at festivals around the world. And that's fitting, because it turns out attending a festival as a teen is what inspired him to be a performer."One of the first concerts I ever went to was Warped Tour in 2007. And I was, like, 15 at the time," Teddy told ABC Audio. […]

Kelly Clarkson on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show.' (Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal) Kelly Clarkson is among the nominees for the 53rd Daytime Emmy Awards.Kelly’s talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, scored 11 nods this year for its seventh and final season, including outstanding daytime talk series and outstanding daytime talk series host.The Kelly Clarkson Show has earned 24 Daytime Emmys since 2020.Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and General Hospital scored […]

Ariana Grande speaks onstage during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 7, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV) She’s so grateful for her ex, but could they be back together? Ariana Grande continues to tweak the lyrics of “thank u, next” during her live shows, fueling speculation she might be rekindling things with ex Ricky Alvarez.During her Brooklyn stop […]

Myles Smith on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes) It's a busy summer for Myles Smith: Not only did his debut album just drop, he's doing a solo headlining tour of North America while also opening for his pal Ed Sheeran on Ed's LOOP stadium tour. For example, on Tuesday night he's performing at Ottawa Bluesfest, and Sunday night he'll warm up for Ed at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium.This isn't […]

Pink’s “What About Us” has joined the Spotify Billions Club. “Billions of beautiful hearts... and a billion @Spotify streams to prove it,” the singer posted on social media to commemorate the milestone. “For everyone who’s ever felt invisible, forgotten, or unheard: this song belongs to you. It stopped being mine a long time ago. Thank you x a billion.”Madonna says she’s feeling “grateful” and “surprised” after Confessions II became her […]