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Beyoncé is a little too young to have watched the “Carter Country” sitcom that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1979 — when Richard Paul’s Mayor Teddy Burnside character would dismissively tell his subordinates to “Handle it, handle it.” Well, five decades later, the new boss of “Carter Country” is none other than Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.On Tuesday, the hottest new cowgirl in the game announced that “Carter Country” would be the title of the country-themed “Act II” of her “Renaissance” trilogy — in a nod to her married name as the wife of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.Anticipation has been building to Country Bey’s album-length arrival after she dropped the twangy twosome of “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages” on Super Bowl night Feb. 11.

prestigious Song of the Year prize at the Grammys last month.)But Ryan Gosling, 43, still won the night when he brought all of his Kenergy to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.It was a show-stopping number unlike any that the Academy Awards had seen before.Instantly, Gosling’s Kenfest joined the ranks of these wackiest Oscar musical performances ever.The sight of the orange-jumpsuited singer cavorting across the stage with a troupe of ghosts and other assorted ghouls was truly scary. As was the fact that Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You” not only beat out the No.

“I’m Just Ken” might actually win Best Original Song over “What Was I Made For?” — Billie Eilish’s far superior “Barbie” tune.After all, another Oscar win would make Eilish, 22, and her producer brother, Finneas, 26, the youngest two-time Academy Award winners in history after their victory in 2022 for the Bond theme song “No Time To Die.”Perhaps with some voters thinking “too much, too soon,” an upset seemed to be brewing.But now the siblings are in the history books — as they should be.Sometimes it’s just as simple as real recognizing real — whether it’s at the Oscars or the Grammys.And when Eilish got a standing O from Hollywood’s finest after performing “What Was I Made For?” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night, it was an acknowledgement of just how far ahead she was of the other Best Original Song nominees.To be honest, it wasn’t even as hauntingly heartbreaking as her performance of the tune just before it took Song of the Year at the Grammys last month.But it was still real artistry on raw display that was all the chills and feels.“What Was I Made For?” also became only the 10th song in history to win both the Grammy for Song of the Year and the Oscar for Best Original Song.That puts it in some pretty prestigious company, with the likes of “Moon River” (from 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) “The Way We Were” (from 1973’s “The Way We Were”), “Evergreen” (from 1976’s “A Star Is Born”), “You Light Up My Life” (from 1977’s “You Light Up My Life”), “A Whole New World” (from 1992’s “Aladdin”) and “My Heart Will Go On” (from 1997’s “Titanic”).Bravo, Billie and Finneas.

“Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spider from Mars,” Suzi Ronson, now aged in her 70s, reveals she had a tryst with the “Changes” crooner while he was married to his first wife, Angie Barnett. Ronson was just 22 and working at a hair salon in Kent, England in 1971 when she met Bowie and Barnett, who had wed the previous year.

Ariana Grande album is, as the kids say, a vibe.And the mood of “Eternal Sunshine” — the octave-leaping diva’s first LP since 2020’s “Positions” — is a forever forecast of cloud-busting, post-breakup bliss.Whether it’s self-renewal or a romantic one, Grande’s seventh studio set is the kind of spring awakening that we could all use in the final days of winter.Time to soak up the “Sunshine,” folks.But as much as this has been an unusually long album hiatus for Grande – who had released six LPs in the seven years between her 2013 debut “Yours Truly” and “Positions” — even more has changed in her personal life.Following a string of high-profile romances — and subsequent splits — with the likes of Big Sean, Mac Miller and Pete Davidson, the pop superstar got married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez in 2021.

prestigious Song of the Year prize at the Grammys last month.And while our money is on the siblings to become the youngest two-time Oscar winners, they may still lose the night to Ryan Gosling when he brings all of his Kenergy to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.It’s sure to be a musical number unlike any that the Academy Awards have seen before.But before all that blonde fragility is unleashed on Sunday, we look back at the wackiest Oscar musical performances ever.The sight of the orange-jumpsuited singer cavorting across the stage with a troupe of ghosts and other assorted ghouls was truly scary. As was the fact that Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You” not only beat out the No.

“The Tonight Show” once Johnny Carson took over in 1962 through the end of his run 30 years later.Lawrence was a top-selling recording artist with hits including “Go Away Little Girl,” which reached No. 1 on the US charts and was awarded a gold record, “Party Doll,” “Footsteps,” “Pretty Blue Eyes,” “I’ve Gotta Be Me” and “Portrait of My Love.”Over the course of their long career, Lawrence and Gormé won a Grammy (for their 1960 album “We Got Us”) and an Emmy in 1979 for “Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin.”Lawrence also snared a Tony nomination in 1964 for his role as Sammy Glick in “What Makes Sammy Run.”Lawrence hosted “The Steve Lawrence Show” in 1965 — which ran for 13 weeks on CBS — and was a regular panelist on “What’s My Line?”He also appeared many times on “The Carol Burnett Show” (solo and with Gormé) and in dozens of episodic TV shows through the years including “Hot in Cleveland, “Night Gallery,” “CSI,” “Diagnosis: Murder,” “Frasier” and “Sanford and Son.”He also appeared on the big screen in “The Blues Brothers” and its sequel, “Blues Brothers 2000” and “Stand Up and Be Counted.”Later in his career, Lawrence played Morty Fine, the father of Fran Fine (Fran Drescher), on “The Nanny” in the CBS series’ final season.Lawrence went public with his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2019 and issued a statement that said, “I have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s in the early stages.“I am being treated with medications under the supervision of some of the finest doctors in the field.

The criminal case against three men accused of a scheme involving allegedly stolen lyrics to The Eagles’ iconic hit “Hotel California” imploded mid-trial Wednesday after the band’s frontman Don Henley disclosed new evidence that cast doubt on the prosecution.In a stunning turn of events, Justice Curtis Farber dropped the charges faced by rare-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, ex-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinki — finding that Henley “manipulated” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office by failing to turn over 6,000 pages of key evidence until midway through the trial.Henley and his lawyers tried to weaponize their attorney-client privilege to “hide information that they believed would be damaging,” Farber said at a hearing Wednesday morning in Manhattan Supreme Court.The judge signed off on Manhattan prosecutors’ bid to toss the charges in light of the new evidence, which a courthouse source told The Post included emails from Henley that cast doubt on his claim that the handwritten lyrics to “Hotel California” and other valuable merchandise had been stolen.“We are checking out and leaving the courtroom,” said Stacey Richman, Craig Inciardi’s lawyer, on Wednesday — in a reference to the song’s famous line “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”The new evidence surfaced after Henley and Irving Azoff, the Eagles’ longtime manager, repeatedly cited — against prosecutors’ “express and repeated requests” — their “privilege” to keep communications with their lawyers secret while taking the stand as witnesses at the trial, the DA’s office said.But the pair “waived” that privilege in the last few days, leading to “the belated production of

the band’s frontman Don Henley turned over 6,000 pages of evidence late.The stunning turn of events came midway through the trial after Henley and his lawyers tried to weaponize their attorney-client privilege to “to obfuscate and hide information that they believed would be damaging,” Justice Curtis Farber said at a hearing Wednesday morning.Charges have now been dismissed against-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, ex-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinki.Both Henley and Irving Azoff, the Eagles’ long-time manager, had repeatedly invoked — against the DA office’s “express and repeated requests” — their attorney-client privilege while taking the stand as witnesses at the trial, prosecutors said.But the pair’s decision to invoke and later “waive” that privilege “resulted in the belated production of approximately 6,000 pages of material” that the defendant’s lawyers should have been given a chance to cross-examine them about, wrote Assistant District Attorney Aaron Ginandes in a letter to the court.Justice Farber praised District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for “eating a slice of humble pie” and moving to dismiss the charges.This is a breaking news event, please check back for updates.

“Celebration” tour just got a tad more celebratory. Madonna revealed new details about her battle with a bacterial infection while performing at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Monday.“I would call in every other day and ask [my doctor] why I didn’t have any energy, when was my energy going to come back, when was I going to feel myself again, when can I go on tour again?” the Queen of Pop, 65, told the audience, per Entertainment Weekly.

“American Idol” judge Perry appeared to cringe after one contestant took a massive gamble and sang the pop star’s 2008 hit “I Kissed a Girl” during Sunday night’s episode. The bold and rather theatrical cover of Perry’s debut single came when Massachusetts native Madaí ChaKell strutted into the audition room and declared to Perry, 39, and co-judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan that she planned to “get into your bag today.” ChaKell’s comment surprised Perry, who went on to watch the singer — who said she’d been part of an unnamed Broadway musical’s touring company — give a very active performance. At one point, the “Hot N Cold” songstress could be seen raising her eyebrows in disbelief and covering her mouth with her hand as the “Idol” hopeful continued to dance around.

According to a report, Taylor Swift, 34, can now boast an illustrious ancestor — Emily Dickinson.The “Shake It Off” singer and the 19th-century American poet are sixth cousins three times removed, genealogy company Ancestry told “Today.”“Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th-century English immigrant (Swift’s ninth great-grandfather and Dickinson’s sixth great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” Ancestry said.“Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line.”Dickinson, who died in 1886, penned nearly 1,800 poems during her lifetime. With 243 songs, written and co-written, under her belt as of November 2023, Swift is catching up.The timing of the family revelation couldn’t be better.

leaving a clip in her hair during the show’s final bow. “The clip. I forgot to remove the clip,” Musgraves, 35, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) over a photo of herself wearing a blue denim maxi dress and a large silver clip as she stood next to host Sydney Sweeney.

Diljit Dosanjh is making history in 2024.The Indian pop star just announced his upcoming North American ‘Dil-Luminati Tour’ where he will headline the largest Punjabi concert outside of India, when he takes the stage at Vancouver’s 54,500-seat BC Place on April 27.Other notable stops on the run include huge shows at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena on Tuesday, May 28 and Newark’s Prudential Center on Thursday, May 30.This 13-concert trek will be Dosanjh’s first official North American run since his 2022 ‘Born To Shine World Tour.’ He didn’t take 2023 off, though; last year, he headlined at Coachella, becoming the first Punjabi artist to do so.Want to catch the “Lemonade” singer/rapper live?As of now, fans can grab tickets for all upcoming concerts.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 1, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.While we can’t say for certain what Dosanjh will take to the stage this spring, here’s what he played at the final concert of his 2022 tour, according to Set List FM:“01.) “G.O.A.T.”02.) “Ki Banu Duniya Da”03.) “Do You Know”04.) “Jutti Kasoori”05.) “5 Taara”06.) “Tommy Jeans”07.) “Putt Jatt Da”08.) “Proper Patola”09.) “Patiala Peg”10.) “Umbrella”11.) “Kharku”12.) “Laembadgini”13.) “Lover”14.) “Vibe”15.) “Raat Di Gedi”16.) “Black

Beyoncé’s country song “Texas Hold ‘Em” were left dumbfounded when several social media users pointed out similarities between the track and, well, the “Franklin” cartoon theme song.“Millennials trying to figure out why this sounds so familiar,” one TikTok user wrote Monday, playing the song before transitioning to the Canadian cartoon. In another video, one TikToker attempted the arduous task of breaking down each of the song’s melodies and tracking the similarities. “I don’t know if it’s actually a sample but I love the inspiration,” the video’s caption reads.

reputation.Music producer and frequent Taylor Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff is slamming Kanye West for his continued unprovoked attacks against the “Fearless” singer.“I’m a little b–ch sometimes,” Antonoff, 39, told the Los Angeles Times prior to the 2024 Grammy Awards. “But you come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me.”When asked about West, who has seemingly tried to reignite his feud with Swift, Antonoff laughed and said West, 46, “just needs his diaper changed so badly.”“It’s been a long time since I would’ve taken Kanye’s call,” Antonoff said when asked if he’s worried about roasting a potential collaborator.

Lizzy McAlpine recently announced she’s heading out on ‘The Older Tour’ in support of her upcoming album with the same name.The rapidly rising “ceilings” singer — who has collaborated with major stars like Noah Kahan, Niall Horan and Finneas — will headline at music halls, theatres, auditoriums, amphitheaters and festivals all over North America from April through August.Midway through the 18-concert run, McAlpine is scheduled to headline back-to-back nights at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, June 18 and Wednesday, June 19.“It’s gonna be frickin epic,” the 24-year-old shared on Instagram.As of now, tickets are available for all upcoming gigs.Some are quite cheap, too.At the time of publication, our team found some seats going for as low as $23 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have tickets starting anywhere from $26 to $59 before fees.Want to catch McAlpine live this year?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about ‘The Older Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.On Aug.

George Harrison and Eric Clapton. In fact, Clapton tried to woo Boyd with secret love letters while she was married to Harrison — when the two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers were best friends.

last dance.Kanye West was sued by the estate of the late singer Donna Summer after the rapper used a sample of the late Queen of Disco’s 1977 hit “I Feel Love” without permission. According to court documents obtained by The Post, West, 46, approached the Summer estate and requested to use the sample for his track “Good (Don’t Die)” but was denied.

“The Greatest Love Story Never Told” when the Bronx-born diva questions just how much the public might care about her — and her much-hyped comeback album “This Is Me… Now” — in today’s pop landscape.After all, it has been 10 years since Lopez’s last studio LP, 2014’s “A.K.A.” — and a whole 22 years since 2002’s “This Is Me… Then” gave her two of her biggest hits in “Jenny from the Block” and “All I Have.” “I didn’t even have to make the record,” says Lopez, 54, in the doc, which premiered on Prime Video Monday night.“It’s not like anybody was clamoring for the next J.Lo record, you know what I mean?”Well, damn, she was sure right about that.Despite a major promotional campaign — including a star-studded short film, “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story,” that accompanied the album release — Lopez’s ninth studio LP made an absolutely abysmal debut on the Billboard 200 at No. 38.Just to put that into perspective, seven of the singer’s previous studio albums debuted in the Top 10 — with 2001’s “J.Lo” opening all the way up at No.

Paul McCartney still longs for “Yesterday.”Indeed, Macca remains haunted by a regretful remark he made to his late mother Mary — a lament that lives on in a legendary line from The Beatles’ 1965 No. 1 single.While “Yesterday” — which was ostensibly a McCartney solo song, with the singer strumming acoustic guitar over a sorrowful string arrangement — has always been considered a breakup ballad, the classic lyric “I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday” is actually a mea culpa to his mother.It was inspired by “feeling very embarrassed because I’d embarrassed my mom,” the 81-year-old Beatle reveals in the latest episode of his songwriter podcast “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics.”That embarrassment goes back to Macca’s mother having what he describes as a very “posh” accent.“She was of Irish origin and she was a nurse, so she was above street level,” he explains about his mom, who died from breast-cancer complications in 1956 — when the Beatle was just 14.

country music legend Loretta Lynn, auditioned for “American Idol” on Sunday’s episode of the ABC music competition show, surprising the judges. Judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan seemed to be in the dark about her impressive family tree — at first. “Growing up, I sang music my entire life,” Russell said.

Taylor Swift performed a pair of concerts at Singapore’s Indoor Stadium as part of her ‘1989 Tour.’Now, nine short years later, the 14-time Grammy winner is back for six (!) ‘Eras Tour’ shows at the 55,000-seat Singapore National Stadium.Swift’s six gigs will be split up over a pair of three-gig stints; first, the “Lover” singer is slated to deliver the hits on March 2-4, then, after a two-day break, she’ll return to the stage on March 7-9.As expected, demand is high to catch Tay live in the Lion City.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $300 USD before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $328 to $550 before fees.While that may sound expensive, keep in mind, many of Swift’s 2023 U.S. concerts had tickets regularly going for over $1,000.Plus, when all is said and done, it’s hard to put a price on seeing arguably the biggest pop star in the world at the top of her game live.Want to sing along to “Bad Blood,” “Cruel Summer,” “Look What You Made Me Do” and her surprise mashups live?We’re here to help.Everything you need to know and more about Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Singapore concerts can be found below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all Singapore Stadium dates and links to the cheapest tickets available are here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Justin Timberlake moves on from the first single to the second one within less than a month.Especially when you’re launching a critical comeback attempt like “Everything I Thought It Was” — his first album since 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — which arrives on March 15.But “Selfish,” despite its smooth midtempo groove and all of JT’s falsetto feels, barely cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Just four weeks after its release, the much-anticipated single currently stands at a very unsexy No.

was seen in the crowd during Taylor Swift’s Eras performance in Sydney, Australia, dancing to Swift’s song, “Bad Blood.” This was especially noteworthy because the general consensus is that “Bad Blood” is a dis track that Swift, 34, wrote about Perry, 39. “Bad Blood” was released in 2014, at the height of the pop stars’ alleged feud.

the first black woman to go No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs with her bluessgrassy bop “Texas Hold ’Em.”But, in the last week of Black History Month, we gotta give props to another African-American diva who broke down genre barriers on the country charts long before Bey made her two-step statement.That would be Donna Summer, who, when she was the Queen of Disco, made her own history as the first African-American woman to co-write a No.

Norah Jones announced a brief tour in support of her upcoming album “Visions.”A little more than a month later, she’s added 24 more concerts to the ‘Visions Tour’ and will now be taking special guests Mavis Staples, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Sasha Dobson, Emily King and Martha Wainwright along with her on select dates.While on the road, Jones will make eight (!) stops in New York.First up, she’ll headline at Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon 1869 Opera House on May 7.After that, she’s slated to perform at Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre on May 10, Brooklyn’s Paramount Theatre on May 16-17, New York’s Apollo Theater on May 19, Saratoga Springs’ Freihofer’s Jazz Festival on June 30 and Canandaigua’s CMAC on July 5.Jones’ final NY gig will be at Buffalo’s Artpark Main Stage on July 6.But wait!There’s more!Prior to the ‘Visions Tour,’ the nine-time Grammy winner will also lend her talents to Mavis Staples’ 85th Birthday All-Star Concert in Inglewood, CA on April 18.

Gwen Stefani is just a girl who can’t put on her headphones and listen to her old music anymore.The “Rich Girl” singer, 54, recently revealed that hearing songs from her past band No Doubt makes her want to vomit. “I can’t listen to a lot of the songs because they speak so clearly to me,” she said on KROQ’s Audacy Check In show. “And it’s like, you know, you have regrets, you have mistakes you’ve made.

Texas Hold ’Em.”The achievement was announced Tuesday by Billboard, which has been charting country songs since 1958.Beyoncé’s tune also holds the No. 2 slot on the Hot 100 chart, behind Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me.”The 32-time Grammy Award winner shocked listeners earlier this month when she appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for Verizon — and casually revealed she would be releasing a brand-new album.Simultaneously, she dropped two singles: “16 Carriages” and the aforementioned “Texas Hold ’Em.” According to the “Crazy in Love” singer, her upcoming album — out March 29 — is “Act II” of “Renaissance,” her album cycle that started with “Renaissance: Act I” in 2022.“Texas Hold ’Em” has received 19.2 million streams, while “16 Carriages” has garnered 10.3 million and is No.

lucky one.Amy Grant may be back on tour now, but the singer revealed that she still suffers from long-lasting effects from when she was involved in a horrific bike accident near her Nashville, Tennessee home in 2022. “I still have issues with my short-term memory. My balance is still weird,” Grant, 63, told E! News on Tuesday.