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Variety Wins 20 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, Including Print Journalist of the Year

Variety won 20 first-place trophies Sunday night at the 18th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, up from the 14 the publication scored in last year’s competition. Variety was awarded...

Megan Moroney Announces First Arena Tour, Hitting 43 Cities in 2026

Fans will have a chance to further determine just how “okay” Megan Moroney is when the country star embarks on her first headlining tour of arenas, beginning in late May of...

Rosalía Announces Global ‘Lux’ Tour for 2026, Including 11 Arena Shows in North America

Rosalía announced her “Lux Tour 2026” Thursday, with plans to do 42 arena shows in 17 countries, including 11 dates in North America, from mid-March through the beginning of September. Named...

Phish Heading Back to Sphere for Nine-Show Run in 2026

While Dead & Company fans await word on whether that band will be returning to Sphere next year, there’s some other good news for fans of improvisationally rich rock bands:...

‘The Beatles Anthology’ Gets a New Ending: Director Oliver Murray on How Episode 9 Finally Put a Sweeter Cap on the Group’s Historic Docuseries

The newly refurbished version of “The Beatles Anthology” has been rolling out on Disney+ over a period of days this week, with a newly commissioned Episode 9 premiering on the service...

Stephen Schwartz on His Two New ‘Wicked: For Good’ Songs and What They Say About America, Plus Spinoff Prospects: ‘I Might Be Participating in...

What a long, strange bubble ride it’s been. But the work of songwriter Stephen Schwartz on “Wicked” — the property he first discovered as a source novel and has led into...

Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. on How They ‘Took a Walk’ Into Stephen King Land With Their ‘Long Walk’ Theme (and Wilson’s Own Viral...

Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. chose the CMA Awards telecast for the live television premiere performance of their theme for the Stephen King adaptation “The Long Walk.” Titled “Took a Walk,”...

Inside the Variety CMA Awards Lounge: Conversations With Shaboozey, the Red Clay Strays, Tucker Wetmore, the War & Treaty, Megan Moroney and More Stars

For the first time in conjunction with the CMA Awards, Variety set up shop just off Nashville’s Music Row and invited participants from Wednesday’s awards show to come by for on-camera...

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