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Politicians and Pop Stars Go Pow! — The Year’s Top Alliances and Beefs Between Musicians and Lawmakers

It’s not as if music and politics haven’t been strange bedfellows for decades. But the bedding down got weirder than ever in 2025, when you were as likely to see music...

The Best Concerts of 2025

Some pop fans might have gone into 2025 anticipating a year’s worth of the shakes, suffering from Eras Tour withdrawal. But there was no need for anyone to go...

Michael Lippman, Manager and Lawyer for George Michael, David Bowie, Rob Thomas and Other Music Stars, Dies at 79

Michael Lippman, who worked with David Bowie, George Michael, Matchbox Twenty and other top stars as a manager, lawyer or label executive, died Monday at age 79. No cause of death...

Ben Folds Does Holiday Music Right, Offering Fans a Very Ho-Ho-Holistic Christmas: Concert Review

Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they’re either cash grabs or sops to...

Elizabeth Chan, Famous for Releasing a New Holiday Album Each Year, on Making Her 15th, ‘Christmas Unhinged,’ About Doing the Season After a Divorce

Elizabeth Chan is in her 15th consecutive year of releasing a new Christmas album every year, and going through a divorce and becoming a single mom was not about to put...

The Best Songs of 2025

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As...

Nicki Minaj Joins Erika Kirk for Turning Point Q&A, Reaffirming Anti-Trans, Pro-Trump Views and, in a Faux Pas, Praising ‘the Assassin JD Vance’

Nicki Minaj sat for a conversation with Erika Kirk at the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix Sunday morning, calling conservative activists “the cool kids” in the midst of extolling her...

Joe Ely, Texas Country-Rock Hero Who Grew His Fan Base Touring With the Clash, Dies at 78

Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of Texas-based music that united rock and country fans in the 1980s and beyond, died Monday. The cause of death was...

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