Music notes: BTS, Sara Bareilles, Adam Lambert and more

Music notes: BTS, Sara Bareilles, Adam Lambert and more

BTS’ Junkook is giving back. According to South Korean outlets, the singer donated $750,000 to the Seoul National University Children’s Hospital. His generous donation will help fund the medical expenses for kids who come from low-income households. Meanwhile, his bandmate J-Hope showed off his new, shorter haircut on Instagram as he prepares to become the…Read More…

Aaron Carter’s cause of death revealed

Aaron Carter’s cause of death revealed

Gabe Ginsberg/Getty ImagesAaron Carter’s cause of death has been revealed. According to the LA County coroner, the cause of death was drowning. Contributing factors included effects of difluoroethane (propellant in canned air) and Alprazolem (generic Xanax). The report says multiple cans of compressed gas dusters, used to clean electronics, were found near him and that…Read More…

Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Raye among nominees for The Ivors

Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Raye among nominees for The Ivors

Erskine/ColumbiaAfter cleaning up at the Grammys and the BRIT Awards, Harry Styles is poised to do the same at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, also known as The Ivors. The awards, which have been handed out since 1956, are the most prestigious music honor in the United Kingdom. They celebrate excellence in British and Irish songwriting, and are…Read More…

Alicia Keys is giving the Keys to the Summer on new tour

Alicia Keys is giving the Keys to the Summer on new tour

Courtesy Live NationAlicia Keys is personally giving fans the Keys to the Summer when she heads out on tour this June. The trek follows her sold-out The Alicia + Keys World Tour, but will feature a new set list, and a reimagined and redesigned concert experience. “The Keys to the Summer Tour is going to be completely unforgettable…Read More…

Kelly Clarkson covers herself, debuts “Mine” during Kellyoke performance

Kelly Clarkson covers herself, debuts “Mine” during Kellyoke performance

Weiss Eubanks/NBC UniversalKelly Clarkson switched things up a bit for her Kellyoke performance on Tuesday’s edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show: Instead of performing another artist’s hit, she sang one of her own songs. Kelly premiered one of her two new songs, “Mine,” from her upcoming album, Chemistry. “I was feeling all the feelings when I wrote that one,” she told…Read More…

Jonas Brothers announce “secret” shows in LA, Dallas, Baltimore

Jonas Brothers announce “secret” shows in LA, Dallas, Baltimore

Courtesy Live NationJonas Brothers are expanding their schedule of live performances — but some details are still under wraps. The group has announced three “secret” shows: One in LA on April 25, one in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, on April 26, and one in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28. What makes them secret is that they haven’t…Read More…

Welcome to New York … again: Taylor Swift spotted out in Manhattan

Welcome to New York … again: Taylor Swift spotted out in Manhattan

Octavio Jones/TAS23/Getty Images for for TAS Rights ManagementTaylor Swift’s busy touring the country, but it seems that whenever she gets some downtime, she heads back to one of her favorite places: New York City. E! Online reports that on Monday night, Taylor had dinner with friend Ashley Avignone, a fashion consultant, in the Big Apple. Taylor was wearing…Read More…

Watch Adam Lambert channel Cher on ‘That’s My Jam’

Watch Adam Lambert channel Cher on ‘That’s My Jam’

NBCUniversal Media, LLCOn Monday night, Adam Lambert took part in the popular That’s My Jam segment Wheel of Musical Impressions and absolutely slayed. During the segment, host Jimmy Fallon spun the wheel and tasked Adam with singing the children’s song “The Muffin Man” in the style of Cher. Adam ended up singing the song to the tune of Cher’s “Believe,” and pulled it off,…Read More…