Taylor Swift’s ‘Long Pond Studio Sessions’ Looks to Become First Record Store Day Exclusive to Debut in Top 10

Taylor Swift has revealed how she cut her left hand during a weekend stint performing at NRG Stadium in Houston as part of her Eras Tour.“Just got to play 3 insane shows in Houston and I’m waking up smiling reminiscing about how much fun we all had. Loving this tour so much because of the passion these crowds put into it all — seriously can’t wait for Atlanta,” Swift, 33, wrote this week on Twitter.She continued: “For those asking how I cut my hand, I’m totally fine and it was my fault completely — tripped on my dress hem and fell in the dark backstage while running to a quick change — braced my fall with my palm.”“It was all very Mercury in retrograde coded.

The recording label of country music sensation Morgan Wallen is dispelling rumors that led to the postponement of his Sunday night performance at Oxford, Mississippi’s Ole Miss stadium.

2023 ACM Awards!On Thursday, the Academy of Country Music, Prime Video, and Dick Clark Productions announced the star-studded line-up of country music stars who are set to take the stage and rock the house at this year's big show.Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde and Keith Urban are just a few of the A-list country crooners who are expected to perform at Ford Center's The Star venue in Frisco, Texas, on May 11.Dolly Parton — who will also be co-hosting the big night alongside Garth Brooks — will be closing out the show, delivering a spotlight stealing performance, which will also serve as the world premiere of the lead single from her highly anticipated forthcoming rock album.Additional performers set to wow the crowd include Cody Johnson, Jo Dee Messina, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Morgan Wallen, The War and Treaty, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman. More performers are to be announced in the coming weeks.Additionally, Miranda Lambert will be taking the stage to sing on what is already shaping up to be a historic night for her.

Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert and Jo Dee Messina are among the performers set for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards, producers announced today.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The copyright case in which Ed Sheeran is being sued for allegedly lifting portions of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his own “Thinking Out Loud” took on some unexpected drama Wednesday afternoon when the plaintiff, Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed and had to be carried out of court, causing an interruption in otherwise routine testimony. According to CNN, Townsend Griffin (pictured above left) — the daughter of “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Griffin — fainted about two minutes into the Sheeran team’s cross-examination of a musicologist who had been brought in to testify that there was a substantial similarity between the two songs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Driven by big releases from Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, Tomorrow X Together, Drake and others, Universal Music Group saw its revenues rise 11.5% year over year to $2.71 billion in the first quarter of 2023. But the company’s earnings call on Wednesday was just as newsworthy for the company doubling down on the strong remarks it has made about the fast-rising presence of — some would say threat from — AI in the music world, which hit UMG in the form of “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song using AI-generated soundalikes of two of the company’s biggest artists, Drake and the Weeknd.  “The recent explosive development in generative AI will, if left unchecked, both increase the flood of unwanted content hosted on platforms, and create rights issues with respect to existing copyright law, in the U.S. and other countries, as well as laws governing trademark, name and likeness, voice impersonation, and right of publicity,” chairman-CEO Lucian Grainge said on the call. 

After country music star Morgan Wallen suddenly canceled his Sunday night performance at the Ole Miss stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, his music label is debunking rumors behind the cancelation.  Leaving thousands of fans disappointed, Wallen shared a statement to his fans through his Instagram story that he could not perform due to his strained voice.  However, a viral TikTok video suggested otherwise. A security guard at the venue claimed Wallen was too drunk for his performance and said his reason for losing his voice was "bull crap." He added that an ambulance picked up the "Last Night" singer.

Things are hotting up in the race for this week's Official Number 1 album, as Everything But The Girl edge ahead of Enter Shikari in today's update.

Morgan Wallen found fame on "The Voice" and quickly became one of the most wanted men in country music.  Wallen, by all accounts, was dangerous, a fitting word that embodied his writing, singing and care-free persona. He used "dangerous" to name his second, award-winning, chart-topping double-album with 32 songs to prove he was serious about becoming a mainstay in the industry. The 29-year-old Tennessee native has fought every inch of the way to keep his "Whiskey Glasses" from clouding life but has been caught in a few controversies along the way.

Taylor Swift has addressed concerns about a potential on-stage injury during the Houston show of her ongoing Eras Tour, after she was spotted bleeding from her hand.The cut seemingly took place in the “era” costume change between 2020’s ‘evermore’ (which closes on ‘tolerate it’) and 2017’s ‘reputation’ (which opens on ‘…Ready For It?’), according to The Independent.The injury was then given a band-aid during the next costume change of the show, where Swift changes into a different dress to perform ‘Enchanted’ from 2010’s ‘Speak Now’.Taking to Twitter, Swift has assured fans that she was “totally fine” and the circumstances that lead to her hand being cut during the show were completely accidental.“For those asking how I cut my hand, I’m totally fine and it was my fault completely – tripped on my dress hem and fell in the dark backstage while running to a quick change,” she explained. “[I] braced my fall with my palm.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kelly Clarkson celebrated her 41st birthday Monday night with a ceremonial purge, performing for fans all 14 songs from “Chemistry,” a project he’s been working on for three years that has been described — quite accurately, as it turns out — as putting her feelings about her divorce on the record, in every way. “I was really nervous about releasing the record,” Clarkson said at an early point in the emotionally powerful but good-humored two-hour concert at downtown L.A.’s Belasco, which was being filmed for future use. The singer said she felt emboldened when one of her crew members of three years told her, “I was listening to your record and, boy, did you nail that — loss and grief. And even the part where you remember the good; that’s what keeps you going back.”

abruptly canceling his show at Vaught Hemingway Stadium in Mississippi on Sunday.Mandi Walker Nowlin — who attended the concert with her husband — later posted a Facebook status tagging the singer and expressing her wish that he pay for everything from their outfits to gas, reported The Independent. “Since you’re offering refunds … here is our itemized bill for you,” read Nowlin’s status. Unfortunately, she’s received no response regarding getting any of her money back.Nowlin told The Post that no one from Wallen’s team has reached out to her regarding the list, nor has she been refunded for her tickets.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Park City Song Summit will return to Utah this September for another installment in its annual mixture of performances and panels, featuring an array of guests from different genres, with those set to speak or sing ranging from Grateful Dead veteran Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. to rising star Joy Oladokun. This year’s festival takes place Sept. 7-9. The 50th anniversary of hip-hop will be explored, as evidenced in the booking of progenitors like Grandmaster Flash, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Chuck D, amid other veteran artists like folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Standout younger artists featured include Adia Victoria, Danielle Ponder, Celisse, Cimafunk, Joe Pug, Ruby Amanfu and Matisyahu.

Swifties have banded together to help the family of a man who was killed while on his way home from The Eras Tour.

Fernando Alonso knows all about the dating rumors. The Spanish F1 driver responded to online speculations with a TikTok video featuring Taylor Swift’s song ‘Karma’ with the caption, “Race week era.”In the video, Fernando can be seen checking his phone before winking at the camera.

Taylor Swift have flooded a GoFundMe page in memory of a late concertgoer, who was reportedly killed on his way home from the pop star's Friday concert in Houston, Texas. According to local Houston NBC and Fox affiliates, 20-year-old Jacob Charles Lewis was struck by a suspected drunken driver in the early hours of Saturday morning after his car broke down on the Southwest Freeway. He had reportedly attended Swift's show earlier that evening with his sister, April Bancroft. Swift's fans have taken to the fundraising campaign in his honor, with many donating contributions of $13 — a nod to Swift's lucky number — and dropping lyrics from Swift's songs in the comments.

Morgan Wallen’s last-minute cancelled concert in Mississippi is now a legal matter.

The National‘s Aaron Dessner has praised Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’, calling it “the greatest show I’ve ever seen”.Dessner co-wrote and co-produced Swift’s surprise 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ alongside Jack Antonoff. He went on to work with the singer on the 2021 re-recorded versions of ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’.Earlier this month, Dessner joined Swift onstage in Tampa, Florida to perform collaborative renditions of ‘The Great War’ (a track he produced for the ‘3am Edition’ of ‘Midnights’) and ‘Mad Woman’ from ‘Folklore’.During a new interview with NME, Dessner opened up about reuniting with Swift on The National’s ninth studio album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’, which is released this Friday (April 28).The pop star will feature on ‘The Alcott’, a song NME‘s Thomas Smith described as a “subtle duet” and “a back-and-forth conversation between frontman [Matt] Berninger and [Swift]”.After praising the singer’s work ethic and creative process, Dessner spoke about her current ‘Eras Tour’ in North America.“It’s just kind of… the greatest show I’ve ever seen,” the musician told NME.

Taylor Swift is "totally fine" after taking a tumble backstage during a show in Houston this past weekend. The "Lavender Haze" singer took to Twitter on Monday to reassure fans, and thank the city for a memorable three days. "Just got to play 3 insane shows in Houston and I’m waking up smiling reminiscing about how much fun we all had.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Metallica came in strong on this week’s Billboard 200 with a No. 2 bow for the group’s latest album, “72 Seasons,” which came in almost within sight of the chart’s recently indomitable leader, Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time.” Wallen extended his run at No. 1 to seven weeks at a time, and counting, with 166,000 more album-equivalent units added to his tally, while Metallica debuted with 146,000 units. On the Billboard Hot 100, meanwhile, SZA finally landed in the No. 1 spot she’s been circling for many weeks with “Kill Bill.” The song had spent eight weeks at No. 2, then dipped to No. 4 last week, before getting the boost it needed to finally become a chart-topper in this latest frame.

The bad boy of country music. Morgan Wallen has faced a series of controversies throughout his career.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Red” was unfortunately more than just a metaphor for Taylor Swift over the weekend, as fans took to social media after her Houston three-night stadium stand wrapped up to share photos and video of what looked like a gnarly injury to her hand midway through the second of three concerts in the city. On Monday, Swift took to social media and acknowledged the injury, while downplaying it, much as she had done by going on with the show Saturday despite suffering what appeared to be a bloody incident during an off-stage costume change. “For those asking how I cut my hand,” Swift said in a tweet, “I’m totally fine and it was my fault completely — tripped on my dress hem and fell in the dark backstage while running to a quick change — braced my fall with my palm. It was all very Mercury in retrograde coded. Don’t worry about me I’m gooooood,” she added, blowing fans an emoji kiss.

You might have read a rumor about Taylor Swift and F1 driver Fernando Alonso recently.

Taylor Swift is speaking out after sustaining an injury during a recent concert. The 33-year-old singer took to Twitter on Monday to reveal how she cut her hand in the middle of her show.«I'm totally fine and it was my fault completely,» she wrote.

It was the breakup that shocked basically everyone online, and now people are wondering if Joe Alwyn cheating on Taylor Swift was the reason for their split after six years together.

60,000 country fans were left disappointed.

Morgan Wallen canceled his Sunday night performance at the Ole Miss stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, at the last minute after losing his voice. The sudden cancelation concluded what was supposed to be two consecutive nights of performances by one of the hottest stars in country music. Saturday night’s show appeared to be a huge success with thousands showing up for the first concert in the stadium’s history.

Taylor.After another dazzling weekend of high-profile ‘Eras Tour’ concerts at Houston’s NRG Stadium, mega pop star Swift will swing into Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on April 28, April 29 and April 30.And, as you may have expected, tickets are not cheap.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on seats at the Falcons’ stadium turned Taylor’s home for a single weekend was $724 before fees on Vivid Seats.That’s quite a bit heftier a price tag than when we originally reported on ticket prices for the shows and prices started at $455 before fees.However, given the glowing reviews for the ‘Eras Tour,’ elaborate costume changes, stunning set design and relationship drama surrounding Taylor, it’s obvious:Swift truly puts a show you can’t put a price on — these aren’t concerts; they’re events.Want to know more about how to see Taylor live in Atlanta from April 28-30?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on upper-deck, lower-level and floor seats for each of Taylor’s three Atlanta concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic U2 has announced the first dates this fall for a series of shows being billed as “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” — just five nights in late September and early October, for now, although the possibility of more shows being added seems more like a probability. The ambition and logistical planning of creating a unique show for Sphere, the world’s most technologically advanced space for music, certainly ultimately augurs for a longer run, even if U2 has studiously been avoiding sticking around Vegas quite long enough to merit the avoided word “residency.” U2’s guitarist, the Edge, got on a Zoom with Variety last week to discuss the enormously ambitious run of shows, following a demonstration of the design and technology for Sphere that was held for a handful of media representatives at a scale model of the building in Burbank. Although the concerts will be themed around the 1991 “Achtung Baby” album (with the “UV” in the show’s title referring to the album track “Ultraviolet”), the Edge said that Sphere itself was the reason for conceiving the new show. “When we found out about what this venue was really offering us creatively, we kind of saw it as a throwdown … as a challenge,” he says.

Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ has become the best-selling vinyl album of the year so far.Released last month, the ninth studio album to be released by the pop icon debuted at the Number One spot on the Official Albums chart – making it her sixth chart-topping LP in the UK.Now, the album has also been certified as the best-selling album on wax for 2023, surpassing the likes of Pink, Paramore and Taylor Swift. It has also provided Del Rey’s strongest first week on the charts since 2014, when her second LP ‘Ultraviolence’ reached the peak position.As reported in the Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40, less than a month after its release, ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ sold over 20,800 copies on the format.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The checkout lines for Record Store Day might move more swiftly than usual this year, due to the likely numbers of customers who will be buying one exclusive album and one exclusive alone — Taylor Swift’s “Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions,” the most massively coveted item RSD has seen or ever might see. And listen, we’ll be picking it up, too… if supplies last. (The title has been pressed in quantities of 75,000 for the U.S. and 115,000 for the world — about four times as many as any previous RSD title. Will those be enough to last on shelves for even a day? We’ll find out.) But slow down, Swifties. There are 300 other new releases where that one came from, and this is a chance to indulge some other retail-therapy whims or make some new discoveries. Yes, there are hundreds of middle-aged guys outside in line behind you who weren’t motivated to get up quite so early, and why should they be the only ones who get to enjoy newly minted LPs from the Cure, Arooj Aftab, Nas, Orville Peck, Charlie Parker or the Pixies on a Saturday night? There’s more to life than hoarding Taylor Swift, and it is hoarding absolutely everything that has a “limited edition” sticker slapped on it, with no prejudice as to the genre, level of obscurity or how long the artist has been dead.

Record collectors and music lovers have descended onto Manchester’s ‘vinyl valley’ in their droves this morning for the annual Record Store Day event. And one eager fan camped out overnight outside Piccadilly Records in order to secure an exclusive release from his favourite artist.

Record Store Day 2023 kicked off earlier today (April 22) with vinyl fans descending on UK record shops around the country.A number of limited-edition and special releases were made available over-the-counter at over 260 participating stores, with many customers queuing since the early hours.The 1975, Blur, Pixies, U2, London Grammar, Madonna, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Foals, Donna Summer and Björk all released vinyl as part of the 2023 event.Taylor Swift, who was last year announced as the first-ever global ambassador of Record Store Day, released ‘folklore: the long pond studio sessions’ on vinyl for the first time today, with many fans taking to social media to celebrate grabbing the limited-edition record.“Still can’t believe she is mine,” said one fan, posing with the vinyl.

Taylor Swift spent a night out in New York City with Blake Lively, Gigi Hadid and the Haim sisters on Thursday. The girlfriends spent time at private club Zero Bond after Swift enjoyed dinner with Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Swift has been spotted out with friends on numerous occasions since her split from Joe Alwyn after six years of dating. On Wednesday night, Swift was photographed again getting dinner with Lively and Reynolds.«Taylor Swift and Blake Lively hung out at Zero Bond in NYC last night,» an eyewitness tells ET of Thursday's outing.

She has her back! Gigi Hadid has unfollowed Joe Alwyn on Instagram following his split from Taylor Swift, Us Weekly can confirm.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ rocketed to upwards of $600 before fees earlier this week, they’ve finally come back down to earth.With mere hours before Swift’s first night at Houston’s NRG Stadium ticket prices now start at $345 before fees on Vivid Seats.Days ago, those same tickets would cost you $608.That’s over $250 worth of savings just from waiting a few days.Sometimes “all of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation” as Taylor might say, pays off.Want a closer look at how much tickets cost over Swift’s three days of shows at the Texans’ home field?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know and more.A complete breakdown of what ticket prices are now versus what they cost on Monday, April 17 for each of Taylor’s three Houston concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are 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.Never been to the Texans’ home turf turned concert venue?Here’s a better look at all the seating options NRG Stadium has to offer.*The above map does not include floor seating for concerts.After this three-show weekend, T.