The brains of older adults feel a sense of reward when listening to music, even if it’s a song they don’t particularly like, a researcher at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University says. Sarah Faber said her work on how healthy brains respond to music as they age creates a baseline for future research on people … Read more
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is bringing her mission to empower women beyond her music to her hometown — with the help of the singer’s superstar friends. Taraji P. Henson, Tiffany Haddish and Jill Scott and other stars and experts will join Blige for her Strength of a Woman Summit … Read more
A monster increase in medical and policing costs has been blamed for the cancellation of a popular electronic music festival in NSW. Return to Rio will not go ahead on the Hawkesbury River this year because it has been deemed financially unviable by the husband and wife team who founded the boutique event in 2013. … Read more
Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. The two sides said Thursday that they are “now working expeditiously to return music by artists represented by Universal Music … Read more
American “rock and roll guitar god”, and pioneer of the famous “twang” musical sound, Duane Eddy, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 86. During a career spanning some six decades, Eddy had more than 30 pop hits and was at one stage voted by fans as bigger than Elvis Presley. WATCH THE … Read more
In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to Coachella, becomes romantically involved with a 24-year-old heartthrob in the boy band August Moon. They first meet after she mistakes his trailer for the bathroom. There are … Read more
A whole album of Sia singing alone is great — great, don’t get us wrong — but Sia paired with the icon Chaka Khan? Fire. Their new duet “Immortal Queen” is everything you’d want in a combo of Sia and Khan — dueling soaring voices, preening egos and insane lyrics about time travel and robot … Read more
Billie Eilish fans have vented their anger after ticket prices for the pop star’s next tour were revealed. Pre-sale tickets to the Australian dates of Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft tour are available from Thursday and the prices are eye-watering. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Billie Eilish announces Australian tour. Stream the world’s best reality, … Read more
Iconic Brisbane live music venue The Zoo will close after 32 years, citing “cost of living stress for our patrons” amid a myriad of reasons. Having hosted acts including The Pixies, Silverchair, Powderfinger, Lorde, The Black Keys and Nick Cave, the Fortitude Valley venue has also been a place for thousands of emerging local and … Read more
NEW YORK — Select nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Musical: “Hell’s Kitchen”: ”Illinoise”; “The Outsiders”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants” Best Play: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”; “Mary Jane”; “Mother Play”; “Prayer for the French Republic”; “Stereophonic”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants” Best Revival of a Play: “Appropriate”; “An Enemy of the People”; “Purlie … Read more
