Music: Last News

Pierce Brosnan is on board for another installment of the Mamma Mia franchise.

four-part Beatles movies set to come out in 2028 is not enough to satiate your Beatlemania, worry not: a new book about John Lennon and Paul McCartney releases this April. Aptly titled, “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” the newest Beatles book delves into the music industry’s most iconic songwriting duo, whose tumultuous relationship has long been defined by an intensity and complexity that inevitably seeped into their music.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Neil Young is concerned that he may be barred from returning to the U.S. by the Donald Trump administration after he embarks on a forthcoming European tour, saying that he fears his outspokenness against Trump may make him a target, in light of recent deportations of activists. “When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J.

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Hollowell, the Sundance award-winning multi-hyphenate creator, is coming on board to direct Something Murdered for Amblin Entertainment. The project is an original idea written by Liz Benham that Amblin picked up last year.

There’s more Morgan Wallen/Saturday Night Live news amid his on-stage exit controversy.

Wet Leg have announced full details of their new album ‘Moisturizer’ and shared comeback single ‘Catch These Fists’.The Isle Of Wight band will release the follow-up to their 2022 self-titled debut album on July 11 on various formats including a limited edition 3D gatefold cream coloured vinyl with a signed photo, picture disc vinyl, standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. You can pre-order/pre-save the record here.They have also shared the first taster from the album, ‘Catch These Fists’, a frenetic, catchy track which focuses on an “interaction with a belligerent man”.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Wet Leg, the British quintet founded by singer-guitarists Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers whose Grammy-winning 2021 single “Chaise Longue” was a rare generation-spanning hit, have announced their second album, “Moisturizer,” will be released on July 11th on Domino. Alongside the album announcement the band have released the first single from the album, “Catch These Fists,” which they performed at an intimate club gig in New York Monday night; the group will also play a club show in Los Angeles on April 8. The new album was produced by Dan Carey, who also helmed their 2022 debut.

Ethan Shanfeld Joe Jonas made a surprise cameo in last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” singing the bridge on the digital short song “Big Dumb Line.” But sources tell Variety that part was initially written for musical guest Morgan Wallen, who turned down the part. In the sketch, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman and host Mikey Madison sing a Europop-inspired song about waiting in “dumb” lines in New York for even dumber foods, like “palad” (pizza + salad) and “fandy” (fish + candy).

Variety‘s list of 21 of the coolest movie theaters around the world, judged on a multitude of factors. As a movie-obsessed nation, India is home to quite a few vintage movie palaces. One of the grandest is Jaipur’s Raj Mandir, owned by Bhuramal Rajmal Surana jewelers.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Sony Pictures Classics will release a filmed version of Broadway’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” a Tony-winning production starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. SPC, which acquired worldwide rights to the movie, hasn’t announced theatrical release plans.

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to the film of the recent hit Tony winning musical performance Merrily We Roll Along starring Tony Award winner Daniel Radcliffe, Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff, Tony nominee Lindsay Mendez, Krystal Joy Brown, Katie Rose Clarke and Reg Rogers.

Meghan Trainor is confirming that she did use weight loss medication to help her achieve the physique she has today, while also responding to some “disheartening” comments she’s been receiving.

Amber Ruffin is openly criticizing the White House Correspondents Association’s recent decision to cancel her hosting duties at the 2025 WHCA Dinner.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic President Donald Trump was joined in the Oval Office by Kid Rock Monday for the signing of an executive order aimed at what the White House is calling “exploitative ticket scalping.” The order calls upon the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to “rigorously enforce” existing laws, so it’s not immediately clear what immediate effect the executive order might have on the ticketing industry. Trump told reporters that he had been told by his friend Kid Rock about “scalping and all of the gouging that you’ve been reading about it… And I didn’t know too much about it, but i checked it out and it is a big problem.

“Ashes fall in August / In October, the blood shines,” Eiko Ishibashi sings in Japanese near the end of “October,” the opening track from Antigone. “Covered with ashes, long winter / Spring is yet to come,” she begins on the following track, “Coma.” Her new album is named for the tragic Sophocles heroine, sentenced to be buried alive after attempting to give her brother a proper burial against the orders of the king; across its songs, one can find grim observations like these, sung serenely over layers of lush instrumentation.

Maybe “God’s Country” is a euphemism?

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer A New York judge dismissed one of the many sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs today after a Jane Doe chose not to reveal her identity by pursuing the case. In the suit, originally filed by attorney Tony Buzbee in Oct.

Kenan Thompson is the first Saturday Night Live cast member to address musical guest Morgan Wallen‘s early exit from this past weekend’s episode.

Miley Cyrus has shared her explosive new single ‘Something Beautiful’ from her forthcoming album of the same name.The song opens with a slow R&B sound and Cyrus singing: “Tell me somethin’ beautiful, yeah, tonight / Until your lips turn blue,” before getting to the song’s explosive and electrifying chorus of: “Boy, I’m losin’ my breath, yes / Boy, you’re markin’ up my necklace / Boy, I’m losin’ my breath / I’m undressin’, confessin’ that I’m so obsessed, yes,” which trades in the slower, softer beat for something more grand and rock heavy.Directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter, the song’s accompanying music video sees the singer sporting a giant fluffy black coat and walking into a dark room to perform the track. She then takes off the jacket, revealing a black flowing cut-out dress, and performs the song with a band as lights burst and fall from the ceiling with sparks flying as a windstorm erupts during the incendiary chorus.Speaking about the music video in a tweet shared on the singer’s official X/Twitter account, someone from her team shared: “Miley’s second song and video release ‘Something Beautiful’, the title track off of the forthcoming album, explores her deep connection to fashion showcasing an original custom design by Casey Cadwallader for the House of Mugler in the visual.

Pirates! The Penzance Musical, the Gilbert & Sullivan musical reimagined by Rupert Holmes in a New Orleans jazz-infused style, has been given a four-week Broadway extension “due to popular demand,” according to Roundabout Theater Company.

Morgan Wallen isn’t in trouble with SNL!