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Pino Palladino, Blake Slatkin, Ed Sheeran, Jimmy Kimmel, Dave Grohl, John Mayer, Rami Jaffee (ABC/Randy Holmes) Voting for the Oscar nominations is now underway, and Ed Sheeran probably hopes members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will tune in to Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday to watch him perform "Drive," the song he co-wrote for the film F1 that's on the Oscar short list for best original song.Ed will […]

Backstreet Boys attend the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at The Star on May 08, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Ayisha Collins/FilmMagic) Backstreet Boys will emerge from the Sphere Las Vegas to perform at a major California festival this spring.The group is one of eight headliners at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival, which takes place May 22-24 in Napa, California. Other headliners include a collection of artists who […]

Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform on NBC's 'Miley's New Year's Eve Party,' December, 2022 (Vijat Mohindra/NBC via Getty Images) On Friday you can hear Miley Cyrus singing with a close, personal friend of hers: her godmother, Dolly Parton.Miley is just one of several female artists who'll be joining Dolly on a new rendition of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's 1977 hit "Light of a Clear Blue Morning," […]

Barry Manilow performs during 'Manilow: The Last Detroit Concert' at Little Caesars Arena, June, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images) Barry Manilow will continue to make the whole world sing — well, the whole U.S., anyway.The legendary entertainer, who recently underwent surgery following a stage-one lung cancer diagnosis he disclosed in December, has announced six new arena shows scheduled for March. He'll visit Charlotte, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; […]

Meghan Trainor, 'Toy With Me' (Epic Records) Meghan Trainor continues to insist that she has nothing to do with all the "toxic mom group" drama.After Ashley Tisdale French accused the members of her mom group of Mean Girl behavior, fans began speculating about who treated her poorly, as the mom group reportedly ncludes Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and Meghan.In a TikTok posted on Monday, Meghan filmed herself lip-syncing to a scene in the current season of […]

Louis Tomlinson 'Billboard' digital cover (Photo: Austin Hargrave) When Louis Tomlinson kicks off his upcoming solo world tour in March, chances are he'll include some One Direction songs in his set list — but they may not be the ones you want to hear. Why? Louis says they're too dirty for him to sing.Louis tells Billboard, "I like to pick one that I wrote — but the biggest challenge is […]

Despite what some people may think, Nick Jonas' guitar is plugged in when he's onstage. After an Instagram user shared a video of Nick playing guitar during DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean" at a Jonas Brothers tour stop — implying he wasn't actually playing — his guitar tech stepped in to defend his boss. Michael Moschella wrote, "I can assure you at all times his guitar is connected, he is playing the song, and he […]

Taylor Swift leaving 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on December 10, 2025 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images); Joe Keery attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards, January 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Back in 2024, Stranger Things star Joe Keery aka Djo told The Spout podcast that he was shocked when Taylor Swift told him she was a fan of his song "End Of Beginning." Now Joe's in the top […]

Kelly Clarkson on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' (Weiss Eubanks/NBC Universal} In 2025, Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, the father of her children River Blackstock and Remy Blackstock, passed away from cancer at age 48. Kelly says that something that seems to have helped them through that tough time is "snuggling."In a video in which she answers fans' questions, Kelly was asked, "What is one thing you do every day that brings you joy?" She […]