Adam Lambert to Perform Special Birthday Concert on Jan. 29

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn Tuesday, which would have been Eddie Van Halen’s 66th birthday, a giant mural of the guitar hero titled “Long Live the King” was unveiled outside the Guitar Center’s flagship store on Sunset Strip in Hollywood.

Time sure flies when you’re in love! Miranda Lambert and her husband Brendan McLoughlin celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary this month. The couple’s relationship has been a major point of interest for Miranda’s longtime fans.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTom Stevens, bassist for the Los Angeles rock band the Long Ryders, a key group in the so-called “Paisley Underground” scene of the 1980s, died on January 24, according to an announcement from the band.

Adam Lambert has seen a lot of positive change for LGBTQ+ musicians.

Christine Lampard has reacted to the news that her husband Frank Lampard has been sacked from his job as Head Coach for the Chelsea Football Club.MORE: Christine Lampard confirms second baby's due date - and it's sooner than we think!Frank, 42, took to Instagram on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the announcement, with a statement which read: "It has been a huge privilege and honour to manage Chelsea, a club that has been a big part of my life for so long.

Christine Lampard nipped out to grab some essentials as it appears her football manager husband Frank will now be around a lot more. He is expected to leave his position at Chelsea today after a run of poor Premier League performances.The Blues are ninth after their expected title challenge never got off the ground and speculation is growing that he faces the sack on Monday afternoon.

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe nominee Dennis Quaid and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen have signed on for the Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin-directed sports drama, American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, along with Ser’Darius Blain, Adam Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Danny Vinson, Chance Kelly, and Hayden Zaller. The new additions join Zachary Levi in the role of Kurt Warner and Anna Paquin as Brenda Warner.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterIndependent music label and publisher Concord has promoted Victor Zaraya to chief operating officer, the company announced Tuesday. Zaraya, who was most recently chief revenue officer, will be based in Concord’s new midtown Manhattan office when it reopens, and will report to Concord CEO Scott Pascucci.

Adam Lambert and Kelly Osbourne are working together for a new project!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAriana Grande announced that she will be dropping a remix of her song “34 +35” tonight featuring two of the most prominent featured artists of the past year: Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat.The song, produced by the team of Tommy Brown, Steven Franks, Peter Lee Johnson and Travis Sayles, is the second track on Grande’s latest album, “Positions,” which was released at the end of October.

Chris Willman Music WriterWhile no tribute may ever go down as the one David Bowie actually deserves, Saturday’s three-hour “A Bowie Celebration” livestream came within spitting distance of giving the duke his due, with a worthy cast of dozens that included Duran Duran, Trent Reznor, Andra Day, Yungblud, Adam Lambert, Ian Hunter and Gary Oldman fronting superb arrangements put together by host Mike Garson, Bowie’s longtime pianist.The $25 webcast will continue to be available through 6 p.m.

Christine Lampard and footballer husband Frank Lampard are expecting their second child. The Loose Women star and mum-to-be, 41, announced the news on Instagram on Saturday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, Duran Duran, Ian Hunter, Boy George, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Andra Day and many more will perform at “Just for One Day,” a David Bowie livestreamed tribute concert taking place tonight (Friday, Jan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe announcement Tuesday that the Grammy Awards will be moved from January 31 to March 14 took many people by surprise but did not come as a shock: The show is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, which has seen a dramatic spike in Covid-19 patients and is currently ranked by FEMA as the most dangerous county in the U.S.“The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from

Boy George, Taylor Momsen, and Gary Barlow are among the stars joining the line-up for the forthcoming A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! virtual concert in honor of the late David Bowie.Comedian Ricky Gervais and Ground Control – a supergroup made up of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, and Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney – join a stellar bill of previously announced stars, including Adam Lambert, Gavin Rossdale, Duran Duran, Yungblud, Peter Frampton an