Chuck Arnold

Chuck Arnold

About the Columnist

As Senior Entertainment Writer, Chuck Arnold covers the music beat, with reviews, critical commentary, artist profiles, in-depth features, trend pieces and music news stories. While Chuck has interviewed music icons such as Ringo Starr, Mary J. Blige, Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys, Chuck also writes about movies and TV, having profiled actors such as Liam Neeson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Kaluuya and Taron Egerton. A veteran music journalist who has also written for People, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Billboard, Chuck got his start as managing editor of his college newspaper, The Review, at the University of Delaware. He then was entertainment editor at the Philadelphia Daily News — in his hometown — and YM magazine. And when he’s not at a concert or listening to music on the headphones that are permanently attached to him, Chuck’s also a diehard tennis fan who doesn’t miss the US Open.

The Archive

Madonna's daughter Estere, 11, strikes a fierce pose at tour opener

Madonna credits her children for giving her the will to survive when “I didn’t think I was gonna make it.”

Madonna proves she's a survivor at tour kickoff in London after health scare: 'Didn't think I was gonna make it'

“I didn’t think I was gonna make it. Neither did my doctors,” Madonna, 65, said. “I forgot five days of my life — or my death … But my children...

Sex, strippers and scandal: Inside Madonna's 'The Girlie Show' tour 30 years on

In 1993, The Girlie Show tour drew protests and calls for its cancellation. Three decades later, the show is still just as shocking.

40 years of Madonna in 20 songs: Our set list wish list for her concert comeback

From "Like a Virgin" to "Like a Prayer," here are 20 tunes that we hope Madonna gives a twirl when her Celebration Tour opens at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.

That's ruff: Drake seemingly 'Dogs' Rihanna on new album

Drake, now this is not the way to take care of Rihanna.

How Herb Alpert helped the Police, the Carpenters and Janet Jackson 'Rise' at A&M Records

Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No....

Holy hit: How 'Take Me to Church' christened Hozier as a star 10 years ago

“New York has always been so good to me. It was the first city I played when I came to the States. It felt like I had a future in...

U2 drops punky 'Atomic City' single before Vegas residency opens: review

"Atomic City” finds U2 — the quintessentially earnest quartet — coming out swinging and swaggering as they open their much-anticipated Las Vegas residency on Friday.

*NSYNC takes you to a 'Better Place' on first single in 21 years: review

It’s been 21 years since *NSYNC said “Bye Bye Bye” to us as a recording act. But the wait for the boy band’s much-anticipated reunion is finally over with Friday’s...

Puff and past: New doc reveals how Woodstock legend Carlos Santana first smoked weed

If you thought Woodstock legend Carlos Santana was the O.G. hippie in the ’60s, think again. In fact, the 76-year-old guitar hero was once an anti-weed warrior as his namesake...

How buzzy artist JP Saxe went from Julia Michaels' boo to John Mayer's bro

If there is such thing as a songwriter’s sixth sense, then JP Saxe certainly possessed it when he penned his Grammy-nominated hit “If the World Was Ending” with ex-girlfriend Julia...

Lauryn Hill kills it at rain-soaked Global Citizen Festival

Considering all that Global Citizen has done to make the world a better place, Mother Nature sure was cruel to the anti-poverty organization on Saturday. The annual Global Citizen Festival...

Doja Cat's 'Scarlet' review: 7 reasons to claw into her new album

"Paint the Town Red" samples Dionne Warwick’s ’60s classic “Walk on By” — one of the very best of her many Burt Bacharach-Hal David compositions.

Diddy is the daddy of modern day hip-hop — celebrating its 50th anniversary this year

The ’90s game-changer has been strangely MIA from the festivities.

Shania Twain on menopause, music and loving her body 'more now than ever'

Shania Twain credits her new attitude to experiencing a midlife passage.

From Taylor Swift's fangirling to that *NSYNC reunion, here are the best and worst moments from last night's VMAs

When Taylor Swift made a not-so-surprise appearance on the red carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, one thing was clear: she...

Punk legend Billy Idol spills the family secrets behind 'White Wedding'

After fronting the English punk-rock band Generation X, ’80s icon Billy Idol moved to New York in 1981 and began dancing with himself in pursuit of solo stardom. And it...

Why the MTV VMAs — once the hottest awards show around — don't matter anymore

Twenty years ago, the MTV Video Music Awards had a viral moment — before “viral moments” even existed — during the opening number when Madonna kissed both Britney Spears and...

The 7 craziest VMAs moments ever: Kanye West, Britney and Madonna, more

The VMAs have had no shortage of shocking moments: Insiders take us behind the scenes of Britney Spears' iconic "I'm a Slave 4 U" performance — complete with a live...

The Rolling Stones debut 'Angry' new single, video starring Sydney Sweeney

“We didn’t want to make just any record and put it out … Before we went in [to make ‘Hackney Diamonds’], we all said, ‘We’ve got to make a record...