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AJR, Myles Smith & Monsta X - 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Red Carpet Interviews
AJR, Myles Smith & Monsta X - 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Red Carpet Interviews It's the most wonderful time of the year — Jingle Ball season! We were lucky enough to chat with some of this year's artists on the annual holiday tour's stop in Philly: Monsta X, Myles Smith, and AJR!

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Dec 22, 20251 min read


Jingle Ball 2025 – Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
Alex Warren, Zara Larsson, Laufey, Ravyn Lenae, BigXthaPlug, AJR, Freya Skye, Myles Smith, MONSTA X & Saquon Barkley – I Heart Radio Jingle Ball 2025 – Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, PA – December 15, 2025 Concert Photos by Joshua Kanner © 2025. All rights reserved. Red Carpet Photos by Emma Fox © 2025. All rights reserved.

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Dec 17, 20251 min read


Alexa Ray Joel Finds Her “Wall of Sound” Moment – and Her Own Voice, Fearlessly
Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel Finds Her “Wall of Sound” Moment – and Her Own Voice, Fearlessly by Ron Sklar Alexa Ray Joel is back in rehearsal – back in the room, back in the band setup, back in the thick of sound. After years of performing in the intimate, candlelit world of Café Carlyle with a small musical configuration, she’s returned to a full-band experience, preparing for shows in the year ahead. “I just started rehearsing with a band again after quite some time,” she

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Dec 16, 20254 min read


Emerson Hart of Ezra Ray Hart – Rocking the 90s and the Holidays
Mark McGrath, Kevin Griffin and Emerson Hart of Ezra Ray Hart Emerson Hart of Ezra Ray Hart Rocking the 90s and the Holidays by Jay S. Jacobs If you were going to a lab to cobble together a 90s alt-rock supergroup, it would be hard to come out with a stronger lineup than Ezra Ray Hart. The band is made up of the lead singers of three different hitmaking bands from that decade. As you might guess from the new band’s name, it features Sugar Ray leader Mark McGrath, Better Than

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Dec 4, 20259 min read


John Davidson – From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich: The Reinvention of a Variety Icon
John Davidson From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich – The Reinvention of a Variety Icon By Ronald Sklar For decades, John Davidson was all that and a jar of Miracle Whip – a Broadway lead, a smiling television host, and one of Johnny Carson’s most trusted guest substitutes. Today, at 84, he has reinvented his career far from Hollywood, performing in a charming converted barn in rural New Hampshire. His self-created venue, the aptly named Club Sandwich, is everything Davidson has

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Nov 3, 20253 min read


Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 – Photo by Deborah Wagner © 2025 Shaun Cassidy – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 25, 2025 “Well I was 16 and sick of school. I didn’t know what I wanted to do…” Even though Eric Carmen wrote those words, they were telling Shaun Cassidy’s story. They opened the song “That’s Rock and Roll” which is one of a few songs which Cassidy rode to the top of the charts in the late 1970s. In fact, when Shaun C

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Sep 26, 20255 min read


The Favors – Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Hollywood (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
The Favors – Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Hollywood, CA – September 18, 2025 – Photo by Larisa Jiao © 2025 The Favors – Hollywood Forever...

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Sep 19, 20252 min read


Various Artists – Play On: A Raspberries Tribute (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Play On: A Raspberries Tribute Various Artists – Play On: A Raspberries Tribute (Think Like A Key Music) Raspberries packed a whole lot...

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Sep 3, 20253 min read


Stephen Bishop – THIMK (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Stephen Bishop – THIMK Stephen Bishop – THIMK (Life's A Bish) Stephen Bishop has had a long, impressive career as a singer / songwriter, even if he never quite became a superstar. Now, nearly fifty years after his breakthrough album Careless (1976), which spawned the big hits “On and On” and “Save It For a Rainy Day,” Bishop is closing the book on his recording career. In the acclaimed career he had several other hits and has recorded 20 albums over the years. Some of his ot

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Aug 19, 20253 min read


Billy Idol & Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Billy Idol – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA – August 16, 2025 – Photo by Kaylee Marie © 2025 Billy Idol & Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA – August 16, 2025 It was the ‘80s all over again at the Mann as two of the biggest names of pop-punk took dives into their popular songbooks. Both acts still have their angry young musical energy, even if neither of them is young anymore, and also probably don’t have as much to be angry

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Aug 17, 20255 min read


Taylor Swift Pulls Back the Curtain on the Exuberant, Electric, and Vibrant Life of a Showgirl
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Pulls Back the Curtain on the Exuberant, Electric, and Vibrant Life of a Showgirl As you may have heard,...

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Aug 13, 20253 min read


Stephen Kramer Glickman – Unplugged
Stephen Kramer Glickman at the recent Philadelphia Big Time Rush show. Stephen Kramer Glickman Unplugged By Kayla Marra and Emma Fox...

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Aug 8, 20256 min read


The Weeknd – Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
The Weeknd – Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphia, PA – July 30, 2025 – Photo by Joshua Kanner © 2025 The Weeknd – Lincoln Financial...

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Aug 1, 20252 min read


Frankie Grande – Checking out of Hotel Rock Bottom
Frankie Grande Frankie Grande Checking out of Hotel Rock Bottom by Kayla Marra The man, the myth, the icon, and older brother to Ariana...

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Jun 26, 20254 min read


MKTO, Drew Seeley & Johnny – Hold On Til Dawn
Drew Seeley, Johnny and Tony Oller and Malcolm Kelley of MKTO at World Café Live in Philadelphia for the Hold On Til Dawn benefit concert...

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Jun 2, 20256 min read


Samia – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
Samia – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – May 28, 2025 Photos by Cecilia Orlando © 2025. All rights reserved.

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May 30, 20251 min read


Classic Rocker John Cafferty Returns with a New Album After 37 Years
John Cafferty John Cafferty Classic Rocker Returns with a New Album after 37 Years – Sound of Waves by Brad Balfour For many bands having...

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May 10, 202521 min read


Dave Matthews – White Oak Music Hall – Houston (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Dave Matthews – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX – May 2, 2025 – Photo by David Loi © 2025. Courtesy of AK Creative. Dave Matthews –...

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May 3, 20252 min read


Lionel Richie – Union Transfer – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Lionel Richie – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – March 29, 2025 – Photo by Deborah Wagner © 2025 Lionel Richie – Union Transfer –...

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Mar 31, 20254 min read


Kim Deal – Neptune Theatre – Seattle (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
Kim Deal – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA – March 24, 2025 Photos by Cecilia Orlando © 2025. All rights reserved.

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Mar 24, 20251 min read
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