Paul McCartney News

This spring, the outright kings of Rock n' Roll explode onto the West End stage in a brand new show, set to have audiences rocking in the aisles. The four giants of late Fifties and early Sixties popular music, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury and Roy Orbison come together for the first time in BE BOP A LULA!, which opens at The Ambassadors Theatre on March 4 and returns for the first Wednesday in every month.

2CELLOS, music's most electric and dynamic instrumental duo, return with their new album Celloverse (Portrait/Sony Music Masterworks) today, January 27, 2015. Available now for preorder, Celloverse is supported by a world tour kicking off in Australia and landing stateside Feb. 19 with a sold out concert in Minneapolis (U.S. tour schedule below). 2CELLOS latest music video from Celloverse, 'Shape of My Heart,' is their take on Sting's beautiful song - check it out here.

Rihanna has yet again joined forces with some all-star collaborators to bring fans her latest track.

Cirque de la Symphonie is a unique and elegant fusion of cirque and orchestra, adapting the stunning artistry of cirque with the majesty of a full symphony orchestra. Conducted by Stuart Chafetz, the program will feature works from the world's greatest composers while showcasing some of the most accomplished veterans of exceptional cirque programs from across the globe, including aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen.

On this week's ELLEN, host Ellen Degeneres playd the Game 'Never have I ever..' with the stars of the new film 'Mortdecai,' Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany.

Accomplished percussionist and engineer Cassidy Turbin has received a TEC Award nomination for his engineering on Beck's latest album, Morning Phase. Turbin's nomination was for Outstanding Creative Achievement for a Studio Design Project.

Whether he's swingin' like Frank Sinatra or sizzlin' like Jerry Lee Lewis, internationally acclaimed singer/pianist Tony DeSare will thrill The Philly POPS audiences in American Songbook, Then and Now on Friday, March 13, through Sunday, March 15. Conducted by Philly POPS Music Director Michael Krajewski, DeSare will perform the great jazz standards from the classic American Songbook and add new standards that bring a contemporary touch to this collection of music. The concerts will take place in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 13, at 8 p.m.; and on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m.

On February 23 and 24, 2015, the pilot episode of composer Lisa Bielawa's serial opera Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser will be videotaped at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana (307 North Spurgeon St.). Two taping sessions, each of a different scene from the opera, will be open to the public, free of charge, at 7pm on February 23 and 5pm on February 24 (limited availability, online RSVPs are required at http://bit.ly/RSVPVireo).Vireo's 25-minute pilot episode will air on March 31, 2015, and will feature the Kronos Quartet, mezzo-sopranoLaurie Rubin, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the Orange County School of the Arts Middle School Choir, mezzo-soprano Maria Lazarova, baritone Gregory Purnhagen, drummer Matthias Bossi, and in the title role ofVireo, 16-year-old soprano Rowen Sabala.

Minneapolis, MN - Diana Krall, multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and world-renowned vocalist, will showcase her stunning new album, Wallflower, in an 'evening with' concert at 8 p.m., Friday, August 7, 2015 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.

This week marks the anniversary of the No. 1 debut of Barry Manilow's mega hit song, 'Mandy,' on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1975. The Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning musician's career skyrocketed to superstardom when the song topped the charts in 1975. In the spirit of that special year, tickets to Manilow's concerts at Nassau Coliseum (March 27), Prudential Center (June 14) and Barclays Center (June 17) are priced to tie into that year and start at $19.75.

On Thursday, January 29, the Sony Centre For The Performing Arts will present THE SCOTTISH TATTOO: THE MUSIC OF SCOTLAND. Led by famed Music Director and Pipe Major, Steven Dewar, Scotland's most talented musicians, bagpipe players, singers, and dancers will turn Toronto into Edinburgh for a special night of magic.

This February marks the 5th anniversary of Overture with the Arts' (OWTA) annual Black History Month school tour, ?Songs of Freedom (SoF). It's a banner year for the popular initiative which was officially recognized in Ottawa by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for 'building awareness and understanding of Canadian values that are reflective of Canadian diversity'. This will also be the second year that the offshoot, Songs and Stories (S&S), continues to enliven Black history for Montreal elementary school students through music and inter-active singing and storytelling.

Tickets ($49, $69, $79 and $149) go on sale Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.

Chart-topping San Francisco-natives Train are taking their latest hit album Bulletproof Picasso on the road with a 40+ city summer tour across North America with special guests The Fray and Matt Nathanson.

Dax Shepard stopped by yesterday's ELLEN and gushed over the arrival of his second child with actress Kristen Bell, a daughter named Delta.

Meghan Trainor stopped by ELLEN to talk about her incredible success in the music industry and the role Ellen has played in it. Later, Trainor performs her new hit single, 'Lips Are Movin'.

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson stopped by ELLEN for an incredible reenactment of the video for their unstoppable song 'Uptown Funk' and everyone got in on the fun. Check out the appearance below!

Below, check out quotables from THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, January 5 - January 9:

When people hear the name DONNY OSMOND, they usually think of things like “Puppy Love” and purple socks. But, that once young performer has matured into something more than a teenybopper. The proof of that is the release of his 60th album of his career. The title of the album is “The Soundtrack of My Life.”

Paul McCartney's song “Hope For The Future”, which was released digitally in December, will be released physically on 180-gram 12” vinyl next week. The song was written by Paul for the record-breaking video game Destiny.