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Musicians will rally Monday outside Carnegie Hall for a fair contract with Distinguished Concerts International New York, a for-profit company that holds most of its concerts at the celebrated venue. The rally will start at 6 pm ET. DCINY's orchestra formed a union with Local 802 of the American Federation of…

Days after attending the Met Gala, Jon Batiste has postponed the Carnegie Hall debut tomorrow of his American Symphony production. He cited contracting Covid-19 as the reason. The announcement came via his Instagram site. "Thank you to my incredible team and all the musicians who have been on this journey with me,"…

UPDATE The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it will “no longer engage with artists or institutions that support Putin or are supported by him.” The announcement, made on the Met’s website in a brief video statement by General Manager Peter Gelb, comes several days after another major New York cultural…

The CBS upfront, now under the umbrella of ViacomCBS, will return to its longtime home at New York’s Carnegie Hall on May 18. The news follows commitments from rivals Fox and NBCUniversal in recent days, both of which have slated multiple in-person upfront events. Disney has indicated it is taking a fresh look at the…

Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall, two of New York’s most iconic venues, announced their reopening plans today as the city continues its climb out of the pandemic shutdown era. Leading the charge will be band Foo Fighters, with a June 20 concert that marks MSG’s return as a full-capacity arena rock venue. The…

The sprawling ViacomCBS network portfolio will have a two-day virtual upfront for advertisers on May 18 and May 19, shifting to the week after the traditional CBS upfront had been scheduled before COVID-19 struck. Viacom’s brands across its Entertainment & Youth and Kids & Family units, plus BET and Pluto TV, will…

A week after announcing on Real Time with Bill Maher that she would be resuming U.S. touring, comedian-provocateur Kathy Griffin told fans today that her Carnegie Hall show in New York nearly sold out in the first 24 hours they were on sale. Griffin announced an eight-stop tour of North America last week, a list of…

Kathy Griffin’s Carnegie Hall gig, announced last week during her appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO show, has been set for June 26. The New York visit is one of eight tour dates announced today, with more to follow. Any lingering doubts about Griffin’s defiant approach to her comeback after a year of scandal following…