Music

This photo shows Phish fans walking through the lobby of the Sphere on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Josh Cornfield)

Phish fans are famously dedicated. What happens when they enter the Sphere?

The 20,000 fans walking toward the glowing Sphere in Las Vegas last week were there for a band that many visiting the Strip have no idea exists.
 
FILE - Jon Bon Jovi poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 23, 2020 to promote his new album "2020". Hulu is streaming a four-part docuseries "Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story," premiering April 26. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File)

After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking

 
FILE - Swedish pop group ABBA celebrate winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest on stage at the Brighton Dome in England with their song Waterloo, April 6, 1974. The 68th Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden. It will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown. Founded in 1956, Eurovision is a feelgood extravaganza that strives to banish international strife and division. It’s known for songs that range from anthemic to extremely silly, often with elaborate costumes and spectacular staging. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)

Excitement is building for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Here’s everything you need to know

 
FILE - Neil Young performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo in Napa, Calif., on May 25, 2019. Young offers a ragged and raw live take of his 1990 album "Ragged Glory" with a new album, titled "F##in' Up." (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Music Review: Neil Young delivers appropriately ragged, raw live version of 1990’s ‘Ragged Glory’

 
This album cover image released by KIDinaKORNER/Interscope shows "Loom" by Imagine Dragons. (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope via AP)

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’

 

Jon Bon Jovi refuses to coast on his success

With 40 years of experience in the music business, Jon Bon Jovi explains what’s behind his dedication and discipline. A four-part docuseries on Bon Jovi called “Thank You, Goodnight” debuts Friday on Hulu. (April 23)
Watch More

Jon Bon Jovi says making music videos is ‘painful’

ShowBiz Minute: Blige, ‘Civil War,’ Bacon

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s wave of popularity

More News

FILE - Mary J. Blige onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 also will include folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
 
This image released by Polk & Co shows the artists during a performance of "Hell's Kitchen" on Broadway. (Marc J. Franklin/ Polk & Co via AP)

Theater Review: Not everyone will be ‘Fallin’ over Alicia Keys’ Broadway musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’

If you were to close Alicia Keys’ big semi-autobiographical musical on Broadway with any of her hit songs, which would it be?
 
Jeff Maimon, of Chicago, checks out some vinyl at Tracks In Wax record shop, Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Phoenix. Special LP releases, live performances and at least one giant block party are scheduled around the U.S. Saturday as hundreds of shops celebrate Record Store Day amid a surge of interest in vinyl and the day after the release of Taylor Swift's latest album. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s popularity wave

Record Store Day celebrates independent retail music sellers who have endured long after megastores like Tower Records closed.
 
This image released by O&M/DKC shows the musicians during a performance of "Stereophonic" on Broadway, in New York, April, 1, 2024. (Julieta Cervantes/O&M/DKC via AP)

Theater Review: ‘Stereophonic’ is a brilliant ‘Behind the Music’ play on Broadway

A five-piece rock band enters a recording studio in 1976 at the beginning of “Stereophonic” on Broadway.
 
The exterior of the Sphere is pictured on Friday, April 19, 2024, in Las Vegas. The band Phish started its four-night residency on Thursday. (AP Photo/Josh Cornfield)

Here’s how Phish is using the Sphere’s technology to give fans something completely different

Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show. The concert used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion Las Vegas arena to give even the fans that have seen Phish hundreds of times something they’ve never experienced before.
 
FILE - Mandisa accepts the award for pop/contemporary album of the year at the Dove Awards Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47

Contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album “Overcomer,” has died. She was 47.
 
FILE - Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson, right, of the band Heart perform as Heart is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

Rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour and a new song

Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.”
 
This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)

Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is great sad pop, meditative theater

Who knew what Taylor Swift’s latest era would bring? Or even what it would sound like? The result is her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” out Friday.
 
FILE - T Bone Burnett gives a keynote during the South by Southwest Music Festival at the Austin Convention Center on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Burnett, most celebrated for his production acumen, uprooted from Los Angeles to move to Nashville and recorded a warm-hearted disc of his own songs for the first time in nearly two decades. Indie rockers Lucius and Rosanne Cash add their voices to the acoustic collection. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music

T Bone Burnett is best known for production work like the `O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ soundtrack. Now, he’s making. some big changes to his life and is putting some of his own music forward.
 
FILE - Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, exits the funeral of Gregg Allman at Snow's Memorial Chapel, June 3, 2017, in Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (Jason Vorhees/The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

Guitar legend and Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dickey Betts has died at age 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer wrote the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.”
 
Trey Anastasio, guitarist and singer-songwriter of the band Phish, poses for a photograph during an interview on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish’s Trey Anastasio talks about taking over

Phish has been performing to thousands of dedicated fans for decades and prides itself on never playing the same show twice.
 
This album cover image released by Sandbox Entertainment/Virgin Music shows "Glorious" by Kate Hudson. (Sandbox Entertainment/Virgin Music via AP)

Kate Hudson had a lifetime to make a record. The result is ‘Glorious,’ out in May

On May 17, lifelong music obsessive Kate Hudson will release her debut album, “Glorious.” It is an ambitious record, written by Hudson with her close collaborators Linda Perry, Johan Carlsson, and her fiancé Danny Fujikawa.
 
Festivalgoers attend the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Visa fees for international artists to tour in the US shot up 250% in April. It could be devastating

Performing in the U.S. for international musicians just got a lot more complicated. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has instituted a 250% visa fee increase.
 
FILE - Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, clutches his awards at the podium during the Billboard Music Awards in New York, on evening, Dec. 6, 1995. Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B.I.G. are entering the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. They're among the 25 titles announced Tuesday, April 16, 2024, that have been selected for preservation as “defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

ABBA, Blondie, and the Notorious B.I.G. enter the National Recording Registry

Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B.I.G. are entering the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
 
Maggie Rogers performs on Day 3 of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Maggie Rogers on ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ the album she wrote for a Sunday drive

Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter. Rogers tells The Associated Press the songs came quickly and chronologically, as if she was writing “different scenes in a movie.”
 
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to the Space crew members of the 21st visiting expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, left, and the first Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya during their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 12, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus convicts a famous dissident rock band and sentences its members to correctional labor

Belarus has convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor.
 
Uruguayan singer Jorge Drexler poses during an interview with The Associated Press in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is embarking on his first tour of Europe

Capitalizing on an impressive moment in Spanish-language music, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is embarking on his first tour of Europe.
 

Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, dies at 57

Mister Cee, one of hip-hop’s pioneering DJs and a New York City radio personality who played an instrumental role in the Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, has died.
 
FILE - Luke Combs performs during CMA Fest 2022, June 11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to his name, it was announced Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Luke Combs leads the 2024 ACM Awards nominations, followed by Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney

Luke Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to his name, it was announced Tuesday.
 
Lorin Latarro attends "The Who's Tommy" Broadway opening night at the Nederlander Theatre on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York. The quintessential rock musical is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and The News. The connecting tissue between them is the in-demand choreographer Latarro, known for her bespoke approach and a fluency when it comes to rock. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Choreographer Lorin Latarro, rock’s whisperer on Broadway, gives flight to the Who and Huey Lewis

The quintessential rock musical “The Who’s Tommy” is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and The News.
 
Jelly Roll accepts the Best New Artist Pop & Country Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Complete list of winners from the 2024 CMT Music Awards

The 2024 CMT Music Awards took place on Sunday night at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Here’s a complete list of winners: Jelly Roll won video of the year for “Need A Favor.”
 
FILE - Members of Swedish group ABBA and close associates celebrate the victory of their song "Waterloo" in the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, April 6, 1974. Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won its first big battle with “Waterloo.” A half century ago on Saturday, April 6, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song. (AP Photo/File)

Happy ABBA-versary! Fans mark 50 years since ‘Waterloo’ took the world by storm

Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song.
 
FILE - Drew MacFarlane, from left, Dave Bayley, Joe Seaward and Edmund Irwin-Singer of Glass Animals arrive at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The English indie-pop band releases its fourth album on July 19. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Glass Animals return this summer with a new album, each song exploring a ‘different side of love’

The English indie-pop band Glass Animals, who made a splash with the song “Heat Waves” a few years ago, returns this summer with an album exploring love.
 
FILE - Sean Paul performs during his concert at Strand Festival in Zamardi, Lake Balaton, Hungary, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The Jamaican singer and songwriter is embarking on a 22-date U.S. run dubbed the “Greatest Tour,” kicking off on May 2. (Tamas Vasvari/MTI via AP, File)

Sean Paul helped bring dancehall to the masses. With a new tour, he’s ready to do it all over again

It has been 21 years since Sean Paul’s dancehall anthem “Get Busy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and introduced new audiences to his Jamaican genres.
 
This album cover image released by Blue Suit Records shows "All's Well" by Jesse McCartney. (Blue Suit Records via AP)

Music Review: Jesse McCartney’s ‘All’s Well’ celebrates adult life after teen pop star fame

Former teen heartthrob Jesse McCartney — best known for his boy band days in Dream Street, his solo hit “Beautiful Soul,” writing “Bleeding Love” for Leona Lewis and an acting career on “Summerland” — is aging like a fine wine on “All’s Well,” his latest EP.
 
This combo image shows Bruce Springsteen, top left; Stevie Nicks, top right; Shakira, bottom left; and Bob Dylan, bottom left. On Thursday, April 4, 2024, it was announced that American rock band Kiss had sold their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million. They're the latest to participate in an ongoing trend of blockbuster acts — including Springsteen, Nicks, Shakira and Dylan — and their rights holders inking deals to sell their back-catalogs, often for impressive sums. (AP Photo)

Hits for sale: Notable artists who have had their music catalogs sell for big money

Kiss agreed to sell their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse in a deal estimated to be over $300 million.
 
FILE - Gene Simmons, from left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour"at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’

The hard rock quartet’s deal with a Swedish company is estimated to be over $300 million.
 
This combination of images shows Bad Bunny, from left, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. (AP Photo)

Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure

The April 8 total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. The right way to enjoy this rare cosmic occurrence is with a themed playlist.
 
This cover image released by Royal Potato Family Records shows "All This Time" by Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. (Royal Potato Family Records via AP)

Music Review: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about the power of love on ‘All This Time’

Drawing from personal experience, husband and wife duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about first-rate romance on their latest collaborative album, “All This Time.”
 
This cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Only God Was Above Us," the fifth studio album from Vampire Weekend. (Columbia Records via AP)

Music Review: Vampire Weekend’s frenetic, challenging ‘Only God Was Above Us’ is an ode to New York

American rock band Vampire Weekend return with their most challenging record to date, “Only God Was Above Us.”
 
Load More