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U2 performed their cover of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ for the first time in nearly 36 years at the Las Vegas Sphere this weekend.The Irish rock band performed the Christmas classic for the first time since 1987 during their show at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort on Friday (December 15).They last performed the track in December 1987 as they closed out the ‘Joshua Tree’ tour at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.While performances from that gig featured on U2’s hybrid live/studio album ‘Rattle and Hum’, their version of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ was not included.However, they did release a video filmed in November 1987 at the Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before their concert there that night. It was also released in December 1987 with the charity compilation album ‘A Very Special Christmas’.They revived the track on Friday and, according to setlist.fm, rehearsed it during soundcheck in the day but did not print the song on the setlist.Watch the performance below.Back in October, U2 announced they were extending their residency at the Sphere, adding 11 extra dates to the run.

Nation Of Language have shared a cover of Darlene Love’s festive classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ – check it out below.The Brooklyn indie synthpop trio – made up of Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell and Alex MacKay – have put a distinctive spin on the 1963 track that was famously part of Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You compilation.Nation Of Language join the likes of U2, Cher, Mariah Carey and Death Cab For Cutie in covering the song, which Spector also wrote alongside Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. In this version, the band infuse the track with eerie, spacious production and slower pacing, eking out the song’s bittersweet emotional inner life.Listen here:It is just the latest new Christmas-themed release in recent weeks: Laufey shared a cover of ‘Santa Baby’, complete with a video starring Bill Murray, Charlie Puth has put out a Wham!-inspired new single ‘December 25th’, while BTS’ V has teamed up with the Bing Crosby estate for a new version of ‘White Christmas’.Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick has also given a heavier festive option with ‘All I Want For Christmas…Is Christmas!’, alongside The Cult’s Billy Duffy and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, while NFL star Jason Kelce is about to release an entire Christmas album, including collaborations with Stevie Nicks, Boyz II Men and his brother Travis.The single is the first new music from Nation Of Language since the release of their third studio album ‘Strange Disciple’ in September 2023.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Moments after being honored at the American Music Honors of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, John Mellencamp took a moment to talk about its namesake at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater in West Long Branch on Wednesday night (April 24). “I know you all love him,” he said of Springsteen. “He put down a big footprint — him and [Bob] Dylan, for me.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Darlene Love‘s annual television performance of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” was essentially orphaned after “Late Show With David Letterman” went off the air in 2015, putting an end to the 28-year streak that had the music legend singing her signature holiday song with Paul Shaffer‘s band on Letterman’s last original show before Christmas each December. But they all reunited — not over the air, but on YouTube — for a resumption of the tradition, nine years after the last time this particular caroling took place on CBS. Watch the video, below.

Several singers and songwriters have tried to claim the title of “Queen of Christmas” over the years. Depending on your age, you probably have a favorite, ranging from Darlene Love to Dolly Parton.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music While it includes some of the most iconic Christmas songs of the past 60 years — most notably Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — if there was ever an album with a problematic history, it’s “A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector.” Spector was the hottest producer in the world at the time of the album’s release, but it dropped on Nov. 22, 1963 — yes, the day President John F.

Selome Hailu NBC saw solid ratings on Wednesday night with the airing of two Christmas specials Airing from 8-10 p.m. on Nov. 29, the annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special reached an audience of 7 million people when accounting for three days of delayed viewing across NBC, Peacock and digital platforms.

Cher has opened up about her long-anticipated memoir saying she is now working on it again after “totally chickening out” on the endeavour in the past.Speaking on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Cher said revealed that she found the process more challenging than expected.“I just totally chickened out,” the musician told Fallon. “I didn’t put in some things that needed to be put in.

Cher performed her new Christmas single ‘DJ Play A Christmas Song’ at a Thanksgiving parade in New York yesterday (November 23).The pop icon was surrounded by a troupe of silver-clad dancers on stage outside Macy’s.One of her biggest fans it seems was Public Enemy‘s Flavor Flav who was shown wildly applauding from the crowd as the song wrapped up. You can view footage below.The track features on her new festive album ‘Christmas’, which was released last month and features special guests Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Cyndi Lauper, Tyga and Darlene Love.Recorded primarily in LA and London, ‘Christmas’ was produced by Cher’s longtime collaborator Mark Taylor, who worked with the singer on her 1998 album ‘Believe’.Not Flavor Flav out here being a Cher stan #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/ml7GtVjPeq— Evan Mills (@awkvanmills) November 23, 2023“I never say this about my own records but I’m really proud of this one.

the Rolling Stones was also releasing their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” on Friday — the same day that she was dropping her first holiday LP, “Christmas.” “You know, I met them the first time they ever came to America,” the artist born Cherilyn Sarkisian — who was married to her late singing partner Sonny Bono at the time — told The Post. “They wanted to stay at our house, and we only had a living room and a bedroom, and we went, ‘You know, we can’t do it.’”Six decades later, Cher is as much of a living legend as the Stones.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Bruce Springsteen may not have gone to college, but he is getting a building named after him at Monmouth University in West Long Branch near his longtime home in New Jersey, the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music announced at a special ceremony on Wednesday morning. Springsteen has a long history with the university, having performed there on multiple occasions and housing his archives there.

Cher has announced her first-ever Christmas album and shared its lead single, ‘DJ Play A Christmas Song’ – listen below.The legendary singer is due to release the 13-track festive record on October 20 via Warner. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Titled ‘Christmas’, the forthcoming collection will feature four original songs as well as covers of various holiday classics.

Michele Amabile Angermiller The inaugural American Music Honors awards show — a fundraiser for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University — launched Saturday night without two very important presenters in attendance: Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Bob Santelli, the Archives’ executive director, broke the news that the Springsteens were both diagnosed with COVID-19 just hours after Springsteen took a final bow Friday night at the Prudential Center, wrapping the first part of his 2023 tour with the E Street Band. “It broke our hearts around 6 a.m. this morning when I got a call that two of the most important people who were supposed to be here, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, unfortunately came down with COVID.”

A legendary life cut short. Whitney Houston‘s vocals were so powerful that producer Clive Davis famously called her “The Voice” — and her fellow singers agreed she more than deserved the title.

Ho, ho, no! Mariah Carey’s request to trademark “Queen of Christmas” has been denied ahead of the 2022 holiday season.

Mariah Carey is not the Queen Of Christmas. It’s important you all know that.

Mariah Carey has been blocked from exclusively trademarking the title, 'Queen of Christmas', by festive singer Elizabeth Chan in a landmark victory.All I Want For Christmas Is You singer Carey, 52, filed an application to trademark the phrase in March 2021 -  a move which infuriated festive singers Chan, 42, and Darlene Love, 81, with the former heading to court in an attempt to block Carey.On Tuesday, the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against Carey’s attempt to trademark 'Queen of Christmas'. It also rejected and denied Carey’s concurrent attempts to register the trademarks 'Princess Christmas' and 'QOC'.The It's Like That singer had applied for the exclusive right to use the titles on everything from music, to perfume, to sunglasses, and even coconut milk - in perpetuity and globally.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The word “contested” shows up a lot lately in singer-songwriter Elizabeth Chan’s world, as she made headlines this summer for going to court to try to ensure that Mariah Carey is not legally granted sole possession of the “Queen of Christmas” tag, which has also been applied to her. But there’s at least one aspect of what Chan does that will likely continue to go unchallenged. With her 12th album, “12 Months of Christmas,” coming out this week, Chan further breaks her own record for having the most all-original Christmas albums in circulation of any nationally established pop artist. Although “most Christmas albums” is not the sort of record where Santa is keeping an official list and checking it twice — nor the Guinness Book, for that matter — it seems safe to say that no one else is even close when it comes to self-penned, all-new Yuletide collections, thanks to the one-a-year pace established by Chan, the only nationally recognized artist who does nothing but Christmas albums.

attempt to officially trademark the term “Queen of Christmas.”Carey filed her trademark last March and the news was made public in July. According to the application that was filed with the U.S.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," has become one of the biggest songs of the holiday season, but Carey wants to take things to the next level with her attempt to officially trademark the term "Queen of Christmas." Carey filed her trademark last March and the news was made public in July. According to the application that was filed with the U.S.Trademark Office, the trademarked term would cover a large range of items like lotions, fragrances, jewelry, mugs, clothes, food, ornaments and of course, music.  A lot of singers have come forward showing their resistance to the trademark claim.

Mariah Carey has faced pushback from two singers known for recording holiday music after the star attempted to register the term “Queen of Christmas” as a trademark.Carey’s 1994 song ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ made her synonymous with the festive season, and has led to her being popularly dubbed “Queen of Christmas”. In March 2021, she filed an application to trademark the exclusive usage of the title, along with “QOC”, “Princess of Christmas” and “Christmas Princess”.