Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival A new documentary about Gloria Gaynor is hitting theaters next year. Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival last June, will hit select theaters on February 13. âFor the last 40 years Iâve been telling you I will survive,â she says in the new trailer for the flick, referring to her…
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Music fans can now listen to the first recording made by Michael Jackson. Billboard reports the song, âBig Boy (One-derful Version),â will be available to purchase as part of a limited release by Recordpool, which owns the song, and anotherblock, the blockchain-based music and royalty marketplace. The song was recorded July 13, 1967, during The Jackson 5âs…
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Doja Cat‘s “Paint the Town Red” became her second number one a few months ago, no doubt in part due to the catchy sample of Dionne Warwick‘s 1964 classic “Walk On By” that goes through the entire track. But while appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday, Dionne admitted her first reaction…
David Redfern/Redferns The ongoing debate about which of Aretha Franklin‘s multiple wills should be used to determine the handling of some of her estate has come to and end. The Associated Press reports that Michigan Judge Jennifer Callaghan awarded the late star’s real estate to her sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The more recent will overrides…
Isa Foltin/Getty Images Kool & The Gang drummer and founding member George âFunkyâ Brown passed away Thursday, November 16, at the age of 74. âWe lost our beloved husband and father, Kool & The Gang founding member George Brown last night,â read a statement provided by the family to ABC Audio. âHe passed away peacefully at Long Beach Memorial…
courtesy of Live Nation Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire are joining forces once again to bring back their Heart & Soul tour in 2024. The trek, an encore of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands onstage together, will hit 30 cities, starting July 10 in St. Louis, Missouri. It will stop in St. Paul, Charlotte, Tampa, Nashville,…
Courtesy CMT A new special called CMT Smashing Glass: A Celebration of the Groundbreaking Women of Music will salute pioneering female artists, including those who are no longer with us. Aretha Franklin, SinĂ©ad O’Connor and Tina Turner will be remembered on the special, which airs November 15 at 9 p.m. ET. Also, newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sheryl Crow will moderate…
Sony Music Entertainment A new documentary about Michael Jacksonâs Thriller is set to debut on Showtime in December and weâre getting our first look at it. A trailer for the doc, Thriller 40, has just been released, featuring snippets of interviews by such artists as Usher, Mary J. Blige, will.i.am, Mark Ronson and âThrillerâ video director John Landis. âItâs the ultimate blueprint to modern pop music,â Black Eyed Peasâ…
Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction gala has added nine new performers and presenters to its star-studded lineup. Stevie Nicks, Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood, LL Cool J, Sia, Miguel, Queen Latifah, Common and Ice-T will join a lineup that already includes Elton John, Dave…
Sony Music Entertainment/Warner Records The upcoming deluxe edition of Princeâs Diamonds and Pearls contains 47 previously unreleased tracks, and now we are getting to hear two more of them. The just-released âDarksideâ and âDaddy Pop (12â Mix)â both come from Princeâs legendary vault. âDarksideâ was recorded in Japan during Princeâs 1990 Nude Tour, while âDaddy Pop (12â Mix)â is the…