John Legend News

GRAMMY® Award-nominated, critically acclaimed singer and songwriter Gallant releases his anxiously awaited second full-length and one of the year's most anticipated R&B offerings, Sweet Insomnia. 

The Frank Catalano Quartet returns to The Birdland Jazz Club, Tuesday and Wednesday October 29 and 30.

A lineup of leading performers, including yasiin bey, Neal Brennan, Common, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman, Tiffany Haddish, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Lorne Michaels, Trevor Noah, Q-Tip, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Frédéric Yonnet, and others will salute Dave Chappelle at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 8 p.m.

SiriusXM announced today its extensive holiday music lineup featuring 15 commercial free channels including the much anticipated Holly and Holiday Traditions channels. Hallmark Channel Radio will kick off the holiday season Friday, October 25, and 12 more music channels will start broadcasting on Friday, November 1.

Rock/Pop's newest charmer, Iris, premiered the official music video version of her single, 'Stars', produced by Grammy Award-Winning Malay (Frank Ocean & John Legend). The 'Stars' music video was shot in various locations in St. Remy de Provence, Bordeaux, San Sebastian, Barcelona, and Los Angeles. All footage was shot by Malay Ho on an 8mm film camera and was directed by Iris and Malay.

Rock/Pop's newest charmer, Iris, premiered the official music video version of her single, 'Stars”, produced by Grammy® Award-Winning Malay (Frank Ocean & John Legend). The 'Stars' music video was shot in various locations in St. Remy de Provence, Bordeaux, San Sebastian, Barcelona, and Los Angeles. All footage was shot by Malay Ho on an 8mm film camera and was directed by Iris and Malay.

Kylie & Kendall Jenner have premiered Gallant's new single 'Sweet Insomnia,' which is the featured music for their fall/winter collection.

The National (non-equity) Tour of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL settled in at the Boch Center's Wang Theatre this week and brought out families and children raised on the beloved Nickelodeon series. Joining a long list of animated shows adapted into Broadway musicals, this one is set apart by the clever collaboration with a wide variety of popular artists who composed individual songs, seamlessly curated, orchestrated, and arranged by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tom Kitt (of Next to Normal). Based on the television series by Stephen Hillenburg, it was conceived and directed by Tina Landau and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, but the eclectic score is the crème de la crème of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL.

The 50th anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar updates the much-loved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and modernizes it in a way that makes it more accessible and enjoyable to today's audiences. The musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1971, has reached a world-wide audience since then, with performances in Australia, Europe, and the West End. There have been several filmed versions of the production as well, including the 1973 movie starring Ted Neeley, as well as a more modern retelling of the rock opera in 2000 starring Glenn Carter. Finally, on Easter Sunday, NBC aired a live version of the production starring John Legend as Jesus. The longevity of the musical, as well as the various adaptations that have been made, show just how beloved the show has been for decades.

Following a critically lauded run on Broadway, members of the original award-winning Broadway company of The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! will reunite to film the show for television in front of a live theater audience. The live television production will capture all-new depths of theatrical innovation where the power of optimism really can save the world. The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! will air on Nickelodeon this December.

The GRAMMY Museum® is pleased to announce Heather Moore of Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California, as the recipient of the 2019 Jane Ortner Education Award. The award honors K-12 academic teachers who use music in the classroom as a powerful educational tool. Moore will receive an honorarium and will be recognized later this year at a special GRAMMY Museum event in Los Angeles. Arcadia High School will also receive a grant.

Just announced! Star Kitchen, the most recent side project from Marc Brownstein, has announced a late-night show at New York City's Sony Hall during The Disco Biscuits' New Years Eve run.

After racking up millions of streams on new singles and receiving acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, critically acclaimed R&B sensation Guordan Banks unveils his second full-length album, Blood On The Vinyl [Bank On It Entertainment/AWAL], on Friday, October 25, 2019