
Bollywood singer Hariharan and tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh during the launch of their album ‘Ishq- Songs of Love’ at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai.
Musicians play traditional instruments during the celebration on the birth anniversary of Savita Maharshi, at Ravindra Kala Kshetra in Bengaluru.
Lady Gaga sings sings the National Anthem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in Washington. Former Vice President Mike Pence is on the left.
Members of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps march during the Presidential Escort, part of Inauguration Day of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington.
In this file photo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Indian classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan at a meeting in New Delhi. Khan passed away on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17, 2021, at his Mumbai home. He was 89.
There is an age to be attained before one is considered ‘ageless’. The highlight of the American Music Awards proved, to our immense satisfaction, the truth behind our homespun truism. It came in the shimmering, striated, stippled vision of a throb our teenage years—Jennifer Lopez. There she was, in a black and sheer catsuit and a new, shorter hairdo, writhing, gyrating, splitting the stage in half with a single, gymnastic throw, moving in and out of the ingeniously cast shadows, overshadowing everyone else. Her unequal partner in the rendition of Pa Ti and Lonely was Colombian singer Maluma—not the lumpy thing the name suggests, but quite a pistol himself. More to the point, at 51, J. Lo fully “freaked out” ABC censors with her free expression. That’s iconic.
Laverne Cox presents the award for favorite rap/hip-hop song at the American Music Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota (C) along with singers Leena Bose (R) and Sanjeevani Bhelande (L) during a photo shoot ahead of 'Diwali' at Jalota's house, Dadar in Mumbai.
Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota (C) along with singers Leena Bose (R) and Sanjeevani Bhelande (L) during a photo shoot ahead of 'Diwali' at Jalota's house, Dadar in Mumbai. --(PTI09-11-2020_000202B)
Karnataka Rajinikanth Fans Association members pay tribute to legendary playback singer SP Balasubramaniyam, at Cubbon Park in Bengaluru.
Members of All Assam Students Union (AASU) pay floral tribute to music maestro late Bhupen Hazarika on his 94th birth anniversary, in Guwahati.
In this file photo, classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj performs on the second day of Saptak classical music festival in Ahmedabad. Jasraj, one of the most renowned exponents of Hindustani Classical music passed on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.
Legendary Indian classical vocalist Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj passed away at the age of 90, in New Jersey, United States, Monday, Aug 17, 2020. "The unfortunate demise of Pandit Jasraj Ji leaves a deep void in the Indian cultural sphere", PM Narendra Modi tweeted.
People wearing face masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic listen as musicians of the Montevideo Philharmonic Band perform at the Solis theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. Five months after all the live arts shows were canceled due to the pandemic, the Solis theatre reopened for a public performance.
Many are the noxious vagaries of Bollywood: nepotism, shabbiness towards ‘outsiders’, the casting couch, unbearable pressure eating away at young talent…. Now, we get an answer to a riddle: why does A.R. Rahman, with a record of vaulting excellence, not score music in more movies? The mild-mannered Rahman found out that “a whole gang” works against him, peddling stories to keep people from seeking his services. The problem, dear Rahman, says Shekhar Kapur, is the Oscar win. Correct, says sound designer Resul Pookutty, who also won a statuette for Slumdog Millionaire, and was promptly shunned by Bollywood. Right. Now we know why Bolly films (largely) remain pale pastiches of better ones.
Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain. The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopens its doors, in which the 2,292 seats of the auditorium will be occupied on this occasion by plants. It will be on 22 June, broadcast live online, when the UceLi Quartet string quartet performs Puccini's "Crisantemi" for this verdant public, brought in from local nurseries.
Concertgoers gather at the Iron Springs Resort near Cedar City, Utah for a free concert by country singer Collin Raye, organized by Utah Business Revival leader Eric Moutsos to protest COVID-19 restrictions.
In this file photo is seen Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar along with his wife Shabana Azmi at the 63rd National Film Awards function in New Delhi. Javed Akhtar has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award for manifesting the values of secularism, rationalism, upholding scientific truth.
Fans attend the drive-in concert of the Hungarian rock band Tankcsapda at the Debrecen International Airport in Debrecen, Hungary when concert halls are still closed in Hungary due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Musicians wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus perform during a rehearsal on the eve of the Buddha's birthday ceremony at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. This year a ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary was put off from April 30 to May 30 due to the coronavirus.
Jayden Deltoro, left, watches "Trolls World Tour," while wearing a protective mask at the Four Brothers Drive In Theater in Amenia, New York State.
They are very young, and at 25 apiece, Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid are expecting their first child. She has a classical moon-shaped face, with blonde tresses, and as a supermodel has honed that arch-look on catwalks across the world. He, a wildly popular singer with clean, boyish good looks has hands laden with tattoos. They both like shiny black boots. It’s a match, you’ll agree, made in a new Camelot. Gigi’s sister, supermodel Bella, who, says science, has the most perfect female face on the planet, is staying with the couple at present. But that’s beside the point.
When did the silver lining to a global disaster appear to have an aureole of gold? We’re talking about the One World: Together At Home concert organised by WHO at the initiative of Lady Gaga—nearest thing to an online Woodstock in support of health workers and delivery, grocery and NGO staff across the globe. There were the Rolling Stones (Mick, Keith et al in a composite quartet) singing You Can’t Always Get What You Want, the shrivelled up Celine Dion, the dependable Stevie Wonder, the statesmanlike Elton John, Beyonce and…Paul McCartney at the piano, singing Lady Madonna. “When were the Stones and a Beatle on the same billing last?” asked someone. PS: Shahrukh and Priyanka also paid solemn homage.
Musicians from Ahla Fawda, or Great Chaos, a Beirut nongovernmental organization, stand on a crane platform as they perform for nurses and patients at Rafic Hariri University Hospital where most of the cases of the coronavirus treated, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Music fans dressed in bio suits strike a pose during the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City. The two-day rock festival is one of the most important and longest running of Mexico.
Chilean singer Mon Laferte performs during a concert by female artists on the eve of International Women's Day, in the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Jennifer Lopez, left, and Oprah Winfrey participate in "Oprah's 2020 Vision" tour at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
Stuart Wilson, left, and Mark Taylor, winners of the award for best sound mixing for "1917", pose in the press room at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain performs during a concert 'A Homage to Abbaji' - Ustad Allarakha', in Mumbai.
Artists from South Korea practice during the World Peace Music Festival 2020 workshop, in Kolkata
Sitarist, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar says her new EP "Love Letters" is special as it shows how women show up for each other in times of crisis.
Flute Maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia felicitates Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj with ‘Flute Legend Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Puraskar’ instituted by Gurukul Pratishthan during 12th Bansuri Utsav at Dr Kashinath Ghanekar Auditorium, in Thane.
Legendary tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain performs at a fusion concert 'Shakti', in Kolkata.
Members of South Korean K-Pop group Twice pose for photos during the Golden Disk Awards in Seoul, South Korea.
Nick Jonas, from left, Joe Jonas, and Kevin Jonas of The Jonas Brothers perform at Y100's Jingle Ball at BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Florida.
Sara Hebe performs during the "Girl Power" music festival, that features female solo artists or women-fronted bands, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A law approved by Argentina's Congress last month says that beginning in 2020, women artists must make up at least 30% of the lineup in musical events with three or more acts.
Members of the Irish band U2, Bono, Adam Clayton and The Edge during their visit to Mani Bhavan (Mahatma Gandhi's residence) in Mumbai
Hayley Kiyoko arrives at Billboard's Women in Music at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Cyndi Lauper arrives at Billboard's Women in Music at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Artist Ellie Goulding performs at half time of an NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.
Shawn Mendes, left, and Camila Cabello pose in the press room with the award for collaboration of the year for "Señorita" at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Internationnal Pop star Katy Perry with Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez during a media conference before her concert at One Plus Music Festival in Mumbai
Actress Adrienne Warren performs during the opening night of "Tina – The Tina Turner Musical" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.
Host Enrique Santos presents Jennifer Lopez with the iHeartRadio Premio Corazon Award at the 2019 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina in Miami.
Festival goers are seen in the rain at the Voodoo Music Experience in City Park in New Orleans.
Mariah Carey performs during a concert celebrating Dubai Expo 2020 One Year to Go, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Trisha Yearwood performs during the induction ceremony of Brooks & Dunn during the 2019 Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.
Reba McEntire, middle, performs with The McCrary Sisters during the 2019 Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.
Folk artists perform at the 12th edition of Rajasthan International Folk Festival at Jaswant Thada in Jodhpur.
Brazilian singer Anitta, center, performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dhaki, traditional drummers gather in front of Sealdah railway station, as they wait to hire by Puja committees to perform during the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata.
John 5, left, performs with Rob Zombie during Louder Than Life at Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center, in Louisville, Ky.
U.S. singer Bebe Rexha performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
U.S. singer Bebe Rexha performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
U.S. actress Jada Pinkett Smith appears on stage during the concert of her husband U.S. actor and hiphop singer Will Smith in St. Stephen's Square in downtown Budapest, Hungary.
Sheryl Crow performs during KAABOO 2019 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California.
Bollywood producer Karan Johar launches Sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Indo-American composer Karsh Kale's music album 'Infinity', in Mumbai
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with his wife Subhalakshmi at the launch their sons sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash music album 'Infinity', in Mumbai
Spectators soak in bathtubs while listening to Czech opera singer Eva Kyvalova performing parts of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the rooftop of Lucerna building in Prague, Czech Republic.
Taylor Swift accepts the video of the year award for "You Need to Calm Down" at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Soldiers of Russian Presidential Regent perform during the Spasskaya Tower international military music festival in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
People enjoy a concert by Arlo Guthrie at a Woodstock 50th anniversary event in Bethel, New York. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
Singer/song writer Bebe Rexha performs on stage as an opening act for The Jonas Brothers "Happiness Begins" tour at the Capitol One Arena in Washington.
Nick Jonas, of The Jonas Brothers, performs on stage during their "Happiness Begins" tour at the Capitol One Arena in Washington.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, addresses after the launch a new patriotic music video 'Watan' in the enthralling voice of Javed Ali, in New Delhi.
Beatles lookalikes are joined by thousands of fans gathered to walk across the Abbey Road zebra crossing, on the 50th anniversary of British pop musicians The Beatles doing it for the cover of their album 'Abbey Road' in St Johns Wood in London. They aimed to cross 50 years to the minute since the 'Fab Four' were photographed for the album.
Mick Jagger, from left, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Etty Lau Farrell and Perry Farrell of Perry Farrell's Kind Heaven Orchestra perform on day four of Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago.
Kate Gonzalez, center, of Sacramento, Calif., attends day two of Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago.
Puerto Rico's singer Luis Fonsi performs during the Opening Ceremony for the Pan American Games at the National stadium in Lima, Peru.
Spectators watch Swiss band "Patent Ochsner" performing on the main stage during the 36th edition of the Gurten music open air festival in Bern, Switzerland.
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs during the British Summer Time festival at Hyde Park in London.
Singer Becky G performs at Amazon Music's Prime Day concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
Singer Taylor Swift performs at Amazon Music's Prime Day concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
Normani performs at the 2019 Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Tens of thousands of choir singers gathered in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonia marked the 150th anniversary of a tradition crucial to the national awakening movement and that inspired the defiant "Singing Revolution" in the late 1980s that helped the nation to break free from nearly fifty years of Soviet occupation. The four-day event held every five years unites the small Baltic nation of 1.3 million people in the celebration of their language and culture.
French duo Brigitte with Aurelie Saada, left, and Sylvie Hoarau, perform in the courtyard of the presidential Elysee Palace as part of France's annual music festival in Paris.
Festival goers enjoy the "silent disco" during Day 1 of the Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands in Dover, Del.
Blink, and you’ll travel back to the glory days of disco, with Cardi B’s multi-coloured jumpsuit transporting you effortlessly. But, disaster struck at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, when this splendid garment gave way along its nether seams, hurrying poor Cardi offstage. The singer arrived minutes later in a bathrobe, the picture of unflappability. “We gonna keep it sexy,” she crooned. That is style.
Kelsea Ballerini performs "Miss Me More" at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Maren Morris, left, and Sheryl Crow perform at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Deana Carter, from left,Trisha Yearwood, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, Martina McBride and Lauren Alaina perform at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Jimi Westbrook, from left, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet, of Little Big Town, perform "The Daughters" at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Musical artists Billy Ray Cyrus, left, and Cardi B perform at HOT 97 Summer Jam 2019 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.