Songwriters Hall of Fame Postpones Next Induction Until 2021 Due to Coronavirus

By Tom Tapp

The drought is over.

By Jill Goldsmith

The rapper is being sued by songwriter Tyler Armes

LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning singer John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicago’s folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. He was 73.

Post Malone is asking a New York Federal judge to declare that a California songwriter has no claim to his hit single "Circles."The crossover hip-hop star filed a lawsuit Tuesday (April 7) asking a judge to declare that that songwriter Tyler Armes is not a co-author on the song, did not participate in writing it and has no claim to its copyright. Armes claims he participated in an early "Circles" songwriting session and deserves credit for his contribution to the track, which hit No.

Jazz guitarist John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, who was inducted to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, has died. He was 94.

Adam Schlesinger has died at the age of 52. The “Stacy’s Mom” singer sadly lost his battle with the deadly Coronavirus on Wednesday, April 1, his attorney Josh Grier confirmed to TMZ.

The novel coronavirus has claimed yet another life.

By Ted Johnson

NEW YORK -- This might one day be a trivia question: Which rock band with a celebrity frontman and a very long name was one of the last acts to play live in New York before the city shut down in 2020?

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has rescheduled their 51st Annual Induction & Awards Gala originally set for June 11, 2020 to June 10, 2021, at the Marriott Marquis New York, the organization announced today.

NEW YORK -- Sony Pictures on Monday cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman's “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the Marvel movie “Morbius” to 2021.

Twitter, stepping up its enforcement of misleading and harmful coronavirus-related claims, has required Fox News host Laura Ingraham to delete a tweet from 10 days ago that misrepresented details of an unproven treatment for coronavirus.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Hailey Bieber wanted her make-up as natural as possible for her wedding day.

Bosses at U.S. TV network NBC have pulled an episode of hit medical drama New Amsterdam because it centres on a flu epidemic that’s too close to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.