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Santana & The Doobie Brothers announce dates for the 2026 Oneness Tour

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Santana and The Doobie Brothers are teaming up for a new leg of Santana’s Oneness tour.

The artists will hit the road together starting June 13 in Chicago. The tour will hit such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Austin and more, before wrapping Aug. 27 in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Prior to the joint dates, Santana will headline two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on May 27 and 28.

A Citi presale for tickets will begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, followed by an artist presale that starts Tuesday at 2 p.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

This isn’t the first time the two artists have toured together. In 2019, The Doobie Brothers were the special guest on Carlos Santana’s Supernatural Now tour, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of his album Supernatural as well as the 50th anniversary of his Woodstock performance.

Before hitting the road with The Doobie Brothers, Santana will launch the first leg of his 2026 Oneness Tour on March 28 in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

A complete list of dates can be found at Santana.com and TheDoobieBrothers.com.

On This Day, Feb. 17, 1973: Free play their final show ever

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, Feb. 17, 1973 …

The rock band Free played their final show ever in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The band, made up of Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser and Simon Kirke, formed in London in 1968. Their biggest hit was the iconic tune “All Right Now,” which was a top-5 hit in the U.S.

Fraser left the band in 1972. Kossoff was replaced for the 1973 tour, which was in support of the band’s sixth and final studio album, Heartbreaker.

Following the breakup of the band, Rodgers and Kirke would go on to form Bad Company with Mott The Hoople’s Mick Ralphs and King Crimson’s Boz Burrell. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025.

Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ was inspired by Miranda Lambert’s pet kangaroo

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

It’s one of the most unexpected stories you’re likely to hear today: Ella Langley’s smash hit “Choosin’ Texas” owes its existence to Miranda Lambert’s pet kangaroo.

The two helped author the #1 song during a writers retreat, which turned out to be Ella’s chance to cure her curiosity about something in Miranda’s life.

“We’ve always had a lot of mutual friends. One of them told me over the years that she had a pet kangaroo,” Ella explains. “And as a fellow animal lover, I had so many questions about that. And so I figured I had to wait till we were like friends enough [before I asked her about it].”

“So I got done with the first song and I was like, ‘What can you tell me about that kangaroo?’ And she tells me the whole story. And at the end of the story, she got pulled over with the kangaroo in the passenger seat. [The] kangaroo got her out of a ticket, [it] really did. And she had Texas plates on [her car].”

The end of the kangaroo story was the beginning of Ella’s current hit.

“I was like, ‘Well, he’s probably like, “She’s from Texas, I can tell,”‘” Ella recalls. “And just from literally that right there, the melody kinda just fell out.”

“I went, ‘She’s from Texas, I can tell by the way he’s two-stepping around the room,'” she says as she begins to sing the lyrics. “Just like that. And she’s like, ‘She’s from Texas, like the one he went with!’ And I mean, 30, 45 minutes that song was written.”

Miranda co-produced Ella’s new album, Dandelion, which comes out April 10, and contributes background vocals to “Choosin’ Texas.”

BTS ponders being ‘together’ and ‘dancing in our 60s’

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

A number of pop groups have gone on “hiatus” and never regrouped, but BTS isn’t one them. After taking time off to do their mandatory military service, the seven members are back together and getting ready to drop their first new studio album in six years — which is something that fans were initially concerned might not happen.

That’s because on December 6, group member RM said in a livestream, “I’ve wondered thousands of times, would it be better for the team to disband or go on hiatus?” It sent their fans, known as ARMY, into a panic, But ahead of the March release of their album ARIRANG, there doesn’t seem to be any question about them continuing for a very long time.

In their new GQ cover story, Jimin says, “I know we’re here because we are a team and we started as a team and we very much acknowledge that. And also, we have a lot of fun together.” V adds, “We all treasure BTS more than we treasure each one of us separately.”

And Suga notes, “We’re still very good friends. The fans still love us — they want us, they support us. If we can keep this going, then maybe we can be dancing in our 60s…. As long as we’re willing — I think maybe into our 50s, into our 60s — we can always be together as a band.”

He adds, “Maybe it’ll be a little bit hard on our knees. But I think we can do that.”

And while RM is still trying to identify a new goal that they can all get behind going forward, he tells GQ, “I think now, the most important thing is just that we are here back together again, we’re going to see the fans all over the world.”

David Archuleta’s book ‘Devout’ is a ‘prequel to where I am right now’

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

David Archuleta’s raw and honest book Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself is out Tuesday, and in it, the former American Idol star shares how he ultimately rejected his Mormon faith to live unapologetically as a queer man.

“How I describe the book is, it’s like a prequel to where I’m at right now,” David told ABC Audio. “It was all of the disappointment. It was all the fear. It was all the anxiety of what would happen if I made the changes in my life to be more authentically myself,” noting he specifically questioned, “What would happen to me spiritually?”

But aside from the outside pressure of his faith, David said he also had to overcome his harmful people pleasing tendencies.

“I feel like a lot of Devout is the cycle that I had to learn how to break, because I would always find someone to try and just follow and obey, listen to, do what I was told,” he noted. “And so I feel it’s this journey of breaking from that and learning how to just not give a ‘you know,’ and learn how be more loyal to myself, than to other people.”

David’s other struggle was the emotional abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his family, but after he’d “aired out” his family’s “skeletons,” he said, they’ve been able to heal.

“The book brought a lot of opportunity to talk about the difficult things that happened in our family’s past. And I was like, ‘Hey, can we talk about this? Because we haven’t,'” he explained.

Now, they’re in a better place.

“We don’t have to pretend like ‘everything’s fine’ anymore,” he explained. “We can really sit with each other and say, we’ve made it this far together and look at us now. We’re closer than ever and bonded. And I’m just so grateful to have my family.”

Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp founder David Fishof reflects on 30th anniversary

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, where regular folks get to meet, be mentored by and perform with rock superstars, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. That’s certainly quite a milestone, considering founder David Fishof wasn’t sure he’d get any rockers to sign on when he came up with the idea.

“In the beginning, I had a lot of rock stars who said no,” he tells ABC Audio. “But I did have a bunch that said yes,” noting some of first to participate included The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, Poison’s Bret Michaels, and E Street Band members Clarence Clemons and Nils Lofgren.

Upcoming 30th anniversary camps will feature The Police’s Stewart Copeland, The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Bad Company’s Simon Kirke, and Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee and John 5.

Fishof says he’s excited to have Daltrey back for the 30th anniversary, noting he also took part in their 10th anniversary and participated in about eight camps over the years. As for why Daltrey keeps returning, Fishof says, “It reminds him what it was like when he first started.”

But even with all the big names he’s landed over the years, there are still some rock stars Fishof would love to enlist for the camp.

“My dream is Paul McCartney and/or Mick Jagger,” he says. “I have to say they’re two of my favorites.”

Of course, the camps aren’t only about the rock stars — they’re about the campers, as well, with Fishof noting they usually walk away better musicians after performing with their favorite artists.

He says, “I’ve learned over the 30 years, if you play with someone that’s better than you, you’re gonna become better.”

More info on Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp can be found at RockCamp.com.

Lily Cornell Silver hopes to channel dad’s ‘ability to take inner turmoil and turn it into art’

February 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Earlier in February, Lily Cornell Silver, the eldest child of the late Chris Cornell, launched a band called Josie on the Rocks. As she follows in her father’s footsteps, Lily tells ABC Audio how he and his music inspired her.

“His ability to take inner turmoil and turn it into art, I think about that a lot,” Lily says.

In introducing Josie on the Rocks, Lily wrote in an Instagram post, “Playing with these boys pulled me out of an awful place and gave me a sense of purpose I’d never felt before.”

“I find myself when I’m in depressive states or anxious states that I tend to wanna check out or just be on my phone or whatever,” Lily tells ABC Audio. “But it’s a superpower and something really inspiring to be in one of those states and say, ‘I’m gonna externalize it and make something out of it.'”

The first two Josie on the Rocks songs, “Not You” and “Super Sonic,” are out now. The video for “Not You” is dedicated to the band’s late drummer, Graham Derzon-Supplee, who died in 2022.

Billy Steinberg, co-writer of ‘Like a Virgin,’ ‘True Colors,’ ‘Eternal Flame’ & more, dead at 75

February 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Billy Steinberg, the songwriter who, with musical partner Tom Kelly, penned pop classics such as Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and The Bangles’ “Eternal Flame,” died Feb. 16 in Los Angeles, his attorney Laurie Soriano confirmed to ABC News. He was 75.

With Steinberg usually writing the lyrics and Kelly most often writing the music, the duo scored an impressive string of hits through the ’80s and ’90s, including Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” The Pretenders’ “I’ll Stand By You,” Heart’s “Alone” and The Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself.”

After Kelly retired, Steinberg continued writing with other partners, penning hits like “Falling Into You” by Celine Dion and “Too Little Too Late” by JoJo.

Other artists who recorded Steinberg’s songs include Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, Tina Turner, Belinda Carlisle, Taylor Dayne, Bette Midler, Cheap Trick and REO Speedwagon.

Steinberg and Kelly were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011.

On Instagram, Lauper, who also recorded Steinberg and Kelly’s song “I Drove All Night,” wrote, “I’m so sorry to hear that my friend Billy Steinberg has passed away. He was such a nice guy and very supportive. My thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and Tom during this sad time.”

Heart’s Nancy Wilson wrote in the comments, “He was a wonderful spirit.”

Harry Styles to curate UK’s Meltdown Festival, play headlining show as part of event

February 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Harry Styles is playing 12 nights at London’s Wembley Stadium this summer, but fans will also have a chance to see him in a smaller London venue.

Harry has been announced as the curator of Meltdown, the world’s longest-running artist-curated music festival. He’ll be the 31st artist to curate the festival, following in the footsteps of past curators like David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, The Cure’s Robert Smith and more.

The festival runs from June 11 to June 21, and will take over the entire Southbank Arts Centre, a London arts complex that includes the Royal Festival Hall and the Hayward Gallery. It’ll include a headlining concert by Harry, as well as performances from artists that represent his influences: pop, soul, electronic rock and emerging British talent.

Ticket information and the lineup will be announced later in the spring. You can sign up now to be notified at that time.

In a statement, Harry said, “My goal as the curator is to share the music and art that I love, and to celebrate the rich history of the [Southbank Centre]. We both share a passionate belief that music is a vital part of life. It brings us together and the Southbank Centre has been at the heart of it, providing easy access to great music for the past 75 years.”

Mark Ball, artistic director of the Southbank Centre, said in a statement, “Harry Styles’ Meltdown feels like a natural expression of what the Southbank Centre exists to do, and we are delighted to become his creative playground in our anniversary year.”

Manchester Orchestra drummer Timothy Very has died

February 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Manchester Orchestra drummer Timothy Very has died, the band confirmed in an Instagram post Saturday.

“The entire Manchester Orchestra family has been devastated by the sudden passing of our brother, Timothy Very,” the post reads. “The most beloved human being any of us were lucky enough to know in this life. We’ve all been dreading sharing this news as we are all still in absolute disbelief.”

Very joined Manchester Orchestra in 2011. He played on their last four albums — 2011’s Simple Math, 2014’s Cope, 2017’s A Black Mile to the Surface and 2021’s The Million Masks of God — and their 2023 EP, The Valley of Vision.

“Tim was instantly likable and interacted with everyone he met with kindness and warmth,” Manchester Orchestra says. “His laugh was infectious and he immediately made people feel invited and encouraged. His humor and energy were the very foundation that held together the entire MO universe. Strangers quickly became friends and friends became family.”

“He had an undeniable light that was only matched by his dedication and love for the craft that he was clearly put on earth to do,” the band continues. “No words can ever do him justice. Please know, if you are someone who loved Tim, he loved you too. The only thing that Tim loved more than creating music was being with his family. You’d be pressed to find a more joyful dad.”

The post concludes, “We love you Tim, thank you for loving us. You are a force of positivity that will be a constant presence in the rest of our days.”

Very was 42, according to Stereogum.

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