Bernie Taupin News

It's music's biggest night! Laufey, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, and more took home awards at The 68th Annual GRAMMYs. Check out the full list of GRAMMY winners here.

Cher, Paul Simon, Whitney Houston, and more will be honored during the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on Jan. 31, 2026. The event will celebrate the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustee Award and Technical Grammy Award recipients at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. 

Barbra Streisand, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, and more have been nominated for 2026 GRAMMYS. See the full list of nominations here!

Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile has shared a new expanded version of Returning To Myself, featuring exclusive commentary on each of the project’s ten tracks. Check it out here.

11x Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile will return to the road next year with “The Human Tour” including arena shows across North America, the U.K. and Europe.

Girls Just Wanna Weekend will return for its 7th annual celebration in January with The Chicks and Sam Smith joining Brandi Carlile as headliners. The event is set to take place at Mexico’s Barceló Maya Resort January 15-19, 2026.

Ryan Shaw and Ray Angry (The Roots) are once again joining forces for a special New York City show at The Cutting Room on Thursday, October 30th. The set will feature selections from their recently released studio album, OFF BROADWAY, and more.

Elton John’s album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy will receive a 50th Anniversary Edition reissue, featuring the 2016 remaster of the original album, previously unreleased session demos, plus Elton’s live performance of tracks from the album, recorded during 2005 for the album’s 30th anniversary.

Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend will return for its 7th annual celebration at Mexico’s Barceló Maya Resort January 15-19, 2026. All-inclusive Event Packages for Girls Just Wanna Weekend 7 will be available via a special Blind Faith Pre-Sale starting next Friday, July 25 at 1:00pm EDT.

During a recent interview at Spotify Beach at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Charlie Puth revealed his plans for a Broadway musical. 

Elton John - Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will be released on July 25, both digitally and on CD for the first time, alongside a vinyl repress.

Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Menken, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and more will either present and/or perform at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 12th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. 

Everyone has a favorite Elton John song.  Ask anyone and they probably won’t even hesitate to tell you their selection:  Maybe “Tiny Dancer,” a song impossible not to sing along with in your own version of carpool karaoke? 

Uptown Players and Bruce Wood Dance will join creative forces for the first time to present IMAGINE, an entertaining and yet poignant new performance celebrating love, identity, and the transformative power of song and dance. This limited engagement will take place on Friday, August 9 at 8:00 PM and Saturday, August 10 at 2:00 PM at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Vocal powerhouse Ryan Shaw and acclaimed pianist/composer/arranger Ray Angry (The Roots) have teamed up for Off Broadway, a new studio album featuring R&B, soul, jazz, rock, reggae, house, and classical-inspired takes on classic Broadway hits. Listen to it now!

Bill Connors' American Elton is more than a tribute show - it's an immersive experience that takes you on a journey through the music of one of the greatest artists of all time. American Elton comes to the Park Theatre on Saturday, May 17, at 7:30pm.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the return of Paul Iacono, best known as star of G.B.F., Fame, and MTV’s “The Hard Times of RJ Berger,” in the world premiere of The Stritch Is Back: Paul Iacono Sings Elaine Stritch... Sings Elton John. Learn more!

Broadway alum and R&B vocal powerhouse Ryan Shaw has just released a brand new track, the inspirational “Rising Up,” featuring the Average White Band. Listen to it here!

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have released their acclaimed collaborative studio album Who Believes In Angels? Check out the highly anticipated album now!

Vocal powerhouse Ryan Shaw and acclaimed pianist/composer/arranger Ray Angry (The Roots) have teamed up for Off Broadway, a new studio album featuring R&B, soul, jazz, rock, reggae, house, and classical-inspired takes on classic Broadway hits.