Billy Joel paid tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot by performing the Canadian songwriting legend’s “Sundown” Friday at the Piano Man’s monthly visit to Madison Square Garden. “You might know him from the hit records he had,” Joel told the audience before launching into a minute-long rendition of the 1974 …

There’s a saying in the Jewish community that certain things are bad for the Jews. The list largely includes people with a great deal of power and money who use it for nefarious ends: Bernie Madoff, Jeffrey Epstein, Woody Allen. (Other things that are arguably not-so-great for the Jews: Einstein’s …

Quantum Criminals, the upcoming book by journalist/critic Alex Pappademas and illustrator Joan LeMay, is a comprehensive Steely Dan biography that doubles as a wild trip through the extended Steely Dan universe — the dazzling, seedy, romantically unromantic world Donald Fagen and Walter Becker created together. For the most part, the …

After losing host Drew Barrymore and much of its announced presenters due to the ongoing writers strike, the MTV Movie & TV Awards announced Friday it would no longer broadcast live this weekend, opting instead for a pre-taped special. Just days before the May 7 event, Barrymore withdrew from the …

Boygenius fans at Taylor Swift’s show in Nashville Friday were treated to quite a surprise. As Phoebe Bridgers performed her first opening night for the Eras Tour show, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus joined the musician onstage for an impromptu performance of “Not Strong Enough.” Bridgers also sang “Graceland Too” …

Swifties, your sleuthing and easter eggs were right: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is next! During Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour show in Nashville Friday, Taylor Swift officially revealed that her beloved third album, Speak Now, will be the next album that she will re-release. “I think rather than me speaking about …

A man who attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol with pepper spray and a chair was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down to anyone convicted in relation with the Jan. 6 riot, according to AP. The man, Peter Schwartz, 49, was sentenced …

After a jury found Ed Sheeran‘s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” did not copy Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On,” the singer celebrated with an impromptu performance for fans waiting outside his American Express pop-up in Manhattan’s SoHo. On the same day, the musician released his new album −, orSubtract,on …

When Fuerza Régida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz sat down with Rolling Stone late last year, a phone call from Myke Towers interrupted the interview. The night prior, the two had hit the studio in Miami. “He said he fucks with my music,” Ortiz said at the time. “Hopefully we do …

A 24-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran named Daniel Penny has been publicly identified as the man who killed Jordan Neely, 30, a dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator, on theNew Yorksubway, two senior law enforcement officials told the New York Times. On Monday, Neely, who washomelessand seemingly having a mental health …