Paul McCartney News

Britain's Got Talent singing sensation BECKY O'BRIEN returns New York with her new holiday show A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS on Thursday, December 19 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The most wonderful time of the year gets even more wonderful as the angelic-voiced O'Brien shares her favorite Christmas songs and stories of holidays in the UK. Showtime is at 7 PM. Tickets are $22 (with a $35 VIP ticket available), available at www.SpinCycleNYC.com or at 212-352-3101. There is a $20 food/drink minimum, with a full menu available.

GRAMMY® Award-winning artists Gary Clark Jr., Foo Fighters, H.E.R., John Legend, and John Mayer, past GRAMMY Award nominee Alice Cooper and current GRAMMY Award nominees Jonas Brothers, Emily King, and Yola join the performance lineup at the 2020 MusiCares® Person of the Year tribute concert honoring Aerosmith on Jan. 24. Greg Phillinganes will be the musical director, with additional guest performers to be announced.

Live Nation, the world's leading live entertainment company, announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in DG Medios, one of Chile's top independent concert promoters. The Santiago-based company has a sizeable presence in the country, having sold more than 330,000 tickets in 2018 alone. Live Nation's extensive resources combined with DG's broad reach and regional expertise will help continue to grow live entertainment offerings throughout Chile. The deal follows several recently announced acquisitions in Latin America that have expanded Live Nation's reach in the region including OCESA in Mexico, DF Entertainment in Argentina and Brazil's Rock in Rio.

 Artists Lounge Live presents SILLY LOVE SONGS: MICHAEL MAHLER SINGS PAUL MCCARTNEY on Monday, March 9 at 7:30 pm and Tuesday, March 10 at 1:00 pm, at Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL  60069.

ZZ Top's big, brazen blues-rock, combined with a surrealist charisma that continues to intrigue fans, catapulted the band into worldwide stardom. Their history is deeply explored in ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas, which will be released via Eagle Rock Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray and digitally on February 28, 2020.

Jimmy takes suggestions from the audience, including a recap of the decade and Robert De Niro, Paul McCartney and a Minion doing the Cupid Shuffle.

January events has been announced at Irvine Barclay Theatre. See full details below!

During the week of Dec. 2, 2019, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ranked as the week's No. 1 late-night talk show outright in Adults 18-49, edging out CBS' “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (427,000 vs. 424,000) and NBC's “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (418,000). In addition, despite airing a repeat telecast on Friday (versus four original broadcasts for “Fallon”), “Kimmel” outdrew “Fallon” by 10% in Total Viewers (1.876 million vs. 1.713 million) to stand as the No. 2 talk show of the week. 

Netflix and Gaumont are producing a new animated feature from iconic songwriter, author and filmmaker, Paul McCartney titled HIGH IN THE CLOUDS based on the popular children's adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh.

West Side Story is officially in previews on Broadway! The new production is directed by Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove; and for the first time ever in the United States, will feature all-new choreography by the internationally acclaimed Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. West Side Story will begin previews on December 10, 2019 and open February 6th, 2020 at the Broadway Theatre.

Back in the spotlight with a sublime new rhythm and blues record, James Hunter follows up six critically acclaimed albums with his latest recording, Nick of Time, set for release on Brooklyn's renowned soul label Daptone Records. Nick of Time is a shining testament of how a master songsmith continually draws fresh water from a bottomless well. Recorded and produced by Bosco Mann, Nick of Time features one of today's foremost soul singers at the top of his game performing with musicians who've backed some of the biggest contemporary music stars including Daptone artists Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley. Nick of Time will be internationally released on March 6, 2020.

GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum singer-songwriters Gavin DeGraw and Chris Young team up for the next installment of the critically-acclaimed series 'CMT Crossroads,' premiering Friday, December 13 at 10PM ET/PT on CMT. The show was filmed recently in Nashville in front of a standing room-only crowd.

Don Mischer, award-winning producer and director, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists, honoring his prolific career as an internationally acclaimed producer and director of television and live events. The 57th Annual ICG Publicists Awards ceremony, which traditionally occurs the week leading up to the Academy Awards®, will be held in the International Ballroom of The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, February 7, 2020. More than 800 industry leaders are expected to attend this year's luncheon, celebrating excellence in publicity and promotion for motion pictures and television programs.

Five New Shows Just Announced At The King Center! See the new lineup below!

See Grand Rapids Symphony's full calendar of events for December 2019!

December is the time of year for decorating, baking, shopping and spending time with friends and family. It's also one of the best times of the year for music. Celebrate the holidays with timeless music and much more with your Grand Rapids Pops making the season bright with the sublime sounds of Christmas.

Acclaimed comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish have just published their third annual compendium of 'The World's Weirdest News.' 'The Book Of The Year 2019' is available now from all good book sellers! The team behind the hugely popular weekly show - with downloads in excess of 250 million - have enjoyed a rapidly expanding audience since its 2014 launch, when Apple named it the 'Best New Podcast' of the year. The four creators and hosts, who have sold out theaters across the UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia (including the iconic Sydney Opera House) recently made their US debut with a string of SOLD OUT podcast tapings in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, DC and New York City - where they packed out two nights at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center as part of the New York Comedy Festival.

Tony Vincent is taking his act south, and we don't mean downtown... You know him from his starring roles on Broadway, in musicals like American Idiot, Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Or maybe you came to know him as a concert performer, recording artist, or as a finalist from NBC's The Voice. Now the Broadway veteran is working with the talent of tomorrow, teaming with Nashville-based training company PCG Theatrical.

Lynn University and Jan McArt, producer and director of theatre arts program development, today announced that the popular Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series returns with two sensational shows in January.

Paul McCartney has released two never-before-heard tracks—'Home Tonight' and 'In A Hurry”—out digitally today, and to be followed by a very limited Record Store Day exclusive double A-side 7-inch picture disc single on November 29th.