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Friday night at the Beacon Theater, the great Patti Smith celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of her first album, "Horses." To a sold out, packed to the edges crowd, Patti performed the whole album, took a break so her band could do some . ...

Pras, one of the trio that makes the Fugees, is going to jail. For 14 years. Pras Michel, Wyclef Jean, and Lauryn Hill comprise the hit rap group, the Fugees. Their hits include the famous remake of "Killing Me Softly with His Song." Pras had his own ...

I told you yesterday that the Kennedy Center's holiday show, "Noel: jesus is Born!" was a dud at the box office. This afternoon, there are 1,350 seats available for December 17th. The show is in less than a month. Indeed, nothing at the Kennedy ...

Three years ago, legendary music mogul Clive Davis gave notable record producer Mark Ronson a project: Take all the videos from Davis's decades of hits and make them into a mega mix movie. A long version was shown at Davis's 90th birthday party in .. ...

Now the trailer for the Beatles Anthology video doc complete with a new ninth episode. Disney Plus starts running it Thanksgiving weekend. The miniseries follows the November 21st release of the CD-LP-streaming audio set with the new Anthology 4. ...

The next episode of "Saturday Night Live" comes on December 6th. The hilarious Melissa McCarthy is the host. Musical guest is an artist named Dijon. It's an odd choice. Not a mustard, Dijon is an indie artist not known to most people. He's only ...

Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" run is pretty much over. Having sold over 4 million copies in its first week, "Showgirl" will likely top out at 5 million when all is said and done. It's been a great run but this past week "Showgirl" sold just 109 ...

What is this exactly? Somehow, mediocre pop singer Alex Warren got TV and movie star Jennifer Aniston and actor Max Greenfield (from "The Neighborhood") to appear in a commercial for his first tour. Warren's had one hit all year, called "Ordinary," . ...

"Shame Shame Shame" was a hit by Shirley & Co at the height of the disco era in 1975. The Rolling Stones recorded it but never released it before now. It's part of their 50th anniversary edition of "Black and Blue." The song references to two prior . ...

Big stuff in the hunt for the Oscars Best Song. Miley Cyrus sings the theme from the new "Avatar: Fire and Ash," James Cameron's latest 3D blue period film. Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and the movie's composer, Simon Franglen are all involved. The ...