Author: Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY

Come for movies, stay for music. Here’s what we thought of Oscars best song performances from Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” to Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand.”

Miley Cyrus returned in a massive way with “Flowers,” and now the chameleonic singer has more emotions to share on her “Endless Summer Vacation” album.

U2 mined its 14-album catalog to rerecord 40 songs over the past two years. “Songs of Surrender” spotlights a band eager to reflect as it ages.

Gary Rossington, founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven,” the band’s statement read.

Artists including Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper and Graham Nash feted Joni Mitchell at the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert – and then the icon sang.

The storied 50-year-career of Kiss will officially end in December, when the band takes its final bows in its New York hometown.

Ed Sheeran will release “Subtract,” his fifth album, the last in his mathematical series on May 5. The 14 new songs were written after a challenging 2022.

U2 returns to the stage this fall to open the $2.18 billion MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. But they’ll be without Larry Mullen Jr., their founding drummer.

Rihanna returned to the stage for the first time in seven years for a Super Bowl halftime performance that wowed fans with a baby bump.

Chris Stapleton’s national anthem moves at Super Bowl 57, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Babyface sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” “America the Beautiful.”