Music

Dolly: A True Original Musical will officially open at New York City’s St. James Theatre on Jan. 19, 2027, Dolly Parton’s 81st birthday. Previews are set to start on Dec. 7.

“This isn’t about a story about sparkle and shine on the outside,” Parton said in a video announcing the move to Broadway. “It’s about where I really come from — what I’ve lived, what I’ve lost, what I’ve loved, and how I found my way and told it in my own words — and through the music, it’s been part of me every step of the journey.”

The show had a sold-out run at Nashville’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Belmont University last summer.

The stage show features some of Dolly’s greatest hits, like “9 to 5,” “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene” and “Coat of Many Colors,” as well as original songs she wrote especially for the production.

Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, who directed the musical’s Nashville run, will also lead the Broadway version.

“Dolly has never really shared her story before. She’s offered glimpses and peeks, but this musical allows her to reveal the unfiltered story in her own words,” Sher says. “As we prepare to come to Broadway, we’re thrilled to show that rhinestones were never her whole story.”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET but a presale will be available starting Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. To sign up, visit DollyMusical.com.

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Foo Fighters have announced a concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Mohegan Sun casino and entertainment complex, which is located in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The show will take place Oct. 4 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

For all ticket info, visit FooFighters.com.

The Mohegan Sun show will be a relatively more intimate performance compared to the stadiums Foo Fighters will be playing on their North American Take Cover tour, which kicks off in August. The trek supports the new Foos album, Your Favorite Toy.

In other Foos news, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced Foo Fighters Fan Day, which will take place Aug. 10 at the Cleveland museum. The celebration will include film screenings and Foo Fighters trivia contests.

Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

For more info, visit RockHall.com.

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A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a poet’s lawsuit alleging Taylor Swift stole her themes and ideas to write the songs “The Man,” “The Great War,” “I Can Do it with a Broken Heart” and more.

Self-published poet Kimberly Marasco alleged Swift infringed on her rights in various poems she had written between 2017 and 2021, which Swift denied.

Among the allegations in her lawsuit, which identified several Swift songs released between 2019 and 2024, Marasco claimed that Swift infringed on her poem “Ordinary Citizen” — which contained the line, “I’m running behind/ You say it’s His word against mine” — with the song “The Man,” which contains the lyric, “I’m so sick of running as fast as I can/ Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man.”

Both the poem and Swift’s song describe a woman working in a male-dominated office environment, Marasco alleged.

Marasco also alleged Swift’s song “The Great War” (with the lyrics “Diesel is desire, you were playing with fire”) infringed on her poem “The Fire” (which contains the line “Anger fuels our desire … I’m fighting fire with fire”) because both use the metaphor of “desire as fuel and fire.”

Marasco’s lawsuit also listed music producer Jack Antonoff, Republic Records, Universal Music Group and musician Aaron Dessner as defendants.

In her ruling on Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that these are “quintessential themes, concepts and isolated words” that copyright law does not protect.

Cannon granted Swift’s motion to dismiss, ruling that Marasco’s poems “do not contain protectable expression and that, regardless, Plaintiff has failed to plausibly plead copying.”

Tuesday’s ruling came in response to Marasco’s second amended complaint on the matter and was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.

In her decision Tuesday, Cannon wrote that the second amended complaint “closely mirrors” Marasco’s initial copyright infringement lawsuit against Swift, which was “dismissed with prejudice in September 2025 after concluding that Plaintiff had pled no protectable expression and had not plausibly alleged unlawful copying.”

“As this Court already determined in Marasco I, the allegedly infringed material-basic ideas, themes, metaphors, isolated words, and short phrases- is not protected expression and cannot be infringed,” Cannon wrote, referencing Marasco’s initial lawsuit. “Plaintiff has also failed to plausibly allege either access or substantial similarity, each of which is independently required to plead copying.”

ABC News has reached out to Marasco and a representative for Swift for comment.

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On This Day, July 7, 1977 …

Styx released the album The Grand Illusion. As it was their seventh studio album, its release date was significant: 7-7-77.

The album was a huge hit for the band, peaking at #6 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and getting certified triple Platinum in the U.S.

The album contained two songs that went on to become Styx classics: “Come Sail Away,” which was a top-10 hit, and “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” which hit the top 40.

In 2024, Styx headlined a special residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, where they played The Grand Illusion in its entirety for the first time in their career.

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Couldn’t get a ticket to Lewis Capaldi’s sold-out show at London’s BST Hyde Park? Don’t worry – he’ll be broadcasting the performance live on YouTube.

Lewis Capaldi: Live at American Express presents BST Hyde Park will stream on the singer’s official YouTube page on Saturday starting at 3:45 p.m. ET.

Saturday’s concert is the first of two sold-out shows at the festival, which hosts 65,000 people. The shows are the biggest headlining performances of Lewis’ career. It also marks the first time an artist has livestreamed their full performance from the festival.

An exclusive 10-minute short film specially created for the event will air just ahead of the livestream. Following the stream, the full performance will be made permanently available on YouTube.

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Eagles are sticking around Las Vegas a little longer.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has just announced four new December shows at the Sphere Las Vegas: Dec 4, 5, 11 and 12.

Registration for a presale that begins July 15 at 10 a.m. PT is now open. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting July 17 at 10 a.m. PT.

The new dates will extend the Eagles’ record for the longest-running residency at the Sphere with 68 shows. They launched the residency on Sept. 20, 2024.

Eagles return to the Sphere for four shows starting on Sept. 18. They also have four shows scheduled in November.

A complete list of Eagles dates can be found at Eagles.com.

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The Jonas Brothers are throwing it back to 2008.

Nick, Joe and Kevin have announced The Burning Up Tour All Over Again, two special nights at Madison Square Garden to commemorate their iconic Burning Up Tour.

They’ll take the stage at the landmark New York City venue on Aug. 20 and 21.

“When we looked at everything happening this summer, it felt like the right moment to celebrate one of the most exciting times of our lives,” the trio says in a statement. “The original Burning Up Tour was an exhilarating time in our lives, and getting the chance to relive that with the fans – while celebrating everything that’s happened since – means the world to us. We can’t wait to run it back.”

The original Burning Up Tour supported their third album, A Little Bit Longer, as well as their Disney Channel movie Camp Rock. The two new shows will take place shortly after Camp Rock 3 premieres on Aug. 13. On Aug. 16, the Jonas Brothers will be inducted as Disney Legends.

Presales for the MSG shows start July 8, with tickets going on sale to the general public on July 10 at 10 a.m. ET on Ticketmaster.com.

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Green Day has announced the soundtrack to the band’s upcoming NIMRODS movie.

The album, due out July 31, features Green Day classics — including “Basket Case,” “Longview” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends” — as well as live recordings and a brand new track called “I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.”

You can listen to “I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.” and watch its accompanying video, which features footage from NIMRODS, streaming now on YouTube.

The NIMRODS soundtrack also includes contributions from The Paradox, Ultra Q and actress Mckenna Grace, as well as the film’s fictional band, Analog Dogs.

In NIMRODS, three friends, played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust, embark on a road trip under the mistaken belief that their band, the aforementioned Analog Dogs, scored a gig opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. The movie is said to be inspired by Green Day’s early van touring days.

The cast also includes Grace, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen and Bobby Lee.

NIMRODS premieres in theaters on Aug. 14.

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