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Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean to celebrate Fugees’ ‘The Score’ at 2026 Global Citizen Festival

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean are set to reunite for the 2026 Global Citizen Festival. The two will come together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fugees’ 1996 Grammy-winning album, The Score, which spawned the singles “Killing Me Softly,” “Fu-Gee-La” and “Ready or Not.”

Also set to take the stage are John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Shaboozey, Lainey Wilson and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Hugh Jackman is set to host, while Rachel Brosnahan and Gayle King are among those scheduled to make special appearances.

Global Citizen, dubbed in a press release as “the world’s largest movement to end extreme poverty,” will take place Sept. 26 in New York City’s Central Park on the Great Lawn.

Free tickets can be secured through the Global Citizen app or globalcitizenfestival.com by taking action on the core issues the festival is focused on. These include helping millions of children gain access to education, providing electricity to millions of homes and supporting millions of smallholder farmers.

After completing action journeys on the app and earning enough points, participants can either enter a lottery for free tickets or make a $25 donation for guaranteed entry. Donations will benefit the City Parks Foundation’s free programming and community engagement efforts throughout New York City’s boroughs, as well as organizations supporting people experiencing homelessness across the city.

Luke Combs’ My Kinda Saturday Night Tour will return in 2027

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Luke Combs’ My Kinda Saturday Night Tour didn’t end with his three sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. He’s extending the run into 2027.

The “Be By You” hitmaker will restart the trek April 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The dozen-date itinerary wraps June 26 at Petco Park in San Diego.

Along the way, he’ll hit Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium, Detroit’s Ford Field, Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium and Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High.

Treaty Oak Revival, Avery Anna, Shenandoah and Wyatt McCubbin will open the in-the-round shows.

Presales start Aug. 19, before tickets become available to the public on Aug. 21.

Luke sold more than 1.3 million tickets his initial My Kinda Saturday Night run.

Learn to Fly (fish): Watch Dave Grohl tour Bass Pro Shops with Josh Homme

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Dave Grohl has been all around the world touring with Foo Fighters and Nirvana, but he’s somehow never been inside a Bass Pro Shops. Well, that’s now changed thanks to Josh Homme.

The Queens of the Stone Age frontman brought Grohl to a Bass Pro Shops for the first time in between shows on Foo Fighters’ ongoing North American stadium tour, which also features the “No One Knows” rockers on the bill.

A video of the visit, which is posted to QotSA’s Facebook, shows Grohl and Homme excitedly making noises as they inspect all sorts of fishing and fish-themed products.

There’s also a reference to the iconic Them Crooked Vultures “Fresh Pots” video.

Foo Fighters’ tour with Queens continues Thursday in Philadelphia.

In film capturing long-lost 1971 interview, Billy Joel deems Madison Square Garden ‘kind of a ripoff’

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Billy Joel broke multiple records with his historic 10-year residency at Madison Square Garden. But back when he was still an unknown, he declared in his first radio interview that the iconic New York City venue was “kind of a ripoff.”

The new documentary film 1971: Billy Joel’s Lost Interview will premiere at the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame’s Music Documentary Film Festival on Sept. 25. The 20-minute short contains audio from a 1971 radio interview Billy did with a student named Ed Mann for college radio station WCWP. At the time, Billy was an unknown who’d just released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor.

In the trailer, Mann asks Billy if he’d eventually “like to get into the big places, Madison Square Garden or something like that.” Billy replies, “No, I don’t think I’d ever like to work Madison Square Garden. … That place is kind of a ripoff, really.”

When Mann asks why, Billy says, “Because what it is, in effect, is just jamming as many people and making as much money as you can out of a one-night thing. Unless you’re up front or up close, it’s just wasted. But Madison Square Garden’s just too big.”

The twist of this film is that only the audio of the interview exists. Director Adam Ripp has used AI to visually recreate Billy, his manager Irwin Mazur and Mann for the film. Tom Needham, executive director of the festival, says in a statement, “This film demonstrates how technology, when used thoughtfully, can help us reconnect with important moments in music history.”

“1971: Billy Joel’s Lost Interview allows audiences to see a young Billy Joel before worldwide fame changed his life, and we hope people will experience it with curiosity and an open mind,” adds Needham.

Mann, who executive produced the film, will participate in a Q&A after the premiere, along with Ripp and Mazur.

Ritchie Blackmore joins Deep Purple onstage for performance of ‘Smoke on the Water’

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

After revealing Tuesday that he would be reuniting with his former band Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore joined the group onstage at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, for one of their biggest hits.

Toward the end of the band’s set, Blackmore, who hadn’t performed with Deep Purple since 1993, came out to perform the iconic tune “Smoke on the Water.” Fan-shot video shows Blackmore kicking things off with the song’s iconic riff.

“I gotta say something, couple a days ago I got a message from a local lad … saying I only live around the corner, mind if I come jam with you,” frontman Ian Gillan explained to the crowd after the performance. “It was an absolute pleasure to have back onstage founder member, the great legend, the immortal, Ritchie Blackmore.”

He added, “Thanks Richie, I have to say it was a great pleasure. I’ll see you in the bar.” Blackmore then walked offstage as fans chanted, “Ritchie.”

Deep Purple later posted photos from the reunion on Instagram, calling it “A big moment in rock history.”

Deep Purple is currently on tour in support of their latest album, SPLAT! Their next show is happening Thursday in Mansfield, Massachusetts. A complete list of dates can be found at DeepPurple.com.

Lenny Kravitz to play 2026 Global Citizen Festival

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Lenny Kravitz is one of the artists set to perform at the 2026 Global Citizen Festival, happening Sept. 26 on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park.

Other performers include Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, who will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Fugees’ album The Score; country stars Lainey Wilson and Shaboozey; John Legend; and K-Pop stars TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

The event will be hosted by Global Citizen Ambassador Hugh Jackman, with appearances by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan and Gayle King.

“It’s time to gather once again on the Great Lawn, in the middle of New York City, to tell the world an end to extreme poverty is possible,” says Jackman. “There’s something every one of us can do to change the world, and what better way to participate than by taking action with Global Citizen, earning those points, and celebrating with a day of music and advocacy to close out the summer. See you there!”

Free tickets can be earned by taking action through the Global Citizen app or globalcitzenfestival.com on the issues Global Citizen is focusing on this year. These include helping more children go to school, supporting farmers who feed their communities and providing electricity to millions of people around the world.

Global Citizen Festival launched in 2012 featuring performances by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters and others. Subsequent festivals were headlined by such artists as Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé and more.

Sam Smith is ‘freaked out’ by own voice

August 13, 2026 by WDNY Radio

When Sam Smith first came onto the scene, people were amazed at their angelic voice. But Sam says it’s taken them a long time to realize that they’re not actually a bad singer.

Speaking to The New Yorker Radio Hour, Sam says that when they first began singing, it was very “stressful,” because, they said, “I’ve always been freaked out by my voice, it’s like a freaky thing.”

“I don’t feel the same way that people feel when they hear it. … When I hear myself, I’m very critical,” they explained. “I’m very hard on myself so when I come off stage, I think I’ve done a bad job. And people are like, ‘That was the best you’ve ever sounded.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m so confused!'”

Sam recalled recording themselves for the first time at age 13: They sang “When You Believe” by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. “

“I sang every single part by myself and … I sat down and I heard myself sing and I burst into tears because I though it was the worst thing ever,” they said. “And I was like, ‘In my head, I sound so much better than that.'”

After that, they spent many years having what they call “dysphoria” with their voice and “trying to hear the goodness.”

Sam also said their new album, Hazel Eyes, which was inspired by his fiancé, Christian Cowper, was a “challenge.”

“I was always very scared of falling in love … especially after In the Lonely Hour doing so well and changing my life in so many ways. I was like, ‘I better stay miserable,'” they explained. “But I knew that when it was time and I was truly in love and I could really pull from that place, that I didn’t want to be scared of that.”

Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Greatest Hits’ hits new peaks on the ‘Billboard’ charts

August 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits compilation has reached new heights on the Billboard charts, nearly 40 years after its initial release.

The album was originally released in 1988. It landed at #10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart this week, thanks to an expanded reissue of the album featuring additional tracks. The new chart position marks a new peak for the album, which reached #13 on that chart in 2016.

The album also reached a new peak on the all-genre Billboard 200, where it jumped from #69 to #13 this week. The compilation’s previous peak on the Billboard 200 was #14 in 1989. The album has also peaked at #5 on the Vinyl Albums chart, up from its 2019 peak of #7, and lands at #4 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and #3 on the Top Rock Albums charts.

Greatest Hits covered the band’s catalog from the mid-’70s to the late ’80s, specifically songs released after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band. The newly released expanded edition added classic tunes like “The Chain,” “Landslide,” “Silver Springs (Live)” and “You Make Loving Fun,” among others.

Hayley Williams releases new EP with Power Snatch project

August 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has released a new EP with her Power Snatch side project.

The four-track collection, called EP2, is out now via Power Snatch’s Bandcamp. A visual accompaniment combining all four songs into a single video is streaming on YouTube.

EP2 is the aptly titled follow-up to Power Snatch’s debut EP, EP1, which dropped in February. The outfit has also released a number of one-off singles, the most recent of which being June’s “Great” and “Training.”

Williams officially launched Power Snatch in January, though online sleuths uncovered an Instagram profile relating to the project dating back to summer 2025. Power Snatch also features songwriter/producer Daniel James, who worked with Williams on her 2025 solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.

Williams will launch her “Hayley Williams Show” solo tour in September.

BMI says Sheryl Crow is a ‘Troubadour’

August 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Sheryl Crow is a modern-day troubadour.

At least, that’s according to the performing rights organization BMI, which will give the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer its Troubadour Award on Sept. 14. The award recognizes a songwriter who “has made a profound impact within the American music landscape and whose work continues to set the pace for generations to follow,” according to a release.

The event will feature performances and tributes saluting Sheryl’s career: She’s sold more than 50 million albums globally and has won nine Grammy Awards, just to name a few of her accomplishments. According to BMI, her hits “Change Would Do You Good,” “Everyday is a Winding Road” and “My Favorite Mistake” have each been broadcast more than 1 million times on both U.S. radio and on TV.

In other Sheryl Crow news, she’ll perform on ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on Aug. 28. Plus, she’ll be singing the national anthem Sept. 3 at the season opener for the University of Missouri football team at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. Sheryl is a Mizzou graduate.

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