
Chuck Arnold
Background
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.
Latest Articles
Lady Gaga channels Judy Garland with jazzy standards on surprise 'Harlequin' album
September 27, 2024 | 1:47pmThink of Lady Gaga's new album "Harlequin" — a companion LP to her upcoming movie "Joker: Folie à Deux" — as “Mother Monster Does the Great American Songbook.”
Just like Heaven…again: The Cure returns with first new song in 16 years
September 26, 2024 | 6:44pmAccurately described in the song as a “broken-voiced lament,” “Alone” is the first single and opening track of “Songs of a Lost World” — the Cure’s first studio album since...
Music legend Paul Simon plays private, star-studded show at New York loft
September 25, 2024 | 8:47pmPaul Simon made a rare concert appearance before an intimate star-studded crowd.
Little Monsters rejoice! Lady Gaga announces surprise 'Harlequin' companion album to 'Joker 2'
September 24, 2024 | 5:18pmLady Gaga's surprise album "Harlequin" will arrive on Friday, a week before she hits theaters on Oct. 4 as Harley Quinn in "“Joker: Folie a Deux."
Happy 75th, Bruce! Springsteen, still the hardest-working rocker alive, gifts fans with two live albums
September 23, 2024 | 9:39pmBruce Springsteen loyalists were rewarded with two live albums before the legendary rocker's 75th turn around the sun on Monday.
Coldplay's Chris Martin disguises himself as a tacky tourist at Vegas karaoke bar
September 23, 2024 | 3:40pmDressed like a tacky tourist, Chris Martin gave his best karaoke croon while filming a video for the new Coldplay single "All My Love."
Fallen Idol: Katy Perry's comeback album is nothing to 'Roar' about
September 20, 2024 | 10:07pmKaty Perry's new album, "143," is hardly the comeback that she needed. It’s as if she became a has-been before her time on “American Idol.”
How legendary photographer Dustin Pittman captured vintage New York, from Mick Jagger to Madonna
September 20, 2024 | 12:52pm"Dustin Pittman: New York After Dark" turns the page back on the golden era of the celebrity scene in the city that the photographer captured in the late '60s, 70s...
Real rockers or 'Real Housewives'? Jane's Addiction leads a week of bands spilling bad blood — from the Smiths to REO Speedwagon
September 20, 2024 | 9:51amIt’s been a particularly painful period for some beloved bands — with Jane's Addiction imploding in the middle of a reunion tour. But sometimes there's as much hate as harmony.
Linkin Park comes roaring back to life with new singer at Brooklyn's Barclays Center
September 17, 2024 | 5:11pmControversy about Emily Armstrong replacing Chester Bennington as lead singer of Linkin Park didn’t stop her from receiving a warm welcome at Barclays Center on Monday night.
Breakout pop star Chappell Roan on the 'abusive' side of fame: 'If this ever gets dangerous, I might quit'
September 16, 2024 | 9:20pmChappell Roan said sometimes fame "is the vibe of an abusive ex-husband."
What you missed at the Emmys: 'Shogun''s big night, 'Happy Days,' 'West Wing' reunions, and more
September 15, 2024 | 6:11pmFollow the Post for all the glitz and glam.
Lil Wayne reflects on Super Bowl 2025 halftime show going to Kendrick Lamar
September 13, 2024 | 4:05pm“I thought that was nothing better than that spot and that stage and that platform in my city, so it hurt," said Lil Wayne about not getting to headline the...
Usher admits his post-Super Bowl surprise wedding was 'abrupt': 'We decided at the last minute to do it'
September 12, 2024 | 1:36pmGetting hitched after arguably the biggest performance of his career — the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show — was the ultimate victory celebration for Usher Raymond IV.
Usher doesn't sweat going shirtless at 45: 'I look good, I make love good'
September 12, 2024 | 11:52am“To stay shirtless at 45 is work, man,” said Usher of baring his torso on his current Past Present Future Tour and new concert film "Usher: Rendezvous in Paris."
Usher reflects on 30-year music career— and he says he's not done yet
September 12, 2024 | 8:13amThree decades after he made his album debut, 2024 has been the Year of Usher, from his latest album "Coming Home" and the Super Bowl halftime show to his new...
VMAs 2024: Best and worst moments, from Taylor Swift and Eminem to Sabrina Carpenter and Katy Perry
September 12, 2024 | 12:54amWhile it’s no longer the must-attend affair that it once was, the 2024 VMAs still had the almighty Taylor Swift, who won her fifth Video of the Year award for...
How the Moonman was born: Inside the first MTV VMAs that shot 'unknown' Madonna to superstardom 40 years ago
September 11, 2024 | 12:36pmForty years ago, the idea for the VMAs — which will take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, NY on Wednesday — came about as a way for MTV...
Beyoncé snubbed in 2024 CMAs nominations — despite topping country charts with 'Cowboy Carter'
September 9, 2024 | 1:50pmThere were no CMA nominations for “Cowboy Carter” or its hit single “Texas Hold ’Em,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs charts,...
Usher is a master of soul seduction at Brooklyn opening show
September 7, 2024 | 1:12pmUsher had the crowd caught up with his sexy slow jams, whether he was putting his hand down his pants, humping the stage or pouring a bottle of water over...