Album announcement

Abbey Road will cross Broadway in July when Rain , the long-running Beatles tribute band, takes the stage as part of the Residence On Broadway series. The tribute band, set for July 16-21 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, will perform a show called The Best of Abbey Road Live!, marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles ’ iconic Abbey Road album. The show, announced by producers Live Nation, The Araca Group and EBG, also will include some Beatles pre- Abbey Road hits. Rain is the latest entrant in the Residence On Broadway series at the Lunt-Fontanne, running May through July. Multi-instrumentalist Yanni kicks off the series (May 28-June 2), followed by the legendary Mel Brooks (June 17-18), singer-songwriter Regina Spektor (June 20-26) and illusionist Criss Angel (July 2-7). Although Morrissey currently is playing a residency at the Lunt-Fontanne (though May 11), the former Smiths frontman is not part of the Residence On Broadway series). Tickets … [Read more...] about Beatles Tribute Band Rain Announces One-Week Broadway Residence

Don’t call her Brandy no more — call her your highness. Brandy didn’t come to play with her take on Jack Harlow ’s “First Class” after the white boy rapper couldn’t recognize the R&B queen’s standout “Angel in Disguise” earlier this month. After a fan account posted a video of Harlow asking “Who’s Ray J’s sister?” during a radio show appearance, ” Brandy replied and promised she’d “murk this dude in a rap at 43 on his own beats and then sing his ass to sleep.” And boy, did she deliver. Using Fergie’s “Glamorous,” Brandy stayed true to her word as she rapped back to Harlow, dropping some bars with Ebro in the Morning on Hot 97. (The same show Harlow proved he doesn’t know anything about hip-hop and R&B history on.) “Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is world-famous, one of the greatest/Living legend, did I mention my résumé is amazing,” Brandy raps, later adding. “Over 20 years and I’m still a topic/A bitch is worth a million and I’m feeling philanthropic/43 … [Read more...] about Listen to Brandy Give Jack Harlow a ‘First Class’ Murk After He Didn’t Recognize Her Song

Empress Of , the electro-pop project of singer Lorely Rodriguez, has shared the video for her new breakup song “Dance for You,” the first single off her upcoming Save Me EP. “I love the lyrics on this song,” Rodriguez said in a statement of the track, which she recorded in Minneapolis with producer BJ Burton. “It was freezing outside. I was in a cave-like studio in the snow literally dancing as I wrote this. ‘Surrender to me like this’ is a touching lyric for me because I’m not hurt over this person anymore. I’ve come out the other side.” Save Me , due out June 24 marks Empress Of’s first new music since her 2020 LP I Am Empress Of . Rodriguez penned the album during the Covid pandemic in 2021, traveling alone to different studios around the country — including Tornillo, Texas’ Sonic Ranch. She reunited with longtime collaborator Burton to record the EP’s five songs, which touch on the singer’s recent breakup. “One of the biggest key things for me making music is being out … [Read more...] about Empress Of Drops New Breakup Anthem ‘Dance for You’

When the Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced on April 14, Twitter positively exploded with excitement over the news that Lee Ji-eun would make her Riviera debut with Hirokazu Kore-eda ’s Broker in Competition . The Korean actress, singer and songwriter—popularly known as IU—has a legion of fans, including 26 million followers on Instagram, and has been described as a national treasure at home. She may now be well poised for crossover success with her first commercial film. The first film from Kore-eda since the Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters in 2018 is also his first movie to be made in Korea. Backed by Asian powerhouse CJ ENM and starring Parasite ’s Song Kang-ho, Broker concerns the peculiarly Korean phenomenon of “baby boxes”— drop-off points where people who are unable to raise children can deposit their babies anonymously. Lee started out as a recording artist, releasing her first album in 2008, and by 2019 she had three songs on … [Read more...] about Korean Multi-Hyphenate Lee Ji-eun Gets First Trip Down Cannes’ Red Carpet With ‘Broker’ — Deadline Disruptors