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Peter Gabriel releases ‘A Hard Lesson’ from upcoming album, ‘o/i’

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Peter Gabriel dropped another song from his upcoming album, o/i.

The latest, released on Sunday to coincide with May’s second full moon, is “A Hard Lesson,” which Gabriel describes as “the oldest track of the project.”

“It probably started in the late 80s or early 90s when I was in Senegal,” Gabriel explains. “I was falling in love with the music I heard there. I loved the tension created by the use of polyrhythms, particularly the threes and fours, so that was the start of this song.”

He adds, “It’s a quirky, strange and long track but it’s a journey. It’s about trying to find a place, your place, how you fit in.”

As he did with his last album, 2023’s i/o, Gabriel is releasing a new song from o/i with each full moon of the year. The entire album will be released by the end of 2026, along with Dark-Side and Bright-Side mixes handled by Tchad Blake and Mark “Spike” Stent, respectively.

“A Hard Lesson (Bright-Side Mix)” is now available via digital outlets.

On This Day, June 1, 1972: Eagles released their self-titled debut album

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, June 1, 1972…

Eagles – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon – released their self-titled debut album, which went on to be a huge hit for the band.

The record, produced by Glyn Johns, peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It included three top 40 hits: “Witchy Woman,” which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100; “Take it Easy,” which went to #12; and “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” which peaked at #22.

The album would go on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Eagles are set to return to the Sphere in Las Vegas on September 18 and also have shows booked at the venue in November. A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.

Céline Dion expands Paris concert series to 2027

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Céline Dion hasn’t sung one note of her Paris residency yet, but she’s already making plans to continue it into 2027.

She’s expanding her planned residency by 10 dates, which will take place in May of 2027 at Paris La Défense Arena. The residency, which will mark her first full concerts since 2020, gets underway Sept. 12 and will run through Oct. 17 of this year. The new dates are May 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28 and 29.

A select number of fans who registered for the original artist and venue presales but failed to get tickets the first time around will now get a dedicated sales window during which they’ll have another chance to purchase tickets. They’ll receive emails with instructions.

The artist presale for the new dates starts June 3 at 10 a.m. Central European Summer Time; the venue presale starts June 4 at the same time. Tickets and hotel packages will be available starting June 3 at the 10 a.m. CEST via eventtravel.com.

Céline’s choice of Paris as the city for her return to the stage is fitting: Her first public performance after revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis took place at the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Olympics.

Maybe music, fashion & film will save us: Charli XCX’s new album coming in July

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

In her latest single “SS26,” Charli XCX sings, “Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion or  film.” But she’s just unveiled the cover of her new album, which pictures a legend in each of those fields.

The album is called Music, Fashion, Film and the black-and-white album cover shows Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Cale, designer Marc Jacobs and filmmaker Martin Scorsese, all posing together in one room. On Instagram, Charli writes, “My new album Music, Fashion, Film is out july 24th. 11 songs, 30 minutes, 5 seconds. available to pre order now, love you xx.”

Charli previously worked with John Cale, best known as a member of the iconic band The Velvet Underground, on her soundtrack for the movie Wuthering Heights. Over the years, Charli has fronted several Marc Jacobs campaigns. To date, she has yet to work with Scorsese.

So far, Charli has released two songs from the album: “Rock Music” and “SS26,” as well two B-sides, “Playboy Bunny” and “i keep on thinking bout you every single day and night.” She has said that neither of those songs will appear on the album.

Luke Bryan cranks up the summer fun with ‘Country and She Knows It’

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

If you’re ready to get the summer started and have some fun, you’re on the same wavelength as Luke Bryan, who happens to have just the song for it.

“‘Country and She Knows It’ is just about fun,” he says of his latest hit. “It’s about telling stories of girls that are just in their element, being themselves and how us guys get wrapped up in it. And I just think it’s a great song to kick the summer off and see everybody out there dancing, especially the country girls.”

Luke’s top-25 hit is the lead radio single from his new album, Signs, which comes out Sept. 18. It also features the previously released “Fish Hunt Golf Drink” and “Word on the Street,” which is also the name of his tour that kicked off Friday.

He’ll play the Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach on June 5, before resuming his tour June 11 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Police’s Stewart Copeland aims for ‘a lot of laughs’ on upcoming spoken word tour

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Police drummer Stewart Copeland is getting ready to launch Have I Said Too Much – The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures, a spoken word tour described as an evening of conversation with Copeland that will include photos and videos, along with a Q&A.

After debuting the show in the U.K. in 2025, this will be Copeland’s first time bringing it to theaters across North America, and it’s something he’s looking forward to.

“The vibe of walking into those theaters and just telling stories and jokes, and getting the room laughing and everything is really a blast,” he tells ABC Audio, noting it’s much easier than a music tour that involves a sound check, road crew and more.

“I just breeze in at five o’clock, tell some fun stories and get a lot of laughs,” he says.

Copeland says he originally had a few concerns about the tour, explaining he “worried that it would be tough telling the same stories every night.”

“I know that it’s not tough playing the same song every night,” he says. “And it turns out to also be true of telling fun stories.”

Of course, some of those stories are going to be about his days in The Police, and Stewart insists it will all be in good fun.

“It’s all pretty light,” he says, adding of his former bandmates Sting and Andy Summers, “I posit the notion that we are so tight, the three blond heads, we are like brothers. We are so close that we can take the piss out each other with love and admiration.”

The tour kicks off Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with dates confirmed through Nov. 22 in Charlotte, North Carolina. A complete schedule can be found at StewartCopeland.net.

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland channels lifelong Megadeth fandom into new signature Jackson guitar

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland has a new signature guitar out with Jackson, which, as he tells ABC Audio, fulfills a dream he’s had since he saw the video for the Megadeth song “Go to Hell” when he was growing up.

“The video had this part during the solo section where they showed all three — Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson’s necks — across the screen with the Jackson … signature shark tooth inlays,” Borland recalls.

Borland’s guitar, dubbed the Wes Borland King V KV, is based on a Jackson that he received after it was sent back by an unsatisfied customer. The guitar was a left-handed model that Borland converted to a right-handed one, which ended up becoming his go-to axe.

“Everybody’s like, “But it’s, like, left-handed. Why did you do that? … You could just have gotten a right-handed guitar,'” Borland says. “And I went, ‘Well, ’cause this was more fun. Stop yelling at me!'”

The Wes Borland King V KV nods to its left-handed origins with an upside-down Jackson logo on the headstock. Other than that, the guitar’s design is quite straightforward — it includes just one knob to control the volume.

Borland does say that the simplicity of the guitar makes him feel “kinda dumb,” especially after watching a rig rundown of all the “bells and whistles” featured on a signature Jack White Fender.

“I was just like, ‘Man, I’m terrible,'” Borland says. “I just put one volume knob and one pickup and a Floyd Rose [tremolo system]. But that’s all I wanted.”

For more info on Borland’s Jackson guitar, visit JacksonGuitars.com.

Alt-J’s Joe Newman releases new JJerome87 song, ‘Mr. Alligator’

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Alt-J frontman Joe Newman has released a new song called “Mr. Alligator” with his solo project, JJerome87.

“The path of a Preacher. The rise of a Predator,” Newman says of the track. “‘Mr Alligator’ is the story of a grifter with a penchant for coercive control, violence and a soulless indifference towards their fellow man.”

“Mr. Alligator” will appear on the debut JJerome87 album, The Canyon, which also includes the previously released songs “Brush Me Like a Horse” and “Track and Field.” The record was previously released exclusively on Newman’s website and will be available wide on June 26.

Newman will play a show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 3.

Alt-J’s most recent album is 2022’s The Dream.

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From Pentatonix to ‘SIX’: Kirstin Maldonado’s back on Broadway

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Two years ago, Pentatonix member Kirstin Maldonado unsuccessfully auditioned for a part in the hit Broadway musical SIX. The show’s team kept her in mind, and on Monday night, she’ll make her debut in the popular production, where she’ll perform through Aug. 9.

“They asked me to come in for this year, so we just worked it around what was already happening with Pentatonix,” says Kirstin.

This isn’t her first Broadway appearance: In 2018, she starred in Kinky Boots. Speaking with ABC Audio about her role in SIX, Kristin says, “It’s a challenge in a really, really beautiful way. And I just think that the story is very important. It’s all about highlighting voices that maybe hadn’t been heard at the time.”

The show tells the story of the six wives of Henry VIII, reimagining them as pop singers competing to be the lead singer based on whose royal marriage was the worst. Kirstin plays Anne Boelyn, whom Henry had famously beheaded.

“She gives, like, that pop punk energy,” Kirstin says of Anne, whose character was inspired by Lily Allen and Avril Lavigne.

Kirstin adds, “She gives me, like, kind of gremlin energy where she’s just like effortlessly funny .. and so that’s been really fun to play up. And yeah, I’m excited just to, like, really do the cool girl energy of her.”

And just like her previous Broadway stint, Kirstin says the community gives “good energy” and good vibes.”

“I had such a wonderful time at Kinky Boots,” she says. “And I was like, That experience is just so, like, immaculately lovely in my head … and I wonder what this will be? And like, the second I was here, I was, like, ‘Okay, I love everyone, this is so fun, it’s already amazing.'”

Young M.A says ‘Kween,’ her first album in five years, is not a comeback but a reset

June 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

“OOOUUU,” Young M.A is back with her first project in five years, Kween. It’s also the first album she’s recorded fully sober, following past struggles with alcohol that led to her 2023 hospitalization for health issues tied to excessive drinking.

“I had a time in my life where I consumed a little bit too much alcohol and it put me in a bad physical state. I was on the edge, like real close,” she tells Billboard.

Noting that she able to “fight through it,” she explained how the experience of recording music sober changed the album-making process.

“[I]t’s definitely a difference,” she said. “You drink to get the edge off and … [y]ou become more confident in what you doing.”

“When you’re sober, you kinda overthink and hesitate a little more,” she continued. “I think I was a little more aggressive before. I feel [like I’m in] a more mature, grown-up and disciplined stage.”

While some people may call the new album a comeback, M.A calls it a reset. “I don’t want people to think this is a comeback,” she explained. “We had a little bump in the road and we got over that and we’re driving again.”

She added that her goal is to remind listeners of her musical talent and “bring the music back to music.”

“I ain’t looking for no type of accomplishment,” she said. “I just want them to understand that the music never left.”

She added, “I just need the music to feel like music again. Let’s have fun again. … Bring more of that energy everybody.”

It’s what she did with her breakout single, “OOOUUU,” which remains an important part of her career.

“I’m always gonna appreciate that record. I’ll never get tired of that record. That record makes me a lot of money to this day,” she said. “It’s timeless.”

“People probably get one summer or two summers, but I still hear my record like it just dropped,” M.A added. “It will be here with the kid’s kids.”

Kween is now available on streaming services.

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