Fred Lee/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Singer Mandisa, who reached the top 10 on American Idol season 5 and later became a Grammy-winning Christian artist, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. She was 47. “We can confirm that yesterday [April 18] Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” her rep said in a […] Read More
Beth Garrabrant In one of her new songs, “Clara Bow,” Taylor Swift mentions Stevie Nicks, and the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has actually penned a poem that’s included in Taylor’s new album. The poem is titled, “For T – and me …” and it’s noted that it was written “September 13 at […] Read More
Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is here and it’s a double album. The singer’s 11th studio album arrived at midnight on April 19, and it was swiftly followed up two hours later with a drop of 15 additional songs. “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret […] Read More
Beth Garrabrant The board meeting has begun: Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department has arrived. A post on the official Taylor Nation Instagram includes the “agenda” for the board meeting: “Department members will stream The Chairman’s manuscript … press play simultaneously so all members can review the evidence together. Relaxed poets, consult your tortured muse before […] Read More
L-R: Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks; Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser Sheryl Crow was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year and she invited Peter Frampton, the first artist she ever saw in concert, to perform with her. The inductees for the hall’s Class of 2024 will be announced during the April 21 […] Read More
Kelly Clarkson has confirmed the April 19 release of “From the Jump,” a duet with English singer James Arthur, best known for his hit “Say You Won’t Let Go.” She wrote on Instagram, “I love singing with artists that inspire me and vocalists that I adore! So when@jamesarthur23sent me this song, I quite literally jumped to be on it (see […] Read More
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Taylor Swift isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — yet — but the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is celebrating the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19 with a day full of […] Read More
Karwai Tang/WireImage A woman who allegedly sent Harry Styles 8,000 cards in less than a month has been jailed and forbidden from seeing him perform, The Western Telegraph reports. Myra Carvalho, 35, was sentenced to 14 weeks in jail after she pleaded guilty April 16 to the charge of “stalking involving serious alarm or distress.” She’s […] Read More
Elton John performing at Watford, 1974; Anwar Hussein/WireImage Elton John‘s 1974 album, Caribou, turns 50 this year, and a special sky-blue vinyl edition of the album, including a second disc of bonus tracks, will be available on Record Store Day April 20. But fans can watch never-before-seen footage of Elton’s first live performance of one of […] Read More
Beth Garrabrant After much speculation, Taylor Swift has revealed what the first single from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, will be: “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone. Taylor posted artwork for the single on Instagram Thursday and wrote, “The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is………… Fortnight featuring @postmalone. I’ve been such a huge fan of Post […] Read More
