Mavis Staples’ 85th Birthday Salute Brings Out Chris Stapleton, Hozier, Black Pumas, Bonnie Raitt and Other All-Star Acolytes

—and he’s not your typical influencer who films himself or makes .Instead, Hozier, a longtime indie musician, is having a new moment in the spotlight thanks to this online fanbase, who call him “forest daddy” and declare that his music makes them want to “gnaw on the iron bars of their .”Hozier, real name Andrew Hozier-Byrne, is the 34-year-old Irish singer-songwriter who broke on the scene with 2014’s “Take Me to Church,” and has enjoyed an admirable musical career since. But his new, hornier fandom has catapulted him to new levels of success.Hozier’s latest single, “Too Sweet” became his first #1 song on the Billboard charts in (his previously highest-charting single, “Take Me to Church,” hit #2 more than a decade ago).

Niall Horan recently brought out Angus & Julia Stone for a cover of their track ‘Big Jet Plane’ at his show in Australia.While performing at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia yesterday (May 1), Horan brought out the Australian folk and indie pop duo for a rendition of their 2010 hit ‘Big Jet Plane’ from their second LP ‘Down The Way’.“Night Twenty-Seven Sydney. Thank you to Australian legends @angusandjuliastone for coming out to perform one of my favourite songs,” wrote Horan in an Instagram post of the trio performing the song on stage.A post shared by Niall Horan (@niallhoran)Horan is currently on the Australian leg of his world tour in support of his third album ‘The Show’.

Chris Hemsworth is thinking back on his career. The prolific Australian actor who’s become synonimous with action films will be starring in “Furiosa” next month. In a new interview, he’s discussed his career and his legacy as one of Marvel’s biggest superheroes, Thor.

When Taika Waititi released “Thor: Ragnarok” in 2017, the refreshingly comedic take on God Of Thunder was overwhelmingly well received, with fans loving the more irreverent take on the Norse God. Most critics and fans still consider it the best “Thor” film.

UPDATED, 12:30 PM: Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson will be among the performers at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, it was announced today by the ACM, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions.

Jelly Roll is sharing the stage with a very special guest!

Savannah Chrisley really didn’t want her estranged half-sister Lindsie at her parents’ appeals hearings in Georgia last week — and she made that VERY clearly known.

The door has been opened for Jon Rahm to star for team Europe in next year's Ryder Cup

Michele Amabile Angermiller Moments after being honored at the American Music Honors of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, John Mellencamp took a moment to talk about its namesake at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater in West Long Branch on Wednesday night (April 24). “I know you all love him,” he said of Springsteen. “He put down a big footprint — him and [Bob] Dylan, for me.

Bring Me The Horizon brought out IV from Sleep Token to perform ‘Antivist’ during a show in Brisbane today (April 20).The Sheffield metallers have been on tour in Australia with Sleep Token as main support, as well as Make Them Suffer and Daine.During the show, the masked band’s guitarist joined Bring Me The Horizon for a special rendition of the 2013 hit where he got to take a more prominent role vocally. Although he isn’t Sleep Token’s main vocalist, he also provides additional screams.Amusingly, it appears that frontman Oli Sykes performed the track wearing one of Sleep Token’s old masks, which IV himself was also wearing.

Lana Del Rey LUVS Camila Cabello’s new song… Enough to perform it with her at Coachella!

Camila Cabello is making a surprise performance at Coachella!

Lana Del Rey brought out Camila Cabello during her performance at the second weekend of Coachella – check it out below.The pair teamed up to perform one of Cabello’s hits, ‘I Luv It’, with Cabello performing a high-energy dance routine among a slew of backing dancers while Del Rey remained on the balcony on stage. It provided a rather unexpected moment during Del Rey’s set, with fans expecting Billie Eilish to return after her guest spot last weekend or Taylor Swift to appear following the release of her highly anticipated album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.

“The Tortured Poets Department.”The Fleetwood Mac alum, 75, penned a moving poem about heartbreak that serves as a prologue on the 14-time Grammy winner’s 11th studio album, which dropped on Friday and was unveiled as a double album in a 2 a.m. surprise announcement to fans.“He was in love with her / Or at least she thought so / She was broken hearted / Maybe he was too / Neither of them knew,” Nicks writes, in part.“She was way too hot to handle / He was way too high to try… He really can’t answer her / He’s afraid of her / He’s hiding from her / And he knows that he’s hurting her / She tells the truth / She writes about it / She’s an informer / He’s an ex-lover.”“There’s nothing there for her / She’s already gone / There’s nothing that can stop her,” the “Edge of Seventeen” hitmaker continues.“She was just flying / through the clouds / When he saw her / She was just making her way / to the stars / When he lost her…”Swift’s admiration for the “Dreams” singer has long been known since the pair took the stage together at the Grammys in 2010.The duo performed Swift’s “You Belong with Me” and Nicks’ hit track “Rhiannon,” after which Swift gushed over the “fairytale” experience.Nicks, for her part, praised Swift’s “determination” and “childlike nature” at the time, adding that “this girl writes the songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John.”“Taylor reminds me of myself in her determination and her childlike nature.

EXCLUSIVE: NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Black List, the Redford Center, and the CAA Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2024 NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship and the Hollywood creatives who will mentor them. Along with new partner NBCUniversal, the organizations also announced the opening of the submission window for the 2025 cycle of the fellowship.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is finally resurrecting its outdoor concert stage, starting on Wednesday, April 17, with musical guest Chris Stapleton. The singer-songwriter will appear on the show to relaunch the space and perform his song ““It Takes A Woman.” Up until the pandemic, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” outdoor stage, located in the parking lot behind the show’s Hollywood studio, was a staple for the late-night talker. But it hasn’t been in use since February 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Renee Rapp brought some surprise guests for her first 2024 Coachella Music and Arts Festival set on Sunday (April 14) in Indio, Calif.

Ryan Gosling is breaking up with Ken.

Chris Stapleton is making his third Saturday Night Live musical guest appearance!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Tyler, the Creator is no doubt one of the greatest showmen working today in hip-hop. During his headlining set on Saturday night (April 13) at Coachella, the rapper once again proved just that, transforming the main stage into a desert canyon and using lighting and projections to create an ambiance so vivid and entrancing that it could only have sprung from an imaginative mind as his own.