
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold is an senior entertainment writer at the New York Post.
Background
Chuck 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
Luke Bryan reveals which country singer he is mistaken for — even in his hometown: 'It is very true really'
April 18, 2025 | 4:03pmAny guesses?
Here's how Charli XCX shaded headliner Green Day at a Coachella 2025 afterparty
April 14, 2025 | 1:41pmAt her star-studded Coachella afterparty, Charli XCX made a sartorial statement that seemed to take a dig at Saturday headliner Green Day.
How this one 'pivotal' Beatles song made John Lennon overly jealous of Paul McCartney: author
April 11, 2025 | 5:49pmA 1965 Beatles chart-topper signaled the beginning of a new creative chapter for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, forever changing the dynamic in the duo.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney had 'erotic component' to friendship, were 'turned on by each other': author
April 11, 2025 | 2:08pmIn the new book “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” author Ian Leslie likens Lennon and McCartney's complicated connection to “a relationship that isn’t sexual but is romantic.”
Barry Manilow reveals that 'Mandy' was originally called 'Brandy' — and other surprising secrets of his first No. 1 hit 50 years ago
April 10, 2025 | 9:00pmThe story of “Mandy” went through many twists and turns. It all started when Arista Records president Clive Davis told Barry Manilow, “You need a career-making single.”
Barry Manilow was 'insulted' by public reaction when he came out as gay at 73
April 10, 2025 | 1:31pm"All my friends knew. And I think as the years went on, all of my fans knew. But you just didn't talk about stuff like that back then." — Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow, 81, is still making the hometown sing at Radio City residency: 'I have a story for every corner in Manhattan'
April 10, 2025 | 11:02amHaving set the record for the most lifetime performances at Radio City Music Hall last year, music legend Barry Manilow continues his hometown residency with a five-show stint.
Aerosmith producer weighs in on band's future after Steven Tyler's tour-ending vocal injury
April 8, 2025 | 9:49amJack Douglas, who produced Aerosmith's best-selling "Toys in the Attic" album, is still hoping that the band can go out with a bang after having to retire from touring last...
Madonna and Elton John squash longtime feud backstage at 'SNL': 'We finally buried the hatchet!'
April 7, 2025 | 6:45pmElton John once allegedly called Madonna a "miserable cow."
Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen compared notes recording their 1975 landmark albums in same NYC studio: 'We were making history'
April 7, 2025 | 4:10pmFate brought Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen together to record their 1975 third albums — "Toys in the Attic" and "Born to Run," respectively — in studios right next to each...
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler wrote 'Walk This Way' after watching film 50 years ago — and 'drugs worked,' too: producer
April 7, 2025 | 2:13pm“Walk This Way” would go on to become the biggest hit off of “Toys in the Attic,” Aerosmith’s best-selling third LP — also featuring "Sweet Emotion" — that was released...
Kylie Minogue makes her Madison Square Garden debut at 56 — and sold-out crowd can't get enough
April 5, 2025 | 11:47amThirty-seven years after she began her music career, resurgent pop diva Kylie Minogue finally played Madison Square Garden on Friday night in the first of two shows on her Tension...
How Selena's 'Dreaming of You' got a 'darker' change after her murder: producer
April 2, 2025 | 9:15amJust a few weeks before Selena was murdered on March 31, 1995, producer Guy Roche went to record with the Queen of Tejano for her 1995 English crossover album, "Dreaming...
Inside the night Selena was murdered 30 years ago — and how her 'traumatized' band found out
April 1, 2025 | 12:30pmSelena keyboardist Joe Ojeda and producer Guy Roche remember the late Queen of Tejano 30 years after she was murdered at 23 by her fan club president, Yolanda Saldívar, on...
Will Smith's long, strange road back to music with his first album in 20 years
March 28, 2025 | 5:34pmAlmost three years to the day after the slap heard around the world went down, Will Smith is attempting the most improbable of comebacks by going back to his roots...
Beatles audition tape from 1962 discovered in Vancouver record store: 'Quality is unreal'
March 26, 2025 | 11:58pmA rare piece of Beatles memorabilia — the Fab Four’s audition tape for Decca Records —was discovered at a small record store in Vancouver.
Lindsey Buckingham reunites with Mick Fleetwood in the studio after his infamous firing from Fleetwood Mac
March 26, 2025 | 10:34pmSeven years after he was fired from Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham sat in with Mick Fleetwood in sessions for the band's namesake drummer's upcoming solo album.
Kiss' Gene Simmons on his and Paul Stanley's sons making music together: 'You either have that chemistry ... or not'
March 26, 2025 | 8:58am“Both Paul and I are very proud," Simmons told The Post.
Bruce Springsteen sent Stephen Graham a 'beautiful' text about playing his dad in upcoming biopic: 'I felt like I saw him'
March 25, 2025 | 7:37pm“It just said: ‘Better than any award that I could ever receive in my life.’"
Want to PAY $12K to be Gene Simmons’ roadie? Kiss frontman tells The Post what you’ll do and why: ‘Nobody’s ever done it'
March 25, 2025 | 1:51pmHere's why Gene Simmons says his "Ultimate Experience" package is worth over $12K.