Kenny G, Dionne Warwick, and Barry Manilow will also be in attendance for the music mogul’s ceremony Clive Davis‘ death has left much of the music industry and Hollywood in mourning. The beloved music executive, who founded Arista Records and J Records, fostered the careers of numerous artists including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, the Grateful … Read more
Clive Davis — the legendary record executive who died Monday at the age of 94 — cast as long a shadow across the music world as any executive, and participants in his funeral will bear that out. Sources tell Variety that artists from his long career who are expected to participate include Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, … Read more
They’re not supposed to make a museum about the people you idolized in high school. Is there going to be a David Letterman Museum? A Reggie Jackson Museum? A Center for the Studies of 1982 Penthouse Pet Corrine Alphen? When I played Born to Run on the record player in my basement in Edison, New … Read more
Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who helped shape Springsteen’s career and died on Monday at the age of 94. “Over here on E Street, we mourn the death of the great record man and close friend Clive Davis,” Springsteen posted on social media. “At 22 years old, he changed … Read more
There is little questions that Clive Davis, who died today at the age of 94, was one of the greatest music executives of all time. Over the course of his long career, he launched or oversaw key years of artists ranging from Whitney Houston to Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow to … Read more
Bruce Springsteen took the stage near the end of the opening ceremony for Obama Presidential Center, following a moving speech by President Obama, and performances by Eddie Vedder, John Legend, U2’s Bono and the Edge, Christina Aguilera, and many others. He performed his 1999 song “Land of Hope and Dreams,” which was the theme of … Read more
“Hope has a home, and it’s time to open its doors,” reads the center’s welcome message for its grand opening in Chicago Bruce Springsteen, U2’s Bono and the Edge, and Stevie Wonder, are among the stacked lineup for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center grand opening ceremony in Chicago on Thursday, June 18. “We … Read more
Charli XCX’s sardonic song of the early summer, Springsteen’s anti-ICE anthem, Ella Langley’s tear-jerking country smash, rap bangers, indie gems, and more Here’s our soundtrack to yet another tumultuous year in the making. Springsteen offered up a protest rallying cry against Trump fascism, Charli XCX gave us a droll, doom-ridden 2026 time capsule, Luke Comb … Read more
When Bono walked onstage at New York’s BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on June 13 to present Bruce Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award, he began his speech by winding the clock back to 1975. He was 15 then. “I was off to being very good at being no good, but … Read more
Bono gave Bruce Springsteen a hard time for refusing to license his song “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” for a commercial for the clothing brand Gap in partnership with Bono’s AIDS foundation (RED). While presenting Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at Tribeca Festival, Bono started to praise the Boss’ ability … Read more