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Paula Cole onstage at Lilith Fair in ABC News Studios’ 'Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery' (Merri Cyr) When Olivia Rodrigo found out there had been an all-female touring festival in the '90s, she was in "disbelief." That's one thing you'll learn by watching the trailer for the new Hulu documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story.In the trailer, Lilith Fair co-founder Sarah McLachlan describes the impetus for creating […]

Whitney Houston & Calum Turner, 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' (Capitol Records) Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is one of the late legend's signature hits, and now it's been reimagined as a ballad -- and also a duet. British singer Calum Turner has added his vocals to a stripped-down, piano version of the song, which is still in the original key, with Whitney's original vocals.The official […]

Cyndi Lauper performs in Wantagh, NY, July 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Cyndi Lauper) Do you remember the 21st night of September? That's the night you'll be able to watch Earth, Wind & Fire in a new TV special.CBS will air A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September, celebrating the music of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group. The special will feature Earth, […]

Ed Sheeran, 'Play' (Gingerbread Man/Atlantic Records) After months of buildup, Ed Sheeran fans can finally press play on his new album Play.The album is out now, along with a video for one of the tracks: "Camera." Co-starring Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor, it's shot vertically on an iPhone, and shows how Ed and her character's romance develops. They explore vacation destinations, drive around on a moped, cruise on a boat, drink at a […]

Debbie Gibson, 'Eternally Electric' (Gallery Books) Debbie Gibson was 17 when she became the youngest woman ever to write, produce and perform a Billboard #1 hit — a record she still holds. Since then, she's done everything from movies to Broadway to reality TV to Playboy. She talks about all of it in her new memoir, Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music, which was released Tuesday. "What really surprised me is that I […]

Bruno Mars at the 67th GRAMMY Awards, February, 2025 (Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Bruno Mars hasn't released a solo album since 2016, but he's done all kinds of collaborations, opened a club in Las Vegas and launched various brand partnerships. His latest project? Creating a fireworks show ... in Japan.In Japan, big fireworks shows are very popular, and attract hundreds of thousands of people. Japan Today reports […]

Ed Sheeran surprised fans in New York Wednesday by dropping by a Van Leeuwen ice cream shop to help launch his new flavor, Play Pink, inspired by the color of his new album, Play. He posted footage of himself posing with fans at the store while he doled out the new flavor, which is punch-flavored, and swirled with dragonfruit and guava cake. Thursday in New York he launched a pop-up store to […]

Melissa Etheridge and daughter Bailey Jean Cypheridge, June, 2019 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly) When Jon Bon Jovi's son got married in 2024, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer didn't perform at the event. But Melissa Etheridge was only too happy to take the stage when her daughter got married.People reports that Melissa's daughter Bailey Jean Cypheridge married Jocelyn Simone Rhude Sept. 5 at a winery in Sonoma, California, and the […]

Madonna and director Alan Parker on the set of 'Evita' (Getty Images) Imagine if instead of Madonna it had been Jennifer Lopez starring as Eva Perón in the 1996 movie Evita. According to JLo, it could have happened.Variety reports that during a post-screening Q&A for her new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jennifer recalled her previously failed attempts to land roles in movie musicals. One of those was Evita, which was directed […]